The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

"Mr. Shen, answer the phone!"

After leaving the training room, Li Man immediately called Shen Xiuya.

Before she left, Shen Xiuya specifically instructed her to take good care of Lin Yun'er, Quan Yuli, and Xu Zhuxian.

But what just happened was not something she could control.

After all, Han Ji-young just said that the other party was the third young master of Lotte, and Lotte is one of the top ten chaebols in South Korea.

Most importantly, this is South Korea, and Kyoto's influence doesn't reach here.

……

Shen Xiuying was aware that the phone was ringing.

She was in the chairman's office, discussing the company's IPO.

At that moment, nothing else mattered to her as much as this.

"Yes, Chairman, I understand!"

Shen Xiuying nodded.

"Okay, go ahead!"

Lin Bufan nodded slightly.

After leaving the chairman's office, Shen Xiuying took out her phone and saw several missed calls, all saved under the name "Li Man".

"Li Man must have something urgent; she called me several times!"

A wave of suspicion washed over Shen Xiuying, and she called back.

"Hello!"

Ten minutes passed, and Shen Xiuying still hadn't answered the phone. Li Man was extremely anxious, as they were waiting for her reply inside.

Just as I was going through that agonizing time, the phone rang.

Li Man glanced at the phone number and pressed the answer button.

"Mr. Shen, this is what happened..."

After the call connected, Li Man did not hesitate at all and reported the events that had just occurred to Shen Xiuying in detail.

"Wait for my call!"

Shen Xiuying looked serious and hung up the phone immediately after speaking.

She couldn't make that decision either.

After all, the other party involved is a South Korean conglomerate.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xiuying turned around and walked back.

"Secretary Chen, I want to see the chairman. It's very urgent." Shen Xiuying looked at Chen Yu.

"Yes, Mr. Shen!"

Chen Yu responded and picked up the internal phone to report.

"Mr. Shen, the chairman wants you to come in!"

"Okay, thank you, Secretary Chen!"

After thanking her, Shen Xiuying walked to the office door, knocked, and went in after hearing the sound.

"What happened?"

Lin Bufan looked at Shen Xiuya, who had returned.

"Chairman, something happened in South Korea..." Shen Xiuya said, telling Lin Bufan what Li Man had just reported to her.

After she finished speaking, Shen Xiuying saw Lin Bufan frown and look rather unpleasant.

"Shen Xiuying, President Shen, what did I tell you?" Lin Bufan looked at Shen Xiuying with a serious expression.

"Chairman, I..."

Shen Xiuying opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to reply. The key was that she didn't understand what Lin Bufan meant.

"I told you before, the atmosphere in the industry is bad. We can't control others, but we can't control ourselves." Lin Bufan looked at Shen Xiuya with a serious expression.

"If it's their own choice, we won't stop them, and we might even help them out. But absolutely no one can threaten Kyoto, do you understand?"

"He's just a happier guy. He can only do so much in South Korea. Do you think I, Lin Bufan, need to be afraid of him?"

What angered Lin Bufan the most was that Shen Xiuying couldn't make a decision on such a small matter by herself, and even had to let him handle it personally.

"If this happens again, I think you should resign as general manager."

"Get out!"

"Yes, Chairman!"

Shen Xiuying hurriedly took her leave.

She knew that the chairman was genuinely angry just now.

After coming out, Shen Xiuying felt a little regretful. She had been too anxious. If she had calmed down and thought about it carefully, she would have realized that she could have solved this problem without the chairman's help.

Lotte, one of the top ten conglomerates in South Korea, has total assets worth two to three trillion won.

It sounds like a lot, but according to the current exchange rate, it's only a little over 10 billion US dollars.

Shen Xiuying picked up the phone, about to call Li Man, when suddenly an idea struck her, and she dialed Li Xiuman's number instead.

"Miss Shen!"

"President Lee, your SM manager is forcing my artists to drink with clients. I expect an explanation from you, or our cooperation is over!" Shen Xiuya said and then hung up the phone.

SM Entertainment today has not yet reached the status it will achieve in the Korean entertainment industry in the future, even though it was listed on the stock exchange as early as 2000.

However, even now, its market value is only a little over 20 billion Korean won, which is about 150 million RMB, far from the billions of US dollars it would be in later years.

"Go and reassure them; the matter is resolved!"

After hanging up with Lee Soo-man, Shim Soo-ah called Lee Man again.

"Yes, Mr. Shen!"

Li Man was completely confused and didn't know how it was resolved, but since President Shen had already said it was resolved, she naturally wouldn't doubt anything anymore.

On the other side, Lee Soo-man looked at the phone that had been hung up, feeling annoyed.

But thinking of the mainland market, he could only suppress his anger and ordered someone to investigate what had happened immediately.

Soon, Lee Soo-man learned what Han Ji-young had done.

……

"Ms. Li, the phone call is over. Can I take her with me now?"

Inside the training room, Han Zhiying looked at Li Man as she walked back, a smug look on her face.

So much time has passed, she guessed that Li Man's boss must have given her a scolding.

"Manager Han, I think you should reconsider your own situation!" Li Man sneered.

Based on her understanding of President Shen, the solution he proposed was definitely not that simple.

"Han Ji-young!"

Just then, someone rushed in anxiously.

"President Park!"

The person who entered was none other than Park Won-hoon, the general manager of SM Entertainment.

"Snapped!"

After entering the room, Park Won-hoon first glanced at Lee Man, nodded to her, and then walked up to Han Ji-young and slapped her hard across the face.

"You're being laid off. Pack your things and leave the company immediately!"

Because of her, Han Ji-young, he was scolded for several minutes in front of the president.

Han Ji-young's fate was Lee Soo-man's way of telling Shim Soo-ah that Lee Man would definitely report this news to Shim Soo-ah.

Lin Yun'er and Quan Yuli had already given up hope.

But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, and the company stood by them. At that moment, the two of them felt very fortunate that the company had sold their contracts to the current Kyoto.

However, neither Li Man nor the others saw the resentment and malice that had just appeared in Han Zhiying's eyes.