Chapter 2139: The Slap

How can a listed company be brought down?

There are actually many ways.

You can start from the media side, or from within the company—there are various methods.

But the kind Park Sun-young mentioned is undoubtedly the most helpless.

In short, it's short selling!

What is short selling?

Simply put, it means preparing enough capital to buy up a company's stock at a high price, waiting for other followers to enter the market, driving the stock price up, then cashing out at the high point, buying again, pushing it up again, and selling off once it reaches a psychologically stable value.

For a listed company, this is undoubtedly a disaster.

In such a situation, once the stock market crashes, the only thing the listed company can do is raise funds to take over the shares.

But the problem is, even if you take over, the other party can still continue to speculate on the stock price, unless you buy up all the circulating shares on the market.

But in that case, it's essentially no different from delisting.

It completely fails to achieve the purpose of raising funds.

Moreover, for a company like SM Entertainment, once the stock price exceeds the shareholders' psychological threshold, they might even cash out and leave themselves, let alone step in to support the stock.

In that case, the stock price might go up and down like a roller coaster, eventually becoming worthless paper—it's not impossible.

Of course, there is a prerequisite.

That is, the person manipulating the stock price must have enough capital.

After all, driving up and suppressing stock prices both require massive amounts of money. If you can't create a state of sharp rises and falls, those hot money and retail investors won't follow in.

And Hanxing Investment happens to have that capability.

So when Park Sun-young said that, Kim Young-min and Lee Soo-man were dumbfounded.

They really hadn't expected Park Sun-young to do this.

The two exchanged glances, both seeing a hint of fear in each other's eyes.

Clearly, Park Sun-young today was definitely not coming with goodwill.

Soon, Shim Chang-min, who was recovering from injuries in the dormitory, and Kim Junsu, who had been out partying, were brought to the meeting room. The five members of TVXQ stood there, somewhat bewildered.

In their view, they had no idea what was happening. After all, being suddenly called here, and by the two powerful figures of the company—it would be a lie to say they weren't nervous.

TVXQ?

Park Sun-young slowly stood up, paced over, and stopped in front of the TVXQ members.

Hello, I'm U-Know of TVXQ...

Hello, I'm Junsu of TVXQ...

The five began introducing themselves one by one.

This was the idol rule: when asked about yourself, you must first introduce yourself.

When Shim Chang-min finished his introduction, Park Sun-young's footsteps stopped in front of him.

Shim Chang-min?

Park Sun-young's icy voice rang out.

Yes, Director.

Shim Chang-min was a bit confused but quickly nodded.

Slap!

Suddenly, before anyone could react, Park Sun-young raised her hand and slapped Shim Chang-min hard across the face!

Shim Chang-min was stunned!

Lee Soo-man was also stunned!

Kim Young-min was equally dumbfounded!

All the TVXQ members were stunned too.

What's going on?

Director Park?

Lee Soo-man shot up: "What are you doing?"

Director Park, this is too much!" Kim Young-min also stood up, glaring at Park Sun-young.

Shim Chang-min's face was bright red. If it weren't for the strict hierarchical rules in Korea that made him know he couldn't afford to offend this woman, he might have fought back.

Too much?

Park Sun-young turned around, glanced at Lee Soo-man and Kim Young-min, and said calmly: "You should be grateful that it was me who came today, not our company's Representative Wu. Otherwise, I really can't guarantee that Shim Chang-min would ever have a chance to step on stage again."

Huh?

Everyone was taken aback by these words.

The five TVXQ members didn't understand, but Lee Soo-man and Kim Young-min were terrified.

Those young TVXQ members didn't know who Representative Wu was, but as an invested company under Hanxing Investment, they certainly knew who that Representative Wu of Hanxing Investment was.

In fact, they had personally seen Wu Sijie appear beside Zhao Fusheng.

In other words, he was the most trusted among Zhao Fusheng's confidants, otherwise he wouldn't have been appointed as a co-representative of Hanxing Investment and sent to Korea.

Wait!

A flash of insight struck Kim Young-min, and he suddenly realized something.

Looking at Park Sun-young, Kim Young-min's voice trembled: "Director Park, that Chinese person who was cursed at the airport, could it be..."

Park Sun-young coldly stared at Kim Young-min: "Yes, just as you think, it was our chairman."

Thud!

Lee Soo-man and Kim Young-min both collapsed into their chairs.

It's over!

In that moment, both knew that TVXQ was completely finished!

Who was Zhao Fusheng?

He was the boss of Future Group, a man whom Liang Jingyu and Wu Sijie, who wielded immense power in Seoul, had to look up to.

And such a person was cursed out by you, Shim Chang-min?

By Korean logic, this was equivalent to Shim Chang-min cursing out Samsung's Lee Kun-hee.

It's over!

The few of them looked at each other, feeling darkness closing in...

...

...

Naturally, Zhao Fusheng didn't know what was happening at SM Entertainment. He had been on the plane for so long and was exhausted. Returning to the hotel, he washed up, called Fan Baobao, and went straight to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already evening.

Chairman.

Liu Yiming walked in: "General Manager Liang called, saying that the matter at SM Entertainment has been handled."

Mm, got it.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Ask Wu Sijie how it was dealt with."

Liu Yiming agreed and went out to call Wu Sijie to inquire about the handling.

Soon, Liu Yiming got the answer from Wu Sijie.

Director Park Sun-young personally went to SM Entertainment and taught the TVXQ group a lesson, as well as SM's Kim Young-min and Lee Soo-man.

Liu Yiming reported to Zhao Fusheng: "Also, SM Entertainment didn't know your identity initially and planned to use the media to hype this up and even call the police, hoping to profit from it."

Heh, this Kim Young-min.

Zhao Fusheng sneered.

To be fair, from a business management perspective, what Kim Young-min did was understandable.

But unfortunately, he ran into me.

Pass on my order: remove Kim Young-min from his position as representative director of SM Entertainment.

Zhao Fusheng said calmly: "I don't like seeing this person."

Okay.

Liu Yiming nodded, indicating he had noted it.

To be fair, Kim Young-min was indeed a talented manager, but unfortunately, he misdirected his mind—using it against Zhao Fusheng.

If such a person wasn't taught a lesson, where would Zhao Fusheng's authority be?

Wouldn't every Tom, Dick, and Harry dare to boss him around?

Even just imagining that scene, Zhao Fusheng couldn't tolerate it.