After Li Duohui translated this passage, she noticed that Sakura's gaze towards President nim had completely changed.
Goodness, another one was tricked.
Li Duohui couldn't help but sigh, someone as good at tricking people as President nim would surely be the top sales if he went to sell insurance, right?
Which company's President nim would remember what a foreign idol said before?
Is this reasonable?
Actually, it's not surprising that Sakura was tricked; which artist could resist Jiang Shu's negotiation style of first enticing with benefits, then supplementing with sincerity?
A high-ranking entertainment company President nim actually paid attention to her, a small foreign artist from the countryside; this feeling of being valued and recognized was an indescribable emotion.
In fact, for a company like DM Entertainment, compared to the Three Greats, their biggest advantage is that they won't suppress popularity.
Many large companies, to prevent the situation of Bae Suzy and her three backup dancers from recurring, will suppress a member when she shows signs of gaining more popularity than the group, which is commonly known as 'suppressing popularity'.
But DM Entertainment won't do that. What if Bae Suzy and her three backup dancers appear? If one member becomes popular, it's a gain.
The main reason is that the cost is not high. The resource cost for DM Entertainment to launch new groups is much lower than the cycle cost of the Three Greats, who spend many years developing one group.
"I want to join DM Entertainment, but my management contract hasn't expired yet..."
"It's okay, as long as you agree, I will help you solve these problems," Jiang Shu said immediately when he saw Sakura agree.
"Okay." Since Jiang Shu said so, Sakura naturally chose to trust him.
"Do you need to go back? If not, just stay here with us. Learn Korean and get used to the pace of life in Korea in advance."
Sakura understood that Jiang Shu was afraid she would run away after returning to her country, but this thought actually made Sakura feel more at ease; at least he truly wanted to sign her.
"I don't have anything to pack."
Jiang Shu nodded and picked up the landline phone.
"Come in."
Soon, Choi Ji-yeon came in.
"This is Sakura, the company's new trainee. Take her to the trainee dorms and assign her a Korean teacher who understands Japanese."
"Yes." Choi Ji-yeon nodded and led Sakura out of the office.
"It still has to be you," Li Duohui genuinely exclaimed, "No wonder you had such a surprised expression when you heard her name; turns out you had been paying attention early on."
Jiang Shu smiled and did not deny it. "Her experience is quite inspiring."
He had indeed been paying attention to Sakura for a long time, it was just not the kind of attention Li Duohui imagined.
"Bring the people on the list over as soon as possible, while they haven't noticed others yet," Jiang Shu said, his expression serious, looking at Li Duohui.
"Yes!"
"Also, tell their company that Sakura is staying with us. Don't be particularly forceful, but inform them that we have reached an agreement with Sakura."
The subtext was: if you release her, my terms remain unchanged; if you don't, I will pay the breach of contract fee to bring her over.
"If they choose not to release her, we can at most only get Sakura," Li Duohui hesitated.
"They don't know our pursuit of other trainees," Jiang Shu said with a smile.
This is where the 'those involved are confused' comes in.
Ostensibly, DM Entertainment was only interested in Sakura, and everyone else was treated as optional.
"Okay, I'll go do it now." Li Duohui nodded in agreement and turned to contact the agencies of those trainees.
After Li Duohui left, Jiang Shu reopened the music score and watched the video sent by Yin Huilin.
It was the dance video of "DALLA DALLA" choreographed by Yin Huilin with the dancers.
Jiang Shu had no reaction watching the dance in the video, but then he realized something: he hadn't really taught ITZY much.
Forget it, no more classes.
Aside from Shin Ryujin having an extra exclusive C-position bond and Choi Ji-soo missing a Special Forces bond, the other three, including Hwang Yeji, had the same bonds.
Hwang Yeji (A)
Bonds: Special Forces (1), Wangdao Passion (5).
A cards usually have two bonds, B cards usually have one bond, but there can be more or less; there are also B cards with no bonds or A cards with only one bond.
It mainly depends on the bond effect, just like the big eater Jiang Huiyuan; her A card state only has one twelve stars. fantasy fairy tale, but the effect of this one bond is more effective than some S cards.
ITZY's individual bonds are all mediocre; what's worth using are their group bonds.
With Tian Xiaojuan as a plug-and-play producer, Jiang Shu is quite curious to see what heights the Five Wangdao Passion can reach now.
The revised "DALLA DALLA" by Jiang Shu had already been sent to Tian Xiaojuan, and the B-side tracks were also completed early; next up was recording the songs, shooting the MV, and other miscellaneous things, so the debut date could finally be set.
Ding dong.
He picked up his phone, which had just chimed with a message notification; it was a message from Liu Zhimin.
Xiao Liu: Christmas is coming soon, what gift do you want?
Jiang Shu was startled.
Oh right, Christmas is coming soon after entering December.
Korea is a hybrid country; major festivals from all over the world can be seen here, and Christmas, the Western world's Spring Festival, is naturally no exception. In fact, compared to the superficial Spring Festival they learned, Christmas in Korea has even more atmosphere.
Christmas...
Jiang Shu's eyes lit up. How about organizing a family-themed game for Christmas?
Thinking this, Jiang Shu did not rush to reply to Liu Zhimin but picked up the landline phone.
"Connect me to the Planning Department."
After a moment of ringing.
"President nim, this is Planning Team One."
"Create a Christmas family game special. Everyone in the company can participate, voluntary sign-up. All employees participating in the game will be paid overtime, and the game winner will receive a cash prize."
Christmas is a public holiday in Korea; if you don't give people overtime pay and bonuses, who would be willing to play games with you?
So Jiang Shu provided both the rewards and overtime pay to see if the employees would be willing to participate.
"Oh right, artists are required to participate fully."
"Yes, how much filming content is needed approximately?"
"Half an hour is enough."
"Okay."
Hanging up the phone, Jiang Shu then replied to Liu Zhimin.
Shu: No gift needed, the company has an event for Christmas, attend on time.
Xiao Liu: ?
Xiao Liu: What event? Why don't I know?
Shu: I just arranged it. It will be sent to all of you soon.
Xiao Liu: Oh.
Jiang Shu put down his phone, feeling both anticipation and a bit of apprehension about the event he had arranged.
He had set the requirement as voluntary participation, what if no one participated?
It turned out that Jiang Shu was worrying unnecessarily.
The boss said it was voluntary, but to the ears of the subordinates...