On May 8th, Shinhwa Collective's contract with S.M. expired, and on that day, Eric made an appointment to meet Lee Seung-rim at the hotel where Shinhwa met for the first time.

Li Shenglin himself came to the box last time, and the mythical 6 people had already arrived collectively for a while. This meeting did not have the unfamiliarity of the last time, although the mythical 6 people still stood up to greet Li Shenglin, but there was no nervous and restrained expression on their faces.

It is believed that Mythology must have received various personal invitations during this time, among which there is absolutely no shortage of lucrative signing masters. Captain Eric should have received more offers than others, but now that the Mythical 6 are here en masse, it seems that the Mythical 6 are determined to continue to maintain the group.

After sitting down, Eric took out the contract that Li Shenglin asked him to bring back last time, this time his attitude was still very polite, but his tone was much more confident than the last time: "We basically agreed on the terms of the contract after discussion, and we have also witnessed the sincerity of SL Entertainment, but there is still a problem......

"What's the matter, as long as you don't feel embarrassed, if you have any requirements, just say it. Li Shenglin asked.

"It's about the name myth......" Eric was a little confused.

"What's wrong with the name of the myth?" Li Shenglin looked up at him suspiciously.

"Originally, the contract stipulated that the name Myth belonged to S.M. Company. Now S.M tells us not to operate in the name of mythology. Eric said.

The name Myth can be counted as a trademark, and the ownership of the trademark belongs to S.M., and Myth may not use the name Myth without the permission of S.M.

According to normal history, after the peaceful end of the contract with S.M., Eric studied the law in order to find a way to maintain the activity under the name of Myth, and tried to negotiate with S.M with his connections and resources, and then obtained the right to use the name "Myth", the fan organization "Myth Creation" and the song after the six members jointly funded the purchase and paid some other price.

In the second half of 2004, Shinhwa released his first album from S.M after a year and a half, but it became hugely popular, and at the end of the year, it won the SBS Song Award. The trademark of Shinhwa was registered by S.M in 2005, and then resold to Joon media not long after, and Shinhwa and Joon media did not fully obtain the trademark rights of Shinhwa until 2015.

"I have the energy to win the trademark rights of Shinhwa, and I know Kim Young-min very well, so I can call Lee so-man to discuss Shinhwa's trademark matters now. In order to show his energy, Li Shenglin directly picked up the phone and dialed Kim Yingmin.

The phone rang twice and it was connected, "Hey, hello." "Uncle Yingmin, I'm Shenglin. Are you at S.M? I'd like to visit you. Li Shenglin said into the phone. "Oh, Katsubayashi. Why did you suddenly remember to visit me?" the other end of the phone laughed a few times, and then said to Li Shenglin.

Li Shenglin put a finger on his lips and made a silent gesture to the mythical people, "That's the case, I want to make an appointment with Teacher Li Xiuman and discuss some things with him." "Do you want to see Teacher Li Xiuman, what do you want to discuss with him?" Kim Young-min did not hide his surprise and asked directly on the phone.

"It's about mythology, and I want all the rights and interests in the name Myth that S.M owns. Lee Seung-rim also did not hide Kim Young-min. "You want to sign a Shinhwa?" asked Kim Young-min. "Yes, SL Entertainment has a gap in cultivating a group, and I plan to sign with Myth to bring in the way of cultivating a boy group to fill this gap. Li Shenglin replied to him.

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and then sighed, "This is not easy, Teacher Li Xiuman has a strong desire to control, and if you want to completely obtain the rights and interests of the myth, Teacher Li Xiuman will not agree to you so easily." ”

"You have to try this, you can help me make an appointment with Mr. Li Xiuman, I want to visit him. Li Shenglin once again asked to see Li Xiuman.

"Then I'll help you go to President Lee so-man and ask, when are you going to meet President Lee so-man?" Kim Young-min did not refuse, but his address to Lee so-man has changed, before he called the teacher to show respect, but now he calls the president, and his attitude is a little different.

"I'll go to S.M. right now, and you'll just wait for me in the office. Li Shenglin said into the phone. "Oh well. Kim Yingmin on the other end said a few words and hung up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Li Shenglin looked up at the mythical people, "The matter is settled, I will go to S.M Company now." You can come to SL Entertainment headquarters tomorrow and we will discuss the details of the matter, and whether my S.M trip is successful or not, I will inform you of the results tomorrow. Then Li Shenglin and the mythical people dispersed.

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Lee Seung-rim was a little confused when he entered the SM building, God knows where Kim Young-min's office is, and he is going to find him on that floor?

There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and just when Li Shenglin was a little confused, a familiar face flashed in front of his eyes, "Han Geng!"

Han Geng: "!?" came to South Korea for two months, surrounded by strange people and unfamiliar languages, at this time, there were people who knew themselves speaking in familiar Chinese?

Han Geng stopped, turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and at a glance he saw a person who was about the same age as himself. Li Shenglin beckoned to him, Han Geng looked around Li Shenglin, there shouldn't be a second person calling Han Geng. Li Shenglin beckoned at him again and shouted again, "Han Geng! ”

This time, Han Geng finally confirmed that he was calling himself, he came over and said to Li Shenglin, "You call me?" "Yes, it's just to call you." How long have you been in South Korea, and are you still used to it?" Li Shenglin didn't expect to meet Han Geng here, and he didn't know when Han Geng should come to South Korea as a trainee, but it was quite unexpected to meet Han Geng in South Korea now.

"I've been here for two months, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it, and there are no people around who can talk. The unfamiliar environment and unfamiliar language made Han Geng feel a little withdrawn, and he looked at Li Shenglin with confused eyes, who are you?

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Li Shenglin, I also just came back from China, and I also opened an entertainment company, I am half a fellow countryman with you, and I am also from Northeast China in my last life. Haha" Li Shenglin saw Han Geng's confusion and made a joke with him.

"Oh, hehe. Han Geng doesn't know what it means to open an entertainment company, he doesn't know much about everything in South Korea now, except for the name of SM, he doesn't know anything about other artists and agencies in South Korea, and he doesn't react to Li Shenglin's words.

Li Shenglin didn't want him to react, and patted him on the shoulder, "Do you know where Kim Yingmin's office is?" "Who?" Han Geng didn't understand.

Li Shenglin frowned secretly, "Director Kim Young-min, he should be the representative director of SM Company's music portal now." "It's not easy to do, just two months after coming to South Korea, Han Geng doesn't know much about Korean and some common sense, and I don't know if he can understand who he is talking about.

"Oh, I know that. The office of the Music Portal Trustee is on the 3rd floor. Han Geng understood this time.

Fortunately, Han Geng's Korean teacher must be a native of S.M, and the first thing Han Geng did before learning Korean language and Korean culture was to know the company's leaders, so Li Shenglin said that Kim Young-min was the director of the music portal Han Geng knew who it was.

"Okay, take me to Director Kim Young-min's office. Li Shenglin said.

Han Geng brought Lee Seung-rim to the door of Kim Young-min's office, and at the door of Kim Young-min's office sat the secretary he had met last time. Li Shenglin and Han Geng hugged each other, "I have the opportunity to come to SL Entertainment to visit the door, I will take you to visit my company, you can come often when you have nothing to do in the future, we can talk together, there is no one around me who can speak Chinese, I also feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Han Geng was also very happy, it was indeed a very happy thing to find someone to communicate with him in a strange country.

Jin Yingmin's secretary saw all this, he was naturally very familiar with the people of SM Company, and Han Geng, a trainee from China, naturally knew about it, but he didn't expect him to know Li Shenglin.

After Han Geng left, Li Shenglin said to Kim Yingmin's secretary straight to the point, "I'm here to see Kim Yingmin." "I've seen each other for a while last time, so I don't have to introduce myself. "Director Jin has already said that Mr. Li Shenglin can go directly to him after he comes. The secretary said to Li Shenglin.

"Thank you. After saying thank you, Li Shenglin knocked on the door of Kim Yingmin's office, Jin Yingmin was very surprised when he saw Li Shenglin, he didn't expect Li Shenglin to come so quickly, from the time calculation, probably put down the phone and arrived without delaying for a while, "Shenglin, you, come so early? I still want to wait for you to arrive and inform me that I will let the secretary pick you up." ”

Could it be that I was negligent, it seems that I am a little urgent. "Haha, I'm here for nothing, it's the first time I've come to visit Uncle Yingmin, what if you don't come early?" Li Shenglin snorted, casually talking nonsense.

"I just went to visit Mr. Li Xiuman, I didn't say anything about mythology, Mr. Li Xiuman is a very domineering person, if he knew that Mythology would definitely not see you. Kim Young-min told me about going to Lee so-man just now.

"It's okay, Uncle Yingmin, you take me to see Teacher Li Xiuman, I believe Teacher Li Xiuman will give me this face. "Li Shenglin looks very confident.

"Alright then, let's go see Teacher Li Xiuman now. Li Shenglin didn't listen, and Kim Yingmin didn't persuade anymore, so he stood up and prepared to take Li Shenglin to see Li Xiuman.

Kim Yingmin took the secretary to lead Li Shenglin to the door of Li Xiuman's office, and Li Xiuman's secretary went in to report that Kim Yingmin had passed the gas in advance, and Li Shenglin's visit was not sudden.