After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 646 Lotte Negotiations, Gunfire!
Li Mingyang sipped his sake while listening to Kim Jae-jun analyze the situation for him.

In short, Lee Boo-jin had him train to operate IS Entertainment and manage the nightclubs, a united gang that many chaebols couldn't withstand once they got involved in the sex industry.

Lotte was the first to be affected.

The main reason is that no one dared to mess with the sex industry before... so each establishment streamlined its staff, adopted corporate management, treated the prostitutes as employees, and operated legally and compliantly. If anything went wrong, the police would handle it.

Who would have thought that the gang would be so audacious as to try and steal the livelihood of the sex industry?

The gangs couldn't get the police to do their jobs because the tycoons were also responsible for their nightclub businesses.

Samsung is a major shareholder in IS Entertainment.

Samsung hopes this conflict can end quickly, so that they can make money together and achieve mutual benefit.

Tonight was supposed to be a negotiation between Samsung and Lotte, without Lee Myung-yang.

But Li Mingyang knocked out a well-known figure in Yanbian Street with a single punch, leaving the gang leaders dumbfounded.

So Samsung and Lotte wanted him to step in, whether it was to coerce or bribe the gang leader, drown him in the Han River, or throw him in prison.

The crackdown on prostitution ended within three days.

Kim Jae-joon's words were quite realistic, and his analysis was spot on. The core of his business is in the same circle as nightclubs.

Nightclubs, entertainment companies, trainees, actors, models, and idols are basically in the same circle.

However, the sex industry has nothing to do with Korean entertainment; it's purely about selling.

The main target group is university students.

Approximately 25% of sex workers are in their early 20s. For them, this industry is a high-paying part-time job that not only allows them to pay off their student loans but also enables them to afford luxury goods such as designer clothes, cosmetics, and travel.

Li Mingyang never intended to get involved in the sex industry from the beginning.

Nightclubs are more in his interest, and they're a huge business!
Compared to those large conglomerates, IS Entertainment is just a small, insignificant nightclub group in Seoul.

Although nightclubs do involve prostitution, it's all about escort services. In essence, nightclubs are legitimate entertainment venues, protected by law, and a characteristic of South Korea's tourism industry.

Lee Myung-yang was persuaded by Kim Jae-joon and also wanted to end this accidental farce as soon as possible.

Just as Li Mingyang was drinking and laughing with representatives from Lotte and Samsung, discussing how to resolve the issue...

Lotte's eldest son has arrived.

The guy bowed as soon as he entered, then sat in the seat of honor, kneeling quite properly.

After the Lotte representative conveyed Li Mingyang's willingness to resolve the issue, the Crown Prince was very pleased, saying, "Li-san, you made the right decision."

It's quite jarring that Lotte's eldest son can speak Chinese but not Korean.

"Now that you're here, we can talk. How much severance pay is Lotte prepared to offer?"

"Severance pay?"

"They've already taken over the territory, but they've left without getting anything in return. How are they supposed to face the world after that?"

The eldest prince remained silent for a moment before speaking in Japanese, and the Rakuten agent's expression visibly turned serious.

"Director Lee, there's no severance pay. You also need to pay 400 billion won in lost wages for these days..."

Before Li Mingyang could speak, the Samsung representative frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this? Do you want to continue fighting?"

The Lotte representative wiped the sweat from his face, glanced at the indifferent Crown Prince, and relayed the Samsung representative's words to him.

The eldest prince remained silent for a while, then rattled off a long string of Japanese.

The Lotte agent, with a grave expression, translated: "We are doing business normally on our own turf and paying taxes normally, but someone has taken our territory. Now we have to pay the robbers to leave. This is unreasonable."

So you're unwilling to pay money to settle?

"No, we are willing to settle, but you have to pay for our losses."

Li Mingyang laughed, placed his hands on the long coffee table, and got up to leave. Jin Zaijun quickly stopped him and gently persuaded him to leave.

They stated that the 400 billion won demand was pure extortion, and that 200 billion won would suffice.

"Heh, is this about money? It's about saving face!"

"Saving face is irrelevant. Continuing this will only result in mutual destruction. Lotte has never targeted you before, but that doesn't mean they won't in the future..."

"go away."

Li Mingyang raised his hand and swung it forcefully. Kim Jaejoon lost his balance and fell heavily onto the carpet with a loud thud.

next moment.

The wooden lattice door was pulled open forcefully, and two bodyguards in black stood at the door, looking on with serious expressions. One was a bald black man, and the other was a blond white man.

The Crown Prince waved his hand, and the two bodyguards in black retreated. As they left, Li Mingyang clearly saw many bodyguards standing in the corridor.

There were hardly any people in the corridor when he came in.

"What do you mean? You can't leave unless I agree?" Li Mingyang frowned.

"We must settle this today, or no one can leave." The Crown Prince gestured for Li Mingyang to sit back down.

Kim Jae-joon also kindly advised Lee Myung-yang to calm down and that he would go and communicate with him.

Li Mingyang sat back down in his seat.

Kim Jae-joon bent down and knelt in front of the Crown Prince, communicating with him in Japanese.

The eldest prince is very pretentious; he takes a long time to say a single sentence.

Li Mingyang drank his wine impatiently, weighing the pros and cons of going to war with Letian in his mind.

Going to war with Lotte would do more harm than good; there's no way they could win, it would just be a pure nuisance to the other side.

After all, the other party is the biggest South Korean traitorous conglomerate in Korea!

"The wine is finished..." Li Mingyang shook the bottle, yawned, and said.

Damn it, so slow.

"Chairman Li has such a generous capacity!"

"Bring the wine."

Samsung's agent patted the woman's bottom in his arms. The woman, acting shy and demure, pulled up her open kimono and got up to arrange a new round of drinks.

When the woman returned, the proprietress of the izakaya also arrived, followed by two other women.

"President Kim, the new talent you requested has arrived! Oh my, this must be Director Lee Myung-yang, you're much more handsome than on TV," the proprietress complimented.

Li Mingyang ignored the flirtatious proprietress and instead fixed his gaze on Shirley, who was wearing a pink kimono.

What a coincidence.

The proprietress, feeling awkward, smiled, set out the drinks, and then left.

The newcomer, Shirley, and another blonde girl were greeted by a Samsung representative. Shirley was pushed next to Lee Myung-yang, while the other girl was pushed next to the eldest prince.

The other girl looked familiar to Li Mingyang, but her face was so plain that he couldn't remember who she was.

"Director Li, let me toast you." Shirley, who was assigned to stand next to Li Mingyang, was very happy and showed a flattering smile as she awkwardly raised her glass with both hands.

Li Mingyang picked up a bottle of sake with his index finger and thumb, casually clinked glasses with Shirley, and then downed most of the sake in one gulp.

Shirley stared at Li Mingyang with her beautiful eyes, took a small sip of wine, and couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

She originally thought it was another chaebol or producer she was with, but she never expected to run into Lee Myung-yang oppa today.

He made three movies in one year, with a total box office of over 30 million.

Seoul Spring at the end of the year swept across South Korea, surpassing not only The Thieves but also Avatar in terms of audience numbers, becoming the most-watched film in South Korean history.

Every time Shirley sees news about Li Mingyang these past few months, she thinks of her terrible behavior when she encountered him at a nightclub at the beginning of the year.

My intestines are full of regret.

Her apparent indifference at the time was feigned; she simply didn't want to have any contact with Li Mingyang.

On one hand, she despised Song Qian's shameless behavior; on the other hand, Li Mingyang ignored her and only had eyes for Zheng Xiujing.

If you want to climb the ladder, isn't it normal to offer drinks and sex?

Sulli was actually very open-minded. She believed that using her beauty to gain resources and transition into acting was the best outcome.

Otherwise, they will be eliminated sooner or later.

FX is nothing compared to Girls' Generation. The company doesn't value them at all, and she doesn't want to sink along with her teammates.

Sherry felt insulted by her teammates' pitiful looks, so she disliked them.

Seeing that Li Mingyang wasn't paying much attention to her, Shirley moved her hips closer to him.

Li Mingyang glanced down at the delectable 'human peach'.

Her skin was as white as snow, her lips as red as blood, and her hair as black as ebony.

Oval face, 1.7 meters tall, slim waist, long legs, curvaceous figure, and defined, toned curves.

Her fair skin was like a ripe peach, so juicy it looked like you could squeeze water out of it.

Sulli's current appearance is not as good as Krystal's, mainly due to her makeup. She has puffy eyes and narrow eyes, which doesn't suit a pure and innocent look. A more alluring and innocent style would suit her better.

After she let loose and adopted a pure and alluring style, her looks improved dramatically.

“You seem different from last time,” Li Mingyang said.

"No, I've always been like this. Director Li, you look so cool when you wear sunglasses, and so handsome when you don't." Shirley snuggled closer to Li Mingyang and held a small wine cup to his lips.

Li Mingyang lowered his head and took a sip, then casually put his arm around Shirley's waist. This girl was really soft.

Why not play if you're going to lose?

In REAL, Sulli is completely naked, and her figure is exceptionally good, especially her two large breasts.

It resembles an upside-down jade bowl.

The bust is sloping and the lower part is very full.

Sherry gently swayed, exploring Li Mingyang's hand while skillfully feeding him wine.

Unlike other girls, she didn't take off her clothes early on.

But the experience was excellent, and the emotional value was maximized.

An adoring gaze, paired with the opening and closing of red lips and a charming, ingratiating smile, exudes a mature woman's sexiness within her cuteness, and the perfectly timed physical contact is incredibly alluring.

The feel is amazing! Li Mingyang is very sensitive to being secretly filmed, especially by Koreans, who are ubiquitous and quite perverted.

This banquet at Hongmen was clearly not for good purposes.

Li Mingyang wouldn't dare to strip Shirley naked here.

If I get secretly filmed, or rather, nine times out of ten I will be.

Li Mingyang had even come up with a title for these bastards: 'International Director's Izakaya Scene: Explicit Sexual Harassment of Female Idols.'

This place is definitely not suitable for drying.

Just as Li Mingyang was considering whether to bring Shirley to the company and give her a good beating, Jin Zaijun arrived.

Li Mingyang reached into his coat and pulled out a car key from the system. He placed it on Shirley's chest and said, "Shirley, I have a bottle of good wine in my car. Could you go get it for me?"

"Okay, Oppa."

Shirley picked up her car keys and went to get the wine.

As Kim Jae-joon knelt down in front of Lee Myung-yang, before he could even speak, Lee Myung-yang sneered, "You two are quite the negotiators!"

Kim Jae-joon lowered his head and whispered, "He wants a result today... Compensation is out of the question; Lotte also has its pride..."

"Don't I have any pride?"

"If this matter involving Chairman Li escalates, Kaka will also get involved."

Li Mingyang was taken aback. It was just a gang fight, so why was Kaka involved?

Seeing that Li Mingyang didn't understand, Kim Jae-joon explained it to him.

There are many gangs in South Korea. Among them, the most famous are the "Nambu-dong gang" in Seoul, the "Chilseong gang" in Busan, the "Cheonghwa-Wyesaeng gang" in Gyeonggi Province, and the "Pan-Western gang," which was the largest gang in South Korea in the 1980s but gradually declined after its leader, Kim Tae-chon, was arrested.

Since they are gangs, fighting and killing over territory is inevitable.

Where there is fighting, there is also peace. The mediator unanimously elected by the Korean gangs was Lee Do-chon, the sworn brother of former Korean leader Kim Dae-jung.

There's a lot more to this than meets the eye.

"President Li, if neither of you is willing to compromise, then we should fight first and then mediate."

"There's this story too. Why didn't you mention it when I beat up those bastards last time?"

"Because last time you were involved in a brawl with thugs, you don't think Lotte is just messing around with you, do you? They'll send people from Xiao Rizi's side, either wanted criminals or wanted killers."

"..."

"Chairman Li, you need to be careful. The Little Life Gang is more ruthless than you think. Sometimes we can't do anything about them because they run away too fast."

Li Mingyang took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took two puffs, and then threw it into his sake cup.

Nourishes...

The cigarette went out, but the fire in Li Mingyang's heart burned brighter!

Bang!
Li Mingyang placed his hands on the coffee table. "This matter is not good for me. The money those bastards collected is not under my control. I originally wanted to make a big deal out of a small one and a small deal out of a small one."

"But you're pushing us too far!"

"If you want to fight, fight!"

"If you've got the guts, take me down with you!"

As Li Mingyang spoke, he walked to the door and opened the wooden lattice door.

There were dozens of people outside, all of them white-skinned black men, and they all looked like they were very good fighters.

"I've heard that Chairman Li is quite a fighter." The eldest prince pushed away the female celebrity in his arms and stood up. "If you can walk out of here today, I will agree to all your conditions."

"What if we can't get out?"

"Then of course you'll listen to me."

Li Mingyang shrugged and pointed at the eldest prince, saying, "You said it!"

After saying that, Li Mingyang put on his shoes and left the private room.

Facing a group of imposing bodyguards, almost all of whom were shorter than him, Li Mingyang grinned maliciously, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a gun!

The eldest prince was startled upon seeing this, exclaiming, "Wait a minute!"

"Prosecutor Kim, what exactly did you say?!"

"Ahhh!"

"If you weren't searched when you came in, what are you doing here?!"

"Ah!"

Everyone in the room panicked; they truly hadn't expected Li Mingyang to be carrying a gun.

South Korea has very strict gun control, but it's easy to buy guns, which is quite contradictory, but not many people dare to take them out.

"What are you looking at? I'll give you ten seconds to disappear from my sight, or I'll shoot you all." Li Mingyang said, then reached into his pocket and opened his hand. Because he had too many bullets, two brass-colored bullets fell to the floor with a crisp, heavy sound.

Real bullets!

The group of bodyguards looked at each other, and a few of them who had handled guns knew the danger and ran away first.

With one person taking the lead, the others quickly followed suit, all retreating downstairs. Not a single one of them considered retreating to the private room to protect the boss.

After Li Mingyang and his bodyguards had all run away, he grinned, turned around, and brandished the gun in his hand, making a move that baffled everyone.

He put the wall on the ground, but picked up the bullet.

Then he hummed a song and walked away with his hands behind his back.

After Li Mingyang disappeared at the end of the corridor.

The eldest prince ran over and carefully picked up the gun; its weight seemed a bit off.

Bang!
A yellow BB shot hit the wooden lattice door, but it didn't even pierce the shoji paper.

"Bagya Road!"

"How shameless!"

Enraged, the eldest prince threw the gun to the ground, shattering it into pieces!
……

Sherry held the Mercedes car keys and searched for her car downstairs. She looked along the road for a long time but couldn't find a single Mercedes.

"Oppa, where did you park the car?" Shirley scratched her head, secretly blaming herself for not asking beforehand.

Just as she was about to go back and ask, her phone rang.

"Hey."

"Sherry, where are you? Hurry back to the izakaya!"

"oh oh."

Shirley didn't ask why, hung up the phone with her manager, and headed towards the izakaya.

As soon as she entered the izakaya, Shirley saw her manager making a phone call at the door. She was about to go upstairs when her manager grabbed her wrist.

"what happened?"

The agent gestured for her to wait aside.

Shirley hummed in agreement twice and stood obediently to the side.

A few minutes later, the agent hung up the phone, looking dejected and sighing, and pulled Shirley into an empty private room.

"Are you accompanying Director Li Mingyang today?"

"Yeah! Oppa is so handsome!"

The agent rolled her eyes. "Why did you leave the izakaya just now?"

Shirley took out a car key and said, "Mingyang oppa said he has a bottle of good wine in his car and asked me to go get it."

The agent looked surprised and stared at Shirley with astonishment.

Shirley tilted her head and looked at her manager with a puzzled expression.

After confirming that Sulli wasn't lying, the agent suddenly felt this was an opportunity.

She had just been discussing a project with a senior figure in the industry at the bar across the street.

I suddenly received a call from President Li.

President Li was very anxious and asked what had happened with Shirley accompanying people to drinks today.

She was only responsible for escorting people to the stairwell, and they weren't allowed to go up to the second floor. She had no idea what was going on, and when asked, she knew nothing. She got yelled at.

Then she went to the izakaya to find Sherry, but unexpectedly learned something incredible.

It turns out that Li Mingyang came to attend Lotte's drinking party today, and the two had a heated argument.

The izakaya owner didn't know exactly what had happened.

In short, many bodyguards in black hurriedly ran downstairs, and everyone in the private room had left.

Upon hearing this, she was terrified and immediately called Shirley.

Surprisingly, even after the call was made, Shirley wasn't taken away.

Then she relayed what she knew to President Li.

After listening to this, President Lee asked her to talk to Sulli about it, as he would be meeting Lee Myung-yang at SM headquarters the next day.

She initially thought it wouldn't work, but seeing Shirley's innocent appearance, she realized that Li Mingyang had deliberately lured her away, thus avoiding a major conflict.

Li Mingyang took good care of Shirley.

However, getting Lee Myung-yang to SM Entertainment on his own initiative is no easy feat! Sulli is out of the question, but Krystal Jung might be a possibility.

But Krystal Jung wouldn't listen to her!

Song Qian is filming at Dongda University again.

As for the other two, let's just forget about them.

"Shirley, do you have Director Li's contact information?"

(End of this chapter)