In the president's office, there was no one else around, and Li Xiuman looked very ugly.
"Do I need to report to you what I want to do?"
Seeing that Li Xiuman was not a good host, Xiao Qian was not polite, poured herself tea, and said extremely rude things.
Who isn’t a boss?
Sure enough, when he retorted like this, Li Xiuman calmed down.
Indeed, if Xiao Qian wanted to vote against, he really didn't need to ask anyone for instructions.
Given his status, if he voted, he would vote.
"Things are not as simple as you think."
Li Xiuman's face finally showed exhaustion.
Xiao Qian sneered.
"Are you preparing for next year's general election again? The people behind you are really bad. It's been four years and you still can't find a better way to make money?"
Li Xiumin was horrified. When he looked at Xiao Qian, his eyes were full of awe.
"You know a lot?"
Xiao Qian didn't scare him anymore.
"Such a simple logic, any smart person can deduce it."
This answer made Li Xiuman finally let out a sigh of relief.
He thought he was being monitored by Xiao Qian.
"My current situation is very difficult, and I must be tough. Otherwise, if people see the truth, there will be too many vicious dogs pounce on me."
He also added.
"Don't say anything about saving HOT. I can't give in, and SM can't give in either."
Who knew that Xiao Qian's words would change.
"SM should never have given in."
Li Xiuman was shocked.
"You think so too? Then why did you vote against it at the meeting?"
Xiao Qianxiao is extremely realistic.
"No matter what vote I cast, it won't affect the outcome, but if I vote against it, I can gain favor from the outside world, so why not do it?"
Li Xiu was very angry.
"You are a gangster."
Xiao Qian took it as a compliment to him, poured a cup of tea for Li Xiuman, and said, "That's the end of the HOT matter."
Li Xiuman stopped holding the tea and looked over in confusion.
"What's the meaning?"
Xiao Qian looked at him steadily.
"Jang Woo-hyuk, Ahn Seung-ho and Lee Jae-won have left SM, so let them leave. As for how they can develop, it depends on their abilities. Banning them cannot be done."
Li Xiuman became angry again.
"Are you teaching me how to do something?"
Xiao Qian refused to give in.
"I'm saving you."
Li Xiuman laughed endlessly, as if he had heard some big joke.
"Save me? What can I do to save you?"
Xiao Qian looked at him with a sneer, and her words were sharper than a knife.
"Bullying a few helpless young people will not show your prestige, and will also make people think that you are a very vicious person. At such a critical time next year, if no one uses this as an excuse to attack you, then it will be
What a strange thing. Next year, you will be in trouble."
Looking at Xiao Qian who was like a magic stick, Li Xiuman felt bad all over.
He was very unsure how true what Xiao Qian said was.
Xiao Qian left SM Company quietly.
When I got outside, I made a phone call.
Later, he made an appointment with a secluded but high-end restaurant.
He didn't have to wait too long, the door was pushed open, and Wen Xijun walked in slightly panicked.
"Director Nim, I have kept you waiting for a long time."
Xiao Qian waved to him and asked him to sit down opposite.
"What's the matter? Let's eat, drink and have fun. Don't be afraid of time delay."
Looking at the delicious wine and food on the table, the exhausted Wen Xijun was very surprised.
"What a good day today is, why does Director Nim treat me to dinner?"
When he saw the door being pushed open again and Zhang Youhe walked in, Xiao Qian said, "Tell me something about your future."
At this time, Jang Woo Hyuk and Moon Hee Jun had already seen each other. They didn't expect that the other party would show up, and they were a little embarrassed for a moment.
During this time, due to the issue of contract renewal, they had not seen each other for a long time. No one knew what the others were thinking, and they felt confused in their hearts.
"Everyone, please sit down and have a drink while you can. I don't know when I want to have another one in the future."
Xiao Qian opened the soju and poured it for the two of them.
But what he said almost made the two of them jump in shock.
Wen Xijun didn't care about anything else and asked in a panic: "Director, did you hear something?"
Xiao Qian looked up at him, with a hint of pity in his eyes.
In fact, before and after the disintegration of HOT, he was the most injured person.
Although Moon Hee-joon stayed at SM company like Ahn Chil-hyun, because he spoke for Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony, Lee Jae-won and others, he was treated differently by SM company. The following years were very hard.
After HOT disbanded, Moon Hee-jun returned as a solo artist and sold 600,000 albums.
Do you know what SM company said?
"Only six hundred thousand."
Then SM expressed its unwillingness to invest in Moon Heejun's second album, forcing Moon Heejun to spend his own money to produce the second album.
It can be said that in those years, Moon Hee-jun invested almost all his own capital.
Looking at this ignorant young man now, Xiao Qian felt really sad inside.
"I didn't know anything, but I participated in the whole process."
As he said that, he looked at Zhang Youhe.
"Congratulations, you are free from now on."
Although the words were spoken softly, they were like a huge stone hitting them, knocking them out of breath.
There was a long silence in the box. Moon Hee-jun and Jang Woo-hyuk both had their heads down, making it impossible to see their expressions. But through the veins in their clenched hands, one could imagine their anger.
After a long time, Zhang Youhe finally raised his head and tried not to let the tears fall from the corners of his eyes.
"Ah!! What a wonderful society!"
Moon Hee-joon seems unable to accept this reality.
"Director, is it really irreversible?"
Xiao Qian had no intention of comforting them.
"Based on your understanding of those high-level officials, you know the answer."
Wen Xijun punched the table hard, causing drinks to spread everywhere, but he didn't care.
"Xiba..."
Seeing that he was getting more and more excited, Xiao Qian spoke.
"Things are settled and there won't be any changes. In the days to come, don't say anything and don't do anything. Don't do anything that's not good for you. You still have a long way to go."
Wen Xijun was inexplicably surprised.
"But I am the captain of HOT."
Xiao Qian's truth is very hurtful.
"But isn't HOT disbanded? Next, you have to think more about yourself."
He looked at Zhang Youhe again and told the truth.
"Boy, thank me. If it weren't for me, do you think you would be out of trouble if you left? The company had already decided to completely ban you. It was me who took action, so that the three of you can continue to act as individuals. Got it?
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Zhang Youhe was extremely angry and his voice was so loud that it almost broke through the roof.
"Why do those bastards? Do they want to do whatever they want? Do you think I'm afraid of them?"
Xiao Qian was too lazy to pay attention to his grief and anger, and waved her hand to indicate for him to sit down.
"Boy, you will have to face the ups and downs of the entertainment industry alone from now on. As your boss, I will give you advice for the last time. In this world, if you don't have enough strength, then you must learn to bow your head. It's pointless.
Your self-esteem will not make you stand upright, but will be completely buried. This is the last time I can help you. If there is any trouble in the future, it will depend on your own ability."
The cold words made Zhang Youhe calm down.
In fact, it's not that he doesn't know the power of SM Company. If SM Company really wants to ban them, they really have no choice.
If Xiao Qian hadn't taken action, they would have been forced to retire from the entertainment industry.
Zhang Youhe couldn't help but feel scared when he thought that his dream had almost died, and he looked at Xiao Qian with eyes filled with gratitude.
In their previous lives, SM Entertainment banned the three of them so thoroughly that they were unable to appear on TV.
If Lee Soo Man hadn't been investigated in 2002, which implicated colleagues in many companies in the entertainment industry, and subsequently had to compromise, they might have been unable to perform activities for the rest of their lives.
This is also the reason why Jang Yoo Hyuk and Tony can appear in programs such as "Xman" and "Love Letter" from time to time after 2003.
Even though it seems to only last for more than a year, if you think about the situation of artists who have returned from serving in the military for two years, you can understand the impact of SM's ban for more than a year.
"Director, why are you so nice to us?"
Zhang Youhe drank the soju in his cup in one gulp. The hot alcohol made the corners of his eyes more sparkling and opened his heart.
