Chapter 62: The Puzzle
"Since you're the captain, there's a little I hope you'll think about it; I know you and I want to give up your studies, but I want you to go to university to study music even if you don't want to. Jung so-yeon looked at the other members who were silent before saying to Kim Tae-yeon.
Her current views are affected by Park Renjing, and have changed a lot, although she is now a little at odds with Lin Fei, but she also occasionally chats with Park Renjing and other members of Tara, she understands a lot of things in her heart that she didn't know before, and she also understands that it is because of her personality that she doesn't deal with Lin Fei, and she also knows that if she doesn't change her character, it will not be good for her in the future, so she has been trying to slowly change her personality, If only she hadn't said anything to Kim Taeyeon before, she would have just been silent.
"I... In fact, I started to practice singing skills and vocal range in elementary school, and I fell behind too much in other studies, and I didn't have so much time to study in high school, so college was really too far away for me. Kim Taeyeon thought about it for a while, and then said helplessly.
"No matter what the results are, we should stick to it, I don't want to hear people from outside attack us for not having culture in the future." Zheng Xiuyan sighed lightly. She herself is not like this, she also knows that except for Yuna and Xiaoxian, everyone else in the group is learning like that, but everyone has a different view on learning.
"I OPPA also said that if you don't graduate from college in the future, you will definitely be attacked as an artist. Unless you can become a top artist, this kind of attack will not go away. Xu Zhuxian whispered.
"Yes, I didn't pay attention to these before, but after listening to Tara's Ernie say, I realized that most of the people in the circle now are college graduates, and there are not many people who are not college graduates." Lin Yuner also said that this is also the reason why she was very hesitant after she had the idea of dropping out of school.
"I'll take notice." Kim Taeyeon sighed softly.
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"Come here, take your respective official account accounts, and you can chat with fans when you have free time in the future. But you have to pay attention, the teacher has taught you this, and if you can't say something, don't say it. Lin Fei looked at the noisy girls, handed the information in his hand to the girls, and said.
"OPPA, why don't we reach out to the fans now? Wait until the information is released? Li Zhixian said with some hesitation. Now that the information has not been released, and there are not many followers, they really don't know what to say.
"You all think so?" Lin Fei asked.
"Well, we don't really know what to talk about." Quan Baolan said with a wry smile.
In addition to Park Ji-yeon, the other women also nodded and confirmed.
"Ji-yeon, what do you want to talk to the fans?" Lin Fei looked at Park Ji-yeon, who was a little excited, and asked.
"Of course, it's just talking about what we do for the day, plus posting some photos. So that we can talk every day. Park Ji-hyun said happily.
"That's smart." Lin Fei said softly. He has this in his memory, and it is similar to what Park Ji-yeon said.
"That's, I'm the smartest." Park Ji-yeon said.
"You know how to chat? Just like Zhiyan said, like when you get up in the morning, you can take a photo to say hello, and when you practice, you can complain to everyone, saying that the practice is strong, and take some photos of the practice to go out; And there is a VCR in the practice room, so you can sometimes record her and send it out when you are practicing dance. You can even shoot those dishes and send them out during meals. Lin Fei said.
"OPPA, it's really that simple." Park In-jeong asked with some suspicion. Can fans agree to this?
"What else do you want, do you still want to chat with fans one by one? Do you have that energy and that much time? You just have to share your life with your fans. Things like studying, practicing, traveling, all of these are fine. Lin Fei said.
"But will the fans be satisfied?" Park Hyo-min asked in a whisper.
"If you want to satisfy the fans, you don't have to do anything else in the future, so that most fans are satisfied. But be careful not to talk about politics or show off, but the costumes and decorations that the company has prepared for you will be fine. Lin Fei said.
"Got it, OPPA." The girls had been instructed by Lin Fei before, and there was nothing they could not say, so they all nodded clearly in response.
"Okay, you guys just keep practicing, and you have to hurry up your studies, especially Hyomin, because you jumped one level this year. I will record your debut single after your college entrance examination. If only your results satisfied me. I'll pick up a song for you to pick and release a single after your debut. Lin Fei said.
"Really?" Park In-jeong asked with some surprise.
"Well, so you're going to have to come on." Lin Fei said.
"Well, we'll try." The women replied with some excitement. You must know that it is optional, and the attraction to them is not small, and they also have a chance to single at this point.
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Lin Fei walked out of the practice room with some distress, feeling a little embarrassed about Tara's debut song. Now that the singing skills of the women have been expressed, the debut stage needs to reflect the dance and scene of the women. He has already decided that the debut dance of several girls is either SBS popular ballad or MBC Music Center, and they will debut directly on the spot, which can be regarded as a test for the group; So if you want to have a big impact on your debut results, then you have to be careful in the choice of songs.
As for those highly sung Divine Comedies, it is not very suitable to launch them now, not to mention that the girl group is still being severely suppressed by the men's group, and there are not many people who pay attention to the girl group, even if those highly sung Divine Comedy are launched, the influence will be reduced a lot; And for a group of newcomers, it's not much of a good thing if it develops too fast.
And if you want to achieve the effect of the Divine Comedy, the best thing is to wait until the popularity of the girl group has reached a certain level, and the influence of the girl group in the market is more appropriate.
"It seems that we need to discuss it with everyone. After all, I'm not all that familiar with that. Lin Fei thought for a moment and sighed softly.
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"Ah Fei, there are some things I think I should talk about well, after all, the company will soon go all out to develop in this circle." Li Yunxin looked at Lin Fei, who was frowning, and said.
"Yunxin, just say what you have to say. I'm still worried about their debut songs. Lin Fei looked at Li Yunxin and said with some doubts.
"Ah Fei, let's take a look at our company's financial reports from its establishment to the present." Li Yunxin said helplessly.
"You can just watch that." Lin Fei shook his head and said.
"No, you have to take a look, I need you to know the company's expenses for nearly a year." Li Yunxin took the report in her hand to Lin Fei and said in a deep voice.
Lin Fei looked at the serious Li Yunxin, and picked up the report a little helplessly, but the more he looked at it, the more surprised his face became, he couldn't imagine that the company had spent so much, and Li Yunxin had personally invested a lot.
"Yunxin, how did you put your own money into it?" Lin Fei said softly. He told his manager, Tom, that in the early days of the company, the company's expenses were paid for by the account he managed.
"Ah Fei, let's take a look at the funds spent and the funds earned." Li Yunxin said helplessly.
Lin Fei looked at the last of the information with some doubts, and when he saw the specific figures, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he didn't expect that he had spent so much in less than a year.
"You're surprised, too. Now, in addition to the $150 million you spent at the beginning, the finance department has a total of $50 million. ”
"Then we invested in two TV series, because it was a joint venture investment, we only spent a total of 10 million US dollars. As for the income of TV dramas, the first step is that TV dramas will not be able to reach the company's account until the end of the year. ”
"Then you increase the amount of trainees. Now there are a total of 39 teachers in the company, including 25 from Ewha Womans University and 14 from overseas, all of whom have annual salaries, and they all pay a year's salary after entering the company, and they will pay a year's salary if they pass the test, and now the average annual salary of these teachers at Ewha Womans University is 6,000W won, which is 1.5 billion won. ”
"The average annual salary of those teachers hired from overseas is 15W US dollars, and 14 people spend 190W US dollars. With the addition of the teachers at Ewha Womans University, the cost of this alone is close to $350W. Not to mention other consumption. ”
"Then you set up a network department, and that, combined with employee salaries, has cost $2,000W so far. Plus some other employees, although the salary is lower, but the number is also quite large, which also costs close to 300W dollars. ”
"Then you added a lot of other things to the company, including high-rise cars, company teachers' cars, trainee cars, other electrical appliances and music-related things, plus high-end VCR equipment in each practice room. A total of nearly $2,000W was spent. ”
"And then you set up a clothing and makeup department, plus a health and beauty department, and that's another $100W outlay." Li Yunxin said helplessly. That's not even counting the value of the things that Lin Fei himself took out a lot of for the trainees.
"In the end, there are trainee expenses and canteen expenses, which add up a lot, and now in addition to the few people who want to make their debut, the other sixteen trainees have now reached the level of B-level trainees, and now the monthly subsidy is 20W won."
"The canteen does not limit the upper limit of personal consumption, although some high-end ingredients are not prepared, but some common ones are provided, according to the calculation of the canteen, the company has a total of more than 100 people, and the daily consumption of funds is almost 500W won."
"As the funds in the company's account run out, I am embarrassed to say to your manager, after all, you must know that no company can invest in this way. In addition, the company has my shares, and finally I invested another 5000W in it. Li Yunxin said with a wry smile.
"Yunxin, you should tell me, you know that I am not lacking in these." Lin Fei said.
"No, you don't lack that, but you can't keep investing in it. You have to make ends meet, even if you don't make money. Li Yunxin said in a deep voice.
"Yunxin, I don't lack the money that this company makes, even if this company makes money, it won't make much." Lin Fei said helplessly. There is information in his memory that even S.M Company, the net income of a year is only 3 or 4,000W US dollars. Under normal circumstances, more than $10 million would be considered good. He really doesn't like this.
"Ah Fei, you must know that your plan is to make the company develop internationally, so the investment in the future is not a small number, plus you asked me to buy a plane and customize a nanny car, which costs hundreds of millions of dollars. If you keep devoting yourself to this, it will put too much pressure on the artists who will debut in the future. You must know your investment, even if they become popular, they will not be able to earn back the company's investment after ten years of hard work. Li Yunxin smiled bitterly.