Chapter 221: An Invitation from Running Man
“Red rain drifts, stirring up memories, how can they sink deep~~~”
“Your beautiful eyes are like they were back then, flowing through my heart~~~”
Before the person arrived, their voice was already heard.
Knock knock knock.
Song Yuqi excitedly raised her hand and knocked on the open door.
“Come in.”
After Jiang Shu’s voice came through, Song Yuqi skipped in.
“Boss, I’m here!”
Looking at the energetic Song Yuqi across from him, Jiang Shu smiled.
“You sing well.”
“Hehe, you heard it too?”
“It’s Xu Song’s song, I like listening to it too,” Jiang Shu said with a chuckle, then waved his hand.
“Come and sit.”
“Yes~” Song Yuqi quickly walked over and sat down in the chair opposite the desk.
“Take a look at this.” Jiang Shu pulled out a document from the folder and handed it to Song Yuqi.
Song Yuqi took it, opened it, and saw the logo for “Running Brothers.”
It was “Running Brothers,” not “Running Man.”
“The ‘Running Man’ authorization for ‘Running Brothers’ is valid for another two years, and this is an invitation for a fixed MC that came in this year,” Jiang Shu explained to Song Yuqi.
“For me?” Song Yuqi asked with wide eyes.
“They requested a Chinese person working in Korean Entertainment. Currently, only Ning Yizhuo in the company meets the criteria, and she was their target, but they didn’t specifically name her, so I don’t plan to let Ning Yizhuo go.”
Currently, there are only three Chinese people under DM Entertainment: Ning Yizhuo, who has already debuted, and Song Yuqi and Cheng Xiao, who are about to debut.
“Ning Yizhuo’s variety sense isn’t good, and this high-intensity variety show isn’t suitable for her,” Jiang Shu briefly explained, then looked at Song Yuqi, “You should have received the news about your debut.”
“Yes,” Song Yuqi nodded upon hearing this, “Cheng Xiao Ouni and I will debut as a group with four other people.”
“So, I will save this invitation for your debut next year. I need you to follow the company’s artists to participate in various variety shows during this time, to see how those variety show personalities record variety shows. Can you do that?” Jiang Shu assigned Song Yuqi a task.
“Yes, I can!” Song Yuqi immediately agreed. This was Running Man!
Running Man, which had already aired for three seasons, was a national variety show in China. How cool would it be to join it right after her debut?
“Alright, that’s all for now,” Jiang Shu said with a nod.
This Running Man invitation was sent to Ning Yizhuo, and he had learned about the Running Man production team’s intentions through some domestic acquaintances.
The other party wanted to use DM Entertainment’s connection to discuss copyright matters with the “Running Man” production team.
Zhejiang TV’s intention was not to renew, wanting to save on the copyright fee, but if they didn’t renew, what would happen if the popularity dropped?
At this time, someone recommended DM Entertainment to Zhejiang TV, hoping to use DM Entertainment’s influence in Korean Entertainment to negotiate with SBS, which held the copyright for “Running Man.”
Jiang Shu did not agree with this point. SBS was a money-grubbing TV station, and when money was involved, no amount of pleading would work.
But he understood SBS’s nature, while Zhejiang TV didn’t.
Since that was the case, he might as well profit from it.
Exchanging a mediation operation for a fixed MC spot on Running Man was a good deal.
He quickly browsed through the several documents on the desk. With Li Duohui as the official president now, he didn’t even need to sign anything.
“Work finished.” Jiang Shu clapped his hands, eagerly standing up from his chair.
After closing the office door, he opened the wardrobe and changed out of his formal wear into sportswear.
Recently, he had also started learning to exercise. He had plenty of free time every day and could completely make time for fitness.
Gear up, let’s go!
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First floor, gym hall.
As soon as Zhang Yuanying arrived at the gym hall, she saw a vacuum zone.
A vacuum zone meant that a large area around someone was empty, or rather, the area around a certain person was empty, with that person at the core.
This situation usually occurred with executives; no one wanted to get too close to them.
Zhang Yuanying returned the greetings of the staff who greeted her while looking towards the core of the vacuum zone.
Soon, she spotted the “culprit” in the dumbbell area.
Zhang Yuanying’s eyes immediately lit up, and she quickly walked over.
Jiang Shu, holding a dumbbell in each hand, sat on a piece of gym equipment, repeatedly lifting and lowering them.
He had just started exercising, so he couldn’t go straight to heavy weights. He started by focusing on repetition.
Suddenly, a familiar scent wafted into his nostrils.
Jiang Shu paused his movements and looked up to see a smiling face appear before him.
“Chairman Oppa, what a coincidence!”
Zhang Yuanying’s big smiling face reflected in Jiang Shu’s eyes.
Looking down, Zhang Yuanying, dressed in form-fitting sportswear, was not only tall but, through gaining weight and exercising, her figure was no longer as thin as before, appearing more voluptuous.
However, she was still a bit less fleshy than Ahn Yujin’s extremely curvaceous figure, but it was another style of excellent presentation.
“Not bad, you’re not as thin after gaining weight,” Jiang Shu said with a smile, continuing his previous movements.
“Really? Do I need to continue?” Zhang Yuanying blinked and asked.
“No need, gaining more weight would overlap with Youzhen’s style,” Jiang Shu said.
“Youzhen Ouni would probably scold you if she were here,” Zhang Yuanying said with a sweet smile.
“Scold me?” Jiang Shu was momentarily stunned, but the next second he thought of the extremely popular meme online and immediately laughed.
“Youzhen Ni, right?”
“Chairman Oppa knows about it too?”
“I go online too,” Jiang Shu smiled, “Alright, go play somewhere else, don’t disturb my workout.”
“You’re chasing me away as soon as I arrive,” Zhang Yuanying pouted, “Fine, I’ll go over there first then.”
“Go.”
Having sent Zhang Yuanying away, Jiang Shu continued to exercise diligently.
No women in his heart, lifting weights naturally made him divine!
Sweating profusely in the gym, Jiang Shu’s clothes gradually became soaked.
Zhang Yuanying didn’t bother Jiang Shu again; she was there to work out herself.
“Hoo!”
Jiang Shu exhaled, wiped away his sweat with a towel, and ended his workout for the day.
“Xiao Yuan, I’m leaving,” Jiang Shu called out to Zhang Yuanying in the Pilates equipment area as he left.
Zhang Yuanying, who was suspended in mid-air, heard the movement and turned to look.
“Yes~”
Jiang Shu waved to Zhang Yuanying and headed towards the shower room.
Zhang Yuanying watched Jiang Shu’s retreating back, then withdrew her gaze.
【I didn’t expect Chairman Oppa to also come to the company’s gym hall to work out. I can come here often from now on.】
She usually went to a specialized Pilates studio to work out and rarely came to the company’s gym, but now that she had coincidentally met Jiang Shu once, she could consider making time to come here depending on the situation.
Miscellaneous thoughts flashed through Zhang Yuanying’s mind, but she continued her workout. This was just an interlude.