Tang Jinyan quickly looked away from Pu Chulong and said to Choi Jin-ho, "President Cui has always been good to Eun-thi. I'm very grateful."
Choi Jin-ho was startled and then sighed in relief.
Tang Jinyan didn't say anything else and turned to leave.
A few minutes after he left, Choi Jin-ho and Pu Chulong were still standing there in silence.
After a long time, Pu Chulong whispered, "I'm sorry, President … I-I'll listen to President's orders."
Choi Jin-ho's mouth twitched. He flicked his sleeves and left. "Just listen to him."
Pu Chulong lost her strength and leaned against the wall in a daze.
This time, she had offended the president. Even if the president didn't talk about this in the future, she could only be an invisible person. She didn't have much hope for personal resources anymore.
However, when his figure flashed in her mind, Pu Chulong felt that … it didn't seem to be a very important matter.
When she returned to the practice room, the sisters surrounded her. "Oni, why is the president looking for you?"
Jung Eun-thi added, "Is that matter solved?"
Pu Chulong smiled. Eun-thi's temper was too rough. If it was someone else, she should have guessed that something was wrong.
Of course, it didn't matter if she guessed it. Pu Chulong wouldn't say anything that dampened the mood. She just turned to Hong Yuyu. "Yuyu's matter … is solved."
Hong Yu was stunned for a long time. Then, she jumped up and kissed Pu Chulong. "It was President Tang who helped, right?"
Pu Chulong smiled and wiped her face. "Yes, so the person you should kiss is Eun-thi."
"Mwah!"
Hong Yuyu hugged Jung Eun-thi and kissed her. The sisters all laughed. The practice room was suddenly filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere. The depression of the past few months was swept away.
Pu Chulong looked at the happy faces of the sisters. Her eyes fell on Jung Eun-thi's face.
Eun-thi was scratching her head as if she had a headache.
She knew what Eun-thi was troubled about. She felt that she owed Tang Jinyan a favor. With their awkward relationship, she really did not know how to repay him.
She was the same.
How could he return it?
During lunch, everyone realized that Pu Chulong had eaten a lot today. It was as if half a year of dieting had been in vain.
However, everyone was in a good mood today and ate a lot. No one thought much of it. They only thought that Oni was happy, so they let it be.
Jung Eun-thi was the only one who lowered her head to eat. She said in a low voice, "Since the first condition has been fulfilled, the other condition can be ignored …"
Pu Chulong smiled. "Since he likes it, then I'll let him be fat."
Jung Eun-thi chewed the rice in her mouth in a daze. After a long while, she mumbled, "He's not single."
Pu Chulong pursed her lips and remained silent.
*****
On the way back, Tang Jinyan received a call from the representative of DSR Steel, Hong Hezhong. "Hello, Mr. Tang. This is Hong Hezhong."
"Hello, Representative Hong."
"Thank you for your help regarding Acube."
Tang Jinyan chuckled. "If you want to thank me, you can sell Tang Dynasty's steel bars at a discount."
"Sure, sure!
How about returning the discount directly to your account? "
"I won't take the discount." Tang Jinyan smiled. "Tang Dynasty is my own blood and sweat."
"Mr. Tang is a righteous person."
Hong Hezhong praised. "Since that's the case, I hope that Mr. Tang can become the real President of Tang Dynasty soon."
Tang Jinyan laughed. "That's what I like to hear. I don't feel good being called President of a lousy association."
"Mr. Tang, if you need my help in the future, just let me know."
"We're all friends. There's no need to be so polite."
After hanging up, Tang Jinyan sighed.
He had not taken care of Tang Dynasty for a long time, and there were a lot of things to deal with. He was worried that if he left for too long, he would lose control of Tang Dynasty.
To him, Tang Dynasty was not only a foundation for him to take off. More importantly, he had kidnapped many people in the political and business circles. His influence was now half of the Seungulate Party and half of Tang Dynasty's. He could not afford to lose them.
Luckily, Su Shan from China had great support. Both parties had a huge stake in the company, and it was not easy for anything to go wrong.
But it was not good to rely on others' support. After the dust settled in Seoul, he still had to rush to Jeju Island.
He could not split himself …
The President had decided on his successor at the end of last year, and he had been delaying his inauguration. Of course, it was easy for problems to arise during this period, and that was why he had to be careful.
It was almost time, and the dust would settle in three days.
But the closer it was to the last day, the less problems there were.
In the last two weeks, the Prime Minister had already appointed a new Cheong Wa Dae confidential secretary team, the head of the National Security Bureau, the head of the Police Bureau, and various key cabinet ministers. Everything was settled.
If he still had to wait until now, it was either because the Prime Minister's control was too weak, or because he was in a chaotic world. Obviously, it was neither.
In other words, he had nothing to do in the last three days, and he could not leave. He could only wait.
Just as he was feeling frustrated, he received another call.
It was from the Prime Minister's new secretary, Mou Zhemin.
Tang Jinyan was a little surprised. He did not have much interaction with Secretary Mou. Could something have happened?
Mou Zhemin's voice was very cheerful: "President Tang, I hope I didn't disturb you."
Judging from his tone, it did not seem like something had happened. Tang Jinyan relaxed and smiled. "Receiving a call from Secretary Mou is the happiest thing!"
"Haha … I heard that President Tang has been surrounded by women recently. I don't dare to compare myself to them."
Mou Zhemin did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "It's like this, we will have artists perform at the inauguration ceremony on the 25th. Originally, it was only YG's PSY, but we thought about it and decided to ask for President Tang's opinion."
Tang Jinyan vaguely guessed something and said seriously: "Please go ahead."
"I heard that President Tang's girlfriend was unhappy because Ren Taixi claimed to be a fan … Actually, we are all on the same side, so we think we should invite them to perform a song …"
They decided to give T-ara some compensation … Who knows, maybe you were the one who asked the media to slander us?
Things had changed, and there was no point in haggling over the past. Since they took the initiative to express goodwill, Tang Jinyan was happy to accept: "Of course, but T-ara is under CJ …"
"Haha … That's not a big deal. Everyone knows that T-ara's name is related to you, President Tang, not President Li," Mou Zhemin said lightly: "Is Kim Kwang-soo worthy of my call?"
Tang Jinyan laughed: "Then I'll do as you say!"
It was the 22nd of February. T-ara went to Music Bank and won easily.
Just as everyone was lazily removing their makeup and preparing to go back, the waiting room door was pushed open and Tang Jinyan swaggered in. Everyone rolled their eyes at him, he put Park Soyeon on his lap and used a sponge to help her apply makeup: "I'm still the most beautiful round."
Park Soyeon ignored him and turned to her friends: "There are no plans for the next two days, where do you want to go?"
Tang Jinyan quickly said: "I have a good place to go …"
Park Soyeon looked at him from the corner of her eyes: "Where?
Don't tell me it's Acube. "
"Cough, how is that possible?"
"Where is it then?"
"Blue House."