Chapter 196: White-Hot Stage
DM Entertainment.
After dropping Zhang Yuanying off at school, Jiang Shu drove back to the company, and at the same time asked the production team to remove all the camera positions from his car, as it was not good to have cameras in the car all the time.
He parked his car in the parking space, and just as he got out of the car, a red BMW M4 drove towards him.
The convertible sports car had its top down, and Jiang Shu immediately saw the two people in the driver and passenger seats.
The car stopped steadily in front of Jiang Shu.
"Good morning, Chairman," Yun Huilin, in the passenger seat, greeted Jiang Shu with a smile.
"Good morning, Chairman," Li Duohui, in the driver's seat, also waved to Jiang Shu.
"When did you buy this car?" Jiang Shu glanced at the interior and judged that it was a new car, less than a year old.
The exterior and tires can be refurbished through fine polishing, making it difficult to tell new from old at first glance, but the interior is different; unless you replace it, it's easy to tell if it's a new or old car.
"Just picked it up yesterday, what do you think?" Li Duohui said with a chuckle.
"Very good," Jiang Shu praised. An M4 is, of course, very good.
"Haha, Director Yun, you go down first, I'll park the car."
"Okay." Yun Huilin opened the car door and got out.
Watching Li Duohui park the car next to his own, Jiang Shu spoke.
"Why are you two together?"
"President Li and I looked at cars together a few months ago. Today is my first day at work after picking up the car, and President Li said she wanted to give me a ride to experience it," Yun Huilin explained with a smile.
Jiang Shu nodded upon hearing this.
"Chairman." Li Duohui also came over at this moment.
"Go up together?"
"Sure."
The three walked together towards the company building.
"Chairman, there have been personnel changes on the Cube board of directors. Three directors have been removed, and two new directors have been added, one of whom is Chinese," Li Duohui revealed.
"Chinese people aren't rare, are they? All major companies have Chinese directors," Yun Huilin said from the side. As a global wanderer, any large entertainment company has a Chinese presence.
"It's not rare," Li Duohui nodded. "These two new directors did not participate in Cube's company decisions after their appearance. Currently, Shin Daenam still holds the reins of Cube. Shin Daenam tried to formalize his position, but this resolution did not pass."
"Normal," Jiang Shu said. "Hong Seung-sung is only sick, not dead. Before it's confirmed that he cannot continue to serve as Cube's chairman, his supporters will not allow Shin Daenam to take over."
"That's true," Li Duohui nodded and said, "JYP is exploring a new company system to some extent. It seems they are preparing to decentralize expenses to achieve tax avoidance and reduce company pressure."
Jiang Shu's eyelids twitched upon hearing this. Isn't this the division system?
Is JYP still going down this path?
The division system is a common practice for listed companies, with many advantages, but also disadvantages, and for a company like JYP, where the control of the company is not strong, this disadvantage is fatal.
Under the division system, the situation where each division acts as an independent kingdom is the most headache for all companies implementing this system.
Company managers need to have extremely strong leadership and firm control to rein in these division heads, but obviously, JYP's current chairman and president cannot do this.
If they implement the division system, they will most likely follow the old path, gradually splitting into several companies that are nameless in name but real in substance.
"Will it affect NMIXX?" Yun Huilin asked from the side.
"Probably not," Li Duohui pondered for a moment. "Based on my experience, this system has little impact on artists; it's more about clashes at the management level."
"No, the impact is huge," Jiang Shu denied Li Duohui's statement. "Once they implement this system, with JYP's management intensity, it will inevitably lead to a situation where divisions act independently. At that time, if they are not my artists, even if I have resources, I will not give them."
"When a company's departments' resources are not interconnected, how can artists fare well?"
As soon as Jiang Shu said this, Li Duohui understood.
"The core of this system is that the company's leaders need to be able to subdue everyone," Li Duohui pointed out the core key of the division system.
"Not bad." Jiang Shu nodded, glanced at Li Duohui, her keenness once again confirmed her ability.
"If this system were in the hands of Li Xiuman and Kim Young-min, then there would naturally be nothing to say, but in Park Jin-young's hands..."
Jiang Shu didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but both of them could guess.
The three walked into the elevator hall, and the surrounding staff bowed to them before remaining outside.
"Speaking of S.M... how are Li Xiuman and Kim Young-min doing lately?" Yun Huilin looked at Li Duohui and asked.
"They're fighting tooth and nail. Judging from the current situation, a winner should be decided within these two years," Li Duohui sighed and said.
"Our cooperation with S.M is very close. Their factional war also has a certain impact on us. Let's hope it ends soon."
"Who will win?" Yun Huilin asked curiously.
"Li Xiuman." x2.
Jiang Shu and Li Duohui said simultaneously.
The two looked at each other and then laughed.
"Are you that certain?" Yun Huilin looked at the two in surprise, she couldn't see it at all.
"It will definitely be Li Xiuman who wins, Kim Young-min has no chance of winning," Li Duohui shook her head and said, "Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless Min Xizhen gets involved." Li Duohui said, glancing at her own Chairman.
Jiang Shu: "..."
Why are you looking at me?
"Does Min Xizhen have that much power?" Yun Huilin said in surprise.
Ding.
The elevator arrived on the fifth floor.
"You underestimate Min Xizhen too much. She controls S.M's most important entertainment department. Even if Li Xiuman wants to touch her, it would cause significant damage. In a sense, Min Xizhen is even more difficult to deal with than Kim Young-min," Li Duohui said with a smile.
"Then Li Xiuman will just watch?"
"Of course not. After he deals with Kim Young-min, he will free up his hands to reclaim the power in Min Xizhen's hands." Li Duohui paused her steps here.
Yun Huilin then noticed that she had already arrived at her office.
"Chairman, President Li, I'll go first."
"Mm."
The two nodded, watched Yun Huilin return to her office, and then moved forward.
"Chairman."
"Mm."
"Director Yun talked a bit too much today," Li Duohui subtly reminded.
Jiang Shu laughed.
"Then aren't you also responding to every sentence?"
Upon hearing this, Li Duohui understood that her Chairman had already realized this.
She didn't speak, but waited until she arrived at the Chairman's office with Jiang Shu before continuing.
"She's been getting a bit close to Fang Shihe lately."