Chapter 33: The Idol Aggregation Law
Night fell.
DM Entertainment, Chairman's Office
"Mission accomplished!"
Jiang Shu, sitting in front of the computer, let out a sigh of relief, looking at the three-thousand-word concept girl group proposal. He finally got it done.
He sent it to Min Xizhen's email address, which she had provided.
Seeing the "sent successfully" message, Jiang Shu leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
He had been staring at the computer screen all day, making his head feel dizzy.
He lay quietly with his eyes closed for a while, and after an unknown period, Jiang Shu finally opened his bloodshot eyes.
He glanced at the time in the bottom right corner of the screen; it was already past nine-twenty.
"When I was an employee, I worked overtime until late at night. Now that I'm the boss, I'm still working overtime until late at night," Jiang Shu said with a wry smile, shaking his head.
He got up and walked out of the office, intending to go downstairs for a late-night snack, and then he saw the brightly lit office area.
Jiang Shu looked at the employees, all of whom had not yet left work, in surprise.
"Why aren't you leaving work?" Jiang Shu's surprised voice echoed throughout the office area.
The employees exchanged glances, looking up at Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu then understood: since he hadn't left work, they didn't dare to.
He smiled wryly and waved his hand.
"From now on, don't worry about whether I've left work or not. As long as you've finished your tasks and it's time to leave, you can go home."
"Go, go."
"Long live the Chairman!"
Hearing Jiang Shu's words, the employees' forced overtime mood instantly vanished.
They were forced to work overtime today, but they wouldn't have to worry about it in the future!
The employees quickly packed their belongings, happily saluted Jiang Shu, and left work, their light steps showing everyone's joyful mood.
Jiang Shu chuckled as he blended into the crowd.
He didn't particularly like the feeling of a clear hierarchy with his subordinates; this feeling would make him sink, then become a vested interest, integrating into South Korea's strict hierarchical social system.
Although the dopamine brought by such power was indeed wonderful.
He arrived at the parking lot.
The parking lot in the office building where DM Entertainment is located has many vehicles. Most employees in Seoul don't own cars; the cars here are basically owned by the mid-to-high-level staff of the companies in the office building.
Jiang Shu had considered moving, but he couldn't do it in a short time.
He only regretted his insufficient financial resources!
DM Entertainment couldn't even afford to rent a small, dilapidated building like S.M.'s. It was still the same old saying: IVE's monetization would be gradual, not achieved overnight.
He got into his car.
The car he barely touched in his previous life was now his daily ride.
After driving for a while, he realized...
It was just so-so.
Sitting in the car, he wasn't in a hurry to drive out of the garage. He was pondering a question.
When people reach nighttime, their emotions become sensitive, and sensibility outweighs rationality, leading to some irrational actions.
(It's best not to make major decisions at night.)
Jiang Shu recalled the artists he had encountered since transmigrating.
Aside from Liu Zhimin, who was a beginner's welfare, he had encountered famous artists with a somewhat high frequency.
He hadn't noticed this when he was busy, but now he suddenly realized it.
He took out a notebook from the passenger seat drawer and wrote down the artists he had met during this period, one by one.
Liu Zhimin — Dark Four Heavenly Kings — Lily — Zhang Yuanying — Heo Yunjin — Isa — Shin Ryujin — Li Caiyan Li Caiyan — Ahn Yujin — Kim Autumn.
Jiang Shu picked up his pen and looked at the order in which these names appeared.
"There are two from NMIXX, three from IVE, two from ITZY, and three from IZONE, and they all appeared in a sequential order."
Especially Ahn Yujin and Kim Autumn, both members of the original IVE, appeared together in his line of sight.
Jiang Shu rubbed his chin, as if there was some kind of attraction at play?
Because he had Zhang Yuanying, he would unconsciously attract other related artists to come into contact with him.
This made Jiang Shu's divergent thinking connect to the extraordinary law he had read about in a novel before.
The Law of Extraordinary Trait Aggregation.
Adapting it to the situation, it would be the Idol Aggregation Law.
"Xiao Yuan is key." Jiang Shu drew a big circle around Zhang Yuanying's name.
Whether it was the subsequent Ahn Yujin and Kim Autumn, or Li Caiyan, Ahn Yujin, they were all related to her.
But...
Jiang Shu drew a question mark above Liu Zhimin's name.
Where are the aespa members?
He couldn't bring Heo Yunjin and Isa back, so they wouldn't be judged as his artists, thus unable to trigger this law, which he could understand. But why Xiao Liu?
Although Liu Zhimin's core position in aespa wasn't as fixed as Shin Ryujin's exclusive center position, she was still a legitimate center. Where were the other three?
Jiang Shu began to question the Idol Aggregation Law he had summarized.
Still doubtful.
"It's not hard to verify." Jiang Shu rubbed his chin. He just needed to pay attention to the trainees who would join the company next.
If the law he summarized was correct, it would gradually be verified.
Truth only hides; it never disappears.
If this law he discovered was a hidden truth of the game world, then it would eventually be verified.
Closing the notebook in his hand, Jiang Shu couldn't help but scratch his head.
How did he become a philosopher?
I just want to make money and gather some bonds, playing it like a real-life Miracle Nikki.
He couldn't handle that philosophy stuff.
He put the notebook back in the passenger seat and rubbed his rumbling stomach.
Since things had come to this, he should eat first.
He hadn't had dinner yet, so he'd grab a late-night snack now.
They all say there's nothing good to eat in South Korea, but Jiang Shu proved it was pure slander!
South Korea also has authentic Chinese restaurants and Haidilao!
Korean local cuisine might not be good, but South Korea still has good food.
Very reasonable, right?
After Jiang Shu transmigrated, he initially thought his biggest problem would be adjusting to the local environment, but he didn't expect the real challenge to be dietary habits.
The food here in South Korea, he couldn't call it pig slop, he could only say it was slightly better than pig slop.
Just a little bit.
The key was that their food was not only unappetizing but also expensive.
The most popular pork buffet on the streets sold meat that was all lymph meat, and the boss didn't even hide it, openly displaying the ingredients.
I'm lymph meat, but I'm cheap, do you want to eat me?
Ordinary Koreans chose to eat it.
They had no choice; normal pork was too expensive to afford. Lymph meat, though problematic, was still pork and allowed them to have "pork freedom."
However, Jiang Shu didn't eat that stuff.
Although DM Entertainment was poor, Jiang Shu wasn't.
He even paid for IVE's dorms out of his own pocket.
The company being poor, what does that have to do with me, the boss?
At first, out of novelty, he tried some local Korean cuisine, and then...
Jiang Shu now checks in at Chinese restaurants for meals every day.