Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

To make matters worse, not long after Luo Zaimin took sick leave, something unexpected happened in the company.

Just as Kim So-min and his group finished the flower-planting activity, news came that the flower-planting area had introduced new policies, resulting in restrictions on the activities of many Korean stars who went there to make money.

Now, the stock prices of several large entertainment companies, led by SM Entertainment, have plummeted.

This seemed to indicate that Kim So-min's previous ambitions had collapsed halfway.

After learning the news, the top executives of SM Entertainment held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures, but Kim So Min herself remained quite calm.

In fact, Kim So-min had heard about this policy long before it came out, so she was not too surprised or worried about this matter.

Many companies and artists on the peninsula are blatantly trying to make money. Not only do they make money, they don't even have the most basic respect for growing flowers. They deserve to be restricted.

Kim So-min couldn't keep calm herself, so she had to persuade them to stay calm as well: "Why panic? It's just a restriction on endorsements and past activities."

"Fans can still listen to the songs if they want to. We have Jingdong Taobao to buy the albums. Besides, don't we already operate YouTube and Weibo?"

“TIK TOK is also doing well. Let’s add a domestic app called Douyin.”

Someone questioned: "But concerts and tours are the most profitable part..."

The person who asked this question is incredibly stupid.

Hearing this, Kim So-min couldn't help but laugh.

Li Xiuman looked at him with contempt: "If we really want to hold a concert, we can choose Macau and Hong Kong, two places where flowers are grown."

Although these two places are not as convenient as directly going to the mainland, it is still possible to carry out activities.

Besides, concert tickets are not cheap.

To be honest, if they don’t have a certain level of financial strength, most fans won’t go to offline events such as concerts.

Then, the person in charge of the second center asked, "What about NCT's Ways and Function?"

Kim So-min: "WayGod can continue to debut as planned and then rotate between the two countries. Aren't they doing pretty well now?"

"Aren't the artists in the company taking Chinese classes? According to the artists' ideas, caring people asked them to interact with fans more on Paopao and Weibo."

Lee Soo Man added: "In the group Function, only Luna and Sulli are pure Korean nationals, and it is not difficult for others to develop there."

Kim So-min nodded in agreement.

She, Wendy, Jessica and Soojung all have dual citizenship. Although they need to pay an additional tax every year, her team is not there to just sit there and do nothing.

How to cleverly and legally avoid high taxes is a question that the team of secretarial elites behind her needs to consider.

Some people are worried: "If we interact too frequently, will the idols feel embarrassed?"

"..."

Kim So-min closed her eyes tightly, struggled inwardly for a moment, but eventually took the thought back and didn't say it out loud - why are there so many idiots around her every day?

"It's a new era now. If you still use the condescending attitude of the past to create idols, I guarantee that every one of them will fail."

"In the streaming media era, timeliness is of the utmost importance. We must speed up interaction with fans, including short videos, live broadcasts, and direct shooting. The interactive value brought by these things has long exceeded that of TV stations. What are you afraid of?"

After her lecture, the executives looked at each other, understood the interests involved, and nodded.

After talking about the company's future development direction and follow-up arrangements, others left the meeting room one after another.

Only Lee Soo Man and Kim So Min were left in the office. Just as they were about to leave, Lee Soo Man suddenly asked, "Are you in a relationship recently?"

Kim So-min: “…”

Jin Zhaomin: "How come even Uncle Li, you..."

Li Xiuman smiled slightly, his small eyes narrowed into a slit, looking very kind: "I am also a human being, you grew up under my watch, it's normal for me to care about you!"

"To be honest, I really hope you can have a relationship within the company, so that it will be much easier for me to handle the follow-up matters. If you really fall in love, remember to create more songs."

Kim So Min: "I can see that you don't care whether I'm in a relationship or not. You're just urging me to write a song."

Li Xiuman laughed: "That's right."

"Keep working hard. Love stories from adolescence can often inspire more musical inspiration and more touching songs. As long as you have inspiration, just create as much as you can."

"Ok?"

Thinking of Taylor's many abandoned songs, Kim So-min deeply agreed.

Li Xiuman is essentially a businessman.

He gave one last reminder, also in a very casual tone.

"Ah, I know your personality. If you find someone you like, you will definitely tell your fans."

Kim So Min cares about her fans very much, so she will do what she promised to her fans.

If she has a relationship, she will definitely make it public and give the choice to the fans. Whether the fans choose to continue to like her or choose to leave, Kim So Min will respect it.

"However, it's best not to make it public immediately, at least not now. The company's stock price has already fallen quite a bit."

He frowned in distress: "It's okay inside the company, but you must be careful outside."

"The paparazzi from D Agency and the tabloids have been watching you for a long time. If the tabloids take pictures of you, SM's stock price will continue to fall."

The unspoken rule that idols can't fall in love does not apply to Kim So Min - she still regards herself as an actor and singer-songwriter, and believes that love and work do not conflict.

This is also the disadvantage of her becoming an idol.

Even though Kim So Min does not establish a girlfriend persona and has repeatedly emphasized her love life and personality, her fan base is mostly female fans and mother fans.

However, once the name Somin is associated with a romantic relationship, it still sounds like a cosmic explosion-level damage to the public.

The illegitimate fans that celebrities worry about the most are nothing to her. After Kim Min-soo made an example of a few illegitimate fans, her illegitimate fans became quiet and silent.

As for those media outlets, big and small, that rely on the entertainment industry for their survival, once they take relevant photos, SM will have to spend a lot of public relations fees to suppress them.

This is how paparazzi make their living.

The public does not expect all celebrities in the entertainment industry to have extraordinary self-control and become saints without emotional fluctuations.

If that were the case, an entertainment company like D Agency, which specializes in paparazzi work, would not be able to operate so prosperously and continue to grow to this day.

Oftentimes, when there are political struggles on the peninsula, the chaebols will use D agency to expose the suppressed scandals of celebrities and use them as victims to divert public attention.

Kim So-min: “Oh…”

She actually has a pretty good relationship with D Agency, or rather, few newspapers dare to mess with Four Stars.

The news that can be circulated in newspapers and on the Internet is what Kim So-min and Sixing want people to see.

The last photo of Kim So Min and Luo Zai Min riding bicycles was suppressed by D agency.

D agency also has many photos of Kim So Min entering and leaving "Kim Village", traveling with her family in a low-key yet ostentatious manner.

For example, D agency has a lot of videos and photos of Kim So Min and Kim Min Soo attending a wedding and Kim Min Soo holding an umbrella for her.

Speaking of which, Kim So-min maintains a necessary tacit understanding with major media outlets.

She has been in and out of government buildings;

She and Kim Min-soo had dinner with Moon at the Blue House;

She received many gifts from Wen and Jin on her birthday;

She was also able to abuse her privileges with the help of Wen and many high-ranking officials who flattered her.

Her background destined her to be extraordinary.

Kim So Min does a lot of things that are just daily routine in her eyes. No matter which one is posted, it is far more serious than an idol "dating".

The peninsula is so small, and the major media outlets that follow her are not blind, so of course they can take pictures of her.

Then--?

That’s all!

Which media dares to do that?

There are many political parties on the peninsula fighting each other and the situation is very chaotic.

Some want to rescue Park from the girlfriend-gate incident; some want to crush Park to death and continue to consolidate their position; and some have ulterior motives and want to fish in troubled waters.

At this crucial moment of standing up for one's team, who would have the guts to expose her for such a trivial matter?

Are you afraid that you won't die quickly enough in the literal sense?

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Back in the recording studio, Kim So-min thought for a while.

She opened Kakao and asked the D agency paparazzi following her: "Do you think I'm in love?"

The other party was speechless: "Miss, why are you asking me this?"

"So, you think I'm in love too?"

The other party: "Miss, I rely on your photos to get paid now!"

D agency's filming of Kim So Min does not conflict with helping her to suppress news, after all, she will pay.

Fine.

Kim So-min re-examines her relationship with Luo Jae-min.

Although no one cares, but...she, the person involved, really hasn't been dating Luo Zaimin yet.