Chapter 17: No Solution

Ah Jiu frowned slightly, but he also knew that Li Xiuman didn't dare to say nonsense casually, since he said so, there must be a reason for it, frowning and saying, "What do you mean by this?"

Li Xiuman said: "I have been in this industry for more than 20 years, and when I was a singer, in more than 30 years, I have not seen a complete girl group for more than seven years, and it is still possible for a men's group, but it is absolutely impossible for a women's group." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Wouldn't it?" Ah Jiu asked suspiciously: "After so many years in the Korean entertainment industry, there is not a single complete one?"

"If you insist on being ......more serious," Li Xiuman smiled and said, "The kind of person who lives for less than three months and is disbanded, is it counted? Pay attention to what I just said, I said a relatively successful one, seven years." ”

Ah Jiu smiled: "Isn't it because of the 'seven-year itch'?"

"Besides, that's pretty much what it means. Li Xiuman explained: "Let's not talk about your affairs first, let's talk about this girl's psychology first." Generally speaking, from the perspective of our girl group, our training starts almost at the age of thirteen, so I summarized a rule is the rule of thirteen and thirty, which means that for the value of female idols, the company wants the period from thirteen to thirty. ”

Ah Jiu nodded, and Li Xiuman continued: "Why did you start at the age of thirteen, there is a reason for this. This age is the age at which girls are 'sensible', this is what has been studied, girls are sensible, at least after the start of menstruation, you don't feel obscene, this is really a researched thing. ”

Ah Jiu nodded and said, "No, you continue." ”

"Another point is that there is a saying called the eighteen changes of women's colleges, some children are cute when they are young, but they may not be able to do it when they become adults. Thirteen years old is a dividing point, and we can see that this child will not be a beauty in the future, or to be more direct, even if she is not good-looking, she also has a foundation of 'plastic surgery', and we can create a beauty. Other companies may have different philosophies, but as far as S.M is concerned, I definitely have requirements for my looks. ”

"We're going to do a tryout, and for a girl of this age, the vocal cord condition can be heard. Every year we will do a screening, and then we will take the best from it, develop into trainees, and train, starting from the age of thirteen. ”

"At this stage, it will take three years at the earliest, body and voice, do a basic study, and then we will score, score at each stage, and then comprehensively consider it, and take a look at their future development, which is for their future consideration, a girl group, just the women's group activities, the company can make money, but they can't make any money personally, personal money, mainly depends on personal ability, for example, girls' generation, girls' generation is the foundation, and then Taeyeon can solo, Yuna can act, this is the direction set at the beginning of the trainee period。 ”

"Sixteen to twenty years old is the golden age for debut. Girls at this stage are gradually plump, and their height is gradually stable, and more importantly, most of the teenagers are at this age, and they will look for the object they like, which is the meaning of idol's existence. Under normal circumstances, as a trainee at the age of twenty has not debuted, that is, he has been sentenced to death, out of humanity, the company will help introduce other companies, or provide a staff contract, as a makeup artist or agent, but generally they refuse, after all, they have been trainees for so many years, everyone is the same, and suddenly someone is glamorous, they do the role of serving people, and they are inevitably unwilling to ...... However, there are some people who are willing to be choreographers, and this position requires a certain amount of strength, and ordinary people can't do it. ”

"Debuting at the age of twenty, the company's general practice is to provide a four-year two-plus-two contract, the first two years, basically they are earning training fees to the company, and the remaining two years, the company will adjust the share according to the situation, and will also consider the opinions of the members. ”

Li Xiuman said this, took a sip of wine, and continued: "Most of the problems arise in the transition period between the end of the first contract and the signing of the second contract. There are several reasons for this, such as their own character weaknesses, internal grievances within the group, and the outside world. ”

"Everyone's mental capacity is different, then anti-speaking, some people don't care, but some people will be very vulnerable, persist for four years, and make some money, some people are discouraged, and they will think about whether I want to renew the contract. And at this time, he is also twenty-three or fourteen years old, fans are already in love, they are all people, and they will all have their favorite objects, human nature, some people can figure it out, know that this is a job that can't be in love, just think about it, but most people can't help it, so you will find that the age of breaking the love news is twenty-three or four years old, one point later twenty-four or twenty-four. ”

"It is impossible for people to have no contradictions, even if they are sisters, they will inevitably quarrel after a long time. We often preach that the members of a certain group have a very good relationship, like sisters, but the meaning of "like" is not, sisters are related by blood, even if they quarrel, they will not be really blunt, but the relationship between the members is essentially 'colleagues', it is the workplace, for the sake of work, everyone will tolerate each other, but in fact, these things will be kept in mind, after a long time, it will cumulatively erupt, once it breaks out for the first time, there will be a second and third time. The relationship between women is very fragile, and it is possible for men to reconcile after a drink, not to be counted, but for women, when the relationship breaks down, the possibility of reconciliation is almost zero, and there is always something that makes them feel that they can't continue, which is why I said I can't do it. Like Taeyeon and Jessica, although both of them are excellent and are not ignorant people, I am sure that they will never get along. ”

Ah Jiu frowned, unconvinced, because Li Xiuman said things too absolutely, why wouldn't they be reconciled, and now he can see that the contradiction between Krystal and IU is much more than the contradiction between Taeyeon and Jessica, Jessica and Taeyeon...... It's okay that we haven't said anything bad about each other.

Li Xiuman looked at his expression and said with a smile: "You will definitely wonder, why did I say so absolutely- Let's put it this way, mutual appreciation is mutual appreciation, but people's personality is the key to the problem, when I decided on the members of Girls' Generation, I actually thought about letting Jessica be the captain, because her comprehensive score is not lower than Taeyeon, but the reason why it was finally decided was that Taeyeon was because of Jessica's character, she can't take care of people, she needs to be taken care of, so it's not suitable to be a leader, Girls' Generation has five lead singers, but the real singing part, in fact, is just two tracks, that is, Taeyeon and Jessica, according to the TV series, this is a typical double heroine。 Although Taeyeon knows how to take care of people and knows how to be humble, she is in the role of leader after all, and Jessica is the one who will never obey anyone's management, Taeyeon as a leader, not only Taeyeon, but any person, would like a person who does not obey management? But you can't help her, what will happen in this situation, it will happen, Taeyeon as a leader, when she can't manage, stay away...... When they were young, their 'enemy' was the company, and they would huddle together for warmth, but when they grew up, they understood the rules of the game, and they knew that the company couldn't actually do anything to them, so they didn't need to huddle together, who likes to accommodate others? ”

Ah Jiu nodded and said, "You go on, I'm really a little interested." ”

Li Xiuman smiled, proud in his heart, he said so much, in fact, the main reason was to arouse Ah Jiu's interest, which was very good for him to ask for money again:" The influence of the outside world is simple, for example, TVXQ, the outside capital has taken a fancy to them, they cooperate with them, they will get several times or even more than ten times the money that the company can give, I have to admit, even if I am the party, I will choose to cooperate, who works not for money, but from the perspective of the industry, this is actually a barbarian knocking on the door, these cooperating people, squeezing their immediate interests, and the company's operation, in fact, has a long-term plan, this kind of thing happened, as a company, it is very helpless, legally we are reasonable, but what's the use, in the end entangled for a few months, or obediently release people, no way to do things, took a little liquidated damages, a drop in the bucket. ”

"The second renewal is usually three years. This is the golden three years, if the crisis of the first renewal is all over, these three years are the harvest period, because you can open a tour, you can also sell peripherals, engage in personal activities, and you can endorse if you are famous, these three years will generally tend to return once a year, consolidate your position and foundation, and then carry out personal activities to make money. But there is a hidden danger in this, and this hidden danger is that everyone's ability is actually different, and the personal activities are not the same, and the gap between the ability to make money and the quantity is naturally very different. It's like Girls' Generation, Yuna makes almost twice as much money in a year as Soon-gyu, it's not that the company doesn't help, Soon-gyu is still my niece, what's the way, advertisers just like Yuna, no way. ”

"This hidden danger will erupt at the third contract renewal, and it is very likely. The uneven distribution of benefits is the biggest problem. So it's rare to see a female idol group "for more than seven years, which is also called the seven-year itch." Generally, after seven years, there will be a member leaving, so Jessica's matter, why didn't I like TVXQ and SJ when I was interested in a lawsuit, in fact, lawsuits can also be fought, why don't I fight, the reason is that in my heart, an artist who has served the company for seven years is already very good. Since she wants to go, and we don't have the resources to give her the resources she needs, a peaceful breakup is the least ugly option. ”

Ah Jiu slandered in his heart, this old thing is beautifully said, what is the least ugly choice, if there is no intervention from his own, he may not have a lawsuit? But Ah Jiu did not expose him, and said: "Then if the third contract is signed, does it prove that at least the rest of the people are still relatively harmonious?"

"Relatively. Li Xiuman emphasized the key point and said: "Again, there is rarely a harmonious situation between women and women. Two people, possibly, but three more and more, absolutely impossible. I'll give you another example, let's talk about girls' generation. Who do you think of the remaining eight people who has a good relationship with whom?"

"I think it's all about the same......" Ah Jiu said, feeling that he didn't have the confidence to do it very much.

Li Xiuman smiled and said, "I don't pay attention often, but I also know that this is the experience." As far as the current relationship is concerned, Taeyeon and Tiffany are really good, and they will share some more intimate thoughts. But the others," Li Xiuman shook his head, not exhaustively, but self-evident.

"No," Ah Jiu frowned, and said, "I think Shun Gyu is very good with everyone." ”

"Is it really?" Li Xiuman asked rhetorically, "It's good with everyone, the essence is that it's the same as everyone, since it's the same, how can you tell whether it's good or bad?" Sunny is my niece, I know her character best, she wants to try her best to maintain a stable relationship, she doesn't want to see who is blunt with whom, but when there is a conflict, she will persuade, but she will not be persistent, if she says, listen to you, don't listen to her, don't care, think about it carefully, isn't it?"

"This ......" Ah Jiu recalled, it is true, every time something happens to Sunny, she tries to persuade this and that, and does everything that needs to be done, but in the end, it can't affect the result, and she won't force it. In fact, she can't be blamed for this, everyone has everyone's stubbornness, and she can't afford to pay for other people's contradictions.

"There is no problem relationship in your eyes, but there are still so many problems," Li Xiuman paused for a moment and said: "Do you think it is possible to sublimate this relationship to the family? More than a dozen women live in the same house with you, and I don't need to say it, if you imagine that picture, you yourself will shudder." You don't have to do anything else, it's enough for you to adjust the conflict every day. Every woman wants to be favored by a man, if you are good for this, that will be jealous, if you are jealous, you don't care, if you don't care, she will be sad, you will be sad, you will be sad, "Li Xiuman spread his hands: "What should you do?"

Ah Jiu tried to think about it, he really shuddered, and his brain was about to explode: "Then there is no way at all?"

Li Xiuman smiled like an old fox and said: "I haven't tried this kind of feeling, what about the suggestion, I don't know if it works or not, but I can provide you with a little experience in managing artists." For example, if two people are in love, but the company's position is not to see these two people fall in love, we generally take the approach of staggering the two people's schedules greatly, one is in Seoul, the other is overseas, one is in Paris, and the other is in New York, so that they don't see each other once in half a year, and naturally the relationship fades. In the same way, if there is a conflict between the two, find some way to make them unable to see each other, it's not impossible, at least on the girlhood side, I can help you. ”