Before the debut of the girl group produced by his son, it caused unprecedented heated discussions in South Korea and overseas, and as a father, Lee so-man was not only proud, but also inevitably compared by others.

In addition, Li Xiuman himself is not keen on developing a girl group. Among M's previous groups, the men's group was all planned by Lee so-man, and before leaving South Korea, the father and son once sat together and made a bet.

The two agreed to spend two years planning a unique newcomer group in the history of the Korean group, Lee so-man chose the men's group, and Lee Hyun-chul was the women's group.

Wendy sat on Lee Hyun-chul's lap and listened to this story, the expression on her face was both amusing and a little complicated.

This father and son are in control of the fate of many people in the Korean entertainment industry, although it seems exaggerated, but once the two of them make up their minds to bring down an artist, it is really easy.

Such a father and son would actually bet on the newcomer combination that their respective companies are going to launch?

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

But then again, after so many years, the model of Super junior and EXO can no longer be replicated, and in addition to jumping out of this circle, my father wants to follow the trainee model of RB's national girl group AKB48 and Genesys to create a new type of group.

Whether it is to treat this group as an experimental group, like the original S.. M treats Super Junior and Girls' Generation, and F(x) like that, he must have thought about this mode and has already played it once with someone else.

The predecessor of AfterSchool, previously launched by Pledies... Leaving aside the reasons for the failure of the Afterschool group, I felt that once my father adopted that model, this new combination would only become an experimental product and become cannon fodder?"

"Wue, why do you say that, isn't it nice to create a Korean version of AKB group?"

Putting aside her relationship with Lee Hyun-chul, Wendy chose to stand on Lee so-man's side, just because Lee so-man's success was on S.. M has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, or in the entire Korean entertainment industry, not many people will admit that Lee so-man will fail.

Regarding Wendy's questioning, Li Xianzhe was not angry, but explained lightly.

"The definition of idol in South Korea is different from that of RB, on the one hand, it pays attention to the overall strength, the neatness of the dance, and the appearance, and everything must be done well in all fields, etc., and the other side is just "an amateur can do idol, only need a little training, to bring everyone vitality".

The two sides also have huge differences in emphasis, and in the case of different national preferences, evaluation criteria and market orientation, copying the model of Genesys, Afterschool has proved it.

In addition, after my father regained the support of the board of directors, the plan he came up with was very challenging, but the disadvantages were also very obvious. ”

"What is it?"

For this kind of thing, Wendy just didn't seem to understand, and slowly began to shift her thinking from this question to Lee Hyun-chul.

Especially when the other party explained to him indifferently, her eyes were shining, and she felt extremely handsome and respectable.

"First of all, according to the number of people, according to my father's original idea, this is a group that will cater to the Kpop market and fans around the world, and the tentative project name is "Neo Culture Teoloy".

Just like the meaning of the name, trainees from different countries and regions will be brought together to make their debut in a group.

New members will be introduced from time to time, and members can be added or removed freely, but as far as my father thinks at the moment, there is no upper limit to the complete body of this group, and even my father can't confirm what the final number of this group will be.

In addition to the large troops, small teams will also be set up to operate in different countries, such as the Chinese team, the Korean local team, the Vietnamese team, and the Brazilian team in the new market of Hallyu in South America, etc..."

The boy group that Lee Hyun-chul is talking about is the focus of Lee so-man's global Kpop project to be implemented two years later, representing a new cultural concept.

However, at present, we have only just had some ideas, and many aspects need to be improved. At that time, Lee Hyun-cheol immediately lost interest when he heard that it was this boy group.

In his opinion, this combination is Liu Adou, who can't be supported, and the senior brothers and sisters of the whole company who have debuted for many years have helped to actively promote it on various occasions, and they have no milk to move this combination.

There are also many reasons why this combination did not succeed in achieving the desired effect, such as too many people and no upper limit.

For passers-by, it is very difficult to recognize them all, and the members are no longer as good as in the past. M's boy group is so distinctive.

In addition, the members lack self-motivation among each other, and the sense of entertainment is extremely poor, which lacks a weapon for fans. M has always been the most famous in the circle, but after the debut of this group, you can only look at it with a big question mark.

"Therefore, not every large boy group can replicate the miracle of Super Junior and EXO. M's "stocking" of this group was done as a limited group, and it was disbanded in a few months, and it was only through the members' own efforts and hard work that the group became an official group.

And EXO is also mainly aimed at the Chinese market, further expanding on the basis of SJ, in Li Xianzhe's opinion, this is already the pinnacle of large groups, and it is difficult to succeed in further expansion and launching newcomers. ”

Lee Hyun-cheol knows that this is another time for Lee so-man, or to use a new concept to explore the current Korean wave market, which is already saturated. M can't afford to fail.

It is precisely because he knows Li Xiuman's stubbornness that he fortunately gave up, and because of his abandonment, Li Xiuman was a little disappointed, and the source of the bet was born here.

Li Xiuman could not have predicted that when a group has good looks and strength, but has no characteristics, and lacks songs that are poisoned by instant hits, it is normal for this group to not be popular.

"There is no upper limit on the number of people? That is to say, the members of this rookie boy group that Mr. Li Xiuman wants to launch may be twenty, thirty, forty, or even more?"

After listening to so much, Wendy gradually understood why Lee Hyun-cheol would deny Lee so-man's plan, from the perspective of passers-by, even if you don't know how to run a group, anyone who has seen these superficial settings will have unreliable thoughts.

"Yes, and on the surface, it seems that the model adopted by my father has a hint of AKB, but AKB has an election every year, and every once in a while, old members announce their graduation, but this boy group does not.

To be honest, maybe my father's concept is too advanced, and even I can't see what the future of this boy group is, do you think the Korean people will like this group?"

"That's... If Teacher Li Xiuman fails, will you make a move?"

In the blink of an eye, Wendy chose to switch camps and stood on Lee Hyun-cheol's side, this leap-like thinking made Lee Hyun-cheol almost unreact and fail? He just didn't think about this combination, but he didn't think it would fail.

Failure is equivalent to the group directly hitting the street, and finally being disbanded by the company giving up, obviously Li Xiuman's new group has not yet reached the point where it will be disbanded.

But it's unlikely that it will be a money-sucking boy band like EXO and Super Junior, but at least it won't lose money, and the potential of this rookie boy band stops there.