Chapter 348 Zhang Ka You Xue
Soon, the dining table was filled with a variety of dishes ordered by the three of them.
Chairman Jiang immediately started, picking up the cooked lobster and showing off.
At his level, even if he ate with his feet, others would say, "Chairman Jiang is truly authentic."
Table manners could indeed increase others' favor and recognition of his status, but Chairman Jiang didn't need such things; he did whatever made him comfortable.
While he could be so unrestrained, Wu Haiyuan and Xue Yun could not.
Artist training involved not only dancing and singing but also extremely strict instruction in etiquette, dining, language, and various other aspects.
Let alone with the Chairman Jiang sitting in front of them, even if they were eating together within their group, neither would ignore their eating appearance.
Habits are formed; repeated transgressions, once they become habits, will eventually reveal flaws.
Ding-dong.
Chairman Jiang glanced at the lit phone screen, picked up a wet wipe to clean his hands, and then picked up his phone.
Xiao Yuan: 【Team-breaking demon Zhang Yuanying? A detailed account of Zhang Yuanying's team-breaking history】
Xiao Yuan: Chairman Oppa, I'm unhappy!
Chairman Jiang clicked on the article Zhang Yuanying sent, quickly browsed through it, and found it to be very standard "Yuan-hater" content, and based on the wording, it was most likely from a fan of Liu Zhimin.
Well, the true fan allegiances of Liu-haters and Yuan-haters are about seventy percent their rivals.
Liu-haters = Yuan-fans.
Yuan-haters = Liu-fans.
It had a similar effect to those 'Huazi' and 'Mizi' debates, but with stronger aggression, after all, when it comes to the ability to wage long-term online battles, idol fans are more ruthless.
Zhang Yuanying often forwarded these things to him; at first, Chairman Jiang thought Zhang Yuanying was emotionally unstable from being slandered, but later he realized something was off.
This person was purely sending them to ask for favors.
Shu: Speak, what do you want?
Xiao Yuan: I want to debut for the third time as soon as possible!!!
IZONE's disbandment was a foregone conclusion, so Zhang Yuanying was trying to debut again as soon as possible.
Shu: Reason.
Xiao Yuan: I want to make big money!
Shu: ?
Shu: You've been active for several years, you should be at least a billionaire by now. Where's your money?
Xiao Yuan: Chairman Oppa, you're my goal.
Shu: Then you can chase slowly.
Shu: I'm considering the new group, but I can't give you an answer now.
Xiao Yuan: Okay.
Shu: You read articles slandering yourself every day. Do you have some strange Hobbies?
Xiao Yuan: No, I just like to see how they slander me from strange angles.
Chairman Jiang: "..."
A few words suddenly popped into his mind.
"Great personality"
Bad, we in K-pop also have our own oppas.
Shu: I'm eating, let's talk later.
Xiao Yuan: I don't have anything planned tonight. When you get home, can we have a video call to discuss other matters?
Why did Zhang Yuanying also have something to talk to him about?
However, despite his confusion, Chairman Jiang still agreed.
Shu: Okay.
After putting down his phone, Chairman Jiang looked at the two people quietly eating opposite him and suddenly spoke.
"Do you usually read articles or watch videos that smear you?"
Facing Chairman Jiang's sudden question, Wu Haiyuan and Xue Yun both looked a bit bewildered.
"I don't look, it affects my mood and state, and impacts my performance on stage," Wu Haiyuan said, shaking her head.
"I don't look either, why would I look at such things?" Xue Yun also shook her head.
"Xiao Yuan loves to look; she says she wants to see how anti-fans slander her," Chairman Jiang said with a smile.
Wu Haiyuan and Xue Yun both looked a bit bewildered upon hearing this.
Zhang Yuanying has this kind of Hobbies?
Could it be that she has some special attributes?
"What a truly great personality," Chairman Jiang couldn't help but exclaim.
Great?
Isn't that...?
Wu Haiyuan and Xue Yun exchanged glances, both seeing confusion and incomprehension in each other's eyes.
But neither of them spoke up; who didn't know that Zhang Yuanying and Liu Zhimin were Chairman Jiang's treasures?
Chairman Jiang indeed treated his own artists very well, but as long as one is human, there will be degrees of closeness.
And Zhang Yuanying and Liu Zhimin, these two artists who had followed Chairman Jiang and DM Entertainment since their humble beginnings, were the company's true veterans and cornerstones.
Don't be fooled by Zhang Yuanying being called the 'team-breaking demon' now; it wouldn't affect her standing in Chairman Jiang's heart in the slightest.
Well, they didn't look at negative news about themselves, but if they came across negative news about other artists, they would still take a look.
Zhang Yuanying's nickname 'Team-breaking Demon' was so well-known in the K-pop scene that almost no one was unaware of it; they would know if they paid even a little attention to IZONE, truly not on purpose.
"Oh, by the way," Chairman Jiang looked at the two girls who were looking at each other, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.
After Xue Yun and Wu Haiyuan looked over, Chairman Jiang then spoke with a smile.
"Don't Xiao Liu and Xiao Yuan often get discussed as two of the four divine beauties online? Recently, I saw a new saying called 'Zhang Ka You Xue.'"
Upon hearing this, Xue Yun's expression instantly froze, while Wu Haiyuan's mouth began to twitch wildly upwards, but she managed to suppress it, due to Chairman Jiang still speaking.
"It means the four most popular female artists with divine beauty currently are Zhang Yuanying, Karina, Shin Yuna, and... Xue Lun'e."
After speaking, Chairman Jiang looked at Xue Yun, who was sitting on pins and needles with a constipated expression, and smiled.
"Xue Lun'e xi, what do you think?"
What do I think? I don't want to think...
Although Xue Yun had secretly smiled under her covers when she saw this parallel, it was still very awkward when someone actually brought it up and asked her face-to-face.
NMIXX's development was indeed very good now, having stabilized its popularity as a top-tier group, but who were the other three?
The unparalleled IVE double C's of that year, and now the two top K-pop female idols, Zhang Yuanying and Liu Zhimin.
Shin Yuna's popularity had declined as ITZY fell from grace, but no matter what, ITZY was once a super-tier group. Even if their public recognition was somewhat crumbling now, their loyal fans were still incredibly numerous.
As a candidate for divine beauty, Shin Yuna's personal fanbase could be said to be the largest apart from Shin Ryujin.
What could she say?
She could only secretly be happy, not openly happy.
"Uh..." Xue Yun was not good with words to begin with, and her weakness as an introvert was fully exposed at this moment. She had no idea how to answer Chairman Jiang's question.
"Hahaha, look at you, so flustered," Chairman Jiang was amused by Xue Yun's almost tearful expression. "I just asked casually, you don't need to be nervous."
Xue Yun quietly let out a sigh of relief. Even now, she hadn't figured out how to respond.
"However, such topics have high discussion rates. It's hard to guarantee that no one will ask you such questions on variety shows in the future, so it's best to prepare in advance," Chairman Jiang said, but he was looking at Wu Haiyuan.
Wu Haiyuan understood that this was a task Chairman Jiang was giving her.
As for Xue Yun, the person involved?
With her reaction time, relying on her was less dependable than hoping she wouldn't play games.
"I will supervise her," Wu Haiyuan promised, suppressing a laugh.
"Good."
Chairman Jiang nodded with a chuckle, then looked at Xue Yun, and seeing her embarrassed expression, he laughed again.