Chapter 228: Pre-Departure Arrangements
Liu Zhimin nodded quickly; of course, she wanted to see it.
“Here.” Jiang Shu picked up the documents and handed them to Liu Zhimin.
Liu Zhimin was startled, not expecting Jiang Shu to actually show them to her.
She took the documents and glanced at Jiang Shu in surprise, not even opening them to read immediately.
“Go ahead and look,” Jiang Shu said with a light chuckle.
With Jiang Shu's renewed permission, Liu Zhimin finally opened the documents Li Xianzhu had sent.
These documents contained a lot of technical jargon, which was a bit difficult for Liu Zhimin to understand, but setting aside the jargon, she wasn't completely lost and could still grasp some useful information.
For instance, she was still the visual core, but her share had been slightly reduced from the original, with the difference evenly distributed between Kim Minjeong and Ning Yizhuo.
This was also to support the bullying incident currently being marketed.
Internal operations had already begun, but since aespa didn't have enough songs for a concert yet, the true execution of this plan would have to wait for the family concert DM Entertainment was organizing for themselves.
As for Giselle, she continued to have minimal screen time, a small share, and was used as a fancy border.
However, Jiang Shu's words from last time had an effect; recently, under the leadership of the Little Sakura, Giselle's schedule had also increased. Japan was quite receptive to the resources of the Sakura trio, so bringing Giselle along wasn't difficult.
aespa had all found their individual development directions.
“This is my first time seeing this kind of document,” Liu Zhimin said, closing the documents and placing them in front of Jiang Shu.
“There’s nothing to see in these documents,” Jiang Shu said, opening the documents. Compared to Liu Zhimin, who meticulously flipped through each page, Jiang Shu was much wilder, flipping through them in a flash. What took Liu Zhimin more than ten minutes to read, Jiang Shu finished in two or three minutes.
“You’re done already?” Liu Zhimin asked, looking at Jiang Shu in confusion.
“I’m done. I’ve seen a lot of this kind of stuff, so I know the key points just by flipping through it,” Jiang Shu said with a smile.
“Oh, oh,” Liu Zhimin nodded in realization. Jiang Shu glanced at Liu Zhimin and suddenly fell silent.
Seeing Jiang Shu staring at her without speaking, even Liu Zhimin’s slow nerves finally caught on.
“What’s wrong?” Liu Zhimin asked, looking at Jiang Shu curiously.
“Uh… my mom is urging me to find a girlfriend,” Jiang Shu said tentatively.
“What does that have to do with me?” Liu Zhimin’s eyes flashed, but she said mercilessly.
Jiang Shu smiled awkwardly.
“Alright.”
Liu Zhimin snorted.
“President nim, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now?”
“Don’t go yet, let me treat you to a meal?” Jiang Shu invited.
“No, thank you. I’ve made plans with my friends,” Liu Zhimin refused.
Jiang Shu could only nod helplessly.
“Alright.”
He finally understood what it meant to enjoy abusing a girl for a while, only to face a crematorium when trying to chase her.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Liu Zhimin’s eyes, but her expression remained unchanged as she stood up and walked away.
Jiang Shu sighed, watching Liu Zhimin’s retreating back.
Knock, knock, knock.
“Come in.”
Li Duohui pushed the door open and entered.
“President Li.” Jiang Shu quickly composed himself and looked at Li Duohui.
“President, Lee Sun-mi, whom you asked me to keep an eye on, has announced her comeback. She will be making her comeback in May. Do we need to follow up?” Li Duohui asked.
Jiang Shu had previously told Li Duohui to closely monitor Lee Sun-mi’s comeback schedule when he arranged for Lee Ji-eun and Kim Hyun-a to clash.
“No follow-up,” Jiang Shu said directly. “IU just made her comeback. We can’t force a comeback just to clash with Lee Sun-mi. We need to stick to our own rhythm.”
Jiang Shu wanted Lee Ji-eun to directly surpass these solo singers to claim the position of the top female solo artist, but he wouldn’t force it if circumstances didn’t allow.
“Understood,” Li Duohui nodded. “What about other female solo artists? Do we need to pay attention to them?”
“Others are not important,” Jiang Shu waved his hand. “Is there anything new with Taeyeon?”
“No, everything is proceeding according to plan.”
“Where has the popularity trough stopped?” Jiang Shu asked.
“Semi-top tier, and the peak has already reached top-tier level,” Li Duohui replied.
Kim Tae-yeon’s debut was set at a very high standard, and her popularity soared incredibly fast. Coupled with the excellent quality of each of her songs, her popularity increased much faster than Lee Ji-eun’s did back then.
This also had something to do with the ‘Trustworthy Tae’ bond. This bond, combined with the main vocalist bond, had an incredibly strong ability to attract fans during live performances. Even the C-position bond would find it hard to compare with Kim Tae-yeon in terms of live performance fan attraction.
DM Entertainment’s arrangement for Kim Tae-yeon was various performances: school festivals, commercial performances, and joint concerts, all in rotation. This was one of the reasons Kim Tae-yeon could reach semi-top tier in such a short time.
To assess an artist’s popularity, one must look at the trough value; the peak value is a reference standard, but not the data reference standard for status.
“The speed is quite good,” Jiang Shu nodded. “Keep doing as before.”
“Yes.”
“I’m going back to the country for a while. The company will be in your hands,” Jiang Shu said, looking at Li Duohui.
He had to do what he promised Li Xiuman; he couldn’t just take the money and do nothing.
Going back himself would also make things smoother. Entrusting it to someone else was still a bit unsettling.
The better the negotiation, the more readily Li Xiuman would hand over the shares.
“aespa’s comeback is only two months away. Do I need to communicate with S.M. to revise the marketing plan?” Li Duohui asked.
Thanks to the efforts of Jiang Shu and Qu Fan, Jiang Shu’s personal YouTube account had become one of the hottest channels in the K-pop world.
This was normal, mainly because Jiang Shu’s channel often published inside information that ordinary people could hardly see or know, which naturally held an extreme attraction for viewers.
It was somewhat similar to the feeling of major car bloggers revealing new car information before a press conference.
Moreover, compared to those people, Jiang Shu himself was the boss of DM Entertainment. With this identity, attracting fans and increasing viewership was even more convenient.
Under such a fundamental base, many K-pop groups wanted to appear in Jiang Shu’s videos, and even many companies treated Jiang Shu’s channel as a popular variety show, wanting to pay to be featured in the videos.
However… they treated Jiang Shu’s channel as a variety show, but Jiang Shu didn’t see it that way. He was the President of DM Entertainment, not a variety show production team.
Aside from artists and trainees related to DM Entertainment, it was quite difficult for other artists and trainees to appear on camera.
“No need to change it. It won’t take that long,” Jiang Shu waved his hand. “It’ll be done in a month at most.”
One month, and that’s if it’s a prolonged battle. Most likely, it won’t take that long.
If it really drags on for that long, people won’t change their minds just because you keep pushing.
“Understood.”