Chapter 08: Consolidation
Yuna woke up a little early in the morning, in fact, she didn't sleep very well last night, thunder and rain are one thing, and there is some 'noise', it is really difficult to sleep. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info so after applying the essential oil, while there was still some time, Yun'er was a little drowsy. On the contrary, Yuri is full of energy, she has the habit of getting up early to get up to exercise, every day as long as she doesn't need to get up very early to catch up with the announcement, she will run two kilometers on the treadmill, because it is easy to gain weight, so she has developed a habit. Among the members of Girls' Generation, if you want to choose one with the best body, it is undoubtedly Yuri. She noticed that Yun'er was a little drowsy, and asked casually, "Didn't you sleep well yesterday?"
"Hmm," Yun'er's head was groggy and she didn't think too much about it, and blurted out, "Last night, Xiuying Oni screamed too loudly. As soon as the words came out, she suddenly realized what she had said, and hurriedly closed her mouth, but it was too late, Yuri had already heard it, Yun'er opened her eyes and peeked over, both of them were a little embarrassed, and they were a little flustered, and in an instant, both of them thought of going together, that is, they couldn't let the other party see their thoughts about Ah Jiu.
"Ah, is it?" Yuri deliberately made his tone appear indifferent, and said with a sense of staying out of the matter, "The two of them are really, don't you know that the sound insulation is not good......?" Didn't you protest?"
"I—I protested," Yuna hurriedly said, "I knocked the wall, and I finally fell asleep." ”
"Oh......" Yuri answered, not knowing how to pick it up. Chat to death...... The two looked at each other, grinned awkwardly, and then closed their eyes together.
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Ah Jiu originally planned to send Xiuying to the beauty room, but when he just went downstairs, he received a phone call, it was Li Xiuman, and he had to ask him to meet. Ah Jiu originally wanted him to wait, and then go to the appointment after he sent Xiuying to the beauty room, but Xiuying was still a little 'afraid' of Li Xiuman, and said that he could wait for the agent to come over and let him go to the appointment. Since Xiuying said this, Ah Jiu also listened to her words, and drove to S.M. by himself, and met Li Xiuman, who had been waiting for a long time, at the café opposite.
Lee so-man returned to S.M. and won the fight against Kim Young-min. The battle between the two is over, and in fact, both of them understand that in S.M's existing system, no one can help anyone. None of them have the ability to clean up the other party, in addition to the power of the shares, there is also the fact that neither Kim Yingmin nor Lee so-man can complete the other party's work. Li Xiuman is a singer, and he is congenitally deficient in finance and the operation of capital. And Kim Young-min's meddling in the training of artists is tantamount to adding to the chaos. After confirming this, the two guys who are not stupid put aside the previous competition between you and me, and now they are in a relationship where they perform their own duties.
However, S.M has encountered a problem, and the root cause of this problem is inseparable from Lee so-man and Kim Young-min. When Lee so-man left the United States and Kim Young-min took power, he was too obsessed with expanding S.M's capital, and he kept playing the trick of raising funds and raising stock prices, ignoring the most fundamental thing, artist training and management. More than two years and three years, not long, not short, but not short, the direct result is that S.M's current talent pool is out of gear! Among the current artists of S.M. Company, among the idol groups that make money, Girls' Generation is the youngest, but they are generally in their mid-twenties, and older than Girls' Generation, 'old boys' are on average thirty years old, and they have entered the legal enlistment age in South Korea one after another, and TVXQ has to enlist in the army at the end of the year, and the embarrassing thing is that if you don't take some action, S.M will have to enter. The artist panicked!
This thing seems to be Kim Youngmin's 'pot', but it has a lot to do with Lee so-man. Li Xiuman has a unique place in training artists and managing artists. But he also has a small problem, which is that he is too perfectionist. Li Xiuman's enthusiasm for a complete combination is far greater than that of a combination that has had problems. For example, TVXQ, SJ, and Girls' Generation, as long as there is a personnel change, he feels that this 'product' is no longer complete, and subconsciously loses interest in re-management. And for him personally, the theory that he has always believed in is that any group has an age, and beyond a certain amount of time, even if it is not disbanded, it is no longer valuable. At this stage when S.M was in decline, all he was thinking about was how to change S.M. at once, and recreate the S.M era that started from Dongfang Shenqi.
Because of this, the two old enemies once again had a very unpleasant quarrel. After all, for Kim Young-min, he doesn't care if it's perfect or not, as long as he can make money. In addition, with the current situation of S・M, how much money will cost to redevelop a new combination, this money is not something that can be obtained by touching the upper lip to the lower lip, and the market value of S・M is more than one billion dollars, but this money is not the top money, and it cannot be used. So if you want to train new people, you have to get financing, where does the money come from?
The funds for S.M.'s 2015 year were still obtained from Ah Jiu in the last round of financing, otherwise after the dark blow of 2014, whether S.M would collapse or not, the problem facing now is still money, but it can't be solved with financing. There is no pie in the sky, and the price of financing is the redistribution of equity. Now S.M.'s shares are maintaining a balance point, and whether it's Kim Young-min or Lee so-man, the shares of the company they control have reached the red line, in other words, they can't be less! If new shareholders are introduced, or even if the original shareholders increase their holdings, the rights and interests of the two will be involved, and if they lose control of the company, then what is the point of S.M. becoming Samsung? But if they don't give shares, where will they get the money? In order to make money, Lee so-man has already mortgaged his real estate in the United States, but the millions of dollars mortgaged cannot do such a big thing, and he also has a property in South Korea -- even the S.M. building, which can also be mortgaged to make money, but can do that? In case the new group fails, where will the thousands of S.M. people go to work?
It was at this time that Li Xiuman heard some rumors about FNC. For example, Ah Jiu went to FNC for a walk, and gave AOA 10 billion or something, and Liu Zaishi joined FNC, which is also related to him...... Li Xiuman pondered for a week, and felt that if this matter could be done, it would still fall on Ah Jiu, so today he gave up his old face, and even the face of the 'uncle' was covered, so he had to see Ah Jiu.
Ah Jiu is not Bai Xiaosheng, of course I don't know what he thinks in his heart. However, Ah Jiu has never had a good impression of Li Xiuman, so he has always been vigilant in his heart. After listening to Li Xiuman's words, he had already formed some impressions in his head, and he roughly guessed the meaning. With a number in his heart, he calmly drank coffee quietly and enjoyed Li Xiuman's performance.
If there is a way, Li Xiuman really doesn't want to turn to Ah Jiu for help, how can he not know in his heart that Ah Jiu has already seen through his intentions? However, after saying the opening remarks, the play still has to be performed step by step, otherwise this old face is still there? Finally, after sparing seven or eight corners, Li Xiuman finally said the key "money".
Ah Jiu put down the coffee cup and smiled first, after all, he had Sunny's relationship, and he always had a little basic respect for Li Xiuman: "You mean, you want me to sell the shares in my hand?"
"No, no, no," Li Xiuman hurriedly waved his hand, now in this situation, how could he let Ah Jiu sell the shares in his hand? Ah Jiu's shares are said to be his, but the name is Sunny's, who is Sunny? Sunny is his own niece, and at the critical moment, these shares are equal to his, Sunny can't help Kim Yingmin after all! And he has a request for Ah Jiu now, how can he do such a thing.
Li Xiuman was forced by Ah Jiu like this, and was directly forced to a dead end, and then he couldn't go around the bend, so he had to tell the truth: "I was thinking...... Uh, that's the case, I'm not going to let you suffer, we have a relationship with Sunny. I was thinking, can you help me with this, I heard about FNC, didn't you give money for AOA's return this time, I thought, if you can...... Do you want to sponsor S.M's artists like that?"
"Sponsorship?" Ah Jiu shook his hand and said, "It's not sponsorship, President Li, although you are Sunny's uncle, but I'm a person, and the division is actually relatively clear, so let's speak a little clearer." I gave the AOA funding for this return, and it wasn't without a return. I paid this money, and the money they made from this return is mine, which is equivalent to me renting this combination from FNC and making money, I have to lose money, I admit it. You can understand that this is a gamble. To be honest, such a gamble is actually a loss of money, because no one can be sure if they can make money or not, and the reason why I do it...... Hehe, in fact, there is a reason, I won't say this, I think you can guess it. ”
Li Xiuman nodded, thinking to himself about your little thing, who TM doesn't know, isn't it who in the AOA of the people?
Ah Jiu deliberately misunderstood him, so he didn't explain, and continued: "Last time I helped you, I already gave you a sum of money as financing, and you should be clear about the reason. I'm not interested in S.M., but to be honest, the reason I'm doing it is because Sunny is your niece, and I just want to give her a birthday present, and I can't think of anything to give, just in time for this and want to make her happy. You said that I should sponsor the artist of S.M, but in the current situation, I can't think of any artist who is worthy of me to do this, female artist...... I want to help, but I'm afraid your niece will be jealous, male artist...... Do you think I'm so good?"
"This ......" Li Xiuman couldn't say anything, and he also felt a kind of humiliation in his heart. Ah Jiu's meaning is very obvious, he just said clearly that S.M Company is not worth mentioning in his eyes, and FNC is not worth mentioning, and the reason why he gives money is for women, just playing, although Li Xiuman also regards artists as products, but his products are regarded as 'toys' in the eyes of others, which is still very uncomfortable.
"But ......" When Li Xiuman was desperate, Ah Jiu came to another 'but', Li Xiuman suddenly felt that there was hope again, and hurriedly asked: "But what?"
"If you can convince the board to accept the reshuffle, I can do you a favor and bring you a big rich man. Ah Jiu smiled in confusion, Li Xiuman instinctively felt that it was a trap, but he still couldn't suppress his curiosity, and asked, "What kind of rich man? How big? What is the reason for this?"
"Now S.M.'s shareholding is too dispersed, there are too many shareholders, and it is not efficient to have a board of directors with nonsense. Ah Jiu said coldly: "Just a few people who speak, those small shareholders, let them set up a company or fund, only occupy one seat, and then integrate the equity, you give a little, Jin Yingmin gives a little, I will reduce it a little, just maintain about nine percent, let the part out to this rich man, and the matter will be solved." ”
Li Xiuman was a little moved, but after all, the old fox was cautious, and he still asked, "How big is the rich man?"
"China's rich man, what can you think of, what name comes to mind that you want to cooperate?"
Li Xiuman's heart moved, and three of them instantly appeared in his mind, not only him, but basically entertainment companies all over the world, when it comes to Chinese cooperation, they can think of these three companies. BAT has its own music subsidiary, and it has its own advantages in all aspects...... If you can cooperate, of course, it is the best, but a company of this size ...... Li Xiuman looked at Ah Jiu, a little skeptical in his heart, he could have so much energy?
"Yes, that's what you think of, BAT, I introduced you, it must be one of them. Do what I say, this thing can be done, if you can't do it, it can't be done, look at it. After Ah Jiu finished speaking, he stood up and said: "I also have friends here who say, isn't this the context of Sino-Korean cooperation, some Chinese capital, also want to cooperate with Korean cultural companies, but to be honest, the appetite of Chinese is not the song industry, prefer the movie aspect, after all, you are Sunny's uncle, there is this favor, the opportunity is given to you, think about it, give me a result in three days." ”
After finishing speaking, Ah Jiu left the café, leaving the lost Li Xiuman, in a daze. He can't fully believe what Ah Jiu said, but there is a background for Sino-South Korean cooperation, and he also received news that this year's Chinese military parade, the president may have to go to watch the ceremony, this is a milestone event, if it happens, the Chinese market will surpass the Japanese market just around the corner, if it can be on the thigh of one of the BATs......
Li Xiuman's heart seemed to be growing grass, and he couldn't hold it back!