Chapter 18: Cai Yan
Speaking of Lee Hyori's SOLO sexy singer in the same period, there is also Cai Yan, Cai Yan has a sweet face, and she entered China in the later period, but she is also a little famous.
After making her debut on RBNTV in 2000, she made her debut at RB on January 1, 2001 as a member of the group Brand New Biscuits, and is still in RB and will return to China at the end of this year.
I don't know if I can bring Cai Yan here, unlike Lee Hyori, Cai Yan has a sweet face and voice, and she is also a sexy singer, known as the national sister by the Korean people, and Lee Hyori is a national goblin. Cai Yan's songs in South Korea can't be said to be bad, but it's a pity that she was born at the wrong time and was severely suppressed by Lee Hyo-ri's halo.
Lee Seung-rim called Baek Sang-yan and asked him to collect information on Korean artists who developed in RB, and many Korean artists chose to go abroad to develop when their popularity in South Korea was at its peak. The first choice of many singers is RB, and RB's music industry has a higher gold content than South Korea itself, but Hallyu is more well-known. As for China, there are more people and more money to earn, and if it can be in line with international popularity, Taiwan is okay.
Before the lunch break, Bai Xiangyan's secretary sent over the materials that Li Shenglin needed. Li Shengli simply ate a bite of food and went back to the office to read the information, and after the lunch break, Li Shenglin notified Bai Xiangyan to come to his office.
When Bai Xiangyan came, Li Shenglin was still looking at Cai Yan's information in his hand, and when he saw Bai Xiangyan coming, Li Shenglin motioned for him to sit down. Quickly flipped through Cai Yan's information and handed it to Bai Xiangyan. Bai Xiangyan simply flipped through it, and he also had a copy of the same material in his office, which he had read before. It's just that he doesn't understand what Li Shenglin means by showing him.
Li Shenglin explained: "The company can't just have a few artists, what do you think of her?" Bai Xiangyan looked at Cai Yan's information, and didn't feel anything, artists grabbed a lot like this. Li Shenglin couldn't explain to him, so he could only make a decision directly: "Send someone to RB to contact her to see if she has any intention of returning to South Korea to develop." ”
Bai Xiangyan had no choice but to agree, and Li Shenglin continued: "The matter of Gao Yaotai's new members is going to be put on the agenda, and the delay is too long. In addition, I already have a number of Lee Hyo-ri's new album in mind, so I will produce the song in the past two days and start recording it first, and then I will also participate in the choreography. ”
"Choreography and choreography?" Bai Xiangyan was surprised, Li Shenglin will also do this? Li Shenglin explained to him that he had learned to arrange music before, and although he couldn't dance as for dancing, at least he had eyes to see, so Bai Xiangyan didn't ask again. Do you want Li Shenglin to show him in person?
On August 15th, SL Entertainment held a selection contest for new members of Gao Yaotai, and as long as they pass the selection, they may join Gao Yaotai.
Li Shenglin did not participate in the audition, this thing is definitely a sinful job, more than ten hours a day mechanical viewing level messy performance, absolutely nothing to find guilt for himself.
After the audition, Lee Seung-rim looked at the information of the contestants who passed the selection, Kim Jong-min said that there were people known by Shin Ji, and when he saw Baek Sung-hyun, Lee Seung-rim recognized this as Bai Jia at a glance from the photo, and continued to look at it, his contract was in JYP, dancing for Park Zhenying and Park Ji-yin and others, and he had the experience of modeling before, and he was very tall at 186CM.
Li Shenglin didn't know that Bai Jia's early appearance was completely due to his own relationship. According to historical development, Ko Yaotai was a new member of the member, Jung Myung-hoon, but a year later, Jung Myung-hoon enlisted in the army and quit Ko Yaotai again. Bai Jia joined Gao Yaotai after Zheng Mingxun enlisted in the army in 2004, and it was only then that Gao Yaotai members stabilized.
After finding Bai Jia, there is no need for Li Shenglin to worry about it, Bai Jia was directly set in the official selection, and when Bai Jia was announced as the champion after the audition, Bai Jia was very excited.
Bai Jia has reason to be excited, being selected into Gao Yaotai can be regarded as a sparrow turning into a phoenix, and her status as a companion dancer is definitely not the same as before.
Different from some rough appearances, when he knew that Li Shenglin was the boss, he was a little overwhelmed, Li Shenglin calmly patted him on the shoulder, so that he didn't have to be nervous, "After joining SL Entertainment, everyone will be a family, and if you are familiar with the title in the future, you can order it at will." ”
Ko Yo-tae's matter has finally been settled, and Kim Jong-min and Shin Ji are also very happy. Next, SL Entertainment began to officially produce new albums for its artists. Ko Yo-tae's Chapter 5 album was still produced by the same team that previously produced music albums for Kim Jong-min and them.
For the time being, SL Entertainment can't produce and sell it like S.M, and Lee Seung-rim is familiar with Gao Yaotai's sixth album, and Gao Yaotai's song style is disco, which is not an ordinary song. Many brokerage companies in South Korea invite professional music teams to produce albums, and Lee Seung-rim doesn't think there's anything to be reserved.
In October, Liu Tianqi also came to South Korea, and Li Shenglin went to NEXON with him to discuss the agency of online games. Things were negotiated very smoothly, Tianqi Company easily won the agency, before Liu Tianqi left, Li Shenglin asked him to sell the legendary private server, and concentrate on operating Bubble Hall in the future, and he will act as an agent for more games in the future.
There is also news about Chae Yeon, Chae Yeon's real name is Lee Jung-sook, and now she is developing under the name Jinny in RB, but there is still a gap between the achievements and expectations, and the staff of SL Entertainment also took some effort to find her, and after spending a lot of effort to make Chae Yeon confirm that SL Entertainment is not a liar, Chae Yeon promised to think about it.
The people who came into contact with Cai Yan were very happy, and after informing Li Shenglin of the news, Li Shenglin thought for a while and asked him to continue to stay in RB, and several of his colleagues were also stationed in South Korea, and Li Shenglin planned to take this opportunity to directly establish RB's office. And this time, the person who ran errands for Lee Seung-lin was directly promoted to the director of the RB district.
After thinking about it for two months, Lee Jung-sook officially decided to return to South Korea for development, and at present, SL Entertainment in South Korea is not a big company at all, although then Gao Yaotai and Lee Hyo-ri have a little popularity, but large companies are not supported by hype fame. SL Entertainment team Cai Yan is not the best choice, but SL Entertainment is the first agency to take the initiative to contact her, which adds a lot of points to her heart.
On December 13, after SL Entertainment showed great sincerity in the contract and showed a plan for Cai Yan's development in the future, Cai Yan decided to try to sign a contract with SL Entertainment, and the contract between the two parties was signed for two years, and the contract will take effect from January 1 next year. The next day, Cai Yan returned to South Korea to meet Li Shenglin in person.
For SL Entertainment now, every artist who can become famous in the future is very important, when Li Shenglin and Cai Yan met, Cai Yan was a little restrained, and when she saw Li Shenglin, she was a little unbelievable, and such a young person was actually the son of the boss and not the boss.
Li Shenglin slightly revealed a little bit of the energy behind him, showing that he was a young master from a rich and powerful family playing tickets in the entertainment industry. Cai Yan let go of half of her heart, there is not a good song in the ballad world that can be popular, the current situation and luck are indispensable, if there is no current situation and luck, you can only rely on money and the energy behind it.
Cai Yan was skeptical about her future, she originally wanted to sign a contract for a year, but Li Shenglin did not agree. Jokes, in 2003, apart from Lee Hyori, how many female artists have room to survive, and when the contract expires for one year, it will definitely let go of Chae Yeon, who is SOLO like Lee Hyori.
The energy behind SL Entertainment comes entirely from Lee Chung-jung, and Lee Chung-jung will not ask Lee for anything, so SL Entertainment's background is much cleaner than S.M's. For artists, the contract is also unprecedented in the whole of South Korea, and behind such a generous contract, Li Shenglin naturally has higher requirements for the artist's contract period.
This means that the company's initial development has only been signed for two years, and Lee Hyori's contract is five years. In the future, SL Entertainment will train artists completely by themselves, and the contract will be at least seven years.
Seeing that Cai Yan did not forget to smile in her restraint, the exposed tiger teeth and a beautiful mole on the tip of her nose, adding a temptation to her cuteness, Li Shenglin sighed in her heart, "Such a woman should be the legendary natural charmer, I really want to pinch it twice." ”
Time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye, 2002 also passed.
On February 10, 2003, Lee Hyori SOLO's album officially began production, an album of ten songs, the title song "10 minutes" composed and arranged by Lee Seung-rim, and today began to officially shoot the MV.
Lee Seung-rim really wanted to play the backup dance in person, but the task of the backup dancer was not only to shoot the MV, but also to appear together on the singing stage.
The time has also come on March 1st, and Ko Yo-tae's new album has also begun to be released this month, and the release time of Lee Hyo-ri's 1st album is scheduled for May 10, Lee Hyo-ri's birthday, and now it is starting to warm up.
On May 10th, the album was officially released, and four days after its release, Lee Hyo-ri began to officially sing on SBS TV on the 15th, which will be the first time Lee Hyo-ri has played as a SOLO.
Everything was waiting for that day to come, but on the 2nd, Han Xue called herself.
"Xue'er, how long has it been since you met, and you miss me?" Li Shenglin has always been a hippie smile when he talks to Han Xue, and Han Xue and Li Shenglin also speak in this tone, and the pure baby has been taken away.
"Brother Shenglin, recently Funa Company is preparing to shoot a sequel to the Spring Glory Pig Bajie, and I have been decided to be the heroine of the first section. Should you congratulate me?" could be heard from the voice, Han Xue was in a very good mood.
"The sequel to Pig Bajie in the spring, the lucky stars shine brightly, and you play it with Huang Haibo?" Li Shenglin said in surprise.
"It's really boring, how do you know everything?" Han Xue's voice was full of unhappiness, and she failed again, as if there was nothing to hide from Li Shenglin.
"That's a big congratulations. Li Shenglin's tone was light, he knew that Han Xue would not make this call to show off, there must be something else to say, but he just didn't let her hang his appetite.
"It's really annoying, can't you pretend that I just called you out of pure pleasure?" Han Xue didn't know Li Shenglin on the first day, and from his flat tone, she could hear that he had seen through his own careful thoughts, which made her even more unhappy.
"This TV series is distributed by our company Suzhou Funa, and I will fight for you a role with a lot of scenes. Play with me, and the two of us play love scenes. Well, I'm funny. Han Xue proudly showed off on the phone.
"Acting in a love scene with you?" Li Shenglin was stunned for two seconds before remembering Han Xue's role, "What about Wang Xuebing?"
Han Xue: "...... Did someone tell you? How do you know everything?"
Li Shenglin couldn't explain to Han Xue, so he could only divert the topic: "You gave me the role you fought for, and your company agreed?"
"Yes, I fought with the company for a long time, and I praised you to the sky, and the company agreed to let you try. Do you want to play this role? Han Xue asked.
Li Shenglin thought about it for a while and decided to agree, he won't have much time to mingle in the Chinese entertainment industry now. In the future, it is inevitable to expand business to China, and if you can be a little well-known, it will be more convenient to do things in the future. Now this pie-in-the-sky thing should not be in vain, and it is also a good thing for the company to be able to increase a little popularity for yourself in China. "I promised, when will the TV series start filming?"
"It's going to be turned on in a few days, so you can pack your things now and come straight here. You and I are in the first play, so the time is a bit tight, the crew has already arrived at YN, and I have to go right away. You go directly to YN Dali, and I'll pick you up at the airport when I arrive. Han Xue said.
"Okay, I'll go to YN after explaining the company's affairs, and I'll leave in about three days. After saying a word to Han Xue, Li Shenglin hung up the phone. Lee Hyori's album release is imminent, and Lee Seung-rim really needs to explain things, and he doesn't know when he will come back.