Of course he couldn't refuse Song Yi's request for an inspection, but because he couldn't figure out Song Yi's intentions, he frowned.

At this time, a girl with short hair noticed Li Zhuying's expression. She quietly walked behind Li Zhuying and helped him massage his shoulders and neck.

Li Zhuying knew that it was his beloved youngest daughter who came over, so he asked, "Chunkui, why are you coming to my office instead of going to training?"

The short-haired girl said with a smile: "The vocal teacher hasn't come yet. I want to see if Dad is hiding in the office to smoke. Mommy asked me to keep an eye on you in the company and ask you to smoke less. It's not good for your health."

Li Zhuying was annoyed, "You took away the lighter I put on the table. What can I use to smoke?"

This short-haired girl is called Lee Chun-kyu, the third daughter of Lee Soo-young, and has been a trainee at Star World Entertainment. Lee Chun-kyu is relatively small, but at a young age she has an impressive figure, and can be described as a child with a big face.

"Dad, is there something that's bothering you? You're frowning so early in the morning. If you frown so often, you'll age quickly." Li Chunkui asked with concern.

Li Zhuying was reluctant to tell her daughter that the company might be facing acquisition. After all, Chunkui was still young, and there was no need to let her bear the worry so early.

"It's nothing, it's just that a consortium wants to come and inspect our company. It's a bit strange because we have never had any business dealings with each other before." Li Zhuying said casually.

Li Chunkui was surprised after hearing this. "A consortium? A big one? Have I heard of this company's name?"

Li Zhuying said casually: "This consortium is quite famous. It is the SA Group, one of the top ten consortiums."

Li Chunkui covered her mouth and said, "SA Group, isn't that the parent company of SM Entertainment, my uncle's company? Could it be that my uncle wants to acquire our company?"

After SM Entertainment went public, Lee Soo Man told Lee Soo Young that he wanted to acquire Star World Entertainment and turn Star World into a subsidiary of SM Entertainment. However, the arrogant Lee Soo Young immediately rejected Lee Soo Man's proposal, and Lee Soo Man never mentioned it again.

Li Zhuying thought for a moment and shook her head. "It shouldn't be. If Xiuman wants to acquire Star World, he can just come here. The secretary of the president of SA Group contacted me and said that Song Yi, the chairman of SA Group, wants to come and inspect our company."

"Song Yi?" Li Chunkui became interested. "Is that the Song Yi who appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine? A young tycoon who has earned trillions of won before he was 30. I will tell Sister Ayumi about this news later. She will definitely be interested."

Ayumi is a member of the girl group Star World Entertainment. She is Japanese and her real name is Ito Yumi. In order to facilitate activities in Korea, she changed her name to Lee Ayumi and formed the girl group Sugar with three Korean members Park Soojin, Hwang Jung-eum, and Yook Hye-seung. Later, Sugar disbanded, and both Ayumi and Park Soojin became successful soloists. Park Soojin transformed into an actor. Park Soojin later signed a contract with Keyeast agency and dated the company's boss Bae Yong-joon, becoming the boss lady of Keyeast agency.

Li Zhuying's face was dark. "Song Yi is already married and has children. He is not of the same generation as you. What is there to be interested in?"

Li Chunkui smiled and said, "Dad, you don't understand this. Sister Ayumi has been on the SBS variety show "X-Man" before. She has heard that the creative idea of ​​this show came from Song Yi. Not only that, Sister Ayumi also likes to play the game "Kart Rider" produced by SA soft. The producer of this game is also Song Yi. That's why Sister Ayumi is interested in Song Yi, whom she has never met."

Li Zhuying shook her head. "This kind of thing has always been a rumor. Song Yi is not that great. For example, the game "Bubble Kart" must have been developed by his employees with great effort, but he got all the credit. Isn't this obviously inappropriate?"

"Just like Sugar's album 'Tell me why' released in 2002, which entered the Top 10 of the Korean pop music chart and won music awards from KBS and SBS. I just helped select the songs from beginning to end. Can you say that the success of the album 'Tell me why' was mainly due to me?" Lee Soo-young retorted.

Li Chunkui thought for a moment, "Of course, composing is important, but it is more important to be able to select songs that are suitable for the style and dance style of the Sugar band from so many songs. Without your precise vision, how could the Sugar band be successful?"

Lee Soo-young was very happy to be praised by his little daughter. Sugar is indeed his masterpiece. The cute and sweet looks, music style and dance of the four girls in Sugar are pleasing to the eye. Many Korean entertainment companies are planning to launch girl groups like Sugar, focusing on a cute style.

He reminded Li Chunkui, "The SA Group delegation may arrive soon. These large financial groups attach great importance to reception etiquette. You must behave properly and don't be rude. Do you hear me?"

Li Chunkui acted coquettishly towards Li Zhuying, "I know. Don't worry, Dad. I will definitely not embarrass you."

Li Zhuying shook her head and ignored her overly lively daughter. However, the usual training was hard enough, and it was okay for a little girl to be a little lively.

Star World Entertainment is located at 111 Cheongdam-dong. Unlike SM Entertainment, this company is much smaller in scale and only rents a single floor of an office building. There is no Star World Entertainment logo outside the entire building. However, in Seoul, where every inch of land is valuable, it is normal for small entertainment companies to rent a floor of an office building to work.

Song Yi and Jiang Xiu Na were standing downstairs. Jiang Xiu Na asked Song Yi, "President, do you want to say hello to President Li and ask someone from their company to come down and pick us up?"

"Forget it, there's no need. Since we've already said hello, we can just go up directly. There's no need to put on airs." Song Yi said.

When Song Yi, Jiang Xiu Na and the bodyguards entered the elevator, two little girls' anxious voices came from behind, "Please wait a moment, please!"

Jiang Xiu Na frowned. This kind of situation couldn't possibly happen in the SA Group building. Which company was this employee from? How rude!

Song Yi smiled warmly, then pressed the elevator door button, and the two girls squeezed in. When they saw what Song Yi did, they quickly bowed and thanked him.

Song Yi asked, "Which floor are you going to?"

The two girls saw that Song Yi had already pressed the sixth floor, "Let's go to the sixth floor too, thank you."

The two girls have different heights. The girl with long hair is obviously taller, about 1.65 meters, about the same height as Jiang Xiu Na wearing high heels.

The other girl was obviously younger, probably only about 1.5 meters tall, but her chest curve was very proud. Jiang Xiu Na glanced at her, then involuntarily looked down and sighed.

Song Yi noticed Jiang Xiu Na's behavior and almost laughed. He knew at a glance that this short-haired girl was Lee Sun Kyu, whom he had been thinking about. He didn't expect that Lee Sun Kyu was such a daredevil at this time, but she had a little more innocence of a girl.

The long-haired girl saw the bodyguard beside Song Yi, and leaned close to Li Chunkui's ear and spoke with her tongue bitten. It was obvious that the two of them had guessed the identity of Song Yi and his group.

They soon arrived at the sixth floor. The elevator door opened and the two girls motioned for Song Yi and his friends to go first. As guests, they had to leave the elevator first.

Song Yi walked out of the elevator, and right in front of the elevator was the logo of Star World Entertainment. But Song Yi was not in a hurry to go in, and pretended not to know Lee Sunkyu and the others, and asked: "Are you two also employees of Star World Entertainment?"

The long-haired girl quickly replied respectfully, "Yes, I'm Ayumi, an artist from Star World Entertainment."

Lee Chun-kyu then replied, "Hello, I am Lee Chun-kyu, a trainee of Star World Entertainment. I am very sorry about the elevator incident just now. It was my fault and it has nothing to do with Sister Ayumi. Please don't tell our president later, okay?"

Song Yi now understood that Lee Sunkyu's real name was Lee Chun-kyu. No wonder he asked Lee Soo-man if he had a niece named Lee Sunkyu, and he said no.

Song Yi saw that Ayumi and the other person were holding several cups of coffee in their hands, and thought that they must have taken the time to go to the coffee shop downstairs to buy coffee for their colleagues.

They didn't expect that Song Yi and his team took the elevator upstairs without even saying hello to Star World Entertainment Company.

Song Yi and his friends are the distinguished guests that Star World Entertainment is going to receive today. It was indeed very rude of Li Chunkui to ask Song Yi and his friends to wait for them in the elevator.

He looked at the pitiful Li Chunkui and suddenly wanted to tease her, "Really? But when you entered the elevator just now, your coffee was not tightly sealed and it all spilled. There are already coffee stains on my suit. What should I do?"

Ayumi and Li Chunkui were stunned when they heard Song Yi say that. Song Yi was a super rich man, so the suits he wore must be very expensive. A suit might cost hundreds of millions of won. Even if they wanted to compensate, they couldn't afford it.

Li Chunkui was a little bit unbelievable. She looked down at the coffee in her hand and saw that some coffee had indeed spilled out of the package. She didn't know whether Song Yi was splashed with coffee.

Song Yi continued to ask, "I'm going to send this suit to dry cleaning now, so you may need to pay for the dry cleaning fee. Li Chunkui, do you still insist that this matter has nothing to do with your sister Ayumi?"

Ayumi was about to speak when Li Chunkui quickly took over the matter. "This is my fault. If we had taken the next elevator, this wouldn't have happened. Please wait a moment, sir. I'm going to find our president and ask him for the dry cleaning fee."

Ayumi was also very anxious at this time, "Junki, if you go to the president now, he will definitely criticize you. I will go to the agent Oppa, they can help us pay for the dry cleaning fee first."

Song Yi smiled, Ayumi and Lee Chun-kyu really had a good relationship. No wonder after Star World went bankrupt, Ayumi recommended Lee Chun-kyu to interview with SM Entertainment, and she joined Girls' Generation in 2007, becoming the last member of Girls' Generation.

At this time, the employees of Star World noticed the movement outside the office, and the smart employees went to inform Li Zhuying. Li Zhuying was very upset, and he was afraid that his daughter would offend Song Yi, so he rushed to Song Yi's side.

When Li Chunkui saw Li Zhuying coming out, he knew that he could no longer hide the matter, so he immediately apologized to Li Zhuying, "President, I just went to the cafe downstairs to buy coffee, and when I was taking the elevator, I accidentally spilled coffee on the customer's clothes. Can you give me some money so that I can send the customer's clothes to the dry cleaner for dry cleaning?"

Li Zhuying turned his gaze to Song Yi. He knew that Song Yi was very young, but he was still a little surprised to see Song Yi in person for the first time. "President Song, I'm very sorry. Our company's employees are ignorant and the hospitality was not good. Please forgive us."

Song Yi smiled and shook his head. He took the initiative to reach out his hand and shook hands with Li Zhuying. "President Li has raised a good daughter. There was no coffee splashed on my clothes. It was just a small test for your company's employees."

"Ms. Li Chunkui does not shirk responsibility when encountering problems. She takes the initiative to take responsibility and honestly admits her mistakes. These are very valuable qualities. She is also very loyal and does not want Ayumi to share the losses. Miss Ayumi is also very good and protects the younger generation very well." Song Yi praised.

Li Chunkui was furious when she heard Song Yi say that. She was worried about this matter, but Song Yi, this hateful guy, actually said it was a small test. Who would test someone like this? She raised her head and looked at Song Yi with a smile, remembering Song Yi's image in her heart.

Jiang Xiu Na explained what happened just now, and Li Zhuying breathed a sigh of relief after listening. If Li Chunkui really spilled coffee on Song Yi's suit, it would be troublesome.

He noticed Song Yi's compliment and asked, "President Song knows my little daughter?"

Song Yi nodded, "I've heard Director Lee Soo Man talk about his niece who is a trainee in his father's company before."

"Except for President Li's daughter, I don't think any other trainee would be so brave as to drag the company's artists downstairs to buy coffee during working hours," Song Yi said with a smile.

Li Chunkui was even angrier. It turned out that Song Yi had recognized her a long time ago and was teasing her on purpose. Ayumi often praised Song Yi in front of her about how great he was. Now she just wanted to bite Song Yi.

Ayumi was not angry at all. She thought Song Yi was really amazing as he guessed Li Chunkui's identity in one go.

As a fan of KartRider, Ayumi often goes to Yui Aragaki's game live broadcast room, listens to her singing, and even plays duo with her in the game.

As a Japanese artist developing in Korea, Ayumi has a natural affinity for Yui Aragaki.

Yui Aragaki is also a little fan of Song Yi. She often praises Song Yi and the game company Sa Soft in the live broadcast room. So under the influence of Yui Aragaki, Ayumi also became a fan of Song Yi.

Accompanied by Lee Soo-young, Song Yi and Kang Soo-na visited the entire Star World company, focusing on the Sugar group that had already debuted and the TINTOP group that had not yet debuted.

How should I put it? In the entire TINTOP group, except for Lee Chun-kyu, the level of other trainees cannot reach the level of trainees debuted from SM Entertainment.

In addition to Ayumi, Song Yi also recognized Park Soo Jin from the Sugar group. Song Yi pondered for a moment, and it seemed that only Ayumi, Lee Chun-kyu and Park Soo Jin were worth signing in the entire Star World company.

If Bae Yong-joon knew that his future wife Park Soo-jin was signed in advance by Song Yi, would he regret rejecting the olive branch previously extended by SA agency?

Because the number of female artists in SA agency is obviously more than that of male artists, Song Yi was ready to sign Bae Yong Joon before NHK TV broadcast "Winter Sonata". However, Bae Yong Joon was already with a rich Japanese woman at that time. With the help of the rich woman, Bae Yong Joon wanted to open his own agency and be the boss. He was unwilling to be inferior to Song Yi, so Song Yi did not force him.

After visiting Star World, Song Yi said to Lee Soo Young, "President Lee, Sugar is really good. It has filled the vacancy in the girl group market after the disbandment of SES and Fin.KL."

"However, it is precisely because of Sugar's success in the Korean market that SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment are now preparing to launch their own girl groups. We also have a girl group under SA Music."

"If SES and Fin.KL are first-generation girl groups, Sugar can only be considered a first-and-a-half-generation girl group. Around 2007, Korean entertainment agencies will launch more than a dozen girl groups. Star World is a small entertainment company after all. Even if TINTOP debuts, it won't make any waves." Song Yi told the truth.

When Li Zhuying heard Song Yi's comment, her heart suddenly felt cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

If Chen Meijing of CJ Group is the godmother of Korean entertainment, then Song Yi is the godfather of Korean entertainment.

Song Hye Kyo, Jun Ji Hyun, Son Ye Jin, Ko Hyun Jung, Kim Tae Hee, Sung Yu Ri, this series of names are Song Yi's brilliant achievements. As long as they are female artists that Song Yi is optimistic about, there is no one who will not succeed.

In addition to his accurate eye for selecting actors, Song Yi also has an excellent vision in the music industry. The albums produced by Kim Jong Kook, Lee Hyori and Baek Ji Young after joining SA Music are all hit songs, and the three have also won numerous awards.

Li Zhuying believes that Song Yi will not lower the acquisition price of Star World by devaluing the value of the TINTOP group. Since Song Yi came to inspect Star World Entertainment Company in person, it means that Star World Company has a candidate that Song Yi likes. So what exactly does Song Yi like?

"President Li, I'll be honest with you. SM Entertainment is planning to launch a popular girl group in 2006 or 2007. The tentative number of members in this girl group is 9."

"Because one of the members wants to transform into an actor, he has to leave. I have been looking for a suitable replacement during this period."

"From my observation, Ms. Lee Chun-kyu meets SM Entertainment's standards in terms of age, singing and dancing abilities. Of course, she may be a little short in height, but she is still young and has room to grow."

"Our SA Group is also very sincere and is willing to acquire Star World Entertainment. After the acquisition is completed, the company will arrange for Ms. Li Chunkui to join the SM Entertainment girl group. For the members of the Sugar group, our SA Films is also willing to provide film and television resources so that they can transform into film and television actors in the future." Song Yi said.

Li Zhuying could not have imagined that Song Yi actually came for his daughter Li Chunkui. In order to get Li Chunkui, Song Yi was actually willing to buy the entire Star World Entertainment.

If someone else had taken a fancy to Li Chunkui and wanted to poach her, Li Zhuying might have agreed. But Song Yi wanted to poach Li Chunkui, and Song Yi's reputation with women was not very good, so Li Zhuying was naturally happy and worried.

He had also heard about SM Entertainment's girl group project, but he didn't expect that this girl group was actually a project that Song Yi was personally watching. Song Yi said that this girl group would become a popular girl group in Korean entertainment, and Li Zhuying certainly didn't doubt Song Yi's vision.

Lee Soo-young was surprised that Lee Chun-kyu was able to leave TINTOP and join a girl group under SM Entertainment, and her career prospects were bright.

Lee Soo Young was worried that Song Yi had a bad reputation with women. There were rumors that female artists of SA Group had to accept Song Yi's unspoken rules in order to have a chance to get promoted. The person who was rumored to be the former Fin.KL member Sung Yuri.

Song Yi acquired DSP Entertainment in 2001, and SA Group also accepted DSP Entertainment's girl group Fin.KL. Lee Hyori and Sung Yuri chose to renew their contracts with SA Music, while Lee Jin and Ok Joo-hyun joined CJ Entertainment.

After joining SA Group, Sung Yu-ri could only play supporting roles in some TV dramas for three years. It was only this year that she got the leading role in "Crown Prince's First Love".

There were rumors within SA Group that Song Yi wanted to take advantage of Sung Yu-ri, but Sung Yu-ri refused. Song Yi deliberately suppressed Sung Yu-ri and did not allow her to play the female lead. Although Lee Hyo-ri left Fin.KL, her solo album achieved good results.

On the other hand, although Sung Yuri hosted two variety shows, she was always the vice MC, and her career in the film and television industry was also tepid, which made the rumor spread more and more. So after Sung Yuri starred in "The Crown Prince's First Love", SA Group said that Sung Yuri succumbed to Song Yi's tyranny. Of course, it is also possible that Sung Yuri wanted to be as famous as Song Hye Kyo, Jun Ji Hyun, Son Ye Jin, and Ko Hyun Jung.

Song Yi didn't know that the obstacle to his poaching of Lee Chun-kyu was actually his unclear scandals with many female stars in the Korean entertainment industry. If he knew this was the case, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

Lee Soo-young decided to ask Lee Soo-man about Song Yi's character before deciding on the future of her daughter Lee Chun-kyu, whether to switch to SM Entertainment.

He also wants to continue running Star World Entertainment, after all, the company is still barely able to operate.

If Star World becomes a subsidiary of SA Group, how can he protect the artists under the company? And if Lee Chun-kyu fails in SM Entertainment, at least she can return to Star World. This company is also the backing and retreat that Lee Soo-young gave to her daughter Lee Chun-kyu.

"President Song, I understand why you're here, but I have no plans to sell the company for the time being. As for Chun-kyu joining SM Entertainment, let me think about it for two more days. I will give you a definite answer before this Friday," said Lee Soo-young.

Within two days, Lee Soo-young agreed to let Lee Chun-kyu leave Star World Entertainment and join SM Entertainment. To show its sincerity, SM Entertainment also paid Star World a training fee, and Lee Chun-kyu officially became a trainee of SM Entertainment.

The reason why Lee Soo Young agreed to Lee Chun Kyu's transfer to SM Entertainment was mainly because she knew that Seo Ju Hyun from Girls' Generation was the daughter of Song Yi's good friend. With Seo Ju Hyun as her teammate protecting her, Song Yi could not possibly attack Lee Chun Kyu.

At Song Yi's suggestion, Lee Chun-kyu took a stage name called Lee Sun-kyu, while her English name remained the same, still Sunny. Girls' Generation finally welcomed their little sun Lee Sun-kyu.

Under the suggestion of Kim Young-min, Girls' Generation currently maintains an 11-member group consisting of Park So-yeon, Lee Yeon-hee, Kim Taeyeon, Jessica Jung, Lee Sunkyu, Hwang Mi-young, Kim Hyo-yeon, Kwon Yuri, Choi Soo-young, Lim Yoona and Seo Ju-hyun.

Song Yi set the debut date for Girls' Generation at the end of 2006 or the beginning of 2007. When the group is officially formed, the final nine members will be selected from the 11 members. These 11 girls are training hard to compete for the final 9 members to debut.

Lee Sunkyu is here after all, let’s leave Park Soyeon to Tara! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)