Chapter 168: Entering South Korea

"In that case, I'm getting straight to the point, F(X) are about to release their second full-length album, Pinktape. For this album, our positioning is to bring it to the European and American markets, and to test the acceptance of the European and American music scenes. Taking out a plan from the drawer on the side, Jin Yingmin handed it to Sun Shaoye.

"What is this?" Sun Shaoye didn't mean to open it at all, and Jin Zhilan on the side was very curious, but at this time, she couldn't interject.

Instead of answering Sun Shaoye's question, Kim Young-min just made a 'please' gesture.

"This old fox," he sneered in his heart, Sun Shaoye opened the cover of the plan, and a line of black and bold font appeared in front of him - "f(x) European Marketing Plan".

Glancing at the name of the plan, Sun Shaoye probably guessed Kim Yingmin's intentions. Closing the plan, Sun Shaoye put it on the coffee table and looked at Jin Yingmin with a smile.

Seeing Sun Shaoye's movements, the smile on Jin Yingmin's face suddenly froze, but fortunately he reacted quickly and was not noticed by Jin Zhilan. But this expression was taken into the eyes of Sun Shaoye, who was looking at him with a smile.

Although he usually shows himself as approachable in front of others, in fact, Kim Young-min, like Lee so-man, is a very conceited and proud person with a strong desire to control power. But the difference between the two is that Lee so-man does not hide himself, while Kim Young-min dresses up as a good person.

"I don't know what you think?" Looking at the smiling young man in front of him, Kim Young-min felt like a punch had hit cotton, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, but he didn't have a face on his face.

"What can you give me?" Sun Shaoye's bold words made Jin Zhilan on the side can't help but look up, wanting to see Jin Yingmin's reaction.

Jin Yingmin, who was sitting in the seat, immediately laughed when he heard Sun Shaoye's words. Looking at the young man in front of him, who was a little unbelievable, his laughter became louder and louder, and even the secretary outside the door could hear his laughter.

At this time, Jin Zhilan also heard the anger in Jin Yingmin's laughter, so she quickly pulled Sun Shaoye's arm and whispered to Sun Shaoye: "Shaoye, apologize to President Jin quickly." “

"Don't worry, President Kim is not such a stingy person." patted Jin Zhilan's hand and motioned for her to let go of herself. Ignoring Jin Zhilan's fiery eyes, Sun Shaoye still looked at Jin Yingmin with a smile.

After a long while, Jin Yingmin stopped laughing, took a sip of tea, and said to Sun Shaoye: "Young man, don't be too greedy. ”

Hearing this, Sun Shaoye was happy again, isn't this what he told Bian Zhongyuan before.

Perhaps it was Sun Shaoye's laughter just now that annoyed Kim Young-min, and the smile on his face disappeared, leaving only a trace of calm, "I hope you can cooperate with f(x) to promote this album in the UK." ”

"Finally showing the fox's tail," Sun Shaoye thought secretly, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, squinting his dark green eyes, he said to Jin Yingmin, "What if I don't agree?" ”

"It's okay if you don't agree, it's just that you're just a newcomer who has just debuted, and you have to seize the opportunity. Otherwise, there will be no chance in the future, and I won't be able to find a place to cry. Kim Young-min shrugged his shoulders and looked very indifferent.

The faint words sounded concerned about Sun Shaoye's future, but Jin Zhilan heard Jin Yingmin's threat from inside. She looked nervously at Sun Shaoye, who still looked relaxed, and was really worried about him to death. She wanted to apologize to Kim Young-min on behalf of Sun Shaoye, but was stopped by Sun Shaoye.

Holding down Jin Zhilan, who wanted to speak, Sun Shaoye smiled at her and shook his head, signaling her to be quiet.

"As far as I know, SM is partnering with Universal Music to distribute records overseas, right?" Sun Shaoye's brainless words made Jin Yingmin not know what he was going to say next.

"Yes, what's the problem?" After taking a sip of tea, Jin Yingmin leaned on the sofa, looking at the nervous Jin Zhilan, and his heart became more and more happy. Seeing Sun Shaoye who was sitting at home again, he was suddenly a little unhappy.

"Universal Music has signed too many singers in recent years, and almost all year round is releasing new albums for its artists." After a pause, Sun Shaoye continued: "So even though there are very few distribution and publicity channels given to you, it is required to account for the majority of the revenue. Ever thought about changing companies? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Jin Yingmin stared at Sun Shaoye and replied in a cold tone.

"Haha...... President Kim, don't get me wrong, there's nothing else. I just think that such a good album, if it is well promoted, it will definitely make a lot of money. I just think you guys are too pitiful, and you can get a little dividend for such a profitable album. Sun Shaoye made good tea for himself and Jin Yingmin, and winked at Jin Zhilan, who was sitting on the side.

"What the hell do you mean?" Ignoring Sun Shaoye's words, Jin Yingmin said coldly.

Seeing that Jin Yingmin couldn't hide his anger, Sun Shaoye didn't go around in circles with him, and said directly: "You might as well cooperate with me, I will give you more benefits, and the resources of publicity and sales channels are better than those given to you by Universal Music, what do you say?" ”

"Haha......" seemed to hear something funny, Jin Yingmin suddenly laughed, "Sun Shaoyexi, young age, why is he not in good spirits." ”

Hearing Jin Yingmin's sarcasm of his crankiness, Sun Shaoye was not angry, took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked at the time, then looked towards the door, and muttered, "It should have arrived." “

"Shaoye, what's wrong?" Jin Zhilan pulled Sun Shaoye's arm and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, it's just that a friend is coming."

Before Sun Shaoye's words were finished, there was a knock at the door, and Kim Yingmin's secretary walked in and said to Jin Yingmin: "President, there is a foreigner who claims to be Sun Shaoye Xi who asked him to come over and wants to see you." ”

Jin Yingmin looked at Sun Shaoye suspiciously, not knowing what medicine to buy in the gourd of this kid in front of him. So he waved his hand and said to the secretary, "Let him in." ”

As soon as the secretary went out, a European man and an Asian man came in.

"Vito, why did you come, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Without raising his eyelids, Sun Shaoye said to the visitor.

Ignoring Sun Shaoye's complaints, Vito smiled at Kim Yingmin, who had been staring at him, and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Kim, I'm UTA's Director of Operations, Victor Huntington, and this is my translator. “

Kim Young-min, who didn't speak English well, only heard a few words, and he didn't understand until the translator next to Vito translated English into Korean.

The so-called don't hit the smiling person, Jin Yingmin also greeted the two politely, and after sitting down, he asked the two, "Which company did you just say?" “

"UTA, here's my calling card." Taking out a business card from his briefcase, Vito handed it to Kim Young-min, and the translator sitting next to him translated Vito's words to Kim Young-min at the same time.

After taking the business card, Kim Yingmin felt that the company name on the business card looked familiar, and after saying 'sorry' to the four people, he opened the web page and searched for the name UTA on the Internet.

As more and more search terms appeared on the webpage, Kim Young-min clicked on one at random, and when he saw the introduction of UTA, he was stunned.

Founded in 1991, UTA is a rising star among Hollywood's top five agencies. BennyDyck and Leading Artists are the merger of two medium-sized agencies.

When it was founded, UTA had only 26 agents, and its clientele was limited to movie stars, film directors and the elite of the television industry.

And 18 years later, not only has the total number of agents swelled to about 100, but the business has expanded to all areas of the entertainment industry, including film, television, music, publishing, computer and video games, fashion, and professional sports.

Many Hollywood A-listers are UTA clients, including Johnny? Depp, Natalie? Portman, Harrison? Ford, Millie? Cyrus, the Coen brothers, etc.

Patting his cheek, Kim Young-min tried to sober himself up. He didn't believe that a young man like Sun Shaoye would have the strength to let a world-renowned brokerage company come to talk to him about business. Thinking that this might be a scam, Kim Young-min, who was still a little shocked, suddenly calmed down.

"President Kim, you can search for the name on the business card, and then compare it, and you will know." Seeing Jin Yingmin's expression, Sun Shaoye guessed his thoughts.

After thinking about it for a long time, Kim Young-min typed the name of VictorHuntington on the webpage. In less than a second, search results appear on the web page.

Kim Young-min compared the person in the photo with the person sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and the more the result was compared, the more Yue surprised him. But thinking that the other party was here to talk about cooperation, the smile on Kim Yingmin's face became brighter and brighter.

"Brother Sun, you are hiding deep enough," Seeing that Sun Shaoye was going to pour tea for Victor, Jin Yingmin immediately called the secretary to make a new pot of hot tea and send it in.

To kick Lee so-man off the altar, Kim Young-min must have his uniqueness in addition to the support of other directors. No, after learning Victor's identity, his name for Sun Shaoye also changed, and he successfully interpreted the uniqueness of the businessman in a certain aspect.

"Hehe, I can't afford to be called President Kim, so you might as well call me by my name." Although there is also a businessman with such a coat, Sun Shaoye does not like Jin Yingmin to be close to his relatives.

Pouring tea for Sun Shaoye, even if Jin Yingmin was dissatisfied with Sun Shaoye's words just now, he didn't want to put it on his face at the moment, he smiled and said: "What are you talking about, are you still angry with my brother." ”

Hearing Jin Yingmin's shameless words, even Jin Zhilan, who was still scared just now, couldn't help but roll her eyes at the ceiling.

Everyone has his bottom line and temper, and he has always wanted SM to get rid of Lee so-man's imprint, and Kim Young-min is full of dissatisfaction with Universal Music and Ai Hui's company, and has been looking for a partner who can replace them.

This time, I just came to discuss things with Sun Shaoye, but I didn't expect to bring out such a famous economic company as UTA. At this time, Jin Yingmin completely lost the heart to despise Sun Shaoye, and he began to pay attention to the young man in front of him who had been refuting his face just now.

For Sun Shaoye, no matter what kind of relationship he has with UTA, this alone is worthy of Kim Yingmin to befriend him.

"President Kim, we're talking business." That's all Sun Shaoye said on the other party's words, as for whether he can understand it, it depends on Jin Yingmin's own understanding.

If you can't talk about it, Sun Shaoye still has companies like YG, JYP, and Loen to consider, but at this time when the cooperation with Universal Music is about to expire, Kim Yingmin has no more choices.

With a pinch of his hands, Jin Yingmin also understood the meaning of Sun Shaoye's words, so he said to Sun Shaoye: "For what you just said, can UTA make the same guarantee?" “