Episode 29: S.M. Cult
Lee so-man, who has been leading S.M for 13 years, fully understands why Jung Hee-yi asked to sign with S.M's subsidiary.
Only when it is signed in a subsidiary, and Zheng Xiyi is the largest shareholder, can a company like Sdius feel at ease, which is similar to a personal brokerage company being affiliated with a large brokerage company, because Zheng Xiyi has autonomy. As for why you don't hang it under Sdius, do you give it a 37 share? Do you give 49% of the equity? Do you dare to give the parent company the right of first refusal? Do you give back all the resources under such conditions? Although S.M has no film and television resources at all, what difference does it make if you hang under S.M or Sdius after having these priority conditions? When the time comes, the director and screenwriter can also rest assured that they can find Zheng Xiyi without worrying about S.M coming up and intervening.
Of course, Li Xiuman also understands Zheng Xiyi's little abacus. If calculated according to this share, Zheng Xiyi's actual achievements are not three seven, but one and a half to eight and a half. But it doesn't matter to S.M, I originally planned to give Quancheng a contract, and I still have one and a half to take it, not to mention that Li Xiuman himself still accounts for 21% of it, which means that there is still his share in this half of it, why not want this kind of good thing to pick up for nothing.
As for the internal troubles of S.M, Zheng Xiyi's solution is actually not the best, but it is the most suitable. Since he is not an artist directly under S.M, then everyone can talk about it in their own way, and they don't have to strictly follow the company's regulations, which reduces embarrassment. At the same time, because he is not a direct artist, he wants to hug his thighs but he doesn't belong to S.M, if you want to get ahead, you can leave S.M to join Zheng Xiyi's subsidiary, Zheng Xiyi's subsidiary is now an artist for him, and he doesn't accept trainees and goes to be a cleaner?
While thinking about it, he drank coffee, and drank this cup of coffee enough, Li Xiuman raised his head and looked at Zheng Xiyi, "I'm curious......"
"Ah, Uncle Man, what are you curious about?" this time Zheng Xiyi didn't understand.
"How did your parents educate you to raise you to be the way you are?"
"Uh......" Zheng Xiyi realized that Li Xiuman was joking, "Uncle Man, don't laugh at me, I'm just a fool who will have a thousand worries." ”
Li Xiuman laughed and waved his hand, "If you are also called a fool, then I have lived for fifty years in vain." I'm really curious, and I want to learn from your parents' educational experience, although my son can't catch up, maybe my grandson can try. ”
"Uncle Man, you overestimate me too much. If you really want to talk about how to educate me, don't hide it from Uncle Man, my father often tells me that it's good to have my sister in front, otherwise the biggest regret in this life will be that I have never enjoyed the fun of being a parent. Zheng Xiyi smiled bitterly, as a person who has lived strictly according to his own schedule since he was 4 years old, his parents really did not enjoy the fun of educating him to become a talent.
Li Xiuman laughed and coughed twice, "It seems that I should take the time to go to New York to visit your parents and ask how you grew up." ”
Zheng Xiyi shook his head with a wry smile, picked up his coffee and drank it to hide his embarrassment. After Li Xiuman's mood calmed down, he put down the cup and asked, "Uncle Man, do you have any problems with these thoughts of mine?"
Li Xiuman thought for a while, "Will you be the only artist in the subsidiary in the future?"
"No, no, of course not. Zheng Xiyi shook his head, "If there are artists who are willing to sign up for the subsidiary, of course they can, but the subsidiary only signs non-artists in the music industry, such as actors and comedy artists." In addition, if there are artists who are not suitable to stay at S.M, they can consider transferring to this subsidiary, but this needs to be negotiated by everyone. The subsidiary does not recruit trainees, only artists. ”
Li Xiuman's eyes became sharp again when he heard that the artists in the music industry who were no longer suitable for staying in S.M, and he immediately thought of the mythical combination, is Zheng Xiyi so powerful that he actually knows that there is a problem with the company's contract renewal negotiations with mythology?
"But in that case, you account for 49% of the subsidiary, and everyone signs up to you, isn't it a loss for the company?" Li Xiuman didn't think deeply about the renewal of the contract, and first put the issue of sharing and shares out.
"S.M has the first priority. If it can be said that the artist signed in to S.M, the subsidiary will never interfere, and will provide film and television resources, of course, not all resources. If the artist takes the initiative to sign up to the subsidiary, it means that S.M is not their first choice, since the signing subsidiary can get 30% for nothing, what are the directors of S.M who are not willing? Moreover, if something goes wrong with the subsidiary, S.M plus you can form an absolute shareholding and control the subsidiary. ”
Li Xiuman nodded, it really doesn't matter to him whether the actor and the funny artist are signed with S.M or the subsidiary, because he also has 21% of the subsidiary. Although he has more shares in S.M, it will be slowly diluted by more people joining, not to mention that there is also the political party behind him sucking blood, he actually can't get so many dividends, and there is no one behind the subsidiary to suck blood. Zheng Xiyi's words just now were actually a reminder to him that although he and S.M together can obtain absolute control, what if he and Zheng Xiyi are added together? This means that he has one more hole card on the board of directors of S.M, and even if he just remains neutral, he can get a lot of benefits.
"Are you the president of the subsidiary?" asked Li Xiuman.
"I'm not this material, I just want to be an actor. I hope that Uncle Man will be the representative of the president. Zheng Xiyi didn't know how to be the president, so he chatted with Li Xiuman for a while, and it took him a week to design, which is going to be the president, where does he have time to think about his acting skills.
Li Xiuman narrowed his eyes, and his eyes flashed with anger, "I can't even go back to South Korea now, and I can't be the president." ”
Zheng Xiyi sighed, "Then leave it to the S.M board of directors to appoint." ”
Li Xiuman nodded slowly, if he could, he definitely didn't want to let go of the position of president of this subsidiary, "Then let them decide, always give these directors some sweetness to taste, all of them are decided, they may have opinions." ”
Zheng Xiyi could hear disdain and anger in Li Xiuman's tone, and he should indeed be angry. After making political donations to the political party behind him, and fleeing overseas with the notoriety of economic crimes, and the S.M. he created is also being eaten away, Li Xiuman feels like an outcast but has nowhere to vent.
The two of them were silent for a long time, and Li Xiuman asked with a smile in order to ease the atmosphere: "After talking for a long time, the name of the subsidiary is still the subsidiary, has Xiyi ever thought about what the name of the company should be?"
Zheng Xiyi pretended to think about it, "You see how about calling it S.M.CultureContents, referred to as S.MCC." ”
Li Xiuman muttered a few times, "S.M. CultureContents, S.MCC, well, that sounds good, if the board has no opinion, so be it!"
Li Xiuman stood up and stretched out his hand to Zheng Xiyi, "Then, Director Zheng Xiyi, I wish us a happy cooperation." ”
Zheng Xiyi was not polite, reached out and shook Li Xiuman's hand, and shook it vigorously, "Director Li Xiuman, we will definitely cooperate happily." ”
After chatting for another half an hour, Zheng Xiyi said goodbye and left, he had to fly back to New York to reunite with his parents, although he went home every holiday, but when he came to the United States and couldn't enter the house, his father might not say anything, but his mother would definitely chase him to South Korea to clean him up.
Li Xiuman stood at the door and watched Zheng Xiyi get into a taxi and leave, secretly thinking about how to make the board of directors happily pass this proposal. Although he still holds the largest shares, he cannot control them absolutely, so he needs to arrange first and win over a group of neutral minority shareholders to be invincible.
"Xiuman, what are you doing standing at the door?"
A woman's voice came from behind Li Xiuman, Li Xiuman looked back and saw that it was his wife Kim Eun-jin who had gone downstairs, he hurriedly closed the door and entered the house, helped Kim Eun-jin to sit on the sofa, and complained: "Don't come down if you're uncomfortable, just rest on the bed." ”
Kim Eun-jin smiled and said, "I've been resting for a day, and my bones will fall apart if I rest any longer, it's just a small problem, indigestion, you don't have to be so nervous." ”
Li Xiuman held Kim Eun-jin's hand, looked at her face, and felt a lot better, so he relieved himself, "It's not a small problem, it's an old problem, let's go to the hospital for a check-up, don't hold on." ”
Kim Eun-jin patted the back of his hand twice, "It's just because it's an old problem, so I know it's okay, so don't nag." By the way, I heard a voice downstairs just now, is there a guest coming? Why didn't you tell me to come down to entertain the guests, how rude? ”
Li Xiuman shook his head, "This is the United States, not South Korea, there are not so many courtesies to lose." But ah, today is really a great guest, only 18 years old, there is a saying in China called heroes out of youth, today I can be regarded as insightful. ”
Kim Eun-jin looked around curiously, "What kind of guest makes you value it so much, 18 years old? and a hero? Are you making me happy when you see me sick?"
Lee so-man gently stroked Kim Eun-jin's hand, "Do you know Zheng Xiyi? It's the 9-year-old Korean boy who won the Academy Award, and he just turned 18 last month. ”
"Oh, old man, why didn't you call me down earlier, Zheng Xiyi, of course I know, how good that kid is, genius boy. I heard that I am now attending Kyung Hee University in South Korea? I also said to Hyun Gyu and Sung Gyu last time, look at other people's children, how many are promising, 9 years old Oscar, 15 years old admitted to university, our two sons have half of the ability of the family. Zheng Xiyi instantly became a mother friend.
Li Xiuman smiled and said with a hint of self-deprecation, "Half of their ability, I won't worry if they can have one-tenth of Zheng Xiyi's ability." ”
Kim Eun-jin, who was still disgusting her son just now, immediately turned into a mother, "How can anyone say this about their own son, if they really don't have the ability, isn't it because your father is too busy to educate them." ”
Li Xiuman hurriedly laughed, "Inside, inside, it's all my fault, the son is not the godfather's fault." But ah, I didn't belittle them, if they really had one-tenth of Zheng Xiyi's ability, I really wouldn't be worried. ”
"So powerful, tell me, what medicine did Zheng Xiyi feed you just now, so you value it so much. You haven't seen 10,000 or thousands of these seventeen or eighteen-year-old smart boys, and you've never seen you praise a child like this. Kim Eun-jin was piqued with curiosity.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you slowly, but you accompany me upstairs first, I'm tired, you can rest with me." Lee so-man helped Kim Eun-jin up, and the two of them helped each other to the stairs.
"Hey, if it's really as powerful as you say, how about introducing you to Eun-gyu?, no, Eun-gyu is old, so it's appropriate for Shun-gyu......" Kim Eun-jin was worried about her nieces' lifelong events while going up the stairs.
"Oh, I said what the hell are you doing, Shun Gyu is not an adult, and Zheng Xiyi is not an adult!"
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