Chapter 49 Jiang Hudong treats guests
An increased black nanny car drove on the main road in Seoul Seoul. By September, the temperature began to get hotter. Although it was evening, the heat outside seemed to penetrate the car window. This temperature was also adding fuel to Girls' Generation and heating it like KBS's "Two Days and One Nights".
Posters of nine young girls are covered with streets and alleys, and some audio and video stores have posted large and exquisite posters. S.M is very skilled in promoting such promotion. Since her debut, they have played songs everywhere and played shows and their popularity has become more and more popular.
On the first Sunday of September, the average viewership rate of "Two Days and One Night" actually exceeded that of "Infinite Challenge" which aired on Saturday. This time it was not KBS who saw hope of catching up with MBC's outdoor variety show, but "Infinite Challenge" had an urgent sense of crisis, and its long-term top position may be easier for him to play.
Lee Jaemin pulled up the curtains of the car and picked up the documents next to him again. It looked like it was the information of Jeonju Minyeon Life Plaza. The upper four floors of the shopping center were all opened in early August after two months of re-planning and investment.
In less than a month, a bustling commercial area with Minyan Life Plaza as the center and radiating to several surrounding streets was formed in Quanzhou City. Of course, Minyan Shopping Center benefited the most.
Cui Haizhong sent a lot of relevant information. As a leader of a company and the guide of the entire business plan, Li Zaimin must know every data well so that he can quickly formulate response strategies when encountering emergencies. These data also concern whether this model can be successfully copied to other cities...
"In Min Oppa, there is a phone call in."
Park Shin-jeong heard the ringtone of the cell phone behind, but she hadn't stopped for a long time. She saw Lee Jae-min in the rearview mirror looking at the documents. After reminding her, she saw him answering the phone and chatting with her cell phone for a while before hanging up the phone, and then asked, "Is it Yoona or Sohee?"
"It's Yoona and the others." Lee Jae-min hung up the phone and was about to throw his phone into the rearview mirror. The woman clearly wrote the words "very gossipy" on her face, "Why is it said to be Sohee?"
"Haha~" Park Shin-jeong was not scared and said, "Last month on your birthday, So-hee went to LF company alone with the cake. If there was something wrong with the company that day, I would have stayed... This silly girl, she didn't even bring an assistant when she went out... "
"That day she sent a text message to ask where she was, and I replied to her directly in the company. I sent a blessing message in the morning, but I didn't expect that she would come here in person. I happened to receive a call from Brother Hai Zhong. Something happened to happen to Minyan Life Plaza. I missed it when I rushed to Quanzhou. I didn't tell you many times."
"Sohee really wants to have a brother like you..." Park Shin-jing's eyes moved away from the rearview mirror, "Yona and the others called again, it's really, it's been so long."
"Well, they have always felt a little guilty about not coming to help me celebrate my birthday last month. After their debut, S.M arranged a notice for them. I wish they could sleep and spend all their meals on the show. There was no free time." Lee Jae-min closed the document and threw it aside. After Min-yeon's life square was on track, he could get off easily. He grabbed his phone and looked at the time and said, "Besides, even if they had time that day, I would go to Jeonju. It's almost 7 o'clock now, can I get there?"
"It won't be late, it will arrive in half an hour." Park Shin-jeong frowned slightly, and said in a complaining voice, "Don't drink too much wine at Min-oppa."
"No. Today, Brother Hudong treats you, Brother Jae Shi and others will come. Brother Hudong and I are not very familiar with you, so no one should come to drink me." Thinking of his condition when he woke up the next day after the hangover, Li Jaemin felt a vague headache.
"Two Days and One Night" has a very popular ratings. Kang Ho-dong invited many friends to celebrate, but of course he would not leave Yoo Jae-suk. When he received the invitation, Lee Jae-min was also stunned because except for "X-MAN", he and Kang Ho-dong had never met many times, so he could only be considered an ordinary friend in the artist circle.
Finally, I think about it. It was probably Yoo Jae-suk who proposed to Kang Ho-dong. After all, there will be many people in the circle coming to such a gathering, so I can take the opportunity to expand my connections, but Lee Jae-min is not very enthusiastic about this.
The place to invite guests is on the third floor of the barbecue restaurant. The time is set at 8 o'clock. It is polite to arrive early, and of course you can't be too early.
At around 7:40, Li Jaemin arrived at the barbecue restaurant. It was a private party. Everyone knew the location, so there was no situation where anyone greeted him.
As soon as I walked to the second floor, the door of the box was opened, and a slightly fat middle-aged man walked out from inside. He was the director of Kim Hyun-soo of S.M. Following him were 12 people including Litt, Kim Heechul, Han Geng, and Jung In from the SJ group.
"Hello!" Having met before, Lee Jae-min stopped and stepped onto the steps, turned around and leaned forward slightly and said to Kim Hyun-soo.
A few days ago, at the 14th Korean Popular Entertainment Awards held in Seoul, SJ won the New Era Artist Award of the Year and the Best Boy Group Award. I think they celebrated here and should have been here long ago. After the meal was over, SJ followed Kim Hyun-soo and walked out of the box.
Just as Kim Hyun-soo nodded and opened his mouth to say something, a series of footsteps came from the stairs behind Lee Jae-min. When he saw the person coming up, Kim Hyun-soo's face suddenly became gloomy.
"Hello, Director Kim Young-min!" When they saw the people walking upstairs, SJ, led by Kim Heechul and Liete, bowed and bowed.
Lee Jae-min also said, "Hello!"
"Hello you guys. You performed well, don't be proud, you should work harder." Kim Young-min seemed to have not seen Kim Hyun-soo in front of him. He nodded and encouraged SJ, and then said to Lee Jae-min, "Hello."
"Girls Generation performed well, with album sales exceeding 50,000 copies..." Kim Hyun-soo stood in the middle of the aisle, without giving way. SJ had 12 people, and it was blocking the aisle. He said in a low voice, "I hope they can develop better!"
"They will definitely develop better." Kim Young-min replied lightly. He should have booked a private room on the second floor. Seeing Kim Hyun-soo leading SJ and blocked her place, he coughed softly and said, "Lit, you take them back to the company."
Litt and the others looked at Kim Hyun-soo. Seeing that his face had not changed, they all bowed their backs and said goodbye again, then turned sideways over Kim Young-min.
"Hello, director! Let's go back first!" Kim Heechul stopped when passing by Kim Young-min, and finally said to Lee Jae-min on the side, "Jia-min, we're meeting again. Girls' Generation's debut song "The World Again" is very nice."
Lee Jae-min frowned and then flattened it. He looked at Kim Hee-chul and replied, "Thank you."
Kim Hyun-soo's original gaze was turning on Kim Young-min. When he heard Kim Hee-chul's words, a strange look flashed in his eyes. He turned his head and looked at Lee Jae-min again, then passed by Kim Young-min and walked slowly downstairs.
"Why are you here? I'm just going to invite my friend to dinner if you have time, or come together." Kim Young-min turned around and looked at Kim Hyun-soo's back. When she turned her head, she had a smile on her face, "I'm not grateful for you. Thank you for making such a suitable song for Girls' Generation!"
After hearing this, Li Jae-min replied with a smile, "Thank you, Director! However, today is Brother Hudong treating him, right on the third floor."
"Oh, it's Hudong's treat, haha, "Two Days and One Night" is a general trend. I believe it won't take long to go alongside MBC's "Infinite Challenge".
"Director. There are some rumors on the Internet recently." Li Jae-min thought for a while, but still felt that it would be better to say these. After all, after reading these contents, he always felt something was wrong. Although posts with such contents would soon be browsed into the bottom of the Internet. "Some people posted that S.M promoted Girls' Generation and squeezed out two notices that should have been arranged for Dongfang Shenqi and SJ at the end of last month..."
"It's just some rumors, maybe it's some tricks someone used." Kim Young-min waved his hand to interrupt Lee Jae-min, his face full of confidence, "You go upstairs, my guests should have arrived in the room long ago."
Seeing Kim Young-min disappearing into the door of the box, Lee Jae-min also threw away this bad feeling. He understood that the person Kim Young-min mentioned was Kim Hyun-soo who had just left with SJ.
Some things are not as confidential as S.M believes that they are. Some time ago, someone broke the news about Kim Hyun-soo and Kim Young-min.
Lee Soo-man, the helmsman of S.M, has gradually retreated behind the scenes in recent years. The company decided to select a capable director from the senior management to serve as the president of S.M. The two most promising people here are Kim Hyun-soo and Kim Young-min.
The company just happened to have the Girls' Generation girl group project, and this project became a bargaining chip for the two of them to compete for the position of president. After operation, Kim Hyun-soo, with the support of most senior executives, was responsible for the planning work of Girls' Generation. If nothing unexpected happens, the position of president will fall on him shortly after his debut.
However, for some reason, Kim Hyun-soo and President Lee Soo-man had some disputes, and Kim Young-min took the opportunity to take over. Lee Soo-man directly appointed him to replace Kim Hyun-soo to be responsible for the Girls' Generation project.
Therefore, if Girls Generation's debut was successful and its popularity was strong, and if this momentum continued, Kim Hyun-soo might have to give in to the position of president.
Lee Jae-min arrived at the third floor and soon found the largest private room. Although it was not a formal party, Jiang Hu-dong still invited a lot of people. When the dinner was about to begin, there were more than 30 people in the big private room. Some of the people Lee Jae-min knew, such as Yoo Jae-suk, Lu Hong-cheol, and others, but they had never had any intersections, such as Kim C, MC Meng and others.
Among the artists, even if they are friends, they are divided into countless circles of all sizes. After meeting, they will not know each other and say hello to each other, and then they will go to their own circles.
Chapter completed!