My girlfriend is an idol

The girl group produced by the son has not yet made its debut, but it has aroused unprecedented enthusiasm in South Korea and overseas. As the father, Li Xiuman is not only proud, but also inevitably brought up for comparison.

In addition, Li Xiuman himself is not keen on developing women's groups. Looking at S..M's past generations, the men's groups are all planned by Li Xiuman. Before leaving South Korea, the father and son once sat together and made a bet.

The two agreed to spend two years planning a newcomer combination that is unique in the history of the Korean group. Li Xiuman chooses the boy group and Li Xianzhe is the girl group.

Wendy sat on Li Xianzhe's lap and listened to the narration. The expression on her face was both funny and complicated.

This father and son are placed in the Korean showbiz circle as the existence that controls the fate of many people. Although it seems exaggerated, once the two make up their minds to destroy an artist, it is really easy.

Such a pair of father and son would actually bet with the newcomer combination that their respective companies will launch?

Regardless of what the bet is, Wendy believes that once such content is published, it will definitely become the hottest topic in South Korea that year and even the next few years.

"But having said that, after so many years, the models of Superjunior and EXO can no longer be replicated. Outside of this circle, my father wanted to refer to the trainee model of RB’s national girl group AKB48 and Dennis Office. Create a new type of community.

Regardless of treating this group as an experimental group, like S..M treated Superjunior and Girls’ Generation, and F(x), he must have considered this mode and has already been played once with others.

The predecessors of AfterSchool launched by Pledies...not to mention the reasons for the failure of the Afterschool combination. I felt at the time that once my father adopted that model, this new combination would only become a test product and become cannon fodder?"

"Wue? Why do you say that, isn't it good to create a Korean version of AKB?"

Putting aside the relationship with Lee Hyun-cheol, Wendy chose to stand on Lee Soo-man’s side, just because Lee Soo-man’s success has been deeply rooted in S...M, or in the entire Korean entertainment industry, not many people would recognize Lee Soo-man’s will. failure.

Li Xianzhe was not angry about Wendy's doubts, but just explained it lightly.

"The definition of idol in South Korea is different from that of RB. On the one hand, it focuses on the overall strength, the neatness of the dance, and the appearance, and the all-rounder in all fields is good. idol, you only need a little training to give everyone vitality."

The focus of the two sides is also huge. In the case of different national preferences, judgment standards, and market orientation, afterschool has proved it by copying the model of Dennis.

In addition, after his father regained the support of the board of directors, the plan he had to come up with was very challenging, but the drawbacks were also very obvious."

"What is it?"

For this kind of thing, Wendy just listened to what he didn't understand, and his thoughts gradually shifted from this question to Li Xianzhe.

Especially when the other person explained it to him indifferently, she looked dazzling, and she felt very handsome and respectable.

"First, the number of people. According to my father's first idea, this is a combination that will cater to the Kpop market and fans around the world. The tentative project name is "NeoCultureTechnology".

Just like the meaning of the name, trainees from different countries and regions will be combined in a combination to debut.

New members will be introduced from time to time, and members can be added or removed freely, but as far as the father thinks, this combination has no complete upper limit, and even the father cannot confirm the final number of this combination.

In addition to the large forces, teams will also be formed to operate in different countries, such as the Huaxia team, the Korean local team, the Vietnamese team, and the Brazilian team in the new Korean market in South America..."

The boy group that Lee Hyun-cheol mentioned is the focus of the global Kpop project that Lee Soo-man plans to implement two years later, and represents a new cultural concept.

But at present, I just have some ideas, and many aspects need to be improved.At that time, Li Xianzhe immediately lost interest when he heard that it was this boy group.

In his opinion, this combination is Liu Adou who can't afford it. The senior brothers and sisters who have been in the company for many years have helped actively promote this combination on various occasions.

There are many reasons why this combination failed to achieve the desired effect, such as too many people and no upper limit.

For passers-by, it is very difficult to recognize all of them. Moreover, the members are no longer as distinctive as the men's groups launched by S..M in the past.

In addition, the members lack self-motivated each other and have a very poor sense of artistry. This lacks a powerful tool for fans. You must know that S..M has always been the most famous in the circle of idol group's artistry, but After the debut of this combination, you can only look at it with a big question mark.

"So, not every large boy group can replicate the miracles of Superjunior and EXO. The reason why SuperJunior became so popular is that S..M's "stocking" of this group was done as a limited group. It took a few months. Disbanded, relying on the members' own efforts and desperation to make this group a formal combination.

EXO is also mainly aimed at the Chinese market. It has further expanded on the basis of SJ. In Li Xianzhe's view, this is already the pinnacle of a large group. It is difficult to succeed if it expands further and introduces newcomers."

Lee Hyun-chul knows that this is Lee Soo-man’s time to explore the now saturated Korean Wave market with new concepts. Moreover, with so many predecessors in the company, today’s S..M is not unable to afford failure.

It was precisely because he knew Li Xiuman's stubbornness that he was fortunate to give up, and because of his giving up, Li Xiuman was a little disappointed. The source of the bet was born here. Since he did it, no matter what the result is, he must do his best.

Li Xiuman could not have expected that when a combination has good looks and strength, but has no characteristics, and lacks a hit that can become a hit, it is normal that the combination is not popular.

"There is no upper limit? That is to say, the new men's team that Li Xiuman wants to launch may have 20 members, or 30, 40, or even more?"

After listening so much, Wendy gradually understood why Li Xianzhe would deny Li Xiuman’s plan. From the perspective of passers-by, even if you don’t know how to operate a combination, these superficial settings will be clear to anyone who has read them. Unreliable thoughts came up.

"Yes, and on the surface, it seems that the model used by my father has a trace of AKB, but at any rate AKB will hold elections every year, and every once in a while, old members will announce graduation, but this boy group does not.

To be honest, maybe my father’s concept is too advanced, and I can’t even see where the future of this boy group is. Do you think Korean people like this group?"

"Then... If Teacher Li Xiuman fails, will you take action?"

In a blink of an eye, Wendy chose to switch camp and stood on Li Xianzhe's side. This leap of thinking made Li Xianzhe almost unresponsive and failed?He was just not optimistic about this combination, but he didn't think it would fail.

Failure meant that the group went straight to the street, and was finally disbanded by the company's abandonment. Obviously, Li Xiuman's new group has not yet reached the point of being disbanded.

But it is impossible to make it into a gold-sucking boy group like EXO and SuperJunior, but at least it won't lose money, and the potential of this rookie boy group stops here.