Chapter 349: First Arrival in Seoul (Asking for Tickets)
The speed of buying Dongsheng Entertainment is much faster than Bai Ziyang imagined. Shi Lei directly transferred 20 million from Jinshi Company's account, plus Bai Ziyang's 5 million and Weng Zhijian's 2 million, this is the total share capital they contributed.
Shi Lei, as the major shareholder of the company, appointed Bai Ziyang as executive director (15% shares), and Weng Zhijian as the general manager of the company (11% shares, most of which are rewarded management shares).
Weng Zhijian immediately held a general meeting of all employees on behalf of the company's board of directors, and first fired some of Sun Haifeng's related households, these people have no ability, they just know how to draw money into their pockets. Of course, these people will not be convinced, and will shout for the company to compensate them for the loss of the contract. But Weng Zhijian just hired two new financial personnel, and he scared them all, who thinks that he didn't take more money from the company, and stood up to take a look?
Dongsheng Entertainment, originally more than 100 employees, was fired by him for nearly half of them, which is simply heartbreaking! Of course, the rest of the people are all capable and have relatively clean hands and feet, and they have generally increased their wages by 15 percent.
Shi Lei looked at the company's list of artists and sighed deeply. There were only two or three people he could remember what they looked like, most of them, he hadn't even heard of. Just a few people, feeding the company's fifty or sixty employees, if it weren't for the fact that they could still take on some small group performances such as opening performances, they would have been yellow for a long time.
"Mr. Weng, there is still some money in the company's account, should we hurry up and find some newcomers, or simply dig up a few third-tier artists from other companies, the company doesn't even have a person to support the scene." Bai Ziyang was a little melancholy, how could the artists of this company compare with Tian Juncong. If Tian Juncong knew that Dongsheng Entertainment was a partner between Shi Lei and him, he would be half-dead. Why don't you come and taunt them right away?
"Well, I've also thought about it, and I plan to go to South Korea's Star Museum Company (S?M) to poach a group of people, and there are also some domestic artists in the island country who are developing there, and we can also dig them up, so that the company can have a group of new forces. Even with some familiar faces, the company's development can be on the right track. Weng Zhijian has also thought about it a long time ago, and he must not be able to compete with those big entertainment companies in China, so he can only go abroad to pan for gold, and even if he is lucky, he can catch two or three once popular artists who "export to domestic sales".
"Then you should hurry up, how long has this been delayed!" Bai Ziyang seemed to have seen Tian Juncong laughing at him, and he definitely didn't want this to happen. Well, tomorrow. No, go back to Ice City today.
"The passport and visa haven't been processed yet, and we won't do it until the day after tomorrow, didn't we say we would go together?" This can involve contract negotiations, and it may even cost a lot of money, so it is impossible for Weng Zhijian to decide alone, and it was said at that time that Shi Lei, Bai Ziyang and Weng Zhijian would go over together.
I remember that Bai Ziyang went to South Korea when he heard about it. The eyes began to shine, thinking about the stars. Thinking about the legendary accompaniment ~ sleeping in South Korea, it seems that going there is also a good choice, and you can also get rid of your family and go crazy in the end.
"You don't know how to send some money and let them expedite it." Bai Ziyang complained.
Three days later, in the afternoon, three people got off the plane. Weng Zhijian is the translator. He is fluent in Korean, Japanese, and English.
In the waiting hall, Shi Lei and the three of them were negotiating with the staff. Unfortunately, his luggage was taken by mistake, and now he has a suitcase exactly like him.
There wasn't much of anything valuable in this suitcase. But Shi Lei can't help but change his clothes, fortunately, his passport and visa are in his bag, otherwise Shi Lei will be unable to move an inch in Seoul.
"Mr. Shi, the staff at the airport are contacting the other party, but it doesn't seem to be contacted, let's go to the hotel first, and when the airport is contacted, they will call me."
Shi Lei nodded helplessly, the first time he went abroad, it was so unpleasant. If it weren't for the fact that the suitcase in his hand was quite heavy, Shi Lei really suspected that someone else had deliberately dropped the bag.
"Anihassai~~May I ask if the three are Mr. Shi, Mr. Bai and Mr. Weng from Zhong~ Guodongsheng Entertainment?" A somewhat stiff Mandarin sounded from behind them, and it seemed to have a little Northeast flavor.
The three of them turned around at the same time and saw a boy in his twenties, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and asked with some uncertainty.
"Anihassai~~ We are, are you?" Weng Zhijian frowned and asked, he didn't know this person, it seemed to be a newcomer.
"It was Director Li who asked me to come, I am a newcomer, my name is Cui Xiuzhe, I know some Chinese, because my college roommate is a Chinese ~ international student, and I also took Chinese." Choi so-chul said as he bent over.
"Your roommate must be from the Northeast." Bai Ziyang said with certainty.
"How do you know? You know how to tell fortunes?! Choi so-chul showed a surprised expression, can this be guessed? It is said that there are people in China~ who can deduce some things, which are called fortune telling, but I didn't expect him to see it today!
Shi Lei and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, this kid is quite funny.
"We heard it by listening to your accent, in China~ China, the accent of different places is very different. We also had an accident just now, and the luggage was taken wrongly, so it was delayed for a while, making you wait for a long time. Weng Zhijian explained.
"It's okay, then the luggage has been found, our company can help say hello, it will be faster."
"No, don't forget, I used to work for this company as well. Let's go, let's hurry up and take a shower. Weng Zhijian said with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Senpai. I'll help you with your luggage. Cui Xiuzhe then remembered that the director who seemed to explain that he came to the airport to pick up the guests said that one of them used to be the department manager of their company.
Along the way, Cui Xiuzhe was introducing the attractions along the route in Mandarin with a northeastern flavor, of course, mainly to Shi Lei and Bai Ziyang, just to make the journey less dull.
When they arrived at the hotel that the company had booked for them, Cui Xiuzhe left. With Weng Zhijian, who is a South Korean expert, he doesn't have to worry about Shi Lei and what inconvenience they will have.
The director Li contacted by Weng Zhijian, whose full name is Li Xiuman, is a shareholder and director of S?M Company, and of course, he has a more bullish identity, that is, the founder of S?M Company. However, it was also because of the expansion of the company that he was injected and re-injected by others, and he changed from the owner of a sole proprietorship company to a small shareholder like he is now.
This company was originally his hard work, but when he accepted other people's capital injections, he had no money, so his shares were slowly diluted, which also caused him great dissatisfaction.
A few years ago, in the company's paid capital increase, he embezzled 150 million won from S?M as his own capital increase funds to invest in S?M's stocks, thus stealing hundreds of won from the stock market difference.
As a result, this matter was found out, and he fled to the United States to hide for more than a year, and then he was forced to come back for trial and was sentenced to two years with a suspended sentence. Later, because of the amnesty of the general ~president, he was relieved~ released.
Weng Zhijian also worked with him for a period of time back then, and later because of his affairs, he was implicated, so he jumped ship to the brokerage company in the island country, and it can be said that the two still have some friendship.
This time, Weng Zhijian also contacted Li Xiuman and said that he wanted to buy some artists' contracts, and Li Xiuman agreed without saying a word.
In their S?M company, there is a youth selection meeting every year, and there are some trainees (acting students) recommended by producers and talent scouts, many of whom may not be able to make their official debut for various reasons. These people are also paid by the company, although very little, but it is always an expense.
Weng Zhijian told Li Xiuman that he would choose some Chinese~ Chinese from these trainees who could not make their debut and buy their contracts. Of course, it would be better if there were trainees who were already ready to make their debut, but didn't have a good chance at the moment.
In fact, the latter is Weng Zhijian's main purpose, and he also knows that S?M company is facing some criticism, in their contract, the first five years are 3:7 sharing between the artist and the company, and it is only the album share, and all other income, including commercial performances, advertising and other income, is all owned by the company, and there is more than one artist who has publicly proposed to terminate the contract.
And Li Xiuman has not sued him, and there are two more Chinese~ artists in the company who plan to terminate the contract and have sent a written letter to the company. If this is known to others, it will be a huge blow to S?M.
S?M has already suffered a blow, and the last time an artist broke out a lawsuit to terminate the contract, the company's stock price fell in response. Don't you want to return to China for development, then sell you to China, so that there is a lawsuit, you can fight with your own domestic company, anyway, S?m will not suffer! He Li Xiuman will not suffer a loss!
In the evening, Li Xiuman's assistant came to invite the three of them to a banquet, which was very authentic Korean barbecue. Shi Lei is not very interested in this meal, but it is just barbecue, although the sauce tastes good, but it is too monotonous. And always introduce what kind of bullshit kimchi, it's okay to eat one or two bites of this thing, can it really be eaten as a dish!
Bai Ziyang showed a look of disdain, this can be regarded as a reception banquet? It's just such a thing, and the taste of wine is not very good, and it is said that South Koreans are particularly picky, and he can be regarded as knowledgeable!
Seeing that the guests didn't seem to be particularly happy, Li Xiuman's face was a little unbearable. Wasn't he entertained well enough? The etiquette has arrived, this is the best barbecue restaurant, the environment and taste are first-class, why are these two guests, the expressions on their faces are unhappy?
Bai Ziyang is more interested in those South Korean female stars, not to say how good the S?M company is, and those who have not debuted, didn't they say that they could come to accompany the wine, why haven't I seen any of them? Grass, dead picking, don't you say that you can find one for one million won (about 6,000 RMB), it's much cheaper than in China, and Lao Tzu doesn't give money, you can give me three or five first! (To be continued......)