Chapter 52: A Promise Gambling on the Most Important Thing!
“Oh!”
Including Zhang Yuanying, although Jiang Shu’s home was directly opposite their dorm, none of them had ever been inside.
In fact, aside from encountering Jiang Shu once when they first moved in, none of the others had run into Jiang Shu when leaving or returning from work; only Liu Zhimin had encountered Jiang Shu that one evening when she went out for some fresh air.
IVE’s dorm was still a bit smaller than Jiang Shu’s home, and the decorating styles were also different; while the basic facilities were largely similar, IVE’s dorm leaned more towards a girlish style, with many designs clearly indicating it was a female residence as soon as one entered.
Meanwhile, Jiang Shu’s apartment was decorated in the exquisite Nordic style, which is highly favored in TV dramas.
In layman’s terms, it was a style that looked good but wasn’t practical.
Every design was aimed at being high-end, luxurious, and pleasing to the eye; as for whether it was convenient for household use, that was not within consideration.
The most annoying part of this style of house was the kitchen; open-plan kitchens were truly a case of “you know it when you use it.”
If one didn’t cook at home, then there weren’t too many worries.
This type of house might not be practical, but when friends visited, their first reaction, like the IVE girls, was always an astonished “Oh!”
After all, it was high aesthetic value gained at the expense of practicality.
“Hey! Xiao Yuan, be careful not to catch a cold while barefoot.” Jiang Shu called out to Zhang Yuanying, who was walking barefoot on the floor.
He wouldn’t lay carpets in the summer; Seoul’s summers were already hot enough, so laying carpets would just make the air conditioning useless, wouldn’t it?
“Oh, it’s fine.” Zhang Yuanying took light, bouncy steps, unconcerned, and arrived in the living room.
“Wow! This floor-to-ceiling window is beautiful!” Zhang Yuanying stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes sparkling, looking at the scenery outside, and exclaimed in surprise.
The others also craned their necks, observing the differences between Jiang Shu’s home and their dorm.
“Someone come help me clear the table; we’ll eat here later.” Jiang Shu walked to the coffee table in the living room and said to the girls.
“Yes!”
The girls swarmed around; originally, two people would have been enough, but now, with everyone taking a little, it was done in one go.
Jiang Shu turned on the TV and sat on the sofa.
“What should I watch…” Jiang Shu looked at the various videos on the TV.
Korean TVs also required payment, or rather, compared to his home country, this purely capitalist country was even more “advanced.”
Cable TV channels required monthly subscription fees, and video app memberships were listed separately and required payment, with prices much higher than in his home country.
Most households only had cable TV, and very few people would subscribe to video app memberships.
Perhaps these high TV-side membership fees were also a way to indirectly boost the viewership of cable TV programs?
Jiang Shu didn’t watch cable TV; at this time, it was mostly dramas, and he had already watched all the good ones, so he might as well look on a video app.
As he searched, a film caught Jiang Shu’s eye.
“ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial”
Jiang Shu: “?!! ”
Dormant memories gradually awakened.
Jiang Shu remembered watching this film in the cinema when he was in high school; at that time, Jiang Shu had never even heard the term “multiverse,” and when he saw ultraman Zero break through the cosmic barrier and arrive at cosmic bubbles growing like a world tree in the cinema, that shocking scene was deeply etched in Jiang Shu’s heart.
Even now, when the multiverse is mentioned, Jiang Shu still believes it should look like that.
If he remembered correctly, this movie also seemed to be the first to materialize the concept of the multiverse on screen in actual visual form.
Previous films had only mentioned the multiverse verbally; was ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial the first to show it visually?
Thinking of this, Jiang Shu clicked on the film.
“Is this… ultraman?” Zhang Yuanying suddenly popped up from behind Jiang Shu, looking at the screen and saying with some surprise.
“Mm.” Jiang Shu leaned back on the sofa and hummed in response.
Zhang Yuanying was right behind the sofa; as Jiang Shu leaned back, he immediately smelled her perfume and a faint milky scent.
This was the scent of a little baby.
“I didn’t expect President oppa to still have such a childish heart.” Zhang Yuanying leaned down, tilted her head, and looked at Jiang Shu’s profile, teasing him with a smile.
“Although ultraman is for children, if you look at the plot beyond ultraman beating up little monsters, you can actually discover the concepts Tsuburaya is trying to convey to the audience; many plot points are worth thinking about.”
“Really?” Zhang Yuanying looked up suspiciously at the movie, which was entering its prelude; she had seen ultraman before, so why hadn’t she felt that way?
“Yes, there are.” Jiang Shu thought for a moment, then suddenly showed a mischievous smile, “ultraman also has more realistic works; if you’re interested, you can go watch ‘ultraman nakeses.’”
nakeses would be a great entry point for those who constantly say ultraman is childish.
“Oh, I’ll watch it when I have time.” Zhang Yuanying seriously noted down the name.
“After watching this ultraman TV series, you will definitely say ‘Zhun Ge is a true man’; if you don’t say it, then you’re amazing.” Jiang Shu turned his head to Zhang Yuanying and said.
Zhang Yuanying looked at Jiang Shu, who was only a few centimeters away, and raised an eyebrow.
“I’m amazing? What kind of bet is this?”
“This is the most important bet between men.” Jiang Shu raised his head and said.
“Alright then.” Zhang Yuanying, hearing it was so important, agreed.
Zhun Ge is a true man?
Hmph!
I just won't say it!
As the movie started playing, the girls didn’t feel comfortable playing on their phones with Jiang Shu there, so they each found a spot to sit and watched ultraman with him.
About half an hour later, the Haidilao takeout was delivered.
The takeout was expensive, but they really spared no expense on the packaging, and it also came with a disposable hot pot stove and gas for cooking hot pot.
Thinking about it, if they provided everything, why would anyone buy their takeout?
Once the takeout arrived, the six quickly got busy, arranging the ingredients and hot pot on the coffee table.
Eating hot pot and watching the movie, the IVE members gradually loosened up from their initial restraint.
Although it was only a little, it was still a step forward in their relationship, at least they weren’t like before, where seeing Jiang Shu was like mice seeing a cat.
In reality, most company artists would sit up straight when seeing their company president; the attitude (G)I-DLE had towards their Cube president was extremely rare.
When Ahn Yujin called the Starship president on a show, the other party’s arrogance and disdain, even with the show team trying to smooth things over, could not be hidden.
Artists, in the eyes of most entertainment company presidents, were purely tools.
Thanks to Si Qing Yuan Qian for the Zhang Yuanying character’s generous reward!