Chapter 245: Whimsical Ideas
The most representative dish of Suzhou cuisine is the famous Squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish, which is one of the two most renowned ways to prepare mandarin fish. The other is the signature dish of Huizhou cuisine, Stinky Mandarin Fish.
The two naturally couldn't miss this representative dish when they came to taste Suzhou cuisine.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content at the restaurant, the two didn't rush to take a taxi back. Instead, they leisurely strolled around Suzhou under the night sky.
Jiang Shu and Zhang Yuanying walked shoulder to shoulder. Besides the cameraman, Zhang Yuanying also held a camera in her hand.
"Suzhou doesn't have an airport?"
During their casual chat, Zhang Yuanying learned a shocking piece of news from Jiang Shu.
"Yes, surprising, isn't it?" Jiang Shu smiled and nodded.
"It's indeed very surprising that such a large international city doesn't have an airport," Zhang Yuanying's small face was full of astonishment.
"Perhaps it's because it's too close to Shanghai, so the planning decided against building an airport," Jiang Shu offered his guess.
"Is Suzhou very close to Shanghai?" Zhang Yuanying asked curiously.
"Close, only about a hundred kilometers," Jiang Shu nodded and said.
"Oh, oh."
The maps Zhang Yuanying studied since childhood were also those super-magnified Korean versions, but as her travels in China deepened, she began to question her own country's maps.
Putting everything else aside, in Korea, you can drive to any place you want to go within five hours. But in China, if you drive for five hours, you'd at most cross one province; crossing two provinces would require taking shortcuts.
And with high-speed trains traveling at two to three hundred kilometers per hour, it sometimes takes several hours to reach the destination. Zhang Yuanying wasn't a fool; she could certainly feel how absurd her country's maps were.
"After we finish the task tomorrow, how about we visit Zhuozheng Garden?" Jiang Shu turned to Zhang Yuanying and said, "I saw that Pingjiang Road is also next to Zhuozheng Garden."
"Okay!" Zhang Yuanying nodded. "I've heard people say that Suzhou gardens are the best in the world, and Zhuozheng Garden is the best among them!"
"Actually, these things... are pretty much the same. Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing is also similar. Once you've seen one, you've pretty much seen the others," Jiang Shu said with a smile.
"Then have you seen them?" Zhang Yuanying tilted her head and looked at Jiang Shu, asking.
"I've seen a few, but if you haven't, I'll accompany you to see them," Jiang Shu said with a chuckle.
"Oh, oh," Zhang Yuanying nodded in realization. "Are there any other things to pay attention to when visiting such gardens?"
"No, there shouldn't be any prohibitions other than no smoking," Jiang Shu recalled and said.
"I don't smoke," Zhang Yuanying blinked and said.
"I know you don't smoke. If you smoked, you would have been shelved long ago," Jiang Shu said with a smile, uttering the words that sent shivers down every artist's spine.
At this point, Jiang Shu looked up at the camera and grinned.
"Smoking and tattoos are everyone's personal freedom, but it's also my freedom to shelve artists because of them."
Zhang Yuanying reached up and scratched her head.
"Although I don't smoke and don't have tattoos, I feel Chairman Oppa was just terrifying."
"Terrifying? No, not at all," Jiang Shu said with a chuckle. "I'm just setting some rules within my company."
"But if that's broadcast, wouldn't it affect you?" Zhang Yuanying said hesitantly.
"It's fine. Idols smoking is a negative image, so I forbid it. Tattoos are about pursuing individuality, so if I don't discriminate against you, aren't you pursuing individuality in vain?" Jiang Shu spread his hands and said.
Explosive!
Too explosive!
Zhang Yuanying and the cameraman were stunned when they heard Jiang Shu's words.
The number of people with tattoos in Korea and even worldwide is extremely high. Only in the East Asian cultural sphere is the proportion of tattooed people not that high, but globally, it's over forty percent.
Once Jiang Shu's words were broadcast, he would definitely become a target of public criticism.
"Is this part going to be broadcast?" Zhang Yuanying asked weakly. IZONE's little devil king was also frightened by Jiang Shu's remarks at this moment.
"Of course!" Jiang Shu smiled slightly. "Not broadcast."
Zhang Yuanying and the cameraman's hearts were in their throats, and after hearing the last two words, they both breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"You scared me," Zhang Yuanying patted her chest. "If this part were broadcast, it would really explode."
"I meant the discrimination part won't be broadcast, but the shelving part will be broadcast," Jiang Shu said with a smile.
Mere hostility, that's all. Even when SKT fans sent him wreaths and protested with trucks, it didn't affect him. This is even more childish.
As for personal threats...
Artists are afraid, but he isn't.
Artists would be hesitant to act due to concerns about their image, but he is a major taxpayer in Korea. On the premise of not touching the bottom line, try to touch him?
Capitalist society has a very high tolerance for the wealthy, especially for a 'little white flower' type of rich person like Jiang Shu, who pays taxes honestly, doesn't cause trouble, doesn't seize power, and doesn't jump up and down. He's truly a treasure.
Jiang Shu knew very well that as long as he didn't seek death, his interests in Korea would be protected.
But Zhang Yuanying didn't know that.
Listening to Jiang Shu's words, Zhang Yuanying, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was scared again.
"Chairman Oppa..." Zhang Yuanying was silent for a moment, then gave Jiang Shu a thumbs up.
"You're too strong."
Jiang Shu smiled slightly.
"Keep it low-key."
"I'm not praising you," Zhang Yuanying said, looking at Jiang Shu speechlessly.
"I'll take it as you praising me."
Their eyes met.
Zhang Yuanying helplessly averted her gaze.
A shameless person is invincible.
Ding-dong.
Jiang Shu felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and took it out.
He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he saw the text message notification.
"I'm being monitored, huh."
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuanying curiously leaned over and looked closely.
"May 16th, Lin Junjie's JJ20 World Tour Suzhou stop is about to begin," Zhang Yuanying read the content aloud.
"Concert?" Jiang Shu was suddenly stunned, then looked at Zhang Yuanying. "I have an idea."
Zhang Yuanying looked at Jiang Shu in confusion, then heard Jiang Shu's words.
Zhang Yuanying's eyes gradually widened, and then an excited expression appeared on her face.
"I think that could work!"
If they could successfully complete it, then their trip to Suzhou this time would be completely free of financial worries, and even their subsequent journey would be free of financial worries!
"But there are still three days until the sixteenth. What about our hotel expenses?"
Even with tomorrow's task bonus, it still wouldn't be enough.
"We just don't check out."
Not checking out wouldn't incur charges.
"Oh, oh."
"Let's go, back to the hotel," Jiang Shu said, waving his hand.
Back to the hotel to prepare. If this task could be pulled off, it would definitely be a major highlight of this episode.
"Yes!" Zhang Yuanying also nodded excitedly, her eyes shining like bright light bulbs at Jiang Shu's idea.
Chairman Oppa's whimsical ideas really helped a lot!
