Chapter 110: Senior and Ouni
After Lee Ji-eun, Jiang Shu saw a bunch of familiar faces.
They weren't that familiar, but he still remembered them after seeing the subtitles.
NCT.
Tsk, he didn't expect NCT to debut; it seems S.M. is preparing to give up on Rainbow Girls?
That's fine.
Rainbow Girls were a low-tier Girls' Generation; they had some strength, and if they hadn't met someone with a cheat, they might have even made a small profit, but unfortunately, there are no ifs.
Not long after NCT, IVE took the stage.
IVE should normally be the finale, but since they are currently not participating in the first-place selection, the performance order was arranged casually.
Zhang Yuanying stood on the stage and immediately saw Jiang Shu sitting alone in front of the stage. She visibly became excited, ran to the edge of the stage, and waved at Jiang Shu.
"Go back to rehearsal," Jiang Shu said with a wry smile, waving his hand.
Zhang Yuanying made an OK gesture and swayed back.
Liu Zhimin also saw Jiang Shu, but she had a guilty conscience and wasn't as direct as Zhang Yuanying, only signaling to Jiang Shu with her eyes.
Jiang Shu smiled at her.
Today was the first comeback stage for 'Love Dive,' and many fan site masters came to the scene. Jiang Shu had just seen no less than five Liu Zhimin fan site masters, and Zhang Yuanying's were nowhere to be found. On the other hand, the other four, though not many, at least had some.
He remembered when NMIXX first debuted, Lily didn't even have a fan site master. If they weren't from the Three Greats, it would be one thing, but a girl group from JYP didn't even have a fan site master. This kind of thing isn't Lily's shame to talk about.
It's truly outrageous.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Shu also took out his phone and aimed it at IVE on stage.
Today, he was also a fan site master!
Buzz.
A message notification made Jiang Shu raise an eyebrow, and he turned his horizontally held phone back to vertical.
Opening the message, it was from Li Duohui.
President Li: Chairman, tomorrow is Red Velvet's last meeting before their debut. Originally, Director Yun and I were going together, but something came up at home temporarily. Could I trouble you, Chairman, to go personally?
Jiang Shu was stunned when he saw this message.
Li Duohui probably chose to send a message instead of calling because she knew he was at the TV station and it wasn't convenient to answer the phone.
But the content of the message…
Red Velvet's matters had always been handled by Li Duohui and Yin Huilin. Although Li Duohui was the Vice President, she didn't have a President above her, only Jiang Shu, the Chairman. If she couldn't go because of something, then only Jiang Shu could go.
Shu: No problem. If you need help with anything at home, just say so.
Jiang Shu didn't ask what was going on with Li Duohui's family. Why ask so much about someone's private matters?
She would naturally speak up when she needed his help.
President Li: Thank you for your understanding, Chairman!!!
Jiang Shu smiled at this, turned his phone back to horizontal, and aimed it at IVE on the stage.
As the prelude to "Love Dive" began, the girls immediately started moving.
Looking at Zhang Yuanying on stage, Zhang Yuanying during the IVE period was much lazier compared to her IZONE period. Her singing skills were not to be mentioned, and her dancing also changed from the initial synchronized dance to a lazy and casual one.
However, the current Zhang Yuanying has not developed the bad habit of laziness. In fact, because her teammates' levels are all on par, she practices her dancing very diligently.
Although the Dark Three Kings each have their own issues, in terms of strength, the three sisters are not weak. From a purely strength perspective, the abnormal version of IVE is actually much stronger than the original IVE.
Although the IVE in front of him still had some gap with synchronized dancing, it was at least much better than the original IVE's dancing, but...
Jiang Shu felt that it lacked some of the original IVE's flavor.
Perhaps it was psychological.
The song ended very quickly, and deafening cheers immediately came from behind.
Jiang Shu pressed the heart button with a chuckle, and then...
Oh no?
He didn't hit record just now.
Jiang Shu awkwardly put down his phone, glanced at IVE walking off the stage, and then casually looked at the stage.
If I don't say anything, who would know?
Backstage.
Clap clap clap.
Lee Ji-eun, who had been waiting in IVE's waiting room, immediately applauded IVE along with the staff when she saw the members return.
"Your performance was amazing, seniors," Lee Ji-eun said with a smile, giving a thumbs up.
"IU Unnie's stage was also great," Zhang Yuanying said with a chuckle.
After getting a little more familiar, they no longer called Lee Ji-eun "IU-xi" but changed to "Ouni" when facing someone much older than them.
IVE were seniors, so Lee Ji-eun needed to call them seniors, even though she was older.
Conversely, although IVE were seniors, they were young, so they still had to call Lee Ji-eun "Ouni."
"Are you waiting for us?" Liu Zhimin asked Lee Ji-eun in surprise.
"Yes," Lee Ji-eun smiled and nodded. "We are all artists from the same company. I want to have a meal with the seniors."
"That might not work, we have a schedule later," Zhang Yuanying said from the side.
"It's okay, we can have dinner together after the seniors finish their schedule. My treat."
"How can a junior treat? Our Karina Ouni will!" Zhang Yuanying put her arm around Liu Zhimin's shoulder and winked at Liu Zhimin, "What do you say, leader?"
Liu Zhimin looked at Zhang Yuanying speechlessly. Is this girl being generous with someone else's money?
However, Liu Zhimin turned to look at Lee Ji-eun.
"Yuan Ying is right. We are seniors, so we should treat."
"But I'm Ouni, I can't let my younger sisters treat," Lee Ji-eun hesitated.
"Oh, come on!" Zhang Yuanying waved her hand. "This time Karina Ouni treats, and next time IU Ouni can treat us back!"
Liu Zhimin nodded in agreement.
"I think that works."
"Then... okay," Lee Ji-eun agreed.
"Then it's happily decided!" Zhang Yuanying let go of Liu Zhimin. "Does IU Ouni have a schedule later? If not, want to come play with us at the studio?"
"I have some schedules, I can't go with you," Lee Ji-eun said apologetically.
"Is that so..." Zhang Yuanying nodded. "Having schedules is good, having schedules means earning some money!"
When money was mentioned, money symbols almost popped out of Zhang Yuanying's eyes.
Lee Ji-eun couldn't help but laugh at this.
Liu Zhimin glanced at Zhang Yuanying, then looked back at the entrance, not seeing the figure she wanted to see.
A hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.
Both she and IU had finished their performances, so why hadn't Jiang Shu come over yet?
Not long after, the stage completely ended, and the groups who came to promote their songs came to the stage for the final first-place selection.
The first place was ultimately taken by NCT. Jiang Shu endured the boredom and only left after watching the encore stage.
IVE and IU both had schedules. After Music Core, they went to run their schedules. Jiang Shu went straight home.
There was nothing at the company that required his attention, so he might as well go home directly.
Today, there's still, yesterday's exam was 4k, I'll write more later, and post it after I finish. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be at 2 PM.
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