Chapter 143: The Wealth-Bringing Boy
On the flight of the Korea-China international route.
Jiang Shu held an iPad, browsing the summarized data of ITZY's debut within twenty-four hours.
Yesterday, ITZY debuted. In the morning, he was busy with the album distribution conference, and in the afternoon, he followed them to record videos for their music show performance. Every time a group made a comeback, he, as President nim, would also get busy.
ITZY's debut stage achieved good results, marking a promising start. Preparations for their mini-album comeback had already begun. Jiang Shu was going home for the New Year, and it was estimated that the album would be produced by the time he returned.
Originally, Jiang Shu wanted to release 'Wannabe' directly for the second mini-album, but after some consideration, he decided to take it step by step. 'Icy' would be released first, as Jeon Soyeon's 'Superlady' would be there to back it up later.
With Jeon Soyeon on hand, he felt no panic.
He glanced at the time; they were about to land at Pudong Airport, and after landing, he would take the high-speed train back.
He was looking at documents on the plane and didn't have time to sleep; he would pass out on the high-speed train.
This time, Jiang Shu only brought a small suitcase back to China, traveling light.
At 12:37 PM, they successfully arrived at Shu County High-Speed Rail Station.
(Purely fictional place, if there are any similarities, no need to assume, it's purely coincidental!)
Under the guidance of the staff, Jiang Shu exited through the business class exclusive channel and then saw a large crowd of people at the entrance.
Looking at the middle-aged man and woman at the forefront, the original body's memories surfaced.
"Dad, Mom."
Jiang Father and Su Wan smiled and stepped forward. After a brief exchange, Jiang Shu noticed the woman beside Jiang Father.
"This is?"
Looking at the familiar face of the other party, Jiang Shu had already guessed her identity.
"Director Jiang, hello, I am Du Hua, CEO of Lehua!" Du Hua extended her right hand to Jiang Shu with a beaming smile.
"Hello, CEO Du." Jiang Shu smiled faintly and nodded at Du Hua. "I've long heard that a mainland entertainment company wants to develop in Korean Entertainment. Today, I finally get to meet you."
"We just want to learn from a more advanced entertainment system." Du Hua said with a smile, adopting a very humble posture.
The few of them spoke briefly, and then they set off for the restaurant.
...
The reason Du Hua had been trying to arrange a meeting with him was revealed after three rounds of drinks. Lehua had just been founded not long ago and wanted to learn about the Korean Entertainment trainee idol system, but after discussing with several entertainment companies, the results were not very satisfactory. So, she set her sights on Jiang Shu, who was also a fellow countryman.
Lehua had nothing that particularly attracted Jiang Shu, but considering that this company had little impact in Korean Entertainment but held a crucial position in mainland entertainment.
He didn't have many ideas for mainland entertainment, but if there could be a suitable company as an 'insider,' it wasn't entirely unacceptable.
Originally, he thought if Lehua wanted to cooperate with DM Entertainment to form a group, he would tell her to go back where she came from.
But if it was just arranging for them to study the idol group debut system at DM Entertainment, then there was something to discuss.
After reaching a preliminary agreement, he would have them arrange for someone to go to Seoul to discuss the formal cooperation, and the purpose of this dinner would be achieved.
Originally, things were pretty much over at this point. However, just before the end, Jiang Shu casually asked if Lehua had any trainees, and then...
Jiang Shu looked at the information on Du Hua's phone and reached out to stroke his chin.
What did he see?
Choi Yena!
Good, good, good.
"Since CEO Du wants to learn, then let your trainees come over as well." Jiang Shu casually returned the phone to Du Hua and said nonchalantly.
If any CEO of a Korean Entertainment K-pop idol company were present, they would not believe Jiang Shu's nonsense. They would immediately re-screen their trainees after he said this, to see who had potential they hadn't discovered.
But unfortunately, the person sitting there was Du Hua. She was not aware of these things and only thought it was a cooperation benefit given by Jiang Shu.
"Thank you so much, Director Jiang!"
Jiang Shu nodded with a smile. She was here to bring 'money,' and she still had to thank him.
Heh.
After the dinner, Jiang Shu called Li Duohui on his way back.
"My dear President nim, it's already eleven o'clock now." Li Duohui's resentful voice came from the receiver.
"Cough, I forgot about the time difference." Jiang Shu said with an awkward laugh.
"What is it, please tell me."
"Probably tomorrow or the day after, a Chinese entertainment company called Lehua will come to the company to discuss cooperation. The specific cooperation details will be discussed later, but the key is that you must find a way to keep their company's trainee, Choi Yena."
"Understood."
"Hmm, the cooperation details are..."
"This company sounds like it was just founded?" Li Duohui raised a question after hearing the cooperation details Jiang Shu mentioned.
"Remove 'like,' it is."
"Cooperating with such a company... President nim, do you have other intentions?" Li Duohui said, hinting at something.
"This company has a strong background and has the opportunity to make a name for itself in mainland entertainment. Consider it an early investment." Jiang Shu explained.
He didn't know if Lehua had a background; he was just bluffing Li Duohui.
"Okay, then I understand."
Hanging up the phone, Jiang Shu sank into the car seat.
"Dad, this car of yours is really comfortable to sit in." Jiang Shu said, touching the screen.
"Then you buy one too." Jiang Father, who was feigning sleep beside him, said without opening his eyes.
"No, if I buy one, I'll have to hire a driver. I don't have money."
"You don't have money?" Su Wan, in the passenger seat, turned around with a smile. "I saw what those bloggers said; just the group IVE alone earned you tens of millions in the past six months."
"They said too little." Jiang Shu said with a smile. This was the unparalleled IVE; even as a rookie group, they were still printing money like a machine, only slightly less than those top groups that had been famous for a long time.
"Then just one of your groups is catching up to the family school's annual profit."
The school only collected tuition fees, which could amount to hundreds of millions a year, but this was not pure profit, but rather income without deducting various costs.
"I don't take much money; most of it stays in the company. The company is still in the development stage, so there's no need to take too much money." Jiang Shu explained.
"That's the right thing to do." Su Wan agreed with Jiang Shu's approach. "If you only want to hoard money in your own pocket, how can the company develop?"
"Are you pointing fingers at me?" Jiang Father said, displeased.
"You're just putting yourself in that position." Su Wan said with a chuckle.
Jiang Shu shook his head with a wry smile. Just as he was about to say something, a message came through on his phone.
Picking up his phone, the message was from Qin Zhen.
Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow. If he remembered correctly, Qin Zhen and Qu Fan had also returned to China for the Spring Festival, even earlier than him. Why would he send a message at this time?
Opening the message, Jiang Shu's eyes narrowed.
Qin Zhen: Boss, YG's people met with Choi Yunjin and Kim Garam this afternoon. I felt something was off, so I immediately reported it to you.