The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 552: The response of the three major entertainment giants, the counterattack begins
The album of Liu Yifei and the other two was released very suddenly in South Korea.

Generally speaking, singers will do a lot of pre-production to sell albums.

The specific sales time will be determined when the time is right.

At this time, fans will also gather at the doors of some audio and video stores on a certain day to line up to buy.

However, Chenguang Entertainment did not disclose the album's release date beforehand for Liu Yifei and the other two.

Instead, on the same day, nearly 10,000 people were arranged to distribute the products directly to all audio and video stores in South Korea at the same time.

This sudden distribution method caught many media outlets and the three South Korean entertainment giants SM Entertainment, JYP, and YG, who were hiding in the dark, off guard.

They have learned through some channels how Liu Yifei would react when her teammates were slandered.

But their speculation only led them to the conclusion that Liu Yifei would take Lim Yoona and Choi Sooyoung to abandon the South Korean market.

Yes, the three companies joined together not to let Yoona and Choi Sooyoung return to South Korea to develop as South Korean netizens said on the Internet.

"President Li, this is different from what we predicted?"

In a building in Seoul, which is slightly smaller than the Morning Glory Building but also has an office that would shock ordinary people, three middle-aged men are sitting around a conference table.

The speaker was a man sitting on the left side of the conference table.

The most obvious feature of this man is his pair of eye-catching scowls and deep eye sockets.

It can’t be said to be ugly, but it is definitely not a “handsome” face in the traditional sense.

But if any South Korean entertainment star meets him, they will definitely call him "CEO Park" respectfully.

This person is Park Jin-young, the founder and CEO of JYP.

He debuted as a singer in 1994, and also worked as a music producer for stars such as the god group, Park Ji-yeon, and Rain.

Taehong Entertainment was established in 1997 and later changed its name to "JYP Entertainment" in 2001.

Born in 1972, he is the youngest of the three.

"Chairman Li, it seems that what we discussed at the beginning was how to prevent these two from returning to the South Korean market."

The man on the other side of the conference table also spoke:

“But this album appeared in China today.”

He glanced at Park Jin-young sitting across from him and said with a mocking tone, "It seems like what we did had the opposite effect?"

This person is another one of the three major entertainment giants in South Korea - Yang Hyun-suk of YG Entertainment.

He also debuted as a singer, and appeared earlier than Park Jin-young.

As early as 92, he debuted as a member of a group.

However, the group announced its disbandment in 96.

But he founded the entertainment agency "YG Entertainment" in March of the same year.

The "BIGBANG" group that was very popular last year was created by this person.

"We worked together to formulate the plan, but this unexpected situation has occurred before it has even reached the mid-stage of implementation. This is completely beyond our expectations."

The man sitting in the middle of the conference table finally spoke.

Although judging by his position, he should be the highest status among the three.

In fact, according to reality, this is indeed the case.

Because he is Lee Soo Man.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is a legendary man.

As early as 1971, he made his debut as a singer.

He is the senior of Park Jin-young and Yang Hyun-suk.

Although at the level of these three people, South Korea’s “senior culture” has weakened somewhat.

But the two dared not ignore Lee Soo-man's other identity.

Founder and chief producer of SM Entertainment.

This is also the first entertainment company in South Korea in the true sense.

Its predecessor was "SM Planning" founded by Lee Soo-man in 1989.

The company was "officially incorporated" in 1992 and officially established as "SM Entertainment".

After SM Entertainment was founded, it formed South Korea's "first generation" Hallyu representatives HOT and BoA.

In addition, the two groups TVXQ and SuperJunior, which are now very popular in Asia, were also created by Lee Soo-man.

The rise of the term "Korean Wave" in China began with a concert held by HOT at the Yanjing Workers' Stadium in 2000.

At that time, this idol group caused quite a stir among young people in China.

If Zhang Chen's career had not been at its peak at that time, the Chinese music scene at that time might have been dominated by the "Korean Wave" brought by Lee Soo Man.

So Lee Soo-man has complicated feelings towards Zhang Chen.

Because in 00, HOT lost the opportunity to seize the Chinese market due to the rise of Zhang Chen.

After the 02 World Cup, Zhang Chen had grown to the point where he needed to be pleased.

To the extent that at that time, in order to consolidate SM Entertainment's position in the South Korean entertainment industry and leave behind JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment, which were founded by the two younger generations.

Lee Soo-man did not hesitate to send the two best trainees at the time, Lim Yoona and Choi Soo-young, who are now giving them a headache, to Zhang Chen's team.

"Who would have thought that they, who were only 12 years old at the time, could make the three of us so nervous now." Lee Soo Man said with a complicated expression.

"So if it weren't for President Li's generosity, this wouldn't have happened, right?"

Park Jin-in's English words were full of thorns, and they stabbed Lee Soo-man in the heart, who was feeling sorry for him.

"Yes, Chairman Lee, if you hadn't run to Lyon to show your courtesy and presented him with these two good talents," Liang Hyun-suk also added.

At this time, both of them directed their attacks at Lee Soo-man who sent out Lim Yoona and Choi Soo-young.

In their eyes, if it weren't for the "cause" that Lee Soo-man planted five years ago, there wouldn't be the "result" that they are in trouble with today.

"I know exactly what you are thinking." Lee Soo Man glanced at Park Jin Young and Yang Hyun Suk.

These two "younger generations" have become more and more arrogant recently.

Relying on the reputation of the so-called "Three Giants of South Korean Entertainment", do you really think you can be on equal footing with me?

"But if it weren't for Chairman Lee, then Im Yoona and Choi Sooyoung would have been members of our domestic phenomenal idol group right now, right?"

"I heard that President Li is creating a girl group, and it seems that the members are the same batch of trainees as these two people?"

Park Jin-young and Yang Hyun-suk talked to each other and touched on Lee Soo-man's pain points.

Originally, in the second half of this year, SM Entertainment was going to launch a female idol group to enter the market.

And the members were exactly the group of trainees at that time.

But a few months ago, Lim Yoona and Choi Soo-young's high-profile appearance in China caught Lee Soo-man off guard.

The albums have been produced, the records have been manufactured and are ready for stocking, just waiting for the right time to tap into the male market in the South Korean entertainment industry.

As a result, the "unexpected" popularity of Yoona and Choi Sooyoung in China put Lee Sooman in a dilemma.

This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that he can use the name of "Lin Yuna and Choi Sooyoung" as a trainee to build the initial reputation of his idol girl group.

Now, Yoona and Choi Sooyoung are very famous in South Korea.

When the South Koreans learned that the two were from their country, they were extremely excited.

Now the entire network and media pages are filled with reports about the two people.

If he could take advantage of the popularity at this time, his girl group would definitely attract more attention.

But the disadvantages are also obvious.

If she is riding on the popularity of Yoona and Choi Sooyoung, then naturally her status is lower than theirs.

The dissatisfaction of women within the girl group is easy to deal with.

Although Yoona and Choi Sooyoung were the youngest trainees at the time, they were considered "juniors" of the other six.

But SM Entertainment and Lee Soo Man's control over girl groups can definitely shut these women up.

But the key point is that they have been overshadowed before their debut, so Lee Soo-man’s wish to make this girl group popular is likely to be dashed.

The most important thing.
The image of a man emerged in Lee Soo-man's mind.

Taking advantage of the popularity of his company's stars.
"Let's think about how to resolve the current crisis." Lee Soo Man sighed.

He couldn't afford to offend that man.

"Do you want those pirated ones?" Park Jin Young narrowed his eyes and came up with a ruthless plan.

Pirates are a nightmare to any singer.

Don’t say anything from a “consumer perspective” like pirates can make singers more famous.

Why don’t you go and ask the singers what they think?

The only thing they care about is the money that goes into the singer's pocket.

Singers don't dare to publicly criticize fans who buy pirated copies because they are afraid of losing this part of the market.

I wonder how many singers secretly despise or even hate fans who buy pirated albums.

After all, without the consumption of these piracy enthusiasts, how could there be the "carnival" of pirated merchants?
"Oh? Representative Park has a channel?" Liang Hyun Suk looked surprised, but secretly happy in his heart.

"Don't talk as if you don't know." Park Jin Young said with disdain.

Every one of the three major entertainment companies is not clean.

They have done a lot of work to help promote their competitors' albums.

They even secretly sold pirated copies of their own company's albums.

Although the 70:30 or even 80:20 or 90:1 profit sharing has given the three companies an absolute dominant position in the game with singers.

But no one would think that income is too much if it allows them to earn more without having to pay taxes.

"Okay, let's think of other ways." Lee Soo Man interrupted the two people's tit-for-tat, "You have to think about one thing clearly. Now Lin Yuner and Cui Xiuying are considered to be Lyon's people."

Hearing the name "Leon", Park Jin-young and Yang Hyun-suk fell silent.

this man
"Speaking of which, what happened to TVXQ at the Grammy Awards this year was instigated by Leon, right?" Yang Hyun-suk said to Lee Soo-man, who looked grim, "President Lee, don't you want revenge?"

"Revenge?" Lee Soo Man sneered, "Do you dare?"

Seeing that Lee Soo Man was not fooled at all, "I" Yang Hyun-seok could only mutter silently, "Coward."

"What did you say?!"

"Oh, I said it was Chairman Lee who opened it." Yang Hyun-suk explained with a smile.

Lee Soo Man glared at this "smiling tiger" fiercely and looked away.

"We can only start with public opinion." Park Jin-young met their gazes and shrugged, saying, "We have no chance of winning against Lyon head-on."

Although he wanted Lee Soo Man to take the lead, the other party did not look angry after being frustrated twice, so he gave up the interest in continuing to provoke him.

Failed twice at the hands of Lyon
If we count the "accidental injury" of HOT, that would be three times.

If SM Entertainment, which has been beaten up three times, does not take the lead, his JYP and Yang Hyun Suk's YG have no interest in messing with Leon, an entertainment superstar who has great influence in the world.

What's more, all three of them knew that the entertainment superstar was just the surface of Lyon.

Behind the scenes, Lyon suddenly took control of a lot of assets in their country this year.

This was the news revealed by those people on Wall Street.

Seeing that Leon's hand has reached their country, even if it cannot be compared with Samsung, it is still not something that their three entertainment companies can compete with.

They can dominate the South Korean entertainment industry, but that doesn't mean they are stupid.

On the contrary, they are very smart in some things.

Know who you can mess with and who you can't mess with.

This is also the reason why the three of them dared not mention this person's name even though they knew that Liu Yifei, Lim Yoona, and Choi Sooyoung were able to cause such a huge stir in South Korea thanks to the album produced by Zhang Chen himself.

They knew the reason behind it very well, but they dared not point it out.

Pretending to be ignorant is sometimes a way to maintain "decency".

"Let's just follow what Park wants." Seeing that Lee Soo Man was not fooled, Yang Hyun-seok could only follow Park Jin-young's words, "But what about the direction?"

"Let me make it clear first, don't bring Liu Yifei into this."

Hearing this name, the three of them fell silent again.

They all understand the reason.

"Then we can only talk about the nationalities of Lin Yuna and Cui Xiuying." Li Xiuman sighed and said to the two of them with deep fatigue, "I will share all the information of the two with you."

He collected information about Yoona and Choi Sooyoung when they first entered SM Entertainment as trainees.

So among the three, he was the one who knew the two girls best.

"Why don't we find a music producer to comment on the quality of this album?" Yang Hyun-suk suddenly suggested.

Lee Soo Man and Park Jin Young looked at Yang Hyun Suk as if he were an idiot when they heard this.

Commenting on an album produced by Leon himself?
Do you dare to say it, but do others dare to believe it?
There are people in this world who dare to openly question Zhang Chen's musical ability.

But without exception, they were all severely slapped in the face by Zhang Chen's actions.

The fans are not fools, and the tricks they used before were completely useless on Zhang Chen.

In the past, when facing competitors, all we had to do was find an industry insider to give a “fair” review of the album, and the reputation of the competitor’s album would drop by one or even several levels.

But this trick can be used on Lyon?
Do you think fans believe the so-called “insiders” or Lyon, who has the title of “the world’s No. 1 pop star”?

"Hahaha, that's what I said." Seeing that the two still didn't take the bait, Liang Hyun Suk could only laugh and said, "Then let's make a plan quickly."

They are all old foxes who have been in this circle for many years and are not so easy to fool.

The three of them argued for a long time, all wanting the other party to face the pressure from Zhang Chen, but all three of them backed off without exception.

"Then let's start by boycotting the purchase of 'traitor' albums."

It didn't take long for the three of them to frame Lin Yoona and Choi Sooyoung with a false charge.

(End of this chapter)