Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Watching Zhao Rongbi say goodbye and leave, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but curl his lips.

This guy is here to remind him!
What this means is that Kim Gun-mo is the singer that everyone agrees can win the grand prize, and they don't want Zhou Ziheng to choose someone else.

But the fact is, these guys think too narrowly of themselves.

This is South Korea, not China. The shortlisted singers have basically nothing to do with me. How could I go against my conscience and choose a bad person?

Getting in the car, Zhou Ziheng was about to leave.

Before the car started, a man came jogging and knocked on his window twice.

"you are?"

Zhou Ziheng rolled down the window with a puzzled look on his face; he didn't recognize the man in front of him.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Lee Soo Man from SM Entertainment. I'd like to invite you to sit in the coffee shop next door."

"Lee Soo Man?"

Zhou Ziheng looked surprised.

The guy in front of me with glasses and an unattractive appearance is Lee Soo-man, the father of Korean idols who created an idol dynasty?
"It's late, and I have work tomorrow. You can talk here."

Zhou Ziheng rejected his suggestion to go to the cafe to chat.

Zhou Ziheng's purpose of coming to Korea this time is to serve as an award judge.

This position is sometimes not so easy to hold.

At least during the days of award selection, it is not appropriate for him to contact senior executives of other companies.

If he has casual contact with them, the media might accidentally spread rumors that he is accepting bribes.

It's not impossible.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, every award season, there are often media reports that a certain judge is unfair and has privately contacted the nominees.

Although Zhou Ziheng doesn’t remember which of the shortlisted singers are from SM company, he still needs to be wary of them.

“It’s not a big deal actually. The SM company I founded is an idol artist company. Since it was just established, it needs the care of all parties.

I read reports in the media saying that Mr. Zhou also set up a record company in China, and even has a film company and a cinema chain.

I hope our company can reach cooperation with your company.

It’s like the collaboration between Hong Kong movies and our Korean entertainment industry in the 1970s.”

Lee Soo Man was not dissatisfied with Zhou Ziheng's refusal, but explained directly.

"What kind of cooperation method?"

Hearing his proposal, Zhou Ziheng immediately became interested.

Lee Soo-man was able to build SM Entertainment into Korea's number one star-making machine, and even played an important role in promoting the invasion of the Korean Wave since the beginning of the century in his previous life. Some of his ideas were definitely very useful.

"Come in the car, let's go to my hotel and talk. There's a restaurant in the hotel, and we can eat and talk at the same time."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Zhou for giving me this opportunity."

Hearing this, Li Xiuman's face lit up with joy and he got directly into Zhou Ziheng's car.

"Mr. Li was also a singer before?"

After he got in the car, Zhou Ziheng asked the driver to drive and then started chatting with Lee Soo Man.

He remembered that Lee Soo-man seemed to have been a singer before founding the company.

“Yes, I made my debut in the music industry in June 1971 with the song “April and May.”

In 1976, he also won the Newcomer Singer Award at the MBC Top Ten Singers Music Festival.

When Lee Soo-man talked about his past, he looked a little proud.

However, perhaps thinking that the person sitting next to him had achieved much more than him, that kind of pride immediately disappeared, and he continued:

“I have been in the music industry for many years. Except for the time when I went to the United States to study, I released records every year.

Of course, the sales performance is definitely not as good as yours, Mr. Zhou.

In 89, I felt that I could not achieve good results by continuing to stay in the music industry, so I established "SM Planning", the predecessor of SM Entertainment, and started record production.

Last year, with the help and investment of some bosses, SM Entertainment was established.”

"Mr. Li's experience is legendary. If SM becomes the leading company in Korea in the future, I believe you will be a role model for all Korean artists to learn from."

Zhou Ziheng praised with a smile.

"It's not that simple. Korea is not like China. In Korea, a few large chaebol companies control almost all industrial funds.

It is not easy for SM to succeed.”

When talking about the future, Lee Soo Man showed some worry on his face.

"How do you want to cooperate with me? Please tell me briefly."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziheng didn't continue.

In South Korea, chaebol is always a topic that cannot be avoided.

But this has nothing to do with him. He has no conflicts with these chaebols, and there is even some cooperation.

He now has a total of five endorsements in South Korea. Except for Samsung, the other endorsements are all products of other chaebols.

To a certain extent, he should be considered as being in the same group as these chaebols.

"Mr. Zhou, do you know about the cooperation between Hong Kong and our Korean entertainment industry in the 1970s?" Lee Soo Man asked.

"I know!" Zhou Ziheng nodded.

He really knows.

Regarding the cooperation between the Hong Kong entertainment industry and the Korean entertainment industry, few people will know about it in the future.

But in fact, in the 1960s and 1970s, the close cooperation between Hong Kong and South Korea was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

At that time, the mainland market had not yet been opened, and Hong Kong filmmakers could not go to the mainland to shoot films.

But as we all know, movies really need scenes.

Although many scenes were built in Hong Kong, these scenes cannot be compared with the real scenes at all.

So, Hong Kong turned its attention to South Korea.

In the 1970s, when Hong Kong films were highly productive, many films produced by companies such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest were shot in South Korea.

This cooperation continued until the late 1980s.

How close were the two sides at that time!

It is said that at that time almost all film companies in Hong Kong set up branch offices in Seoul.

To a certain extent, the reason why Korean films have been able to develop rapidly is due to their continuous policy support.

And there is help from Xiangjiang.

This kind of help is like Hong Kong and the mainland at this stage.

After all, if you go there to shoot, you will definitely need to use the people there.

As long as you use them, these people will stay in the crew for a long time and will naturally learn your skills and experience.

In the long run, a large number of practitioners will naturally be cultivated.

The reason why Korean films were able to develop rapidly later on was that they were built on the foundation of these people who had worked in Hong Kong film crews.

“My idea is that my SM company can definitely cooperate with your company.

We can collaborate on production, distribution, and even singer training.

Our SM company focuses on idol boy groups, while your company should be going for the single-person route!
We don’t conflict.”

Lee Soo Man talked incessantly about his thoughts.

However, after listening for a while, Zhou Ziheng lost interest.

Do not conflict.

This guy thinks he is a fool!

"You want your company's artists to enter the Chinese entertainment industry?"

Zhou Ziheng suddenly asked.

(End of this chapter)