Chapter 2135: Arrival

Zhao Fusheng himself hadn't expected Liu Yiming to react so strongly.

But on second thought, it made sense.

If the master is insulted, the servant dies. In ancient times, if someone cursed him like that, Liu Yiming would have drawn his knife and made it red.

"Stop fighting."

"Stop fighting!"

Several bodyguards rushed over and pulled the two apart.

But subtly, they were blocking the people from SM Entertainment, and even Shen Changmin's teammates were blocked.

"Alright, alright, stop fighting."

Wu Sijie pulled Liu Yiming, but still couldn't control him. Before getting up, the guy kicked Shen Changmin a few more times, making him curl up like a shrimp.

"You!"

The director and agent from SM Entertainment were dumbfounded.

Were these people crazy?

"Call the police! I'm calling the police now!"

Shen Changmin kept shouting.

"Suit yourself."

Zhao Fusheng couldn't be bothered with him. He gave the SM Entertainment director a deep look. "This isn't over."

"What did he say?"

The director asked the agent beside him.

The agent looked bewildered. "I don't know. He said it in Chinese."

"Bastard!"

The director was furious.

None of them had expected things to turn out like this. Shen Changmin was beaten so badly—how would he face the fans and reporters later?

"What should we do, Director? That group looks like trouble," the agent said to the director.

"Call the police, and let Shen Changmin go out like this. Stir up public opinion. Let's see what those Chinese can do."

His thinking was simple: in Korea, there was no problem SM Entertainment couldn't solve.

It wasn't like Samsung or Lotte, those chaebols that SM couldn't touch.

Just a Chinese businessman—what was so special about him? How dare he beat up an SM idol like this?

He had to retaliate!

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Zhao Fusheng, of course, had no idea what this idiot was thinking, nor did he care. The group walked past the TVXQ fans and straight to the airport exit.

"Chairman."

Seeing Zhao Fusheng from afar, Liang Jingyu quickly led Park Seon-young and the others over, bowing in greeting.

"Mm, everyone's here."

Zhao Fusheng nodded with satisfaction. "Get in the car. Let's go back to the company first."

"Please, Chairman."

Liang Jingyu quickly nodded and ushered Zhao Fusheng into the car.

Once in the car, Zhao Fusheng had Liang Jingyu sit with him in the same vehicle.

"How was it? Did you wait long?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled and asked Liang Jingyu.

"No, no."

Liang Jingyu quickly shook his head. "We just got here not long ago."

Even though he had been waiting for nearly two hours, he dared not show any complaint.

"You did well in this matter."

Zhao Fusheng said calmly.

He was referring, of course, to the loan shark plan Wu Sijie had proposed earlier.

That Liang Jingyu had stuck to it showed he was indeed superior to Wu Sijie. That was worth commending.

"Thank you, Chairman."

Liang Jingyu quickly said, "Actually, Representative Wu's idea isn't wrong, but we need to consider our image now, so we have to give up some highly profitable projects."

Since he was the victor, he still had to maintain the proper posture; Liang Jingyu understood this well.

Zhao Fusheng had come here to establish his authority and also hoped to avoid any irreconcilable conflict between him and Wu Sijie.

After all, comparatively speaking, their relationship was like that of a military supervisor and a general in ancient times.

Mutually restraining, mutually cooperating.

The motorcade moved slowly. Zhao Fusheng, recalling the earlier incident, said casually, "When we were coming out just now, we ran into a group of idols from S.M. Entertainment. Someone cursed at me, and Yiming hit him. Handle it."

"Ah?"

Liang Jingyu was startled, then his face turned grim: "Cursed at you?"

"Mm."

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "They're celebrities. They asked us to wait and give way in the VIP passage. We did, but then they called us idiots in Korean. Yiming couldn't take it and threw a punch."

"Ha, how audacious!"

Liang Jingyu let out a cold laugh.

Are you kidding me!

How dare they curse at his boss? Those guys really needed a lesson.

In recent years, with the rise of the Korean Wave, those Korean idols had made a lot of money, but their status hadn't improved at all. The public already had a poor impression of them.

And to be honest, their quality really was quite poor.

Why do Koreans generally have a higher impression and evaluation of actors than idol stars?

The reason is simple: there are too many Korean singers, and idol groups are constantly being churned out. Inflation makes them less prominent and less valuable.

Due to the rapid turnover of idols, singers' popularity is also very short-lived. Many singers lose their appeal after a few years, while actors enjoy longer periods of popularity and appeal, naturally making them more favored.

Moreover, this is true not only in Korea but in many countries: actors have higher status than singers, and among actors, film actors have higher status than TV actors.

Because actors require higher qualities in terms of competence, temperament, presence, and plasticity compared to singers. Film actors' appearances must also withstand the scrutiny of the big screen and the test of natural-looking makeup.

Thus, the training period and cost for actors are generally greater than for singers, so their status is higher once they debut.

Furthermore, in Korea itself, among cultural exports, Korean dramas have a larger audience than Korean songs, with greater recognition and influence, so the public holds actors in higher regard.

Therefore, many Korean singers, after reaching a certain level, transition into acting to prolong their popularity and gain broader recognition.

Of course, the most straightforward reason is that many singers start as trainees from a young age and don't have time to study cultural knowledge properly. They give the impression of just jumping around on stage, lacking culture, and flaunting sexiness or their bodies.

Actors, on the other hand, are different. Korean actors generally have a high level of education and are mostly formal graduates from professional programs. Just this alone makes them superior to singers.

Having been in Korea for a long time, even Liang Jingyu unconsciously placed idol singers in a position of low importance.

Now, upon hearing that singers under S.M. Entertainment had dared to offend Zhao Fusheng, he became even angrier.

"Rest assured, Chairman. I'll have it handled immediately."

Liang Jingyu nodded.

Zhao Fusheng hummed in acknowledgment and didn't bring up the matter again.

Neither of them paid much attention to such a trivial matter. At their level, this kind of thing was really insignificant.

Who would care about the feelings of a commodity?

A tool for making money dared to disrespect its owner; the only thing waiting for it was severe punishment!

In the past, S.M. Entertainment had not hesitated to strictly punish idols. Examples from the distant past like H.O.T. and more recent ones like Shinhwa—those so-called top idol boy bands were often subjected to physical punishment and scolding, even after debuting.

Korea was just that absurd.

Moreover, not to mention anything else, the boss politely gave way to you, yet you mocked him. For that alone, Shim Changmin deserved that beating.

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The motorcade soon arrived at the office building of Hanxing Investment. At the building entrance, the entire company's department managers, all those with rank, were waiting.

Seeing Zhao Fusheng get out of the car, they all bowed in greeting.

This was Korean corporate culture.

In their view, the company's boss deserved such an aura and treatment.

It was just that Zhao Fusheng didn't come to Korea often; otherwise, such scenes would be frequent.

"Let's go, upstairs for the meeting."

Zhao Fusheng had no objection to this.

He was also human and liked being shown respect by others. Although this way of showing respect seemed a bit over the top, being greeted with bows by so many people actually felt quite nice.

Who would have thought that Liang Jingyu, that honest-looking guy, would also play such sycophantic tricks.