I am not an artist when I am reborn

Chapter 98 Board of Directors

Chapter 96 Council
February 53th, [-]:[-] am.

SM company, meeting room on the top floor.

There is only one meeting room on the top floor for one purpose: to hold a council.

The 25 directors of SM company rarely get together, and not all 25 directors attend every meeting.But every year after the first board meeting, all 25 directors will be present.

This is also one of the reasons why Su Jinxing was elected to the council this time.

Su Jinxing sat in the middle on the left side of the square table, and the seats at the two ends belonged to the president and the president. Li Xiuman and Jin Yingmin sat facing each other, and the other directors took their seats according to their name tags.

The council was convened on time at ten o'clock, and all 25 directors had arrived. Knowledge was being exchanged in twos and threes, and some were sitting in their seats waiting for the council to start.

Like Su Jinxing, he is surrounded by directors he is not familiar with, and on the other side...

Su Jinxing looked up, Director Han who was over fifty years old smiled at him, Su Jinxing was a little relieved.

Director Han accepted his promise yesterday, and the rest is up to him.

Time passed by, and soon, it was ten o'clock.

This means that the 25 directors who are the power core of SM company have taken their seats according to their numbers, and sat in the seats with their own famous brands.

Li Xiuman and Kim Youngmin sat down face to face. The chairperson of the council is usually presided over by the chairman of the council, but occasionally it will be presided over by Kim Youngmin, the president and representative of the company.

But the first meeting after the year, without exception, was chaired by the company chairman Li Xiuman.

As Li Xiuman announced the official start of the council, the financial director took the lead in reporting last year's annual internal financial report to the council.

As we all know, even for listed companies, there are some gaps between public financial statements and internal financial statements, not to mention the top Hallyu companies like SM Corporation, whose internal financial reports are very full.

Su Jinxing waited patiently and finished the process of the council first.

The first thing to start is the job report of the five major directors. The most important thing is the financial director first, and then the administrative director, music director, art director, and executive director.

The next strategic development discussion will not be entered until the work reports of the five directors are completed.

Kim Young Min and Lee Soo Man are concurrently serving as the executive director and music director of SM Entertainment respectively, and the reporting work of these two is also in progress.

Su Jinxing listened to Jin Yingmin's summary of the marketing department and the operation department, and found a problem.

From an objective point of view, after Kim Young Min took half or even most of the direction of SM, SM has indeed achieved considerable development.

This can be seen from the continuous influx of fresh blood from the marketing department and the operation department, making great achievements.

Su Jinxing has been in contact with the Operations Department. He first contacted the Production Department under the Performing Arts Department, and then entered the Planning Team of the Performing Arts Department.

It can be said that the planning team and the operation department are closely related, and there are many places for cooperation.Su Jinxing’s greatest impression from the operation department is that there are many young people with innovative ideas, which is undoubtedly the core element for a company to maintain its position.

In this age of involution where companies are being eliminated all the time, relying on their laurels, the end result is the same as the original SM, facing acquisitions and holdings.

Only by continuous innovation can we firmly grasp the leading position in this era.

"Does any director have any new ideas?" Li Xiuman's voice pulled Su Jinxing out of his thoughts.

Many directors more or less cast their eyes on Su Jinxing. Even if they didn't know the details, they all heard from their own channels that the new director was going to make a big move.

"I have a proposal." Su Jinxing restrained himself, knowing it was time.

The head of the secretary's office of the council stepped forward and distributed the documents that had been prepared. Each director had a copy. Su Jinxing took the documents, left his seat, and came to the screen.

After waking up the computer with the off screen, the big Korean characters of "Parallel Girls Group" appeared on the big screen.

The directors have different expressions, but they are all carefully flipping through the documents in their hands.

Min Xizhen, who had read the manuscript long ago, was also pretending to flip through the document, but Li Xiuman, who didn't even bother to pretend, just looked at Su Jinxing on the stage with that kind smile.

Those who didn't know thought that Su Jinxing was his designated heir, like his own grandson.

"Masters, good morning." Su Jinxing said with a small remote control in his hand.

The directors who were flipping through the documents all raised their heads and looked at Su Jinxing.

"About the content of the parallel girl group, there is a general description in the document. Here I will explain my thoughts in detail for you."

Su Jinxing pressed the remote control, and the name "GFriend" appeared on the big screen.

"GFriend, is the name I gave to this new girl group. My initial idea is to use Cui Yuna as the core vocalist, and create a targeted combination of "pure" and "power"..."

Su Jinxing described in detail the plan of his new girl group, from GFriend's development model to the concept planning for the first two years, and with a document for each person, a complete concept of the girl group was presented.

Su Jinxing spoke eloquently for more than ten minutes before fully explaining the initial concept of GFriend.

"The concept of GFriend is very complete and novel. The pure and powerful girl group is a very good concept. There are many girl groups with pure and pure style, the most representative one is apink, but the pure and powerful style that Director Su mentioned is possible. Make waves in the market."

The person who spoke was the head of the marketing department, and Su Jinxing got a lot of market research from him.

"The idea is good, but Red Velvet is about to debut. If we launch GFriend immediately, how will we solve the problem of resource allocation for the two girl groups?" The Operations Minister raised the core question.

The biggest problem for the double girl group is resource allocation. Red Velvet, which the company has poured their heart and soul into, cannot be handed over just because of the GFriend proposed by you, Su Jinxing.

"I think Director Su's idea is very good, and the concept is also very good. We can keep this concept and wait until the right time to launch a new girl group." The Minister of Public Relations also expressed his opinion.

This statement has been endorsed by many people.

The concept proposed by Su Jinxing is excellent, and it is also a field that SM has never set foot in.

Both Girls' Generation and Function have the concept of pure style, but this is the first time that this novel concept has been pure from the beginning and combines purity and strength.

The directors approved of Su Jinxing's plan, but they did not approve of the timing of the parallel girl group.

"I have also considered the resource issue of the new girl group." Su Jinxing clicked the remote control again, and a line of concepts appeared on the big screen.

"Red Velvet".

The head of the secretary's office immediately distributed the next concept paper to the directors.

"I think that according to the usual debut model, although it is safe, it lacks enthusiasm after all. The company's family concept is still being built, and it is risky to continue to adopt the previous black and red route. The way to shoot the debut variety show.”

Hearing this, the directors cheered up one after another, forgetting about GFriend.

"The name of the variety show is tentatively decided to be "Red Velvet". A certain number of female trainees will be selected within the company, or simply in SM Rookies. My idea is about [-], and each stage will be sorted through the competition, and audience voting will be opened at the same time. The window allows the audience to participate in the group debut."

All present here are the cutting-edge power layers of Hallyu. You can say that they are corrupt and encroaching, but you cannot deny the vicious market acumen of these people.

When Su Jinxing proposed the concept of "sixteen", oh no, it is now called "Red Velvet", they have already noticed the hot spots here.

Perhaps it may not attract too much attention when the variety show is broadcast, but no matter what, the debut girl group produced by SM for the first time will form a variety show, and there will be enthusiasm.

If there is popularity, it means that there is a base of potential fans.

With the popularity, the operation department is too familiar with what to do with the rest.

"There is a question." Min Xizhen said suddenly, one of the three core power factions in the company, when Min Xizhen spoke, the meeting room immediately became quiet.

"How do you ensure that the final candidate for the group is the same as our preset candidate?"

"We will adopt the method of competition, and in the final round, we will conduct the final member election through the proportional scoring model. Similar to the popularity ratio of the golden record, the big head is still in the hands of the judges, that is, the company."

Of course, Su Jinxing has thought of this point. In his vision, once this variety show is broadcast, several members of Red Velvet may not be in the top four, so this needs to be grasped by the company.

"The company has already informed the four members of Red Velvet about their debut. Now that the mode is suddenly changed, will there be any problems?" The trainee minister asked again.

They had already been notified that they were preparing to debut, but now a variety show competition appeared out of nowhere, telling them that they were going to compete, but they might not be debuting.

In this way, it will affect the mood of the trainees.

"I will do the ideological work of the Red Velvet members, and I will make them feel at ease."

The directors communicated in pairs, Jin Yingmin looked inexplicable, looking at Li Xiuman who looked like a Maitreya Buddha, he was a little uncertain about the relationship between this matter and him.

But from an objective point of view, this matter is indeed feasible.

"Then, let's vote. Regarding Director Su's proposal to modify the Red Velvet debut model, the vote will now begin."

After speaking, Li Xiuman raised his hand first.

Min Xizhen glanced at Su Jinxing and chose to object.

Jin Yingmin hesitated for a moment, but also chose to agree.

In the end, thirteen votes were in favour, seven votes against were invalid, and five abstentions. More than half of the proposal passed.

"Director Su, does he have any thoughts on choosing someone for the director system of this variety show?" Li Xiuman asked.

"I recommend Director Min Xizhen." Su Jinxing recommended a candidate that made everyone unexpected.

Min Xizhen herself also raised her eyebrows, and looked at Su Jinxing in surprise. He didn't tell him about this in advance.

But then he looked at Li Xiuman, and seeing the other party smiling and nodding towards him, he immediately understood that this was Li Xiuman's order.

"Director Min is the creator of the concept of Red Velvet, and the variety show "Red Velvet" also needs someone who is very familiar with the concept of Red Velvet to keep abreast of the general direction. Director Min is the most suitable person." Su Jinxing said the reason for the recommendation .

"What's Director Min thinking?" Li Xiuman looked at Min Xizhen.

Min Xizhen pondered for a moment.

"Do you have any candidates for the judges?"

"I, Chairman Li Xiuman and Minister Yu Yongzhen." Su Jinxing answered.

Min Xizhen nodded when she heard the words, and glanced at Jin Yingmin who was silent.

"I have no opinion."

"Then the next step is the candidates. I recommend these fourteen trainees."

Su Jinxing pressed the remote control, and the information of the fourteen trainees appeared on the big screen.

Red Velvet 4+1 five people plus GFriend six people and three were pulled by Su Jinxing to make up the number.

Originally, he wanted to stuff Jun So-yeon in, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

"Here, is there any member of GFriend suggested by Director Su?" Kim Young-min, who had been silent all this time, spoke abruptly.

"Yes." Su Jinxing agreed very calmly, "I have also put the selection of GFriend candidates in the variety show of "Red Velvet", and I plan to take advantage of the popularity of "Red Velvet" and then target Create a variety show to complete GFriend's debut plan."

The topic came back again, but compared to "Red Velvet", the directors' interest in GFriend is very low.

Su Jinxing wasn't discouraged either, and he didn't intend to convince these directors with a single meeting.

"I propose to keep the proposal of the GFriend girl group." Su Jinxing looked at Li Xiuman and said.

"Director Su proposed to keep the proposal. You can vote now." After Li Xiuman finished speaking, he raised his right hand.

Min Xizhen hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand.

Jin Yingmin didn't speak again, but raised her hand.

"Sixteen votes were in favor, six votes were against, and three votes abstained. The proposal will be kept until the next council meeting." Li Xiuman announced the result.

"Then, set up the "Red Velvet" program production team, with director Min Hee-jin as the program director, me, Director Yu, and Director Su as the program judges, and grant director Min Hee-jin the authority to temporarily recruit personnel from various departments. Docking." Li Xiuman made the final personnel deployment arrangements.

Everyone here has no opinion.

Su Jinxing returned to his seat, and the next step is the development direction of other groups. Su Jinxing just listened to it and didn't express too many opinions. He was more thinking about how to communicate with the girls of Red Velvet about "Red Velvet" variety show thing.

This is a bold attempt. The sudden change of the debut announcement will definitely have a big impact on the girls. How to do their ideological work is a top priority.

What Su Jinxing wants is a humane SM family, and he still needs to pay more attention to these details.

The council opened from ten o'clock to twelve o'clock, a little closer.

After the meeting ended, Min Xizhen, Su Jinxing and other executives of the "Red Velvet" program production team stayed and continued to discuss the details of the program.

　Thanks to Taeyeon Kim for tipping 100 starting coins and Pei Zhuxuan for 200 starting coins from book friends Ru Troubled Summer.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)