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Chapter 1083 What's the Difference

"Uh huh huh~"

Ming Jingnan walked briskly in the corridor, and even hummed a song when he was in a good mood. As he walked, he thought of the touch just now and could not help licking the corner of his mouth with nostalgia, looking lustful.

She was bored for a while before parting with Chi Jingyuan. If she didn't have to come back at night, she would have been reluctant to leave.

Because of the busy schedule, I hadn't met Chi Jingyuan for more than a month, which was a torture for a clingy and dependent little woman like Ming Jingnan. But after tonight, all the depression was gone, and I felt relaxed all over. I felt so happy that I felt like I was floating.

I entered the password and returned to the dormitory. After changing my shoes, I walked a few steps inside and saw Lin Nayeon and Yu Jeongyeon sitting in the living room watching TV series.

The originally lively atmosphere suddenly stagnated after seeing Ming Jingnan coming back, and both of them looked over.

Although Minami Nai did not tell anyone except Minatozaki Sana and Hirai Momo where she was going tonight, no one was a fool. Seeing her dressed so beautifully and coming back so late, everyone guessed where she was going.

"Mina is back~"

"Hey, unnie, what are you looking at?"

Although their eyes were a little complicated, Lin Nayeon and the other person quickly took the initiative to say hello. After a few brief words, Ming Jingnan said goodbye and went back to her room to change clothes.

Watching her back as she returned to the room, Lin Nayeon seemed a little hesitant and exchanged a glance with Yu Jeongyeon.

"How to say?"

"What else can I say? We can talk about other things later. Now go and call for help."

Yu Jeongyeon knew what Lim Nayeon was hesitating about, so she waved her hand and gave decisive instructions.

…………

Ming Jingnan had just returned to her room and changed her clothes when Lin Nayeon came in and called her two roommates away. A few minutes later, Son Chaeyoung walked in with a smile: "Ouni, come and help me figure out how to do this."

"what is this?"

Ming Jingnan, who was texting Chi Jingyuan to report his safety, blinked, as if he didn't notice anything unusual. He put down his phone with a smile, stood up, and followed Sun Caiying out.

After walking out of the room for a few steps, the lights in the corridor were suddenly turned off as if there was a power outage, but Ming Jingnan was not at all panicked.

Sure enough, a few seconds later a ray of light slowly moved over from the living room, accompanied by the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer. Soon, a candlelight and the smiling face of Minatozaki Sana appeared in front of her. She was holding a small cake in her hand with a lit candle on it.

The cake is not big, but it is made very carefully, with Ming Jingnan's name written on it with red jam.

Immediately afterwards, several footsteps approached in a disorderly manner, and soon other Twice members rushed out from behind Minatozaki Sana, surrounded Naito Minami, and as they approached, applause and singing rang out together.

"Birthday Cuckahama~" "Birthday Cuckahama~"

Lim Nayeon, Yu Jeongyeon, Hirai Momo...Except Park Ji-hyo who was in the hospital, all the other members gathered here.

...Even Chou Tzu-yu came, wearing pajamas and with her hair tied up. She followed the crowd and clapped her hands a little stiffly. She didn't seem to be singing very attentively. Her flesh-colored little mouth opened and closed to sing a line, and her whole body seemed to exude an awkwardness.

But she still showed up here, feeling conflicted and unhappy, and full of opinions about Ming Jingnan, but she still restrained herself and gave her blessings.

Some people sang very loudly, like Sana Minatozaki and Nayeon, while some sang very softly, and one even sang out of tune. The singing of a group of people gathered together, instantly filling the small corridor with noise.

The lack of lights made the vision very dim, but under the faint candlelight, everyone's face seemed unusually clear.

Seeing this scene, Ming Jingnan first covered his mouth with his hands in surprise, and then looked extremely happy listening to the song while clapping along.

But as she listened, the smile she had been trying to create became uncontrollable unconsciously, and tears began to accumulate in her eyes.

Minami Naoi already knew that the other members were secretly planning to give her a little birthday surprise... After all, basically on every member's birthday, they would do something like this as long as everyone was free.

So in order to cooperate with them, she pretended not to know.

Originally, this little birthday surprise was supposed to start at dinner time, but Mingjing Nan had not come until now because of her date with Ji Jingyuan, and the members did not seem to give up and waited until this time.

But even though she had known in her heart that this would happen, when she really waited for this moment, listening to the birthday song without accompaniment, and looking at each member's face under the candlelight, she couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart, and was so moved that she even wanted to cry.

This is a completely different feeling from when I was with Ji Kyung-won before. Twice has been together for so long since their debut and they have indeed developed feelings for each other.

"Birthday card."

After the last line of the song was sung with everyone blessing in unison, Minatozaki Sana brought the cake over. Amid the booing and cheers, Nai Minami blew out the candles with force, and the entire corridor was instantly plunged into darkness.

But the next second, someone turned on the lights, and the bright lights instantly illuminated the entire place. After the darkness just now, the scorching light was even a little dazzling.

At the same time, as the lights turned on and the singing stopped, the warmth in the darkness just now seemed to be wiped out by the light.

Without the cover of darkness, some unknown emotions and thoughts, even if concealed, will always be inadvertently revealed with every move.

"..."

Although the members quickly smiled and cheered her happily birthday, Mingjing Nan was still able to keenly capture the changes in the atmosphere around her and sense the reservations of many members and the strange emotions in their hearts.

…Girls are always very sensitive to each other, and she knows where this discomfort and strangeness comes from.

What is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality. Today's incident really had a big impact. Call it jealousy or envy, the other members felt uncomfortable and had opinions in their hearts.

Maybe this opinion had already existed when she first made her relationship public within the team, but it was only this time that it really broke out.

But on the bright side, even when they were dissatisfied with her in their hearts and had their own little thoughts and emotions, they were still able to restrain themselves and express their blessings to her. In fact, this is also a reflection of the harmonious relationship within their group.

Soon, the short birthday surprise came to an end. After chatting with Minatozaki Sana and the others for a while, Mingjing Nan returned to his bed. Thinking of the initial touch and the strangeness and awkwardness that followed, he felt complicated in his heart and began to daydream unconsciously.

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"…With Twice's continued popularity, especially the outstanding performance of this comeback, the company's stock price has been very good recently, and has risen by nearly 40% compared to the first half of last year."

In a restaurant near Cheongdam-dong, Chi Jingyuan and Park Jin-young were sitting opposite each other, eating and chatting.
It had been a while since they had eaten together, so Park Jin-young and Ji Kyung-won certainly didn't talk about business right away. He was obviously well prepared, and after asking about their recent situation, he naturally talked about JYP's recent developments.

"...After many meetings, the company has already come up with a long-term plan for Twice, so I am still very optimistic about the company's future prospects."

Park Jin-young gave a brief introduction to the recent situation of JYP in a promotional manner, and his emotions seemed a little excited… Ji Jingyuan also knew what he meant. This brother obviously hoped that they would have more confidence in JYP and continue to hold or even increase their holdings in JYP.

Although the Ji brothers do not have too many shares in JYP, they are still very influential. They usually do not take care of things, but there is a director who holds shares on their behalf and supports Park Jin-young in all decisions, big or small. Of course, this brother wants to keep such a good partner, or backstage, firmly by his side.

"Isn't JYP planning to develop a boy group?"

Park Jin-young just kept talking about Twice, and it sounded like JYP only had Twice as a group now. Ji Jingyuan listened for a long time and asked casually.

He has no interest in how the company operates, he is just curious.

Everyone knows that although girl groups are quite popular, when it comes to revenue and making money, boy groups are still in an absolute leading position.

Despite Park Jin-young's boasting, JYP is actually just that now. SM's rise thanks to EXO's strength has now reached a level that even the other two of the three major entertainment companies combined cannot reach. The so-called three major are now simply flattering JYP and YG.

JYP's latest boy group GOT7 has been proven to be useless after years of ups and downs. The first and second tiers have already reached the top, and there is no TOP

"Of course there are similar plans..."

Park Jin Young nodded first, then couldn't help but sighed, "But it's not easy to form a boy band now. The local market in the peninsula has been completely taken over by you EXO. Other boy bands can hardly get a share of the market. I've heard several agency presidents complain that most of the boy bands that debuted in the past two years are amateurs... It's really difficult. Even if we want to form a boy band, we have to think of another way."

As he spoke, he seemed to understand what Chi Jingyuan meant, and he confidently added, "But Jingyuan, don't underestimate Twice's revenue... As long as Twice successfully debuts in Japan in the middle of the year, their revenue will definitely not be much weaker than that of the top boy bands."

"Congratulations in advance then."

Chi Jingyuan shrugged and said in an uncertain way.

It was obvious that Park Jin-young asked him out to discuss the GUCCI endorsement, but this guy was in high spirits and Chi Jingyuan was happy to chat with him for a while.

But it was obvious that business was more important. After eating for a while, this guy finally got to the point.

"...Oh my god, Jingyuan, you really gave me a difficult problem this time."

He took a sip of water and suddenly sighed.

"Although I am very grateful that you introduced such precious resources and channels to the company, but... it did disrupt the company's arrangements and plans for Twice."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Ji Jingyuan had already roughly understood Park Jinyoung and JYP's attitude during the phone call yesterday, so he was not surprised to hear him say this now, and just asked back out of curiosity.

"...The company's operation of Twice is completely different from that of previous girl groups. Over the years, the company has also learned a lot of experience from the operation of several previous girl groups. After combining the current market and summarizing, it has a long-term operation plan for Twice."

Park Jin-young did not hide anything and told the story in detail:

"Although some details have not been finalized, it is clear that the company does not plan to open up personal resources to Twice members in the short term..."

“Not opening up personal resources?”

Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when he heard it.

In addition to the group's collective schedule, every idol in a group will have many personal schedules. Except for those who are actively invited by outsiders due to their high popularity, most of the resources are provided by the agency. The company will adjust the popularity structure of the group members by providing personal resources, allowing the main members to develop better, and also boost the popularity and exposure of the entire group.

Take Yoona for example. She was able to play the leading role in a daily drama right after her debut with Girls’ Generation, and she has never been short of film and television resources since then... It’s incredible.

Personal resources are very important for any group and idol. Basically, every group needs them after they become popular. But when it comes to JYP, they don’t even open personal resources to Twice.

"It's not that we are completely closed, but we are more focused on the balanced development of the entire team. We will still have some song collaborations, program MCs, magazine shoots, etc., but we will selectively reject resources that will obviously affect the group's development. For example, in terms of film and television, there is currently no plan to let Twice members go the acting route..."

"A collaboration of this level with GUCCI is a bit beyond the standard, so this collaboration that you gave to Mina alone this time really posed a problem for us."

"If I don't accept it, I'll fail to live up to your kindness and waste such a good opportunity. The company has always wanted to connect with the European fashion circle."

“But if MIna really takes over, it will completely disrupt the overall plan for Twice, and…”

Park Jin Young looked a little embarrassed and sighed. He wanted it very much, but was worried about the impact, so he seemed very conflicted.

Chi Jingyuan also understood what this brother meant. It was normal for each company to have its own arrangements for its group, and he had no right to comment.

But to be honest, he didn't take Park Jin-young's words seriously.

...The so-called lack of resources is because JYP is worried that the popularity gap among individual Twice members will be too large, leading to the emergence of another Miss A, making it difficult for the company to manage and affecting the lifespan of the group.

At the same time, two of the three most popular members of Twice, Chou Tzuyu, Sana Minatozaki and Nayeon, are foreigners. Given the deep-rooted xenophobic nature of the peninsula, JYP naturally does not want Green Card to stand out too much.

And the most important thing is... JYP is a company that almost collapsed in the past few years. They don't have any resources at all in fashion or film and television. If it weren't for Ji Kyung-won, Bae Suzy would have almost no roles in the past two years, so how could they have any extra resources for Twice.

They call it 'balanced development, there is no plan for members to pursue acting careers', how shameless.

Ji Jingyuan is also a veteran in the circle and knows a lot of inside information, so he was quite disapproving of Park Jinyoung's explanation, and even felt that this guy was taking advantage of him.

However, Chi Jingyuan did not expose him. Instead, he pretended to listen very seriously, but in his heart he was still prepared to let Ming Jingnan get this cooperation.

What kind of planning is that? It’s all bullshit… Planning has no effect on the royal family of the group.

Just when Chi Jingyuan wanted to say something, Park Zhenying suddenly changed his tone and asked, "By the way, Jingyuan, do you know when we will announce the cooperation with GUCCI?"

"Um……"

When he asked this, Chi Jingyuan swallowed the words in his mouth, raised his eyes, thought for a while, and then said, "Probably in May or June."

His global spokesperson Shengka is confirmed in June, and the cooperation with these peninsulas will be announced after him.

"May or June..."

Hearing this date, Park Jin-young shook his head and looked at Chi Jingyuan with helpless and complicated eyes: "Jingyuan, have you forgotten that you and Mina have another collaboration? According to our previous plan, your "Fireworks" will also be released at that time.

"By then, Mina will be collaborating with you on a song alone, and she will also be getting a GUCCI collaboration alone..."

His tone seemed quite heavy:

"Everyone knows about your relationship with GUCIC... So what's the difference between this and an open relationship?"