EFB Chapter 82 Good impression
Chapter 82 Good impression
Company board member?
he?
So young?
Several questions arose in everyone's minds.
"Ji-min, are you sure?" The teacher looked at Liu Zhi-min. Although she knew that this student would not lie like this, she still wanted to confirm it again.
Liu Zhimin nodded, looked at Zhou Wenzhe, and wondered if he had come to ask her for a handkerchief.
"I am the newly appointed director of the company, my name is Zhou Wenzhe."
As soon as Zhou Wenzhe finished speaking, the teacher quickly bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Director-nim, I didn't know."
"It's okay, I'm sorry to have disturbed your class."
"No, did the director come here for something?"
"Yes, I'm looking for her." Zhou Wenzhe pointed to Liu Zhimin.
Seeing that her guess was indeed true, Liu Zhimin felt a little flustered. She didn't expect Zhou Wenzhe to be so stingy as to actually ask her for a handkerchief.
"Oh, then you two chat."
The teacher glanced at Liu Zhimin again, surprised that this girl had such a powerful backer. It seemed she would have to treat her better in the future.
Not only was this teacher surprised, but several girls who were close to Liu Zhimin were also surprised. When did she meet the company's director?
Only Kim Minjung remembered the handkerchief he had seen some time ago.
Could it be... that this person is the one Sister Zhimin has been thinking about day and night?
It's no wonder she thought that way, because ever since that day, every night before going to bed, Liu Zhimin would take out that handkerchief and stare at it in a daze.
"I'll wait for you over there. Go put on some clothes before you come over." Zhou Wenzhe pointed outside and turned to leave.
Liu Zhimin looked down and realized that her outfit was a bit revealing. Her face instantly turned as red as an apple.
A moment later, Liu Zhimin, wearing a coat, came up to Zhou Wenzhe, took out the handkerchief from her pocket, and handed it to him.
"Oh, you don't carry this with you every day, do you?" Zhou Wenzhe smiled as he took the handkerchief, brought it to his nose, and smelled it; it had a faint floral scent.
Seeing his reaction, Liu Zhimin blushed again.
After smelling it, Zhou Wenzhe returned the handkerchief, saying, "I didn't come here to ask you for a handkerchief."
"Huh? What do you want from me?" Liu Zhimin took the handkerchief, clutched it in her hand, and looked at Zhou Wenzhe with surprise.
"I happened to be here today taking care of some things, and I thought I'd drop by to see you."
"Look at me?" Upon hearing this, Liu Zhimin's heart began to pound.
"Hmm, has the matter from last time been resolved?"
"What's wrong?"
"It's about you crying. Why are you crying?"
"Um...no."
"Can you tell me why you cried?"
"It's nothing," Liu Zhimin said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Maybe I can help you." Zhou Wenzhe had no other choice but to do this in order to complete the task.
"You want to help me? But... why do you want to help me?" Liu Zhimin knew that Zhou Wenzhe could help her, but they were not related. She couldn't just help her because they had only met once by chance.
Although she is young, she understands interpersonal relationships quite well.
She once learned a Chinese proverb in her Chinese class: "Those who offer unsolicited kindness are either treacherous or thieves."
I'm just a kid from an ordinary family. He couldn't possibly be helping me for money. So what else could it be for?
That must be her.
Thinking of this, she felt both proud and wary of Zhou Wenzhe. Although she had feelings for him, she would not sell herself out for the sake of debuting.
At the same time, Zhou Wenzhe received a system notification that his intimacy level with Liu Zhimin had dropped from 68 to 66.
I was clearly trying to help her.
Why did it drop?
However, he quickly understood the reason from Liu Zhimin's wary face.
It seems he was too hasty and caused the girl to misunderstand.
Sigh, let me explain.
"Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it. If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine too." Zhou Wenzhe said helplessly.
Seeing Zhou Wenzhe's sincere expression, Liu Zhimin began to wonder if she was overthinking things; perhaps he was just being kind.
Was it a bit too much to mistake him for that kind of person?
With this in mind, she said, "Actually... I cried because of my debut."
"Does the company have a new girl group debut plan recently?" Zhou Wenzhe had actually guessed this reason, so he was not surprised.
For trainees, the most important thing is to debut.
This is even more brutal than the college entrance examination.
If you don't do well on the college entrance exam, at least you still have a chance to take it again. If you work hard for a year, you might be able to get into your dream university the following year.
Once a trainee fails to debut, it is very difficult to have another chance to debut, especially in large companies, where they basically won't give you a second chance.
Just like Lee Chae-yeon, after failing to debut with JYP Entertainment, he could only try his luck with smaller companies.
She was lucky to have a platform like a talent show.
Debuting with a small company has a very low chance of becoming famous. Putting aside whether they can make money, in many cases the group will be gone before they even become known.
This is why everyone is willing to become a trainee at a big company, even if the competition is fierce and the chances are slim.
Starting your career at a large company guarantees at least a minimum standard; your maximum potential depends on luck and hard work.
"It used to be available, but it's been cancelled."
"I thought you were eliminated. Even if it's canceled this time, the company will still have a debut plan. Just wait and see."
"I'm already 19 years old. Many of my seniors have already debuted for several years." Of course, Yoo Jimin knew that SM Entertainment would definitely launch a new girl group, but age waits for no one. Who knows how many more years she would have to wait?
The older they get, the slimmer their chances of debuting become, especially for female trainees.
Not every female trainee is like Bae Joo-hyun.
"You're right." Zhou Wenzhe thought of Choi Sulli and Jung Soo-jung, whom he had just met. These two debuted when they were 14 or 5 years old, but there are others who debuted at the age of 24.
Bae Joo-hyun must have faced much more psychological pressure than Yoo Jimin back then; if she hadn't debuted, she wouldn't have had any way out.
But how can I help her? Should I form a new girl group for her and debut early?
The task gave me only three months, and now more than half a month has passed.
Zhou Wenzhe now has some understanding of this industry. Three months is not enough to build a new girl group from scratch. Just like IZTY, JYP Entertainment started preparing at least a year in advance.
From personnel selection, style formulation, and debut song selection, etc.
His task was to listen to her troubles and help her solve them.
Looking closely at the requirements of the task, it's not necessarily true that she has to debut within three months. As long as we alleviate her anxiety and give her a guaranteed debut spot, that would be fine.
Zhou Wenzhe could do that, but there had to be a legitimate reason for helping her. Otherwise, not only would Liu Zhimin suspect that he had other motives, but everyone else in SM Entertainment would also think so.
If the news gets out, won't Son Seung-wan, Lim Yoon-ah, and others all start to suspect him? How will he explain that then?
Does he only pity her because he feels sorry for her? But other trainees who can't debut are just as pitiful. Why doesn't he pity others?
Ugh, this is such a headache.
Looking at Zhou Wenzhe's unpredictable expression, Liu Zhimin felt a little strange. She was now somewhat certain that he genuinely wanted to help her and had no other motives.
This puzzled her a bit. Was her good luck about to arrive?
Or perhaps he really just felt sorry for himself.
That can't be...
He probably wanted to use this method to win her favor.
Thinking of this, her face flushed again.
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