Start with My Artist Neighbor

Just when Jiang Haoyang was distracted, Jin Zhiyu called again.

"Oh?! I knew you would call me back."

Jiang Haoyang rarely revealed a smug smile; all this was part of his plan.

He deliberately did not answer the call immediately, but waited for more than ten seconds before calmly answering it.

The moment the call was connected, Jin Zhiyu's energetic and surprised voice came from the other end of the line.

"Hey, hey, hey??! What did you just say? Is it all true? Are you playing some kind of international joke on me?!"

"What benefit can I get from lying to you?" Jiang Haoyang asked back.

"Hee, that seems to be the case. Can we meet now? I want to see those autographs."

"are you free?"

"Um... my solo comeback activities have ended, and now... I'm very free."

"So, where shall we meet?"

"At XXX Cafe in Gangnam."

Afterwards, Jin Zhiyu gave Jiang Haoyang a detailed location, and they said "bye" to each other and hung up the phone.

Jiang Haoyang smiled and said, "Only a nice guy like me would do such things. Forget it, I'll just consider it as a way to expand my network of contacts for my career."

Shaking off these messy thoughts, Jiang Haoyang put his car keys in his pocket and went out.

Jiang Haoyang's car is still the azure blue Volkswagen coupe given to him by Yoona.

It took less than half an hour to get from the community to the coffee shop where I had agreed to meet Jin Zhiyu.

When Jiang Haoyang appeared in the coffee shop with a brown paper briefcase, Jin Zhiyu's lively and cheerful face full of energy flashed in front of him from somewhere.

"Hi~ Why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"A long time?!" Jiang Haoyang was a little amused, "Sister, I have only been out of the house for more than 20 minutes, is it a long time?"

"You have to understand how excited I am now. I really can't wait."

"No matter how anxious you are, do you still want me to sit down and take your time to look at it?"

Jin Zhiyu smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, let's go sit on the second floor."

Jiang Haoyang nodded and followed her to a private seat on the second floor of the cafe.

As soon as he sat down, the waiter brought two cups of hot lattes to the table.

Jin Zhiyu explained: "I don't know what you like to drink, so I ordered it for you according to my preferences. You should not hate hot latte, right?"

"Oh, any is fine. I'm not picky."

631 Can I do anything? [Part ]

"Wow~!"

"It's actually the original. You really weren't lying to me."

After getting the autographs of the other eight members of Girls' Generation, Kim Ji-woo expressed her sincere exclamation.

But the last sentence made Jiang Haoyang feel uncomfortable.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Are you looking down on anyone? I am also an employee of an S/M company. I do have some abilities and means."

Jin Zhiyu carefully put away the signatures and looked at Jiang Haoyang with confusion, "How did you do it?"

"Is this difficult~?"

"Of course. Many of Girls' Generation's seniors are no longer in S/M. Even if you were an employee of S/M, you couldn't do that, right?!"

"Besides, didn't Meiying return to the United States to pursue her music career? Did you go to the United States specifically to get her autograph?"

As a loyal fan of Girls' Generation, Jiang Haoyang naturally knew this information.

Not to mention Kim Ji-woo's curiosity, even Kang Ho-yang himself was curious, how did Lin Yoona get the autographs of all the members of Girls' Generation in such a short time? !

Jiang Haoyang was busy doing other things this morning and forgot to ask Lin Yoona for clarification, so he can't answer Jin Zhiyu's question now.

He made up a story: "Although the careers of Meiying's predecessors have moved to the United States, they are still active in Korea."

"I just happened to get the information from Taeyeon that Miyoung senior was coming to Korea to attend a business event, so I took advantage of that time to get it."

"What about Sooyeon sunbae's? Didn't she leave Girls' Generation a long time ago? How did you get it?!"

Jiang Haoyang continued to explain: "Xiu Yan senior is even simpler. Didn't she participate in a variety show in Xia country last year?"

"Don't forget that I am from Xia Country, and I am also the assistant of Girls' Generation's seniors. Through the seniors' connections, it will be easy for me to find Sooyeon senior."

Jin Zhiyu was half-believing and half-doubting, "So you really have this ability. At first I thought you were just talking."

"Hehe~ look down on someone."

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have looked down on you. You're really not a liar. Thank you for your gift. I'll accept it without hesitation."

"and many more……"

Jin Zhiyu: “Ah?”

"Senior Zhiyu, have you forgotten something?"

"What……?"

After saying this, Jin Zhiyu realized it later and said with a bit of shyness: "Isn't it just a promise to you?"

"Since you can really get me the autographs of Girls' Generation seniors within a month, then there's nothing wrong with me doing what I promised you."

"Are you sure anything is possible~?" Jiang Haoyang suddenly smiled wickedly for no reason.

This smile scared Jin Zhiyu.

She held the brown paper document with Girls' Generation's signatures tightly in front of her and looked at him warily, "Why are you laughing so horribly? What do you want to do?!"

"First of all, I won't do anything illegal!"

"What? Didn't you agree to promise me everything?"

Jin Zhiyu was anxious. Could it be that this man really wanted him to do something illegal? "Even if he said that, he can't do anything illegal."

"Haha, look how scared you are. I was just teasing you."

"Jiang Haoyang, you...!"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll talk about it when I think about it."

632 Jin Zhiyu's Reward!

Jin Zhiyu pouted her lips proudly and hummed.

"I don't care whether you have thought it through or not. Anyway, I won't agree to anything that is illegal. This is a matter of principle."

"Hey, I know, I'm also a law-abiding citizen~!"

“By the way, are you free next week?!” Jin Zhiyu seemed to have thought of something and changed the subject.

"next week?"

Jin Zhiyu: "Just tell me whether you are free or not."

Jiang Haoyang smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know. Many jobs are sudden, and I don't dare to say something like 'I will definitely be free'."

"S/M companies are different. Even the small staff have more schedules than me."

Although Jin Zhiyu's muttering was very low, it all fell into Jiang Haoyang's ears.

It's funny, but at the same time, I feel a sense of inexplicable sadness.

After learning from Kim Taeyeon that the female solo singer Kim Ji-woo was once a member of a Korean girl group,

Jiang Haoyang specifically searched the Internet for news reports related to "Kim Ji-woo" and learned a lot about her life experiences.

Especially after knowing about the lawsuit that Kim Ji-woo had with the "LOON" company, I felt even more sorry for this little girl.

He is such a hard-working person, and he is clearly doing business with such dedication, but in the end, he is still treated as a money-making machine by the company and all his value is ruthlessly exploited.

These small companies really take advantage of human blood to the extreme.

It was because of his understanding of the story behind Kim Ji-woo that Jiang Haoyang was willing to help her collect the autographs of the nine members of Girls' Generation.

As for the so-called "one thing" reward, Jiang Haoyang didn't take it too seriously. It was something dispensable.

But this incident also gave Jiang Haoyang a good inspiration, and he even had a huge idea in his heart:

If there is an entertainment company that allows all talented artists to give full play to their abilities,

Then, this company will definitely become an outstanding company that influences the entire Korean entertainment industry, and even the global entertainment industry in the future!

BTS’s agency is a good example…!

Once you have an idea, you should do it.

This has always been Jiang Haoyang's principle of doing things.

However, this plan is too ambitious and cannot be implemented just by saying so. Jiang Haoyang still has a lot of preliminary preparation work to complete.

……

Jiang Haoyang's eyes flashed with determination, "Senior, if you say so, I will make time even if I don't have time."

"That's what you said~!" A cute and energetic smile reappeared on Jin Zhiyu's face.

"So, is there anything special happening next week?"

"It can't be called anything special. Just consider it a reward for helping me get autographs from the seniors of Girls' Generation."

After saying this, Jin Zhiyu seemed to have thought of something and immediately added:

"This has nothing to do with promising you something. It's a special reward I give you. I will still promise you something."

"Okay." Jiang Haoyang nodded, "So what is the reward?"

“(G)I-DLE’s fan meeting tickets!”

“(G)I-DLE???”

"what?!"

“(G)I-DLE!!!”

At first, Jiang Haoyang felt that the name (G)I-DLE was very familiar, but he just couldn't remember who they were.

But his mind quickly flashed with the face of a smart little girl with a mouth full of Kyoto and the information of this group called (G)I-DLE...

633 (G)I-DLE Song Yuqi!

"Running Man", which has the title of "national variety show" in the country, is extremely popular among young people.

Especially in the first few years after its launch, the production team of the Korean variety show "Running Man" assisted in the filming.

It created an authentic domestic special version of "Running Man" and quickly won the first place in the domestic real-life variety show.

Even though "Running Man" is no longer as popular as it used to be, and no longer has the assistance of the "Running Man" team, it has also experienced the replacement of many members.

In the domestic reality show variety show category, it still has no rivals and firmly sits in the top three of the weekend prime variety show slot.

In 2018, when Jiang Haoyang was just in college, "Running Man" experienced the biggest member replacement in the history of the show.

And (G)I-DLE mentioned by Kim Ji-woo is also among them.

To be precise, Song Yuqi, a Chinese who debuted with the South Korean girl group (G)I-DLE, was invited to become a permanent guest of the new season of "Running Man".

That year was the first year that (G)I-DLE debuted!

Only a few months after debuting in Korea, he was able to return to the country's most popular reality show as a permanent guest.

This is enough to show how glorious (G)I-DLE was when they debuted.

It was also that year's "Running Man" that made Jiang Haoyang remember the lovely little girl who was full of energy and spoke with a Kyoto accent.

and,

When Song Yuqi made her debut, she was only 19 years old.

Only one year older than Jiang Haoyang, who just turned 18.

At the age of 19, she was already a well-known idol in Korea, but at the age of 18, I was just a college student who had just entered college and was still singing "Aba Aba".