Chapter 101: The Difference Sought
On this day, Sunny suddenly received a call from Li Xiuman, asking her to arrange for him to talk to Phoebe, saying that it was for the purpose of cooperating with Titan.
Phoebe knew why Li Xiuman was looking for her, but she wasn't ready to agree.
As for the cause of this incident, it is necessary to talk about the bracelet watch of Titan, when Li Xiuman first knew about Phoebe's bracelet watch, he realized how novel and fashionable this product was. In addition, in order to avoid the turmoil of the election year, Li Xiuman stayed in the United States for almost half a year in 07 years, and obtained more information, so he also knew that Titan had caused a lot of topics in Europe in order to promote the bracelet watch.
Unlike Kim Young-min, who is bent on reforming the company in South Korea, Lee so-man has little opportunity to manage the company in the United States, so he gives advice to artists such as BOA, and expands his contacts in the United States.
With Li Xiuman's vision, he can naturally see that the future market prospects of the bracelet watch are very good, so he hoped to get on the bus with Phoebe's Titan for a long time, but Phoebe ignored him at first, in fact, the main reason was that Phoebe didn't consider that the way to get the news from the company was not as fast as Li Xiuman's side.
So when Phoebe later asked Titan to contact Saman and invite Girls' Generation to be an endorsement, Saman knew that Titan was Phoebe's property, so the board of directors was reluctant to sign an endorsement contract at all - they also had concerns that Phoebe could use Titan to blackmail the company. As I said earlier, Saman doesn't know exactly what Titan is doing in Europe like Lee Xiuman.
Phoebe saw that the company did not sign the contract, and did not insist, after all, the sales of the bracelet watch at that time were just starting, and the endorsement could not be signed was just a small trouble.
And Phoebe asked Titan to come to Saman to sign an endorsement, it is indeed for Girls' Generation, after all, the endorsement of this unique product of the bracelet watch can help Girls' Generation expand a lot of popularity, especially in Europe and the United States where the bracelet watch is on sale, and it is not a region that Girls' Generation can involve at this time.
And Li Xiuman observed in the United States for a while, and gradually understood Phoebe's intentions, and was amazed by Phoebe's ability and vision, and pleased that Phoebe signed into the company by herself.
Since there is desire, then there is weakness, which is what Li Xiuman looks like. He simply explained to Phoebe that he could promote the endorsement of Girls' Generation, but he needed Phoebe to authorize the production of bracelet watches to him, and in order for Phoebe to agree, he also mentioned that Sunny's father Li Shuying could be the manager of the factory.
Phoebe was feeling that the company was stubborn, and it happened that Li Xiuman himself sent it to the door, so Li Xiuman was authorized to assemble Titan.
However, after being authorized, the technicians hired by Li Xiuman saw the production line diagram and told him that the core components of the bracelet watch could not be imitated, and even the internal wiring part was not a traditional electrical pattern, which made them not understand, so the entire production process could only rely on the production line designed by Titan.
Only then did Li Xiuman know that he had completely become a downstream producer of Phoebe, and if he didn't want to invest in the water, he could only listen to Phoebe in many things. This is a big blow to Li Xiuman, who has been in the Korean entertainment industry for more than ten years, but for the sake of the increasingly blowout sales of the bracelet watch, he pinched his nose and admitted, who can still get along with money? Not to mention that Li Xiuman's company is still the only company with the production authorization of the bracelet watch at this time. If you operate it, the media report must be that a certain product from South Korea sells well in Europe and the United States, creating a lot of value for the country and the nation, which can put on a good protective coat for Li Xiuman.
In fact, Titan's bracelet watch has been on sale in early October, and the publicity activities in the early stage of the sale did cause a little sensation, mainly because the novel projection display function provides a new way for young people and people with rich nightlife to show off themselves, so this expensive fashion projection bracelet has attracted a lot of attention, coupled with Titan's efforts to promote the bracelet watch The pattern is used for sacrifice in ancient texts more than 2600 years ago, so that many people, especially Europeans and Americans, are very curious and booked.
And Titan's agreement clearly mentions that Li Xiuman's company needs to ensure that the bracelet watch will be named after Girls' Generation, and to ensure that Girls' Generation everyone will share, so Li Xiuman has to do his best to arrange for someone to negotiate an endorsement agreement with Samon's company.
In the matter of endorsement, Li Xiuman agrees with Phoebe's idea, that is, in addition to the endorsement of products can expand their popularity with the help of celebrities, celebrities can also expand their popularity with the help of endorsed products.
But when negotiating sponsorship with Saman company encountered difficulties again, although the company that came to negotiate the authorization was changed, but the sensible will see that this is not still Phoebe's bracelet watch? After seeing the sales performance of the bracelet watch, the company has to put forward inch by inch, hoping that other combinations of the company can also participate in the endorsement of the bracelet watch, according to them, Girls' Generation is a woman, of course, there must be a part of the bracelet watch is a men's endorsement, isn't it?
They also saw that this endorsement was a good opportunity for the company's artists to make a name for themselves in Europe and the United States.
And the idea of Saman Company also makes Li Xiuman feel good, after all, he is consistent with the company's interests in some aspects, the problem is that Phoebe does not sown the company as a whole in his eyes, only Girlhood, so during the negotiation, Saman Company temporarily dragged on the issue of sharing with Girls' Generation, and behind the scenes, he tried to find someone to persuade Phoebe.
Li Xiuman contacted Phoebe this time because the company had no choice in the end, and finally found this person who had promoted and signed Phoebe against public opinion.
And Li Xiuman has been criticized by the company's board of directors because of the big family-style management style, and after Jin Yingmin proposed the modernization reform, Li Xiuman was jointly excluded by the board of directors, so he has been unable to interfere in many decision-making matters.
At the beginning, in his opinion, increasing the number of spokespersons was a trivial matter, and Li Xiuman also hoped that Titan would add another endorsement, after all, Saman also had a part of him.
However, he also knew that Phoebe may be very responsible for Girls' Generation, but he didn't pay attention to the entire Saman company Phoebe, and after careful consideration, he found that if he was Phoebe, he would definitely not agree to increase the number of spokespersons, after all, the opportunity to make the group famous in Europe and the United States was won back by Phoebe herself, and in terms of maturity, Girls' Generation was completely incomparable to other groups in the company at this time.
After figuring out this, Li Xiuman knew that this time it was just a routine notice to convey to Phoebe, and he wanted to take this opportunity to gain more say in the cooperation with Titan.
Therefore, Li Xiuman said the meaning of the company in the negotiation, and after listening to Li Xiuman's words, Fei Bi thought for a while and asked, "So, what do you mean, director?"
Li Xiuman said with a smile: "Everyone is actually doing it according to the laws of business, so there is no big problem in terms of endorsement, just do it according to the intention of helping you, but the company is not very satisfied with the share ratio you proposed for your group members." ”
Phoebe nodded, shook her head again, and said: "I hope Uncle Li will take a second look at the cooperation agreement signed with Titan, which mentions that your company must promote cooperation with Girls' Generation, a subsidiary of South Korea's Saman Entertainment Company, and the interests of Girls' Generation must be guaranteed in accordance with the agreement, otherwise your agreement with Titan is also invalid, which is not negotiable at all." ”
Li Xiuman was stunned when he heard it, Phoebe spoke too strongly, right!? Don't give yourself any face?
And Sunny, who was sitting on the side and accompanying Phoebe, listened to Phoebe's words, and suddenly lowered her head excitedly - this is power, this is what she has been longing for since the crisis at home, even in the face of the majority shareholder of the company, Phoebe does not have to grovel, this is what she wanted to get when she first joined Girls' Generation, to be respected and have an unquestionable right to speak.
You know, Sunny's pursuit is completely different from other people in Girlhood, what she pursues after experiencing the great change of family bankruptcy is to imagine like Li Xiuman, although she was excluded by the company and went to the United States every election year to "expand her career", but she has always stood tall in the entertainment industry.
Because of this, Sunny has been mindful of cultivating her network from the very beginning, and although she seems too precocious at a young age, anyone who can read it thinks she's tired of making herself too tired, but she's willing to do it. And just now, Sunny heard the toughness and unquestionability in Phoebe's words, and the object was her uncle Li Xiuman, who had been standing tall, and she naturally had some understanding.
Phoebe fully understands Sunny's thoughts, but she won't show Sunny how to go in life, she will only accompany Sunny, help Sunny, and the choice is up to Sunny, all she does is to be able to become the backing of Sister Sun, so that when she feels that the road in life is not as easy to walk as she imagined, she finds that she has time to choose other paths.
In Phoebe's eyes, the first is naturally Sister Sun, and as for the other people who are remembered in Girlhood, they will not be higher than Sunny in any case, so in many things, others seem to be Phoebe for the whole Girlhood, and only Phoebe herself knows that she is for Sunny, and others are just incidental.