Chapter 441: Absolute Core Shin Ryujin!
After having a snack at Park Jin-young's place, Jiang Shu, seeing that the time was right, left Park Jin-young's office.
He looked back at Park Jin-young's office with a hint of exasperation.
"Forget him, time to eat!"
JYP's organic cafeteria was indeed healthy, but the taste was truly indescribable.
After trying it once, Jiang Shu never went back a second time.
Healthy?
How could one not be healthy by eating vegetables every day?
But Jiang Shu didn't want to neglect his palate for the sake of health, impossible!
Absolutely not!
After eating his fill, he returned to the company to continue working overtime and acting.
After acting, he'd grab a late-night snack and do a live stream.
This was Jiang Shu's daily schedule during this period. If Youzhen wasn't settled by the twentieth, Jiang Shu would have to change his plan.
He couldn't drag it out for too long.
Jiang Shu hadn't really thought of a new plan, but fortunately, his existing plan was working.
The evening of the eighteenth.
Jiang Shu yawned at his desk, resting his chin in his hand as he watched Youzhen's direct-cam stage performance, which he had almost worn out from watching.
Once he had Youzhen sorted, he swore he wouldn't watch these stage videos a second time!
Damn it!
He was getting dizzy from watching them.
While the video played, Jiang Shu's thoughts drifted to what he would eat for a late-night snack and what silly questions the viewers would ask during his live stream.
Over the past few days, the number of viewers in Jiang Shu's live stream had stabilized at five hundred. Since he hadn't signed a contract and no agency was promoting him, this stable number of five hundred was already very popular.
Jiang Shu was also generous with his answers. He answered most of the audience's questions, as long as they didn't involve company secrets. He would also occasionally complain about a few departments with the audience. If it weren't for his work ID card displayed in the live stream and his verified blue V, viewers would start to suspect he was a fake producer impersonating a fan.
Before JYP publicly announced him as the head producer of ITZY's production team, Jiang Shu still hadn't revealed which group he was in charge of, but the audience had pretty much guessed.
JYP only had a few active groups. Boy groups could basically be ruled out, as Jiang Shu's words during his live streams always showed disinterest in them.
As for girl groups, there were only three. TWICE could be completely ruled out; JYP wasn't bold enough to have a rookie lead TWICE.
So, it had to be either ITZY or NMIXX.
And the audience in Jiang Shu's live stream, apart from K-pop fans from other groups who were just watching the fun, were mostly JYP girl group fans, especially those of ITZY and NMIXX.
In January of this year, NMIXX, who first gained popularity with the song "Dash," spawned a large wave of 'red-person' fans on the Chinese internet. The ENSER (NMIXX's fandom name), who originally just enjoyed their own niche with the 'blue-bottom pirate' meme, suddenly started to 'police' everywhere.
NMIXX's reputation, which was originally seen as a 'fifth-generation tool group' and had excellent public appeal, plummeted, and in China, it even caused many casual fans to leave.
Red-person fans brought popularity to the group, but at the same time, they also affected public appeal. This is a double-edged sword, an effect every group has to experience.
ITZY's fans, however, were much purer. After several rounds of refinement, the current fans were all battle-hardened and impervious to ordinary matters.
This group of people was also the main audience for Jiang Shu's live stream.
"Hmm?"
Just as Jiang Shu was tilting his head, thinking about how to "debate" with the silly audience, the sound of footsteps in the quiet corridor made Jiang Shu's expression change.
The floor where the production department was located was the same as ITZY's practice room. Jiang Shu deliberately turned off the corridor lights after everyone had left.
This way, as long as Youzhen glanced in the direction of the production department, she would see the lights still on in the production department.
Driven by curiosity, it was only natural for her to come over and see him.
However, for several days, Jiang Shu hadn't managed to 'catch' Youzhen, but it seemed...
Jiang Shu immediately perked up, pretending not to hear the sound, and feigned watching the stage performance on the screen.
Outside the door, in the dark corridor, Youzhen curiously approached the production department. Since Jiang Shu's workstation was next to the door, Youzhen saw Jiang Shu when she saw the soundproof glass door of the production department.
Youzhen was startled when she clearly saw Jiang Shu's face.
The words Jiang Shu had spoken to her a few days ago still echoed in her mind from time to time.
Youzhen didn't know what to do, so she chose to sweat it out, like her sixteen-year-old self, emptying her mind and sweating repeatedly in the practice room.
For the past few days, she had practiced until she was exhausted every night in the practice room, then returned to the dorm to sleep, and woke up to repeat the same behavior.
It was as if this method could temporarily make her forget the spirited Youzhen in the video.
Today, she practiced as usual until late at night. Just as she was about to return to the dorm to rest, she suddenly seemed to sense something. She looked at the light in the darkness, walked over, and then saw this scene before her.
Jiang Shu, a person she had only known for a week, but who had a huge impact on Youzhen.
What was he watching?
A hint of curiosity arose in Youzhen's heart. She stepped closer, her steps light, not wanting to disturb Jiang Shu.
When she got closer, Youzhen clearly saw the screen on Jiang Shu's computer at his workstation. It was her stage performance.
Youzhen stood quietly, watching Jiang Shu repeatedly watching her stage, occasionally pausing to write something on the paper in front of him.
Youzhen had never been a producer, but she understood the producer's workflow.
A producer who wants to better tailor songs for an artist will repeatedly observe the artist's vocal habits and dance moves.
And Jiang Shu, at this time, almost midnight, was still at his workstation doing this work.
And what about her?
She was still avoiding, not daring to face her past self.
Youzhen couldn't help but ask herself.
Jiang Shu had already taken ninety-nine steps for her. Did she really still want to avoid this last step?
Or was it that she, Youzhen, was simply not as good as others?
No!
A fire seemed to ignite in Youzhen's eyes.
Whether it was sixteen-year-old Youzhen or current Youzhen, she was no worse than anyone else!
Jiang Shu said that in his concept, she would always be the Absolute Core of ITZY.
In the life of Youzhen, she was also the Absolute Core!
Feeling the gaze from behind him, Jiang Shu's lips curved slightly at his workstation.
Even though he didn't turn around, an inexplicable feeling had already told him that it was the person he was waiting for!
He silently chanted in his heart.
【Grant Shin Ryujin the Special Forces bond!】
【Ding! The Special Forces bond has been granted.】
【Grant Shin Ryujin the Wangdao Passion bond!】
【Ding! The Wangdao Passion bond has been granted.】
【Grant Shin Ryujin... the Absolute Core bond!!!】
【Ding! The Absolute Core bond has been granted.】
