A villa in Seoul, South Korea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiuman sat on the sofa, frowning and looking at the documents in his hand, he didn't even notice that the tea on the table on the side was cold, he picked it up and took a sip, and found that the taste was wrong, so he frowned and glanced at the teacup.

Li Xiuman put the teacup back on the table, looked at the time, hesitated for a moment, and then made a call: "I have read the plan, do you really think it is necessary to prepare like this?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then Kim Young-min's voice came: "Well, if the results of Girls' Generation in four months do not meet expectations, we must split them up to make way for the new group." ”

Li Xiuman frowned and said: "According to this plan, the tentative new group is four people, and then the members separated from Girls' Generation will be absorbed." But don't you think it's the reaction of the fans? And the company has never done that before. ”

The other end of the phone said: "I re-examined the abilities and backgrounds of the members of Girls' Generation, and found that when I first combined them, I took some things for granted, such as Seo Joo-hyun and Lim Yoon-a, which were not suitable for this combination, which caused great hidden dangers to the company's resource allocation system." From the perspective of efficiency, if girlhood cannot develop yet, we can only reconsider how we allocate resources. SJ's success is a special case, and I admit that I took it for granted at first, and not everyone can open up in the variety show system like SJ. ”

Li Xiuman frowned and nodded, in private, he recognized this very much, and the company's senior management knew that the performance of Girls' Generation in the variety show in the first half of 08 was not as good as the company expected, and a lot of opportunities were wasted.

Kim Young-min added: "As mentioned in the plan, if Girls' Generation still can't meet expectations, this group must make changes, our resources are not unlimited, in addition to them, we have to consider other groups and artists." Now the company can also use the cessation of activities in the second half of the year to justify the inclination of resources in the first four months of next year, but if they are still like that after four months, the combination will not be able to survive on its own in the future, and it will only waste the company's investment, so it is better to start anew. ”

Li Xiuman also recognized this, indeed, when the formation of Girls' Generation, because of the successful precedent of SJ, the company blindly formed a big group, and even had extremely high requirements for the family background of the group members, thinking about further integrating the resources that the company could use, but I didn't expect to waste a year.

According to Kim Young-min's idea, reducing the size of the group a little bit and making the group's specialty direction more professional and obvious will not only make each group more competitive, but also increase the chances of winning in the competition for specific programs and commercial performances - this model is indeed more efficient for a pure manager.

But in Li Xiuman's opinion, it is still a bit early to make such preparations, and the most important thing is that the company has not done such a thing before, and I am afraid that doing so will shake the company's status and reputation.

Therefore, Li Xiuman said: "I agree with your idea in principle, after all, being more professional will indeed allow artists to focus more on a certain direction, but the question is, when do you plan to let them know, the most important thing is that the company's status is destined to have a lot of people staring at us, although the political troubles have been solved, but the competition in the industry will only become more intense, and some changes in things are not something we can fully grasp, what if the company's reputation is affected because of the dismantling and reorganization of Girls' Generation?" On top of that, you also know the family background of the members of Girls' Generation, and if they join forces, it will cause us a lot of trouble, which is why I had reservations about forming such a big lady group at the beginning. ”

Kim Young-min was silent for a while, and Li Xiuman could even guess that Kim Young-min must be thinking: Cut, didn't you also install Phoebe and Sunny at the beginning? Especially that Phoebe's background, I thought she was a nobody, who would have thought that people could have a relationship with the U.S. ambassador.

So Li Xiuman snorted again: "Okay, that's all in the past, let's focus on solving the current problem." If we follow this plan, we can do our best in terms of public opinion, but how should parents deal with it? You know, if a group is dismantled and reorganized, even if it develops well in the future, it will become uneven, let's say Xiaoyuan, she is a dance specialty, but we can't provide too many good opportunities in this regard, and the TV station is also biased against modern dance, especially those MCs who are playing properly, they are all older generations, and the generation gap with modern dance is not ordinarily large. ”

Kim Young-min replied quickly this time: "I know this, but the previous incident of Hyoyeon starring in Song and Dance Youth 3 reminded me that although it is not easy to develop in South Korea, there are still many opportunities in the United States, and I heard that Sunny was also preparing to participate in a hip-hop style group debut, which is not easy for us to develop in South Korea, but there are still many opportunities abroad." ”

Li Xiuman was stunned for a moment, and then said with some doubts: "But we don't have many connections in the United States." ”

Kim Young-min laughed: "The reason why I took so long to get out of the negotiations with Universal Music is that I want them to help accept a combination of modern dance styles, and we separate the two big development directions of music and dance. ”

"What about actors?"

"I haven't thought about this now, several of the girls in their teenage years want to appear in TV series and movies, before Kim Taeyeon was only focused on singing, but after going to the United States to make a movie, her mind is also active, this is not a good change, the company does not have so many resources to meet, and don't forget, we still have a large number of actors and artists who do not have a chance. This is very detrimental to the company's management and resource grabbing. ”

Li Xiuman nodded silently, he knew that Jin Yingmin was right, the company is not like cultivating that kind of undoubted superstar, that kind of artist will definitely counterattack the company, even if he does not fall out with the company, he will interfere with the company's management mechanism, which has long been a precedent in the entertainment industry.

So Lee so-man said: "Okay, I agree with this plan, but we can only start the plan if Girls' Generation does not develop as expected in four months, otherwise we will not have enough excuses to convince fans and the public, and most importantly, I don't know who took the Blue House route, but I heard that the president has already begun to think about supporting Girls' Generation, who has done him a great favor." ”

"Of course, I know this very well, and I'm actually looking into it. ”

Li Xiuman said again: "By the way, what kind of three-dimensional projection advertisement did Barbara say, we just drag it out?"

Jin Yingmin's voice was a little helpless: "I asked Lin Yun'er a lot, but she couldn't tell what was going on with this new technology, I suspected it was Samsung research at first, but now it seems that it is obviously not, by the way, you know Phoebe's brother, it is the matter of that Ebrun, right? I analyzed it with a few friends, and I felt that he, like many private companies developing space technology, is a peripheral enterprise in the field of space technology in the United States, so if it is their technology, I will not be surprised at all." ”

Li Xiuman also nodded and said, "Well, I heard that Barbara and Ebron are still in a relationship. ”

Kim Young-min added: "Anyway, at least on the Korean side, we can't leave the honor of being the first to apply this new technology to Girls' Generation, whether it is SJ or DFSQ, these combinations should be prioritized over them." ”

Li Xiuman also agreed with this very much, and said: "Barbara still won't let go?"

"Well, according to her, this is a stand-alone operation of Universal Music, and it has nothing to do with us. Kim Young-min said.

Li Xiuman groaned: "To be honest, we haven't figured out the relationship between her and Phoebe yet, I'm afraid our understanding of Phoebe is still a little insufficient......"

Kim Young-min obviously heard the melancholy contained in Lee so-man's words, and also sighed and said: "Phoebe is now going to the rally with Lee Yoon-shin again, according to Barbara, we drag her for a day, and the Girls' Generation's promotional activities in South America can only start one day later, and if it drags on, I'm afraid we can only let them come back." ”

Li Xiuman asked, "What do you think about this?"

"Which one, Barbara's words, or Lee Yoon-xin?"

Li Xiuman said: "Li Yunxin." ”

“…… I don't know, I only know that Li Yunxin has been in Germany for most of the year. ”

Li Xiuman asked again: "Samsung's side has not said anything? I mean, there is no statement through the company." ”

Li Xiuman's words are not clear, but Kim Yingmin understands what he means, Li Xiuman has long been unable to establish contact with Samsung for various reasons, but Kim Yingmin has a very close relationship with Samsung by virtue of his classmates and other relationships, which is also the reason why he, as a rising star of the big boss, can compete with Li Xiuman.

So he said: "I have heard that Lee Kun-hee may go to Chile after January 10. Just heard. ”

"......" Li Xiuman nodded first, pondered for a while, and said: "Alas, the negotiation with Barbara is too unequal, and I didn't greet us about the English culture of girls' generation songs before." ”

Kim Yingmin said: "This can't be helped, Universal Music is too big, and we are not on the same order of magnitude as them." After speaking, he couldn't help but say: "They are much more than Ai." ”

"The front door drives the wolf, and the back door enters the tiger...... Li Xiuman sighed, and at the same time he glanced at the plan in his hand again, and said: "If Lee Kun-hee really goes to Chile, let's let Barbara go, obviously this is still a lot of benefits for Girls' Generation, as for other artists...... Let's just say that this publicity has nothing to do with the company, it is done by Universal Music itself. ”

Hearing Li Xiuman's suggestion, Jin Yingmin understood that Li Xiuman still didn't want to have surgery on Girls' Generation, at least this could avoid twists and turns in the company, in fact, in Jin Yingmin's view, if Girls' Generation could really develop beyond the company's expectations during the four-month golden window, it would not be bad, at least in terms of resource competition in the future, Girls' Generation could help the company, rather than just let the company find a way to give resources beyond their fame.

After all, Girls' Generation has been debuting for more than a year and is not a newcomer.

And Kim Young-min just made a preliminary plan, just to recover the company's losses.

So Kim Young-min said: "Okay, then we won't fight with Universal Music this time, but, according to the contract, Universal Music has no such rights in South Korea, and the company has suffered a big loss this time, and we can't back down anymore, otherwise they will only make more excessive demands in future negotiations." ”

Li Xiuman naturally understood this, and agreed: "I support your point of view, I finally drove Ai Hui away before, and Universal Music is here again...... In any case, when you talk to Barbara, you must let her understand that this is Universal Music infringing on the rights of Saman. ”

"Of course, I would say. Kim Young-min responded, and then continued: "By the way, there is another thing, Girls' Generation did not attend this year's Christmas party, I observed, several other groups, and their agents all have ideas about this, and some people vaguely say that they don't want to participate in the company's party in the future." I didn't come forward.,Now everyone thinks of me as an eccentric who fully supports girls' generation.,I'll leave it to you on New Year's Day.。 ”

Li Xiuman was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll do this, the people below are becoming more and more disobedient...... Thank you for your hard work. ”

"It's nothing, the manager should have the bearing to bear these slanders, then, I'll hang up, goodbye. ”

"Goodbye. ”

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiuman was silent for a while, then read the plan again, shook his head slightly, leaned back on the sofa, frowned and didn't know what he was thinking......