Song Yi became extremely busy in May and could only find time to date his girlfriend Kim Tae-hee on weekends.
The Grand Bell Awards ceremony will be held on May 26. "My Naughty Girlfriend" has been nominated for three major awards: Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Jun Ji-hyun will compete for the Grand Bell Award for Best Actress with Jang Baek-ji, Lee Young-ae, Lee Mi-sook, and Qiu Xiangmei. Jang Baek-ji co-starred in "White Orchid" with Korean national treasure actor Choi Min-sik.
"White Orchid" is adapted from the novel "Love Letter" by Japanese writer Jiguchi Asada. The film won the Blue Dragon Award for Best Actor and Best Director.
Zhang Baizhi is indeed a strong rival for Jun Ji-hyun to win the Best Actress award, but the Korean film industry has always been prejudiced against foreign actors. After all, there has only been one Tang Wei in all these years, and she almost won the Grand Slam of Best Actress in Korea.
On May 31, the opening ceremony of the Japan-Korea World Cup was held at the Sangam Stadium in Seoul. Through Zhou Mengzhun's relationship, Song Yi got ten tickets for the opening ceremony, but he had not yet figured out how to distribute the tickets.
Kim Jong-kook is a football fan, so he must have a ticket. His brother-in-law Kim Hyung-soo also likes football, so he must keep one ticket for him. In addition to himself and Tae-hee, Song Yi can still use six tickets as a favor.
Song Yi found that Zhou Mengzheng had really turned the World Cup into a business, and his successful bid for the World Cup had won him great honor in South Korea. Zhou Mengzheng's contribution to the World Cup bid was no less than that of his father Zhou Zhengyong's bid for the Seoul Olympics.
New Asia Music President Ji Zhonghua originally wanted to arrange for Lee Hyori to perform at the opening ceremony of the Japan-Korea World Cup, but this proposal was rejected by Song Yi.
On the surface, Song Yi does not want to have any connection with the Japan-Korea World Cup. If artists under New Asia Music participate in the opening ceremony performance, then some people will link Song Yi and Zhou Mengzhun together.
For this World Cup, Song Yi has mobilized about $100 million in overseas private funds, intending to get a piece of the pie from the bookmakers. For each World Cup, the betting funds received by the bookmakers are close to 100 billion US dollars, and Song Yi just wants to take a bite of the fat meat.
After the World Cup, Song Yi hopes that the $100 million can turn into $1 billion, but the specific operation still needs careful planning.
In addition to the Grand Bell Awards and the World Cup, Song Yi is also considering introducing "Winter Sonata" to Japanese TV stations.
"Winter Sonata" earned NHK TV a huge income of 100 million yen, and also set the highest revenue record for foreign film and television works.
If "Winter Sonata" is released in Japan, Bae Yong-joon and Song Hye-kyo will go to Japan to participate in Japanese promotional activities.
Bae Yong-joon's appearance is very popular among Japanese housewives. It was through the TV series "Winter Sonata" that Bae Yong-joon won the favor of a Japanese female billionaire, and then returned to South Korea to start his own business and founded Keyeast Entertainment Agency.
Before filming "Winter Sonata", Song Yi invited Bae Yong Joon to join Shinya Agency. Although Shinya Agency has the leading male singer Kim Jong Kook, it has not signed any male actors yet. No wonder some entertainment media said that Shinya Agency is actually Song Yi's harem.
However, Song Yi is not without worries. Barunson Entertainment's representative director Kim Min-sook has not yet given in and has always refused to allow Barunson Entertainment to become a subsidiary of New Asia Media.
Moreover, Kim Min-sook is a very vigilant woman. She did not give Son Ye-jin and Shinya Media the opportunity to meet alone. Even if Song Yi wanted to poach people, he had no way to start.
Song Yi couldn't help but sneer. Even if Zhou Rongzhen supported him, what would happen? New World Department Store was still headed by Chen Mingxi, and Zhou Rongzhen was only the vice president of New World Department Store.
He actually didn't believe that Zhou Rongzhen would turn against Xinya Media for Son Yezhen, but Song Yi was unwilling to take the risk. Moreover, Zhou Rongzhen had not divorced Gao Xianzhen yet, so did Zhou Rongzhen not care about his reputation?
Although Korean chaebols spend more money than anyone else in private, they only have one woman in public, and the chaebol's wife is like a mascot. If a chaebol is exposed to have an affair during marriage and secretly meet with a female star, his reputation will be ruined, which may affect the company's revenue and even the stock price.
Song Yi remembered that in the divorce lawsuit between Zhou Rongzhen and Gao Xianzhen, the media overwhelmingly sympathized with Gao Xianzhen, the "abandoned concubine of Samsung."
Zhou Rongzhen is worth more than 100 billion won, but Gao Xianzhen only received 1.5 billion won. All stores under Shinsegae Department Store are not allowed to publish Gao Xianzhen's advertisements.
In 1995, Gao Hyun-jung starred in the Korean TV series "Hourglass", which had a high audience rating of 64.5%. Gao Hyun-jung is well-known in Korea, and the influence of this TV series is comparable to that of "My Fair Princess" broadcast in mainland China.
She retired from the entertainment industry for love at the peak of her career and gave birth to a son and a daughter for her husband Zhou Rongzhen. She took great pains to serve her mother-in-law and husband every day, but was always rejected and looked down upon by her mother-in-law Chen Mingxi.
Chen Mingxi would speak Korean when communicating with her family, but would switch to English and German as soon as her daughter-in-law, Ko Hyun-jung, showed up. It was obvious that Chen Mingxi looked down on her uneducated daughter-in-law, which was why Ko Hyun-jung went to Korea University to study for a degree in English.
Song Yi remembers that Gao Hyun-jung's comeback after her divorce was very smooth. She made a successful comeback through "Spring Day". "The Woman on the Beach" and "Queen Seondeok" made Gao Hyun-jung a top actress in South Korea again.
Later, Gao Xianzhen also founded her own clothing company and cosmetics company, with a net worth of more than 20 billion won. She also completed the gorgeous transformation from "Samsung abandoned concubine" to "Queen Seondeok".
An idea popped up in Song Yi's mind that he could ignore Son Ye-jin for now and contact Gao Hyun-jung in advance.
Zhou Rongzhen, aren't you unwilling to let Son Yejin join New Asia Media? If you find out that your wife Ko Hyun Jung has become an artist under New Asia Media and works under Song Yi, how would you feel? At that time, New Asia Media can tell the media that Ko Hyun Jung and Zhou Rongzhen have been in a bad relationship for a long time and have officially separated. Zhou Rongzhen fell in love with a young female star named S, and Ko Hyun Jung couldn't bear the humiliation, so she took the initiative to file for divorce.
Gao Xianzhen can also reveal to the outside media the inside story of their divorce agreement. Gao Xianzhen received 1.5 billion won in divorce alimony, but she permanently lost the right to visit her two children. It is so inhumane for a mother to never be able to visit her children for the rest of her life.
If these two things were exposed, Zhou Rongzhen would immediately become the scumbag of the century and be cursed to death by Korean women. Of course, Korean women cursed fiercely on the surface, but in their hearts they still wanted to marry Zhou Rongzhen by all means.
Song Yi's plan was to expose in advance what Zhou Rongzhen was going to do in the future and follow Zhou Rongzhen's path, leaving Zhou Rongzhen with no way out.
When the media was looking into who the young actress with the surname S was, Song Yi would direct the public opinion towards Son Ye-jin. The media could even point out that it was Kim Min-sook, the representative of Barunson Entertainment, who introduced Son Ye-jin to Zhou Rongzhen. Son Ye-jin was the third party who destroyed the relationship between Zhou Rongzhen and Gao Xianzhen.
At this point, Son Ye-jin's idea of marrying Zhou Yong-jin can be said to be completely shattered. In order to clear himself, Zhou Yong-jin will definitely deny that he knows Kim Min-sook, and Kim Min-sook did not introduce Son Ye-jin to him.
However, if the media is willing to dig deeper, they will find that Kim Min-sook and Zhou Yongzhen have known each other for a long time. Before Gao Xianzhen retired from the entertainment industry, she had already known Kim Min-sook, and it was through Kim Min-sook's introduction that Zhou Yongzhen was able to meet Gao Xianzhen.
Ko Hyun-jung was the runner-up in a beauty pageant and had starred in the hit drama "Hourglass," so Kim Min-sook, Ko Hyun-jung's manager, arranged for Joo Yong-jin to meet Ko by chance in a movie theater.
At that time, Gao Xianzhen was late and couldn't find her seat in the cinema. Then Zhou Rongzhen took the initiative to talk to Gao Xianzhen and helped her find a seat. Coincidentally, Zhou Rongzhen's seat was not far from Gao Xianzhen's.
The subsequent plot is like a melodrama, romantic and simple. To express her gratitude, Gao Xianzhen left her phone number to Zhou Rongzhen and invited Zhou Rongzhen to dinner.
Gao Xianzhen praised her husband Zhou Rongzhen on a TV show, "He has a sense of humor, a sophisticated sense of humor, and he is also a kind and handsome person."
With the help of Kim Min-sook, Ko Hyun-jung successfully married into a wealthy family. Kim Min-sook also received a thank-you gift from Joo Yong-jin. With the support of Joo Yong-jin, she founded Barunson Entertainment and became a well-known veteran agent in the 1990s.
However, before Zhou Rongzhen got his new love Son Yejin, Song Yi had already messed things up. As long as Zhou Rongzhen tried his best to distance himself from Barunson and Son Yejin in front of the media, then with Kim Min-sook's personal power, she would not be able to resist the acquisition of New Asia Media.
Song Yi remembered that Gao Xianzhen and Zhou Rongzhen divorced in 2003, so Xinya Media should contact Gao Xianzhen in advance this year. If Zhou Rongzhen divorced in advance, then Song Yi's preparations would be useless. Zhou Rongzhen would be divorced and single, and he would be free to date any actress. By then, hyping Zhou Rongzhen and Son Yezhen's relationship would not harm Zhou Rongzhen and Shinsegae Department Store's reputation . Gao Xianzhen lived a very depressed life after marriage. She had to get up at five or six every morning, prepare breakfast for the family, and help her husband choose clothes to go out.
After her husband leaves the house, Gao Xianzhen will start to do housework and tidy up everything at home. Since getting married, Gao Xianzhen rarely attends events.
Even when she occasionally appears on camera, her clothes are very simple, just like a passerby on the street. Fans who are familiar with her find it difficult to recognize her face to face, because she does not have the elegance of a wealthy lady, nor does she look like a once popular female star.
Now Gao Xianzhen basically never leaves the house, and she doesn't have an agent, so Song Yi is starting to have a headache about how to get to know Gao Xianzhen. If Song Yi can't talk to Gao Xianzhen face to face and convince her to cooperate with his plan, then Song Yi has no way to continue with the subsequent plan.
"The abandoned concubine of Samsung," Song Yi tapped his fingers on the desk. If he wanted to get to know Gao Xianzhen, he still had to find a way through a member of the Samsung family, so he could only find a way through Chen Fuzhen or Choi Sun Hee.
Chen Fuzhen gave birth to a baby boy at the birthing center of the Carver Hospital in Los Angeles last month. After the birth, Chen Fuzhen reported to Song Yi that both mother and child were safe. Chen Fuzhen should still be recuperating in Los Angeles at this time, and he didn't want to disturb Chen Fuzhen for this matter.
Since Chen Fuzhen is ruled out, Song Yi can only seek help from Choi Sun-hee. Choi Sun-hee is not well-received in the Samsung family and is often discriminated against by Chen Jianxi's family. Perhaps there is a common language between Choi Sun-hee and Gao Xianzhen?
Song Yi called Cui Shanji and the call was connected quickly.
Cui Shanji's tone was somewhat resentful, "What day is today? Our President Song actually took the initiative to call me for the first time in history?"
Song Yi felt a little nervous, "Sister Shan Ji, I got the tickets for the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and I plan to invite you and Brother Zaican to watch the opening ceremony together."
Cui Shanji had no interest in football. She was a little puzzled. "President Song, couldn't you just tell Zaichan about this matter? Why did you call me alone?"
Her tone suddenly became ambiguous, "Are you trying to give me a ticket? Then come on, Jaechan has already gone to work, the kids are in school, and there's no one at home."
Look at what Cui Shanji said. Her husband went to work and her children went to school. She was alone at home and needed Song Yi to fill her empty heart.
At this critical moment for the listing of New Asia Media, Song Yi certainly couldn't be so lustful and go to Chen Zaican's house to comfort his wife. If Song Yi and Cui Shanji were to do something inappropriate in the bed of Chen Zaican and his wife, and Chen Zaican suddenly came home for something, then the fun would be huge.
Song Yi remembered that the master bedroom of Chen Zaican and his wife was on the second floor. If he jumped out of the window from the second-floor balcony to the back garden to escape one day, he would most likely break some bones.
"Sister Shanji, I will definitely send you the tickets, but not today. By the way, have you met Gao Xianzhen at the Samsung family gathering?" Song Yi was afraid that Cui Shanji's conversation would become more and more explicit, so he took the initiative to ask.
"Hyun-jung..." Choi Sun-hee understood, "I've seen her, what's wrong? Are you still a fan of Ko Hyun-jung?"
Cui Shanji and his wife were very familiar with Song Yi and knew about Song Yi's experience in Korea. Song Yi came to Korea to study in 1994, when Gao Xianzhen was at the peak of her career, so it was not surprising that he knew Gao Xianzhen.
Song Yi found it a little difficult to say. You asked one woman for the contact information of another woman.
"It's like this. We at Shin Asia Media are planning to shoot a costume drama next year. The theme of the drama is about Queen Seondeok. I would like to invite Gao Hyun-jung to play one of the roles. She doesn't have an agency now, so I would like to contact her through you." Song Yi explained.
Cui Shanji was skeptical, she subconsciously knew that Song Yi's purpose was not that simple. Her husband Chen Zaican commented on Song Yi, saying that Song Yi was a person who took one step and looked ten steps ahead.
Song Yi never does something for no reason. If Chen Zaican had not agreed to Song Yi's going to Yanjing to establish an advertising company, then New Korea Media would never have waited until the day of listing. Chen Zaican would not have become a billionaire with a net worth of over 100 billion won.
"Go Hyun-jung has been out of the limelight for several years. It's impossible for her to appear in TV dramas now, right? Her mother-in-law is notoriously difficult to get along with!" Choi Sun-hee said.
"I know that, but just because we don't shoot this year doesn't mean we can't shoot next year. I heard that there are problems in the relationship between Ko Hyun-jung and Joo Yong-jin, and they are now separated. Joo Yong-jin and Ko Hyun-jung have already started negotiating about child support, custody of their two children, and visitation rights after the divorce."
"Although Zhou Rongzhen is very rich, Gao Xianzhen will not get much money. If Gao Xianzhen really gets to the point of divorce, maybe she will consider filming a TV series for New Asia Media." Song Yi said.
Under Korean law, the property that can be divided during a divorce is the property created by the joint efforts of the couple during the marriage.
After marriage, wives of Korean chaebols often become full-time housewives, with the husband working outside and the wife working inside. So the vast majority of the family's wealth is actually earned by the man. Although being a full-time housewife responsible for childcare and housework also falls into the category of joint efforts, the role of the wife is nothing more than a high-level Filipino maid, so when a divorce is decided, full-time housewives often don't get much money.
Choi Sun-hee felt the same way, but Chen Jae-chan was quite generous to her in this regard. Before Shinhan Media went public, Chen Jae-chan also transferred a portion of Shinhan Media's shares to Choi Sun-hee for free, and Choi Sun-hee has now become a truly wealthy woman. Choi Sun-hee couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Chen Jae-chan didn't want to have a married life, so he compensated her with money?
"How about this, I'll mention it to Hyun-jeong. If she has this intention, I'll tell you again, is that okay with you?" Cui Shanji was still very concerned about Song Yi's affairs.
If New Asia goes public through the backdoor listing of New Korea Media, Choi Sun-hee's shares in New Korea Media will become more valuable, and Choi Sun-hee's personal assets will have more zeros. In Choi Sun-hee's eyes, Song Yi is already the God of Wealth, and she has to serve Song Yi in all aspects.
Song Yi certainly didn't want Cui Shanji to tell Gao Xianzhen. If Gao Xianzhen didn't pay attention to his advice, his plan would be in vain.
"Sister Shanji," Song Yi and Cui Shanji discussed on the phone, "Can you ask Gao Xianzhen to come out? I want to meet her and talk to her face to face. I have a way to convince her to star in the TV series of New Asia Media. If you can do me this favor, I will be very grateful."
Cui Shanji was in a dilemma. Although she had a good relationship with Gao Xianzhen, it was not easy to ask her out alone. Gao Xianzhen's mother-in-law Chen Mingxi didn't like her to show up in public.
Cui Shanji originally wanted to tell Song Yi about Gao Xianzhen's phone number and let Song Yi contact Gao Xianzhen by phone, but she gave up the idea. As the daughter-in-law of the Samsung family, it was fine for her to ask Gao Xianzhen out for a private meeting. But how would it look for Song Yi, a grown man, to ask Gao Xianzhen out for a private meeting? It would not seem like they were discussing business, but rather like they were having an affair.
"How about this, I've got a VIP card at Suying's beauty salon, and I'll ask Gao Xianzhen to do body care together. I'll invite Gao Xianzhen to my house for coffee, and you'll wait for us at my house. After you finish talking about things, I'll send Gao Xianzhen back. Gao Xianzhen has a special status, so it's not appropriate to meet outside."
After Cui Shanji made her plan, she suddenly had an idea and asked Song Yi, "Chairman Song, you didn't invite Gao Xianzhen to act in the TV series for show, but you were attracted to her, right? Did Zhou Rongzhen offend you in the past, so you want to sleep with his wife to get revenge on him?"
Song Yi laughed in silence, "Cui Shanji, why do you think so? I really have something important to do with Gao Xianzhen. Gao Xianzhen is married."
Cui Shanji despised Song Yi for being so timid. She even hoped that her husband Chen Zaican would have a conflict with Song Yi, and then Song Yi would punish her severely to avenge Chen Zaican. Update is over. See you tomorrow. (End of this chapter)