Chapter 316: Hotel Del Luna
Jiang Shu stared blankly at the content Su Xueyun sent him, falling silent.
Hotel Del Luna?
Is that right?
Isn't this drama from 2019?
No… that's not right.
This drama is considered a semi-customized drama for Lee Ji-eun; without Lee Ji-eun, it's possible it was delayed until now.
No, why do I care where this drama came from? This is a ready-made script tailor-made for Lee Ji-eun!
Shu: When will the script be sent?
Su Xueyun: After the transaction is complete.
The transaction will probably take about a week…
Jiang Shu had a rough idea.
“Bae Joo-hyun.”
“Yes?” Bae Joo-hyun responded, looking up at Jiang Shu.
“Call Dr. Park over; I have something to discuss with him.”
“Alright.”
After Bae Joo-hyun left, Dr. Park, Jiang Shu's attending physician, came in with Bae Joo-hyun shortly after.
“Chairman Jiang.” Dr. Park bowed to Jiang Shu.
“Sit.” Jiang Shu gestured for Dr. Park to sit down.
Dr. Park sat down upon hearing this.
“If I am discharged, will it affect my treatment?”
“Your current recovery is very good, but early discharge will definitely affect your recovery.”
“Is the impact significant?”
“Not too significant, it will just extend the original four-week recovery period to one month, or five weeks.” Dr. Park spoke truthfully; he knew very well who he could mislead and who he could not.
“Then prepare for it. Prepare a manual for me with things to note after discharge, and I will be discharged in the next two days.”
He was practically molding from staying in the hospital all day.
“Yes.” Dr. Park responded. Since Jiang Shu insisted, he couldn't do anything about it.
Bae Joo-hyun quickly returned after seeing Dr. Park out.
“Chairman, why are you being discharged early?”
“I'm practically molding from staying here.” Jiang Shu waved his hand and said, “Besides, I have some things to attend to outside.”
“This…” Bae Joo-hyun looked at Jiang Shu with some concern.
“Relax, I won't go drinking.” Jiang Shu said with a laugh. He didn't have an alcohol addiction; drinking so much was only to pave the way for Su Zhengwen. This kind of thing only needed to be done once.
“Yes.” Seeing this, Bae Joo-hyun stopped saying anything more.
…
April 10th, DM Entertainment Chairman's Office.
When Lee Ji-eun walked into the office, she immediately saw Kim Tae-yeon sitting at the desk.
Kim Tae-yeon also saw Lee Ji-eun. The two nodded to each other, then ignored each other.
They still had to put on a show of 'family love' in front of Jiang Shu.
“Alright, your situation is pretty clear now. Go back and prepare well.”
“Yes.” Kim Tae-yeon nodded, then stood up, bowed to Jiang Shu, and exited the office.
After Kim Tae-yeon left, Lee Ji-eun then walked up to Jiang Shu.
“Chairman.”
“Sit down.” Jiang Shu briefly tidied up the documents in front of him. “I called you here today for three things.”
“First, for next month's tour, you will be performing as a guest at the IZONE concert.”
Lee Ji-eun was momentarily stunned to hear this. She knew the company was recently preparing for various group tours, but it didn't involve her and Kim Tae-yeon, as they were solo artists and didn't hold tours.
She thought she didn't need to worry about it, but she didn't expect to be a guest?
“What do you think? Will you go?”
“I will follow the Chairman's arrangements.” Lee Ji-eun said, lowering her head.
“Good.” Jiang Shu nodded with satisfaction. “Then this matter is settled. The specific details will be coordinated between the concert project team and your manager.”
“Let's talk about the second matter.”
“JYP has announced that Lee Sun-mi will be making a comeback in June. Your second opponent has arrived.” Jiang Shu said with a smile.
Compared to her tension and unease when dealing with Kim Hyun-a, Lee Ji-eun showed no significant change in expression upon learning she would be up against Lee Sun-mi.
Times have changed; she is no longer the Lee Ji-eun of the past.
She is IU, IU, who is subtly becoming the top of the four female solo artists!
“Here are the songs prepared for you.” Jiang Shu pushed the already prepared songs towards Lee Ji-eun. “I told you I would prepare a song for you when you asked for ‘Four Seasons’ last time.”
“Thank you for your trouble, Chairman.” Lee Ji-eun said, opening the file in front of her and seeing the song content inside.
“Blueming”
One of IU's representative works, one of her most widely sung songs. After her first full-length album “IU” at the beginning of this year, Jiang Shu finally brought it out.
Lee Ji-eun liked it more and more as she read it, even more than the “Four Seasons” she regrettably missed out on.
This song felt even better than “Four Seasons,” and her desire for it was even stronger.
“This song will be the title track of your new album. We'll keep the usual practice; you'll handle the remaining part of the arrangement.”
In fact, at this point, Lee Ji-eun no longer lacked the popularity brought by the “star producer” effect, but there was no reason to refuse ready-made popularity, so it was still included.
“Yes.” Lee Ji-eun didn't understand the deeper meaning behind Jiang Shu's actions, but she was used to it anyway, so she just followed along.
In fact, this habit was also beneficial to her. Regularly participating in the arrangement of such excellent works provided strong training for her song production abilities, and her production level had also advanced by leaps and bounds over the years, becoming completely incomparable to before.
“Next is the last matter.” Jiang Shu pulled out a file box from a folder. Lee Ji-eun glanced at the side of the file box, which read “Hotel Del Luna.”
Lee Ji-eun searched her mind. Was there a hotel with that name in Seoul?
Before she could think further, Jiang Shu spoke.
“This is the script and related materials for ‘Hotel Del Luna.’ I found you the female lead role.”
Lee Ji-eun's brain instantly froze when she heard “female lead,” and it took her several seconds to recover.
“Didn't you say I needed to settle down for a while before taking on roles with more significant parts? This is…” Lee Ji-eun asked, puzzled.
“This script is very suitable for you. If I weren't so sure the other party didn't have that intention, I would even suspect if this was a customized script for you.” Jiang Shu explained with a smile, “You'll understand what I mean once you take it back and read the script.”
For her own Chairman to say something like “customized script,” could this “Hotel Del Luna” really be that suitable for her?
Lee Ji-eun developed considerable anticipation for the file box in front of her. Perhaps… her first leading role was about to begin?
“The production team will only start casting actors in the second half of this year. Before then, your task is to study the script, focus on your comeback, and defeat Lee Sun-mi.” Jiang Shu gave Lee Ji-eun a detailed task description for her upcoming work.
“Yes!”