After HOT's defeat to the Wind and Rain Combo on January 14, Lee so-man was preparing for a counterattack. First of all, he knew that it would be futile to attack the group with new songs from the album throughout January, so he decisively gave up his counterattack on these two popular songs, and pinned his hopes on the beginning of February, when "Wind and Rain" could not continue to be on the list. He knew that at that time, the wind and rain group had to change a song to the stage, and that song was definitely not made by King, so in front of the strength of the HOT group, the wind and rain group had a great chance of failure.

And at the end of February, S.M.'s new combination SES will also compete with DES's new combination FTF, both of which are very important to Lee so-man. HOT can't lose to the wind and rain group again, if it loses again, HOT's status in the audience's minds will be far less than wind and rain, even if the quality of the song is better than the other party in the future, they will be preconceived. As for SES, Lee so-man also can't tolerate losing to FTF, and if he loses, his two teams will lose the first game to each other, which will also cause distrust among the audience, which can be fatal for a start-up company.

"As far as we know, President Liu of DES is now out on vacation, and Shen Yutian in the wind and rain group now has a girlfriend by his side, and it seems that he is relaxed, do you think that our S.M is vulnerable?" Li Xiuman said to his artists and trainees, "For HOT and SES, are you willing to be said that you are not as good as a group of mediocre people?" ”

"Of course not, we are better than them." Ahn Qixuan said, "I think everyone who despises us must pay a price. ”

Li Xiuman nodded, "That's right, in order to get the first qiē back in February, we gave up the popular song in January, so we have to work the second song to deal with the wind and rain group." King told me so much that day, telling us that the reason why he was able to win was nothing more than that he wanted us to follow his routine. In that case, even if we win, it will be someone else's path to success, and after our research, HOT remains in its original state, and now it remains dormant and appears in popular songs. But SES is different, before the arrival of the Spring Festival, you can start shooting commercials. ”

"Ahh An Qixuan couldn't understand it, "In that case, SES will be more well-known than us." Moreover, FTF's promotional activities have not stopped, and the four new groups are not the only ones who are silent? ”

"Well," said Li Xiuman, "yes, that's what I'm trying to achieve." King is right about one thing, that is, strength itself is important, but the importance of strategic layout cannot be ignored. In February, the audience will be interested in the four combinations. Three of them appear frequently, and one of the first two has never come out, how will everyone feel? Mysterious. Isn't our second song mysterious? It's going to work wonders. Moreover, they will find that we are actually no worse than the wind and rain combination, and the chances of winning will be much better when the time comes. ”

Jang You-hyuk nodded and said, "I only have one wish now, which is to be able to show my strength and bring back those guys who have won through crooked ways." ”

"That's a good word, but we also have to pay attention to the fact that even in terms of strength, those two young people are chasing very fast, and the gap in strength between them and us is also narrowing, so you can't despise your opponent at any time," Li Xiuman finally smiled, looking at the photos of the rainy day and Kim so-jin dating specially sent people. "Can't be like them, company trainees are absolutely forbidden to fall in love, and artists need to be approved by the company."

In fact, the secrecy of the private meeting between Yutian and Jin Xiuzhen was not very high, and Li Zhi and James in the company already knew about it the next day.

"As an artist who has just debuted, it is not a good choice to fall in love now." "It's bad for your training and for your fans. Now that Yutian is still young, let's think about this kind of thing in a few years. ”

At this time, Li Zhi put forward the opposite opinion, "I don't think the president may have this idea, for the wind and rain combination, the violent rain should be debauched, and fans will not have an opinion on having a girlfriend on a rainy day." Handle this matter very well on a rainy day, it's just a 'woman by your side', not a girlfriend. In this way, more fans will be interested and try to compete for the girlfriend's position, then the popularity of rainy days will continue to climb. ”

James listened and said unhappily, "The president will not make Yutian's personality in private become because of the increase in popularity or something." The president's ambition is not South Korea, he values the improvement of the artist's strength more. ”

"Well, since we don't agree, let's let the president arbitrate, right?"

In this era, the application of mobile phones has just begun to become popular, and as for King, he naturally has this communication tool for a long time. At this time, it was the day before the end of the trip, and the three of them were walking towards the river. That's when the phone rang.

When King heard James and Rich's disagreement, he didn't take it seriously. "This matter, of course, we don't need to rely on scandals or anything like that to increase the popularity of the company or rainy days. But there is no need for companies to worry about the negative effects of this. Whether or not to have a girlfriend is the artist's own business, James can remind them, but the restriction is not necessary, we are not the parents of the artist, and we are not qualified to control their private life. It's just one thing, the training time is set, if it affects the normal training and performance because of love or something, it can't be tolerated. ”

Lee Hyo-ri, who was carrying a bag next to him, already knew the general meaning after listening to the content of his conversation, but the current brokerage companies generally have very big restrictions on artists in this regard. And the president didn't interfere, and she admired freedom, and she had a better view of King. "What just happened?"

"It's nothing, it's just that there is an extra girl around me on a rainy day, and there is disagreement within the company on the position that they are not allowed to interact. I'm not interested in interfering in the artist's private life, not to mention that the girl is not a girlfriend on a rainy day. ”

After listening to the first half, Li Xiaoli was very happy, but she was not happy in the back, "Isn't it a rainy day?" Then why did he let the girl be by his side? Could it be that when you become a star, you can mess around? No, when I go back, I will teach him a lesson. ”

"Lee Hyori, of course you can do that. But you can only persuade him as a friend, and you can't force him to listen to your opinions, and as a raging rain, if you can't make your own decisions about anything, you will soon be reduced to inaction. Besides, it's not a big deal that he has a girl next to him, isn't it a big deal? For so many years, Lee Hyori has been with Zifeng and Yutian, so I have to think which of them is their girlfriend? ”

Li Xiaoli listened, her face turned red, she and Zifeng and Yutian have been playing together since they were children because of the relationship between fellow villagers, the same age and neighbors, and they have no special feelings in terms of gender. Before she could argue with King, King spoke again, "For example, I'm with Hyo-ri and Hee-sun now, so you're both my girlfriends?" Isn't that ridiculous? As he spoke, he took the bag in Lee Hyo-ri's hand and continued to walk forward.

Kim Hee-sun and Lee Hyo-ri glanced at each other, and both of them felt a little agitated in their hearts. In this way, Lee Hyo-ri couldn't say anything anymore and hurriedly followed.

(When DES was resting, Li Xiuman definitely did not relax the training and management of his artists.) On the contrary, he is ready to launch a counterattack in February. At the same time, King's holidays with Lee Hyo-ri and Kim Hee-sun are running out. However, on the final trip, they met a future Korean superstar. ）