In the office of the head of the overseas business group of S.M. Company, Kim Young-min, who had just passed the year of establishment, leaned back in his chair in silence, his eyes fixed on the mobile phone he was playing, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to hesitate about something important in Weishenme.

"To go or not to go"? Kim Young-min asked herself.

Not long ago, he received a call from a headhunter saying that a large entertainment company appreciated his abilities and planned to invite him to come over as a representative. If you are interested, please go to the agreed time and place to negotiate with the person in charge of the other party in detail.

Even if it was a month ago, if I received such an invitation, I would hang up without hesitation. Is there a more haode entertainment company in South Korea than S.M? Yes, S.M's funds are not the most, and there are only four groups of artists, but as long as you are not a fool, you can see the development momentum of this company. Why should he, who was in charge of one party in S.M, go to work in another company?

Kim Young-min joined S.M in 1999 and has been the head of the overseas business group since he joined. At that time, Kim Young-min was full of ambitions and was determined to make S.M an internationally renowned entertainment company. He believes that with his own ability, he will definitely be able to achieve a career. In fact, he did.

So far, the company has not only succeeded in opening up the Japanese market, but he has also single-handedly entered the Chinese market in one fell swoop when others thought it was impossible. This ancient country is now rejuvenating, and the huge value of the cultural and entertainment market is keenly perceived by Kim Young-min, and S.M's China strategy was proposed at the company's decision-making meeting.

This strategy has achieved unimaginable success, and the return of the Chinese market to the company is immeasurable. S.M has become the leader of the Korean music industry, leaving JYP, YG, DSP and others behind.

This can be glimpsed from the trainee selection activities at the beginning of this year. This event was co-organized by **, JYP, YG, and DSP, and among the qualified trainees, more than 80% of them chose S.M, and the faces of the other heads of the other companies present at that time were so ugly and ugly.

In June this year, through unremitting efforts, Kim Yingmin finally opened up the Chinese official link, and the S.M China branch will be established in Beijing next year. This move made Kim Young-min famous within S.M, and he was in the limelight for a while.

Originally, it all seemed perfect. Kim Young-min also feels that his future life goal is here. But a series of events that happened last month caused an indelible rift in Kim Youngmin's heart.

First of all, it was a serendipity. When Kim Young-min went to report to Lee so-man, he saw two members of HOT, Jang Woo-hyuk and Tony, walking out of Lee so-man's office with blue noses and swollen faces. At that time, Kim Youngmin's first reaction was that the two of them were corporal punishment by the board of directors again. In South Korea, a country where there is a lot of dignity, corporal punishment of subordinates by elders and superiors is common. Although the two of them were unrecognizable, their clothes were in tatters, and even Jang Youhyuk's left arm was bleeding. Jin Yingmin didn't care, but thought that the two had made a very serious mistake and were punished by Li Xiuman.

But when Kim Young-min walked into Lee so-man's office, he found that something was wrong. The office was a mess, with a large number of papers scattered on the floor, like a thick layer of snow. Broken glass is everywhere, and there is simply nowhere to stay. Even the heavy bookcase was upside down on the floor, and many of the books inside were left outside. Even Li Xiuman's heavy, quaint solid wood desk has deviated from its original position.

There are only Li Xiuman and his two bodyguards in the office, but their images are a little embarrassing. Li Xiuman sat on the chair panting, his usually bright and neat brand-name suit had a lot of holes, the socket of his left eye was bruised, his hair was messy, and he looked quite embarrassed. However, a pair of eyes were full of fierce light, as if they were choosing someone to devour. The situation of the two bodyguards is not much different, but they are still scrambling to tidy up the room.

This shows that it was not the two members of HOT who were punished just now, but Li Xiuman, who is a shareholder and director of the company, and two members of its popular group who beat each other. In South Korea, as a junior and subordinate, it is really a big rebellion to do such a thing. If you are disrespectful to your predecessors, you will not have good fruit to eat at all. Jang Youhyuk and Tony did such a thing, which can only show that HOT has begun to separate from the company.

However, at that time, Lee so-man was in a rage, and Kim Young-min was just a clerk, so he didn't dare to make any persuasion, so he simply reported his work to Lee so-man and left. However, this incident left a haze in the heart of the enterprising Kim Yingmin.

When something like this happened, he thought that HOT would suffer the harshest punishment, and even be refrigerated. However, in the time that followed, everything seemed to be calm, and Li Xiuman did not move, as if nothing had never happened.

Although SES is now starting to make a name for itself, Myth has now gained a foothold after last year's debut failure. However, the pillar and profit of S.M are still HOT. Moreover, HOT will play a vital role in Kim Young-min's future overseas development. Kim Young-min was particularly concerned about this, and he didn't believe that a cold-blooded person like Lee so-man would be able to endure it.

With this in mind, Kim Young-min checked all the information of HOT, and sure enough, he found the problem. Since that incident, the number of HOT trips in a week has skyrocketed to 27. On the most important day, there are 12 announcements to catch. Kim Young-min is not a novice who has just set foot in the entertainment industry, he understands the meaning of this approach very well. Li Xiuman is trying his best to squeeze out the value of HOT, and then he wants to throw them away like garbage.

Li Xiuman's ruthless approach made Kim Yingmin's heart chill, will he be ruthlessly abandoned in the future?

As a rookie in the business world from a higher education institution, Kim Yingmin has always believed that the development and growth of an enterprise not only depends on strength and fame, but also has its own corporate culture and humanistic feelings. As the first day group in Korea, and even the first day group in Asia, HOT has a large number of loyal fans and supporters in Korea. Their every move can generate eye-catching news and public opinion.

At the same time, over the years, S.M has been able to develop to today's scale, and HOT has made great contributions. Once HOT is disbanded, it will inevitably provoke an uproar in the whole society. At that time, under the scrutiny of the whole society, a series of scandals about the exploitation of artists by companies, the signing of unfair contracts and the corporal punishment of artists will surely erupt. As a result, the image of S.M. will suffer serious damage.

Although these consequences will not allow S.M to close its doors, it will give other competitors an opportunity to take advantage of. At least JYP, YG, and DSP companies will not let go of this opportunity, and when the time comes, the entire Korean entertainment industry will definitely end the situation of being the first to dominate. Those opponents who have been watching for a long time will not let go of this opportunity to catch up with S.M.

With the purpose of thinking about the long-term interests of the company, Kim Young-min proposed some suggestions in favor of HOT, such as amending HOT's contracts and reducing the itinerary of HOT members, at the decision-making meeting, hoping to mend the rift between the two parties. But unexpectedly, this attracted strong reprimands from President Kim Young-wook, Director Lee so-man, Executive Yang Young-jeung and others. Li Xiuman even angrily accused him of being nosy and ill-intentioned. If it weren't for the company's significant contribution to overseas development, it is unknown that it might have been swept away.

Thinking that his well-intentioned suggestion had led to such a result, not to mention it, and to endure the gloating eyes of others, Kim Young-min wondered for the first time if it was the right decision for him to join S.M.

If it is bearable to be criticized by the boss as an employee, then what happened at the end of August completely made Kim Young-min feel emotional. When he reviewed the accounts of the overseas business group, he found that only 1.5 billion of the original 2 billion won had relevant flow records, and the whereabouts of the other 500 million were unknown. Such obscure accounts made him feel that the stakes were high. He immediately summoned the accountant in charge of the independent accounting of the overseas team to inquire about it. The answer was that the account was submitted by the secretary of the president, Kim Young-wook, and all the details of the account were instructed by the president and signed by the president.

Kim Young-min was furious. This is a serious act of embezzlement and embezzlement, and once it is exposed, it will make the entire company irreversible, and even itself will be implicated. Originally, Kim Young-min was going to sue Kim Young-wook at home, but after carefully considering the consequences of doing so, Kim Young-min was forced to endure it.

In fact, what is not known is that Kim Young-wook, the current president of ** company, and Kim Young-min are brothers. Kim Young-wook is the eldest son in the family. Kim Young-min is ranked fourth and is not usually taken seriously. If this matter is reported, Kim Yingxu has a way to shirk it, and there may not be any loss. But you will definitely be unlucky. (Later, Kim Young-wook was arrested for embezzlement and embezzlement.) Lee so-man was also summoned by the South Korean prosecutor's office. Kim Young-min took over as CEO of ** company).

These things made Kim Young-min desperate to escape from the scope of family control, he already had the idea of restarting his career, but he couldn't bear to abandon the job he already had. At this moment of hesitation, the headhunter came to the door and added a heavy weight to his struggling heart.

When Kim Young-min came to the Haode Cafe, Choi Jung-won had been waiting for an hour. In his previous life, Choi Jung-won's entertainment company had cooperated with S.M, and he had met each other. At this time, when I saw the young version of Kim Youngmin, I couldn't help but feel that things were wrong.

Kim Yingmin is less elegant than when he met in later generations, and he is more handsome and energetic. I think that I have just walked out of school, and I still have a strong bookish atmosphere and the unrealistic idealism of young people, and I am far from the old business foxes of later generations.

Cui Zhengyuan got up to greet him, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jin, it's a good luck."

Kim Young-min stared at the obviously under-adult boy in front of him in a daze, and he wondered if he had been tricked. He thought that the person in charge of the contact might be an elite person in his thirties or forties, or a business representative in his fifties or sixties. But the appearance of Cui Zhengyuan completely subverted his cognition. By the way, little brat, do you have the right to decide?

When Choi Jung-won decided to come in person, he had already expected Kim Young-min's reaction, so he didn't care, and said to himself: "The contemptible Choi Jung-won is currently in charge of the day-to-day administration of the C.J Group, and it is a great honor to be able to meet with Team Leader Kim."

Kim Young-min came back to his senses and hurriedly replied: "You're welcome, Mr. Cui is young and promising, and his future is limitless, and I am also honored to be able to meet a talent like Mr. Cui." Although the other party is young, he is a jiashi who negotiates on an equal footing, so he also put away his contempt.

"The coffee here is good, what do you want to drink?" Cui Zhengyuan greeted warmly.

"Blue Mountain is fine", Kim Young-min has something on his mind and doesn't care much about the details.

Choi Jung-won greeted the waiter and ordered a cup of Blue Mountain and a glass of Columbia.

From Choi Jung-won's self-introduction, Kim Young-min heard a hint of unusual taste, "I don't know what the relationship between Mr. Choi and the Choi family of C.J Group is"? Recently, the news of the split of First Sugar has caused a lot of uproar, and even the government has intervened. Therefore, it is difficult for Kim Young-min not to pay attention.

To cooperate for a long time in the future, Cui Zhengyuan's identity cannot be concealed at all. Besides, this is not something to be seen for, so he decided to be open and honest, "Choi Ki-chan is my father."

Kim Young-min was in awe, the Kim family and the current president, Kim Dae-z, have a kinship with each other, belong to the MZ Party in the new millennium, and the struggle with the Grand GJ Party is very fierce, so they are very concerned about the personnel changes within the Grand GJ Party.

Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was actually the third-generation direct descendant of the Cui family, didn't he investigate his identity before he came? Kim Young-min cleared his thoughts and expressed his doubts, "I think Mr. Choi has also investigated my situation, and I am deeply honored to be favored by your company." It's just that Mr. Cui doesn't think it's a bit inappropriate to work in your company, right?"

"I am very appreciative of Mr. Kim's series of planning methods in S.M, and I believe that Mr. Kim's joining will make us a qualitative leap forward in C.J Entertainment. Inviting Mr. Kim to join us is a purely commercial act." Cui Zhengyuan emphasized his own decisive role, not the Cui family, just to increase the weight of his words. The Kim family is in a marginal position within the other party, and Kim Young-min is not taken seriously within the Kim family, so this incident really has nothing to do with politics.

"I don't know which branch of your company has invited me to take on the role"? Kim Young-min is an insider, and of course he knows about the resignation of representatives of various branches of Mnet some time ago.

"Hehe, it's not a branch, and there won't be any branches in the future. We at C.J. have decided to reorganize all of our entertainment companies into one. I believe that with the strength of the integration, it should be able to occupy a place in the industry." Cui Zhengyuan tried his best to pretend to be light and light.

Kim Young-min was not shocked, even if the new brokerage company after the integration is definitely a behemoth. "As far as I know, the various branches of your company are short of resources, and even if they are integrated, I am afraid they will not be able to give full play to the advantages of large entertainment companies. What's more, how to solve the problem of the business premises". He didn't believe that the old building of the current C.J headquarters could accommodate so many functional departments.

Cui Zhengyuan was prepared, and handed the information in his hand to Kim Yingmin, "About these, the company already has a detailed jihua, please Mr. Jin take a look." He invited Kim Young-min to join him in good faith, and he was casual and honest, without hiding anything.

This information includes a series of plans for the acquisition of Jihua, which is more complete than when it was handed over to the old man of the Cui family for review. These were all done by the professional economists under the Cui family during this period. Among them, there is also a question about the use of the new Shadong real estate. Just yesterday, the old man of the Choi family had a meeting with Jung Joo-yong, chairman of Hyundai Group, and C.J Entertainment successfully won the real estate with a 15% stake and 150 billion won in cash.

The more Kim Young-min watched, the more excited he became. Xijie's project is very much in line with his ideals. S.M seems to be fast, but the pattern is too small after all. In a small entertainment company, there are too many mothers-in-law, and they are constrained in many ways what they want to do. Only a project like the current one is the courage that a major entertainment company should have.

After a long time, he finished reading it, took a deep breath, put the documents together heavily, and asked, "I don't know what plans the company has for its artists in the future"? If C.J was a bloodsucking company like S.M, he would have to stay away. Having accepted the new style of business management, he really didn't dare to compliment the traditional business model.

Choi Jung-won was overjoyed, and Kim Young-min used the word "company", indicating that he had begun to identify with himself. But he did not give a clear answer to the other party, "These things need to be based on the actual situation to draw conclusions." However, I would like to emphasize that the treatment of HOT by companies like S.M is unpopular and will not have haode results. This is not going to be what C.J is doing in the future." In this paragraph, he said it categorically and unquestionably.

Kim Young-min is quite satisfied that he has gotten the answer he wants. He is not a practical idealist, and he cannot expect entertainment companies in South Korea to treat artists too much as they do in China. After all, the economic environment is such that the operating cost of the entire company is too great. An entertainment company is set up to make money, not a good church.

"zuihou a question, about my treatment, does the company have any jihua"? Kim Young-min clearly raised the issue of treatment without the slightest embarrassment. From here, it can be seen that he is already a qualified businessman.

Choi Jung-won took a sip of coffee and put the cup down. The cups and plates collided, making a "ding" sound, like a final word, "The annual salary of 500 million won plus 5% of the company's shares is believed to satisfy Mr. Kim."

With such generous conditions, no newcomer in the workplace can refuse. Kim Yingmin said with relief: "Give me fifteen days, and I will tidy up and come to work."

Cui Zhengyuan stretched out his right hand, "I wish us a happy cooperation in the future."