"The Fair Trade Commission announced today that it will form a special investigation team for the kickback incident of the university commercial performance, and comprehensively investigate the relevant personnel of major universities in South Korea about the incident.

“…… The kickback incident of the university commercial performance that was exposed yesterday is becoming more and more intense, and the student associations of major colleges in Seoul issued statements on their respective college BBS early this morning, claiming that they were not involved, but according to relevant evidence, the practice of sharing 10% to 30% of the appearance fee of the acting group as a rebate has been around for a long time, which can be described as another unwritten unspoken rule in the entertainment industry. ”

The official coverage of the incident has become more and more intense, and since the news was first exposed in the SBS evening news, it is difficult for the major paper media to publish detailed reports within the deadline, but artists, university student unions, bribes and kickbacks, every word that makes people pay attention and are filled with righteous indignation can be repeatedly applied, making the severity of the incident exaggerated for a while.

The earlier reports were even more ambiguous, and the FTC's announcement was instantly drowned out in hundreds of thousands of crusades.

"That's how my tuition was spent."

"IU is so cheap."

"I want to see Kim Hyun-ah."

"Pusan National University will always have this as well."

"I've only heard about it before, but I didn't expect it to be ......"

That's pretty much the case with every piece of commentary, and people have reason to be angry and disappointed, but there's also numbness that comes with it. It is not surprising that a number of negative responses have led to a trend of national concern. Tomorrow, there will be civic groups or social organizations that will come out to call for government supervision, and there is no guarantee that no political speculators will take advantage of this matter to fight for exposure. After all, there are millions of angry parents who are paying attention to this news.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Never Entertainment first published a detailed report on the situation.

“…… Performance grading system, according to the fame of the participating idols, some student unions will charge rebates ranging from 10% to 30%, including the current popular top idol groups, according to the news revealed by industry insiders, even if there is no rebate, the group's agency will also pack a red envelope to 'meaning'. If it is an unknown new group, 70% or more of the performance fee will become a 'public relations fee' that must be paid in order for the group to be exposed in front of tens of thousands of students. ”

“…… According to the management of an entertainment company, the annual celebration ceremony in Seoul alone will cost tens of billions of yuan, most of which will be paid to the economic planning agency, 2NE1, T-ara, 4Minute and other groups will be paid 30 million to 20 million respectively, and the university celebration worth looking forward to must have at least three idol groups with a certain popularity, and the large payment of performance fees makes the performance itself not enjoyable. The so-called university celebration has also become a vanity contest of who can invite more popular stars......"

Universities are small societies. Every student is a reserve who is about to enter society, where they spend the best years learning and enjoying the craft of a lifetime, and the school also gives them the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. The student union, which is made up of the elite of the university, was involved in such a kickback scandal, and the Korean University Federation certainly could not ignore it. While welcoming the intervention of the Korea Fair Fairness Commission, they also released a memorandum on the internal rectification of the student union organization to the colleges.

In Korea, the University Students' Union is not an organization for children to play at home. They have a history of fighting and making sacrifices against dictatorship, and they have a certain amount of social and political influence in South Korea. As university students, they must take a positive stance on the matter, and of course their involvement will continue to increase.

Public opinion is erratic. Ridicule, insensitivity, anger, and even jokes that hide negativity, scandals have always been the kind of existence that can attract huge attention, and once they erupt, no one can stop them, and if anyone continues to delve into them, sooner or later they will cause bigger problems.

……

It has to be stopped.

Sitting opposite Park Jung-chang again, Hong Shengcheng had completely lost his mind, he was sitting at the low table respectfully, not at all like he had a contempt for the president of Shinhan, Park Zhengchang held his right hand with his left hand, and picked up the teapot with his right hand, while Hong Shengcheng immediately picked up the teacup in front of him, and leaned forward sharply.

"Congratulations to President Hong, 4Minute can log in to the virtual idol."

The tea entered the teacup, and just heard Park Zhengchang's words, Hong Shengcheng was shaking all over, he had received too much education in the past two days, so he subconsciously had fear: "What do you mean......"

"Although your company's portfolio does not meet some of the criteria for virtual idol landing, judging by its popularity in the hearts of young Koreans, it should be no problem to land virtual idols, but we also have conditions, but I don't know if President Lu Daohong will agree."

Park Jung-chang put down the teapot and didn't seem to see Hong Seung-sung's shaking hand at all: "Since CUBE needs to be funded, it's better not to look for Warner." ”

'Hiss......'

The tea still spilled out of the cup and landed on the back of Hong Shengcheng's hand, burning him.

……

"After this lesson, it is estimated that the shareholders of our acquisition plan will strongly support it, after all, virtual idols bring so much profit every year, but the core is popular artists, if you don't hold these in your hands, they will be controlled by others...... Put your life in the hands of others, I don't think anyone will want to. ”

Unlike most people, Huang Rencheng has a neutral attitude towards Lin Weiran's acquisition plan, but he tends to support it, and he can see the overall situation more clearly than Han Weiyi, who is limited to the entertainment industry, and also knows the significance of virtual idols to Xinhan.

Looking at Lin Weiran who looked out the window, he didn't know the significance of the meeting between the two of them, this high-rise café in the city is adjacent to the Han River, and it happens that there is a beautiful scenery of the rain falling on the Han River at this time.

Is it a beautiful day?

For many people, it's really raining now.

"For companies that land on virtual idols, Shinhan wants to own a certain amount of shares. This can be used as a convention. Huang Rencheng picked up the coffee in front of him and looked bowed and pleasing to the eye. He has always been able to grasp his position very clearly, and this sense of proportion just proves his outstanding wisdom in life. It's just that Lin Weiran's silence made him constantly look for topics, and the entanglement between the two made it difficult for him to have that calm and calm mind in front of Lin Weiran.

"The convention that has only started now doesn't work for those groups that have already logged in to virtual idols."

Lin Weiran looked out the window and said lightly: "If we expose other unspoken rules of commercial performances, there should be no problem with the virtual idol concert, but the ensuing media attention is not easy to control, those presidents will understand my warning, and I think I should be looking for Park Zhengchang to sign the participation contract now." However, the ensuing intensification of contradictions will trigger conflicts of interest in the surrounding areas. ”

Huang Rencheng was silent, with a faint premonition.

"JYP is not important, and the acquisition of S.M is still necessary." Lin Weiran finally retracted his gaze.

"I think we should focus on eliminating the existing media attention in the next stage, and if we continue to dig deeper, the whole circle will be implicated, and then ......"

"Don't worry about that." Lin Weiran waved his hand, "I'm ready to deal with it." ”

Huang Rencheng turned his cup uneasily, and it could be guessed that Lin Weiran found him to say something about the acquisition of S.M: "On the board side, I will mobilize some people, and the acquisition of S.M will become the first motion after the establishment of the council." ”

Lin Weiran nodded. Then he said: "But we still have a funding problem. ”

Huang Rencheng fell silent, his breathing became short, and he scoffed at Lin Weiran's illegal operation of using dual accounts in order to acquire S.M. There is no need to take such a risk to acquire a company, as long as it waits until the first quarter of next year, Shinhan's finances will be fully able to support such a plan as the acquisition of S.M. But looking at the current situation, Lin Weiran seems to be very eager for such an acquisition. And it is also intended to take advantage of other means.

"I allowed the interview of the Daily Economics, because the so-called grand conspiracy has denied my plan for economic union. Let the presidents of the brokerage companies postpone the concert, as well as form a board of directors and set up a countervail, Han Weiyi...... It's not just that we won't start talking to S.M about the acquisition until April next year. ”

Lin Weiran slowly said that it was a big drama directed by him, which may have seen the part of the moves, but because of the situation, he played a perfect game, so that the shareholders realized the importance of the economic planning agency to Shinhan, and then continued to put forward evidence to prove that increasing control of the entertainment industry will bring stability and benefits to Shinhan, he began to lay out a long time ago, and completed these steps step by step, and now he has received a kind of momentum, a kind of unanimous support within the company.

Unfortunately, support is not money, and the acquisition of S.M, Shinhan needs funds, and the best way to do it is to wait for the operating profit to arrive in the first quarter of the next year, but no one can guarantee that there will be no problems in between.

So, the acquisition has to happen now, and the sooner the better, preferably now.

"I have a proposal, or two options for you."

Lin Weiran took a sip of coffee: "Sell CeCi, or use the advertising funds of advertisers." ”

"President!"

Huang Rencheng's face turned pale for a moment, the former of these two choices was to make him bear the pain of love, and the latter was to make him take a big risk.

Lin Weiran seemed to have imagined his performance for a long time: "I will give you a return, CeCi, if you sell it, you will buy it back, no matter how much it costs, if it is to use advertising money, I will make up for the hole in April next year, and I will invest more money in CeCi." ”

Lin Weiran put down the cup and smiled: "CeCi wants to organize a clothing design competition, and the group will give support funds, and your wife's dream of owning her own clothing brand should be realized now, right?" ”

……

When he was still at S.M, if time permitted, he would come here with his acquaintances to have a drink, and occasionally the bar frequented by S.M's artists began to flourish, and although a large number of fans made the artists rarely appear, it became a gathering place for S.M staff to relax.

Thinking of the past days, Zheng Haobin's cheeks began to ache slightly, although he is not the same as in the past, but here he looks so transparent. The agent who was kicked out of S.M will not have friends in the company, and it is already the limit when he meets a nod. It's obviously not realistic to sit in the wine and talk about it, and when I first entered the industry, I didn't understand why the company had such rules. When he left, he realized that he had already become a negative example.

came back to his senses, Zheng Haobin looked around, I don't know if Lu Dao is a bad fate or a coincidence, he happened to see the depressed Jin Yanping, the two glanced at each other, stunned each other, Jin Yanping obviously didn't know what Zheng Haobin was here, and Zheng Haobin remembered how he was full of old punches by the other party. Look at each other for a moment. Or Jin Yanping raised the wine glass first, Zheng Haobin immediately smiled, raised the wine glass and responded, but it is a pity that the two of them were performing their own duties at the beginning, so there is no grudge to be feuded, he then retracted his gaze and continued to pour himself a drink in silence. Even if you don't want to, you have to come back here.

Time passed slowly, more and more people gathered here, and most of the S.M staff would leave at this time. The occasional one who came in the mood would stay, and there were a few familiar faces in the crowd, but they weren't S.M's employees. It's entertainment.

It just so happened that a woman had just annoyed Jin Yanping. Now I see Zheng Haobin.

"Team Leader Zheng, why don't I invite you to have a drink?"

"If not here. I will agree, if I am here, I know that you are working, how can I be interested? ”

"Look at what I said, isn't Team Leader Zheng at Shinhan High School now? How can I find you to be a job? ”

Zheng Haobin immediately smiled, and the female reporter also sat next to him, and by the way, she asked the bartender for a cocktail he ordered.

"Then Team Leader Zheng, I'm starting to work?"

Although women are fickle, Zheng Haobin was still stunned, and when he was about to make a surprised appearance, the female reporter who was quite handsome stuck out her tongue cutely, and said with a smile: "You people are not ignorant of the Tao, how difficult it is for Yuji to eat now." ”

"Don't you guys know the difficulty of being an agent?"

"Therefore, comparing the heart to the heart, if we don't help each other, how difficult it is to live." The female reporter pulled her hair as she spoke, vaguely exposing her neck, attracting the attention of men.

Zheng Haobin sighed lightly in his heart, even if he left S.M for so long, some things still haven't changed, he took another sip of wine, cut off the hesitation in his heart, Lin Weiran is right, he has to remember who he works for now, and who is the one who allows him to live a worry-free life.

"I heard that Director Jin is now assigned to the department that manages the trainees?" The female reporter knocked on the side, Jin Yanping was in charge of Girls' Generation, and was squeezed out when Girls' Generation was the most popular, although it is not clear whether it is a dispute within the company or those girls who have such a background to replace the agent they don't like, but this is curious after all.

"I don't know what to do." A trace of disgust for Jin Yanping appeared on Zheng Haobin's face, and he looked at the female reporter: "Why don't you ask something else." ”

"I think everything in the Dao is very dark."

"Isn't the sun shining badly?"

"The sun is good, of course, but it's too dazzling to catch the eye." The female reporter's finger twirled twice on the cup, "cheerful, youthful, beautiful, in good shape, and without a boyfriend, like a fairy or a virgin who only drinks dew...... The girlhood that men like is like this, can Team Leader Zheng tell me something different? ”

"Perhaps." Zheng Haobin sold the pass, and the information that was easy to give aroused suspicion.

"For example?" The female reporter was interested.

Zheng Haobin sneered and chuckled, not to the female reporter: "For example, someone can marry directly into a wealthy family without being an artist." ”

He raised his eyebrows and thought for a while: "It shouldn't be a wealthy family, but it must be a rich man." ”

"Who?"

Jung just laughed.

The female reporter shook her lips, obviously in a hurry: "Lin Yun'er? ”

Zheng Haobin asked rhetorically: "What is she for Lu?" ”

"Kim Taeyeon?"

Zheng Haobin smiled again: "You want to test me like this, don't you look down on people too much?" ”

The female reporter persevered: "Zheng Xiuyan? ”

Zheng Haobin was about to leave, but the female reporter immediately grabbed his arm, "Tiffany or Xu Xian?" Choi so-young is most likely, but certainly not her. ”

Zheng Haobin stopped: "How can you be sure?" ”

The female reporter concluded: "If it were her, it wouldn't be big news." ”

Zheng Haobin grinned again, snapped his fingers at the bartender, asked for a glass of whiskey that was almost full, and then said to the female reporter: "Drink it all in one gulp, and I'll tell you." ”

The female reporter knew that the other party was 'playing', and screamed a few bastards in her heart, but her face was cloudy, Zheng Haobin was not S. M's people, but he brought a girlhood, not to mention those things that are so dark that people are disillusioned, news such as the relationship between men and women can always be given one, if the other party is really rich, even if he doesn't report it, he can also be valued by the editor, and a lot of 'remuneration'.

She was ruthless, said don't regret it, and then really drank it all.

'Smack', the cup was put down, the female reporter's cheeks were crimson, and her mouth was full of wine: "I drank it." ”

"It's Xu Xian." Zheng Haobin really didn't disappoint, he left his name, stood up and wanted to leave.

The female reporter grabbed his arm: "Who is the man?" ”

Zheng Haobin laughed again, but this time the female reporter had no way, as if a fire was ignited in her eyes, as if Zheng Haobin would agree to any request.

The two were in a stalemate for less than two or three seconds, and Zheng Haobin finally asked for the first time: "Who is my top boss?" ”

Lin Weiran.

The female reporter reacted quickly, but her whole brain went blank. (To be continued......)

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