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

Chapter 114 The First Man to Reject Kim Hee-sun

"President Han, it's a pleasure working with you!"

"It's a pleasure working with you!"

The office door opened, and Li Haorong and Han Shenghao both walked out with smiles on their faces.

One was a genuine laugh, the other a forced smile.

Although the two seemed to have different feelings, the investment itself went very smoothly and was finalized in just over 20 minutes.

Lee Ho-young has extended another tentacle into the Korean Peninsula entertainment industry!

"President Li?"

Just then, another person walked towards them.

"President Li?"

Li Haorong was a little stunned when he heard the other person address him like that.

"That's what everyone in the industry calls him now. They call Chairman Lee Kun-hee 'Old Chairman Lee,' and you're 'Young Chairman Lee!'"

"Well----"

This was a title he hadn't expected. The outside world was calling him that. Where would that leave Lee Jae-yong's pride?

Wait, who is this fat guy with big eye bags who just popped up in front of me?

"Who are you?"

"I'm Kim Kwang-soo, I never expected to run into Chairman Lee today!"

"This is Kim Kwang-soo, the president of GM Entertainment. Kim Jong-kook's previous groups, Turbo and SG Wannabe, as well as the newly launched SeeYa group this year, were all created by President Kim!"

Han Shenghao, who was standing to the side, quickly introduced him to Li Haorong.

"Hello!"

Today, Li Haorong is no longer the novice he once was in the Peninsula entertainment industry.

He knew that these groups were quite famous, especially SG Wannabe, who was currently considered a top-tier boy band in the Korean Peninsula.

It's amazing that a small company can launch so many hit products in a row. This person must be quite capable!

"What brings President Kim here?"

"President Kim was also involved in the planning of FTIsland!"

Han Shenghao explained again.

Li Haorong had previously found out that the two should have a good relationship, but now it seems that it's more than just a good relationship!

"With President Kim involved, I think this group is definitely going to be a success!"

"Haha, your words give us a huge boost of confidence!"

This person speaks very nicely, but why does it always feel like they're flattering me?

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with the two, Li Haorong called Li Juli, who was still there for her audition, and then left.

The smiles on Han Seung-ho and Kim Kwang-soo's faces finally disappeared after they saw Lee Ho-young into the car.

"How did it go? Did you succeed?"

Kim Kwang-soo immediately asked.

"Yes, now my little company has two major shareholders!"

Han Shenghao couldn't help but sigh.

"That's great! With these two shareholders, you can practically do whatever you want in the entertainment industry!"

"I'm afraid I'll have to be carried out horizontally at the shareholders' meeting!"

"Hahaha----"

Upon hearing Han Seung-ho's description, Kim Kwang-soo couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Do you really think Li Haorong can beat CJ?"

After laughing, Han Shenghao still felt uncertain and couldn't help but ask.

"Backed by Samsung and an internet giant, I heard they're about to launch video and music websites, which will change the landscape of the entire Korean Peninsula entertainment industry."

Although I don't know how much market share Li Haorong can secure, he's not playing the same game as us!

Amidst his感慨 (feelings of deep emotion), Kim Kwang-soo's face also revealed a hint of envy.

"Yes, there are two tigers in my house. If I'm not careful, they could eat me!"

As he spoke, Han Seung-ho glanced at the eager Kim Kwang-soo, and suddenly thought of something:

When Kim Kwang-soo encouraged me to go and deal with Lee Ho-young to confront CJ, was he perhaps using me as a test? In fact, he wanted to do the same thing.

In the other car, Li Haorong asked Li Juli while driving, "How are you feeling?"

"Teacher Yin's pronunciation method is amazing, but I didn't understand it very well!"

Li Juli said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's okay, you're just starting out, so you'll always be a little slower than the boys!"

I'll talk to President Han later and ask him to recruit a few more female trainees so you can train together, get to know each other better, and debut sooner!

"I'm afraid I won't be able to debut!"

"If you can't debut, you can't debut. If this company can't produce you, I'll just buy another one and make you debut!"

"Oh, don't be so nice to me!"

Upon hearing Li Haorong's words, Li Juli felt like the happiest woman in the world and couldn't help but reach out to grab Li Haorong's hand, which was resting on the gearshift.

"Hey? What are you doing?"

"Sorry, I touched the wrong person!"

"Then why are you still touching it? Stop! I'm driving!"

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"The fortune teller said that I would achieve great success at the cost of countless lives, but I disagree."

I believe that as artists, whether you become popular or not is up to you to decide!

You've only been my artists for a short time, and I don't know you well, so I won't make choices for you. You choose your own path!

Inside a private room at a barbecue restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, Lee Ho-young raised his glass and addressed a group of beautiful women at the table.

Everyone exchanged glances. Song Ji-hyo was the first to raise her glass, saying to Lee Ho-young, "From now on, I'll be relying on the chairman's help!"

The others then realized what was happening and quickly raised their glasses to toast Li Haorong.

Under pressure from all sides, TheContents' lawsuit was quickly adjudicated.

However, it still took a lot of time during the company's liquidation and handover.

After all, the company was not clean, and the government's liquidation efficiency was very limited, which caused a lot of delay.

Afterwards, Lee Ho-young carried out a major overhaul of TheContents, changing not only the senior management and the office location, but also many of the artists under its management.

The newly revitalized Venus Entertainment may only be considered a small company in the entertainment industry today, but it is backed by internet capital and has a promising future.

Those artists who chose to stay clearly knew this.

"President, those who were supposed to leave have already left. No one at Venus Entertainment wants to leave now!"

A beautiful woman sitting to Li Haorong's right then spoke up.

Unlike the other women at the table who are celebrities, her name is Kim Chi-woo, and she is currently the president of Venus Entertainment.

She is not yet 30 years old this year. She graduated from Korea University and Huaxia Communication University. Relying on her relatives, she has been Kim Hee-sun's manager.

She was able to become the president of Venus Entertainment because she tricked Kim Hee-sun into joining the company.

Who is Kim Hee-sun? She is currently the most popular actress on the Korean Peninsula, bar none.

After all, besides her, who else on Peninsula is qualified to play the female lead in Brother Long's movies?

Because of her joining, Venus Entertainment quickly became the hottest entertainment agency in the Peninsula entertainment industry during this period.

"Really? But I don't see everyone here today!"

After Li Haorong and the others finished their drinks, he put down his glass and casually said something.

Today, Choi Jin-sil, Jung Da-bin, and U-Nee are attending Lee Ho-young's dinner party, but Kim Hee-sun, the company's current leading lady, is notably absent.

You should know that Lee Ho-young personally requested Kim Hee-sun's name for tonight's dinner party.

But the other party didn't show up, which is a complete slap in the face!

Facing Lee Ho-young's question, Kim Chi-woo remained calm and smiled as she replied, "Yes, Hee-sun unnie is filming GG today, but the director delayed things, and it's still not finished!"

She asked me to apologize to you, saying she would come over immediately after filming!

Li Haorong kept a close eye on Jin Chiyou's expression, but found that he couldn't glean any information from her face.

He immediately nodded and smiled, "Is that so? Work is important, we can eat anytime!"

Then Li Haorong looked around the dining table and said, "Besides, with so many beautiful women giving me face today, what more could I ask for?"

However, President Kim, I have to say something to you, is the ratio of male to female artists in our company really that bad?

Looking at the whole table, with only himself as the male, it was really strange, making him seem like such a lecherous person!

Before Kim Ji-woo could even speak, Song Ji-hyo raised her hand and said, "This is my fault; I was the one who suggested it to President Kim!"

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With just one sentence, Song Ji-hyo eased the tense atmosphere at the dinner table.

Seeing this, Lee Ho-young knew that Song Ji-hyo was reminding him that going too far was not good, so he immediately changed his tune, saying, "What are you up to?"

"Isn't it because Hee-sun unnie isn't here? What, are all our beauties not as good as one Hee-sun unnie?"

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"I'm sorry, I misspoke. I'll punish myself with a drink!"

"Hahaha----"

As soon as Li Haorong said this, everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere instantly became lively again.

At that moment, Kim Ji-woo also gave Song Ji-hyo a grateful look.

The dinner afterwards was very harmonious, with everyone chatting and getting along quite well.

Kim Hee-sun arrived late, after everyone had left the barbecue restaurant at the very end of the meal.

Li Haorong looked her over. The simple long dress accentuated her curves, and the light blue outer layer made her look even more elegant.

However, she was not quite the same as Princess Yu Shu in Li Haorong's memory.

But she is, after all, the most beautiful woman on the peninsula at present, and every smile and frown is truly beautiful to the core.

Judging from her travel-worn appearance, it seems that Jin Chiyou really wasn't lying.

"I'm sorry, Chairman Lee, I'm late!"

Upon approaching Lee Ho-young, Kim Hee-sun bowed and apologized.

"It's alright, thank you for your hard work tonight, Hee-sun!"

Li Haorong nodded to her, saying indifferently.

"President, it's still early. Hee-sun unnie just arrived. Shall we find a pub to sit at?"

At this moment, Jin Chiyou walked over and whispered to Li Haorong.

Lee Ho-yong immediately glanced at the other person in surprise, then at Kim Hee-sun, and immediately understood what the other person wanted to do.

But he smiled slightly and said, "No, I have something to do tonight. Ji-hyo, we're going the same way, I'll take you home!"

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These words shocked everyone present, including Song Ji-hyo.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go!"

Li Haorong waved to her and then got into his car.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Song Ji-hyo got into Lee Ho-young's car.

As the car drove away, Kim Hee-sun whispered to Kim Ji-woo, "Ji-woo, what do we do now? Will Chairman Lee be angry with us?"

Jin Chiyou felt a little uneasy, but she forced herself to remain calm and said, "It's okay. After all, it's our first meeting, so it's normal for him to be wary of you. I don't believe any man would reject you unless he doesn't like women!"

"Of course I like women!"

On the other side of the car, Li Haorong replied.

"That's strange. Why did you refuse Hee-sun unnie's invitation?"

"We just met, and they were working together to get me to come alone. Don't you think that's a bit odd?"

Since being tricked by Lee Boo-jin, Lee Ho-yong is now at his most vigilant.

At first, he thought Kim Hee-sun was avoiding him, but after the dinner ended, Kim Hee-sun's appearance and Kim Ji-woo's invitation made Lee Ho-young realize that he was wrong.

"Haha, so that's what you're worried about!"

To everyone's surprise, Song Ji-hyo burst into laughter after hearing Lee Ho-young's words!

Did I say something wrong?

"That's just Hee-sun unnie protecting herself! You have no idea how tough it is for us female artists in the Peninsula. Suddenly the company chairman wants to come to dinner and specifically asked her to accompany him. What do you think she'll think?"

After hearing Song Ji-hyo's explanation, Lee Ho-young understood somewhat.

"So, Kim Hee-sun didn't come at first, but based on Kim Ji-woo's observation of me at the dinner party, she concluded that I meant no harm to Kim Hee-sun, and that's why she sent Kim Hee-sun to apologize to me?"

"Yes! I didn't expect you to not give them a chance to apologize!"

Song Ji-hyo covered her mouth and chuckled.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

Li Haorong was both amused and exasperated by this huge blunder.

"Actually, the main problem is that you and President Kim aren't familiar with each other!"

Song Ji-hyo pinpointed the problem, and Lee Ho-young agreed.

To reward Kim Ji-woo for poaching Kim Hee-sun, and since he didn't have a suitable person to take over the company, and Song Ji-hyo was helping to keep an eye on it, he figured nothing serious would happen, so he handed the company over to her.

Looking back now, I realize it was a bit rash.

"But as the first man to reject Kim Hee-sun, don't you have anything to say?"

At this moment, Song Ji-hyo used her fist as a microphone and shoved it in front of Lee Ho-young, as if she were conducting an interview.

"As the woman whose charm defeated Kim Hee-sun, do you have anything to say?"

Lee Ho-young shoved Song Ji-hyo's fist back into her mouth.

"Do you really think I'm more attractive than her?"

"certainly!"

"fraud!"

Although Song Ji-hyo didn't believe it, her smile deepened.

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