With an absolute advantage, in "We Are Married: Cool Special", they obtained the qualification for a three-day and two-night tour of the Maldives sent by MBC, Li Jingyuan and Jessica were very happy, and they were also full of expectations, and Li Jingyuan, who was rarely anxious, even couldn't wait to set off immediately. k update

But thinking about it, the specific departure time still has to wait for about a week, on the one hand, because Li Jingyuan himself and Jessica's itinerary is more difficult to adjust, and on the other hand, it is necessary to take into account the connection of the show.

Generally speaking, the broadcast time of "Cool Special" in all variety shows will be broadcast at the hottest time in summer, and it will be about half a month away from now. After "Cool Special", the footage of Li Jingyuan and Jessica going on a trip will be played.

There is a lot of content in "Cool Special", and it is estimated that it will be played twice, that is, two weeks. In other words, the first part of the Maldives travel chapter will not be broadcast until at least a month later.

The climate now is definitely different from the climate a month from now, and if you set off for a trip now, and the footage will be broadcast a month later, the audience may feel a little awkward when they watch it, because the costumes of Lee Kyung-won and Jessica when they appear on the camera may not match the climate when the audience is watching TV.

Considering these two points, MBC postponed the departure time of the two as much as possible, although some were not very happy, but Li Jingyuan could only obey the arrangement.

Just when Li Jingyuan was a little depressed, a phone call came to the door, but it made him happy again.

"Uncle Xiuman."

"Jing Yuan, what are you doing now? If you don't have anything to do, let's come to the company. The person who called was Li Xiuman, and his tone sounded a little strange.

"Oh, okay, I'll be right here." Although I don't know what happened to Li Xiuman, Li Jingyuan happened to be idle now anyway, so he immediately agreed, hung up the phone and set off directly.

Soon arrived at S.M., and after Li Jingyuan pushed open the door of Li Xiuman's office, he found that there were not only Li Xiuman himself present, but also a few strangers he didn't know.

Seeing Li Jingyuan enter the door, these people immediately stood up and saluted Li Jingyuan, although the etiquette of greeting looked similar, but as soon as these people spoke, Li Jingyuan heard that they were not Koreans, but Japanese.

"Hello." first returned the salute, and then Li Jingyuan turned his head to Li Xiuman in a bit of confusion and asked, "Uncle Xiuman, what's going on?" ”

"These guys are here to invite you." Li Xiuman smiled and said, and then nodded to a leading Japanese: "Kondo-kun, please explain it yourself." ”

The person known as Kondo-kun agreed, and explained to Li Jingyuan. After a while, Li Jingyuan understood the situation, it turned out that these people came from Fuji TV in Japan to invite Li Jingyuan to participate in their program.

It's also a little strange to say, although Li Jingyuan was invited to participate in the show, these people did not explain which program it was, but put several program lists in front of Li Jingyuan and asked him to choose at will.

"Huh? Didn't a specific program invite me? Li Jingyuan also felt a little strange, so he asked unconsciously.

"Actually, these program groups want to invite Li Sang to participate in the ......"

After Kondo's explanation for a while, Li Jingyuan figured out the specific situation. Looking at these invitations separately, in fact, each program has invited Li Jingyuan.

Lee Kyung-won is Korean, and his status in the professional field is relatively high, and he has never cooperated with Fuji TV before, so whether it is for the sake of status or the first cooperation, if you invite him, you can't be too casual. If you invite Li Jingyuan by phone only, it will look a little rude. …,

And it is not practical to ask each program group to send someone out to invite Li Jingyuan in person. Each program sends a group out, and the total cost of all of them will be more, and it seems to be a bit wasteful. And then again, Li Jingyuan may not necessarily agree to all the invitations, so that the waste of funds will be even more.

Combining these ideas, the entertainment department of Fuji TV simply arranged a special team to gather all the invitations together and bring them to the door, which led to the situation that Li Jingyuan was allowed to choose the program list at will.

"Oh, I see. Well, please give me some time and let me see what these shows are about. ”

Without delaying the time, Li Jingyuan quickly picked up these program lists and watched them. After a while, I picked a show that seemed quite suitable.

"Kondo-kun, I'll participate in this first. As for other programs, wait a while, my recent schedule is relatively full, and some of them can't be scheduled. ”

Seeing that Li Jingyuan only picked one program, Kondo looked a little disappointed, but he quickly covered it up and nodded and agreed.

"Okay, so be it, thank you Li Sang. Let's go back and prepare. ”

After sending off a few Japanese, Li Jingyuan returned to his position and sat down again, and asked Li Xiuman directly: "Uncle Xiuman, why do I still think it's a little strange, the posture of these people is too low, right?" ”

As a representative of the TV station, the posture of these Japanese people is indeed a little too low, and Li Jingyuan really can't figure out why they would do this. Because Li Jingyuan doesn't feel that his identity as an artist is already high enough to make people bow their heads.

S.M is not without artists operating in Japan, whether it is BOA or later TVXQ, when they face the TV station, they are at most courteous, and it is absolutely impossible to be treated like Li Jingyuan, this is no longer the scope of courtesy, it can be regarded as 'respect' after unequal status.

"Isn't that understandable? Who made you kid make too much noise recently, and after seeing the benefits that Asahidai has gotten, it is easy to explain that they will be so attentive. Li Xiuman is really an old-timer in the entertainment industry, and he quickly gave Li Jingyuan a hint.

"You mean Michael's thing?"

"Well, that's it."

After Li Jingyuan got the hint, he immediately figured out the key. In fact, it is very simple to explain.

Under the introduction of Lee Kyung-won, TV Asahi got the job of preparing for Michael's comeback concert in Japan, and immediately began to get busy.

TV Asahi's series of actions are relatively large, so Fuji TV and several other big TV stations have no reason not to know about it.

If it was something else, it probably wouldn't have been taken into account. However, if Michael is involved, these other TV stations will definitely not be so calm. You must know that Michael, the king of heaven, is not an ordinary person, and not everyone can be invited casually. From this point of view alone, Asahi's big move has put a lot of pressure on other TV stations.

Thinking that they couldn't lose too ugly in the competition, of course several TV stations would start to investigate, and the first person to come into their sight was Yasushi Akimoto, the direct person in charge.

Although Akimoto Yasu is a producer with a high status, he is still relatively weak compared to the TV station, and Li Jingyuan's identity is not impossible to disclose, so after asking, he directly confessed Li Jingyuan.

Then these TV stations began to investigate Li Jingyuan. At this time, they found some very interesting information.

There are countless assets, this is nothing, the key is that Li Jingyuan himself has a high status in the entertainment industry. The upper-level identities of screenwriters, music producers, and variety show planners are already very surprising, and Lee Kyung-won has countless friends in the circle, including not only countless Korean stars, but also many world-class stars. …,

You must know that Japan is now under the ravages of the Korean Wave, if you can have a good relationship with Li Jingyuan, and then maybe you can invite big-name artists in South Korea with his line, which is enough to make the TV station pay attention.

What's more, it is possible that like Asahi TV, after Li Jingyuan's introduction, he will be connected with the world-level big-name stars, so that Li Jingyuan's status as an intermediary will naturally be placed higher.

Generally speaking, TV stations are all profit-seeking, and as long as they have a good relationship with Li Jingyuan, the benefits will definitely be indispensable. After understanding this, it is easy to understand that the TV station will take the initiative to lower its profile to contact Li Jingyuan, and among these TV stations, Fuji TV is just in the front.

"Hehe, have you figured it out?" Seeing Li Jingyuan's thoughtful expression, Li Xiuman smiled with relief: "Jingyuan, you have really helped a lot this time, and our company's development in Japan will definitely be much faster in the future." ”

"Oh? Uncle Xiuman, do you want to get rid of Ai Hui and do it alone? Hearing Li Xiuman's words, Li Jingyuan also laughed.

"What's wrong with that, as long as you have a good relationship with the TV station, are you afraid that there will be no way to publicize it, and it's not a big deal to get rid of Ai Hui completely." Li Xiuman said very proudly, full of confidence.

In order to open up the Japanese market, S.M signed a cooperation agreement with Ai Hui, and then according to this agreement, Ai Hui became BOA's brokerage company in Japan.

With Ai Hui's help, BOA's development is very smooth, but on the other hand, BOA's money earned in the Japanese market has also been taken away by Ai Hui.

At that time, S.M did not receive Li Jingyuan's capital injection, and the economic situation was very tense, under such a premise, every time he thought that a large amount of income was taken away by Ai Hui, Li Xiuman was very depressed.

Depressed and depressed, Li Xiuman was not impulsive, because he knew very well that if he really terminated the cooperation with Ai Hui and did not have Ai Hui's publicity channels in Japan, it would definitely be even more disadvantageous. At that time, not to mention that the part of the money that Ai Hui took will not be recovered, and even part of the income that originally belonged to S.M will be lost. And without Ai Hui's help, it will be much more difficult for S.M's artists to enter the Japanese market again.

But now, with Li Jingyuan's line, there are a lot of variables. Relying on Li Jingyuan's face to strengthen the connection with Japanese TV stations, the publicity channels will also be guaranteed, and at this time, there will be no problem in preparing to build a Japanese branch, and there will be no problem in getting rid of Ai Hui and working alone.

"Hehe, just go it alone, Uncle Xiuman, if you really have that idea, I will definitely support you." Li Jingyuan also figured out that if S.M opens an independent branch in Japan, there are indeed many benefits, at least, when Girls' Generation or FX goes to Japan to develop in the future, it will definitely be much more convenient to have a branch of its own.

And then again, if you really get such a company, if other Korean artists want to enter Japan, they will definitely choose to cooperate with this company, after all, they can be regarded as 'their own people', and if there is any dispute, it is much easier to deal with, at least there is no need to waste time with Japanese companies.

Of course, if other Korean artists want to agree with this S.M Japanese branch, Lee Kyung-won must take the lead. It is said that Li Xiuman's ability is very good, but compared to the relationship in person, he is still a little worse than Li Jingyuan.

Don't look at Li Xiuman's seniority in the circle, in fact, seriously speaking, he really doesn't have many friends in the circle, and most of the people who have a relationship with him can only be regarded as partners, and in addition to partners, there are only enemies left. …,

During the HOT and SES periods, S.M's opponent was Danp, but later, the number of enemies gradually increased, and JYP, YG, CCM all became S.M's opponents.

Strictly speaking, the opponent of these companies is not S.M, but Li Xiuman, after all, it is the various development strategies formulated by Li Xiuman that have caused that fierce competition.

is hostile to so many companies, so Li Xiuman naturally can't get ahead, otherwise even if a Japanese branch is formed, those Korean brokerage companies will definitely not cooperate with the company because of Li Xiuman.

Li Xiuman's face will only have the opposite effect, but Li Jingyuan is completely different. First of all, Li Jingyuan's image is much more 'great' than Li Xiuman'.

In the Korean entertainment industry, Lee Kyung-won is a rare non-anti-anti artist, and such an image can be said to be extremely good. Moreover, there is already a K.W company under Li Jingyuan that can be used as an example, and after cooperating with K.W Company, everyone knows what the company led by Li Jingyuan looks like.

There is no need to worry about unfair treatment after cooperation, and with this premise, the new company formed by Lee Kyung-won will not lose to the Japanese company in terms of favorability. It can even be said that because of the relationship with Koreans, there will be a certain degree of favorability.

Then the next thing to compete is the strength of the company.

First of all, the most important thing is the new company's ability to organize and execute, etc., which basically does not have to worry at all, in terms of propaganda ability, after having Li Jingyuan's face, the TV station will definitely not be too embarrassed. As for organizational and executive skills, this is even more worrying. If you have money, you can't dig people, as long as you recruit with a high salary, there will definitely be a lot of local Japanese people to join.

The company's assets and capabilities are guaranteed, and the next thing to look at is the company's popularity, and this depends on the company's artists.

Although for the time being, there will definitely not be any big-name Japanese local stars in the new company, but with BOA and TVXQ, it can already be set up. And with Li Jingyuan's relationship, this new company can establish cooperative relations with many world-class celebrities and undertake their travel arrangements in Japan.

World-class stars come as guest artists to increase the company's influence, coupled with the influence of some of Li Jingyuan's Korean artist friends, this company is not lower than other Japanese brokerage companies in terms of status. Under this premise, if some local Japanese artists are signed, the problem of the new company's artist reserve will be solved.

Regarding the selection of local Japanese artists under the company, Li Jingyuan actually has some ideas. His goal is Yasu Akimoto and his AKB series.

AKB48 is a group, but the members of this group do not belong to the same brokerage company. Because Yasushi Akimoto is just a producer, he doesn't have the financial strength to sign all of the AKB members.

If there is Li Jingyuan's financial help, Akimoto Yasushi will definitely take action to gather all AKB members under the umbrella of a brokerage company, which is much more convenient to manage, and can also further increase the unity within AKB.

It would not be too difficult to convince Yasushi Akimoto to join the company on the condition that all AKB members be signed, and it would be equally effective to have Yasushi Akimoto convince the members of AKB to do so. These two aspects complement each other, the only problem is just money, but Li Jingyuan is the least worried in this regard, so he is still very sure of signing Akimoto Yasushi and AKB48.

No worse than a Japanese brokerage in any respect. And because of Li Jingyuan's relationship, there will definitely not be anything that can't be put on the table in the new company. Under such a premise, Korean artists will definitely cooperate with this new company as long as they do not have existing channels when they enter Japan.

Either sign directly to the subsidiary, or reach a cooperative relationship, this Japanese branch will definitely have contact with countless top idols in South Korea and Japan, and Li Jingyuan can't help but be happy.

"Hehe, Uncle Xiuman, I have decided to set up a Japanese branch as soon as possible."