Chapter 425: This Time, I Will Win Everything
Jiang Shu's channel quickly edited the video after the Inkigayo performance ended, releasing it on the evening of August 10th.
As soon as the channel, with nearly a million subscribers, updated, it was immediately clicked on by numerous subscribers.
In the video, Jiang Shu's face-to-face instigation amused passersby, while Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Ji-eun's "trash talk" also trended on hot searches.
#Taeyeon: I will prove who is the number one female solo#
#IU: I have never lost a co-stage performance since my debut, and neither will you#
Jiang Shu's instigation also remained on the hot search, which is one of the reasons why his channel is so popular; he genuinely releases a lot of information and footage that official accounts would not disclose.
As the owner of DM Entertainment, the content Jiang Shu placed in the video was quite on point.
During the subsequent performance period, the gap between Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Ji-eun grew wider and wider, to the point where they couldn't even achieve close data in their last performance.
This left many unconvinced fans speechless.
The complete "Unique Star" was absolutely invincible when fighting, highlighting its unparalleled strength.
As soon as the performance period ended, the comeback period began. Although Kim Tae-yeon was a bit disappointed, her schedule was tied to income, so she quickly got back into work mode.
Logically speaking, after this concentrated comeback, there wouldn't be much left for Jiang Shu to do, and in fact, Jiang Shu himself thought so too.
However, on August 20th, Jiang Shu suddenly trended on the hot search.
"You smile and browse ~ the romance in your phone ~"
At home, Jiang Shu, who was writing something at his desk, picked up the phone next to him without lifting his head.
Caller: Qin Zhen.
"Hello, Qin Zhen."
"Boss, you're on the hot search. It's about League of Legends. Please take a look," Qin Zhen said, getting straight to the point.
"On the hot search again?" Jiang Shu was stunned. He put down his fountain pen and woke up the sleeping computer next to him.
Opening NAVER, he saw the trending topics at the top of the hot search.
#Gen.G wins LCK Playoffs Championship again#
#Gen.G 3:0 T1#
#Gen.G First Seed#
#T1 Second Seed#
#Zeus calls out Jiang Shu#
Clicking on the topic where he was called out, a video immediately came into view.
Click to play the video.
After the LCK send-off ceremony, each departing team was interviewed. After Faker, the team's soul, finished his send-off speech, T1 handed the microphone to Zeus.
"After a year, I'm once again at the S-Championship. I want to prove to Chairman Jiang that this time, I will win everything!"
The video ended there, and Jiang Shu also understood why he was on the hot search.
Unknowingly, it was time for the World Championship again.
"Repost the video with my account. The caption should say 'I will be there in person,'" Jiang Shu said into the phone that hadn't been hung up yet.
"Okay."
Jiang Shu hung up the phone and looked at the letter paper in front of him again. His thoughts were interrupted, and he was not in the mood to continue writing.
He found Li Duohui's number and dialed it.
"President Li, how are the preparations for next month's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala coming along?"
"The work is basically done, Chairman. Do you have any other instructions?"
"I see there's a lot of demand online for IZONE to reunite. What are your thoughts?"
"Not reuniting for now," Li Duohui gave her answer. "IZONE just disbanded last year. Only a year has passed. If they reunite so quickly, the effect might be good initially, but later reunions might not evoke a sense of nostalgia."
What's the difference between frequent reunions and not disbanding at all?
"That's similar to my view," Jiang Shu nodded. "Let's arrange a few collaborative stages for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. The full IZONE group won't reunite, but picking a few members is fine."
"Okay."
The IZONE members have basically gone their separate ways and have all achieved some success. Of course, compared to IVE and LESSERAFIM, their popularity is still quite a bit lower.
"You can arrange it. Try to finalize a... hmm, you can arrange it. You don't need to report to me," Jiang Shu said, stopping halfway through his sentence, then casually added.
"Yes."
Li Duohui was a bit puzzled but didn't press further.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Shu placed the letter paper in his hand into a folder, opened the music software on his computer, put on his headphones, and began transcribing music.
Zooming in, one could see ITZY's new album on the screen.
...
On September 29th, the DM Entertainment Family Mid-Autumn Festival Concert was held as scheduled.
This Mid-Autumn Festival Concert would open up 1,000 fan slots to the public. Tickets cost 50,000 korean won each and would be distributed via a lottery system.
Interested fans could register on the DM Entertainment app and pay the 50,000 korean won ticket fee. The list of winners would be announced on September 1st. Winners would receive their e-tickets within 24 hours and physical tickets within one week. Non-winners would receive a refund of their 50,000 korean won prepayment within three days.
The list of DM Entertainment artists participating in this event is as follows (in no particular order):
IU, Taeyeon, Kwon Eunbi, Li Caiyan, Cao Rouli, Yena, NiKo (Hitomi Honda, Yabuki Nako), Jiang Huiyuan, Red Velvet, ITZY, (G)IDLE, LESSERAFIM, IVE, aespa, NMIXX, Girls' Generation.
As soon as this news was released, it quickly attracted countless onlookers.
This lineup could no longer be described as just 'half the K-pop girl group scene'; it was a genuine and accurate description.
The reason why DM Entertainment is the absolute overlord of girl groups can be seen from this list. All the well-known groups are from DM Entertainment.
Even among the current popular groups, only NewJeans has no connection with DM Entertainment. Every other group has intricate ties with DM Entertainment, or is simply a DM Entertainment girl group.
This luxurious lineup, and tickets only cost 50,000 korean won?
Isn't this charity?
Just half an hour after the announcement, the number of registered participants had already exceeded 100,000, a significant portion of whom were foreigners. The DM Entertainment app is multi-country compatible, so fans from many countries can directly purchase on the app without needing to download the Korean version.
The DM Entertainment account specifically used for concert payments received hundreds of millions of korean won in an extremely short period.
It was only because this account was specifically for payments and recorded by the bank and regulatory authorities. If it were a different account, such frequent fund inflows would definitely attract regulatory attention, and freezing the account would be a basic measure.
This time, the Mid-Autumn Festival Concert was not intended to make money for DM Entertainment; it was purely for fun. If they really wanted to make money, they would have opened a stadium, not held it in DM Entertainment's plaza.
These one thousand people were simply chosen as fans.
Although it was said to be a random draw, there was actually a bias. Accounts that had used the app for a longer time were more likely to win.
Of course, to prevent the bias from being exposed, this proportion also needed to be controlled.
