The money spent on holding the celebration came from Lin Zhicheng's private treasury and had nothing to do with public funds.

In other words, if you want to invite any star to participate in the event, it depends on Lin Zhicheng's intentions. Others, at most, only have the right to suggest, and as for voting to change the final result, it is simply a matter of no shadow.

Since you have a lot of power in your hands, why not sell your face to Lee so-man or Kim Young-min and agree to their proposals?

The reason is not complicated.

First, it is Lin Zhicheng's own character. Whether before he became the owner of the island, or now, Lin Zhicheng's personality tends to be quiet and indifferent, unlike those who like to watch horror movies and palace fighting dramas, he prefers comedies and variety shows with a joyful atmosphere. In his character, he has a natural resistance to those relatively dark things.

Some people say that he is soft-hearted and can't look at bad things, and some people say that he is too lazy to cramp and doesn't like to use his brain to ponder, but Lin Zhicheng never thought of changing this. Especially after becoming the owner of the island, he has enough control over his own life, and he likes the leisurely life of 'facing the sea and blooming in spring'.

The requirements of Li Xiuman and Kim Yingmin, for Lin Zhicheng, are just a matter of one sentence. However, by the nature of the matter, it was the type he was very reluctant to touch.

It's annoying to just hear it, let alone get involved in it.

Second, it's purely a matter of eyesight.

You must know that Catherine's side is going to invite well-known European and American artists and groups such as Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Maroon5, and the appearance of these people will greatly improve the quality of the New Year's Eve performance in the Nalan Islands.

In the entire Asian region, there are not many people who can be worthy of this forced qualification and are really qualified to participate in the performance, strictly speaking. In the invitation list drawn up by Lin Zhicheng, only Dong Zhou is probably the only one who can reach the grade, and the others are still somewhat below the standard.

In other words, the inclusion of Girls' Generation, CNblue, Twice, Phoenix Legend and other groups into the invitation list is partly because they are all top artists in their own country, but more importantly, because they have entered Lin Zhicheng's eyes and have been personally recognized by him.

On the other hand, whether it is NCT or EXO proposed by Lee so-man, or Red Velvet proposed by Kim Young-min, there is no such key vision in Lin Zhicheng.

Just as a collector would not mix his collection with art or antiques that are not in line with his eyes, Lin Zhicheng does not want to see those artists who do not have an appetite for him appear at the celebrations held at his own expense.

"Sunny, you can advise me, what should I do?" Coming out of the S.m company, a depressed expression appeared on Lin Zhicheng's face. Unable to think of how to refuse Lee so-man and Kim Young-min, he couldn't help but ask for Sunny's suggestion.

"What to do?" Sunny's mouth curled up slightly, deliberately pretending not to understand.

After watching the whole process of the conversation between the three of them, he clearly saw the changes in Lin Zhicheng's expression inside and outside the company, in fact, Sunny had roughly guessed his thoughts, and knew that he didn't want to agree to the proposal of the president and his uncle, and put another group of juniors from his own company in the performance list.

"I'm not going to hide it from you. To be honest, whether it's the girl group recommended by your president or the two boy groups recommended by your uncle, I don't want to give a place. Lin Zhicheng scratched the back of his head, and couldn't help but say more: "By the way, we are friends, I only told you because I believed you, you won't go to the snitch, right?"

"Hehe, informant? I don't have that kind of leisure. Giving Lin Zhicheng a reassuring answer, Sunny then asked, "And then? Are you asking my opinion? Want to ask me if I should reject them?"

"Hmm. Lin Zhicheng nodded again and sighed: "I knew that I would have brought an assistant with me, and if he refused, it would be much easier for me." ”

"I'm speechless. Anyway, I'm also an artist of S.m, if I suggest you don't agree, doesn't that mean your elbow is turned out?" Sunny first shook her head with a smile, and complained about Lin Zhicheng's unreliability, and then she changed her tone and said quite simply: "Anyway, you are the inviter, and it is not up to you to decide who you want to invite." If you want to refuse, then refuse, what's there to worry about?"

"No, if I refuse, won't it involve you and your combination?" Lin Zhicheng expressed his worries: "You didn't see the scene just now, they obviously want to tie up, if I refuse their request, maybe, they will refuse my invitation in turn and not let Girls' Generation participate in the event." ”

"Hehe, I really didn't expect that. In your eyes, our girlhood is so important?" Because she was still driving, Sunny had to look ahead, but there was a hint of ** and joking in her tone.

"It doesn't matter if the others are the others, the key is you, if it weren't for the order from my aunt, let me definitely take you to let her meet, where is there so much trouble?" Okay, this is just thinking about it in my heart, Lin Zhicheng will not say it in front of Sunny.

Not knowing the little muttering in Lin Zhicheng's heart, thinking that he was still struggling with the previous question, Sunny spoke again: "Actually, you really don't need to think so much. Seriously, whether you reject their offer or not, it doesn't affect our girlhood. ”

"Huh?"

"It's not uncommon for you to be tied up, but that situation requires the premise that both sides will suffer if the negotiations break down. And now, in this cooperation between you and our company, our company is a pure beneficiary position, if you directly refuse to cooperate because of the bundle, it is the company itself that suffers. With their eyes, they will not fail to see through this. ”

To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of earning more and earning less. If Lin Zhicheng agreed to the request and agreed to install one more combination, then, for the S.m company, even if it was a big profit, on the contrary, if he did not agree to the proposal of the bundle, standing in the position of the S.m company, he would earn less.

If Lin Zhicheng wants to cooperate with a certain individual, the other party may be willful for a while, refusing to cooperate because he doesn't earn enough, S.m is a company, and they will not be so capricious in the face of this situation.

As long as it does not lose money, S.m will not refuse this invitation.

Taking a step back, even if you only send Girls' Generation to attend, is it really not profitable?

Although Girls' Generation is no longer the hottest combination at the moment, continuing to invest resources in them will not be as rewarding as investing in those new generation combinations. However, there is a premise for this argument, that is, Girls' Generation cannot get out of Korea and truly become a world-class idol group.

The term "world-class idol group" here refers to mainstream idols who have been recognized by countless people like the original hot girl group or the backstreet boys.

As for the 'Hallyu Idols' and 'World Stars' that Koreans are proud of, hehe, don't look at the fact that they can sell out tickets when they hold performances abroad, but in the end, the only ones who are willing to spend money to watch their performances live are just a handful of fans who have been influenced by Hallyu. Compared with the entire basic market, it can only be regarded as non-mainstream after all.

If Girls' Generation can break the shackles and become a mainstream idol group, then S.m. can make a lot of money on them.

The current performance stage is an opportunity. It's true that the odds of breaking the shackles with just one performance are not very high, but there is a chance after all, isn't it?

Just looking at this point, S.m is unlikely to refuse.

Taking a step back, even if the entire group of Girls' Generation fails to get promoted through this performance and disperses to each of their members, there is another opportunity - who knows if any of the nine will fall into the eyes of those big stars because of this cooperation stage, if one of them suddenly becomes friends with European and American big-name artists, then, with the help of their personal friendship, S.m company can also get some benefits in the future, right?

"Okay, I see. After listening to Sunny's explanation and pondering for a while, Lin Zhicheng finally sorted out his mind and saw through the key to this cooperation.

There was no need to dwell on it anymore, Lin Zhicheng's mood suddenly relaxed a lot.

I didn't think it before, but now that I relaxed, a feeling of emptiness in my stomach came up.

Touching his stomach, Lin Zhicheng asked casually: "Sunny, it's not early, let's find a place to eat something first?" By the way, you also know, my two cousins are going to come here to go to school, before coming to your company today, I have already found a house for them, they should stay there at this time, if you have nothing to do, do you want to meet with them?"

"Lily and Lingling? Okay, I'm okay anyway. Remembering the scene of playing with the two sisters on the Naran Islands, Sunny nodded dryly.

"Okay, I'll call them right now. Lin Zhicheng took out his mobile phone and said with a smile: "I just moved in, and there is nothing in the refrigerator yet, so I asked them to go grocery shopping first." Let's go back and eat at home, so we don't go outside. ”

"Chinese food? I haven't eaten in a while, so I'm a little hungry. Sunny laughed too, "Otherwise, you let them wait at home, and let's go grocery shopping together." You're just here, so you haven't been to our market yet, have you? Just in time, let me be a tour guide. ”

"It's fine. ”