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"The Fair Trade Commission announced today that it will form a special investigation team in response to the kickback incident of the university's commercial performance, and comprehensively investigate the relevant personnel of various universities in South Korea about this incident. The brokerage companies and performance organizers involved in the serious case will face prosecution. The Seoul Branch Prosecutor issued an announcement declaring support for the decision.”

"...The kickback incident of university commercial performances that was exposed yesterday is intensifying. The student associations of various colleges in Seoul issued statements on their respective college bbs early this morning, claiming that they were not involved in it, but according to relevant evidence, in The practice of taking 30.00% to [-]% of the appearance fee of the starring group as a kickback has been around for a long time, and it can be said to be another unwritten unspoken rule in the entertainment industry."

As expected, the official reports on this incident became more and more intense. Since the news was first exposed on the SBS Evening News, it was difficult for the major paper media to publish detailed reports within the deadline, but artists, university student unions, and bribery still There are kickbacks, and every word of concern and outrage can be used repeatedly, making the severity of the incident exaggerated for a while.

Earlier reports were even more dire, with the Fair Trading Commission's announcement drowned out by hundreds of thousands of downvotes.

"That's how my tuition was spent."

"iu is so cheap."

"I want to see Kim Hyuna."

"The General Assembly of Pusan ​​National University also has this matter."

"I've only heard of it before, but I didn't expect it to really exist..."

The message under each report is roughly the same. People have reason to be angry and disappointed, but there is also numbness that follows.A lot of negative responses have caused the situation to develop towards the attention of the whole people, no surprises.Tomorrow, civic groups or social organizations will come out to call for government supervision. It is hard to guarantee that no political speculators will use this matter to fight for exposure.After all, there are millions of angry parents of students paying attention to this news.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Never Entertainment first published a detailed report on the situation.

"...The performance classification system, according to the fame of participating idols, some student unions will charge rebates ranging from 30.00% to [-]%, including the top idol groups that are currently popular. According to information disclosed by industry personnel, even if there is no rebate, The management company of the group also needs to send a red envelope to "show some meaning". If it is an unknown newcomer group, [-]% or more of the performance fee will become the "public relations fee" that must be paid to make the group popular among tens of thousands of people. exposure in front of the students."

"...According to the information disclosed by a management of an entertainment company, the annual celebration ceremony at various colleges in Seoul alone will cost tens of billions of dollars, most of which will be paid to economic planning agencies, 2ne1, t-ara, 4minute, etc. The performance fees of the groups range from 3000 million to 2000 million respectively. For a university celebration worth looking forward to, there must be at least three idol groups with certain popularity. The large amount of performance fees makes the performance itself unappreciative. The celebration has also become a vanity competition of who can invite more popular stars..."

University is a small society.Every student is a reserve soldier who is about to enter the society. They spend their best years here learning and enjoying the skills of a lifetime, but the school has to give them the ability to distinguish right from wrong.The student union, which is composed of elites in the university, is actually involved in such a kickback scandal. Of course, the Korean University Federation cannot ignore it.On the one hand, they welcomed the involvement of the Korean Fairness Commission, and on the other hand, they also issued a memorandum on the internal rectification of the student union organization to the major colleges.

In South Korea, the University Student Association is not an organization for children to play house.They have a history of fighting against dictatorships and making sacrifices, and they have a certain social and political influence in South Korea.As a college student organization, they must express a positive attitude towards this incident, and of course their efforts to intervene in it will continue to increase.

Public opinion is erratic.Sarcasm, numbness, anger, and even jokes that hide negative emotions, scandals have always attracted huge attention, and once they break out, no one can stop them. question.

……

It must be blocked.

Sitting opposite Park Zhengchang again, Hong Seung-sung was completely out of ideas. Sitting at the low table, he was respectful and respectful, not at all like he was contemptuous of the president of Shinhan at the time. Hong Shengcheng immediately picked up the teacup in front of him, and leaned forward considerably.

"Congratulations, President Hong, you can log in to the virtual idol in 4minutes."

The tea was poured into the teacup, and Hong Shengcheng trembled when he heard Park Zhengchang's words just now. He has received too much education in the past two days, so he subconsciously felt fear: "You mean..."

"Although your company's combination does not meet some of the standards for virtual idol registration, judging by its popularity among young Koreans, it should be no problem to log in as a virtual idol, but we also have a condition, that is, I don't know if President Hong will agree. "

Park Zhengchang put down the teapot, as if he didn't see Hong Shengcheng's trembling hand at all: "Since Cube needs capital injection, it's better not to find Warner."

'hiss……'

The tea still splashed out of the cup and landed on the back of Hong Shengcheng's hand, scalding him to shiver.

……

"After this lesson, it is estimated that our shareholders will strongly support our acquisition plan. After all, virtual idols bring so much profit every year, but the core is popular artists. If they don't hold these in their hands, they will be ruthless. Will be controlled by others... Putting the door of life in the hands of others, probably no one will be willing."

Unlike most people, Huang Rencheng has a neutral attitude towards Lin Weiran's acquisition plan, but he tends to support it. Compared with Han Weiyi, who is confined to the entertainment circle, he can see the overall situation clearly, and he also knows the virtual idol's affection for Shinhan. significance.

Glancing at Lin Weiran who was looking out the window, he still didn't know the significance of the meeting between the two. This high-rise coffee shop in the city is next to the Han River, and it happened to have a beautiful view of the rain falling on the Han River at this time.

Is it a blessing in disguise?

For many people, it is really rainy now.

"Shinhan has to take a certain share of the company that is listed as a virtual idol. This can be regarded as a common practice." Huang Rencheng picked up the coffee in front of him, looking pleasing to the eye.He has always been very clear about his own position, and this kind of measure just proves his outstanding wisdom in dealing with the world.It's just that Lin Weiran's silence made him keep looking for topics. The entanglement between the two made it difficult for him to be calm and steady in front of Lin Weiran.

"The practice that has only started now will not work for those groups that have already registered as virtual idols."

Lin Weiran looked out the window and said calmly: "If we expose other unspoken rules of commercial performances, there should be no problem with virtual idol concerts, but the subsequent media attention is not easy to control, and those presidents will understand me. Warning, if you think about it, you should be looking for Park Jung-chang to sign the performance contract. But the intensification of conflicts that follow will lead to conflicts of interest in the surrounding areas."

Huang Rencheng was silent, with a vague premonition.

"Jyp is not important, the acquisition of SM is still very necessary." Lin Weiran finally withdrew his gaze.

"I think we should focus on eliminating the existing media attention in the next stage. If we continue to dig deeper, the whole circle will be implicated. At that time..."

"Don't worry about this problem." Lin Weiran waved his hand, "I'm ready to deal with it."

Huang Rencheng twirled his cup anxiously, and he could guess that Lin Weiran came to him to talk about the acquisition of SM: "I will mobilize some people from the board of directors, and the acquisition of SM will be the first motion after the board is formed."

Lin Weiran nodded.Then he said: "But we still have funding problems."

Huang Rencheng fell silent, and his breath became short of breath. He heard that Lin Weiran planned to use the illegal operation of double accounts in order to acquire SM, and he sneered at this.There is no need to take such a risk to acquire a company, as long as the first quarter of next year, Shinhan's finances can fully support such a plan to acquire SM.But looking at the current situation, Lin Weiran seems to be very eager for such an acquisition.But also intends to use other methods.

"I let the interview with the Daily Economics go, because the so-called big conspiracy canceled my economic union plan. Let the presidents of the brokerage companies make a fuss to postpone the concert, and set up a board of directors and take Han Weiyi off... It's just to wait until April next year to start negotiating the acquisition with SM."

Lin Weiran slowly said that it was a big drama he directed, and there might be some tricks and tricks in it, but he made the best use of the situation and played it with proficiency, making the shareholders aware of the importance of the economic planning agency to Shinhan, and then not Intermittently presented evidence to prove that increasing control over the entertainment industry will bring stability and benefits to Shinhan. He started to lay out the layout a long time ago, and finally completed these steps step by step. What he has obtained now is a kind of momentum, a kind of Within the company, there was unanimous support.

It's a pity that support is not money. To acquire SM, Shinhan needs funds. The best way is to wait for the operating profit in the first quarter of the next year to come in, but no one can guarantee that there will be no problems.

So the acquisition has to happen now, and as soon as possible, preferably now.

<i,或者动用一下广告主们的广告金。”

"President!"

Huang Rencheng's face paled in an instant. The former made him reluctantly give up his love, while the latter made him take a big risk.

……

The lights are feasting, and there are leisurely chatting guests everywhere. He mixed a cocktail at the stage, and the familiar taste made Zheng Haobin a little dazed. When he was still in sm, if time permits, he would come here to have a drink with his acquaintances, and occasionally sm The wine patronized by its artists began to flourish. Although the pilgrimage of a large number of fans made artists rarely appear, it has become a gathering place for sm staff in their leisure time.

Thinking of the past days, Zheng Haobin's cheeks began to ache slightly again. Although he is different now, he looks so transparent here.Managers who are kicked out of SM will not have friends in the company, and a nod is already the limit when they meet each other.It is obviously unrealistic to sit and talk happily. When I first entered the industry, I didn't understand why the company had such rules.It wasn't until he left that he realized that he had already become a negative example.

When he came back to his senses, Zheng Haobin looked around, he didn't know if it was a fate or a coincidence, he happened to see Jin Yanping who was depressed, the two looked at each other and were stunned, Jin Yanping obviously didn't know why Zheng Haobin was here, And Zheng Haobin remembered how he was beaten by the opponent back then.Look at each other for a while.It was Jin Yanping who raised the wine glass first, and Zheng Haobin smiled and raised the wine glass in response, but it was a pity that the two were performing their duties at the beginning, so there was no enmity to be wiped out, he then looked away and continued to pour himself in silence Drink, coming here today is not about reminiscing about the past, but about having a job.Even if you don't want to, you have to come back here.

Time passed slowly, more and more people gathered here, and most of the staff of SM will leave at this time.Occasionally, those who are interested will continue to stay. There are a few faces in the crowd that are familiar, but they are not employees of SM.It's Yuji.

Coincidentally, a woman just annoyed Jin Yanping.Now I saw Zheng Haobin.

"Group leader Zheng, why don't I buy you a drink?"

"If you're not here, I'll agree. If you're here, I know you're working, so why would you be interested?"

"Look at what you said, isn't Team Leader Zheng working in Xinhan High School now? How can it be a job if I'm looking for you?"

Zheng Haobin smiled immediately, and the female reporter also sat next to him, and asked the bartender to ask Zheng Haobin for another cocktail that he had ordered.

"Then Team Leader Zheng, I'm starting work?"

Although women are fickle, Zheng Haobin was still taken aback for a moment. Just as he was about to look surprised, the rather handsome female reporter stuck out her tongue cutely, and said with a smile: "It's not like you don't know, entertainment Remember how hard it is to make a living now."

"Don't you Yuji know how difficult it is for a manager?"

"That's why, let's compare our hearts to our hearts. If we don't help each other, life will be so difficult." The female reporter said while pulling her hair, revealing her neck vaguely, attracting the man's attention.

Zheng Haobin sighed softly in his heart, even though he had been away from SM for so long, some things still remained the same, he took another sip of wine to cut off the hesitation in his heart, Lin Weiran was right, he had to remember who he was working for now, and Who is it that allows him to live a carefree life.

"I heard that Director Kim is now assigned to the department that manages the trainees?" The female reporter asked around, Jin Yanping was in charge of Girls' Generation at the beginning, and was squeezed out when Girls' Generation was the most popular, although it is not clear whether it is within the company The dispute is still about those girls who have such a background and change the agent they don't like, but this is still curious.

"I don't know." Zheng Haobin showed a trace of dislike for Jin Yanping on his face, and looked at the female reporter: "Why don't you ask something else."

"What I want to know is very dark."

"Isn't it sunny?"

"Sunshine is good, of course, but it's too dazzling, so it won't attract attention." The female reporter swung her finger on the cup twice, "He has a cheerful personality, youthful atmosphere, beautiful, good figure, and doesn't have a boyfriend yet. A dewy fairy or a virgin... This is the Girls' Generation that men like, can Team Leader Zheng tell me the difference?"

"Perhaps." Zheng Haobin betrayed the truth, and the information he gave easily aroused suspicion.

"For example?" The female reporter became interested.

Zheng Haobin chuckled mockingly, not to the female reporter: "For example, someone can marry into a wealthy family without being an artist."

He raised his eyebrows and thought for a while: "It shouldn't be considered a wealthy family, but it must be rich."

"Who?"

Zheng Haobin just laughed.

The female reporter shook her lips, obviously anxious: "Lin Yuner?"

Zheng Haobin asked back: "Why her?"

"Kim Taeyeon?"

Zheng Haobin laughed again: "You want to test me like this, don't you look down on me too much?"

The female reporter persisted: "Jung Soo-yeon?"

Zheng Haobin made a gesture to leave, but the female reporter immediately grabbed his arm, "Tiffany or Xu Xian? Cui Xiuying is the most likely, but it's definitely not her."

Zheng Haobin stopped: "How can you be sure?"

The female reporter concluded: "If it was her, it wouldn't be big news."

Zheng Haobin grinned again, snapped his fingers at the bartender, ordered a nearly full glass of whiskey, and then said to the female reporter, "I'll tell you after I drink it all in one gulp."

The female reporter knew that the other party was 'playing', and she called a jerk a few times in her heart, but her face was cloudy and uncertain. Zheng Haobin is not a sm person, but he has led Girls' Generation, not to mention those things that are so dark that people are disillusioned, men and women News about relationships can always be given. If the other party is really rich, even if they don't report it, they can still be valued by the editor and get a lot of 'remuneration'.

She made up her mind, said not to regret it, and then really drank it down.

'Crack', the glass was put down, the female reporter blushed, and reeked of alcohol: "I drank it."

"It's Xu Xian." Sure enough, Zheng Haobin did not disappoint, he left his name, stood up and wanted to leave.

The female reporter grabbed his arm: "Who is the man?"

Zheng Haobin laughed again, but this time the female reporter had no choice, her eyes seemed to be ignited, as if she would agree to any request Zheng Haobin asked.

The two stalemate for less than two or three seconds, and Zheng Haobin finally asked for the first time: "Who is my immediate boss?"

Lin Weiran.

The female reporter quickly came to her senses, but her mind went blank. (To be continued..)

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