The number one playboy on the Peninsula!

Chapter 151 Kim Ji-soo's Ear Piercing
SM Building, inside the president's office.

Lee Soo Man paid close attention to the report handed over by his subordinates. Red Velvet's comeback performance this time was very good. In today's music promotion, the title song "Bad Boy" won the first place. Without the competition from the Big Fog group, if nothing unexpected happens, they will win the championship for a while.

The title song "Bad Boy" also performs well in terms of sound source...

The better this song performs, the stronger Lee Soo-man's obsession becomes. His once heartfelt praise for "the beauty that unifies the Peninsula aesthetic" has long since been somewhat refuted by public opinion. In the eyes of fans, she's more than just Peninsula.
Tarot is Armani's new Asia-Pacific spokesperson. In the promotional video, he transforms European and American supermodels into bodyguards, showing off his fashionable expression. He has already attracted many fans' attention.

A renowned local painter will soon exhibit Tarot's portraits at the Louvre with his muse. A cartoonist has even created a passionate music comic based on Gong Cheng... Bombardment Meteor was established, and several songs from its debut album are soaring on the B-list.

The final album chart broke the best record in the history of K-pop in Peninsula, etc. Any one of them is a remarkable achievement when taken alone, and any artist will be called a popular artist.

He has been dominating the trending searches since his debut, and has been involved in constant scandals, but this has not affected his fan base at all... How can one person become so famous in so many different ways?
Lee Soo-man paused his thoughts, put down the report on Red Velvet's comeback, sighed, and picked up the phone. "Ask Park Chanyeol and Oh Se-hun from XO to come to the office."

One kai in exchange for two places is not a loss.

……

Inside EXO's practice room, Park Chanyeol lay on the sofa, watching his father constantly urging him on the phone, wanting to take the opportunity to slip away. He quietly patted the lazy Wu Sehun and said, "Sehun, I'm leaving first."

Wu Sehun looked at him with disdain, probably guessing that this guy might be going to see his mother again.

"Chanyeol, Sehun, you two, come out for a moment." Outside the practice room door, the agent walked in, waved at the two of them, and looked at them with scrutiny. He had no idea what these two guys had done to cause the president to call him personally.

"Yes, brother." Park Chanyeol put down the outer ring he had just picked up, looked at Wu Sehun with some confusion, and then walked out.

As they entered the elevator, the agent reminded them with a rather unhappy expression, "President Lee Soo-man, I need to see you. Have you guys gotten into any trouble recently?"

"Teacher Lee Soo Man?" Park Chanyeol opened his mouth in surprise: "Ani, how could we possibly get into trouble?"

"Could it be something related to personal schedule?"

He lowered his head and pondered. Last October, the company launched the EXO-CBX sub-unit. Could it be his turn? But then he thought again, it seemed unlikely. Last year's CBX sub-unit's performance was mediocre, and the company's current focus was on the younger generation, NCT...

As for Wu Sehun’s idea, a small team?

Maybe, but the guy next to me might be a possibility. Himself? I should think about when to invite Gong Cheng out for a drink.

……

"Drunk, I missed you~"

Gong Cheng was lying on the sofa in the box, taking a selfie and forwarding it to 'first team girlfriend' Lim Nayeon, 'first team ex-girlfriend' Zhao Meiyan, 'first team underground girlfriend' Son Chaeyoung, 'second team substitute girlfriend' Minatozaki Sana, and 'water dispenser manager' Ming Jingmin.

"You're so busy..."

Lin Yingxiong curled his lips and took a sip of wine.

"Good night. Got it. I'll drink less." Gong Cheng replied to Chou Tzuyu's message before putting his phone down and changing the subject with a chuckle: "Bombardment Meteor has expanded to seven members. I'm really looking forward to the fans' expressions when that happens..."

"I think the media is more excited, after all, the Seoul Big Three are reuniting." Park Jae-beom said with a joking smile, then thought of Jackson, Park Chanyeol, and Oh Se-hun: "I wonder what the expressions of those three will be when they hear this news?"

"Who cares? You'll be so moved you'll cry, right?"

Gong Cheng made a joke with a smile, and then the phone next to him rang.

"Ashi! Come on, come on."

He shook the phone in his hand, which showed an incoming call from Park Chanyeol: "Where are you?"

"In Jiangnan, at the club where we gathered last time." Gong Cheng answered the phone and could tell that the man was in a hurry. If nothing unexpected happened, Wu Sehun should be by his side.

"Sehun and I will be there soon." Park Chanyeol said, "Sehun will pay for tonight's expenses. It's really worth it for me to introduce you to so many trainees and female idols..."

"..." Gong Cheng immediately hung up the phone. Why does this guy keep talking about trainees and female idols?
"Jackson, I'll be here soon." After Park Jae-bum sent Jackson Wang his location, he looked up and said, "This guy just called you and got a busy signal, so he called me. I guess Pdnim has already discussed this with him."

"Ah! What a pity, we're missing Lay." Lin Yingxiong took a sip of wine and thought of Zhang Yixing who was running a schedule in China.

After a while, the atmosphere in the box became more lively. Jackson, Park Chanyeol and Oh Sehun arrived, and everyone started toasting each other again.

"..."

"Ah Xi! Brother Yingxiong, how did you escape from drinking?"

"How about I call two trainees?"

"..."

Park Chanyeol and Wu Sehun sat next to Gong Cheng and clinked their glasses with him: "Thank you..."

They were in Lee Soo Man's office and heard that the company originally wanted to add Kai, who was in the same group, to Bombardment Meteor, but Gong Cheng refused and instead gave their two names.

Ultimately, it's because of personal relationship.

"What's there to thank me for? Sehun, come and dance with me, Chanyeol, come and rap, I can just do some free time." Gong Cheng swallowed his drink, lay down on the sofa, and joked with a smile.

"I'll just be a backup dancer..." Oh Se-hun shrugged and exchanged a fist bump with Gong Sung. He didn't consider whether joining Bombardment Meteor was a good or bad idea. If he did, Lee Soo-man had already given the answer.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have tried so hard to squeeze in Kai, who has been promoted by XO since its debut.

"Sure, whatever you want." Park Chanyeol smiled and put his arm around Gong Cheng's shoulders. It wasn't his responsibility to deal with the sub-group, but now something more attractive than the sub-group had arrived. No, I have to introduce a few more female idols to this kid! After all, he's still a brother.

"Oh, I was just kidding..."

"Let's have some fun together."

Gong Cheng looked at the two brothers' serious expressions and explained. Regarding Bombardment Meteor, expanding from four to seven players wasn't a bad idea, considering these three selections. He didn't really care about the outside world's comments about waiting to reach the top.

Park Chanyeol, however, was a bit drunk. He stared at the wine in his glass and sighed, "Reaching the top..."

Since last year, the focus of xo's activities has gradually shifted from the group to the individuals, especially after the experiences and that incident in the past two years. The word "reaching the top" seems to have not been mentioned by the members for a long time.

"What do you mean by reaching the top? We are going to build the top!" Park Jae-bum corrected with a curled lip. He didn't have many personal schedules this year. In the past two years, apart from personal tours and album releases, he only appeared on two variety shows at most to keep active.

Seeing that the current group is becoming more and more prosperous, he can't help but want to focus on the group this year.

"Let's drink..."

……

On February 12, JYP's official website once again released a preview poster for Gong Cheng's first full-length album. Regarding the concept of the new song that netizens have been speculating about, in this poster, the concept of the first half of the album seems to be much clearer.

The poster-perfect aerial shot captures a black sea, its surging waves creating ripples on the horizon like a diffuse black flame. Gong Cheng treads amidst the surging, oppressive waves, the black water engulfing his lower body, his bare upper body revealing his wild, broad shoulders. Against a backdrop of black and gray, he raises his lonely face and gazes at the sky.

From the angle of the sky, Gong Cheng's figure in the black sea looked more like a flickering flame at the center of a candle, pulsing and burning in a turbulent and lonely manner.

"Oh my! Tarot has an amazing figure!"

"Shit! I'm so excited for Tarot's new song! Come on, March 1st!"

"Stop tempting me, woooo! Just tempt me! I'm opening my mouth, ready to suck Oppa~"

"These preview posters are so depressing. I feel so lonely..."

"When will the pre-sale channel open? Shit! JYP!"

"..."

On February 15, the expansion of Bombardment Meteor's membership was completed. Jackson, Park Chanyeol, and Oh Sehun signed contracts separately, and Bombardment Meteor has seven members in the limited group.

Park Jin-young and Gong Sung were photographed walking into the SM building by many media outlets. As soon as the photos were released, they immediately sparked a lot of speculation online.

"Are you discussing the contract renewal for the four members of Bombardment Meteor?"

"Shit! It really is an SM card contract! I'm going to kill Lee Soo Man! The sinner of the Great Cold Netherworld!"

"If Bombardment Meteor disbands, Lee Soo Man will die!"

“Wow, oppa is really working hard for Bombardment Meteor, Rem…”

"..."

In EXO's practice room, after knowing that Park Chanyeol and Oh Sehun from the group had joined Bombardment Meteor, the expressions of the other members were somewhat interesting in Gong Cheng's opinion.

After arriving at Lee Soo Man's office with Park Jin Young, Gong Cheng talked about Bombardment Meteor's plan to come back. After all, the entire group now has 3 members from SM. With the inclination of various resources such as publicity and promotion, many things still need to be communicated with SM.

Lee Soo Man listened to Gong Sung's thoughts on Bombardment Meteor's comeback and nodded in appreciation.

Park Jin-young's face turned a bit ugly. Wasn't the way this old man looked at Xiao Cheng a little too obvious? He was trying to poach someone right in front of him?
"Bombardment Meteor's comeback will be announced in mid-March. We'll then release a live broadcast of the contract renewal after the Seoul Music Awards, announcing to fans that all Bombardment Meteor members have renewed their contracts." Gong Cheng pondered for a moment before saying seriously, "At the end of March, we'll announce Jackson's joining. We'll then announce Chanyeol and Sehun's joining in 15-day cycles, and release behind-the-scenes footage of their filming sessions on their respective official announcement dates."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked outside the door. At this time, Park Chanyeol and Oh Sehun should be filming and interviewing for their contract signing with Bombardment Meteor, right?
"As for the return date, it will be at the end of May or early June, depending on the progress."

"I hope Mr. Lee Soo Man can pay attention to the members' schedules." Gong Cheng chuckled and expressed his thoughts on the group's comeback. The schedules of Park Jae Bum, Lim Young-woong and Jackson are easy to arrange. The former two's agencies can basically make the decisions themselves.

As for Jackson Wang, since Park Jin-young asked him to join Bombardment Meteor, he naturally doesn't have to worry about his schedule.

"Don't worry, I'll make the arrangements." Lee Soo Man responded with a smile, then asked, "So, what are your thoughts on this album? We have a lot of excellent songs in SM's music library..."

Park Jin-young is getting a little restless. Doesn’t our JYP have one?
"I haven't thought about the songs yet." Gong Cheng shrugged. The most important thing at the moment is his first full-length album. As for Bombardment Meteor's official announcement and comeback after the release of his personal album, they can also build on each other's popularity.

At least in the first half of the year, his voice was the only one in the entire K-pop world.

"I have an idea for the album title: 'Gemini & Gemini'. Based on Bombardment Meteor's comeback date, it's probably going to be between the end of May and the end of June. This is Gemini, so that's the official date when Bombardment Meteor will be complete and fully formed."

"..."

……

On February 17, the famous local painter Lee.k came to JYP to meet his long-cherished muse, and brought with him two portraits he painted for Gong Cheng.

Gong Cheng talked to the painter about the album cover. After listening to what he wanted to express, the painter agreed very readily.

"..."

At 6 p.m., Kim Ji-soo, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, arrived at the SK Olympic Handball Stadium in Seoul. Twice, the group her good friend Lim Nayeon is a member of, was holding their current tour concert at this venue.

She looked at the front row tickets Lin Nayeon had given her while talking on the phone: "I know, no need to bother. I'm at the entrance of the venue. No need to find someone to pick me up. I'll go backstage to see you after your concert, Huai Ting~"

After hanging up the phone, she checked her ticket and walked smoothly into the venue, finding her seat. Staring at the empty stage, she was curious about the so-called friend her friend had been talking about since last year. In fact, Kim Ji-soo had already had some suspicions.

The friends that Lin Nayeon mentioned might be the members of their group, but due to their professional identities, they can't say it clearly.

It's not like she hasn't asked Lin Nayeon this question before, but her friend refused to answer. But it seems that her friend and that bad boy have been making good progress recently?

Thinking of this, her originally depressed mood improved a lot. Whether it was Zhao Meiyan or Lin Nayeon, she was doing a very good job as a military advisor!

Miyeon and that jerk & petty Gong Cheng seem to be getting along better and better?
Kim Ji-soo chuckled, feeling quite accomplished. She hadn't expected herself to be such a great love savvy. It was no exaggeration to say that she even thought she understood Gong Cheng and that 'bad boy' better than Zhao Mi-yeon and Lim Na-yeon did.

……

"Why don't you go through the work corridor? Why don't you go backstage?"

Outside the venue, Park Jae-Bum pressed the hood of his sweatshirt and asked the youngest member next to him in confusion.

"Keep it a secret. I didn't tell the members of Twice that I was going to see their concert." Gong Cheng said with a smile, took out two concert tickets from his pocket and handed one to Park Jae-bum.

As early as two days ago, the members of Twice asked him if he had any plans tonight and whether he wanted to watch their concert.

Gong Cheng didn't rush to agree at the time. Instead, he used his schedule yesterday as an excuse: "It's a surprise."

"Vulgar." Park Jae-bum curled his lips in disdain. He had nothing to do at his company today, but Gong Cheng called him over. After a moment's thought, he came to his senses. This youngest member was using him as a shield.

Even if the media photographed him appearing at Twice's concert, the outside world would not think much of it.

But actually, it doesn’t matter even if they are photographed. What could happen if senior students from the same company come to attend their senior’s concert?
Gong Cheng didn't know what Park Jae-bum was thinking. As the tenth member of Twice, how could he not attend Twice's concert? How could he not come to reunite? Uh-huh~
As for Park Jae-bum, he came here alone because he felt bored.

"Brother, this is the difference between you and me." Gong Cheng glanced at him with disdain. He had something even more vulgar. He even asked someone to prepare a bouquet of flowers and put it backstage at Twice!

"Yeah! Got it. After all, I can't have my feet on two boats. No, three? Oh no~ four?"

"Ashi! Judging from your expression, there's still something else, right?"

Park Jae-Bum originally wanted to tease the youngest member, but seeing his disdainful expression...

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gong Cheng saw that the line of people at the entrance not far away had thinned out. He then checked the time and saw that the concert was about to begin. He yawned and said, "Come on in, brother. It's almost starting."

……

In the lounge backstage at the concert, Twice members were making final preparations. Jeongyeon glanced at her friend, her face puffed up with anger, and her teeth grinding.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

"It's okay." Lin Nayeon shook her head sullenly. In her heart, she wanted to strangle Gong Cheng to death. He had clearly promised in bed that night that he would come to the concert! He had said it so affectionately and seriously...

Ah Xi! Kim Ji-soo is right, all men are bad!

"Why doesn't Oppa come? Isn't it said that "Goblin" is about to be wrapped? The filming should be a lot easier." Zhou Ziyu pursed her lips and thought seriously.

Kim Dahyun glanced at the other members. Oh no! Most of them looked unhappy. Unable to resist, she pulled out her phone and opened the chat box of that oppa, asking, "Can't you come to the concert tonight, oppa?"

After a while, when Kim Da-hyun saw Gong Cheng's reply, her blood pressure rose with anger.

"Drinking~"

The tone of the reply was incredibly casual, and it was just completely jerkish...

She really wanted to throw this news in the faces of Son Chaeyoung, Chou Tzuyu, Minatozaki Sana, Lim Nayeon... Look, this is that bastard~ But she still suppressed the impulse.

As smart as tofu, Kim Dahyun could sense that the relationship between that oppa and the four members was not simple, but the problem was that she noticed it, but some people who were still dozing off on the sofa and those who were laughing happily did not notice it!

Tofu would never dare to flip the table.

……

Gong Cheng casually replied to Kim Da-hyun's message, then looked down at the seat number and sat next to Park Jae-bum.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Park Jae-fan's surprised voice. Did I meet someone I know?

"Jisoo?" Park Jae-bum looked at the little girl sitting next to him in surprise. Isn't this a member of BLACKPINK, the new girl group launched by YG last year?

Jisoo? Gong Cheng couldn't remember who this person was. After all, it was a stage name, not his real name. In Peninsula, the rate of duplicate names was extremely high, especially in the entertainment industry, where competition for names was fierce.

It's like whoever is popular has the right to the name. Especially Suzy, Jisoo and so on, it's so confusing!
"Kim Ji-soo?" Gong Cheng glanced sideways and recognized the girl sitting next to Park Jae-bum.

"Yes, senior." Kim Ji-soo greeted and looked at Park Jae-bum and Gong Sung beside her with surprise. She didn't expect that they would also come to see Twice's concert, but when she thought about the fact that Gong Sung and Twice belonged to the same agency, she was not so surprised.

"Brother, can you sit over there?"

Gong Cheng stood up, patted Park Jae-fan on the shoulder, and signaled them to change seats.

Park Jae-Bum glanced at the youngest member in confusion, then glanced at Kim Ji-soo who was dressed in full armor, and sat down with a twitch of his mouth.

Ah! Is there something going on between this youngest member and Jisoo?

After sitting down again, Gong Cheng sat with Park Jae-Bum on his left and Kim Ji-Soo on his right. Park Jae-Bum asked quietly, "What's going on?"

"What's going on?" Gong Cheng looked at him puzzledly and nodded at Jin Zhixiu, explaining, "Oh, don't think too much, brother. I saw that you two were not familiar with each other, and I was afraid that you would be embarrassed, so I changed seats."

His matter-of-fact tone made Park Jae-bum wonder, "Are you two familiar with each other?"

Jin Zhixiu heard Gong Cheng's words and rolled her eyes in annoyance. She is not familiar with Park Jae-bum, so does that mean she is very familiar with you?
Gong Cheng smiled and did not answer Park Jae-fan's question. This guy is really curious.

Then he turned his head and looked at Kim Ji-soo. After all, she was a good friend of Zhao Miyeon's pabo.

"Hey, are you in a bad mood?"

As he spoke, under Kim Ji-soo's puzzled gaze, he pointed to the brand new ear piercing on her ear. If Gong Cheng remembered correctly, he had heard from Zhao Meiyan that Kim Ji-soo would always get her ears pierced when she was in a bad mood.

Once, he accompanied Zhao Meiyan and Jin Zhixiu together, and the ear piercing on his left ear was also the couple's ear piercing that Zhao Meiyan forced him to do, and then she gave him the sun earring.

"How can I be in a good mood when there's a petty senior next to me?" Kim Ji-soo smiled and touched the ear piercing that she had just pierced in the afternoon. Although her bad mood had nothing to do with the person next to her, she still couldn't help but poke this petty guy.

"That's great. Next time we're performing, as long as we're on stage together, we can sit together." Gong Cheng pouted and said provocatively, "That way, both of your ears will be pierced quickly. Honestly, I think it's pretty cool. Give it a try."

"Psycho~" Kim Ji-soo wanted to pull Zhao Meiyan over immediately. Could she control this outspoken mouth?
"Alas~ Today's artists are so shameless, using bad words and stuff..." Gong Cheng sighed, then chuckled.

"I'm really impressed!" Jin Zhixiu moved her butt and rubbed it to the side, but the seat next to her was occupied, so she and Gong Cheng were still very close. She thought about it and moved back in anger, whispering back: "Love star!"

Gong Cheng tilted his head back to avoid the hair that was swishing under the brim of Kim Ji-soo's hat. It was hitting his face and it was itchy. "Mi-yeon would be sad to hear that, right? Aren't you her good friend?"

"You can't stop Miyeon and I, two people who truly love each other, from being together, right?"

Thanks to Xiaoyao Xiaoquan for the 500-point reward, and thanks to my brothers for the monthly tickets! Go, go, go!
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