Peninsula: 72 Hours of Blind Dates

Afternoon

Han Xijun shouldered his long-unused backpack and set off.

I made a special trip to the supermarket in a large shopping mall first and bought some boxed fruit. I really couldn't think of any special snacks to bring with me.

One person, one car, one backpack containing a laptop, and two bags of boxed fruit bought at the mall.

Following the navigation, we arrived smoothly at the SK Hynix office building in Lichuan at around 2:50 pm.

The car was parked in the external parking lot.

Turn off the engine and get out of the car.

I opened the back door, took out my backpack and put it on, then took out two bags of fruit.

Just as he was about to close the door, a voice came from beside him: "Let me help you."

Han Xijun subconsciously turned his head.

He didn't see anyone nearby when he got out of the car.

It only took about half a minute when someone suddenly appeared, a sight that would be frightening even in broad daylight. Thankfully, after recognizing the face, Han Xijun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and casually asked, "Sister knew I was here?"

The person who helped close the car door was Wu Haiyuan's older sister, Wu Zhiyuan.

Wu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Knowing you were coming for a meeting today, our minister arranged to pick you up from the parking lot this morning. Security notified our office when you came in, and we've been waiting there."

They're talking about us.

Han Xijun then noticed that there was a female employee standing next to Wu Zhiyuan, wearing a white shirt, a pencil skirt, short hair, and an employee badge.

Quickly greet them with "Hello".

Wu Zhiyuan introduced, "Let me introduce you. This is the famous Kaist genius, Han Xijun, the head of the AI ​​R&D center of Kakao Group."

The female employee greeted her with "Hello."

"Hee-joon, this is Lee Min-hee, our colleague in the CDO department, who is in charge of the backend."

We greeted each other again and got to know each other once more.

Wu Zhiyuan reached out and said, "Let me help you carry it."

Han Xijun shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll take it." "Is it important information?"

"No, I didn't know what you and the others liked to eat, so I bought some fruit before I came down."

Lee Min-hee, who was standing next to her, was bursting with curiosity.

What exactly is going on?

In the morning, the minister had originally arranged for himself and his colleagues from the company's administration department to be responsible for receiving Han Xijun, the head of Kakao Group's AI R&D Center, at the entrance.

As it turned out, senior Wu Zhiyuan said that she and she were in charge of receiving guests.

Thinking it was a favor from a senior, they never imagined that senior Wu Zhiyuan and Han Xijun were so familiar with each other in private.

Since the company began its collaboration with Kakao Group, the name Han Xijun has been heard almost daily in the CDO department office, and the staff also know that the department head has tried to meet with Han Xijun several times without success.

More importantly, Han Hee-joon addressed Oh Ji-won as "older sister" repeatedly, sounding like they were siblings. He even bought fruit for Oh Ji-won after coming all the way from Seoul for the meeting, and it was clear that the other colleagues were benefiting from Oh Ji-won's influence.

"Mom said you got Dad drunk that day?"

"No, Uncle is perfectly sober. He even went fishing this afternoon."

"Dad hasn't gone fishing in a long time, he seems quite pleased with you." "I was worried when you first went, Uncle..."

The voice seemed to come from near and then fade away.

Lee Min-hee, who was barely able to follow along, couldn't hear the entire conversation between the two.

However, some judgments can be made even from intermittent conversations.

They are not siblings.

Han Hee-joon is not only close to senior actor Oh Ji-won in private, but also close to Oh Ji-won's family.

Wu Zhiyuan's father is addressed as "uncle".

Are they childhood sweethearts?

The two families have been neighbors for a long time?

The main issue is that I've never heard Wu Zhiyuan talk about her family situation or other private matters.

"Hello"

Along the way, SK Hynix employees greeted each other proactively. Upon entering the elevator, Wu Zhiyuan swiped his employee card, and the elevator went directly to the 12th floor.

In the elevator, Wu Zhiyuan and Han Xijun didn't talk about personal matters.

It was supposed to be a great opportunity, but by the time Lee Min-hee could hear the conversation clearly, it had already turned into: "Today's meeting is mainly about the progress of your R&D center's large-scale model development. Our company's R&D department will also be attending, regarding high-bandwidth storage chips..."

At the same time.

Seoul.

Gangnam Station.

This is the busiest and most vibrant station on the Seoul subway line.

The official Nmixx fan club, nswer, has really gone to great lengths as the sole support group for Nmixx's comeback.

KTX Seoul Station has already completed the replacement of the GG sign with GG Entertainment staff.

Arrived at Gangnam Station.

The GG display boards of other artists that were originally in the entire corridor were temporarily turned off.

The president was communicating with the person in charge of each section of the subway station about the borrowing time and fee details. The other participating volunteer fans were carefully organizing the materials with the staff.

With a large workforce, work efficiency is also very high.

Everyone wants to get the GG sign replaced as soon as possible so they can start building hype for nmixx's comeback as quickly as possible.

After communicating with the section manager of the subway station, the chairman came over to the staff and waved his hand to indicate that the replacement could begin.

A fan asked the club president, "Will the person who paid the money really come?"

The president glanced around and said, "Yes, that person is also a member and fan, and their number is 17."

After the fan club was established, the president organized offline meet-and-greets.

Because it involves comeback support or other support activities that require members to contribute money, everyone should meet each other first to get to know each other. The main purpose is to let other members know the information of the president, vice president, executive director and other fan club management personnel.

This is the first step in quickly building trust. For example, for this comeback event, the president originally planned to post in the fan club to solicit support plans.

They usually pool their money to buy rice or daily necessities, and then donate the money to elderly people or other people in need while supporting their idols. This is a positive and common support method used by many idol group fan clubs.

Unexpectedly, on the 17th, a fan contacted the president, mentioning the KTX support booths, bus stops, and subway stations where GG would be displayed and supported a month before and after the comeback. The president even sponsored the support event on his own.

It's worth noting that such a large-scale support effort is usually only organized by fan clubs of top idol groups, especially those with a large Chinese fanbase. For nmixx, a newcomer who just debuted this year, this is absolutely incredible.

The management team privately discussed whether the person who sponsored the project might be Han Hee-joon, who had previously recorded "72 Hours of Blind Date" with Wu Haiyuan and specifically emphasized in an interview that he was the youngest member of the Kakao Group of NSWER and was known as an artificial intelligence genius.

But the doubts were quickly dispelled because Han Xijun showed that his membership number was in the 100s, not 17.

Everyone was curious about this "generous" fan.

Just then, a man wearing a mask and about 185 cm tall suddenly stood in front of the president and several other fans.

A deep voice spoke first: "Hello, are you nswer?"

"Hello, who are you?"

Taking off his mask, the man smiled and said, "I'm fan number 17."

"Daebak, I know you, a soccer player, right, Yoon Ji-hoon, the soccer player."

Upon being recognized, Yoon Ji-hoon made a shushing gesture and said, "I am Yoon Ji-hoon, it's nice to meet you all."

"Wow, Yoon Ji-hoon is an NSWer? Can I ask who Yoon Ji-hoon is a fan of?"

Yoon Ji-hoon maintained her smile and said, "I'm a fan of Oh Hae-won." Fans exclaimed, "Hae-won unnie? Hae-won unnie again?"

Yoon Ji-hoon asked in confusion, "Again?"

The fans muttered to themselves, "Why are all of Hae-won unnie's fans celebrities?"

Yoon Ji-hoon understood and said, "You mean Han Hee-joon, right?"