Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

Han Shuo has always been someone who responds better to gentle persuasion than force.

Out of consideration for the lingering ties between them, he maintained a superficial relationship.

However, SM Entertainment repeatedly took advantage of his kindness, and this time they even tried to threaten him with a lawsuit, which finally exhausted his patience.

"Go back and tell Lee Soo-man that I'm waiting for his lawyer's letter!"

"Director Han..."

"see a visitor out!"

The SM Entertainment team was given gifts and sent away.

In the conference room.

The expressions on the faces of the people at Fanxing Entertainment were more interesting than the last.

SM Entertainment is undoubtedly the top music company, and its founder, Lee Soo-man, was once dubbed the "Cultural President" by the media.

Han Shuo, however, was not afraid of the other party's influence in the industry at all, and declared that he wanted to compete with SM Entertainment.

It ignited their passion.

"Director, shouldn't we prepare contingency plans?"

Despite not being afraid of SM Entertainment's threats, Han Seok had his legal team contacted to prepare for a lawsuit in order to prevent the other party from taking any desperate measures.

Can we win?

It's guaranteed to win.

In principle, every trainee has the right to choose to join or decline a group project.

However, over 99% of people will not exercise this right; everything depends on the company's arrangements, just like in his previous life.

Secondly, he had very legitimate reasons for refusing various offers to join Super Junior.

The last time SM Entertainment added Cho Kyuhyun as a new member to a group, it sparked widespread protests from fans.

This time, the approach was just a bit roundabout, using smaller teams as a springboard and proceeding step by step. However, the number of newcomers added was even greater, which will inevitably make fans feel a strong sense of betrayal.

Both the company and the new members are well aware that once the sub-unit is launched, it will inevitably provoke resentment and protests from fans.

that's the truth.

Last year, SM Entertainment released the guise of establishing a Chinese sub-unit.

Fans thought the sub-unit was formed based on the existing members, but who would have thought that three or four new members would join?

In protest, Super Junior's fans launched various activities, including but not limited to signing campaigns, a sit-in in front of the SM building with only 13 members, and a "one fan, one share" campaign.

Among them, fans jointly bought shares of SM Entertainment, and their shareholding once reached 0.3%.

Ultimately, this forced SM Entertainment to abandon its illusions and promise to change the subunit into a limited-time subunit, which would not be integrated into the main group in the future.

He had perfectly legitimate reasons for not joining Super Junior; on the contrary, he was repeatedly suppressed by SM Entertainment for exercising his legitimate rights.

Ultimately, SM Entertainment threatened to terminate his contract in an attempt to force him to comply, severely damaging the trust between the two parties.

He's portrayed as a victim from beginning to end, so how could he possibly lose this lawsuit?

On the contrary, once SM Entertainment resorts to legal action, it will completely confirm its bad image of deceiving fans externally and arbitrarily suppressing and oppressing trainees internally.

If the other party dares to take this step, he will also take corresponding countermeasures.

They will emulate Han Geng in advance, using public opinion as a weapon to shape the image of a victim in domestic and international variety shows and media.

At the same time, they used Bilibili as a publicity channel to repeatedly bombard the domestic media with public opinion, aiming to completely tarnish SM Entertainment's reputation for suppressing Chinese artists.

If TVXQ splits up next year and Han Geng leaves the group, a three-way collaboration will definitely cause SM Entertainment's image to collapse.

At the same time, Fanxing Entertainment's artist matrix will besiege SM Entertainment's market share in China, aiming to destroy SM Entertainment's nearly ten years of hard work in China.

The Chinese market is still far behind the Japanese market, but no one can deny that it is a huge market that has not yet been effectively explored.

Almost all music companies capable of expanding overseas dare not underestimate the Chinese market.

To give a recent example, JYP Entertainment is currently planning to launch a Chinese version of Wonder Girls.

The group consisted of members such as Wang Feifei, Meng Jia, and Yu Huilin. Next year, the members were expected to appear on domestic variety shows to gain exposure, but the group ultimately failed to materialize.

This is HYBE, who is known as the most successful person to have ventured into the US.

China was also the first choice for the boy group BTS to go overseas.

However, the group's activities received a lukewarm response, and coincidentally, Lee Mi-kyung went into exile in the United States. CJ Entertainment concentrated a lot of funds and resources in the United States, so BTS changed their overseas expansion strategy.

Using the gains and losses in the Chinese market as a deterrent, SM Entertainment will likely become more benevolent.

In fact, if we wait another year or two, until Bilibili can gather domestic K-pop fans and control the media, even SM Entertainment will have to obediently pay protection money.

"Call Kim Hyun-soon from Bilibili over here."

Bilibili is expected to open on March 24th, which is the Monday after next.

The website still follows the registration code invitation system it had when it was first established, opening up to site administrators and various fan groups in an orderly manner, accumulating users on a small scale.

"Let the 'Weekly Korean Entertainment News' team follow up on the situation of the Super Junior subunit, and collect materials throughout the process."

"Once things settle down, we'll release a Super Junior special."

Kim Hyun-soon didn't understand why Han Seok was suddenly concerned about the Super Junior subunit: "Boss, what's the purpose of releasing this special episode...?"

Why could it be?

SM Entertainment is meticulous about every penny, and Han Shuo isn't much better.

Those who come must return.

"The entertainment industry is full of events, and a lot of information will be lost over time, easily becoming obsolete in the annals of history."

"We at Bilibili want to leverage our platform to faithfully record important events, both big and small."

Just as he had predicted, SM Entertainment was all bark and no bite, and didn't dare to actually take any action. They didn't respond at all for the entire afternoon.

Practice room.

Han Shuo rehearsed "Insomnia" with nine backup dancers.

The phone kept ringing.

He was once made to stand still as a training partner.

Fortunately, he has a lot of stage experience, so half a day of practice won't hurt. The main purpose of the rehearsal is to let the nine-member dance group get familiar with the rhythm.

opposite.

The young girl, Shin Yoon-joo, held a DV camera and filmed the entire process.

They said they wanted to film his true state before and after the press conference, and then edit it into a debut documentary so that the public could understand the ups and downs he faced before his debut.

He's gone from a junior videographer to a documentary director.

It makes him seem like the male lead in some inspirational movie.

"Do you want me to write a few more OSTs for you?"

Shin Yoon-joo looked adorably excited: "Okay, okay!"

Han Shuo pinched the little girl's chubby cheeks: "Are you unable to understand good and bad words, or are you deliberately acting like this?"

"They just don't understand."

Shin Yoon-joo shook her adorable little head.

Her two pigtails swayed back and forth, drifting gently.

Han Shuo grabbed her and played with her: "I need to go to my office to rewrite the responses to some of the new questions, so don't come with me."

Shin Yoon-joo protested: "No."

"I'll just quietly film some footage on the side, without disturbing you. I'll even bring you tea and water, and give you a shoulder and back massage."

Han Shuo thought to himself, "That would have a huge impact."

Someone wants to renew their "kissing friendship value" with him, wants to treat him to banana milk, wants to introduce him to new yoga poses...

"You're allowed to film me from the moment you wake up tomorrow, okay?"

Having successfully coaxed the little girl away, Han Shuo called over Kim Yoon-ji.

"You're fluent in English, so you'll be in charge of hosting the opening ceremony with Cecil tomorrow. Remember to rehearse with Cecil beforehand."

"No, stop waving around..."

"..."