Peninsula: The Great Producer

Those who didn't know about the "thank you for your hard work" along the way might think that the chairman of the group company was inspecting various departments and comforting the employees who worked day and night.

Ki Yo-gu, who was standing next to Park Jong-min, was very embarrassed throughout the whole process. The idol groups and solo singers also behaved particularly restrained because of the appearance of the director of the entertainment center.

Knocking on the door of the waiting room with IU's nameplate, Bae Jong-han first saw Ki Yo-gu standing in the front seat. He was about to turn around and greet Li Zhien to say that Ki Yo-gu was here, but before he could say anything, Ki Yo-gu reminded him, "Director-nim is here."

Pei Zhonghan also reacted quickly. The director that Qi Yaojiu mentioned was obviously the director of one of the major departments of the Broadcasting Bureau. The Song Festival was the year-end grand ceremony of the Entertainment Center, and the director who came was most likely the director of the Entertainment Center.

"Jie Eun."

Bae Jong-han still shouted, mainly to remind Lee Ji-eun, who was dozing off on the sofa, to wake up quickly.

Qi Yaojiu took a look at the door and saw Li Zhien who was taking a nap. If it were just him, he would definitely not go in and wake up Li Zhien at this moment, but the director wanted to show his concern and Qi Yaojiu couldn't stop him.

"crunch"

The waiting room door is fully open.

Director Park Jong-min behind him jokingly said to Ki Yo-gu, "I've heard a lot of rumors about PD Ki and this IUxi."

Bae Jong-han also heard this joke, and his shocked expression made Ki Yo-jiu speechless, as if everything Park Jong-min heard was not a rumor but an undisclosed fact.

on the sofa

Li Zhien slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them.

Still in a daze, Lee Ji-eun muttered, "What's wrong with Oppa?"

The makeup artist who was resting on the dressing table also woke up. When she saw Jiyojiu entering the waiting room, she immediately reminded him, "Jieun, wake up."

After a few humming sounds, Lee Ji-eun stretched her arms and yawned.

Pei Zhonghan walked quickly to the sofa and said, "Jie Eun, someone is here."

After stretching and yawning, Lee Ji-eun took a closer look and was stunned.

Ki Yo-gu is here, and with him comes the director of the K Broadcasting Station's Entertainment Center.

IU knows Director Park Jong-min. Besides meeting him at the Entertainment Awards, she also met him when she released her mini album and made her comeback last month to promote on "Music Bank".

I didn't have a chance to say hello at that time, but I vaguely heard PD Kim Sang-mi mentioning my name to Director Park Jong-min in the corridor of the backstage waiting room.

Director Park Jong-min smiled and said to Ki Yo-gu, "It's very cute."

The person he was talking about was of course Lee Ji-eun, who was yawning and stretching without any image of an artist.

Qi Yaojiu nodded slightly. He also thought that Li Zhien was cute, and this kind of cuteness was more real than the one she deliberately showed on the show or on the stage. She was more like a real person.

Li Zhien came back to her senses and stood up from the sofa, bent down 90 degrees and greeted respectfully: "Hello, Director-nim."

Park Jong-min smiled happily and responded, "IUxi, thank you for your hard work in preparing for the Gayo Daejeon stage tonight."

IU thought that the director was just saying those polite words when he saw her stretching and sleeping, but she didn't know that Director Park Jong-min had repeated this sentence more than a dozen times. The idols and solo singers she had met before had heard the same lines, just with different names.

Li Zhien responded passionately: "It's not hard, this is what I should do well."

Director Park Jong-min was very pleased. He touched Ki Yo-gu's arm and said, "Why don't you introduce yourself formally?"

Qi Yaojiu spread his hands and shrugged. Director Park Jongmin laughed and said, "That's right. IUxi knows me. If you introduce me again, it will be a bit suspicious."

Qi Yaojiu kept smiling, looked at Li Zhien and said, "You still have time to rest, we'll leave first."

Leaving now?

During the whole process, Ji Yaojiu and Director Park Jongmin stayed in the waiting room for about 3 minutes, and each of them only spoke to me one sentence, so what was their purpose in coming to the waiting room?
Bae Jong-han saw Director Park Jong-min and Ki Yo-jiu off, and after seeing them enter the 4MINUTE waiting room next door, he carefully retreated and closed the door of the waiting room.

Li Zhien didn't understand why Bae Jong-han was doing this, and asked curiously: "What is Oppa doing?"

Pei Zhonghan snorted, took a deep breath, and lowered his voice, "They are next door, let's speak quietly."

Li Zhien blinked. The soundproofing in the waiting room wasn't great, but normal conversation was still possible. Bae Jong-han walked up to Li Zhien and said, "You didn't know it just now, but Director-Nim told PD Qi that he knew about your situation. I heard it clearly."

The makeup artist came over, silent with a puzzled expression.

IU was confused and asked, "You guys? What's going on between me and Oppa?"

“That’s all.”

"So, there's nothing wrong with me and Oppa."

"Why not, you know."

"What do I know?"

The makeup artist looked back and forth at Bae Jong-han and Lee Ji-eun. What encrypted messages were the two talking about? There was no main plot in their conversation.

next door.

Maybe because there are so many members, each group has its own atmosphere. Compared to the quietness of Lee Ji-eun's group, the noisy atmosphere of 4MINUTE is completely different.

4MINUTE's agent had met Qi Yaojiu once. Qi Yaojiu didn't have much impression of him, but the agent had a deep memory of him. After all, he personally experienced the legend in the agent circle that recording a program with Qi Yaojiu's crew was like a vacation.

Welcomed Qi Yaojiu, Jin HyunA, who was happily chatting, waved excitedly and shouted: "Oppa" when she saw Qi Yaojiu

Standing up, Kim Hyun-a ran towards Ji Yo-gu, and was about to ask him why he came to the waiting room when she saw Director Park Jong-min coming in from behind.

Kim Hyun-Ah immediately became obedient, bending down 90 degrees and greeting him politely, "Hello, Director-Nim."

This was the first time the members met Director Park Jong-min. They didn’t watch the award ceremony to the end a few days ago, so they didn’t see Director Park Jong-min go on stage to present the grand prize.

When they heard that the director had arrived, the members quickly stood up and stood in a row.

Kim HyunA returned to the team and formally greeted the members again.

He was really full of youthful energy when he was a rookie, and that familiar line came out of Director Park Jong-min's mouth again.

Qi Yaojiu introduced: "The one who greeted me just now is Kim Hyun-A from the group 4MINUTE. Director-nim should remember her. She was also at the awards ceremony."

Park Jong-min nodded and said, "I remember them as members of 'Youth Never Dies'. Their special performances were really great, and I'm looking forward to today's performance as well."

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

Soon, the idols were discussing the reason why Director Park Jong-min and Ki Yo-gu came to inspect the backstage waiting room.

Is it encouragement? It also puts pressure and burden.

Were you worried that tonight's performance wasn't exciting enough? But you didn't say anything about the stage needing improvement.

I don’t understand, but I will understand it completely.

Qi Yaojiu didn't understand either.

The key point is that after the inspection, Park Jong-min said to Ki Yo-gu, "IUxi is really different. She is the only one who was not introduced separately. It seems that it is really as the rumors say."

Qi Yaojiu finally couldn't help but ask, "What rumors did Director Nim hear?"

Park Jong-min chuckled and said, "You want to know?"

"Yes"

"I can tell you, but this year's new program plan..."

Don’t ask anymore, Qi Yaojiu doesn’t care at all.

As for new program plans for this year, there are definitely some, but Ki Yo-gu doesn't plan to continue cooperating with K Broadcasting Station. You can't put all your eggs in one basket. (End of this chapter)