Chapter 48: Debut on the Spot!
"Huh?"
Lee Ji-eun saw Ahn Yujin and Kim Autumn, and the two naturally noticed the front desk administrator and Lee Ji-eun following her.
"Huili Ouni!" Ahn Yujin greeted the front desk administrator.
Kim Autumn, beside her, looked at Ahn Yujin with some surprise. Why could she call out everyone's name in the company?
"Youzhen, Autumn." The front desk administrator waved at them with a smile.
"Ouni, where are you going? Is this Ouni a new Ouni?" Ahn Yujin, like a curious baby, stared at Lee Ji-eun and asked.
"This is Producer Lee Ji-eun, whom the Chairman wants to see." The front desk administrator introduced Lee Ji-eun.
"These two are our company's trainees, Ahn Yujin and Kim Autumn."
"Wow! Producer-nim!" Ahn Yujin's eyes widened instantly, and she suddenly bowed to Lee Ji-eun. "Producer Ouni, if you have any future works, please consider me first!"
Kim Autumn: "..."
She's really good at this. Why can she be so good?
Lee Ji-eun was also stunned by Ahn Yujin's sudden bow. After realizing it, she smiled awkwardly.
She knew her own situation. She wasn't some famous producer. She had many songs, but they were all unwanted.
Although DM Entertainment currently only had IVE, even if an entertainment company only had one popular group, it was still popular. It wasn't something a producer like her, with no achievements or works, could easily approach.
DM Entertainment's trainee... She probably couldn't help them, could she?
Lee Ji-eun could only smile awkwardly in response.
"If there's a chance."
Ahn Yujin looked at Lee Ji-eun's smile, blinked, and a smile reappeared on her face, her eyes narrowing, her cheekbones raised, like a happy puppy.
"Producer Ouni, hurry to the Chairman's office. Don't let the Chairman wait too long."
The front desk administrator was startled and quickly nodded.
"Yes, Producer Ji-eun, let's go quickly."
Lee Ji-eun bowed slightly to the two and left with the front desk administrator.
After seeing the two walk away, Kim Autumn turned to look at Ahn Yujin.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ahn Yujin looked at Kim Autumn in confusion.
"Youzhen-na, can you teach Ouni how to talk to people so freely?"
"Huh?"
Chairman's office.
Jiang Shu looked at Lee Ji-eun, who was dressed quite ordinarily, almost unfashionably for the entertainment industry, and was now standing in front of him with her head bowed. He felt a lot of emotion.
What a simple girl! There wasn't a single trace of IU about her. Besides him, who could have imagined that this would be South Korea's top female solo artist, who single-handedly dominated female soloists and girl groups?
After a brief moment of emotion, Jiang Shu looked at Lee Ji-eun and got straight to the point.
"Girl, do you want to debut?"
Lee Ji-eun looked up blankly, staring at Jiang Shu in confusion, and pointed to herself.
Debut?
Her?
"Yes, you." Jiang Shu gave a definitive answer. "As long as you nod, I'll immediately arrange for you to go through the debut process."
Jiang Shu wished Lee Ji-eun would nod today and debut as IU tomorrow.
But unfortunately, he couldn't rush it.
"I can debut?" Lee Ji-eun looked at Jiang Shu in disbelief and asked.
"If I say you can, you can. It just depends on whether you're willing."
"I'm willing, but—"
Whoosh!
Lee Ji-eun's vision blurred, and Jiang Shu was already in front of her, reaching out and taking her hand.
"Welcome to DM Entertainment!"
Lee Ji-eun: "?"
Five minutes later.
Yin Huilin, the Dance Performance Director, Minister Park of the Marketing Department, Sun (Minister of Personnel) of the Human Resources Department, Minister Wu of the Finance Department, and Choi Ji-yeon, the 'Nuclear Powered Donkey' who held important positions in various departments, appeared in the Chairman's office.
After hearing the decision announced by Jiang Shu, all five looked at the short, unfashionable Lee Ji-eun with strange expressions.
Lee Ji-eun, being stared at by these mid-to-high-level executives of DM Entertainment, felt immense pressure and could only smile awkwardly.
She still hadn't figured out the situation. She had inexplicably become a trainee at DM Entertainment and was even told to debut within three months.
What the heck...
What the hell?
Yin Huilin and the other four had the same thought.
What the hell was the Chairman doing?
He suddenly brought in a girl who seemed to have no star quality, then told them that she would debut as DM Entertainment's first solo artist, and asked them to prepare all debut-related matters within three months.
This was simply ridiculous!
But thinking of IVE's strange chemistry and Jiang Shu's somewhat absurd song production ability, the five of them didn't say anything to refuse for a while, just silently observed Lee Ji-eun.
The first to speak was the 'God of Wealth,' the company's Minister of Finance.
"Chairman, if the company arranges for Ji-eun-ssi to debut within three months, and if IVE's mini-album comeback or Ji-eun-ssi's debut doesn't achieve results, it will be very difficult to survive early next year relying solely on IVE's current debut earnings."
Jiang Shu waved his hand.
"IVE's mini-album cannot fail. 'Love Dive' is my ambitious work; it will definitely succeed."
So it was an ambitious work.
But strangely, none of them refuted him.
With the precedent of 'I AM,' although it didn't make them blindly trust Jiang Shu's works, they wouldn't easily question him either.
"Then what about Ji-eun-ssi's debut song?" Choi Ji-yeon asked.
"I'll handle it." Jiang Shu said calmly.
Lee Ji-eun looked at Jiang Shu in surprise.
Not few people knew that Jiang Shu was the producer of IVE's debut song, but not many either.
After all, most producers of popular songs don't care, unless the producer is an artist.
Lee Ji-eun only knew that IVE was popular and had heard 'I AM,' but she didn't know that Jiang Shu, the Chairman, was also a producer.
Jiang Shu then looked at Lee Ji-eun.
"You have some of your own works, right?"
Lee Ji-eun was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"I have a lot, but..." Lee Ji-eun paused, somewhat unconfidently. "My songs might not be of good quality."
"It's okay. I'll handle the debut song. We'll use your songs for the mini-album later." Jiang Shu waved his hand and said.
The 'Star Producer' bond was tied to Lee Ji-eun's popularity. The debut song was for a newly debuted artist. Lee Ji-eun was just an unknown at this point. Besides Jiang Shu, who would care who she was?
Even if Lee Ji-eun participated in the production and activated the 'Star Producer' bond, it wouldn't be very useful. It might even have a negative effect. It would be better to activate the 'Star Producer' bond after Lee Ji-eun gained some popularity.
"Yes." Lee Ji-eun nodded in response.
Then Jiang Shu looked at the five people.
"I will give you the debut song tomorrow. Be prepared." After Jiang Shu finished speaking, he saw Yin Huilin, as if remembering something, and turned to look at Lee Ji-eun.
"Can you dance?"
Lee Ji-eun: "_"
Okay, looking at that expression, Jiang Shu had already gotten his answer.
"Make the choreography for the debut song simple, preferably something that even those who haven't learned dance can perform."
Yin Huilin nodded.
This kind of thing was a piece of cake.
"So, it's decided."
DM Entertainment's first female solo artist is about to set sail!