Chapter 183 Ex-Girlfriend
As soon as Jiang Shu arrived at Lee Ji-eun’s practice room, he saw her with red-rimmed eyes.
“Why are you crying?” Jiang Shu asked in surprise.
“No… no.” Lee Ji-eun quickly shook her head.
“Your eyes are as red as a Sharingan, and you’re not crying?” Jiang Shu said, amused, “What’s wrong? Did you lose money in stocks?”
The stock market has been quite green these past two days.
“No…” Lee Ji-eun felt her heart quietly relax quite a bit after Jiang Shu’s words, “I don’t have money to trade stocks.”
Korea, like many Western countries, is almost entirely invested in the stock market. Lee Ji-eun also trades stocks, but she only invests some money at the time of settlement. Her earnings from the last comeback were fined away, so she doesn’t have money to trade stocks now.
“Then what is it?”
Lee Ji-eun didn’t know what to say. Should she say she was under a lot of pressure? But President nim’s attitude was already very firm last time.
But even if she didn’t say anything, there was someone else there.
“Ji-eun is under too much pressure,” her manager couldn’t help but say. He didn’t dare to openly question Jiang Shu’s decision, but since the conversation had come to this point, he couldn’t help but express a little dissatisfaction on behalf of Lee Ji-eun.
After all…
That was Hyuna.
“Under pressure?” Jiang Shu was stunned when he heard this. When he turned to look, Lee Ji-eun was still bowing her head, but the image of her red-rimmed eyes from earlier still appeared in his mind.
He knew this was a guaranteed win, but Lee Ji-eun didn’t know that. She couldn’t refuse this clash, so she could only bear the pressure and watch the day gradually approach.
This feeling, thinking about it, is indeed quite stressful.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shu reached out and patted Lee Ji-eun’s shoulder.
“Cheer up. You are the female solo I personally trained, and also DM Entertainment’s first female singer. Would I arrange for you to go to your death?”
“No.” Lee Ji-eun still kept her head down, saying no, but in reality, she clearly thought yes.
“Words are very pale,” Jiang Shu said, glancing at the manager.
The manager looked at his President nim blankly.
“You go out first,” Jiang Shu said helplessly.
“Oh, oh.” The manager nodded quickly and hurried out of the practice room.
Only when it was just him and Lee Ji-eun did Jiang Shu speak.
“If I really wanted to send you to your death, I wouldn’t have given you a title track of this quality like “Bbibbi”.”
“Yes.”
Seeing that Lee Ji-eun still didn’t quite believe him, Jiang Shu reached out and ruffled her hair.
“We’ve had a deep-level exchange, what would I lie to you for?”
Lee Ji-eun’s small face instantly turned red, and the pressure she felt was forgotten at this moment.
Jiang Shu smiled when he saw this.
“Come, let me see your practice results.”
Although “Bbibbi” was primarily produced by Jiang Shu, Lee Ji-eun also participated. Now that her popularity is gradually rising, her buzz is also about to accumulate.
A celebrity producer is also a stacking monster. Although the effect is far less powerful than ITZY’s Wangdao Passion, the effect is also very strong once stacked, and its negative effects are not really high, which is completely acceptable.
“Yes.”
After a simple pep talk, Jiang Shu began to check her progress.
Throughout the day, Jiang Shu moved back and forth between Red Velvet and IU’s practice rooms, correcting their songs.
For Red Velvet, it was correction and refinement, while for Lee Ji-eun, it was more about making final adjustments.
Compared to a group, especially Lee Ji-eun, who is slightly better than a dance idiot, her comeback dance is basically easy for anyone who has studied dance to pick up. The main focus should be on practicing the song.
Busy until evening, Jiang Shu went upstairs.
Lee Ji-eun’s debut was imminent, and some operational issues had also arisen. DM Entertainment generally doesn’t work overtime, but they will if unforeseen circumstances occur, like today.
By the time the meeting ended, it was past ten in the evening. Jiang Shu rubbed his groggy head and walked to the elevator on the top floor.
The meeting lasted until past ten o’clock before the issues were initially resolved. Jiang Shu had originally suggested taking everyone out for dinner, but since there were too many female executives at DM Entertainment, a group of them unanimously agreed to diet, not eat dinner, and certainly not eat late-night snacks. Thus, Jiang Shu had no choice but to go find food by himself.
It was quite absurd.
Jiang Shu only then realized that the number of female executives in his company had exceeded seventy percent.
Tsk, I’ll eventually reap the benefits of the feminist movement!
Thinking this, the elevator went all the way down to the first floor.
With a ding from the elevator, the elevator doors slowly opened, and a figure came into view.
Both Jiang Shu and the person outside the elevator were stunned.
Liu Zhimin subconsciously lowered her head.
“President nim.”
Jiang Shu walked out of the elevator. Liu Zhimin bowed to Jiang Shu, then was about to step into the elevator, but Jiang Shu reached out and grabbed her wrist.
“Shall we talk?”
Liu Zhimin initially wanted to refuse, but she looked up at Jiang Shu and remained silent for a moment.
“I’ll go to the practice room to get something first.”
“I’ll wait for you on the first floor.”
“Yes.”
Liu Zhimin nodded, and only then did Jiang Shu release her.
Watching Liu Zhimin’s figure disappear into the elevator area, Jiang Shu’s eyes flickered slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
About ten minutes later, Liu Zhimin’s figure reappeared at the first-floor elevator entrance.
Jiang Shu, who was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, stood up and walked towards Liu Zhimin.
He glanced at the plastic bag in her hand and said, “I’m hungry. Will you come with me to buy some late-night food?”
“I’m not eating. S.M requires me to get my weight under 90 pounds before debut.”
“You can watch me eat,” Jiang Shu said with a smile.
Liu Zhimin couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“How much do you weigh now?”
“93.6.”
Jiang Shu glanced at the ample size of Liu Zhimin’s chest. Ignoring those two mounds, Liu Zhimin actually looked very slender.
“Is it necessary to lose so much?”
“President nim, your gaze is very impolite,” Liu Zhimin’s displeased voice sounded in his ear.
“Sorry, it’s a habit,” Jiang Shu apologized insincerely.
“Heh, you’ll get used to not seeing it in the future too,” Liu Zhimin said with a cold laugh.
Jiang Shu pursed his lips, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.
He had a thick skin, but not to the point of being shameless.
“Let’s go, ex-boyfriend President nim. What late-night snack do you want to eat?” Liu Zhimin asked calmly, her arms crossed over her chest.
“It’s so late, of course, it’s fried chicken and beer,” Jiang Shu said with a chuckle.
“You probably don’t have abs anymore, do you?” Liu Zhimin glanced at Jiang Shu’s stomach, questioning him.
“Want to see?” Jiang Shu said with a smile.
“Save it for IU xi,” Liu Zhimin snorted and turned to leave.
Jiang Shu, who had been retorted, was not annoyed; at least she hadn’t directly ignored him.
He smiled as he watched Liu Zhimin’s retreating figure, then quickly followed after her.
“Wait for me!”