Chapter 026 Spider Web (3 in 1)(1/2)
ps: 3 more is still missing.¥f
—————I am a confused dividing line————
On a rented beach in Izu, the sun, the sea, the sand, and the slight sea breeze blew by, the taste was self-evident.
A group of shorts, T-shirts or simply shirtless staff are installing various interesting equipment. Kara's five girls were smiling and chasing from the beach in white dresses of different styles, alarming a group of seagulls who were not afraid of people. All of this attracted the envy of several members of the 4 fans who followed him. They knew that Kara's new album title song MV will be filmed soon, and it seems simple and inconsistent.
At this moment, more than a dozen men with long trousers and white shirts that were considered standard summer formal attire stood on the reef not far away, and pointed at it and said something, without destroying the awareness of the atmosphere at all.
"Don't you really need a swimsuit?" someone asked in weird English. "The members of kara are all grown up, and swimsuits really don't matter... I mean kara five people swimsuits, 4 fans of the dancers are still light-colored dresses..."
"Before deciding to transform, the cute atmosphere still needs to be maintained." Someone next to him retorted in an instinctive manner.
Both sides have a clear position, one is from Japan, one is from South Korea, and the other is from South Korea. Since the person who formulated the five Kara dresses in white dresses was Kim Jong-ming, this issue was an aesthetic and professional issue at the beginning, but later it was a butt issue.
"You don't understand." Japan's Global President Ichihiko Koike, who was standing in the front, suddenly turned around and ended such a nonsense debate. "You have never heard of this song, but just based on your impression of summer here! In fact, the rhythm of this song is light and natural, and what you want is to show the feeling of the girls' healthy and lively, which is also very suitable for the current kara. So it doesn't matter whether it is sexy or cute, but a healthy wind. Even if it is sexy, it must be healthy and sexy. Showing beauty does not necessarily mean that you have to show your flesh, and the healthy curves are the same.
It is a kind of amazing beauty, and this requires Quili to take responsibility... In fact, I thought of a perfect shot, a shot that perfectly expresses the theme of sunshine. Look... I will let Quili stretch under the natural sunshine to show off her figure, and then the camera takes a photo from the front of her side to the sun behind her. Imagine the beauty of light and shadow caused by the sun and the beach, the sea breeze, the beauty of movement and stillness caused by clothes and people, and the silhouette of the goddess-like smile and sexy curves..."
Japanese people are naturally flattering.
"ha!"
At this moment, in front of the crowd, a man who was soaked in the sea water suddenly chuckled, then stood up and put on his shoes and jumped up. Yes, this was the disappeared Jin Zhongming. He saw that he had cropped pants in his lower body, white T-shirt on his upper body, big sunglasses on his face, and a pair of speechless slippers under his feet. In short, except for the watch on his wrist, his image was completely out of place with these people... Well, after he jumped up, he actually took a straw hat from Jia Chao... Is this a man who wants to become One Piece?
"What is Mr. Kim Jong-ming laughing?" Koike Ikka was a little puzzled. "Is there something wrong with my idea just now?"
"You're thinking too much about Mr. Xiaochi." Kim Jong-ming smiled while holding the straw hat. "Your idea is very outstanding. In fact, your description reminds me of the situation when I created this song at that time... sunshine, sea, beach, slight sea breeze, and most importantly, the sexy curves of a young girl with a sunny temperament... What a perfect memory..."
"Isn't it a title song written specifically for the album kara?" The Japanese side next to him was a little surprised. "Is it an old song from the past?"
"Don't always take it for granted." Koike Ichihiko once again despised his subordinates. "That kind of cheerful music requires a cheerful atmosphere. How could that kind of song be written on the beach if you don't have to write that kind of song? So, Mr. Kim Jong-ming said that the song was written on the beach to a group of young girls from health. However, I still have to praise Mr. Kim Jong-ming's talent. The song not only has a perfect rhythm, but also has good lyrics in Japanese and English. I can imagine the scene after the title song was released at the beginning of August. This song will definitely play on the beaches in Japan!"
Jin Zhongming blushed a little, fortunately there was a straw hat that could cover his face.
"However, I'm very curious. When Mr. Kim Jong-ming was writing this song, did he meet a group of girls on the beach or did he just go with a group of girls he knew each other?"
"You guessed it right." Kim Jong-ming smiled and nodded. "Yes, that was a long time ago. I couldn't tell the specific time for a while. It was on the beach in Busan, and I took my two sisters to the beach to attend the rock music festival, namely Girls' Generation's Sika and FX's Krystal, but at that time they were all just trainees... Well, there were Girls' Generation's Sunny, Girls' Generation's preparation member Stella who later gave up, and two other girls who were still preparing to debut in our company.
My child, at that time, it seemed like a 13-year-old young lady from the beach grocery store, a junior sister from Aikido who was only 15 years old... Oh, and there was also a 12-year-old chris, who was my senior brother, the daughter of Kim Tae-won, the resurrection band... It was a very interesting group anyway. We went to the Busan Rock Music Festival together... It seemed that Sika and Stella were dancing on the beach, but they didn't seem to dance... I really couldn't remember it at all. But in the end, the song was written, and it was given to Sika by the gift..."
"Mr. Kim Jong-ming wasn't that big at that time, right?" Some Japanese people sighed. "It's such a perfect memory. No wonder they laughed when they think about it. The description of the relationship just makes them feel very beautiful. The 13-year-old young lady in the seaside grocery store and the 15-year-old junior girl in the Aiki Dokan... To be honest, such a relationship and description are really in line with our Japanese aesthetics."
"Yes, it feels a bit like reading a comic..."
"If you give it to Miss Sika, how can you get it back?"
"That girl is not very good at math. I bought it for more than 100 million won..."
"Ha ha……"
Kim Jong-ming was joking with everyone. However, Koike Ichihiko, who had been talking before, was really a little dazed in these conversations. To be honest, he really didn't expect that this song was made for several members of Girls' Generation, and the four words Girls' Generation really aroused some of his different thoughts.
Common sense, Japan has the so-called four major record companies. This statement is certainly very reasonable, but in fact, Universal, as one of them, has always felt a sense of crisis and is even a little restless.
You know, Ai Hui's own music talent reserve is so scary, giving people the feeling of having its own engine; while Sony is backing with its own powerful music equipment, it is like a mountain of gold, so Sony is like a god who is tall and unparalleled in the world to look at everyone else coldly; and in this case, the disruptor appears again, that is King Records. This record company used to be unremarkable and leaky, but it could not resist them reaching a deep cooperative relationship with AKB48, which was still very immature at the time. Now that akb48 is rising like a god, the king is getting bigger and bigger, and is about to impact the original pattern.
In this case, although Warner and Global are famous, they seem to be shaky. Both are seeking change and innovation. Not to mention anything else, Warner took over JYJ through the Korean company. He also felt the vitality of the Korean wave group in Japan to a certain extent through the success of forced gbang, so he also wanted to try to cooperate more widely with Korean groups. But, who would have thought that he would wait for two and a half years before waiting for the second collaborator, and the first girl group collaborator Kara. This struggling group Kara was actually like forced gbang, which was simply too successful! After this unexpected success, Koike realized that the success of the Korean wave group in Japan was not accidental, and it was time to seek to establish an industrialized and monopoly two-country idol group export and exchange platform!
And this is the ultimate goal set by Kim Jong-ming and himself when communicating in Seoul.
However, compared to his search for stable and sustainable business sources, Kim Jong-ming, a young rich man, seems to be seeking a voice within South Korea and a unified cooperation standard, as well as the tentacles of Europe and the United States... But what is the problem? Although this will cause certain losses to the world in terms of interests, is there still a lack of benefits in the scale of cooperation after the platform is established?
Of course, Xiaochi had doubts whether this young man had that ability, but the other party not only easily helped him suppress the yg and Yang Xianshuo who were bewitched by Ai Hui, and made Gbang successfully renew his contract with Global, but also promised to bring Girls' Generation here... If he could really do this, then he would have enough reason to convince the headquarters and let them use Global's channels and strength in Europe and the United States as a plus to suppress this treasure!
After all, Xiaochi, who has carefully studied the Korean music market, knows that Yang Hyunshuo and Lee Sooman, if one person can suppress Yang Hyunshuo with one hand and make his pussy gbang dare not move, and then the other hand can force Lee Sooman to pull out the Girls Generation contract from Ai Hui, then this man is a real tiger... Even if he wears a straw hat, he is like a funny Luffy!
By the way... Have you forgotten to follow the updates recently? Which episode has you been?
At 2:00 pm, the July sunshine has reached the point where it needs to be avoided. The MV, who just shot a few shots, had to pause. This is not that everyone is not dedicated, but that the artist's skin is very valuable!
So everyone squeezed into a small shop near the beach road and started eating cold drinks. The makeup artists talked about the sun while eating, the cameramen talked about the sun while eating, and even the senior executives were eating and talking about the sun while eating. Everyone was talking about when the sunlight was the most suitable and what impact it had on the shooting... Even the 4 fans nute debut issue will have to wait until Koike and Kim Jong-ming return to Tokyo tonight... However, the only exceptions here are Kara and 4 fans nute girls. They had to sip ice cream like a lady for makeup, and Goo Hara made that look so good that Kim Jong-ming, who was used to falling in the rice fields, was at a loss...
"I want to eat ice cream!" I wonder if I had any feelings, Sunny, who was sitting in the Aihui Company building, suddenly wrinkled his nose.
"We are not good enough in Japanese." Yoona collapsed on Sunny in a weak state. "How do you go out to buy ice cream?"
"Let Xiuying go." Sika suggested. "She is familiar with the things."
"But where is her?" Pani turned his head and looked for it, but he didn't even find where Xiuying was.
"No matter what, it's better not to eat randomly at this time." Taeyeon, who was standing in front of the window and looking curiously, turned around and comforted her. "Maybe there will be some activities later, and it will be difficult to deal with if she has a bad stomach."
"How could there be any activity?" Hyoyeon, who was holding a mirror to sort out his hair, retorted without hesitation. "I only took two photos in the morning, and didn't say good or bad. The key is that I didn't see any real big shots coming at all, so Sister Baoer came here alone... Actually, I wanted to go and see Ayumi Hamasaki, and I heard that she was in the company..."
This proposal is more energetic than ice cream, even as the captain Taeyeon is eager to try it out.
"Tell you something to tell you." Xiuying suddenly ran back from outside and did not forget to pull the door up. "Tell you, it seems that it's hard to say whether we can stay in Ai Hui..."
Everyone stood up their ears in surprise.
"I just heard a few Japanese employees talking about this. It is said that because of the incident of Dongfang Shenqi, President Chiba Ryuhei of this company, looked very dissatisfied with the company." Xiuying continued to gossip as usual, and since Japan is half of her home court, it was simply too much. "Then Teacher Li Xiuman had been talking to Chairman Katsuto Matsuura for most of the day, and it seemed that he was still in a stalemate. I wonder if he was under pressure from President Chiba."
"I know!" Sika suddenly raised her hand. "I have heard from the people in the Pacific before that their trip here has always been the responsibility of President Chiba, and the relationship between the two sides is very good..."
"This kind of thing is not something that can be explained well, right?" Yuna scratched the back of the other person's head.
"Don't think about it." Han Shenghao suddenly pushed the door and came in. "Shut up!... Wait quietly... When I feel bored, I go to the practice room opposite to dance and sing, but I am not allowed to discuss this matter anymore!"
The nine girls looked at each other and everyone knew that things were going on. After all, they had been in the industry for so long, and Han Shenghao was not his main agent anymore. But as the second person in this trip, he actually asked his group to shut up so seriously, which itself shows the problem. By the way, although he was so gossiped just now, as an artist from S.M, they really didn't expect that they would have a choice other than Ai Hui when they came to Japan...
"Say something else." Taeyeon sat back. "It's such a hot day and the air conditioner is still so low, so don't dance or something, it's easy to catch a cold."
Yoona rolled her eyes and suddenly pushed Sika with her elbow: "Oni, what is that oppa doing?"
"Is Wood?" Sika was stunned for a moment. "When I called yesterday, I seemed to say I wanted to go to Izu to take a hot spring. The president of Global said he wanted to treat him well... By the way, is Izu's hot spring very famous?"
“Izu’s dancer is very famous…”
I don’t know who suddenly spoke and the room suddenly fell silent.
At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Girls' Generation was still waiting bored, but the shooting of MV on the beach on Izu has gradually become better. After all, Global is Global, and it is not lacking in level or strength. Basically, they can complete their previous ideas very professionally. So, after the last inspection, Koike and Kim Jong-ming decided to leave. They roughly thanked or encouraged the staff and a few girls, and then drove away from Izu with satisfaction and headquarter in Tokyo.
There, the two companies must finalize the exclusive Japanese contract for 4 Mi Nute as soon as possible.
However, at the same time, in the office of Matsuura Katsuto, Ai Hui headquarters, Li Xiuman not only lost the smiles he had in the previous conference room, but also lost the last trace of patience. He almost sternly called out the last name of his old friend in Japanese:
"Matsuura!"
Matsuura Katsuto did not respond to the other party's call for his surname, but instead held the upper lip with his right hand a little weakly. This was an instinctive expression when he didn't want to speak. To be honest, he really didn't know how to speak. After a whole morning and an afternoon of delay, the two sides had already had a thorough discussion, but... the two sides still couldn't reach an agreement at all.
After all, he has been a partner for many years and has a close personal relationship. Just now, Katsuto Matsuura told Li Xiuman almost clearly that he told Li Xiuman the trump card. He knew the potential of Girls Generation and also agreed with Girls Generation's profitability, so he could do the treatment he asked for! He would do it too!
But... to give him time, he needs time to shut up Chiba Ryuhei and the people in the company who have been dissatisfied with the jyj incident, and also needs time to handle Ayumi Hamasaki's singles, albums, concerts, music movies... Of course, he did not say the latter in detail.
"First, let's create the Japanese version of "gee" according to the level I proposed." Matsuura Katsuto gritted his teeth and took a step back again. "At the end of the year..."
Li Xiuman closed the folder in front of him with a "slap": "Matsuura, tell me the truth! What else is there besides Chiba Ryupei's affairs? Why can't enough resources and treatment be guaranteed this year? Don't you know how long the life cycle of the Korean idol group is? Oriental God has learned from the past! What is a small half year? What does a small half year mean? It means an album and a single! It means money! Do you know that I let the children practice Japanese for several months?! Do you think that only you Ai Hui has the confidence to say no?"
The last sentence undoubtedly angered Katsuto Matsuura. He stood up and stared at Li Xiuman with red eyes, but the other party glared back almost in the same posture, which was quite a bit like a cockfight.
Two minutes later, Li Xiu walked out of Matsuura Katsuto's office with a smile on his face, but the anger behind the bloodshot in his eyes and the sarcasm mixed with the smile could not be hidden from many people who really knew him.
Of course, this does not include Qianye Longping. He was waiting in the corridor early and walked over and grabbed Li Xiuman's hand with a smile: "Director Li."
"President Qianye." Li Xiuman handed the folder under his armpit to Han Shenghao behind him, and then smiled and held the other party's arm. "Is there anything else to say?"
"I still can't understand... why should I be so persistent in banning jyj?" Chiba Ryuping's face was full of smiles with a hint of seriousness. "No more, last year's "Extraordinary Dancer". We spent so much effort to invite Momoi Atsushi, Hirata Yuta, Kuroki Akisa, you also gave Gao Yara, and Xiangjiang also made directors. They traveled through the Three Kingdoms and had such a great investment. Just because of Kim Junsoo's participation, you will let South Korea stop being released?!"
Ai Hui's scale is far beyond S.M. Many artists and staff who came and went to and stopped nearby and peeked over. However, it was obvious that Li Xiuman didn't care.
"President Chiba." Li Xiuman lowered his head and thought for a while, and became serious. "I don't know what you mean. Since you asked so frankly, I'll tell you the truth for the overall situation of cooperation in the future. It is indeed as you said, banning jyj itself is not worth the cost from a commercial and even a moral perspective. For example, the movie you mentioned just now... I know you are the producer and have almost worked hard for this movie. Now that the movie is blocked in China, we are of course powerless, but I really have nothing to say about the thing that was stopped in South Korea, because it was indeed what I did. But, do you know? Some people have recently appeared in the Korean ballad industry, who are trying to integrate Korean ballad agency through a series of means..."
Qianye Longping's complexion was as usual and unmoved.
"It's coming in a fierce manner." Li Xiuman sighed. "So, we are under great pressure. In this case, the meaning of banning jyj has exceeded the things itself for our company. I don't hide it from you. I'm not hiding it. I'm not afraid to vent my feelings. I don't hate them anymore. I'm actually forced to use this method to show a stubborn and tough attitude to the outside world, making those people dare not speak to us! Some people are strong on the outside and have made you laugh... Of course, thank you for your hard work and you still listen to me so patiently. I hope... our future cooperation will be very pleasant! Your seriousness and dedication impressed me!"
"Why do you say that your cooperation will be happy in the future?" Chiba Ryupei was a little puzzled.
Li Xiuman patted the other person on the shoulder, smiled but didn't say anything, but just strode away. Han Shenghao, who was following behind, needed to trot to catch up for a moment.
"Let the children go back, shinee and Girls' Generation are both, and tell them to not let them run around." Li Xiuman changed his face as soon as he entered the elevator. "Tomorrow you go to contact King Records, I'll go find Sony, and you'll see you when you have any news."
Han Shenghao suddenly reacted in his heart. It turned out that the private negotiations with Matsuura Katsuto had indeed failed.
The Japanese work style is very interesting. Even a large global enterprise like Global has to change its customs after coming to Japan... But, after Kim Jong-ming came, there are actually only three things that touched him the most: one is rigorous, the other is contract blurring, and the last is the so-called spinach style.
Needless to say, everyone will collapse very tightly once they enter work. Even the record company still starts formal negotiations like a school bell.
The second article is also very interesting. The Japanese contracts are very vague. They regard contracts more as a summary of negotiations, and they rarely abide by contracts across the board, but they are unwilling to deal with courts because once there is a legal dispute, they generally regard them as a complete breakdown of their cooperative relationship... In fact, the total number of lawyers in Japan is similar to those in a city in Los Angeles, which is clearly restricted.
Therefore, compared to the ambiguity of the contract text, long-term negotiations are much more serious because they are more willing to regard negotiation as a real occasion to resolve problems, and at the same time they will also work hard to establish a cooperative relationship in the process, because in this business environment, the relationship is greater than the text.
As for spinach style, it is also very interesting. The so-called spinach refers to the pronunciation of the three words "report, contact, and discussion" in Japanese. In other words, it is about communication. Between superiors and subordinates, between the level, or even to a certain extent between the negotiators, if you have any ideas, what you want to do, and what you encounter, you will take the initiative to say it to the other party...
To be honest, Kim Jong-Mingman admires this style. In this regard, he decided to learn and sell it as soon as possible during the work meal in the negotiations.
"I just got a good news and a bad news." After handing the phone back to Jia Chao, Jin Zhongming turned his head and said this to Xiao Chi opposite him.
Koike Ichihiko immediately put down his chopsticks and waited in a solemn manner.
"After a long and fruitless public negotiation, Director Li Xiuman and Chairman Matsuura Katsuto chose to go to Chairman Matsuura's office for private exchanges."
"According to our Japanese business habits, this shows that they are working hardest and most serious in the end." Koike gave his own opinion.
To be continued...