Noon.

S·M Company.

This area is usually a gathering place for Goryeo paparazzi who aim to get first-hand information on S·M's artists, and generally, S·M Company is relatively lenient towards this behavior.

Although most Goryeo artists are quite talented due to their high-pressure training modes and fierce market competition, compared to Hua Country's idol celebrities, it's like night and day. Even artists who debut at small companies in Goryeo have excellent singing and dancing skills.

However, precisely because of this, the competition is incredibly fierce. Behavior such as grabbing attention and riding on traffic is burgeoning, and many paparazzi are even cultivated by major entertainment companies to expose artist scandals and stir up publicity. After all, in a chaebol-controlled country, artists are entirely tools for capital to gather wealth. As long as they can make money, even if the artists are blackened, the capital couldn't be happier. Conversely, even if an artist is as pure as a white lotus, if they can't make money, capital will kick them out without hesitation.

But today, S·M Company director and executive president Lee Soo-man deployed all security personnel early in the morning to clear out all the paparazzi around S·M Company to ensure that Gu Bai would not be disturbed upon his arrival.

Lee Soo-man had never met Gu Bai before but was very familiar with his reputation.

S·M Company has deeply infiltrated the Hua Country market, with some well-known groups and artists frequently sent to Hua Country to make money. Thus, S·M is highly aware of the movements within the Hua Country entertainment circle, and now, with the Black Swan Group being the largest emerging capital in the Hua Country entertainment market, Lee Soo-man naturally treats it with the utmost caution.

Moreover, last night, Samsung Group's chairman Lee Kun-hee personally called to notify him, making him treat this as the most important event for S·M Company this year.

.............

In the largest practice room of the company building, all the artists and groups under S·M had gathered together to wait.

After receiving Lee Soo-man's notification last night, they gave up all their schedules and rushed over overnight. For some artists based in Seoul, it wasn't too much of an issue, as they managed to rest well, but for others from out of town, they barely got any rest and were yawning non-stop.

Perhaps Hua Country's traffic idols would take to Weibo to complain at a time like this.

"Haven't slept for eight days and nights to catch up with schedules, keep going! Strive to be excellent, become an artist loved by everyone!"

Then, a large number of brainless fans would flood the Weibo comments section.

Comments like "Hugging brother." "Protecting the best XXX in the world." "Haters, did you see how hard our brother is working?" would appear endlessly.

But Goryeo artists are different; resting only a few hours a day is common, continuously working 365 days a year is ubiquitous, and the Goryeo public is used to it. If they really posted about it on social media, instead of encouragement, they might face collective ridicule, showing how lenient Hua Country's entertainment circle is towards celebrities.

And S·M Company's practice room is called a practice room, but its size is comparable to a large theater, capable of accommodating hundreds of people. The lights on the huge stage were ready, and below, dozens of S·M artists sat in the audience seating, whispering and discussing, while many makeup artists were busy with touch-ups for them.

"Sunny, do you know why President Li is in such a hurry to gather us here?"

As the massively popular girl group from a few years ago, Girls' Generation rarely gathers together now, mostly pursuing individual developments, especially Lin Yun'Er, whose popularity in Hua Country is quite high, shifting her work focus from Goryeo towards Hua Country.

The one asking the question was Girls' Generation's leader Jin Taiyan, and the Sunny she was referring to is Lee Soo-man's niece, Lee Sun-gyu.

Upon hearing Jin Taiyan's question, Lee Sun-gyu shook her head in confusion and said, "I don't know what the situation is either. I just heard from the seniors in the operations department that an especially important person is visiting today, but beyond that, I'm just as unclear as you are."

Jin Taiyan nodded in disappointment. If even Lee Sun-gyu didn't know, then it's even more unlikely for the others to know.

At this moment, the leader of the F(x) Group, Song Qian, who was sitting in front, turned around and smiled at them, "I do know a little bit of inside information. Would you seniors like to hear it?"

Several gossip-loving members of Girls' Generation immediately widened their eyes and looked towards Song Qian.

"You know? Hurry up and tell us."

In Goryeo, a country that highly values seniority, even though Song Qian is older than most members of Girls' Generation, because she debuted two years later, she has no choice but to call them seniors.

Song Qian, a native of Hua Country, started developing her career back home in 2015 and is on the verge of ending her contract with S·M Company. However, as of now, she is still an artist under S·M, and since there are events recently, she was summoned by Lee Soo-man.

Upon hearing the queries from Jin Taiyan and others, Song Qian spoke mysteriously, and the other members of F(x), Liu Yiyun, Park Sunyeon, Zheng Xiujing, and Cui Xueli, perked up their ears to listen carefully.

"Did you all read this morning's news? Do you know what happened at Incheon Airport yesterday?"

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