However, it is only February, and neither Choi Jung-won nor anyone else knows that Kim Jong Kook will create a miracle that cannot be replicated in the coming days.

Seeing that the day of recording "Xman" is getting closer and closer, Choi Jung-won also began to adjust his schedule to prepare for the recording of the show.

At this moment, he received a call from Li Xiuman from the United States.

The sad old man still did not dare to return to China, because the Supreme People's Procuratorate always held on to him for embezzlement of public funds. And Lu Wu X is under pressure, and it is impossible to grant him an amnesty at this time.

"Hey, old man, isn't there no one to fish with you, a little boring?" Cui Zhengyuan's feet shook on the desk, and Hang Erlang laughed at each other.

Li Xiuman obviously didn't expect to be ridiculed by the other party as soon as he called.

But after knowing each other for so long, as an opponent, he still understands Cui Zhengyuan's virtues. So he didn't care very much, just snorted angrily: "Boy, didn't your parents teach you to respect the old and love the young?" ”

Seeing that the other party was not fooled, Cui Zhengyuan did not have the fun of continuing to ridicule. "My parents said it, you don't count. Say, call me at this time, what's the matter? ”

Li Xiuman's face is definitely dark and thick enough, and he doesn't feel embarrassed about his affairs at all. "I heard you're going to play Xman? Bring those TVXQ kids. Just a few, I don't mind. ”

Cui Zhengyuan was choked by his own saliva, blushing and roaring: "You don't care, I still care." Why do you bring those boys? ”

"Of course it's to show your face, with the help of your reputation as Executive Director Cui, let these boys have a little better. It's not easy to be a newcomer, even if you bring the juniors, you should help. Li Xiuman said as a matter of course.

No way!

Cui Zhengyuan almost burst out the foul mouth in his heart directly, and worked hard for a long time to suppress the anger. "The newcomer to your company, why should I carry it? Cultivating opponents doesn't make me feel uncomfortable? ”

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone, and no one spoke for a long time.

If it weren't for the breathing sounds peculiar to the elderly, the microphone would pass through the microphone from time to time. Cui Zhengyuan thought that the other party hung up the phone angrily.

"Hey, old man, weishenme doesn't speak? Are you angry? No, you're not that thin-skinned. ”

Li Xiuman lost the stubborn momentum just now, but became a little weak. "Now the company's situation is very bad, TVXQ is the hope of Zuihou. I've put a lot of effort into this combination, and if it doesn't work out, the future of S.M is ......."

He didn't say the rest of the words, but Cui Zhengyuan also knew what was going on. "Myth is sure it won't be renewed?"

From the second half of last year, Myth will not renew the contract with S.M. It has repeatedly appeared in the newspapers. After HOT, another popular group and owner under S.M Company embarked on the road of farewell.

Now is the time when things are about to come to light.

Although Cui Zhengyuan also pays attention to the direction of things, he is not an insider of S.M after all, and many details are not clear.

Originally, according to his understanding, because of the pressure of A.P., S.M. should try its best to hold on to the myth.

The Eastern God was on the road at first, and no one was sure about the future prospects. At this time, if the myth escapes again, there will be a vacuum in the music industry for S.M.

In that case. It will be even more powerless to resist the strength of A.P and JYP.

Li Xiuman's tone was full of anger, and he also told Cui Zhengyuan the reason. "It's not the self-righteous guys who really think TVXQ can do it. I don't think I need a myth, so I want to focus on newcomers. They don't want to think about it either. In less than two or three years, TVC has gained a foothold. The myth is slightly inferior to the G.O.D., but the potential is still great, and many things have not been developed. ”

Listened to these words. Cui Zhengyuan also had to admire this old guy's vision. Because since this year, the situation after that has been completely guessed by him.

Leaving the S.M company, the myth is really a phoenix nirvana. Finally, they won a number of awards and became the No. 1 K-pop group.

Although TVXQ is the strongest newcomer to debut, it has gained a terrifying number of fans at the beginning, but after all, it is not enough to constitute influence at all.

It wasn't until 2006 that they established their status as No.1.

In the past two years in this vacuum, Kim Jong Kook, Lee Hyori, Rain, Shinhin and others have completely dominated the music scene, completely eclipsing S.M Company.

"Then you weishenme don't stop?" The current situation of A.P Company has made Cui Zhengyuan's desire to completely suppress S.M Company much less. You can stand more in the position of a bystander and think about the problem.

Li Xiuman on the other end of the phone was still angry, and the anger seemed to be able to melt the cold winter. "Don't you look at where I am now? Some people think that I can't go back for the rest of my life, and they don't take me seriously. There will be a day when we will settle accounts with them about today's affairs. ”

Cui Zhengyuan suddenly realized that he finally understood many questions that he hadn't thought about before.

The accusations of the Supreme People's Procuratorate forced Li Xiuman to avoid trouble in the United States. He was originally a man of his word in the S.M company, but he also began to be challenged by ambitious people.

S.M Company is a joint-stock company, and in addition to Li Xiuman, the largest shareholder, the Kim family also has a lot of shares.

In addition to this, there are many powerful figures.

The current S.M company is not a grass-roots team in the early days, but a highly influential money-making machine.

Who wouldn't want to put this cornucopia in their pocket and become their personal property?

In the past, Li Xiuman's family was dominant, and these scattered small shareholders did not dare to think of non-centrivorous. But now that the situation has changed, it is unclear whether he will be able to return.

Maybe you will either live in exile for the rest of your life, or you will end up in prison. But in either case, it must be that the control of the company is not as good as before.

In this way, it gives others a chance.

The departure of the myth is a sign of this.

Frankly, Li Xiuman is good about mythology. Even if they didn't reach the height of HOT, they would never be able to suppress G.O.D.

As for what kind of treatment is not good, it is the norm in the Korean entertainment industry to often be beaten and scolded.

Not only S.M, which has always been known for being harsh, but also JYP and YG.

Don't look at the afterlife, YG is notoriously good at treatment. That was only after Bigbang made a lot of money for the company, and it changed slightly.

YG's current salary level is not as good as that of S.M.

Yang Xianshuo put it bluntly, he is still a businessman in the end. No matter what you do, you do it from the perspective of interests.

In Li Xiuman's absence, those in charge of the company's operation felt that the myth had no value and would only waste resources if they were kept. It's better to drive them away, so as to pour out space for Dongfang Shenqi to be a good deal.

Although TVXQ's debut was also facilitated by Li Xiuman, he never thought of letting this newcomer group take the lead too early.

Pulling seedlings to help grow, but it is a big taboo.

And those short-sighted management are still ready to keep the copyright of the mythical song as a means of suppression, wanting to suppress this once own child forever.

It was Li Xiuman who made a big effort, and finally let the Mythical Six spend a huge amount of money to buy the copyright of the work.

Some people may think that Li Xiuman is stupid and belongs to the tiger.

But after Myth took care of the artists of S.M Company many times and promoted them on his behalf, he could know how wise his approach was today.

Speaking of which, Li Xiuman is still very envious of Cui Zhengyuan.

After all, C.J Group is not a listed company, and the Cui family has absolute equity, so there is no problem of constraints in operation.

But S.M is different, there are many large and small shareholders, but all of them have extraordinary backgrounds. Even if he has a majority of shares, he does not dare to offend other shareholders too much.

As a result, in order to maintain the business, he spent a lot of effort.

Fortunately, the Jin family has absolute support for him, otherwise it will only be more difficult.

Seeing that Li Xiuman's life was not good, Cui Zhengyuan stopped making trouble. "You can only get two places, that's the limit. You also know how much competition pressure there is this time, and I have to consider it comprehensively. ”

Li Xiuman said casually about the five places, but in fact, he was satisfied if he could get two.

Although the person is not in South Korea, there is a lot of wind and grass in the circle, and naturally there is someone to report to him.

Although S.M is a well-known entertainment company in South Korea, it is far from being able to achieve absolute strength.

There are too many shili enough to make them retreat and be afraid, and even completely dismantle their stage.

It is said that after hearing that Choi Jung-won appeared in "Xman" this time, some artists who were originally thought to never appear in variety shows began to carry out activities.

With the strength of the good wind, stroll on the green clouds.

No one is stupid to miss such a good opportunity.

Moreover, in the process of the show, as long as you have the heart and can befriend Cui Zhengyuan, the benefits in the future will definitely be inexhaustible.

What is the most important thing in the entertainment industry?

It's not strength, it's not connections. It's an opportunity, and with just one chance, mediocre people can reach the sky in one step.

Getting to know Cui Zhengyuan is equivalent to having countless opportunities.

"Zhengyuan, Xiexie. One day, I will definitely return this favor. For the first time, Li Xiuman calmly thanked Cui Zhengyuan.

"Come on, it's strange to believe you." Cui Zhengyuan doesn't care about authenticity.

But in fact, he is still very happy to get Li Xiuman's promise.

Although there are a lot of deceitful people in this circle, a character like Li Xiuman will naturally not regret anything.

There are some resources of the S.M company, but even he envies. Maybe one day in the future, it will be able to use it.

Thinking so, Cui Zhengyuan took out a small notebook and recorded Li Xiuman's record.

You can take it out later and earn benefits from the old guys. (To be continued......)