Lee Seung-woo's eyes flashed slightly, the corners of his mouth smiled, and various thoughts quickly turned in his mind.

He is not stupid, although An Tae-he's words are tactful, but they are also equivalent to clear words, of course Lee Seung-woo understands what An Tae-woo means.

But to be honest, Lee Seung-woo doesn't plan to continue cooperating with S.M. in his heart.

The reason is also very simple.

In the final analysis, S.M is just an entertainment agency and has a lot of influence in the music industry, but it is also a younger brother in the film and television industry.

Compared to him, S.M is naturally well-connected, but this is compared to him before.

Before the release of "Don't Stop the Camera", he was penniless, had neither background nor connections, and it was even a problem to find a publicity and distribution company to distribute the movie. It is also for this reason that when Xu Xian found him and said that S.M Company intended to take over the distribution, he agreed directly without much hesitation.

But the relationship between the two is only a cooperative relationship, not to mention any affection, let alone how much kindness S.M has to him.

You must know that the condition for S.M company to take over the distribution is to charge 12% of the net box office revenue as the publicity and distribution fee, which is much higher than the 5%~8% of the market. But if S.M's kindness to him is just as funny.

Say a thousand things and ten thousand, the two are just a cooperation of interests, and it is a business.

Since it is a business, S.M Company naturally has to consider maximizing profits, and for future cooperation, he is naturally the same.

is still the same sentence, S.M's connections in the film and television industry can only be regarded as a younger brother, and he doesn't have much energy at all, if he continues to cooperate with S.M in the future, even if S.M company minimizes agency fees, he won't be able to help him much in theater scheduling. Even because S.M wants to expand its influence in the film and television industry, he may be implicated and also suppressed.

It's a simple truth.

Just like S.M's strength in the music industry, if other companies want to enter the music industry and compete with S.M to seize the market, S.M will definitely not back down and relent. And S.M company wants to cross over into the film and television industry to expand its influence, how can those bigwigs in the film and television industry give S.M company a chance.

It's also because of these considerations that it's okay to cooperate with S.M companies occasionally, and it's purely self-asking for trouble to be bound together.

What's more, since the explosion of "Don't Stop the Camera", especially in the second week of its release, the box office exceeded 1 million viewers, his popularity has been opened, and many film and television and distribution companies have approached him during this time and want to invite him to sign or cooperate, including many bigwigs in the film and television industry such as CJ, Megabox and Showbox.

It can be said that he now has more choices and more opportunities to choose, and there is no need to continue to stay on the ship of S.M.

He and S.M are just cooperating with interests, and it will help him, he doesn't deny it, but there is no need to tie them together.

These flashed quickly in his mind, and the smile on Lee Seung-woo's face remained unchanged, he looked at An Tae-he, groaned slightly, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Tae-he, you know, I am almost about to graduate in half a year, so I am ready to rest and rest for the next period of time, and I will also go back to school to enrich myself, and then think about the next movie after graduation." ”

Li Chengyou did not refuse directly, there is a way to see through and not to say it, and An Taihe did not say it explicitly is the same consideration, if he says it, it will not only seem to have no emotional intelligence, but also make An Taihe embarrassed, offend the other party plainly, and make revenge for himself with his brain.

An Taihe's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled softly, his expression was as usual.

I have to say that Li Chengyou found this excuse very well, even if he heard Li Chengyou's euphemistic refusal, he couldn't be angry, let alone have no reason to be angry.

Of course.

There's no need to be angry.

In fact, after inviting Lee Seung-woo to sign a contract for the first time and refusing Lee Seung-woo, or perceiving Lee Seung-woo's means of using Seo Hyun for hype, Ahn Tae-ho knew that this young man had a maturity different from his age.

It is also for this reason that Ahn Tae-woo actually knew for a long time that Lee Seung-woo would not tie himself to S.M Company.

As the manager of the film and television department of S.M Company, who knows this better than him in the predicament of S.M Company in the film and television industry, and it is just a matter of replacing those directors whose potential is exhausted and their ability is limited. But for a young and capable rookie director like Lee Seung-woo, he naturally won't jump into the fishpond of S.M Company and isolate himself from the ocean.

So.

From the very beginning, Ahn Tae-ho did not expect Lee Seung-woo to sign a contract with S.M, or to be tied to S.M.

Laughing softly, Antaihe echoed: "Also, after being busy for the past few months, it is indeed time to rest and relax." After a slight pause, An Taihe's voice suddenly changed, and he chuckled again, "However, learning is learning, but it is also necessary to combine theory with practice." I know your ability, and you won't be like other directors who sharpen their swords for three years and then make a splash. ”

Most Korean directors write and direct themselves, don't talk about those who don't have the ability, and most of the capable ones will polish the script and shoot a movie in two or three years.

Of course.

It's not absolute, but it's mostly true.

An Taihe has been in contact with Lee Seung-woo for more than a month, and through Xu Xian's understanding and some private investigations, he also has a certain understanding of Lee Seung-woo.

He knew that this young man was very ambitious, and he was not willing to be bland, and he said that he was resting, but there was a high probability that he had already begun to prepare for the next movie.

Ahn Tae-wha doesn't expect Lee Seung-woo's next film to be handed over to S.M Company as an agent, but he hopes to set up an ambush with Lee Seung-woo first, participate in investment if he can invest, and get along well if he can't invest, at least maintain Lee Seung-woo's channel and open up another director's network for the company's actors.

Of course, there is also a premise for this.

The premise is that Lee Seung-woo's next film, at least the script, must be good enough to have the value of investment and participation.

An Taihe's voice fell, Li Chengyou understood An Taihe's meaning in seconds, smiled dumbly, groaned slightly, Li Chengyou nodded and said: "Brother Taihe, don't worry, we have such a pleasant cooperation this time, and when the conditions are right next time, I will definitely be happy to cooperate with Brother Taihe again." He smiled and added, "It can't be said that the new movie has no ideas at all, but if you really want to start preparation, it will be at least next year." ”

Laughing softly, Li Chengyou pointed out: "I just want to prepare a movie and I have to have funds, the box office account has not arrived, I just have an idea, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." ”

Antai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

This kid, this is a hint that I will check out as soon as possible after the movie is drawn.

Shaking his head and smiling, An Tae-ho was about to appease Lee Seung-woo, when the words came to his lips, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had thought of something.

Looking at Lee Seung-woo, Ahn Tae-ho suddenly smiled and asked, "Seung-woo, I don't know if you have any thoughts about the TV series?" ”