The next morning, because there was an important shooting schedule in the morning, when the sky was just slightly bright, Lin Yuner left the villa with some reluctance. Before she left, while Lin Yi was still asleep, she secretly imprinted several red marks on his neck.

When Lin Yi woke up and stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom and looked at the obvious red marks on his neck, he laughed helplessly, which was obviously Lin Yun'er's revenge for the marks she left on her last night.

There was no way, in order to cover up these marks, Lin Yi deliberately put on a turtleneck sweater and a black windbreaker on the outside.

In the morning, after coming to Kakao Group, Lin Yi explained to his assistant that Han Sung-so of Pledis Entertainment was coming over, and asked him to sort out a company information of Pledis Entertainment.

Soon, the information was brought in, and Lin Yi looked at the information in his hand and had some basic understanding of this entertainment company that was only established in 07.

Han Sung-so, the founder of Pledis Entertainment, started out as a dancer with the National Dance Company, and once worked in the company, as an agent for BOA, and later left the company to found the entertainment company, and the first artist to sign a contract was Sun Danfei.

At present, Pledis Entertainment has two girl groups and one boy group, as well as several solo singers.

Among them, in 12 years, a 6-member girl group Hello Venus and a 5-member boy group were launched.

Lin Yi looked at the introduction of this girl group named Hello Venus, and felt a little familiar, where should he have seen it.

After recalling it carefully, Lin Yi remembered that this was the last time he went to shoot the video of Exid, and there was a performance of this girl group at that event.

Just as Lin Yi was looking at some of the other materials that Pledis was entertaining, the assistant knocked on the door and walked in.

"President, President Han Sung-so of Pledis Entertainment is here."

"Well, you invite him in."

Lin Yi put the information in his hand into the pile of documents on his desk.

"President Lin, take the liberty of disturbing me." Han Sung-so walked in with a smile on his face.

"President Han, welcome, please be seated."

Lin Yi stood up and took Han Sung-so to the reception area and asked the assistant to pour two cups of coffee.

After a simple greeting, Han Sung-so also explained the purpose of his initiative to come to Lin Yi this time.

"Chairman Lim, I learned from Park Jin-young's seniors that the Kakao Group now wants to acquire shares in some entertainment companies, right?"

Lin Yi looked at the man who was more than ten years older than him and nodded, "Yes, Kakao Group is interested in acquiring shares in some entertainment companies, which is also one of our company's important development plans. ”

"That.

。 I wonder if President Lin is interested in pledis entertainment? ”

The reason why Han Sung-so can't wait to find Lin Yi is because Pledis Entertainment is in a very difficult situation now.

Because the results of the two newly launched groups are not satisfactory, Pledis Entertainment has been unable to make ends meet in the past two years, and now, even the company's shareholders have plans to withdraw. If no more investment can be found, Pledis Entertainment will be on the verge of bankruptcy.

The reason why Han Sung-so participated in that dinner was also to accumulate some contacts at that banquet, and the most important thing was to seek investment, but he didn't expect him to get acquainted with Lin Yi.

When he learned from Park Jin-young that JYP Entertainment had accepted the stake in Kakao Group and broke free from the quagmire, he put all his hopes on Lin Yi.

"I wonder if President Han wants to accept investment or acquisition?"

Just now, Lin Yi also roughly estimated the value of Pledis Entertainment from the information, and in his heart, this entertainment company is worth 100~12 billion won at most, which is still in the case that Pledis Entertainment has an independent office building.

Now several combinations under Pledis Entertainment are not worth anything at all, and it would be good not to lose money after taking over.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Han Sung-so fell into deep thought, and his heart was also very entangled now.

Originally, Pledis Entertainment, as a company that Han Sung-su worked hard for, must have been reluctant to let it go, but he is very clear about the current situation of the company, and the financial situation is very bad, even if he accepts the capital injection of Kakao Group, he will not necessarily come back to life.

Selling this company now is also a good choice for Han Sung-so, and with this money, he can also make a comeback.

Thinking of this, Han Sung-so raised his head and looked at Lin Yi, and said with some uncertainty: "Chairman Lin, is Kakao Group interested in acquiring Pledis Entertainment?" ”

"It's not impossible, can you make your own decisions?" Lin Yi said indifferently.

"Yes, now I personally own more than 50% of the shares, and the other shareholders also want to sell their shares, as long as the price is right, I don't think it's a big problem." Han Sung-so deliberately said the issue of price, which was also to pave the way for the next bargain.

"Then how much does President Han think Pledis entertainment is worth?" Lin Yi heard what Han Sung-so meant, but he just smiled.

"This.

。 I think Pledis Entertainment can be worth 20 billion won. Han Sung-so thought about it and quoted a price.

Lin Yi shook his head with a smile when he heard this price.

"President Han, if you have the idea of finding a big wrong, I think today's meeting can be over now."

"President Lin, we at Pledis Entertainment have a mature music production system and distribution channels, and the company still has a lot of artists, and the contracts of these artists are still many years, in addition, the company has many excellent trainees, which are very valuable assets.

。 ”

Han Sung-so thought that Lin Yi didn't know much about Pledis Entertainment, and began to patiently talk about the company's various advantages.

Lin Yi was also patient, and he listened to Han Sung-so finish all this.

"President Han, I know all of what you said, but do you think we Kakao Group need this?"

When Han Sung-so heard Lin Yi's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it.

Indeed, Kakao doesn't need these things that Pledis Entertainment has, and even Kakao has much better than Pledis. What he just said was chicken ribs for Kakao, and it had no value at all.

Seeing that Han Sung-so was a little embarrassed, Lin Yi continued: "It's not impossible to acquire Pledis Entertainment, but our Kakao Group will definitely not pay so much money." ”

"That.

。 How much does President Lin think our pledis is worth? ”

Lin Yi stretched out the index finger of his right hand, "10 billion won." ”

Hearing Lin Yi's offer, Han Sung-so's face was also unshocked, and there was no look of surprise. In fact, in his heart, the entertainment company he founded is currently almost worth this price, originally he thought that Kakao's family had a big business, and he would ask for more points if he could, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to be able to see the value of pledis entertainment so accurately.

"Chairman Lin, I need to discuss this price with other shareholders." Han Sung-so knew that it was almost enough to talk about it today, and there was no need to talk about it any longer.

"Well, yes, if President Han is still interested in selling the company, let's contact President Kim of the Kakao Group." Lin Yi directly pointed out that he could not have come forward with this kind of acquisition plan, but he only met you to give Han Sung-so face.

Han Sung-so also heard the meaning of Lin Yi's words, smiled surgingly, and said, "Okay, I'll have a meeting with other shareholders when I go back today, whether this matter is successful or not, I am very grateful to Chairman Lin." ”

"President Han is welcome, then I look forward to good news."

Lin Yi stood up and stretched out his right hand, which also meant that he wanted to send off the guests.

Han Sung-so smiled and shook hands with Lin Yi, then left the Kakao Group with a pensive face.

After Han Sung-so left, the assistant walked up to Lin Yi and asked, "President, do you want to buy this Pledis Entertainment?" ”

"Well, what do you think of this company?" Lin Yi looked at his assistant and wanted to hear his opinion.

The assistant thought for a while before he slowly spoke: "President, to be honest, I'm not very optimistic about this entertainment company, our Kakao Group already has Loen, JYP and Cube, why do you want to acquire such a small entertainment company, it doesn't add any benefit to the group's entertainment business." ”

After Lin Yi heard the assistant's analysis, he smiled lightly, why didn't he know what he said.

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"Zhibo, what you said is true, but have you ever thought that whether it is JYP or Cube, or even Loen, Kakao M is not involved in the operation of these companies, and even many Kakao M employees are not too clear about how to run an entertainment company.

Therefore, if you want Kakao M to grow into a mature entertainment company, you must have a large number of experienced executives and employees, and by acquiring such a small entertainment company, you can learn how to develop an entertainment company from scratch, so that Kakao M can survive for a long time. ”

Lin Yi also explained the reason why he wanted to buy Pledis Entertainment, originally he also wanted Kakao M to cooperate with Starship Entertainment, but it happened that Han Sung-so took the initiative to find him, and he formed this idea in his mind.

When the assistant heard Lin Yi's words, he nodded approvingly, thinking that his current vision is still a little short-sighted, and it seems that if he encounters such problems in the future, he will try to consider the problem from a higher perspective.

"Okay, you can leave this matter to President Jin to follow up, I will go back to Huaxia tomorrow, and you can tell me if there is anything on the group's side." Lin is together, he still has to buy gifts for people today, he has to deal with this matter before leaving.

"President, how long will you go back this time? Do you need me to accompany you back? Do you want to send two men back with you? The assistant hurriedly asked.

"This is not clear, you don't have to follow me, and you don't need to send someone, I will inform you if there is anything."

Lin Yi was not worried about his safety in Huaxia at all, no one knew him in Huaxia, not to mention that Huaxia's safety index was much higher than that of South Korea and the United States.

"Okay, I got it."

Lin Yi picked up his coat, left the Kakao Group, and drove to a high-end shopping mall.

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