The news of Tang Jinyan visiting Jintae Village spread like wildfire in Seoul. While Tang Jinyan was still talking to Quan Zhengyang, the people who should know already knew.
Everyone's first reaction was that Tang Jinyan was trying to send a message of peace. Maybe he knew he couldn't do it, so he took the initiative to send a message of "please be at ease."
No one took the confrontation between the men in black suits at the door to heart. After all, Tang Jinyan was also a big boss. If he only brought two or three kittens to the door, it would be embarrassing if he was blocked at the door and could not enter.
Only Quan Zhengyang knew that Tang Jinyan definitely didn't have good intentions.
Although he could not see through Tang Jinyan's scheme for the time being, he knew that Tang Jinyan was not so gentle, courteous, and thrifty.
Quan Zhengyang was vigilant as he watched Tang Jinyan's next move. He was shocked to find that this guy was playing with women …
In the despicable eyes of many people, Tang Jinyan had attended a music ceremony like 'Mama' just to fool around with women.
Yes, today was the day of the 2012 'mama' music festival.
(Note: The 2012 'mama' music festival was originally held on November 30th. For the sake of the plot, it was slightly adjusted a few days later.)
In reality, Tang Jinyan was wronged. He didn't want to go, nor did he want to go with Park Soyeon. He didn't even want to go …
Since the New Village Group included a music agency like C-JES Entertainment, it was natural for the chairman and CEO of the group to both receive invitations to the music festival. Moreover, the organizer of 'mama' was Mnet. It would be unbelievable if he wasn't invited.
Although 'mama' had already sent out an invitation when the New Village Group was established, 'mama' still sent one to him after the group was established.
Therefore, as the president of the New Village Group, he was invited to attend the ceremony together with Baek Chang-soo, the president of the New Village Group. Baek Chang-soo was also in charge of presenting an award for an unimportant award, so Tang Jinyan did not ask about it.
In fact, he had been so busy these days that he didn't have the time to pay attention to such trivial matters. He didn't even know what his mama's awards were, let alone the list of nominees.
Logically speaking, T-ara should have received some awards … Well, if T-ara's ostracism had not been resolved, they would have received nothing, but things were different now.
Even if "Day by Day" and "Sex Love" didn't achieve great results due to their own reasons, at the beginning of the year, when he hadn't met T-ara, their "Love Dovey" had won first place in twelve categories and was ranked first in the music source summary for half a year. Furthermore, they were hosted by Mnet, so it would be strange if they didn't win an award.
As for whether or not Girls' Generation and Apink were related, he didn't know.
One of them hadn't released a song this year, and as an outsider, he didn't know if a small group could win an award. As for the other group, they weren't even part of the A-list group.
However, logically speaking, they would also attend the ceremony … To be honest, this kind of gathering gave Tang Jinyan a headache. He still had lingering fears when he thought of the incident at the music center. He really did not want to attend.
However, after receiving three calls, he had to attend even if he didn't want to.
The first call was from Zheng Shunchen, "Brother Nine, Qian Changming and I put in a lot of effort in organizing this ceremony. You have to come and support us."
"Oh … Hahaha … I'll take a look. I'll definitely go when I have time."
"Tsk, no sincerity."
The second call was from Park Soyeon, "OPPA, we have three nominations tonight. Can you come and support us?"
"This …"
"Hmph … Are you afraid of meeting some people?"
"F * ck, I'm not afraid of anyone!"
"Then come."
The third call was from Baek Chang-soo, "Old Nine, I have something else to do tonight. The bank and tax department are coming over together today to do some capital accounting and tax-related arrangements. I'll treat them to dinner while I'm at it. I think I'll have to postpone Mama's dinner.
I already agreed to be the guest presenter last month, so it's not good to stand them up. As the company's CEO, you can present the award on my behalf. "
"This …"
"Work hard, Old Nine. You're no longer the person who hid in the cold and didn't dare to appear in the newspapers."
"I'm not talking about this. I've been on TV enough, this one won't make a difference …"
"Oh, so you're afraid of women?" Baek Chang-soo said sarcastically.
Tang Jinyan was annoyed, "F * ck, I'm going!"
"I've been busy these days, so I don't have time to pay attention to this. I don't even know what award I'm giving. You can look for Zheng Shunchen when the time comes."
"Okay …"
*****
Mnet studio, backstage lounge.
The well-dressed guests were all gathered in one place. When they saw Tang Jinyan, they all stood up and shook hands with him with very polite smiles.
The guests were of different levels. Some people knew about Tang Jinyan's black history, while others didn't.
Those who knew were also divided into different levels. Some looked at him with some scrutiny, while others looked at him with fear.
Tang Jinyan shook hands with them one by one. Everyone's reactions fell into his eyes, and he felt that it was quite interesting.
Even though he was far from being as influential as Kim Douhan was in his early years, to a certain extent, he was already in the process of achieving it.
Because he didn't see any disdain here, not even the slightest feeling of concealment — please believe that people who were in the underworld had an unparalleled sensitivity to things like "he doesn't think highly of me." They could feel it with just a few words.
In the early days, when they faced little girls like Jung Eun-thi, their faces were full of disdain.
But now, there was a large group of well-dressed elites, and not a single one of them looked at him with disdain.
There was no other reason than because they were afraid.
A gangster who was able to make it to the top of Seoul, and the underworld was trembling in fear. Who would dare to look down on him?
Who had the right to look down on him?
Black to the point where one couldn't distinguish between black and white. This was true blackness. It was much more frightening than pointing a gun at someone's temple in the past.
After greeting the guests, Zheng Shunchen laughed. "Brother Nine will be presenting the award on behalf of President Bai?"
Many people present were thinking about "Brother Nine" in front of everyone.
This son of the Zheng family was determined to tie himself to Tang Jinyan.
Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "Brother Six Bai had something to do at the last minute, so he asked me to apologize to MAMA's organizing committee."
"It's good that Brother Nine can come."
Zheng Shunchen's words were also what many people were thinking. Baek Chang-soo was a president in name, but everyone knew whose territory New Village Group was in.
"Speaking of which, what award did you arrange for him to present?
Don't tell me it's the biggest award … "
"Oh, it's just an ordinary award." Zheng Shunchen flipped through the memo in his hand. "Hmm … Best TV Original Soundtrack.
How about this, Brother Nine and Zhixiao XI will be presenting the award together? "
"Zhixiao is also here?"
"Zhixiao XI is one of the guest presenters. She's doing her makeup."
"Okay, with Zhixiao here, I won't make a fool of myself."
Everyone laughed. "President Tang, you must be joking. You've dealt with so many big occasions before. How can you make a fool of yourself here?"
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe a big star will come to receive the award, and his aura will explode?" Tang Jinyan joked as he took the memo from Zheng Shunchen and glanced at it.
Then, his face instantly turned pale.
2012 MAMA Music Awards, Best TV Original Soundtrack: Xu Renguo Jung Eun-thi.