Chapter 127: The Kim Sisters
Kim! Tae! Yeon!
The leader of Girls' Generation, the only one S.M. Entertainment dreamed of replicating, the ceiling for girl group idols, and the culmination of S.M. Entertainment's main girl group vocalists, the longest-running female idol in K-pop, perhaps without equal.
Jiang Shu never expected that watching an IVE reality show would reel in such a deep-sea leviathan!
Looking at Kim Tae-yeon's face, which hadn't reached its peak beauty but also hadn't collapsed due to excessive plastic surgery, still in a very natural state, Jiang Shu was incredibly excited.
Although Kim Tae-yeon was already twenty-nine at this time, her appearance was still in the same state as when she was twenty-five in 2014. The difference was that her demeanor was more mature, and she lacked the star quality typically associated with artists.
But it didn't matter; this was for the best!
This was Kim Tae-yeon!
One of the few cards in the game that was double S for both solo and girl group. Whether she was placed in a girl group to form OhGG with five members, or the Eight-Nine Girl Emperors, or taken out as a solo artist, she was an ace!
No!
What's the point of continuing the class?
"You can leave class after watching the reality show."
Dropping that sentence, Jiang Shu got up and left, leaving the bewildered trainees in the classroom.
Jiang Shu took out his phone, found Liu Zhimin's number, and dialed it. The phone connected shortly after ringing.
"Oppa, good afternoon."
"Where are you?"
"My commercial performance just finished."
Commercial performances might seem low-status, but they were actually a very lucrative activity for artists.
Even though IVE was very popular, they still had to do commercial performances; they made money.
"Do you have any more schedules today?" Jiang Shu asked.
"Yes, there are a few more."
"Ask your manager if they can be canceled or postponed?"
"I'll ask."
The phone line was quiet for over half a minute, then Liu Zhimin's voice rang out again.
"They can be postponed."
"Send me the address; I'll pick you up and take you to Jeonju."
"Ah?"
Twenty minutes later, Jiang Shu picked up Liu Zhimin at the filming set and drove to Jeonju.
"Why are we suddenly going to Jeonju?" Liu Zhimin buckled her seatbelt and looked at Jiang Shu, asking with some confusion.
"Do you remember the location of the glasses shop where you bought glasses during your group reality show?" Jiang Shu asked.
"I vaguely remember, but I'll only recall the specific road once we're in Jeonju city," Liu Zhimin thought for a moment and said, "Are you going to buy glasses?"
"No, I'm going to abduct the proprietress," Jiang Shu said while driving.
Liu Zhimin paused, then a small figure appeared in her mind.
"That Ouni who looks very young?" Liu Zhimin asked in surprise.
"Right!"
"Is she also the same type as Bae Joo-hyun Ouni?"
"She's not," Jiang Shu didn't say too much. How could Kim Tae-yeon and Bae Joo-hyun be the same type of artist? The former's commercial value was much higher than the latter's.
"Then, if we go to Jeonju now, can we come back today?" Liu Zhimin looked at the time on her phone and asked.
"Probably not coming back; we'll have to stay overnight in Jeonju." Jiang Shu glanced at the time; it was almost four o'clock, and by the time they reached Jeonju, it would probably be past six.
Seoul is over two hundred kilometers from Jeonju, a journey of more than two hours.
Unfortunately, both Jiang Shu and Liu Zhimin were public figures, so taking a train would be purely for display. They could only choose to drive.
"When the company gets a bit bigger in the future, I want to get myself a driver," Jiang Shu sighed. "It's really annoying to drive myself every day."
He was, after all, a small boss worth tens of millions; wasn't it reasonable to ask for a driver?
"I think driving is quite interesting," Liu Zhimin said, looking at her phone in the passenger seat.
"Do you have a driver's license?" Jiang Shu asked suspiciously.
"No."
"Then what right do you have to speak?" Jiang Shu said, speechless.
"It looks interesting to me."
So, it was just by looking.
"Are you taking me along this time to be your guide?" Liu Zhimin leaned against the B-pillar, looking at Jiang Shu's profile and asking.
"Half and half, besides being a guide, it's also to keep me company," Jiang Shu smiled. "It's very boring to drive two hours alone."
Especially on the highway, driving at a constant speed, one could even fall asleep. In contrast, stop-and-go city driving was less likely to cause one to zone out.
"No problem, I'll help you pass the time!" Liu Zhimin said with a chuckle.
The two chatted while speeding down the highway, finally arriving in Jeonju city at twenty past six. This was already the result of Jiang Shu driving at the speed limit.
The main reason was that the roads after getting off the highway in Korea were incredibly convoluted, which delayed them quite a bit.
After driving around Jeonju city for a while, Liu Zhimin finally saw a familiar road. Under her guidance, after twisting and turning for about ten minutes, a familiar glasses shop appeared through the car window and into Jiang Shu's view.
It hadn't closed yet!
Good, good, good!
Jiang Shu got excited, opened the door, and was about to get out, but Liu Zhimin quickly grabbed him.
"What's wrong?"
"Put on a mask, you're a celebrity now," Liu Zhimin said, handing him a mask.
Jiang Shu took it; he had overlooked that.
Both of them put on masks, got out of the car, and walked into the glasses shop together.
The glasses shop wasn't big, and there were no customers inside, only a girl fiddling with her phone at the counter.
Jiang Shu frowned; this girl wasn't Kim Tae-yeon, but rather... it looked like...
"Hello, how can I help you?" Kim Xia Yan saw someone come in and stood up to greet them.
Compared to her sister, Kim Xia Yan was much taller, but still only average height.
"Where's your sister?" Before Liu Zhimin could speak, Jiang Shu asked directly.
"Looking for Ouni?" Kim Xia Yan paused, then looked at the man and woman warily. "What's my Ouni's name?"
"Kim Tae-yeon," Jiang Shu said. Liu Zhimin, on the side, looked at Jiang Shu in surprise; she didn't even know the name of that young-looking Ouni.
Hearing that it was indeed her Ouni's name, the wariness in Kim Xia Yan's eyes lessened a bit, but she still didn't relax.
Seeing her expression, Jiang Shu took off his mask, then took out a business card and handed it to Kim Xia Yan.
"Please contact Kim Tae Yeon-xi; I have something to discuss with her."
Kim Xia Yan took the business card doubtfully, lowered her head, and looked closely.
DM Entertainment President, Jiang Shu.
!!!
Kim Xia Yan's eyes immediately widened, looking at Jiang Shu with utter disbelief.
"You! You! You're IVE's boss!"
As family, Kim Xia Yan naturally knew that her family's glasses shop and her Ouni had appeared on IVE's reality show. She had specifically researched the group and also taken a look at DM Entertainment.
This person in front of her was the president of DM Entertainment, so the person with him?
Kim Xia Yan's gaze shifted to Liu Zhimin beside him.
Liu Zhimin smiled at her and took off her mask.
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