A high-end café in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

An Asian man in a suit with gold wire glasses and leather shoes looked at Li Xiuman in front of him with a smile, and he brought a plan, which Li Xiuman had been reading for nearly two hours.

Finally, Li Xiuman closed the text, looked at the Asian man and said, "I still don't understand what your company means." ”

The man smiled and leaned forward, looked at Li Xiuman's eyes and said, "Mr. Li, the legal documents are ready, what else do you have to doubt?" You just have to help push this point. ”

Li Xiuman frowned and shook his head: "I was really flattered that a company as big as Universal Music suddenly took the initiative to come to the door, and the terms of the contract are also very good, but it is only for Girls' Generation, which makes it difficult for us to suppress other artists." ”

"Well, indeed, Universal Music." The man smiled and said, "Actually, I can't figure out why the headquarters has such a request." ”

"You mean, this is what Universal Music HQ meant? Those Germans? "Li Xiuman thought of Phoebe's Titan and thought of Li Yunxin.

The man shook his head again and said, "I don't know, but with my experience in the industry for so many years, this contract is quite lenient for your company and Girls' Generation, isn't it?" ”

Li Xiuman said: "It is because of tolerance that I have to hope to be able to obtain some preferential treatment further, so that there may be a result that benefits the whole company." ”

The man pursed his lips and shook his head: "I thought you would happily agree to sign the contract, but it seems that those people in the head office are wrong." After speaking, he was going to put away the text in front of Li Xiuman.

Li Xiuman pressed Wen Jiàn and said, "Maybe not being able to sign a contract will make the people at Universal Music Headquarters very unhappy?" ”

The man's movements froze, he withdrew his hand and shook his head, "That's right, okay, Mr. Lee, you are a typical Korean." ”

"Oh?"

"When you are treated with friendly treatment, you should open your heart instead of wanting to get more benefits from it, you are a typical Korean." The man shook his head.

Li Xiuman nodded slightly: "This is nature, in fact, we have nothing but to try our best." ”

"Well, the same mentality as your compatriots to the north."

Li Xiuman smiled bluntly: "You know, there are no weeds under the hibiscus tree that can survive, this is indeed our characteristic, some people deny it, but I don't, so my achievements are a little higher than others." ”

The man made a gesture of invitation with his right hand and asked, "So what do you want?" ”

Li Xiuman leaned back on the backrest, raised his arms again and said: "I know you, Mr. Tamura, you are actually just an intermediary in the entertainment industry, and you are not from Universal Company." ”

Tamura is not surprised, diǎn diǎn head is considered a default.

"That is, I can even question its authenticity." Li Xiuman pointed to Wen Jiàn on the table and stared into Tamura's eyes.

Tamura nodded slightly, which made Li Xiuman secretly scold the other party for being too cunning in his heart, and he couldn't test anything at all, so he had to say: "If you say something else, I may believe you." ”

Tamura diǎn again and asked, "For example?" ”

"For example, who is driving this?"

Tamura twitched his chin clearly, and then slowly said, "It seems that you have some guesses in the play?" ”

Li Xiuman narrowed his eyes and did not answer.

Tamura smiled and said: "Actually, I just accepted a commission to inform you of this matter, I don't know anything about the specific situation, whether you believe it or not, I have already received the commission fee." ”

Next, Li Xiuman was shocked to see Tamura stand up, straighten his clothes, put away the text, and left another sentence: "I don't know what the entrusting party wants to do, but I advise you not to delve into it, just work hard to promote this matter." I'm still on my business, goodbye. ”

At the same time, a similar thing was also happening in a café in Jiangnan, but the protagonist was replaced by Kim Young-min.

"If this is true, of course I am willing to vigorously promote it, but I deeply doubt the credibility of Wen Jiàn, who has not gone through official channels." Kim Young-min said.

Sitting opposite Kim Young-min was also a man in a suit and leather shoes, and he smiled: "You don't have to doubt the credibility, even if it's fake, you don't have anything to lose." ”

Jin Yingmin nodded slightly: "I'm just curious, such a thing is a good thing for our company, why should you ask me out separately to notify me first?" ”

The man said: "It's very simple, signing a contract is very beneficial to Girls' Generation's worth increase, Universal Music doesn't want your company to arrange Girls' Generation's contract too full before signing the contract, as we all know, you are their person in charge, you can control the itinerary arranged for them a little, right?" ”

Kim Young-min diǎndiǎn head, he knows that what the man said is right, after all, girls' generation is now on the rise, and the company will arrange itineraries for them to increase exposure, and in order to maintain the continuity of exposure, it is natural to systematically plan the itinerary for a long time in the future.

Once you sign a contract with Universal, you will naturally face some itinerary conflicts, and even have to waste the opportunities provided by Universal Music.

What's more, the value of Girls' Generation will definitely rise after signing the contract, and it will seem like a loss to sign now, so to speak, if it is true, the other party is completely sent by Universal Music to release goodwill.

Thinking of this result, Kim Young-min smiled and said, "If you don't mind, I'd like to see these again." ”

The man diǎndiǎn head made a gesture of please.

Soon after Kim Yingmin finished reading the text again, he decided in his heart that the other party must have been sent by Universal Music, and said with a smile: "I will vigorously promote the signing of the contract, and I hope that other artists in my company will also have the opportunity to cooperate with your company." ”

The man shook his head with a smile and said, "It seems that you really don't know me, I was only entrusted by Universal Company to deliver news to you." ”

Kim Young-min diǎndiǎn head said: "This text is true, thank you for the news." ”

"Okay, my work is done, but Wen Jiàn can't leave it to you, this is Universal Music's request, so ......" the man said with his right hand outstretched.

Kim Yingmin nodded again, picked up the text and handed it to the man, "Of course, I really hope that my secretary will sue me when I return to the office, and the signing intention of Universal has been sent." ”

The man put away the text and smiled, "Of course." Then he stood up and stretched out his right hand and said, "Okay, I have to go." ”

Jin Yingmin also stood up, stretched out his right hand and shook the other party's hand and said, "Me too, thank you, goodbye." ”

After Kim Young-min left the café, he called his secretary and asked him to report to him immediately whenever he received any intention to sign a contract with a foreign brokerage company, and then drove away, of course, he did not go back to the company directly.

Li Xiuman's side was different, and he sat in the café for a while, thinking about how to use this matter and how to tap the potential behind it.

In fact, it is not surprising that Kim Young-min and Lee so-man have different attitudes towards the same thing.

As mentioned earlier, Li Xiuman once received emails from Phoebe, Xiuying and SNN, but after trying to operate it, he found out how difficult it was, in other words, signing a contract with Universal Music was simply impossible for Girls' Generation at this time.

If this is true, it means that there is a person who can influence Universal Music to help Girls' Generation behind it, such a person, Li Xiuman wants to know no matter what, which will undoubtedly be of great help to the growth of his personal career and power, but this can't be blamed on him, most of the businessmen of his age are like this, and connections are the most important thing when doing business.

In Li Xiuman's mind, this matter should not have been done by Phoebe or Lee Yunxin, although these two children are very capable, but it will definitely not affect Universal Music, especially now that Lee Yunxin's Samsung family is being taken care of by the new president, how can they have the energy to help Lee Yunxin do this?

And Kim Yingmin is a little confused, but he is a manager with a sense of modern enterprise management, so he did not express himself like Li Xiuman on this matter, but realized that if this matter is true, then adjust the positioning of Girls' Generation and the urgency of the itinerary, although he did not go back to the office to deal with it, but in fact he went to the people from the Culture, Entertainment and Sports Division to deliberately leak the news - he also knew that Saman Company was targeted by the new president, so whether the news of this signing was true or false, He hopes that he will be able to stabilize the new president and not take a rash attack on the company.

However, this is not to say whether Kim Young-min has more feelings for the company, he is just doing his duty as a manager.

It can be said that the two do not think the same......

And on the Girls' Generation's side, everyone already knew a news, after Phoebe left, they were expecting the company to call them and tell them that they were going to sign a contract with Universal Music, but, after waiting for two days, there was still no movement, and An couldn't help but call Phoebe first.

"Hey, an, what's wrong?" Phoebe picked up the phone.

"Well, it's actually nothing ......," An squirmed.

"An, what the hell is going on?"

"Well, Phoebe, actually, I just wanted to ask, when will we be able to sign with Universal Music?" An finally mustered up the courage to ask.

"Oh, you said this, I don't know the specific operation timetable, but I got someone to help, and I should sign a contract this week." Phoebe replied.

"Oh, that's good." After getting Phoebe's answer, An didn't feel any more relaxed.

"An, what the hell is going on? Feel like you're in trouble? Phoebe thought about it and decided to ask her.

"Well, can I tell my dad first, he will be happy if he knows the news." An didn't hide it this time.

Phoebe remembered that An had said that her father was actually not very supportive of her debut in South Korea, so if she signed a contract with Universal Music, I am afraid it would be different for An, which could make her father understand that her daughter has not only been recognized in South Korea, but now a world-class music company has also recognized her daughter's career, so this should be one of the best news for An in recent years.

In fact, the group really realized what it meant to sign to Universal Music, and now there are only two people, Phoebe and An, and the others, including SNN, do not have a deep understanding and understanding of Universal Music. In other words, others are happy about signing up, but they don't know the real reason for their happiness.

Therefore, Phoebe smiled: "Of course, An, of course you can sue your father, just be careful not to let him spread it, you know that there will be some new publicity plans after signing the contract, and it is still in the secret stage." ”

Sure enough, An was happy, and her cry of surprise came over the phone, and then she said, "Phoebe, love you!" You're so nice! Thank you! I'm hanging, uh-huh~"

Next, An immediately called his father again, and sure enough, as An thought, after her father received the news, sure enough, the regretful tone that he used to carry on the phone with her was gone, and it was replaced by a feeling that he was proud now......