Chapter 247: The Last Day of the Primary Election
The middle-aged woman carefully glanced at the figure in the kitchen, then slowly walked into the small house next to her on crutches. The room was very simple. Apart from a small bed, various medicines, tableware, and unknown objects placed on cloth in the corner, there was a pale little girl lying on the bed with dull eyes, her mouth slightly open, and she was crying "ah ah".
The middle-aged woman carefully came to the bedside, held on to the cabinet with her right hand and sat down on the chair beside the bed with difficulty. She first put the oxygen tube into the little girl's nostrils, then hurriedly picked up the tube and pliers of the white instrument next to it, and then wiped it with alcohol to disinfect it and dry it.
The middle-aged woman used the pedal with her left hand to gently pry open the mouth, used tweezers with her right hand to hold the suction tube and insert it into the throat, then turned on the machine to suction the phlegm.
"ah!"
The little girl in front of her made an uncomfortable sound, and the woman hurriedly stopped her actions. After a moment, she continued again, repeating this several times before completing her work.
The little girl in front of her slowly closed her eyes. The woman put away the tools, took out the pipe and put it in the sink next to her. When she looked at the little girl again, her eyes became much gentler, but also extremely sad.
The little girl, no longer feeling uncomfortable, closed her eyes and slowly closed her mouth. At this moment, the girl in front of him seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old. Although her skin was extremely pale and a little dry, after closing her eyes, she looked very pretty and delicate. She would definitely be a great beauty in a few years.
But her current appearance clearly reveals her identity... a vegetative state.
After staying in the room for a while and wiping the girl's face, the middle-aged woman carefully picked up her crutches and walked out of the house. When she came to the living room, she could no longer see anyone in the kitchen. There was only food on the table, medicine in a plastic box next to it, and liquid food in a round lunch box.
The middle-aged woman suddenly felt a sore nose and began to stagger. There was a note on the table that read, "I'm going to work. You eat first!"
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
The middle-aged woman murmured to herself, tears streaming down her face. She knew that the person who suffered the most and suffered the most in this family was not herself or her youngest daughter.
Instead, it was the eldest daughter who gave up everything and has always sacrificed everything for the family.
As a mother, she felt only pain, but she could not do anything extreme because she had a younger daughter at home who needed her care more.
"sorry……"
May 2nd was the last day of the preliminary round of the Antenna Family Selection Conference. In fact, the preliminary round was held in two ways: one was to go directly to the company to participate in the selection, and the other was to submit a singing video online. Of course, the latter was mainly prepared for students who were not convenient to go to Seoul.
"Oh, it's already May, and I should be making a comeback in two months. Won't you write a couple of songs for me?" Lee Hyori asked with an unhappy look on her face, putting her right hand on Zheng Xiuheng's shoulder.
Liu Xilie next to him looked at him speechlessly , then went back to looking at the information himself.
Zheng Xiuheng was troubled by the fact that Lee Hyori returned to the company after her vacation. In fact, it was impossible for an artist of Lee Hyori's level to take such a long vacation in other companies. Unless Lee Hyori was playing tricks, the agency would be likely to compromise. But Zheng Xiuheng didn't even ask any questions, so the company has not made any income recently.
Of course, it's not that there is no income, for example, some of Lee Hyori's previous works income. Because she paid so much money when she left DSP, these are all taken away, but let's not talk about how much this kind of income is, this is basically personal income, and has nothing to do with the company.
This would have been very embarrassing if it weren't for the large amount of money that came in from various advertisements and fashion shows some time ago.
However, Lee Hyori's worth is indeed very high. Her appearance fee for general commercial catwalks is no less than 10 million. Although it seems high, it is no longer the price during her peak period.
Generally speaking, the price of commercial catwalks and commercial performances for Korean artists is similar, and is also based on popularity. The rules include different levels of popularity, ranging from 100,000 won to 1 million won per show.
Of course, there are also artists who go beyond the rules, like Lee Hyori. Singers like Lee Hyori stopped ordinary commercial performances N years ago. Unless the price is really high, if you ask Lee Hyori to sing at a school anniversary for one million, it would be a cheap behavior.
In fact, this thing is similar to the performance fee of TV stations. Regarding the performance pay, the actor's pay is generally controlled below 40% of the production cost. The actor here does not only refer to the actor who acts in a play, the same applies to variety shows.
Although the notice fee for variety shows during the general promotion period is very low, the production team still needs to pay reasonable notice fees to the regular hosts and guests.
Even for top superstars, there are restrictions on appearing on the show. If an artist offers an appearance fee of 100 million won, it will be 100% abandoned, because with an appearance fee of 100 million won, a more sophisticated program can be produced. Of course, there are exceptions.
Generally speaking, singers on music shows basically have to pay themselves to promote their songs, with the announcement fee being two or three hundred thousand, which is not even enough to cover their travel expenses.
In the case of music shows, the appearance fees are increased gradually according to the categories of debut within five years, more than five years, ten years, twenty years, thirty years, forty years, etc. The difference between each category is about 100,000 won.
KBS pays 141,000 won for the lowest-level singers who debuted within five years, and 524,000 a subsidy of several tens of thousands won depending on the popularity. SBS pays a uniform fee of about 300,000 won to both newcomers and veterans.
However, there are exceptions to the TV station's appearance fees. Singers who have talent and popularity but do not perform often, such as Lee Mi-ja, Cho Yong-pil, and Na Hoon-ah, are rare and expensive, and their appearance fees are tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of won.
Of course, hundreds of millions are the super legendary level, and it also means accumulating rage, and when you have accumulated enough rage, you can use it to launch a big move.
The situation at the TV station is similar to the commercial fashion shows outside, and although Lee Hyori is not a legend like those old predecessors, she is a real super A-level, and she doesn't need to accumulate anger. For artists like this, the biggest source of income is not fashion shows, but advertising endorsements.
In fact, during this period of time, Lee Hyori alone had a small workload, and many endorsements required the revenue to be shared among three parties: Lee Hyori, DSP, and antenna, but in the end, Lee Hyori created nearly 200 million in revenue for the company.
However, the current situation can only be described as making use of the remaining energy. There are many contracts that are expiring this year and the companies are waiting and watching, because she has joined a new company. Now many people are afraid that Lee Hyori will sink because of this decision.
Zheng Xiuheng also knew that as long as Lee Hyori's comeback in the second half of the year was successful, the money would come in like a ton and he wouldn't have to rely on leftovers from the past. Now that he clearly understood the benefits that creating a superstar could bring to the company, Zheng Xiuheng felt a little excited, but of course, he also had a headache.
"I don't know how to dance music, and I can't write songs without inspiration, so don't expect anything from me!" Zheng Xiuheng slapped the sister's right hand away and began to look at the information in his hand carefully.
Lee Hyo-ri pouted in dissatisfaction, wanting to say that she wanted to sing Hip-Hop, but seeing Zheng Xiuheng's serious look, she stopped nagging, and then... her right hand stretched directly to Zheng Xiuheng's head, grabbed his hair and said, "This hairstyle is good, much better than before!"
Zheng Xiuheng sighed, stretched out his right hand straight to Lee Hyori's skirt, grabbed her thighs in flesh-colored stockings very forcefully, and then... continued to read the information.
In fact, Zheng Xiuheng and Lee Hyori are the same. They basically didn't participate in the preliminary selection. It was the big three who were selecting. Today is the last day, and the two of them happened to be free, so they came to take a look.
This selection will attract a lot of talented boys and girls because of the increased attention from the antenna, but the boys have basically been eliminated. Those who passed the preliminary round are basically girls. Of course, there are boys, but they are all going to be eliminated later. In fact, Zheng Xiuheng is quite helpless. Although he does not plan to develop a boy group, it does not mean that he will not develop male actors or solo singers. For example, the volunteer actors will be thrown into a shell company, find an acting school to take classes, and then find a way to send them to be extras for training. He will trap as many as possible, what if one of them succeeds?
I heard from Yoo Hee-yeol that the boys who passed the preliminary selection all have great potential, but the possibility of them going solo is very low, so they are destined to be eliminated.
"I think it's almost time to start. After today's end, we'll prepare for the re-selection. Also, I've decided to promote the final selection of reserve students through a radio program. The specific implementation will depend on Uncle Liu!" Zheng Xiuheng said seriously, pinching Lee Hyori's leg with his right hand, making the sister so angry that the corners of her mouth turned blue.
"Little bastard!"
Cursing secretly, Lee Hyori hit Jung Soo-hyung's right hand, but she didn't resist too much. This was the third time the two met since their last shocking date. Lee Hyori was still the same Lee Hyori, and Jung Soo-hyung looked the same. But Lee Hyori knew that Jung Soo-hyung had changed a lot, and similarly, she was no longer so calm when facing this little man.
"Bring someone in, the selection begins!"
Zheng Xiuheng shouted, retracted his right hand, and then smiled at Lee Hyori, which made the sister glare at him fiercely.
"Ah! Brother!"
Zheng Xiuheng was still looking at Lee Hyori. The sudden male voice startled him. The voice sounded familiar.
Turning around, Zheng Xiuheng also widened his eyes, looking at the boy in front of him wearing a striped T-shirt and a short flat head with some surprise. Isn't this the boy from the game room? Although he changed his hairstyle, Zheng Xiuheng still recognized him at a glance.
"Do you know each other?" Lee Hyori asked in surprise. Looking at the little boy's admiring look, she was a little surprised.
Zheng Xiuheng nodded and smiled, "Well, you are a kid living in the same district, why did you come here, Yu Chenghao? Aren't you a child star? Does your family know?"
