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To be honest, Cui Zhengyuan is actually very envious of S.M's achievements in Japan.

Look at people, you can come to a concert in Japan with tens of thousands of people at every turn, and sing at the Dome at every turn. If you say you don't envy, it's all fake.

A.P has been operating in China for many years and has spent countless resources on vigorous publicity, and now the only ones that can hold concerts in China with more than 50,000 people are SGWannaBe and Dark.L.

Even GirlsGeneration, the giant of the Korean girl group, does not have this ability.

This March GirlsGeneration in the South. The concert held in Beijing reached an unprecedented 33,000 people, which made Ang Lee tear up with excitement.

Compare the concerts of 100,000 people from Mayday, Jay Chou and others from time to time, it is really faceless.

However, Cui Zhengyuan understands one thing very clearly, the Chinese market is not as powerful as the Japanese market, and it is completely due to insufficient standardization, not that it cannot become bigger and stronger.

With the acceleration of China's entertainment industrialization, this situation will definitely change in the future.

He believes that it is not a long time ago that the scale of a single performance in China's performance market has surpassed that of Japan. At that time, what was lost in the Japanese market will eventually be regained in the Chinese market.

On the contrary, S.M's life will be difficult in the future.

In recent years, relations between Japan and South Korea have become increasingly stiff, and restrictions on the Korean Wave have become more severe.

At last year's Red and White Song Party, the singers of S.M Company missed this big occasion for the first time. In the future, the performances of their artists will definitely become difficult, which is an important reason why Li Xiuman is so melancholy today.

"I said that you are also dead-eyed, seeing that Japan is no longer good, can't you change the court earlier?" Choi Jung-won sneered triumphantly.

A trace of shame and anger flashed on Li Xiuman's old face, and he said hatefully: "Do you think I don't want to?" But those who don't open their eyes only care about the immediate interests. Obstruction in every way. I want to quit now, but it's too late. ”

Cui Zhengyuan knew that Li Xiuman must have had this idea, and the first time it must have been in 2009.

When TVXQ split up, Ai Hui ruthlessly put S.M Company together. After that, the senior management of S.M rushed to Japan many times, and I don't know what conditions were promised, and finally regained market share.

It was precisely during that time that DSP saw S.M's weakness and quickly entered the Japanese market.

As a result, KARA's style was very popular with Japanese fans, and it suddenly grew into the No.1 K-pop girl group in Japan.

Even later GirlsGeneration and Dreams went to the beach. None of the competitions have ever been made.

If you want to say that you have the most grudge against this situation, it must be S.M, not A.P.

Because Choi Jung-won has never paid attention to the Japanese market, sending GirlsGeneration over is just a trip to make money, and he doesn't plan to take root there.

S.M, on the other hand, had to make a way to shift the market after two years of chasing after two years in South Korea and never seeing any hope of surpassing GirlsGeneration.

As a result, he was cut off by the DSP company. They were all breathed away from harming each other.

Let's ask, can Li Xiuman's heart calm down?

Hearing him complain about the company's shareholders, Cui Zhengyuan said: "You too, when you are old, you can't bear those pots and jars." If only I did. Just shoot it in two and start the stove again, it's still no worse than now. ”

He's really not talking nonsense, but there is a certain basis.

When Lee so-man founded S.M. He is also a former little singer himself.

No connections, no resources, no funding. There was no channel, so we had to rely on the participation of those powerful shareholders to make S.M stronger.

But now Li Xiuman has long been a predator in the Korean entertainment industry. It's not an exaggeration to ask for anything.

If he wants to start an entertainment company again, there will be countless venture capitalists coming to him, and the terms offered are definitely much more generous than those of the shareholders back then.

The only thing that prevented him from doing so was probably his feelings for S.M. In addition, when people are old, they have long lost the enterprising spirit of the year, and they have mixed up with the idea of getting by.

Li Xiuman listened to his bad moves, but he just looked at him coldly and didn't respond at all.

This old guy is shrewd, and when he heard it, he knew that Cui Zhengyuan was not well-intentioned.

It is true that as Cui Zhengyuan said, if he starts anew, it will definitely not be worse than today's S.M company in time.

But the problem is that in the course of time, the rest of his rivals will not turn a blind eye to his re-development.

And without the close pursuit of S.M, A.P would not have to pack the entire Korean entertainment industry.

Seeing that Li Xiuman was not fooled, Cui Zhengyuan smiled and simply asked directly: "Okay, good guy, you definitely didn't come to drink tea." If there's anything, just say it neatly. First of all, my songs don't sell, and they don't fit those in your company. And I don't invest either, and I don't want to get involved with the politicians behind your company. ”

Li Xiuman's words came to his lips, and he was choked by him.

This guy really can't keep his hands, and when he comes up, he blocks the obvious road, and he doesn't want to help him.

Fortunately, Li Xiuman was prepared, and he didn't expect Cui Zhengyuan to help him from those two points.

S.M has its own self-esteem and will not use other people's songs until it is absolutely necessary. Even if they were used, most of them were purchased from European and American composers.

Although the gimmicks of those songs were big and the results were mediocre, they still enjoyed it.

In addition, Lee so-man is not crazy, and he does not want to introduce Choi Jung-won to the board of directors of S.M.

In that case, with the huge amount of money in this guy's hands, God knows when the S.M company will not belong to him.

Besides, Choi Jung-won is a core member of the New GJ Party, and he is a natural opponent of the figures behind S.M. who unite the MZ Party.

He didn't want to be a rat in the bellows. Angry at both ends.

"Don't bother with it, our company hasn't been so miserable yet. Coming today, there is a benefit for you. ”

Cui Zhengyuan had an alarm bell in his heart, and he glared at Li Xiuman with a vigilant look.

The sun is coming out of the west, or is Juli no longer playing pranks, and this old guy will give himself a favor?

Li Xiu's old face full of vicissitudes shook rapidly, obviously stimulated by Cui Zhengyuan's eyes. However, for the sake of the overall situation, he still forced himself to endure. "I came to you this time in the hope that your A.P company can act as an agent for our company's artists and the brokerage rights in the Chinese market."

"What? What did you say? Cui Zhengyuan jumped up. looked at Li Xiuman and looked like E.T.

What the hell is this? S.M is a big entertainment agency itself, but A.P has it acting as an agent for their artists.

Cui Zhengyuan felt that he had enough wonderful ideas, and now when he compared with Li Xiuman, he found out that he was the ancestor who played fantasy.

It is not uncommon for a brokerage company to represent an artist from another company, but it is actually very common in the circle. But basically they are local brokerage companies, acting for foreign artists in their own performing arts activities.

Just like T-ara's visit to China, it has signed contracts with Longzhen, Ideal Tianying, and Banana plans.

However, the agency in the country will contract the agency of its artists to another agency in China, and then go to a third country for activities. This is the first time I've seen this kind of play.

"Don't make a fuss, talk about it." Cui Zhengyuan finally calmed his fast-beating heart, and shouted very dissatisfied with this old guy.

This time it was Li Xiuman's turn to be anxious, and the old guy suddenly put his ugly face in front of Cui Zhengyuan. "What I said is true. It's also very sincere, not kidding you. ”

Cui Zhengyuan stretched out a finger and pushed the old guy farther away. "Why? Isn't your company doing a good job in China, why do you let us act as an agent? Don't you think you're making too much money? Do you want to give us a part? ”

This is no joke, brokerage agency is not as simple as words. There are huge interests hidden behind this, big enough to make any brokerage company a pain in the ass.

At first, S.M wanted to enter the Japanese market. The brokerage contract signed for BOA and Ai Hui was once evaluated by other senior executives of S.M as the "Otomi Protection Treaty".

This was a humiliating treaty forced by Ito Hirobumi in 1905 to completely annex Korea, which shows how harsh Ai Hui's conditions were.

If A.P really acts as an agent for S.M's artists in China, then at least 50% or more of the activity income will go to A.P.

Li Xiu's mind is pumping, will he say such an agreement that is completely unfavorable to him?

The room was silent for a while, only Cui Zhengyuan's stunned and Li Xiuman's snorting panting.

After a long time, Li Xiuman finally let out a long sigh, and his expression was much more decadent. But this time, the old guy took off all his disguises, and shook off all his bitterness and helplessness.

"You know, I also know, if the entertainment industry wants to make money in the future, it can't do without the Chinese market. But we did too much before, and those guys didn't know how to see the situation clearly, and they were blindly arrogant, so that the company has never conquered the Chinese market over the years. ”

"I'm trying to make adjustments and changes in the hope that the company's brokerage activities will be regulated. But unfortunately, the resistance is too great, even if there is Golden Eagle to support me, I can't shake the minds of so many shareholders. ”

"But if we don't change, our opponents won't stay the same. If one day in the future, they will be the first to adapt to the Chinese market, then how much money we make from Japan will not stop them from surpassing them. ”

"If that's the case, there won't be a place for S.M in the entertainment landscape of South Korea in the future." (To be continued......)