The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 116 Who Slept With Whom (Two in One)

"Is your team leader here?"

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang, I'm here."

Outside the office, hurried footsteps were heard. Pei Yongjun looked up and saw Zhang Jiyuan walking towards him in a hurry.

"Ah, Yongjun." Their eyes met, Zhang Jiyuan greeted him, and walked in quicken his pace.

"Is this a convenient time?"

"It's convenient, Brother Jiyuan." Pei Yongjun stood up and pointed at the sofa. "Sit down, Eunbi, pour me a cup of coffee."

Quan Enfei poked her head out of the door and responded, "Okay, Team Leader."

"No, no," Zhang Jiyuan sat down, waved his hand, and moved closer to him. Just as he was about to speak, he stood up and closed the office door. He turned around and sat back in front of Pei Yongjun, and said in a somewhat anxious tone, "I've heard some information about that Kakao matter."

"This is not the same as the big advertising deal the president mentioned earlier."

"That's a Kakao Talk ad, and this is a Kakao M ad. It's promotional expenses."

Kakao M is a subsidiary of Kakao. M stands for Music and is responsible for the group's entertainment business, including the most popular music software in the peninsula, Melon.

Kakao M is a major player in the entertainment industry, controlling the core distribution channels. For Hanjiang Sports, it is naturally a top-tier, high-quality advertiser.

"I heard someone say that someone at Kakao M seemed to be his classmate, so they took the initiative to approach him. Their attitude was very positive."

"So that's how it is." Pei Yongjun nodded.

"Yongjun, what do you mean by 'so that's how it is?'" Zhang Jiyuan slapped his thigh at Pei Yongjun, who looked calm. "Why are you so calm? Even though it's different from the Kakao Talk ad now, who knows if it will become the same in the future."

"This matter has not been finalized yet. Should we give him..."

Zhang Jiyuan lowered his voice, blinked his eyes, and made a scissors gesture.

The advertising contract has not been finalized yet, so there is still room for action.

He was really anxious.

Zhang Jiyuan is still waiting for the Kakao advertisement to be confirmed so that he can get a share of the advertising fees. If Zhao Dongxu really intercepts this matter, he may not be able to get a single sip of the soup.

Having placed his bets on Bae Yong-jun, he was even more reluctant to see Zhao Dongxu make a comeback by hooking up with Kakao.

"There's nothing to worry about." Pei Yongjun replied.

Seeing Zhang Jiyuan's eyes wide open, he was about to say something, but Pei Yongjun held his arm and said, "There's no point in worrying, Jiyuan. Advertising fees are too important to the newspaper right now. So no matter what, Kakao M must be done to the best of its ability. We can't cause any more trouble for the president."

"You, ah," Zhang Jiyuan looked at him twice and sighed, "Yongjun, I really admire you for being able to understand the big picture and repaying kindness. The president was right about you."

"What a pity, good people always suffer in this world."

He sighed for a while, and seeing that Pei Yongjun seemed to have made up his mind, he stood up, patted Pei Yongjun on the shoulder, and said firmly, "Yongjun, don't worry, I will definitely stand by you."

"Brother Jiyuan, I will never forget." Pei Yongjun smiled.

"Then I believe you." Zhang Jiyuan laughed, "Let's go. I'll tell you when I have news."

He turned and left. Pei Yongjun waved to Quan Enfei who had just brought coffee. Just as he was about to leave the office area, a group of people suddenly rushed in at the door.

Leading the way was the editor-in-chief Zhao Dongxu, followed by a few unfamiliar people wearing suits and looking quite imposing.

"Editor-in-Chief nim." Bae Yong-jun greeted him, and Liu Chengzhu and others also stood up.

Zhao Dongxu glanced at Pei Yongjun with a forced smile, then looked at Zhang Jiyuan beside him, "Editor Zhang, are you busy here?"

Zhang Jiyuan's face changed.

Zhao Dongxu's smile was even more smug. He stepped aside and let the person behind him sit in the middle. "This is Director Yu Qinghao from Kakao M. He's here to discuss advertising at the newspaper."

"Hello, Director Yu." Pei Yongjun nodded at him.

Yu Qinghao was of medium build, looked to be around thirty years old, and wore black-framed glasses. He looked him in the eye and said, "Who is this..."

"This is Editor-in-Chief Pei and Editor-in-Chief Zhang." Zhao Dongxu glanced at the office area and smiled. "The conditions are very simple. I'm sorry to bother you. I'll take you around somewhere else."

The group walked out again, but before leaving, Yu Qinghao turned around and looked at Pei Yongjun.

"Oh, so fast?" Zhang Jiyuan walked quickly to the door, watched the group of people walk into the office area next door, and turned to look at Pei Yongjun.

He was surprised that Kakao M and his team had arrived at the newspaper office so quickly. "It seems Zhao Dongxu really has some connections, otherwise why would Kakao M be so accommodating?"

"Team leader, what's going on?" Liu Chengzhu walked over without knowing what was going on.

"Sung Soo..." Zhang Jiyuan whispered to him.

After listening to a few words, his expression became serious.

"Team leader, he is leading people in a demonstration." Liu Chengzhu saw Zhao Dongxu's intention.

Pei Yongjun said nothing, walked to the door, looked in the direction where the group disappeared, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Team leader?" On the other side of the corridor, Quan Enfei came over with a coffee pot and coffee. She looked at the people standing at the door with some confusion. Just as she was about to ask something, a group of people rushed out of the office area over there.

It was Zhao Dongxu and his group. There were more people behind them. The three groups working over there also had people following behind them. The crowd was packed into the corridor.

"Ah, would you like some coffee?" Zhao Dongxu looked at Pei Yongjun and the others, then glanced at the coffee pot in Quan Enfei's hand and smiled, "So leisurely, haha."

He was the only one laughing.

The people in the newspaper office behind him looked at Pei Yongjun, then looked at him again, and no one dared to speak.

"Just to refresh yourself." Pei Yongjun replied indifferently.

"Refresh yourself?" Zhao Dongxu raised his eyebrows. "Then Editor Pei, you should have a good rest. We'll go discuss the specific promotion plan with Director Yu."

He walked closer to Pei Yongjun and lowered his voice, but with a hint of pride, "Yongjun, if you want to be an editor-in-chief, it's useless to just do news."

"Ah?" He patted Pei Yongjun's shoulder and laughed.

"You guys can rest here. You don't have to attend the meeting."

"Why don't you let us participate?" Liu Chengzhu retorted.

"Don't you all skip the weekly morning meeting?" Zhao Dongxu looked at him, put away his smile, and said sternly, "Why do you want to come now?"

"You..." Liu Chengzhu was speechless.

Zhao Dongxu glanced at the obedient people in the newspaper office behind him, and smiled again, as if he felt his prestige was restored.

I will use my classmates' connections to get in touch with Director Yu, and then I will get involved in Kakao Talk's advertising. As for Pei Yongjun, he should just focus on getting his own news.

Dong-A News Awards?
joke.

"Do you have any requirements for the team responsible for this promotion? No matter who it is, we will definitely meet their requirements."

"Director Yu, let's go and talk in the conference room." He pointed the way, looked at Yu Qinghao, and smiled warmly, "Please."

Yu Qinghao did not move.

"Director?" Zhao Dongxu was stunned for a moment and repeated, "Over here."

The next second, Yu Qinghao's words made Zhao Dongxu's face change drastically.

"Editor-in-Chief Pei is not going?" Yu Qinghao looked at Zhao Dongxu.

"Uh, no, he..."

"But, we're planning to let Editor-in-Chief Pei Yongjun take charge of this promotion." He glanced at Pei Yongjun, then at Zhao Dongxu, who was standing in front of him in disbelief. "This is our established plan."

"Editor-in-Chief Zhao, this should be okay, right?"

The corridor was completely silent. Everyone suddenly realized that they were hallucinating as they looked at Bae Yong-jun who looked normal and Woo Kyung-ho who was looking at him affectionately.

Shit, who the hell is this guy Pei Yongjun?! "How is it, Editor Zhao, should it be okay?" Yu Qinghao asked again.

"I, I..." Zhao Dongxu looked at Yu Qinghao blankly, as if he couldn't accept this reality.

What exactly is going on?

Wasn’t it introduced by your classmate?
Why did you suddenly side with Pei Yongjun?

Who exactly is Bae Yong-joon?

Everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and his mind was in a mess and buzzing.

"Director Yu, this matter, this, this..." Zhao Dongxu stood there for a long time, but couldn't even utter a complete sentence, and his voice became more and more trembling.

"Go find the president." Yu Qinghao seemed to have lost his patience, waved his hand, and said to the person next to him.

"Editor Pei, let's go." He glanced at Pei Yongjun and smiled, "See you in the conference room."

After that, he led a few people towards the meeting room.

"Stop standing there," Pei Yongjun looked at the people at the newspaper office standing there in a daze behind Zhao Dongxu, "Accompany Director Yu."

"Okay, okay." Everyone finally reacted and hurriedly followed. No one cared about Zhao Dongxu anymore.

In the middle of the corridor, only Zhao Dongxu was left standing alone.

"I'm going to the conference room, Brother Jiyuan, come with me." Pei Yongjun looked at Zhang Jiyuan.

"Oh, good, good." Zhang Jiyuan seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face. "Yongjun, so you already have a solution?"

"No wonder you're not in a hurry," he said, as if suddenly realizing something. "That's amazing."

"Let's talk about it after we're done." Pei Yongjun smiled.

"Ok, ok! Let's get going first."

The two walked towards the meeting room, but suddenly Zhao Dongxu's hoarse voice came from behind Pei Yongjun.

"and many more!"

Pei Yongjun stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Dongxu.

Zhao Dongxu, who was quite imposing just now, seemed to have collapsed, his back and waist became weak, and he looked shorter, showing the decrepit look of a man in his fifties.

He was breathing heavily and looking straight at Pei Yongjun.

"Editor-in-chief, do you want to go with us?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"Pei Yongjun..." Zhao Dongxu's voice was hoarse, his eyes half-closed, and his tone was full of unwillingness, "Who do you belong to?"

"Tell me," he took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to grab Pei Yongjun's arm, staring at Pei Yongjun as if he had to get some answer, "Who do you belong to..."

"What are you doing here?"

"tell me!"

"Editor-in-Chief, nim," Pei Yongjun looked into his somewhat cloudy eyes and said softly, "I'm the president's man. Could it be that the editor-in-chief..."

"Aren't you?"

"If you're not, why are you even here?"

Pei Yongjun raised his other hand and with a little force, he broke his hand away. "If you can't even deal with the president, why are you asking others for help?"

After that, he turned and left.

Zhao Dongxu behind him lost all his strength, leaned against the wall and slowly slid down to the ground.

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In the conference room, the projection screen was playing the newspaper's introduction.

"It's okay, President Lin, no need to look at it, just bring the contract." Yu Qinghao waved his hand and interrupted Lin Bingxian's introduction.

"This, this..." Lin Bingxian was still a little confused. He had never seen such a straightforward advertiser. He didn't mention any conditions or list any indicators. He only listened to the basic situation of the newspaper for a few minutes and wanted to sign the contract directly.

No, not without conditions.

Lim Byung-hun looked at Bae Young-jun who was sitting next to him.

Yu Qinghao's only condition was that the promotion fee be handed over to Bae Yongjun.

If he hadn't verified Yu Qinghao's identity again and again, he would have thought he had met a scammer.

"President Lin, please sign it." Yu Qinghao waved his hand, and the person behind him handed him a folder containing a contract that had been prepared long ago.

Lin Bingxian took it and looked through it, but he couldn't find any traps. The terms were extremely simple, and even the party A's part had been signed and stamped.

"President Lin, please hurry up! I'm in a hurry." Yu Qinghao looked at his watch. "It's only 300 million yuan for advertising. Why are there so many rules and regulations?"

A low exclamation was heard in the conference room, and it was obvious that people were stunned by Yu Qinghao's behavior.

Kakao is a giant in the peninsula's Internet industry and is very wealthy, as everyone knows. However, seeing that a 300 million contract was signed as easily as drinking water, everyone was quite shocked.

"Director Yu, what exactly are we going to do with this advertising fee?" Lin Bingxian insisted.

"Whatever you want to do, just do whatever you want. Speak more positively of our company, take more good-looking photos of our artists, and avoid posting negative material."

Yu Qinghao's tone was a bit frivolous. He waved his hand and seemed quite casual. "Anyway, these are the things that happen in the newspaper office. You understand better than me."

"Editor-in-Chief Pei, is everything okay? Is this money enough?" He looked at Pei Yongjun with interest.

“It doesn’t seem to be enough.”

Pei Yongjun's words shocked everyone again.

He shook his head slowly, "It seems it's not enough."

Yu Qinghao's face changed. With a bang, he slammed the table, stood up, and stared at Pei Yongjun in front of him.

The meeting room suddenly became tense.

"Yongjun," Lim Byung-hun was startled, "What are you talking about!"

Pei Yongjun didn't say anything and looked at Yu Qinghao.

In silence, everyone felt like the day was passing by, but suddenly Yu Qinghao burst into laughter.

"Okay!" He laughed heartily. "Then increase it! Increase it to 500 million!"

"Editor Pei, you are very smart!"

In a daze, the 500 million advertising contract was signed.

Except for Pei Yongjun, everyone seemed to be in a dream.

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On the terrace of the newspaper office, Bae Young-jun and Woo Kyung-ho stood together, looking at the boring scenery outside the building.

The assistants were redrafting the contract, but Woo Kyung-ho said he wanted to talk to Bae Young-jun, so the two of them went to the terrace.

Although he said he had something to say, Yu Qinghao didn't say anything. He just stared at Pei Yongjun carefully, as if he was pondering some mysterious question.

After a long pause, he finally asked with curiosity on his face, "Editor Pei, did you sleep with Jieun? Or did she sleep with you?"

Pei Yongjun raised his eyebrows and his eyes moved slightly.

(End of this chapter)