Peninsula: After Bai Yueguang left, I went crazy killing people!

Chapter 1036

Another day.

SM Entertainment.

Li Yang didn't go directly to Li Chengzhu, but instead went to Liu Zhimin first, intending to give her a surprise. However, after discovering that aespa was overseas, he leisurely went upstairs, thinking of finding out some information from Bae Zhuxuan first.

Ok.

It's all for the sake of knowing yourself and your enemy, not for any other reason.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the elevator, he saw Nam So-young inside.

Their eyes met, and both of them were slightly taken aback.

Li Yang, in particular, looked at the once powerful and domineering old lady, who now had a white beard, her hair was disheveled and messy, and many wrinkles had appeared at the corners of her eyes.

She seemed to have lost her former vigor, and instead had a kind of weariness about her.

Li Yang had only seen this kind of temperament in Zhuo Yongjun before.

Clearly, this period was not easy.

"Representative Nam So-young, it's been a long time!"

This thought quickly faded from his mind, and Li Yang nodded politely with a smile.

But the words had barely left his lips.

But then Nam So-young gave a self-deprecating laugh and said, "Don't call me a representative anymore. I'm probably just a special director in Nam So-young's secretariat now."

"What do you mean?"

Li Yang was slightly taken aback.

"You're here because CEO Lee Sung-soo wants to buy your SM shares, right?"

Nam So-young said sincerely, "If I were you, I would choose a good price and eat my hand quickly."

"What's the reason?" Li Yang quickly adjusted his mindset and said with a gentle smile.

"reason?"

Nam So-young paused for a moment, then quickly raised a mocking smile and said, "What other reason could there be? Because SM stock will soon be worthless."

"Is Representative Nam So-young still holding a grudge from the past and trying to trick me?"

Li Yang couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Lee Sung-soo's declaration to usher in the SM 3.0 era has been very popular online these past few days. After all, SM Entertainment's foundation is here, so holding onto the stock won't result in a loss, right?"

"The 3.0 era?"

Upon hearing this, Nam So-young's sneer deepened. She quickly turned to Li Yang and asked, "Do you think it will turn out well to let a businessman who has lost sight of the essence of Kpop run the Kpop company?"

As they were speaking, the elevator doors opened with a ding.

"A businessman?" Li Yang frowned slightly.

He had actually heard this word more than once.

It seems that both the presidents of the three major entertainment companies and Bang Si-hyuk felt that the word was an insult. On the contrary, representatives of the new generation like Cube Entertainment's Ahn Yoo-hyung didn't seem to care about it and would actively define themselves as businessmen.

Li Yang also positions himself in this way.

But listening to Nan Suying's words now, I always felt that there seemed to be another layer of meaning to them.

Soon, Li Yang asked, "Does Representative Nan Suying have time?"

"What?" Nam So-young paused as she stepped out of the elevator and turned to look.

But Li Yang smiled gently and said, "Shall we chat?"

“We were once the purest musicians. Although we may have strayed from the right path later, we always had a bottom line in our hearts. We always fought to make K-pop a mainstream music in the world. Even in the final stage, Lee Soo-man always upheld the pride of a musician.”

In the rest area, Nam So-young said, "Weren't you curious about why I stood firmly by Lee Soo-man's side? This is the most fundamental reason."

"But what's the difference?" Li Yang frowned deeply. He wasn't a professional musician, so he couldn't figure out what the difference was.

"Kpop without faith is soulless."

Nam So-young didn't seem to care, and instead said, "What would K-pop be like if it were purely a business model? In the future, no one might put in the effort to search for beautiful women, and no one might spend the time to control the quality of every step of a song. Especially for Lee Sung-soo, who is passionate about AI, everything is calculated using AI and big data to calculate the market, user profiles, and even aesthetics."

"But he doesn't know that Kpop has succeeded to this day because it has a soul, a faith, kids full of dreams shining on stage, and so many musicians working silently behind the scenes."

At this point, Nam So-young paused, and then added, "A sophisticated businesswoman might be good at business, but she definitely can't be good at K-pop."

Her tone was firm and sincere, but her eyes were complex and empty.

Like the most devout believer, helplessly watching as heretics gradually destroy their faith.

Li Yang left quickly.

He didn't really understand why these elderly people were so persistent in their beliefs.

After all, Li Yang himself didn't really understand K-pop; he just liked listening to Kim Tae-yeon's music.

If making K-pop popular worldwide is what these old people call their faith...

Isn't the desire to make money a kind of faith?

The two don't seem to conflict, do they?

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Li Yang.

Stocks are meant to be sold.

Compared to these old, trivial matters, Li Yang was more interested in how to sell his stocks for a large profit.

ten minutes later
"So, Lee Sung-soo is almost going crazy in his desire to gain complete control?"

In the conference room, after listening to the analysis, Li Yang muttered something and then seemed to fall into deep thought.

Beside her, Bae Joo-hyun, wearing a white women's shirt, raised her eyebrows slightly upon seeing this, glanced at him sideways, and only looked away after realizing that Li Yang really didn't seem to react, sitting in her chair in a daze.

A full three minutes later
"Isn't it boring?"

Coming to his senses, Li Yang smiled at Bae Joo-hyun and said, "I was just thinking about something."

"Men are meant to do great things, it's normal."

Bae Joo-hyun thought to herself, "Especially compared to a small woman like me, you would only become a burden and a nuisance."

But as she was talking, Bae Joo-hyun couldn't help but laugh.

no way.

Park Soo-young teaches girls that they need to be a little coquettish and willful from time to time.

But Bae Joo-hyun was like a student who usually gets full marks on tests encountering a physical education exam—they were completely incompatible.

"How cute!"

Li Yang's praise arrived as expected, saying, "Truly worthy of being called a goddess, she looks beautiful no matter what expression she makes."

"Eek~~"

Bae Joo-hyun subconsciously moved her chair to the side and said disdainfully, "Greasy guy, stay away from me."

"Haha, that's definitely not going to work. You should be prepared that you'll never be able to escape this in your lifetime."

Li Yang jokingly said with a smile, "My eyes will always be on you."

"Stop messing around."

Bae Joo-hyun slapped away someone's outstretched paw, but the next moment, she seemed to have thought of something, and her expression changed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Li Yang asked, his eyes fixed on him.

Bae Joo-hyun frowned slightly, pursed her red lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Compared to me, I think you should pay more attention to Yoo Ji-min recently."

"Liu Zhimin, has she been having any problems lately?" Li Yang's eyes flickered slightly, and his smile slowly faded.

"It's not that there's a problem, but it's a bit crazy?" Bae Joo-hyun thought for a moment before finding a more appropriate word to describe it, then looked at Li Yang and said, "It's said...it's said that she's been taking on commercial performances like crazy lately, solo and group performances, she's either performing or on her way to a performance every day, and it seems she's had more than one argument with her manager about it, and many people in the company are suspicious." "Suspect what?" Li Yang looked over.

“I suspect that her family might have some gambling debts or something,” Bae Joo-hyun said, rubbing her forehead as if she had a headache. “Anyway, I suggest you meet her if you have time, because no matter what the reason, such a crazy performance is definitely not right.”

"You're so generous of letting me find someone else?" Li Yang raised an eyebrow with a smile and said, "This is the first time I've heard of someone pushing their man away."

"If I don't allow it, will you just stop looking for it?"

Bae Joo-hyun found it somewhat amusing, almost laughing in exasperation. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and say, "What, do you expect me to be grateful for the suggestion I made?"

Seeing that Li Yang remained unmoved, he couldn't help but mutter, "Can you not be so outrageous? Do you expect me to beg you?"

"No, I just think you're so cute."

Li Yang's lips curled up in a smile, and he quickly and confidently said, "Yes, she has the qualities of a first wife!"

"Your sister is fit to be a first wife."

Bae Joo-hyun couldn't help but swear, then waved her hand dismissively, saying, "Go away, go away, you're so annoying every time we meet."

Li Yang shook his head and said, "I'm not leaving."

The words fell.

Bae Joo-hyun frowned slightly, her tone serious and earnest as she emphasized, "I'm not joking, Yoo Jimin's condition is really serious."

The next moment, Li Yang leaned in and pointed his finger at his mouth.

Bae Joo-hyun paused for a moment, then rolled her eyes at him reproachfully, before still tiptoeing up and giving him a quick kiss on the lips.

A moment later
Bae Joo-hyun took a half step back, licked her lips with her pink tongue, then reached out and pushed away Li Yang's head that was leaning closer again. She parted her red lips slightly and uttered only a single word.

"roll!"

Li Yang is gone.

The conference room door creaked shut, as if shutting out an extremely quiet little world.

Bae Joo-hyun remained in her original position, looking towards the door.

A little bit
His smile gradually faded.

Her beautiful eyes swept around, and she subconsciously crossed her arms and rubbed them together quickly, as if she felt a strange chill.

Finally, with a sigh, he also left the conference room.

"If given the choice, who would enjoy being alone?"

Meanwhile, Li Yang practically jogged out of the conference room.

Once in the car, he called Song Zhenying directly.

"Why would someone so busy suddenly think of calling me?"

The moment the call connected, Song Jin-young's tone sounded somewhat resentful, like that of a woman who had been abandoned.

Li Yang was even more direct, saying, "Find out where Liu Zhimin is right now."

"Liu Zhimin?"

Song Zhenying was visibly taken aback for a moment, then quickly replied, "Okay!"

Although this woman was quite shrewd, she could still distinguish between what was important and what was urgent.

I could tell something was off from Li Yang's tone.

The phone hangs up.

Li Yang slammed on the gas pedal, and the Ferrari sped off, but it had no idea which way to go, as if it had lost its composure.

However, Song Jin-young was very efficient.

The call was returned in less than two minutes.

"She will be performing in Ulsan around 7 o'clock. Also, it seems that CEO Lee Sung-soo is looking for Do-do-do."

Before I could finish speaking, the phone was already busy.

Four and a half hours later
Six pm.

As the moon rises and the sun sets, the light in the sky has not yet completely disappeared, but the hazy stars have already begun to appear.

As soon as the car entered Ulsan, it felt like entering a completely different world.

The bustling cityscape of Seoul, with its towering skyscrapers, is gone. Instead, there are huge factories everywhere, with plumes of black smoke rising into the sky, and the air is thick with the pungent smell of gasoline.

Li Yang drove for another half hour.

This place is even more remote, like a village, with branches growing everywhere and muddy dirt roads, just like entering a rural area.

Before long, the seaside came into view, and a huge shipyard stood at the end of the road.

Soon, the carbon-green Ferrari attracted the attention of the workers.

The workers seemed somewhat curious, and soon their gazes turned even more surprised as they watched the people getting off the truck.

"Are you that scumbag Li Yang?" Someone recognized Li Yang.

Similarly, someone suddenly looked wary and shouted, "Get out of here! Our factory's beauty, Gu Shanhua, would never like a scumbag like you."

He thought Li Yang was there to find someone to do a live stream.
"No, I'm not here to do a live broadcast today." Li Yang chuckled and waved a cigarette around the room. He quickly added, "I'm just on a business trip nearby. I heard there's a performance at our factory today, so I came over to check it out since I was bored."

"Yes, that's right, there is such a thing."

Someone responded proudly, but quickly snorted and said, "Nobody usually comes to this place. They complain about the bad air, are afraid of suffering, and worry that the poor environment will damage their delicate skin. Our factory manager is very angry about this, so this time he specially invited SM artists. I heard it cost a lot of money. If word gets out, those who don't come will be green with envy."

"real or fake?"

Li Yang acted very well, feigning surprise, and quickly rubbed his hands together, saying, "Then could I be fortunate enough to go and see it?"

After saying that, he even glanced at the security booth at the entrance.

"Going in isn't difficult, it's just..." The worker picked his nose and stared straight at him.

Li Yang paused for a moment, then quickly went to the back seat of the car, took a pack of cigarettes, stuffed it into the worker's hand, and said with a forced smile, "Please."

Half past six in the evening.

Darkness enveloped the earth.

I don't know if it's because of the hazy sky, but the weather always feels gloomy and I can't see the stars and moon clearly.

A black bus slowly drove in.

“Jimin?”

"Zhimin."

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"Inside?"

Liu Zhimin opened her sleepy eyes and subconsciously responded.

"We've arrived in Ulsan."

The agent, Unnie, reminded her.

"Okay, I'll get ready right away." Liu Zhimin nodded, quickly took out a wet wipe to wipe her face, and then quickly rummaged through her makeup bag to touch up her makeup.

The manager, Unnie, stood to the side with a complicated expression. After a long pause, she stammered, "Will it really work?"

She added, "You only slept five hours this week, I'm worried."

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Zhimin, who had already closed the makeup mirror, pursed her lips, smiled sweetly at her, and shook her head, saying, "It's okay, don't worry, unnie."

(End of this chapter)