On that day, Ren Taixi, the head of the Cheong Wa Dae Secretary Office and current presidential candidate, attended the opening ceremony of T-ara's official fan club. He took a photo with the girls backstage.
When the photo was posted on the website, even T-ara's fans were in disbelief. They claimed that this was T-ara's most glorious moment.
After Ren Taixi left contentedly, only then did Tang Jinyan appear backstage.
"Hey, Third Brother-in-law is here!" Park Ji-yeon shouted excitedly. "Brother-in-law, here, here!"
Tang Jinyan felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
This little girl, at first, was quite shy with strangers. She was also cold and aloof on stage, but as they got closer, he felt that she was more passionate and even funny.
In fact, this kind of girl had something in common with him. She was nice to whoever was nice to her, and it was very obvious.
Park Soyeon rolled her eyes and corrected her again. "Don't call him that. He has a girlfriend."
"Aiyaya, what's wrong with calling him in private …"
Park Soyeon could not do anything about it. She turned to Tang Jinyan and smiled. "How was it? I told you that we have a big shot coming to support us. You didn't believe me."
Tang Jinyan stopped smiling and said expressionlessly, "Yeah, I was scared shitless."
Park Soyeon observed his expression and found that he did not look good. She asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Since we're involved, it's too late to deny it."
Tang Jinyan said seriously, "This year, you must be careful with your words and actions. Don't do anything offensive, or it will be very troublesome."
The girls looked at each other, not quite understanding.
Only Li Juli stood aside with her arms crossed, deep in thought.
"Although I don't know what you said, I'll remember it." Park Soyeon smiled. "Thank you for helping us."
"It's nothing." Tang Jinyan laughed. "I'm your …"
"Friend!" The girls said in unison again.
Tang Jinyan stopped talking and shook his head.
Actually, what he wanted to say was the fans, but he didn't expect them to say that.
However, what they said was not wrong … Indeed, after interacting with each other for so long, everyone had become more and more familiar with each other. He had long since treated the entire group as his friends.
Alright, since you treat me as a friend, I will definitely help you.
*****
Tang Jinyan busied himself with his work while secretly keeping an eye on T-ara's movements.
Fortunately, there were no surprises in what happened next.
The following week was a peaceful one. After the mafia infiltrated the station, T-ara's audio source and radio broadcast score finally surpassed Superjunior's. It was temporarily ranked first in all categories, which was a good sign.
Tang Jinyan, who was secretly on guard, finally let go of his ominous worries and focused his energy on his various strategies.
"Zheng Shunchen's side is settled."
In Incheon Corporation, Lee Yoon-rim was making tea for Tang Jinyan. "He expressed interest in this business."
Tang Jinyan flipped through the cooperation agreement between Lee Yoon-rim and Zheng Shunchen and nodded. "He wants to achieve something to show the Zheng family. Relying on his own righteous ways won't work, so it's understandable that he would be interested in our cooperation."
"Actually … there are a lot of collateral descendants who have failed to achieve their goals. Many of them are very useful. I think we can make a list and slowly try to cooperate."
Lee Yoon-rim said, "We need to weave our own business network and spread our roots into the soil of the Republic of Korea step by step."
Tang Jinyan pondered. "Even if these people are collateral descendants, they may not be interested in us, who came from the mafia.
Let's cooperate with Zheng Shunchen for a while, then we'll know their attitude. "
Lee Yoon-rim smiled. "Zheng Shunchen's attitude is nothing to see."
"Why?"
"He sent me roses today."
"…" Tang Jinyan's mouth was wide open, and he held the teacup in a daze for a long time, unable to speak.
Lee Yoon-rim smiled faintly. "What's wrong?
What's so strange about someone chasing after me?
Am I not beautiful? "
Tang Jinyan smiled bitterly. "You're very beautiful, okay … but since you're old acquaintances, doesn't he know that you're a man?"
"In this day and age … as long as you're cute, men are more popular than women.
You're the only one who doesn't understand romance. "
"…" Tang Jinyan's lips twitched. "I don't understand the world of gays."
Lee Yoon-rim stretched lazily. "Alright, I can't be bothered with him.
Anyway, net-weaving takes time, and it's not something that can be done in a day or two.
We've just taken control of Incheon, and we'll operate steadily for a while. We'll sit back and collect the profits for a while before we talk about anything else. "
Tang Jinyan nodded. "Indeed. Everything is on the right track, and we're still waiting for the funds to come in. Let's stabilize things first before we talk about the future."
Lee Yoon-rim smiled. "So … after the commendation ceremony at the Incheon City Hall tomorrow, we'll socialize in the circle for three to five days. After that, you can focus on wooing your girl. You don't have to worry about things here anymore."
As though to support his statement, Tang Jinyan's cell phone rang. The caller ID showed that it was Jung Eun-thi.
"Tomorrow afternoon will be the first time we'll officially participate in the scoring!
It's the countdown. Are you coming to watch? "
"I can't make it tomorrow. The Incheon government is going to commend me, and there's a show to do." Tang Jinyan was somewhat apologetic. "I can't say for sure, but I'll have to socialize in the next few days."
"Oh …" Jung Eun-thi smiled understandingly. "You've got things to do first.
We won't have a chance this time anyway. "
"When you see Soyeon, help me cheer her on."
"Oh, okay."
Although T-ara's overall score was temporarily in first place this week, Tang Jinyan now understood that the final results still depended on the stage voting that day.
In terms of stage voting, it had always been difficult for a girl group to compare with a boy group.
The reason was simple. There were many passersby listening to the music source and on-demand streaming. The fan base did not necessarily play a big role, so they were evenly matched.
As for stage voting, other than fans, which passersby had nothing better to do?
Therefore, this score mainly depended on the number of fans.
The fan base of a girl group was obviously incomparable to that of a boy group, because most of the fans were young girls.
Even if all the votes were cast, it was just a drop in the bucket in front of a fan base that was easily tens of thousands.
So far, there was only one girl group that could surpass a top boy group like SJ in this category.
They were Girls' Generation.
It was obvious what kind of existence Girls' Generation was in the girl group world in this era.
There was a saying that Korean girl groups were divided into two echelons. The other girl groups were in one echelon, while Girls' Generation was alone in the other echelon. This was a terrifying pressure, and T-ara's goal was very difficult.
Sometimes, Tang Jinyan felt that T-ara's goal was very illusory, like an unreachable dream.
In short, Tang Jinyan did not care about the symbolic meaning of this kind of voting. He only cared about the results. It was fine as long as they won by one place in the overall score. As for what kind of score they won by, it did not matter.
After ending the call, he directly dialed Lee Eun-suk's number. "Tomorrow's PM!
Countdown voting, don't forget. "
"Cough … They have hundreds of thousands of fans working hard to vote. What's the use of us?"
"Whether it's useful or not is one thing, whether to do it or not is another."
"Okay, Brother Nine …" Lee Eun-suk suddenly said with a smile, "Actually … you think you're being loyal, but won't others think you're hitting on her?"
Tang Jinyan was stunned, and said angrily, "Who would be as vulgar as you guys!"
"Okay, okay, okay, we're vulgar, we're vulgar …" Lee Eun-suk said with a smile, "For tomorrow's commendation ceremony, our civilized President Tang has to dress up nicely. Speaking of which, what about your tattoo?
You should at least wash the one on your arm, right? "
Tang Jinyan covered his forehead with a sad face. "Eun-suk, the two green dragons that have been with me for seven or eight years are leaving me … What will I do when I become a seven-headed dragon?"
"It doesn't matter how many dragons, we don't need to rely on this anymore.
We don't even have a primary school diploma, so we're not afraid of the military service. It doesn't matter even if we wash it clean … "
"Then why don't you wash the bear on your body!"
"F * ck, this is the Zuaman War Bear!
It's out of print! "
"Idiot …"
After hanging up the phone, Tang Jinyan looked at the two dragons on his left and right arms and sighed.
Lee Yoon-rim looked at him for a while and blinked. "Didn't you sigh that the nine-tattooed dragon was taken? Isn't it good that you can call yourself a seven-tattooed dragon now?"
Tang Jinyan said angrily, "I'm nine years old. What's the point of calling myself a seven-tattooed dragon?"
Lee Yoon-rim chuckled for a while, and her face slowly became serious again. "It's good that it's gone … It seems to mean that you've slowly washed away some things and walked out of a new world."
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