Chapter 396: LESSERAFIM, Debut!
"It's roughly 1.2 billion in total," Jiang Shu said after a moment of thought.
"?"
A question mark appeared on Zhang Yuanying's forehead.
"Just year-end bonus and base salary, 1.2 billion korean won?"
"Mm."
Zhang Yuanying: "..."
As everyone knows, the Chairman's main income comes from equity dividends and money rolling from investments; his salary probably doesn't even account for a small fraction of Jiang Shu's annual income.
So...
1.2 billion?
Huh?
"You don't need to compare incomes with me; no one in the K-pop industry will have a higher legitimate income than me," Jiang Shu said with a smile when he saw Zhang Yuanying's shocked expression.
Hearing Jiang Shu's words, Zhang Yuanying felt much better... like hell she did.
What does he mean, no one in the K-pop industry will have a higher legitimate income than him?
Oh, Jiang Shu is number one on the Korean Forbes Young Rich List. Well, then it's fine.
As the only person in the K-pop industry to make it into the top ten of the Forbes Rich List, even if it's just the 'under thirty' young list, being number one is terrifying enough.
And on the Korean Forbes Rich List, Jiang Shu is also ranked tenth, the only entertainment industry professional on the list.
It's worth mentioning that the ninth place above Jiang Shu is the famous Samsung eldest princess, Li Fuzhen.
Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yuanying felt it was very reasonable.
Among artists, she is considered one of the top earners, but compared to Jiang Shu, who is the visible income ceiling of all of Korea, she is still far behind.
Of course, such lists are just for fun; who knows how many hidden rich people there are.
After all, East Asian cultures emphasize hiding one's wealth, and as they hide it, their ranking goes down.
Such lists are meaningless, but as a public figure, and a Chairman famous for "loving to pay taxes," Jiang Shu's income is quite easy to calculate, which is why his position is quite high.
"I really envy you rich people," Zhang Yuanying muttered softly.
I used to envy you too.
Jiang Shu also muttered to himself.
If it weren't for fate's intervention, he would probably still be working overtime at his company, scrambling for those few thousand korean won a month.
Of course, it's not to say there's anything wrong with being an ordinary person; it's just that his current life is much more expansive for him.
It's just...
Occasionally, Jiang Shu still misses his old life; although it was a bit poor, it had its own unique flavor.
Tsk.
Do people become so hypocritical after getting rich?
He even wants to deceive himself.
Jiang Shu shook his head with a wry smile.
"Chairman Oppa, are you going to Music Bank this afternoon?" Zhang Yuanying suddenly asked.
"Yes," Jiang Shu replied, snapping back to attention. "Do you have something on?"
"No, didn't I record a debut congratulatory vlog for Kura Ouni and Chaewon Ouni's LESSERAFIM before? I just asked because I thought they were debuting this afternoon," Zhang Yuanying explained.
"Then do you want to go together this afternoon?"
"I have a schedule this afternoon," Zhang Yuanying spread her hands. "Although I'm currently on hiatus, I still have scheduled activities."
IZONE disbanded half a year ago, but Zhang Yuanying's high popularity is evident, and with DM Entertainment clearly stating that Zhang Yuanying will debut soon, many resources naturally won't give up on collaborating with her.
Of course, it's true that her schedule isn't as packed as when IZONE was still "alive," but it's not significantly less either. Most of the people who sought out Zhang Yuanying when she was in IZONE were after her personally, and it's pretty much the same now.
"Then I won't delay you from making money." Jiang Shu nodded and returned to his office chair.
"You go play; I'm working."
"Yes~~" Zhang Yuanying responded. "Then you stay busy; I'll be leaving first."
Jiang Shu waved his hand without looking up.
Zhang Yuanying bowed to Jiang Shu and then exited the office.
...
LESSERAFIM's debut benefited from the recent buzz of the League of Legends World Championship, garnering considerable attention.
Before their debut on the 10th, LESSERAFIM's popularity was at an understandable level.
After all, LESSERAFIM had a significant presence in the highest-level competition of League of Legends, a representative work of esports, so it's not hard to understand their high level of attention.
But as LESSERAFIM officially debuted on the afternoon of the 10th, everything began to change.
In Korea, the focus was more on the new group featuring Kim Minju, Sakura, and Kim Chae-won, and the attention under the family concept of DM Entertainment's new girl group.
However, overseas, LESSERAFIM's popularity and discussion volume were increasing at an unreasonable rate.
This peculiar phenomenon was fully evident in the data statistics.
DM Entertainment's data statisticians were directly astonished by this bizarre scene after producing the data.
The turning point was the moment LESSERAFIM debuted.
In the time after LESSERAFIM's official debut, it was as if an invisible hand was pushing LESSERAFIM's popularity higher, higher, higher!
In just two days, LESSERAFIM's overseas popularity had already surpassed all current groups under DM Entertainment.
What kind of absurd data is this?
You want them to show this data to the executives?
Alright, they still have to show it; this strange phenomenon is not an isolated case at DM Entertainment. Perhaps they just don't understand the logic behind it?
After all, they are just data statisticians.
Hmm, that's right, that's how it is.
And so, this data report appeared on the desks of various DM Entertainment executives.
The executives, led by Li Duohui, had similar feelings to the data statisticians after seeing this report. LESSERAFIM's marketing plan was just a standard new group marketing, far from being an overwhelming scale.
Therefore, this popularity was not generated by marketing but was genuine inherent popularity.
So the question is, why?
Why does LESSERAFIM also have such unreasonable popularity?
The instigator, Jiang Shu, just wants to say, the power of bonds, kid!
Five Seraphim: LESSERAFIM exclusive bond.
Effect: After activation, domestic and international popularity is greatly increased, fan loyalty increases by one level, but the threshold for becoming a fan will be raised.
Six Seraphim: LESSERAFIM exclusive bond.
Effect: After activation, strengthens the positive effects of "Five Seraphim," grants immunity to the negative effects of the "Five Seraphim" bond, removes the "Water Buffalo" bond, but will randomly select one member to have a first-tier negative news break.
Kim Minju was incorporated into LESSERAFIM's bond system through "adaptation," forming the complete Six Seraphim. After removing the "Water Buffalo" bond, which had a stronger overall negative effect, the positive effects of "Seraphim" were further enhanced, while also gaining immunity to the negative effect of a high fan threshold.
The effect of the bond power is just that direct, that unreasonable.
As for randomly selecting one member to have a first-tier negative news break, this matter is not being considered for now; compared to the positive effects it brings, this small detail can be completely ignored.
