Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye's ultimate goal in the music market is to swallow up those former music giants after the decline of the record industry and become one of the world's top four record companies.

With the advent of the Internet age, people generally believe that the record industry is dead.

Among the music giants at that time, only Sony, Universal and Warner could survive.

Because their parent companies are strong and can continue to provide them with blood supply.

These three are also among the largest film companies in the world.

Music can provide services for movies, which makes the existence of the three major record companies necessary.

This is why several other music giants have died, and only these three survived into the streaming era and became the last three giants in the music industry.

In the late 1990s, PolyGram executives were preparing to take the money and leave, EMI and BMG were also planning to sell their record divisions, and this was the best opportunity for Yang Ye.

Only Yang Ye knew that although the Internet era had killed the record industry, the subsequent development of the streaming media market would bring the music market back to life.

Obtaining the copyrights of these music companies is equivalent to owning endless wealth.

In Yang Ye's opinion, PolyGram is now expanding its territory and acquiring companies all over the world, with its business spread all over the globe, but it is just helping him.

Why was Yang Ye so sure that he could successfully acquire PolyGram? Because he could afford it, and he dared to raise the price, or even be the one who got taken advantage of.

Who doesn’t like money? Not to mention that the people at PolyGram just wanted to make the last buck.

……

Yang Ye politely shook hands with Matsuura Katsuto, and then the group entered the conference room.

It is called a conference room, but it is actually a storage room. Since there are only a few people in the company, all meetings and other matters are done in this room.

There were five people in Yang Ye's group, plus the people from Avex, sitting together, it seemed a bit crowded.

The girl at the company's front desk brought coffee to everyone. Yang Ye stared at the girl and inexplicably felt like laughing.

It is truly destiny that Avex's performance will become the best in Japan in the future.

The future rock queen Nanase Aikawa actually works here, can you believe it?

Well, this also needs to be taken away. Future Japanese superstars must have their gold medals in Hong Kong.

Yang Ye ignored Song Pu Sheng Ren and asked with interest, "Little girl, what's your name?"

Aikawa Nanase was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah, me?"

Yang Ye nodded.

Nanase Aikawa was the stage name she chose when she debuted. She bowed to Yang Ye and said, "My name is Minase Aikawa. Please give me your guidance."

"how old are you?"

"14 years old!"

"14 years old, Minase-san, you should still be in school, why are you working here?"

Nanase Aikawa said a little embarrassedly: "I'm from Osaka. I'm in the third year of junior high school this year. I came to Tokyo to play during the summer vacation. I ran out of money, so I came here to work and earn money."

Yang Ye nodded and said, "Minaise, you are very brave. But since it is a part-time job, you can work anywhere. Why did you choose to work at Avex?"

"Because... I like singing, and this is a music company. They were looking for summer workers, so I came."

It was because of this experience that Nanase Aikawa later auditioned for Avex, where she met Japanese rock mogul Tetsuro Oda, became his disciple, made her debut successfully, and became a rock queen of her generation.

"Do you know me?"

"I know you. Your movies are great. My classmates and I like watching them."

"Well, can you sing a song for me?"

"sure!"

14-year-old Nanase Aikawa is a problem girl, a member of Japan's "bosozoku" who does everything from smoking, drinking, and racing.

Uh…according to Avril, but she’s a good girl!
Aikawa Nanase was not at all stage-frightened and sang Kudo Shizuka's "Arashi no Sugao" right away.

When she finished singing, everyone in the conference room was very surprised and looked at Yang Ye together.

Yang Ye smiled slightly and said, "Did you hear that? She has a metallic voice, suitable for rock singing."

Matsuura Katsuto couldn't help but ask, "Yang-san, how did you know she was suitable for singing just by looking at her?"

Yang Ye explained: "The way she looks at people is very interesting. She stands with her brows furrowed and her face lowered, but she is not staring at the ground.

When she looked at people, she looked up from the bottom, without raising her face, but just glanced at the other person with her eyes, with a look of contempt, and was very unruly.

Such a personality is very suitable for rock music. You just heard her voice. In time, she may become the second Hamada Mari. "

Aikawa Nanase herself didn't realize this problem, she just did it out of habit. When Yang Ye said that, her face turned red and she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

But when Yang Ye said that she would become the second Mari Hamada, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

I am really impressed by Matsuura Katsuto. Is this even possible?
However, the story of how Yang Ye discovered Akina Nakamori is widely circulated in Japan.

It is said that Yang Ye got off the plane late at night and was very hungry. He was eating noodles at a ramen restaurant and heard someone singing in the kitchen.

The singing aroused his curiosity, so he followed the sound and saw Akina Nakamori washing dishes.

He saw that Akina Nakamori was very talented, so he brought her back to Hong Kong. After careful training, Akina Nakamori indeed became a famous singer in Japan.

Later, Yang Ye cultivated two super idols, Shizuka Kudo and Yuki Amami.

Because of this experience, when Yang Ye said that Minase Hechuan would become the queen of rock and roll, no one had too many doubts.

The country of Japan makes no secret of its love for beautiful girls, and most of its female stars debut very early.

Yamaguchi Momoe made her debut at the age of thirteen, and Aikawa Nanase is 14 years old, so they are totally qualified to make their debut.

Nanase Aikawa studied in high school for another two years in the original time and space before deciding to drop out and go to Tokyo to pursue her dreams.

She became a disciple of Tetsuro Oda and trained for another two years until she made her debut at the age of 19.

It's too late for Japanese actresses.

Matsuura Katsuto immediately asked, "Minaise-san, do you want to debut as a singer?"

Aikawa Nanase immediately said, “I want to!”

Matsuura Katsuto said: "Then I will go to your house tomorrow and discuss this matter with your parents."

"Okay!"

The matter was settled and everyone continued with the meeting.

The business direction of Bluebird Records is mainly to export Hong Kong music to Japan, and it has not done much to develop the domestic Japanese market.

Yang Ye didn't have the energy to take care of these things. Now that he owned a local music company, this matter naturally had to be put on the agenda.

Before that, because of the relationship between Avex and Hong Kong, a Chinese name had to be decided first.

It was not until 1998 that Avex entered the Chinese market and decided on the Chinese name "艾回音乐" and opened a branch in Taiwan.

In 2009, it was renamed Avex based on the homonym of Avex.

Both of these Chinese names are derived from transliterations, but they are not very accurate. It should be called "Aiwei", but that's too weird.

Yang Ye thought about it and suggested that the Chinese name be "Avex Music". The word "Ai" is very similar to the Avex company's logo.

The name "Avex" is really not memorable and is considered a failed name change.

After the name "Avex Music" was decided, the next step was to open up the company's record department and plan the company's development direction.

Katsuto Matsuura has his own dream. He hopes that the company can develop in the direction of electronic dance music.

He was fascinated by the dance music of Girls' Generation. Matsuura said: "I am very optimistic about Tetsuya Komuro of TM NETWORK and hope to invite him to join Avex."

"Well, I've heard of him, and he's really talented. Then you can go and invite him, and you can give him a certain share."

Tetsuya Komuro promoted electronic dance music to become the mainstream of Japanese pop music in the mid-1990s, sparking a social phenomenon known as "Komuro fever". Namie Amuro was his student.

Avex Music’s dominance in Japan is largely due to the contributions of Masato Matsuura and Tetsuya Komuro.

However, since Iida Tatsumi was the company's largest shareholder, most of the money earned was taken by him, which made the two very unhappy, so they tried every means to embezzle the company's money.

Of course Yang Ye knew about this kind of thing, but he didn't take it to heart.

Because Yang Ye is not comparable to Iida Tatsumi, Iida Tatsumi simply invested in Avex in its early stages and got a great bargain.

Apart from that, he made no contribution to the company, so both Matsuura Katsuto and Komuro Tetsuya were dissatisfied and even forced him to abdicate later.

Yang Ye, however, could provide Avex with a vast amount of resources, and even help the company expand overseas. Neither of them could deny this.

Moreover, Yang Ye would not give the credit for discovering top divas such as Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki to these two people.

Yang Ye is their mentor and the one who has been kind to them.

Before these girls make their debut, they have to go to Hong Kong to receive training from Yang Ye.

In the original time and space, Matsuura Katsuto took Hamasaki Ayumi and threatened to quit Avex, forcing Iida Tatsumi to quit Avex. Yang Ye would never allow this to happen.

……

After meeting Matsuura Katsuto, Yang Ye left Tokyo and flew directly to Seoul.

It’s not the right time to take Akina Nakamori away from Japan yet. She still lacks a perfect farewell!

As for what Yang Ye was going to do to Akina Nakamori's family and warn them not to suck Akina's blood again, that was impossible.

Those are Akina's family, her flesh and blood.

They just want to get rich by relying on Mingcai, although they are a little greedy.

Yang Ye doesn't like words like "blood-sucking".

When you have earned billions of wealth and cannot spend it in ten lifetimes, why keep it instead of giving it to your family?
Of course, there has to be a limit. It's definitely not okay to be as greedy as Akio Nakamori.

As for Minghui, she is still young and very rebellious.

And because her elder sister was so outstanding, she put too much pressure on her as a sister.

That's why they behave excessively.

Some people may not understand, your sister is so awesome, and you can just lie down, isn’t it nice?
It feels great, but some people have strong personalities and cannot stand this kind of psychological gap.

For example, if a friend you grew up with suddenly became rich and you had to look up to him, would you feel very uncomfortable?
Between siblings, if one of them has a stronger personality, it will be doubly painful.

It was based on this mentality that Minghui knew that she could never catch up with Mingna's achievements, so she took a gamble and undressed herself in order to stand out.

This phenomenon is not unique to the sisters Akina and Akina.

Another music queen is Stefanie Sun. Her sister Yanmei Sun felt a psychological gap because her elder sister was too outstanding. She even broke off their sisterly relationship with Stefanie.

Are Mingsui and Yanmei bad people? Of course not. In fact, compared with ordinary people, they are already very good.

It’s just that... their sisters are all damn geniuses, with talents that ordinary people can’t achieve no matter how hard they try.

This kind of talent is insurmountable!
In fact, Minghui is very good to her family. Because Mingcai was heartbroken by her family, she hid herself and stopped seeing them. Later, Minghui took care of the family.

Yang Ye would never do anything to hurt Mingcai's family just to help her vent her anger.

That's not helping her vent her anger, but making enemies with her.

There is actually no good way to deal with this kind of family conflict. The only way is... to hide!

One of the main reasons why Yamaguchi Momoe quit the entertainment industry was to stay away from her "ghost father".

Nakamori Akio is not that outrageous, he is just greedy for money and wants to show off.

But Yang Ye and Ming Cai couldn't always meet his demands unconditionally.

Then as long as Mingcai stayed away from him and stopped seeing him, he would naturally stop.

This is what Akina did in the original time and space.

"Wait a little longer, I'll come pick you up!"

After saying this, Yang Ye and Ming Cai left Tokyo!
……

Seoul, Gimpo International Airport!
As soon as Yang Ye got off the plane, South Korea's top director Im Kwon-taek and South Korea's top actress Choi Jin-sil came to greet him with a girl.

The girl held a bouquet of flowers and gave it to Yang Ye, smiling and saying, "Director Yang, welcome to the Republic of Korea!"

Cui Zhenzhen solemnly introduced: "This is Ms. Li Meijing from Samsung Group, and this is Mr. Lim Kwon-taek, a Korean director."

Yang Ye took the flowers and shook hands with the two politely: "Hello, Miss Li. Director Lin, I have heard of your name for a long time!"

Im Kwon-taek is currently the top director in South Korea, and is known as the Jang Il-mou of South Korea in later generations.

His 1993 film "A Song of Elegy" was the first Korean film to have over a million viewers.

As for Li Meijing, Yang Ye was not blind, so he recognized the three-star princess at a glance.

Some people may be curious, isn’t the Samsung Princess the famous Lee Boo-jin who married a security guard?
Who is this Li Meijing?

This has to start with the Samsung family. Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul has three sons and five daughters.

The eldest daughter was named Lee In-hee, the real princess. She later inherited industries such as Goryeo Hospital, Jeonju Paper, and Shilla Hotel.

The eldest son is Lee Mong-hee, Lee Mi-kyung's father.

So according to the family ranking, Lee Mi-kyung is Lee Boo-jin's cousin, and she is the eldest princess of Samsung.

However, her father Lee Maeng-hee failed in his fight for the throne and lost to Lee Kun-hee, becoming the deposed crown prince.

Therefore, the eldest princess Lee Mi-kyung is in name only.

But Li Meijing is no pushover. She holds a PhD in Chinese history from Fudan University and probably has a deeper understanding of China than many Chinese people.

After Lee Kun-hee officially became the second president of Samsung, Lee Mong-hee left South Korea and lived in Beijing, China, and handed over all the industries he had divided to Lee Mi-kyung.

Among these industries, the most important one is CJ Group.

Under the leadership of Lee Mi-kyung, CJ Group completed its separation from Samsung in 1993 and became completely independent.

Lee Mi-kyung led CJ Group to develop into the entertainment industry, integrating South Korea's cultural industries such as radio, film, television, music, media, games, cultural performances and game projects, becoming the largest entertainment company in South Korea.

That is the famous CJ Entertainment. The Korean movie "Parasite", which later won the Oscar, was produced by CJ Entertainment.

Li Meijing shook hands with Yang Ye respectfully and said, "Hello, Mr. Yang. I will be responsible for your reception during your trip to Korea."

"Good work!"

The distribution of Baiyang Pictures' films in South Korea has always been handled by Samsung.

When Yang Ye came to South Korea this time, Li Meijing personally went to the airport to greet him. Naturally, it was the Li family who failed in the power struggle and was going to enter the entertainment industry.

If Li Meijing wants to become a player in the Asian entertainment industry, it is natural for her to deal with Yang Ye.

Yang Ye had long wanted to infiltrate the Korean entertainment industry, but this country was so damn xenophobic that even Hollywood couldn't get in during its heyday.

It's not easy to open a branch here.

However, when he saw Li Meijing, Yang Ye knew that his chance had come.

Now that we have failed in our fight for the family property and are isolated and helpless, isn't it like providing timely assistance to Mr. Li? (End of this chapter)