Peninsula Asteroid

"In other words, not just EXO, but all the company's artists' applications for performances in the mainland after August and September have not been approved."

As soon as this sentence came out, many people in the conference room looked at the room director who said the news in surprise. They couldn't help but look around with surprise. Obviously not everyone in the room knew this information. Some people could tell that it was already They knew it in advance, and some, like Chi Jingyuan, heard about it for the first time.

The first sentence was actually okay. If it was just a matter of EXO as a group, we would still be looking for reasons and solutions. But as soon as the second sentence came out, everyone became serious. They all knew that it was not an individual case against EXO, and they all had it in their hearts. Some bad premonitions.

"this……"

After hearing this, everyone was in an uproar immediately, and the habit of observing the order of the venue was also somewhat broken. Several people began to discuss in a low voice.

Chi Jingyuan also felt a little sudden about this.

EXO has been in the industry for so many years, and a lot of it has been spent in mainland China. Although there have been cases where some activities failed to pass the approval, those were rare cases. Even if they failed, the reasons would be informed or hinted. No matter what, I still have a welcoming attitude towards their activities.

But as soon as I heard about this situation now, I knew something was wrong.

Several senior executives did not stop the restless discussion. They even discussed in a low voice themselves. Li Xiuman was drinking tea, and his expression was unclear due to the reflection of his glasses.

After a while, it gradually became quiet, and an agent asked another question: "Is it just our company, or..."

Everyone looked over, this question was very important.

"It's not just our company." The director shook his head and said quickly, "Other companies are the same."

I don’t know why, but many people suddenly felt better after hearing this answer.

"Currently, based on the results of our communication with other companies, this time it is not targeted at our SM company, nor is it just YG, JYP, etc., but almost all approvals from all companies in the industry have been rejected."

The room director paused for a moment and then said in detail: "The dividing line is in September. After September, no activities will be approved. And the activities that have been approved before September have not been canceled and can still be scheduled. conduct."

Compared with other companies in the industry, SM in the entire music industry has made the most efforts to develop and deeply cultivate the mainland market. It has begun to develop the Xiaguo market since H.O.T. Subsequently, almost all groups such as TVXQ, SJ, Girls' Generation, etc. They have held special mainland activities. Red Velvet has held many mainland activities even though they were not very popular when they first debuted. In the past two years, the rise of EXO has made them the favorites of many mainland cooperative companies.

In the past year, it has also begun comprehensive cooperation in film and television. The company has invested a lot of resources. From TV series to movies, SM and mainland companies have co-produced projects. Oh Sehun, Park Chanyeol, even Lin Yoona, Seohyun, etc. have participated. Acting, there are currently several film and television works waiting to be released.

Once the mainland market is lost, it can be said to be a very big loss for the entire company. It is no wonder that the expressions of everyone in the conference room from top to bottom are not very good.

Among them, the impact on some combinations is particularly large.

Chi Jingyuan glanced at each other with Jin Junmian and Li Chenghuan next to him, and they all saw worry in each other's eyes.

"Then EXO..."

Sure enough, someone looked embarrassed and asked the key part.

If we lose the opportunity to do activities in the Mainland, for SM, EXO will have the greatest impact among all its artists.

Without being able to go to the event, other combinations may only lose some income and be affected to some extent, but if they focus on the local area, the losses are not actually very big.

EXO has been positioned as a "Chinese-Korean boy band" since its debut, and everything from personnel selection, event arrangements, publicity planning, etc. has been done in this direction.

From the debut album to today's regular third album, in more than four years, as long as the songs and albums officially released by the EXO group, all songs will be released together with Chinese versions with Chinese lyrics, and the Chinese versions will also be specially filmed. MV, Chinese version of album cover and poster, etc.

In the entire Kpop music industry, only EXO can do this.

Other artists from other companies may only be active from time to time and occasionally release a song with Chinese lyrics to test the waters in Xia Kingdom. Only EXO regards this as part of maintaining the vitality of the group.

Of course, the effect is also very good. Not counting the group's strong influence and ability to attract money among mainland fans, just from the perspective of sales, the strength and success of this positioning has been demonstrated since the debut performance was not good but sales are still leading. Later, from 2013 to this year, the sales volume of Shinhwa fans in mainland China has been very great. Today, the sales volume of the third series is close to 1.9 million, of which one-third to two-fifths are It is the support from Mainland Aili.

At the same time, EXO is currently the mainstay of SM, and it is also one of the most popular Kpop groups in the mainland. SM has received preferential treatment in many cooperation projects in the past two years relying on the smash hit XO... Now it seems to be right The company's influence is very large.

In the past, when SM was operating EXO, it was always perfunctory and careless about developing the neon market. Even after neon debuted, it did not arrange too many activities for this reason. This is EXO's positioning. They all know that the group must still be within the range. Mainly the local market.

This market is already big enough, and it can’t be fully developed. It doesn’t matter if it is perfunctory in other places... SM has this confidence.

The mainstay has encountered such a serious impact, and the reduction in revenue cannot be seen yet, but if the news is released, the reaction of the stock can be imagined, and a big plunge can be foreseen.

In the past two years, relying on EXO's rise to the top and the excellent response from Xiaguo, Asia and even overseas markets, SM's stock has soared, and it has far widened the gap with the other two major companies, YG and JYP. Many people see the stock price and feel that it is humorous for a company of SM's size to be as famous as a Frappuccino company like JYP.

In the performance report for the first half of 2016 released by YG Corporation, its subsidiary YG Asia Entertainment, which is responsible for business in Xiaguo, achieved operating income of 1.167 billion won and a net profit of 420 million won.

Not to mention compared to EXO, to be honest, it is far inferior to Chi Jingyuan alone...

The people present were all elite employees of the company. They immediately thought of the development of the matter and many consequences. They all started talking anxiously, and the entire conference room was filled with an impetuous buzz.

Although each person's voice was not loud, when they were gathered together, they formed a thunderous sound, which made the listeners very irritable.

However, Li Xiuman and other senior officials did not stop them. They were also discussing in low voices. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that their mood and thoughts were not very good, which was similar to that of the room chiefs.

Chi Jingyuan, Jin Junmian and Li Chenghuan were also talking in low voices here.

It took a while to calm down. Those present were all very experienced elite employees. They did not panic for too long after hearing the news. They quickly calmed down and rationally put forward many constructive suggestions for the current situation.

Li Xiuman listened carefully and discussed it some more before making a final conclusion:

"Currently, all the agencies in Kpop that have certain channels have basically gotten the news, but we have communicated and understood it well and will not leak the news in a short time... But it probably won't last too long. In terms of stock price...the publicity department must make a plan first."

"The first priority is to cancel all EXO's three tours in the Mainland in advance, and re-plan all the tour locations for these dozen or so tours, as soon as possible!"

When he said this, he paused for a moment. He didn't know if he was worried about the stock price falling when the news was exposed in the future. His voice became a little dull: "Other things... we will have a meeting to discuss in the next two days."

…

"What's wrong? You look so ugly?"

"What are you talking about when I call you to a meeting so urgently?"

After returning to the practice room, the other members who had been waiting here gathered around and asked curiously when they saw the expressions of the three of them.

Li Chenghuan and Jin Junmian looked at each other, sighed and started to talk to them about the meeting just now. However, Chi Jingyuan did not overstep his bounds. He said a simple hello and walked to the side. At this time, Wu Shixun came over. , pointed to the small refrigerator over there: "Irene just sent your orange juice."

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan nodded, walked over to get the orange juice, and then came back and sat aside. He did not listen carefully to the introduction of Li Chenghuan and the two, while drinking a drink and thinking about the meeting just now.

Although Chi Jingyuan does not put financial gains first, thinking about this kind of thing makes people feel a little sad.

The other EXO members who soon learned the news started to discuss it seriously, and the atmosphere in the entire practice room instantly became solemn.

You said something to me, and the mood to practice was gone.

"We won't have any more plans tonight. Let's take a rest first."

Feeling this atmosphere, Li Chenghuan also sighed and waved his hands to comfort him:

"Our basic base in Peninsula is still very solid, and the popularity of Neon has always been very high. This time we returned to Europe and the United States and performed better, so we don't have to worry too much. It's just a matter of changing the focus of our activities. ...The company will probably be holding meetings and discussions in the past two days. Let’s see how the company arranges it then..."

…

"What's the matter?"

In the apartment in Jiangnan District, Chi Jingyuan is sitting on the sofa. The TV in front of him is on and the TV series is playing loudly. However, his attention is obviously not on this. His eyes are a little vacant, as if he is in a daze, but also as if he is in a daze. He was thinking about something.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came, and Pei Zhuxuan walked behind the sofa, put his head on Chi Jingyuan's shoulder, looked at his cheek sideways, and asked curiously and a little worriedly.

In the afternoon, he spent half practicing and half discussing in the training room. After dinner, Chi Jingyuan, who had no scheduled activities in the evening, made an excuse and went to the apartment where they were dating with Bae Zhuhyun. The two hadn't seen each other for more than half a month. The passion between the two of them had been ignited by the brief intimacy in the company. Now when they met, the fireworks were naturally burning, and they were sweating profusely and sticking together.

At this time, Pei Zhuxuan finished taking a shower, blew her hair half dry, wiped her hair and came behind him,

She just noticed that Chi Jingyuan seemed to be in a bad mood. Thinking about the fact that he suddenly answered the phone in the afternoon and said he had a meeting and then left, she could easily think that something had happened.

Red Velvet does not have many activities in the Mainland, and may not be qualified enough, so I haven’t told them yet.

"Yeah." After hearing the noise, Chi Jingyuan came back to his senses, turned his head slightly and looked into his father's eyes: "Isn't there a meeting today..."

Chi Jingyuan didn't hide anything and talked about the news he heard during today's meeting.

"Ah, then you are not..."

After listening, Bae Zhuhyun, who knew EXO very well, immediately saw the unfavorable situation of her boyfriend group at this time. She was immediately worried and wanted to ask, but she just started to speak and stopped mid-sentence.

She didn't want to make her father's mood worse by saying such nonsense.

Chi Jingyuan didn't respond. He turned his head and looked at the TV again, not knowing what he was thinking.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the exaggerated conversations between the male and female protagonists of the bloody drama on TV continued to be heard, but neither of them paid much attention.

After a few minutes, Chi Jingyuan suddenly took a long breath, as if he wanted to exhale all his worries:

"never mind."

He is too lazy to think about these things anymore and cause trouble for himself. He can't affect this kind of thing. Let alone him, there is nothing the company or even the entire industry can do.

Anyway, you can't change anything no matter how much you think about it. If you think about this kind of thing too much, you will make things difficult for yourself. As for the planning of the combination, it depends on what the company says.

Let nature take its course, he is just an idol, just do his own thing well.

Thinking of this, Chi Jingyuan felt that his body and mind suddenly became much lighter. The heavy feeling in his heart just now was relieved a lot. The average-looking men and women in TV dramas in front of him seemed to be pleasing to the eye. Some.

He turned his head and glanced at Pei Zhuxuan who was close at hand. After adjusting his mentality, he suddenly realized that his father seemed to be particularly good-looking tonight.

Her blow-dried hair was tied up in a knot at the back, and she only wore a black suspender suit on her upper body. The collarbone and neck were all beautifully exposed. The pure black dress made the skin that had just been bathed even whiter and more moist. The large 'GUCCI' pattern on the slightly undulating chest allowed Chi Jingyuan to tell at a glance that this little singlet was a gift he had given to his young sister.

What's more important is that Bae Zhuhyun also wore Harry Potter-like retro round-frame glasses at this time, which seemed to make her become more intellectual, which was a wonderful contrast to her usual look.

Her fair and tender face rested on her shoulders, her big eyes looked at her with a look of concern, and Chi Jingyuan's heart aroused with concern.

"ah……"

Chi Jingyuan blinked, turned around, stretched out his hand, and hugged the young lady from behind the sofa while exclaiming.