"President, are you going to agree to this?"

Faced with Kim Young-min's slightly urgent inquiry, Lee Soo-man's reaction was particularly calm.

He leaned forward and picked up a cup of warm tea in front of him without any haste. After taking two sips, he put down the tea cup and said lightly: "Don't worry, the company is my company, and I will not make any decisions that are unfavorable to the company."

"But……"

"Do you know why I seriously consider the silly boy's proposal?"

"Um?"

Kim Young-min was stunned when she heard this sudden question.

Looking at Kim Young-min, who had just thoughts and thoughts had not yet followed him, Lee Soo's face showed a strange smile, "If EXO's Baekhyun fell in love with Girls' Generation Taeyeon, and the news was exposed, what do you think the outside world's reaction would be?"

"This..." Kim Young-min frowned and said attemptingly, "It should cause a big sensation, right?"

"That's right! It's just a big sensation!"

Lee Soo-man's voice suddenly rose a little. He excitedly pointed Kim Young-min with his finger, and then said firmly: "This news will cause a 'big explosion'! Everyone's eyes will be attracted! The combined effect of EXO and Girls' Generation is enough to allow them to completely occupy the headlines of all entertainment news!"

Kim Young-min seemed to finally understand Lee Soo-man's intention, but he still couldn't understand the reason why Lee Soo-man took this approach.

"But, President, this is really too risky... We may destroy both combinations at the same time with a slight mistake! Both sides are popular artists, especially Bian Baekhyun, who has grown into a pretty popular male idol in the past two years. Taeyeon will definitely be attacked crazy by then."

Kim Young-min’s concerns are not unreasonable.

You should know that in the entertainment industry, the fan composition of young male idols can be said to be more than 90% of them are female fans, and most of them are still young.

Fans like this are often the most troublesome type.

Not only are they young and energetic, but they are like little female leopards protecting food, with fangs and claws and extremely aggressive.

Although Taeyeon is a senior and has accumulated fans for many years, if both sides really get together, Kim Young-min is really hard to say which side will win.

More importantly, no matter which side wins, it seems to be a matter that is not worth the loss.

Both sides will be attacked in a crazy way, and this damage will also affect SM.

It is because of this concern that Kim Young-min tried his best to dissuade Lee Soo-man at this moment.

He was not worried that Kim Taeyeon and Bian Baekhyun would be hurt, but he was worried that an uncontrollable tide would be set off by then, which would cause considerable losses to the company.

However, after listening to Kim Young-min's words quietly, Lee Soo-man did not want to change his decision. He glanced at Kim Young-min from the corner of his eyes and said, "I understand what you mean. But have you forgotten that even Anti is a kind of fan. In the circle where we live, being followed is never a bad thing, and being forgotten is something that is truly worth fearing."

It's this theory again.

Kim Young-min couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He lowered his head and frowned and thought.

"If I remember correctly, although Baekhyun is not very popular among so many members of EXO, he has always lacked decent personal exposure, right?"

Li Soo-man, who was sitting leisurely on the sofa, had a glimpse of the hesitation that still existed in Kim Young-min's heart at a glance, and continued to speak: "As the new generation of SM boy group, how to keep EXO in such a good momentum and continue to develop is something we must consider at the moment. If we can make more people pay attention to them through a simple scandal, it would be a good thing."

Hearing Lee Soo-man's words, Kim Young-min smiled bitterly unconsciously.

It is certain that it will get more people's attention, but whether this kind of attention is carried out with surging malice or will it become a helping EXO's popularity growth is a big deal.

"Of course, it's just an incidental matter to increase Bian Baekhyun's personal exposure and increase the popularity of EXO. What I really consider... is Taeyeon. She has been in the public eye as the captain of Girls' Generation for a long time. I was thinking that it's time to let her appear in everyone's sight in the individual way, in the way of artist Kim Taeyeon."

Lee Soo-man's words made Kim Young-min stunned again.

"What? Have you forgotten? After we get the permission of that person and kick Jessica out of Girls' Generation, we can start to officially break down this number one girl group in history."

Li Xiuman's voice was very soft when he said this. He picked up the teacup on the table again and squinted his eyes behind his glasses while drinking.

"Don't take up the position of expired products that cannot be sold. You must take them down when it's time to take off the shelves. However, before processing, we can still squeeze out some remaining value, such as 'discount promotion' and so on? Haha..."

Kim Young-min sat upright and pursed her lips, her face silent.

He knew very well what Li Xiuman said. SM Company has been using the remaining popularity of Girls' Generation this year to finally gain a considerable profit.

He also knew that when the company launched the new girl group Red Velvet at the end of the year, the company would "enter the cold palace" of the great hero who helped the company come from its development period to its peak.

Perhaps the approach would not be as decisive as he was to treat Zhixi in the sky, but Girls' Generation will probably inevitably be forgotten in the future.

SM's business strategy has always been like this. In the same era and in the same field, they will only promote one object. For example, after the launch of EXO, the company's boy group resources rarely become tilted towards the SJ combination and the Oriental God, and even the SHINee combination, which was only four years earlier than EXO's debut.

If you can't climb to the peak or slowly slide down from the peak, you will only end up being abandoned.

Zhixi in the sky, f(x), SHINee... SM has too many idol combinations over the years that have confirmed SM's extremely cruel business principle.

And now, it’s finally the Girls’ turn.

SM has always been a high tolerance for boy groups, because the fans of boy groups have always been relatively long-lasting. If you don’t mention them far, just talk about the fan group “myth creation”, which has been with them for 16 years.

However, girl groups are different. As they grow older and their former beauty is gone, it is hard to say which girl group can maintain popularity for 16 years like a mythical group. There is no precedent in the entertainment industry.

So, as Li Xiuman said, the products that should be removed from the shelves will eventually be taken down, and the only difference is the different methods.

Due to the particularity of Girls' Generation, Lee Soo-man and SM Company did not mind using some particularly gentle means.

"Taeyeon and Yoona, they are the most valuable part of this 'expired product'. Even if we officially disband Girls' Generation, or formally give up Girls' Generation, they must stay in the company. So, it's nothing wrong to cultivate their personal influence from now on. Anyway, in our plan, will Taeyeon start personal SOLO next year? In the past, as the captain of Young Times, she was too low-key, and now she should catch her alone and make a debut in front of everyone."

Kim Young-min actually has a lot of objections to the statement given by Lee Soo-man. He believes that Lee Soo-man's idea is too presumptuous. Even if he wants to increase personal exposure, this approach is too extreme.

This may be the difference caused by different personal ideas.

Li Xiuman has always adhered to the theory that "black fans are also fans", so in his opinion, even if such a scandal that could be expected to cause huge waves, he still insisted on doing it after considering the possible benefits.

Kim Young-min could even guess Lee Soo’s thoughts about the whole thing.

At worst, if you really can't control it, let the two break up. Anyway, no matter how much the fans make trouble, the result is nothing more than this. You won't lose any losses if you try it. As for the feelings of the two parties involved, is that important?

In Lee Soo-man's eyes, Kim Taeyeon and Bian Baekhyun are not two people, but two tools that can bring benefits to the company. No one will consider the feelings of the tools. Do they have any power to resist?

This is SM, this is Lee Sooman.

While Kim Young-min was moved, she didn't try to say anything dissuading, but instead thought about other questions.

"We do this...what if it causes disgust from that person?"

It can be seen that when Kim Young-min mentioned "that person", she spoke a little cautiously, and she subconsciously raised one hand and touched her forehead.

He seemed to be able to feel a faint pain.

"This matter was not under his control. The contract agreed that we have the full responsibility for the management of Girls' Generation. Besides, when Yoona was in a relationship, didn't we report it to him once? Since he could even be so tolerant of Yoona's love, what is a Kim Taeyeon? I guess in the entire Young Master, the only person he cared about was Yoona."

Regarding Kim Young-min's question, Lee Soo-man seemed to have already made a decision and gave an answer without hesitation.

When Kim Young-min heard this, she nodded silently in agreement.

Through the past few years of interactions, they thought they had touched the true bottom line of that person, and thought that he only cared about Yoona from beginning to end. Thinking about this, there seemed to be no appropriate reason to stop the matter between Taeyeon and Baekhyun.

"Then... I will seriously consider this after I go back."

At this time, Kim Young-min remembered something again and said hesitantly: "Do you think that person will agree to our proposal to remove Jessica from Girls' Generation?"

"What reason does he have to disagree? Even if he is interested in Jessica, as long as we tell him that Jessica has had a boyfriend in private, he will definitely not mind us 'cleaning' her for him. This is the case with the psychological cleanliness of the chaebol."

Li Xiuman shook his head, looking as if he was sure to win. He squinted his eyes and looked at the empty air ahead, muttering to himself: "I said earlier that SM does not need disobedient people. Moreover, no one can change the company's development plan, no one..."
Chapter completed!