Chapter 54

Seeing Shirley apologize to Li Yuhao, Krystal, as Shirley's good friend, glared at Li Yuhao with hatred, her heart full of dissatisfaction towards him but restrained by her position, she dared to be angry but not to speak. Krystal could only give her sister a meaningful look, hoping her sister would step in to plead for them. Pani was also about to speak up at this moment, but Li Yuhao smiled and winked at her.

Receiving Li Yuhao's hint, Pani stopped her mouth from opening. Pani also glared at Li Yuhao with displeasure. Sunny, seeing the two exchange glances, smiled but said nothing. Sica, receiving her sister's look, was about to speak when Sunny tugged at her sleeve, and Sica looked at Sunny in confusion.

Sunny gently shook her head, signaling her not to speak. Although she didn't understand Sunny's intention, Jessica decided not to plead for them anymore and frowned at Sunny. Sunny pouted at Li Yuhao, indicating that it was Li Yuhao's suggestion.

Song Qian and the others, seeing that only Taeyeon among the senior members of Girls' Generation was speaking up for them while the others remained indifferent, frowned and stepped forward to apologize to Li Yuhao in her still imperfect Korean, "Senior, I'm sorry, please forgive us, okay?"

Li Yuhao smiled and replied in standard Mandarin, "You can speak to me in Chinese, I'm a Chinese expatriate and I can understand." Then, he switched to English to address Krystal, "You can also speak to me in English, I can understand that too."

Hearing Li Yuhao's arrogant words, Krystal frowned in front of him, looking at him with unfriendly eyes, the atmosphere was such that she wished to punch Li Yuhao. Li Yuhao laughed, "Hehe... I won't joke with you anymore. But remember, after you debut, no matter who you meet, you should take the initiative to greet them first." Li Yuhao then said to Jessica, "Your sister is very much like you, I mean, that cold and distant personality."

Hearing Li Yuhao's words, Krystal glared at him fiercely. In fact, what Krystal wanted to say to Li Yuhao was, "What does my personality have to do with you?" Anyway, Krystal's first impression of Li Yuhao was not good.

Jessica, hearing Li Yuhao's words, didn't care about him anymore and said directly, "So what if she's cold? Your Pani is warm, go find your Pani. Hmph..." Sica walked away on her own.

Sica's action left Li Yuhao puzzled. Li Yuhao could only ask Pani, "What's wrong with her?" Pani shrugged and replied, "I don't know, let's go to the CEO's office first."

Sunny immediately said, "Pani, you take Li Yuhao up, I'll go check on Sica."

Taeyeon also nodded and said to Chae Shiree, "Shiree, let's go."

Taeyeon led the F(x) girls to the Girls' Generation practice room. Krystal pouted and complained, "This Li Yuhao is too petty, he actually bullied our Shiree and even made my sister angry. Hmph... I don't like him."

Hearing Krystal's words, Taeyeon laughed, "Hahaha... Actually, Li Yuhao isn't such a petty person. He was just joking with you. Your sister has been wanting to get back at him ever since he pranked her."

Krystal immediately looked at her angry sister, "Unnie, how did Li Yuhao prank you?"

"Hmph... One day he deliberately ate a seaweed roll with cucumber in front of me and even breathed on me..." Jessica answered her sister, recounting Li Yuhao's misdeed.

Krystal then started to come up with a plan to get back at Li Yuhao, "Unnie... Let's 'do this and that' later, hah, we'll let him taste our power..."

Taeyeon also laughed, "Okay, okay, let's do it as Krystal said. We'll just say it was a joke later." Sunny clapped her hands and shouted, "Okay." Sica also nodded, "Hmph... This time I'll get my revenge."

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Pani led Li Yuhao to the CEO's office, knocked on the door, and entered, "Come in." Pani led Li Yuhao into Kim Young-min's office, "CEO, Senior Li Yuhao is here."

Kim Young-min smiled upon seeing Li Yuhao, "Senior Li Yuhao, please sit. Wait a moment, two minutes. Pani, please get Li Yuhao a glass of water. I'll be right over after I finish this file."

Li Yuhao also smiled, "You go ahead, CEO Kim."

Pani poured a glass of water for Li Yuhao and sat down with him. She didn't know how long the CEO's "two minutes" would take, so she stayed to avoid Li Yuhao feeling awkward alone in the office.

After about five minutes, Kim Young-min closed the file and walked over. Pani stood up to leave, but Kim Young-min smiled, "It's fine, Pani, you can stay. This is also about discussing your song. Senior Li Yuhao, do you mind if Pani stays?"

Li Yuhao also smiled, "Of course not."

Kim Young-min smiled and got straight to the point, "I know you have other commitments, so I'll be direct. We are very grateful that you are willing to write a song for Girls' Generation. However, let's talk business. Our company is willing to offer you 10 million won per song for the copyright. What do you think? Although your songs are good, this is your first time writing for a girl group, and our company can't offer you a very high price."

Hearing this price, Li Yuhao laughed, "Hehe, CEO Kim seems more interested in my current popularity than in my songs. I know you are planning to use my current fame to boost Girls' Generation. But CEO Kim, do you think my tens of thousands of 'feathers' are only worth 10 million won?"

Li Yuhao continued, "To be honest, CEO Kim, the CEO of CCM, Kim Gwang-soo, actually bought a girl group song from me for their 'D**ICHI.' At the time, when my 'Like Being Shot' MV was just released, CCM, being a major company under the CJ Group, offered me 35 million won. If you don't value my songs, I can go to JYP's CEO Park Jin-young. JYP has a girl group called 'WonderGirls,' and if that doesn't work, I can still go back to CCM's CEO Kim Gwang-soo."

Li Yuhao is not an S.M. artist and doesn't work under Kim Young-min, so he only needed to maintain basic politeness. He had the confidence to do so. LOEN is not a small agency, and S.M. can't just blacklist him. Even if they don't consider his personal standing, they should consider the backing of Korea's largest telecommunications company.

Hearing Li Yuhao's words, Kim Young-min laughed, "Hahaha... You do have a business mind, it seems you did your homework before coming here. Let's skip the probing. Tell me your price, and if it's reasonable, we'll sign the contract." After all, if S.M. doesn't want Li Yuhao's song, he can immediately turn it over to 'WonderGirls,' Girls' Generation's biggest rival.

If what Li Yuhao said were true, Girls' Generation's situation would become even more difficult. No matter how dissatisfied Kim Young-min was with Li Yuhao's previous words, he couldn't show it.

Li Yuhao smiled, "CEO Kim is indeed very straightforward. Well... I'll tell you my price. My price is 300 million won!"

Kim Young-min, who was drinking water, spit it out upon hearing Li Yuhao's price. Pani also stared at Li Yuhao in shock. Kim Young-min wiped his mouth and smiled at Li Yuhao, "Senior Li Yuhao, are you still asleep? You really dare to set such a price. 50 million won is the highest price our company can offer. If you can't accept it, please leave. I don't want to discuss prices with a madman."

Li Yuhao also smiled, "CEO Kim, please hear me out. The 300 million won is for my song to guarantee that Girls' Generation will win five consecutive chart toppers. If they only win four, I won't take a single cent."

Five consecutive chart toppers are very rare in this world. Even Dong Bang Shin Ki only achieved it once. Songs that win five consecutive chart toppers are generally considered 'classics.' Li Yuhao's "Snow Flower" only won two consecutive chart toppers, then alternated with Dong Bang Shin Ki.

The term 'five consecutive chart toppers' is incredibly attractive to any agency. The influence of five consecutive chart toppers is enormous, and the popularity of the group directly affects economic income.

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