The Peninsula chaebol started by rescuing Samsung's little princess.

Chapter 103 Martian Music and Martian Videos

"Are you now considered a member of JyP or Cube?"

At the entrance of JYP Entertainment, Lee Ho-young saw that the person who came out to pick him up was none other than Lee Ho-yang, and he couldn't help but tease him.

"It will be all right!"

Li Haoyang grinned, showing off his chubby face.

As Li Haoyang decided to start a business with Hong Shengcheng, he moved out of his family home and hadn't seen his younger brother for a long time.

Looking at his younger brother, who had gained a bit more weight recently, Li Haorong continued to tease, "You made such a big promise back then, but you're still working for JYP Entertainment now?"

"Brother, you can say whatever you want, but don't talk about Seung-sung!"

Who knew that Li Haoyang would actually protect her? Sigh, that silly little girl has been kidnapped!

"Where's your brother Shengcheng? Why did you have to come out to pick me up?"

To his surprise, Li Haoyang rolled his eyes at him: "Brother Shengcheng was helping you with something, and you've already forgotten?"

"Forehead----"

Lee Ho-young immediately realized that Hong Seung-sung must be processing the paperwork for Park Hyo-min.

With the completion of the "Football Babes" photoshoot and their release into the market, they have indeed garnered attention thanks to the momentum of the World Cup.

Under these circumstances, Park Hyo-min naturally garnered a lot of attention.

Seeing this, Li Haorong had no intention of letting go of her usefulness and wanted to create an inspirational story of a grassroots success story for her.

Through an event hosted by MarsNet, she not only got to film a promotional video with the most famous actresses in the peninsula, but was also spotted by a well-known entertainment company in the peninsula and offered a job as a trainee.

Is there a better story than this?

When she told Hong Seung-sung about it, to her surprise, Hong Seung-sung also thought highly of Park Hyo-min. So the two hit it off and immediately extended an invitation to Park Hyo-min.

Park Hyomin, who was wondering what to do after filming the video, readily accepted the offer.

"Alright, let's go!"

"Where to?"

"Of course I'll go to the practice room. I can't possibly talk to JYP without going through your Seungsung hyung, can I? It'll be a good opportunity to see how the trainees practice!"

JYP's building is old and small, exuding an air of poverty from the inside out.

"One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four—"

The same was true in the practice room, where a group of trainees were sweating profusely in the cramped space.

"I said I wanted to come to the practice room to see the trainees, but why did you show me male trainees?"

Standing outside the practice room, watching a group of men train, Li Haorong couldn't help but complain.

"Just tell me, are you a trainee or not?"

Hearing Li Haoyang's words, Li Haorong really wanted to punch him!

Fortunately, Li Haoyang immediately became serious and said, "Hehe, actually I wanted to show you Shengcheng's original intention in starting PlayCube!"

"What was your original aspiration?"

"That's it!"

Li Haoyang pointed to a relatively thin boy among a group of boys.

"His name is Zhao Quan. He joined JYP as a trainee in 01. He was among the earliest trainees, and of those, only he and Min Sunye are still around today!"

"So what?"

"The company originally planned to launch a boy group this year, but President Park and the shareholders decided to launch a girl group instead, so the boy group plan was postponed!"

Zhao Quan had been a trainee for six years, and Seungsung was worried he wouldn't be able to keep going, so he started a new company and told him that if he couldn't debut with JYP, he could debut with his company. That's how he managed to keep the kid on track!

"He acted a bit impulsively!"

Li Haorong had never heard this story before. Upon hearing it now, he was filled with emotion and a hint of admiration.

Young people's dreams are certainly valuable, but those who are willing to risk their own fortunes to help young people realize their dreams are even more admirable.

"Yes, that's why I'm staying at JYP even though I've already started a new company!"

Just then, Hong Shengcheng walked over and said to Li Haorong.

"Is that the only reason?"

"Of course not, they're trying to poach our employees!"

"Hahaha, isn't Seung-sung hyung afraid I'll tell President Park about this?"

"What good will it do you to tell anyone? On the contrary, you should help me dig!"

Upon hearing Hong Shengcheng's words, Li Haorong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

No wonder the younger brother listens to Hong Shengcheng so readily; a resourceful and capable idealist can indeed easily inspire others.

Which trainees does Seung-sung think has potential?

"There are too many to list. Jay Park, Nichkhun, Lee Gi-kwang, Yang Yoseob, and others—they're all pretty good!"

Seeing Hong Seung-sung casually pick a few young men, none of whom Lee Ho-young recognized, he asked, "Can you poach them? JYP needs to form a boy group too, right?"

"Of course, but it's impossible for all of them to form a group; there will always be a few left over!"

Now, Lee Ho-young completely understood why Hong Seung-sung had infiltrated JYP. He really did manage to leave empty-handed!

The two of them were standing outside JYP's practice room, talking about how to poach JYP's trainees. The scene looked somewhat darkly humorous.

"Does Chairman Lee think any of the trainees are better?"

"I don't understand that, I just feel that Hyuna will become famous in the future!"

Hyuna is one of the few female celebrities from the Korean Peninsula that he had heard of in his previous life. A few days ago, he saw 14-year-old Hyuna at the stadium and almost didn't recognize her!

"Who couldn't see that!"

Li Haoyang, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but complain.

Although Falla is still very small, almost everyone believes that Falla has unlimited potential.

"Haha, Faya is really good, it's a pity we can't take her with us. I heard she's already been selected by the company for a new girl group, and she'll probably debut at the end of this year or next year!"

Hearing Hong Shengcheng say this, Li Haorong felt a little regretful, but didn't take it to heart.

He only had a superficial understanding of the entertainment industry in the peninsula, so he didn't feel too bad about missing out. After all, an entertainment company doesn't make much money, not even as much as a game company!

He then put the matter out of his mind and asked to see Park Jin-young, since that was his real purpose for coming here.

However, just as they left the men's practice room and came to the women's practice room, Park Hyomin ran over and bowed deeply to Lee Ho-young.

"Thank you, Chairman Li!"

"Why thank me? It's President Hong who thinks highly of you; you should thank President Hong!"

Li Haorong pointed to Hong Shengcheng beside him.

"Oh my, I thank President Hong too, but you're the person I want to thank the most!"

Park Hyo-min insisted.

"Then train hard. If you debut in the future, that will be the greatest gratitude you can give me. Of course, you can come to me if you encounter any difficulties!"

Li Haorong nodded to her and then left with Hong Shengcheng.

Who wouldn't like someone who knows how to be grateful? Although he didn't think Park Hyomin could repay him in any way!

After he left, Kim Hyun-ah moved closer to Park Hyo-min.

"Oh, unnie, you actually know Chairman Lee?"

"We're just acquaintances!"

"Just knowing each other is already amazing!"

Although Kim Faya said that, Park Hyomin did not think so.

I've already gained so much from just knowing him. What if I could get to know him better? Like Park Jiyeon?

In that instant, it was as if a seed had been planted in Park Hyo-min's heart, slowly taking root and sprouting.

Looking at Park Jin-young's gorilla-like face, Lee Ho-young always felt that his art style was very unique.

Speaking of the fates of the owners of the four major entertainment companies in later generations, some were kicked out of the company, some went to jail, but he was still singing and dancing live on stage even in his 50s.

People often say that he started the company mainly to keep himself on the stage.

In fact, Park Jin-young and Hong Seung-sung are somewhat similar. Without some tricks up their sleeves, how could they have turned a small company into one of the three major companies on the Korean Peninsula?

"Haorong, if you need to contact me next time, just contact me directly. Why bother having Shengcheng act as a middleman?"

As soon as they met, Park Jin-young smiled and spoke to Lee Ho-young.

The feeling was so pleasant, you'd think they were old friends!

In fact, the two had only met once before.

"Haha, no problem, Zhenying-ge, I'll come directly to you next time!"

Upon meeting someone even more outgoing than himself, Li Haorong did not refuse the other person's kindness. It's always better to have one more friend than one more enemy!

After everyone was seated, Park Jin-young asked, "What brings you here this time?"

"I'd like to ask about JYP's music copyright situation!"

Li Haorong smiled and revealed his purpose.

After nearly a year of development, Mars.net has completed its initial market-grabbing phase.

The website will then enter the next phase, which is to seize as many major traffic entrances and monetization channels as possible on the Internet.

Li Haorong plans to launch Mars Music and Mars Video on the first anniversary of Mars.net's founding.

Currently, when users on Mars.net share music and videos, they mostly use third-party players and music software, which essentially drives traffic to other websites.

Li Haorong plans to take this part as well.

As a country built on culture, the Korean Peninsula is extremely competitive in the cultural industry, with numerous music and video websites.

For example, there are music websites such as MelOn, Bugs, and Mnet, and video websites such as NaverTV.

With so many websites, Li Haorong felt it was time to unify the market.

Of course, these websites are not to be underestimated; they are all backed by conglomerates and large corporations.

Li Haorong's entry into the fray to grab a piece of the pie will undoubtedly be another fierce battle.

But as Mars.net grew stronger, Li Haorong was able to leverage the massive user traffic of social networking sites to launch his attack, a move that was practically a game-changer!

To set up such a website, technology is actually the simplest thing; the real key lies in copyright!

"You want to create a music website?"

To Lee Ho-young's surprise, Park Jin-young revealed his plan immediately.

"Don't be so surprised. I think you're slow to start a music website now!"

As expected, Park Jin-young is not just a simple singer; he is a competent boss with a keen sense for emerging markets!

"So, Brother Zhenying thinks I have a good chance of creating a music platform?"

"Of course, with so many users, even if only a portion of them listen to music, that's still a terrifying group!"

In fact, it wasn't just Park Jin-young; every entertainment company on the peninsula was eyeing Lee Ho-young's user base.

Those users are the ones on Peninsula who are most willing to spend money on their idols!

"Since Brother Zhenying is so supportive, it seems I won't be leaving empty-handed today?"

Li Haorong jokingly expressed his biggest concern.

"Of course, having another sales channel means we'll earn an extra penny, so why not?"

Unlike this era, when Chinese music platforms were mostly pirated, the peninsula, which emphasizes cultural development, had relatively sound copyright laws, and almost all well-known music platforms were paid platforms.

Therefore, entertainment companies would never choose exclusive sales; they would naturally pursue multiple channels simultaneously.

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