Peninsula: The Great Producer

Lunxian Cave.

Qi Yaojiu had lunch before going to MBK Entertainment.

He wasn't sure if T-ara had gone to the company today. If T-ara wasn't there, Ki Yoo-gu thought it would be nice to meet with Kim Kwang-soo and chat for a bit. The gist of it was that Ki Yoo-gu would continue to support T-ara's activities.

To put it simply, if T-ara's various entertainment activities are suspended by the broadcasting industry in South Korea because of this incident, Ki Yo-gu will continue to insist on having Park Ji-yeon participate in the third season of "Bouncy Earth Arcade". At the same time, he will also consider new online programs, which could be programs featuring the T-ara group.

Of course, MBK Entertainment needs to prepare production costs to make a show specifically for T-ara. Ki Yoo-gu isn't running a charity, and Kim Kwang-soo doesn't want to lose T-ara as a cash cow. The price that has to be paid will eventually have to be paid.

In the afternoon, Qi Yaojiu arrived at MBK Entertainment.

His appearance left the company's receptionist completely stunned.

Qi Yaojiu, on the contrary, took the initiative to greet him, saying, "Hello."

The first thing the receptionist said after regaining her composure was, "Is Qi PDnim here to see T-ara?"

He came without informing anyone, and Ki Yoo-gu himself did not have the contact information for T-ara's manager. He had not told Park Ji-yeon, Park Hyo-min, or Kim Kwang-soo beforehand.

"T-ara in the practice room"

They really are in the practice room.

Ki Yoo-gu nodded and said, "Yes, I'm here to find T-ara. Which practice room are they in?"

"plz follow me."

The receptionist directed Qi Yaojiu toward the practice room.

She didn't know why she did it, but after reading Dispatch's clarification news and Ki Yo-gu's interview, she felt that Ki Yo-gu came to MBK Entertainment just to meet the T-ara members.

Entrance to practice room A1.

It was very quiet inside. The receptionist said to Qi Yaojiu uncertainly, "Please wait a moment, let me go in and take a look first."

Pushing open the door, the receptionist entered the practice room.

The practice room wasn't very spacious; you could scan it at a glance. The receptionist saw the T-ara members leaning against the sofa on the right, seemingly all resting.

"That~"

There was no response when I made a sound, so the receptionist quickly walked to the sofa.

"Everyone, Qiyao Nine PDnim is here."

The moment Qi Yaojiu's name was uttered, the people who had just been "leaning" on the sofa opened their eyes, stood up, and looked around as if they were pet cats hearing the sound of a feeder, all in one smooth motion.

"where?"

"Oppa is here?"

"Has PDnim arrived?"

The receptionist pointed to the door of the practice room and said, "Qi PDnim is outside the door."

Park Hyomin confirmed, "They're really here?"

The receptionist nodded firmly and replied, "Yes, they've really arrived."

"Oppa~"

Park Hyo-min shouted it out directly.

Outside.

Ki Yo-gu heard Park Hyo-min's voice.

Within the T-ara group, if we're talking about ranking those who are good at being cute, Park Hyomin would definitely be in the top three.

The first place is Ham Eun-jung, the second place is Lee Qri, and the third place is Park Hyo-min.

Qi Yaojiu recognized her voice and, without waiting outside the practice room, stepped inside.

When Ki Yo-gu first came to MBK Entertainment, he only went to the representative's office on the second floor.

Today is also his first time visiting T-ara's practice room.

You can see the whole thing at a glance.

Qi Yaojiu, who was standing at the door, raised his hand and waved, saying, "Did I disturb you?"

Park Hyo-min had already charged towards Ki Yo-gu.

The members had to shout Park Hyomin's name from behind to stop her from driving.

It was obvious to everyone that Park Hyo-min was going after Ki Yo-gu; she wanted to hug him.

It's not that it's impossible; a hug won't cause any harm. The key is that there are other people in the practice room besides them, including the company's receptionist.

They were already caught in a media storm, and if the receptionist accidentally said something like she saw Park Hyomin and Ki Yo-gu hugging, it would be troublesome if someone with ulterior motives used it against them.

We can't drag Qi Yaojiu into this media storm. Qi Yaojiu is a trustworthy older brother, PD, and benefactor to them.

Park Hyomin, who had just stopped the car, looked at Ki Yo-gu with a wronged expression.

Ki Yo-gu had thought about how to comfort her, but when he actually saw Park Hyo-min's aggrieved look, he didn't know how to start the conversation.

Without experiencing the suffering of others, without personally feeling the injustice of being wronged, one cannot understand that unspeakable sorrow.

Jeon Boram said to the receptionist, "Thank you, unnie."

Knowing it was time for her to leave, the receptionist nodded and said, "Then I'll head out now."

Park So-yeon stepped forward and said to the receptionist, "Could you please ask unnie not to tell anyone that Kiyo-gu PDnim is here?"

The receptionist nodded again with a knowing look on her face.

After closing the practice room door, the receptionist who was escorted by Lee Juri also locked the door from the inside.

In the blink of an eye, only the six members of T-ara and Kiyogu remained in the practice room.

Park Hyomin said to Ki Yo-gu in a coquettish tone, "Oppa, we've been wronged."

Qi Yaojiu responded, "I know, I know you've been wronged. Groups are always full of trouble."

After locking the door, Lee Qri came up to Ki Yo-gu and sincerely said, "Thank you, PD-nim, thank you so much."

Park So-yeon, Jeon Bo-ram, and Ham Eun-jung also came over and thanked Ki Yo-gu.

Park Jiyeon, however, remained standing on the sofa, appearing quite calm.

Park Hyomin called out to Park Jiyeon: "Jiyeon, come here. You're the one who's been wronged the most. Talk to Oppa."

Park Jiyeon slowly walked up to Ki Yo-gu, and Park So-yeon and Jeon Bo-ram automatically stepped back to make room for her.

Eyes facing each other.

Qi Yaojiu said, "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Park Jiyeon didn't speak, she just shook her head vigorously.

Park Hyomin got anxious and went over to grab Park Jiyeon's hand, saying, "How can you not feel wronged? If it weren't for you, that person wouldn't have been able to get into Oppa's drama crew and film 'My Love from the Star'."

"She's been using you, she's been using you all along, and she thinks she's something special, that she's an actress, which is why she's doing all this."

"I really don't understand. If she didn't want to continue as a member of T-ara, she could have discussed it with the company. Why did she do this, making us the bad guys and her the victim? What good does that do?"

Park Hyo-min vented her frustrations.

What she said was also what the members wanted to say.

In fact, the members couldn't understand this point, mainly because they were too naive in their view of people.

Qi Yaojiu knew very well why.

T-ara is currently on the rise, and it's pure fantasy for any member to want to temporarily stop participating in group activities and develop their solo career.

MBK Entertainment would definitely not agree, even if that person approached Kim Kwang-soo to beg or plead. Every branch of T-ara, this cash cow, is of great value to the company. Focusing on individual career development will only be considered after T-ara has passed its current peak, and that person would have to be the most popular and highest-earning member of the group.

As for why Liu Huaying slandered the members as bad people and pretended to be the victim, the reason is the same: only by using this method can she force the company to compromise and make concessions through public pressure.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, the worst-case scenario is simply terminating the exclusive entertainment contract with the company.

Once she returns to being an independent artist without a manager, as long as the victim label remains, T-ara's activities will definitely be restricted, while her solo career will only get better and better.

Invitations to various programs will keep coming, and they will continue to dig into this incident for the sake of ratings. As the victim, Liu Huaying will continue to tell the story of the incident, which will not only increase the popularity, but also make more and more people sympathize with and pity her.

Once you successfully create a persona, the path to becoming an actor won't be too difficult.

Unfortunately, Qi Yao Jiu stepped forward.

Dispatch also delivered a fatal blow to Liu Hwayoung at the most critical moment.

In an interview, Qi Yaojiu mentioned that he generally does not consider or agree to let non-professional actors join his productions.

Although the interview did not explicitly refer to Liu Huaying, anyone who read it would immediately think of her.

After all, Lee Seung-gi is one of the few singers who has also played the male lead in the drama "Kiyoji".

Kiyogu didn't say these things to the T-ara members; it wouldn't make a difference, as it wasn't something they needed to worry about.

After listening to Park Hyomin's outburst, Ki Yo-gu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, your activities will not be affected in any way."

"Thank you, PDnim"

"Thank you, Oppa"

"I came here to tell you this: JTBC will be launching a new indoor talk show soon, and you will be the special guests for the first episode."

As soon as he finished speaking, the manager ran into the practice room, panting.

Pushing open the door, without even checking who was in the practice room, I yelled, "Kids, I just got a call from JTBC's Entertainment Center. They're inviting you to be guests on the first episode of their new show."

"You might not know this yet, but that new show is a collaboration between PD-nim Ki and JTBC, this time..."

At this point, the agent noticed a familiar figure.

"QiPDnim?"

Qi Yaojiu greeted him with a smile, "Long time no see."

"No, what's PDnim doing here? Why didn't anyone notify us that PDnim was coming to the company? When did PDnim arrive? Did he come for them?"

After asking several questions, the agent perked up and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked so many questions."

Qi Yaojiu waved his hand and said, "No need to apologize. I just came to see them and tell them not to worry. I was just talking about the show. As long as we receive a formal invitation, that's fine. I was wondering if Director Lü Yunhe would have any concerns."

The agent remained silent, while Qi Yaojiu spoke of people who had risen from the rank of bureau chief, a network of connections that even the company's representatives lacked.

Although JTBC is a newcomer to the broadcasting industry, it is backed by the JoongAng Ilbo, so this new broadcasting station is sure to do very well in the future.

Especially for the first ambitious program of the Entertainment Center, which was a collaboration with Qi Yao Jiu, the director of the Broadcasting Bureau's Entertainment Department really showed all his sincerity, and to put it bluntly, he gave Qi Yao Jiu a lot of face.

It has to be Ki Yo-gu. Only his connections could get the broadcasting station to invite T-ara to be the first guests on such an important new program when T-ara was embroiled in various controversies.

The manager knows how difficult it is, and so do the members.

The way the others looked at Qi Yaojiu made them want to hug him and kiss him a few times.

Even Qi Yaojiu was finding it difficult to cope with that kind of force.

Park Jiyeon remained calm, which is why everyone felt she was the one who shouldn't have remained calm.

Having met and said what needed to be said, Ki Yoo-gu still needs to meet Kim Kwang-soo at MBK Entertainment.

So he said to the group, "If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, come to me. I still need to meet with your representative."

Seeing that Ki Yo-gu was about to leave, Park So-yeon and the others were subtly reminding Park Ji-yeon.

Park Jiyeon spoke first, saying, "Thank you, Oppa."

Qi Yaojiu smiled, nodded, and left the practice room.

The agent was a little confused.

what's the situation.

Why does it feel weird?

The members gathered around Park Jiyeon, asking, "Jiyeon, what's wrong?"

"Jiyeon, why don't you tell PD-nim about those grievances?"

"Jiyeon, simply thanking PDnim like that isn't enough. You should have asked PDnim out for dinner tonight."

"I'll make the invitation. I'll invite Oppa to our dorm for dinner tonight."

Park Hyo-min volunteered.

The members can only rely on Park Hyomin.

They genuinely didn't know what was wrong with Park Jiyeon. Rather than blaming Park Jiyeon for not inviting Ki Yo-gu to dinner to thank him, they were more worried about Park Jiyeon's unusual behavior.

Second floor, representative's office.

Before Ki Yo-gu knocked on the door, he received a text message from Park Hyo-min.

Eating is fine, but we can't eat at the dormitory in Shangyandong.

It wasn't that Ki Yo-gu was afraid of reporters who were trying to dig up more information about T-ara and photograph him entering and leaving T-ara's dormitory, creating more speculative news.

Qi Yaojiu felt that if you're going to eat out, you should do it openly and honestly.

His support for T-ara demonstrates his close personal relationship with them. Is there anything wrong with friends having dinner together?

He's perfectly open to letting reporters who want to dig up news take pictures, and if someone interviews him, Qi Yaojiu doesn't mind answering a few simple questions.

After replying to Park Hyo-min that he would talk to her later, Ki Yo-gu knocked on Kim Kwang-soo's office door.

"Come in"

The voice sounded somewhat irritable.

Kim Kwang-soo was looking at the feedback online.

The video he recorded has been uploaded to the company's official website, officially announcing that the company will terminate Liu Huaying's exclusive entertainment contract and expressing the sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused to everyone by this incident.

They expressed that they will manage T-ara more diligently in the future, and the company will continue to support T-ara's various business developments.

I thought the feedback would be good after uploading the video, but the opposite happened. In particular, T-ara fans left messages on the company's official website to curse.

What did the company do yesterday? What did Kim Kwang-soo, as the company representative, do? Why are they remaining silent?

Do you want to find out the facts first? If the matter could be clarified through a face-to-face confrontation, the company's silence must indicate ulterior motives.

It was only after seeing Dispatch's clarification and Qi Yaojiu's interview that the company felt it should step forward and respond.

The company and Kim Kwang-soo are not good people either; they only care about profits and don't care about the feelings of the artists at all.

There are many similar comments, some even containing profanity.

Kim Kwang-soo was furious and indignant after seeing these comments.

He didn't know that the person who knocked on the door was Qi Yaojiu. He thought it was a company employee and didn't even look up, waiting for the person to come in and say what he wanted to say.

As a result, Kim Kwang-soo was completely stunned when the other party spoke.

"Representative Kim seems really angry."

Kim Kwang-soo slowly raised his head and saw Ki Yo-gu standing in front of his desk, smiling at him.

After a brief moment of distraction, Kim Kwang-soo immediately stood up from his chair, gesturing and saying, "PDnim, what brings you here? Thank you so much, thank you so much. If it weren't for PDnim, T-ara might have really been in trouble." (End of Chapter)