Chapter 305: It Was Always Yours
Kim Tae-yeon’s expression hardened when she heard Lee Ji-eun was inside.
This was the worst news she could have heard.
She hadn't expected Lee Ji-eun to get there first, but she couldn't just rush in and snatch it from her now.
She could only wait for her to come out and then ask President nim.
“Then, Secretary Choi, could you talk to my brother?” Su Xueqi glanced at the closed office door and said to Choi Ji-yeon.
“Alright.” Choi Ji-yeon nodded in agreement, then picked up the desk phone.
“President nim, Bae Joo-hyun-xi has already picked up your sister and her classmates. Kim Tae Yeon-xi is also with them, and they are now at the office door. What do you think?”
“Alright.”
Choi Ji-yeon put down the phone and gestured for them to enter.
“President nim invites you all in.”
She then went to the office door and pushed it open.
As soon as they entered the office, they saw Lee Ji-eun standing there, turning to look at them, and Jiang Shu sitting at the desk.
“Come sit down.” Jiang Shu waved to them, then looked at Lee Ji-eun, “This song isn’t suitable for you. I’ll write you a new one later.”
“Okay.” Lee Ji-eun nodded helplessly, then looked at Su Xueqi and the two others curiously. After nodding to Kim Tae-yeon and Bae Joo-hyun, she left the office.
Kim Tae-yeon’s heart brightened when she heard Jiang Shu and Lee Ji-eun’s conversation. Could there still be a turn of events?
After Lee Ji-eun left, Jiang Shu finally looked at the people in front of him.
“Hello, Brother Jiang Shu!” Su Xueqi’s two classmates greeted Jiang Shu with shining eyes. They seemed less reserved than Kim Tae-yeon.
“Hello there.” Jiang Shu nodded to the two with a smile, “You’re all Su Xueqi’s university classmates, right?”
“Yes, we’re all roommates!” the tall girl replied.
“What are your majors?”
“Law.” The other girl took the initiative to speak, “We’re already in our third year. Around this time next year, we’ll be preparing for the bar exam.”
“That’s good, you’re all future judges, prosecutors, and lawyers,” Jiang Shu praised with a smile.
“Oh, right.” Su Xueqi’s eyes suddenly lit up. She leaned over and sat down opposite Jiang Shu, “Is the bar exam in Seoul difficult?”
“Very difficult. The pass rate is about one percent.”
The three immediately gasped.
The domestic bar exam is known as the ‘number one exam in the world,’ but the actual comprehensive pass rate for objective + subjective questions is around twelve percent. Even in the strictest years, the pass rate wouldn’t be lower than ten percent.
However, the pass rate for Seoul’s bar exam consistently remains at one percent.
“That’s too difficult,” Su Xueqi couldn’t help but say.
“It’s normal. In a society like Seoul, there aren’t many ways for ordinary people to get ahead, and the most accessible ones for most people are the medical and bar exams.”
“Becoming a doctor or passing the bar exam to become a lawyer are both leaps in life. It means you can serve the wealthy, thereby elevating your own social class.”
“What about prosecutors?” the tall girl asked again.
“The pass rate for prosecutors is also about one percent, but you should know that the prerequisite for taking the prosecutor exam is to pass the bar exam.”
Su Xueqi blinked, and the thought of coming to Seoul immediately faded from her mind.
“I can’t even say I’m sure to pass the domestic bar exam, and I was still thinking of coming to Seoul to be an unrestrained prosecutor,” Su Xueqi muttered.
“Unrestrained, huh?” Jiang Shu looked at her speechlessly, “I think you’d be much better off just going home obediently.”
“Hehe.” Su Xueqi chuckled.
“Alright, have a good time in Seoul. A tour guide has already been arranged for you. Have you found a place to stay?” Jiang Shu asked Su Xueqi.
“We’re staying in a hotel ourselves, don’t worry about it,” Su Xueqi waved her hand and said.
“Mm, okay.” Jiang Shu nodded, “If you need anything, contact Secretary Choi.”
“Got it.”
Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Bae Joo-hyun stepped forward.
“President nim, your car keys.”
“Alright.” Jiang Shu took the car keys and turned to look at Kim Tae-yeon, “You’re here for something, aren’t you?”
“Yes.” Kim Tae-yeon, suddenly called upon, quickly responded.
“Then, Bae Joo-hyun, you take them to tour the company. I’ll discuss some things with Taeyeon.”
“Okay.”
After Bae Joo-hyun and the others left, only Jiang Shu and Kim Tae-yeon remained in the office.
“Speak, what is it?” Jiang Shu asked Kim Tae-yeon.
Kim Tae-yeon was extremely nervous. She was already nervous when everyone was there, and now that she was the only one left in the office, the pressure and tension increased even more.
“Don’t be nervous.” Jiang Shu frowned. Was he that scary?
“I want a song from the music library,” Kim Tae-yeon said, trying to control her nervousness, her voice trembling slightly.
Jiang Shu: “...”
Was he some kind of great demon king, that she was so scared?
“Name.”
“‘Four Seasons’.”
“You certainly know how to pick.” Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, “Just now, Lee Ji-eun came over asking for this very song.”
“Then... do I still have a chance?” Kim Tae-yeon couldn’t help but ask.
“Yes, I didn’t give it to her. She’s not suitable for this song. To be precise, this song was originally prepared as the title track for your mini-album. If you hadn’t come to me, I would have come to you.”
After hearing Jiang Shu’s words, Kim Tae-yeon, who had been keeping her head down, couldn’t help but raise it, looking at Jiang Shu opposite her in surprise. But upon meeting Jiang Shu’s gaze, she subconsciously lowered her head again.
“Is this song for me?” Kim Tae-yeon repeated.
“Yes.” Jiang Shu said, opening his computer from sleep mode, “Since you’re here, it saves me the trouble of finding you.”
Half a minute later, the printer beside them whirred, and a form was spat out.
“Fill out the form and submit it to the Production Department.” Jiang Shu placed the form and a pen on the desk, pushing them forward.
Kim Tae-yeon quickly stepped forward, looking at the song usage application form on the table with intense joy in her eyes.
She had given up hope when she heard Lee Ji-eun had already arrived, but who would have thought that the song was originally prepared for her?
This was truly a turn of events.
While thinking, Kim Tae-yeon’s action of filling out the form was not slow at all. She quickly filled in her information.
“Alright, go ahead.”
“Yes! Thank you, President nim!” Kim Tae-yeon happily took the form and bowed to Jiang Shu in thanks.
Jiang Shu waved his hand.
Kim Tae-yeon bowed again at the door.
“Am I that scary?” After Kim Tae-yeon left, Jiang Shu couldn’t help but mutter.
Kim Tae-yeon thought she had hidden it well, but anyone could see her nervousness.
It made him, Jiang Shu, seem like a monstrous beast.
Jiang Shu shook his head helplessly, looking at the songs in the music library, and opened a folder named ‘Psycho’.
This divine song, it was time to prepare for its debut.