Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 215 The Old Man from Yanbian

Lin Xingzhuo explained, "Xu Zhixia incorporated neutral terms such as major obstacles to cooperation and irreconcilable conflicts into the recording contract by designing dispersed clauses."

"According to South Korean contract law, this can lead to a de facto unilateral right of termination."

Zhang Youqian asked, "Didn't the TV station notice?"

Lin Xingzhuo took a drag of his cigarette and said, "The Mnet television production team didn't pay much attention to this recording contract either."

"They probably didn't expect that a foreigner would release a hit original song and make it into the top eight in the competition!"

"What I never expected was that 'Way Back Home,' a song written by a Chinese singer, would become a nationwide hit and top the MelOn weekly chart!"

"In short, leaving Super Star K now is the only way to take control of public opinion."

The Pacific Coffee staff brought over the macarons, butter swan pastries, oat nut energy balls, and chocolate mousse that Lin Xingzhu had ordered earlier.

China Eastern Airlines' in-flight meals have always been stingy, with very small portions.

While the two brainstormed based on feedback from various departments within the company, they also needed to wait for Xiao Ma to return so they could check in for their flight to South Korea, and they desperately needed a lot of sweets to replenish their energy.

Zhang Youqian picked up a swan-shaped pastry and shared her speculation:
“In that case, the production team will actually try to get Ai Shangzhen to continue participating.”

"This way we can continue to ride the wave of 'Way Back Home' while buying time."

"Once the revival competition is over, the ratings and popularity of 'Way Back Home' will be fully exploited, and the replacement singers will be supported..."

"Create another negative public opinion event to replace Ai Shangzhen's niche in the program."

Lin Xingzhuo nodded, picked up a macaron from the edge of the coffee cup, ate half of it, and found it so sweet it was cloying, so he put it down and said:
"Super Star K is definitely trying to follow their rhythm, slowly boiling the frog, until Ai Shangzhen is eliminated, maximizing the show's profits!"

"We're going to defy Mnet's schedule!"

"After Ai Shangzhen withdrew from the competition, the TV station sent someone to communicate with her."

“There have been some suspicious individuals near the Lotte World Hotel where she is staying in the past two days; they are probably local gangs.”

"The assistant said he once saw producer Ahn Joon-young in contact with one of the leaders of the other party."

Zhang Youqian finished the swan-shaped pastry in her hand, took a napkin from the table to wipe her hands, and said worriedly:
"Brother Zhuo, should Ai Shangzhen go back to China first?"

"I've heard that TV stations, agencies, and entertainment companies in the Japanese and Korean entertainment industries all have deep connections with guilds."

“Recently, a South Korean exchange student posted some information on Tianya Forum.”

"Goo Hara, the lead dancer of KARA who sparked the hip-twisting dance craze, was retaliated against by a Korean gang for refusing to attend the birthday party of a company executive."

"I was led on a dog leash to the top floor of the DSP building at midnight to apologize, and the security guard even secretly took a picture of it..."

Click!

Lin Xingzhu lit a Baijiang cigarette and said, "Ding Ye has already taken care of this matter."

"He called Zhang Xiaojun, the military attaché at the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, and Ai Shangzhen came to the family quarters with her assistant."

"The staff at the International Department's Seoul office have also been working from home recently."

Zhang Youqian exclaimed in surprise, "Does Brother Ye have such strong connections?"

"ABB" and "A小B"—within the system, these kinds of names carry weight or authority...

Lin Xingzhuo exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Ding Ye and the other party met during the live-fire naval and air exercise in the southeast coastal area in 1996."

"During the special forces' vertical air assault training, Zhang Xiaojun became Ding Ye's prisoner, and the two became friends after their initial conflict."

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Lin Xingzhuo had one more message he hadn't mentioned.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

So, Ding Ye went to Liaodong by train and gathered the old men from Yanbian. A group of them then traveled by boat across the western Yellow Sea and arrived at Ulsan Port in South Korea.

In South Korean films, the "old bastards" from Yanbian are stereotyped as extremely dangerous and violent! ...

However, there is a little-known fact about life: stereotypes are stereotypes precisely because they are stereotypes.

It's because it's true most of the time.

If you give up judging people by stereotypes for moral or other reasons, you may pay a high price, and even repeat the mistakes made by those who came before you.

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Korean films often employ this stereotypical approach to storytelling.

It's because in the real world, assassins or gangsters from Yanbian have already wiped out the organizations composed of pure Koreans in South Korea.

In the movie "New World," the identities of the Yanbian assassin, Ding Qing, and Li Zicheng all carry the element of Yanbian ancestry.

This also earned Ding Qing the nickname "Elevator God of War"!

This setting is also present in "The Yellow Sea" and "The Outlaws".

Those with Yanbian blood are just that kind of fierce and powerful people.

Mian Zhenghe wiped out the entire gang with just a big bone and an axe; the Korean ethnic minority from Yanbian swept through the local Korean gangs.
The director's pure, dark humor captured the reaction of South Korean gangsters who were terrified of being killed in real life.

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Regarding the matter of using the old man from Yanbian, Lin Xing suggested to Ding Ye that they should discuss it first.

A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake!
Let's all prioritize harmony!
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The three people bought tickets for Asiana Airlines Airbus A320 from Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3 to Incheon Airport Terminal 1, and were about to board.

Tiger Eye Vision Group issued an urgent public opinion report.

The international department began expanding into the markets of South Korea and Japan.

The Jinyang Information Security Protection Center's anti-penetration technology intelligence database has expanded its information collection scope through cooperation with criminal organizations.

Furthermore, a massive server cluster has been newly built in Hong Kong.

Through technical means and implanted monitoring programs, they scraped large amounts of real-time data from YouTube, Facebook, South Korea's Cyworld, and Japan's Mixi.

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According to the latest intelligence feedback, Cyworld has launched a large-scale media offensive.

The main concerns are whether Ai Shangzhen's advancement to the top eight was predetermined by the production team to attract the Chinese market, and whether it was a privilege granted to foreign contestants to advance!

There are also photos circulating online of program producer Ahn Joon-young, judges 2PM and Baek Ji-young, and the head of Tiger Shadow Starshine's Seoul office drinking and socializing at an izakaya.

The photos were accompanied by a short essay describing how Ai Shangzhen's management team colluded with the show's producers and judges to advance through underhanded means, squeezing out opportunities for new Korean talents.

There were also some unreleased clips from the top 16 competition, showing Ai Shangzhen's tired and indifferent expression, accompanied by captions such as "acting like a diva" and "discriminating against Korean contestants."

In addition, professional Korean entertainment news sites such as Dispatch, OSEN, and Star News also followed up with related reports...

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Meanwhile, the head of the international department also announced an emergency.

A major fire broke out in the rented office of Tiger Shadow Starshine's Seoul office in Chungmuro.

A spokesperson for the Yongsan Fire Department in Seoul claimed that the fire was caused by non-compliance with fire safety regulations in the office!
Furthermore, according to the provisions of the Basic Fire Protection Law, the fire department will issue a hefty fine for obstructing firefighting and rescue operations!
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Before the flight attendant asked him to turn off his phone, Lin Xingzhuo finished reading the two internal company notices, his face darkening.

Damn it! The local gangs are so rude!!!

(End of this chapter)