Chapter 24: Kim Young-min
In the president's room of the SM company headquarters building in Apgujeong 2-dong, Gangnam-gu-gu, Seoul, the current president Kim Young-min was angrily scolding a subordinate employee, only to see a middle-aged man with a red face silently bowing his head, trembling slightly under the president's reprimand, but still remained silent without a word. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Alright, go down, if it's like this next time, you can get out of here and go home."
Kim Young-min waved his hand, sent the middle-aged man away, turned around and walked to the window. In the middle of November, it was already winter, but Kim Young-min took off his blazer and wore only a shirt in the unheated office.
He felt extremely hot, very hot, his heart was dry, his body was hot.
Kim Yingmin is very irritable, he was born in 1970 and is 38 years old this year, according to the Korean algorithm, he is 39 years old, and he is not even confused.
The former president of SM is Kim Young-wook, not Lee so-man, who is just the director and chief producer of SM. Lee so-man, also known as Lee Ma-ja, is a legendary figure, and now occupies half of the Korean music industry SM entertainment company was also founded by him in 1989, and then held the power of SM company for 16 years, overwhelming everyone, it can be said that SM dictator, because of his short temper and irritability, he is also known as the "tyrant" Lee so-man.
In the 80s of the last century, the traditional market share of South Korea has been carved up and monopolized by the major chaebols, so the thriving entertainment industry has entered the field of vision of some careerists.
At the same time, a Korean singer from the 80s returned from studying in the United States. After seeing the well-developed entertainment industry in Europe and the United States, the singer came up with the idea of forming his own entertainment business. After returning to Korea, the singer operated a trainee method that was unprecedented in the Korean industry at the time, using an assembly line method to train artists.
The singer's maverick approach to business attracted the attention of one person, and the two hit it off, financed by that person, and the singer was in charge of the operation, uniting some of the remaining shareholders to set up a brand new entertainment company at 521, Apgujeong, 2-dong, Gangnam-gu, under the name of S.M. Entertainment.
The president is the person who contributed to the fund, his name is Kim Young-wook, and the singer is in charge of the company's planning, and his name is Lee so-man.
SM showed an extraordinary side from the beginning, and the younger brother of the major Korean entertainment companies at the time quickly took the leading position at a jaw-dropping speed. At the beginning of its debut, the first idol group HOT was trampled under all its opponents and became the king of the Korean music industry.
There is a very special person in the first batch of trainees of SM company, he survived by practicing singing, and then I don't know what the reason is, on the eve of HOT's debut, he left SM company. Later, he engaged in behind-the-scenes planning work, and successively participated in the launch of many well-known entertainment planners such as Turbo, SGWANNABE, SEEYYA, Lee Hyo-ri and many other groups or singers.
Kim Young-min joined SM in 1999 as the head of the overseas development team, and with the continuous development of SM, Kim Young-wook, who became a monk halfway, and Lee so-man, who was a singer, finally realized their shortcomings in management ability.
Kim Young-min is Kim Young-wook's younger brother, and after being pulled into SM by his elder brother Kim Young-wook, Kim Young-min also lived up to expectations, relying on his strong business ability, and made SM's brand effect more and more resounding internationally during his tenure as the head of the overseas development team.
Since Kim Young-min joined, SM's business tentacles began to extend to all parts of the world, and the most representative event was the "HOTCHINA" trainee selection in 2001, from which Han Geng stood out.
In 2002, an incident affected SM. President Kim Young-wook was imprisoned, and director Lee so-man left for the United States, the reason why this happened was because the two embezzled SM public funds in the process of SM's paid capital increase in 1998 were exposed and investigated by South Korean prosecutors.
After Kim Yong-wook was imprisoned, Lee so-man fled to the United States to hide for more than a year before returning to South Korea in 2004 to face trial.
In 2005, Kim Min-young, who was supported by some shareholders, seized the opportunity to become the president of SM.
Kim Young-min knows that he belongs to the king of the mountain without a tiger monkey, the world is unpredictable, last year was the 4th anniversary of President Roh Moo-hyun's inauguration, Kim Young-min was also very happy, but he was not happy that this damn 4th anniversary released Lee so-man.
Now it's okay, the king is back, and he is the director again, staring at the position under the monkey seat every day, and the monkey is under a lot of pressure. The girl group plan is monkey's、Ahem! It's not a monkey, it's Kim Youngmin's main plan, it's his hard work, and his standing capital. Kim Young-min, who came from a higher education, is extremely disgusted with the management methods of Lee so-man, an old-school singer, and a serious dispute broke out between the two over the business philosophy. In order to increase her voice within the company, Kim Young-min carefully planned her debut plan for Girls' Generation, trying to impact Lee so-man's prestige with her achievements. Originally, everything went well, but now everything broke out too suddenly, and Kim Young-min was caught off guard.
There was another big event in South Korea in 2002, this year, South Korea and Japan jointly hosted the 17th World Cup, known as the Korea-Japan World Cup, and the holding of this World Cup had a huge impact on South Korea's entertainment industry.
Generally speaking, male idol groups have more female fans, while female idol groups have mainly male fans. As a result, under the impact of the World Cup, the women's idol group was forced into a desperate situation. Unable to create value for their companies, many girl idol groups disbanded this year. The most representative ones are the SES portfolio of SM and the FIN.K.L portfolio of DSP.
With the departure of the South Korea-Japan World Cup, the Korean music industry has officially entered the era of men's groups, and the men's groups under SM are all created by Li Xiuman, including TVXQ, which debuted in 04, is also brought out by Li Xiuman.
The general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. The era of the men's group has come, and the era of the women's group will not be too far away, taking advantage of Li Xiuman's absence in the company, Kim Youngmin, who is unwilling to be under the people, carefully planned the women's group plan, wanting to break the original Li Xiuman's one-word model, so that he can successfully ascend to the position and become a well-deserved president, rather than a puppet manipulated by others.
However, Kim Young-min has never been engaged in entertainment planning after all, and he applied some hearsay planning methods to Girls' Generation, which almost caused this female group to die halfway.
The first Black Sea was completely controllable in Kim Young-min's plan, but unfortunately the situation changed too quickly, and Kim Young-min, who thought he was firmly seated in the Diaoyutai Terrace, ushered in the second Black Sea, and when the confident Kim Young-min was ready to take action to pick the fruits of victory, he found that the situation had gotten out of control.
If the girl group's plan fails, Kim Young-min may become an invisible person within SM Company, lose his authority and prestige, and his plan and his hard work will be in vain, and he will become nothing.
No, the girl group plan can't fail, girls' generation can't fail, and he is not willing to give up the position of president.