Peninsula Landlord

Chapter 465

"With this kind of strength, I feel like I'm at a loss if I let it go!"

"Except for her voice, she doesn't seem much worse than Taeyeon."

Although he only heard a few sentences, for Lee Soo-man, a veteran who has been in the entertainment industry for decades and has brought out many artists, he can already clearly recognize Park So-yeon's strength.

However, his seemingly casual sigh made Kim Young-min, who was watching the show with him, break out in a cold sweat.

The trainees they trained ended up debuting with someone else and even gained a certain degree of fame. This was a dereliction of duty on their part.

Especially considering they have missed out on JYP, Rain, and many other successful artists.

Fortunately, Lee Soo-man seemed to have just sighed unintentionally and then there was no other expression. Only then did Kim Young-min breathe a sigh of relief.

But he still kept this matter in mind and made a plan.

"After we go back, have the people below start to conduct a baseline test on the trainees. We must avoid problems like this."

"If this happens again, it will be hard to explain."

Lee Soo-man did not notice the changes in Kim Young-min's expression, nor did he take his mental activities to heart.

In the past, he might have been angry about this matter, or even furious. Now let them learn a lesson.

But now, his mind is no longer on SM company, but is focused on his and Huang Xu's plan, thinking about how to escape.

As for the SM company he founded, it was also the proudest work of his first half of life. But now it has become a heavy burden for him.

It was also a shackle that trapped him.

While the two of them were thinking about their own things, Park So-yeon on TV also finished singing the song and received warm applause from the audience.

There is no way. On the one hand, Park So-yeon’s singing ability is really good.

On the other hand, they were surprised that Park So-yeon, a foreigner and an artist from a developed country, could sing the song "Girl with Wings" with correct pronunciation.

It is not uncommon for foreign artists to sing Chinese songs.

But most people sing either "Sweet Honey" or "I Only Care About You", these old-fashioned songs.

Although the song "Girl with Wings" is also very old, it has been ten years since it was released.

But for the audience, this song is not very old, and it is also a song they often sang together when they were students.

That's why these people show such enthusiasm and passion.

Lee Soo-man looked at the audience's reactions on the show, and then asked Kim Young-min next to him.

"Youngmin, Sunny and the others, and Ryeowook, have you prepared any Chinese songs this time?"

"Uh~~~"

At this time, Kim Young-min watched the feedback after Park So-yeon's performance on TV and realized that something was wrong.

But now he could only bite the bullet and report to Lee Soo Man.

"They all prepared a song for the conversation, but Super Junior's Ryeowook sang "I Only Care About You," and Taeyeon sang "Sweet Honey."

"I see. Next time, be more careful when choosing songs. Don't just prepare these two."

"Also, let the lead singers of each team learn a few Chinese songs, preferably some newer songs."

“Don’t go over and over again, just these two songs.”

Lee Soo Man was not surprised by this result. He just gave a simple reminder and said nothing more.

After all, these are the two songs that Korean artists like to perform most when they go to China. They are regular hype and basically won’t go wrong.

But that was in the past. If Tara wasn't there, then singing those two songs wouldn't mean anything.

After all, this is a classic Chinese song and is very popular throughout East Asia.

And once you have learned these two songs, you can perform them in many countries, which is very cost-effective.

But now with the development of the economy and the rise of China, they now want to enter the Chinese market and please the Chinese audience.

Then we can no longer follow the old routines, we need to keep up with the times.

Especially seeing that all the members of Tara can now speak a little Chinese.

Seeing that Lee Soo Man had no intention of pursuing the matter further, Kim Young Min quickly nodded and made a promise.

"Okay, teacher. I'll go down and make arrangements. I'll try to get them to master one or two Chinese songs as soon as possible."

"Well, just make your arrangements."

Lee Soo Man nodded and said nothing more. Instead, he looked intently at the TV screen and watched the program on it.

At this time on the TV show, after completing the scheduled segment, Tara returned to the backstage to rest at the host's invitation.

Then, the host began to build momentum for Super Junior and others who were going to take the stage next.

"The group I'm going to introduce to you next is an old friend of ours. One of their members came here a few years ago."

"But last time, and the time before that, when we came here, there were only a few members."

"This time, all the staff gathered and came to the scene."

"Next, please welcome the top Korean boy band, Asian fashion superstar, Super Junior from SM Entertainment in Korea to the stage."

Following the host's introduction, more than a dozen members of Super Junior walked towards the stage after the big screen turned on.

At the same time, Super Junior's classic song "Sorry, Sorry" was also played in the studio.

The members of Super Junior also started the hand-rubbing dance which had almost become their instinct to the music.

The uniform sword dance of more than a dozen of them and the familiar and dynamic melody directly ignited the entire studio.

Compared to Tara, Super Junior's fame and popularity are obviously much higher.

Therefore, the audience at the scene cheered out of respect and gave their players full respect.

When Lee Soo-man saw the audience's reaction to the show, he also smiled with satisfaction.

"It seems that they are quite popular in China!"

"If we can keep this kind of feedback going, then the next plan should be able to proceed smoothly."

But his happiness did not last long. After the Super Junior classic song medley ended and the interview session began, his smile disappeared.

Among the current Super Juniors, except Choi Siwon who has a good command of Chinese and can conduct simple communication, the rest are either beginners or not even beginners.

Most of them are simple and fixed introductions, and there are also official terms such as "I love you" and "Thank you everyone".

Logically speaking, their performance has surpassed that of most Korean groups and is considered a relatively satisfactory performance.

But when Lee Soo Man thought back to the performance of Tara and the others just now, he couldn't laugh anymore.

There is no way, things are afraid of contrast, especially when two groups of people appear on the stage one after the other, the contrast will be even more obvious.

And besides this, he also thought of another person.

A person he had high hopes for, and he also hoped that his joining the team would help open up the Chinese market. Unfortunately, this person had fallen out with the company a few years ago and returned to China to develop.

It was also because of him that Lee Soo Man's strategy to conquer China was in vain and he suffered heavy losses.

Just thinking of this, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

But after more than ten minutes, he found that he was angry, and it was too early to be angry.

On the show, Super Junior finished a brief interview, sang half a Chinese song, and then went off the stage to rest.

Yes, either one song or half a song.

When recording live, you may be performing a whole song, but after editing, only half of the song is left.

The rest was edited out.

Not only were the songs they sang edited, but even their interview and interaction sessions were pitifully short compared to Tara and the others.

Even the screen time of the dozen or so of them may be only about half of that of Tara and her group.

This made his face turn dark, and he was obviously not very satisfied with their performance.

But until now, he still sits quietly in his chair, watching TV programs.

But when Super Junior stepped down, Girls' Generation's performance made him completely unable to sit still.

Seeing that they, like Super Junior, had very little screen time, made him completely unable to sit still.

There is no way. If the super junior members were to speak a few words in Chinese when introducing themselves and communicating,

Among the members of Girls' Generation, besides Sunny, there are only Taeyeon and Jessica Jung who can be mentioned.

For the others, basically they communicated through translators throughout the entire process.

This is also the reason why they have fewer shots.

However, Lee Soo-man was not angry with the program crew or the TV station.

As a veteran in the entertainment industry, he knows that the current situation is not caused by someone causing trouble or someone plotting against him.

It’s because the artists under him are really not up to the standard.

They are all guests, but one group can communicate in Chinese. Although many of them are at the beginner level, their dedication can be seen.

And because they are all beginners, they can actually present a better program effect.

After all, variety shows in Korea often feature foreign artists who have just learned Korean, and it's easy to watch them make all kinds of jokes due to their unfamiliarity with the language.

I think it’s the same in China, everyone likes to watch similar plots.

As for the other two groups, although some people could speak Chinese, most of them still relied on translation to communicate.

As long as the program crew is not stupid, they will definitely know which people’s shots will have the best program effects and are the scenes that the audience likes to watch.

So after he saw the three teams appear, he stood up directly.

"I won't watch it anymore. You can continue watching here."

"Tomorrow morning, submit a report on their performance and study how to improve their business capabilities."

"Oh, and find two employees who can speak Chinese and have them collect audience reactions, especially those on the Internet."

"Yes, I will arrange it."

After watching Lee Soo-man get up and leave, Kim Young-min dared to raise his head and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

He knew that Lee Soo Man was really angry today, and he directly stated that their business capabilities needed to be improved.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Super Junior and Girls’ Generation’s performances today were bad.

As artists who have emerged from hundreds of trainees, their professional abilities are beyond doubt.

Whether it's dancing, singing, or stage performance, they are all quite good.

What Lee Soo Man was dissatisfied with was that these people knew they were going to China to be on the show, but they didn't even do a temporary refresher on Chinese and just used the same old routine.

Just as Kim Young-min was wiping the sweat from his forehead and preparing to improve their business, in the Yongsan Apartment not far from the SM Cheongdam-dong Building.

Kim Taeyeon looked at the TV screen and saw that she and other people had just appeared in the points tracking and then quickly left the stage. Her expression changed for a moment.

He raised his head and looked at the two people around him, and said as he saw their faces turning a little darker.

"Oh my god, I feel like after today's show is over, we'll be very busy for the next period of time."

"Yeah, it's going to be busy next."

Jessica Jung also nodded in agreement, with a bitter smile similar to that of Kim Taeyeon on her face.

As artists who have debuted for several years, how could they not understand the meaning of the length of time they appear on the show?

And they also know what actions the company will take after watching this episode.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that they have been artists for several years and are also the number one girl group in South Korea.

However, when facing the company, they still have no ability to resist and can only obey the company's arrangements.

But compared to the two people with bitter faces and frowns, Sunny next to them seemed very relaxed.

"Okay, why are you so nervous?"

"The company will at most scold us and then enroll us in a Chinese language class or something like that. Is this necessary?"

"Of course you're not worried."

"As the Chinese-speaking person on the team, and the one with the best Chinese proficiency, you can't understand our pain at all."

Looking at Sunny who was relaxed and basically unaffected, Jessica Jung complained bluntly.

You know, Chinese is one of the most difficult languages ​​to learn in the world, and it is quite difficult for many students.

Not to mention these "bad students" artist idols.

And she then revealed without hesitation another reason why Sunny was not worried.

"And given your current position in the company, do you feel like anyone can criticize you?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you say. Am I still Sunny from Girls' Generation?"

In response to Jessica Jung's complaints, Sunny immediately started to act like a spoiled brat, trying to cover up the special nature of her identity.

However, Jessica Jung didn't buy it and spoke to her directly.

"You know your current situation."

"I don't know who it was, but she openly brought her boyfriend to the concert, and even the room was booked by the company."

"And he dared..."

(End of this chapter)