Chapter 243: The Godfather Returns
Go back two hours to just two hours ago.
Jin Yanping didn't follow Shao Shi to run the notice today, it's not that he is lazy, but that he has more important work to do.
This is not the largest conference room in the small yellow building, but it is the one with the most luxurious decoration and exquisite furnishings.
In the rectangular room, in the center is a custom-made table, which resembles an elongated electric iron, or a top-down view of a jet ski. One end is square, while the other end is an acute angle with a curvature.
On all four walls are six huge LCD screens that play images simultaneously so that anyone sitting anywhere in the room can see them as soon as they look up.
However, there are only four people sitting in this room, which can't help but seem a little deserted.
Kim Yeon-pyeong sat alone on one side. Opposite him is SuperJunior's agent director Kim Ki-beom, who has the same name as Kim Ki-beom, a member of SuperJunior who has suspended group activities and specializes in acting, so the fan circle also calls him "Old Ki-beom" to show his difference.
On Lao Ki Bum's side is Kim Min-wook, the main agent of SuperJunior-M (a team that focuses on the Celestial Empire market).
The only reason why the three broker directors of S.M.'s two portfolios sit in this room is to report to the owners of this room.
There is only one person who can have a private conference room in the small yellow building, and that is the middle-aged man who is sitting at the head at the moment - Lee so-man, the founder of S.M. and the largest shareholder of the company, who is named the godfather of Korean entertainment.
Well, of course, as mentioned earlier, he's Sunny's uncle too.
Due to various reasons such as advanced age and suspected embezzlement, he has long resigned as president and is no longer directly involved in the company's administration, and only has the title of artist director on the board of directors. At present, his main focus is on the other side of the ocean, strategizing and escorting BoA's entry into the U.S. market.
As mentioned earlier, in South Korea, the council and the board of directors are two different things. The board of directors is the shareholder of the company and does not directly participate in the operation of the company, while the board of directors is the management team elected by the shareholders to be responsible for the specific operation of the company.
Of course, members of the board of directors can concurrently serve on the board, but the specific functions and powers of the board of directors vary from person to person.
For example, Zhao Cangting, as one of the major shareholders of Naxon, only has the title of an ordinary director. Except for his own threesome studio, he basically can't manage the affairs of other departments in the company, it's just a voting right to vote.
The head of the board of directors is the chairman, and the head of the board of directors is the president.
Although Lee so-man has stepped down as president, he is still the chairman of the company, as the largest shareholder of the company.
Therefore, it is also necessary and inevitable to report to him on a regular or irregular basis on the development status of the company's artists.
Although the content of Jin Yanping's report includes the endorsement of the world's top brands such as Inter and Dior, Li Xiuman's expression has not changed much, just a slight bow. It was a seemingly inconspicuous small detail that caught his attention.
"Taeyeon wants to cover a Chinese song as the advertising theme song for a new project of the Celestial Empire's prosperous network?"
After subconsciously repeating Jin Yanping's original words almost word-for-word, Li Xiuman raised his hand to interrupt the other party's report, smacking his lips and falling into thought.
It's not that Li Xiuman thinks that the value of the two world's top brands, Inter and Dior, is not as good as that of the prosperous network, in his opinion, these two are two completely different things.
Whether it's Inter or Dior, it's just that he chose his youth as the spokesperson for Asia or even just East Asia, and in the Asian idol girl group at this point in time, except for AKB48, which can't win in the Japanese market, he can be regarded as almost no opponent when he is young.
So being selected by Inter or Dior as the spokesperson for Asia or East Asia is just a matter of ripeness, and it's not worth making a fuss about.
But the theme song of the advertisement, in a sense, can be regarded as a www.biquge.info of the pen fun pavilion that entered the Celestial Empire when he was young.
Isn't that an exaggeration?
Could it be that such a famous Korean girl group when I was young has never appeared in various endorsement advertisements placed by the Celestial Empire?
Of course, for example, the Hollywood Friend commercial filmed before Yu Li's debut was broadcast in the Celestial Empire for a long time. In addition, Samsung IT also intends to invite Shaoshi as the spokesperson of the Celestial Empire market, and the contract has been basically negotiated, and it will be officially included in the work schedule soon.
But whether it's Haoliyou or Samsung, it's all Korean companies.
Prosperous Network is the first Celestial Empire enterprise to choose to cooperate with advertising in a small time, and the meaning of the two is completely different.
There is a big difference with the development strategy of Kim Young-min, the current president of S.M., and Lee so-man himself has a long-standing obsession with the Celestial Empire market.
Needless to say, Han Geng and Zhang Liyin are both artists discovered and praised by Li Xiuman himself. According to Li Xiuman's original expectation, these two Celestial Empire artists will become a strong support for the two groups SuperJunior and Girls' Generation in the Celestial Empire market.
SuperJunior-M, a team specializing in the Celestial Empire market, is also his handiwork, and even specially included two "members of the Pure Son Group" who were not originally members of SuperJunior for this squad: Zhou Mi of the Celestial Empire, and Chinese-American Henry (Liu Xianhua).
It can even be said that Lee so-man is a Korean with a "dream of the Heavenly Empire".
However, in 2004, Lee so-man was sentenced to two years in prison with a three-year suspension by the Central District Court of Seoul (renamed Seoul the following year) on suspicion of embezzlement. Under the pressure of public opinion, Lee so-man was forced to resign as president the following year and was replaced by the current president, Kim Young-min.
Kim Young-min is the nephew of former President Kim Dae-jung, and his rise to power should have a complicated political background, although Lee so-man himself has always been secretive about the specific inside story.
Shortly after obediently handing over the position of president, Lee so-man received a pardon approved by President Roh Moo-hyun.
From being indicted to being sentenced, then resigning as president, and then being pardoned...... This series of ups and downs can make people think about it and think about it carefully.
In any case, the leadership of S.M. was handed over to Kim Young-min in 2005, and Lee so-man became the so-called artist director.
Han Geng, who debuted in the same year, didn't seem to be affected much, but Zhang Liyin meaningfully disappeared from the SuperGirls first reorganization list and took the solo route instead.
On the other hand, Kim Young-min, who is not from a related major, is also a little powerless to sit in the position of president of an entertainment agency. In addition, he himself is not a shareholder of the company, even if he ascends to the helm with external forces, he has a lot of constraints on the board of directors where Li Xiuman still maintains great influence.
The power structure of S.M. creates a very delicate and strange balance.
Li Xiuman, who woke up from his contemplation, first took a deep breath and cleared the distracting thoughts in his mind before asking, "How did this cooperation find Taeyeon?
"The developer of this game is Naxon's threesome studio, and their maker happens to be our die-hard meal when we were young, and it was Taeyeon who he recommended to the bustling network," Kim Yeon-pyeong explained the cause ......and effect in the simplest language.
"The Celestial Empire's Zuò people, Naxon, the ...... of the prosperous Internet" Li Xiuman rubbed his chin and laughed dumbly, "Naksen actually has a game system, Zuò people are young people, it seems that I have missed a lot of interesting things during this time in the United States." ”
Seeing Li Xiuman's interested appearance, Jin Yanping asked tentatively: "By the way, Director Nim, there are just a few recordings of Liu Zhizuò chatting in the activity footage we filmed for the children. I think their comments on the children's concert table may have some reference value, so I saved an extra copy, would you like to listen to it?"
For many private artists' events, S.M. keeps videos for future commemorative DVDs and other purposes. When I was young, the "hoot" celebration banquet was no exception.
Li Xiuman was stunned for a moment, and then nodded lightly.
Jin Yanping connected the notebook in front of him to the wall-mounted LCD screen in the conference room, and soon the images of Liu Kewei and others talking eloquently appeared on the six large screens.
"My interpretation of Taeyeon's interpretation of this song can be described by key words such as firm and brave, tenacious and stubborn, indomitable, and full of fighting spirit, but the theme of Taeyeon's dance is a beautiful woman who is torn between the passionate pursuit of two people of the opposite sex, and the expression is a dilemma, hesitation, disappointment, and inseparability, so I think that in terms of the expression of this song "hush_hush", Taeyeon's singing love xù and dancing love xù are contrary. ”
"At least in my opinion, the singing of 'Introduce Me' is a perfect match for the dance story, it's a complete and harmonious performance, so at least in this respect, I have a higher opinion of it than 'hush_hush'. ”
In the story, Yuna is driving alone in the middle of the night, and when she makes a phone call, she sees a mobile phone ringing on the floor, but no one answers, so who is this call for? This suspense has not been answered until the end of the VCR, so from the perspective of storytelling, this VCR is a failure, leaving the audience with an impression of a beginning and no end. ”
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These words are true, but there is no value in achieving them. Li Xiuman nodded first, then shook his head, "But these game people seem to have quite ideas." It's a pity that the maker is also a bit of a pity, with his appearance, he should be an idol. ”
"Yes, yes, not only is his appearance very good, but that Liu Zhizuò's singing skills are also very good!" Jin Yanping laughed and made a joke.
"Really?" Li Xiuman's curiosity was raised a little more, "What kind of lead singer or rap is it?"
Jin Yanping took out his mobile phone: "It just so happens that I also recorded a song of his, Director Nim, do you want to listen to it?"
After getting Li Xiuman's confirmation, Jin Yanping played the song "Reasons to Leave Me".
The audio recorded by the mobile phone was still recorded in the practice room, and the effect was naturally very bad, but it was enough to fall into the ears of Li Xiuman, who personally excavated and became popular with five or six top K-pop groups.
"It's kind of interesting, Yanping, you can arrange it for me, I want to meet them. Well, it's just tomorrow, isn't that the occasion appropriate?"
Li Xiuman pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled innocently, and the small eyes that were quite similar to Sunny narrowed into two curved crescents.
P.S. This is the first update of the day.