Peninsula's first chance encounter during my stay in Dali

In the previous life, the Starship executives would never have allowed Ahn Yoo-jin and Jang Won-young to collaborate on stage with Seraphim's Kim Chae-won and Sakura.

In this life, sorry, the executive is Zhou Haoming, and the dwarf king's ghost has to play a part!

Driving to Kakao's office, Zhou Haoming went straight to the conference room. The conference room was already filled with staff on both sides, one side being staff from IIVE and the other side being staff from Seraphim.

Zhou Haoming entered the conference room, and both of the department heads shook hands with him.

"Alright, let's not waste any more time. We've invited you here to discuss a collaborative stage performance by Ahn Yu-jin and Jang Won-young from IVE, and Kim Chae-won and Miyawaki Sakura from Seraph."

"Representative Zhou, I don't think we should continue to allow them to be sold in bundles!" The Starship representative was the first to voice their opinion.

Hybe's side has not spoken out.

"Oh? We shouldn't continue with bundled sales? By the way, when were we ever bundled together?"

"Um... I mean we shouldn't exploit the fans of the Short King anymore, as this is not conducive to consolidating IV's own fanbase."

"Let me ask you this: wasn't IVE's rise to prominence largely due to the fans that Ahn Yu-jin and Jang Won-young brought from Dwarf King? There must be some Dwarf King fans among IVE's current fanbase, right?"

"We at Hybe have agreed to collaborate on a stage performance and are willing to set aside a few days to film some variety shows for promotional activities."

"Chief Kim, look at Hybe's vision. I'm not saying this, but why is our Starship's vision so small?" Zhou Haoming said with a sigh.

The Starship crew were sweating profusely from what they were being told.

"There's one more thing I need to remind you of. I may not be able to control Hybe, but I can give a lot of pointers on the planning of the starship."

Zhou Haoming looked at the Starship staff with amusement.

  

"Alright, I've decided to continue the stage collaboration. You all need to come up with a schedule right now, and we'll meet again at noon! Meeting adjourned!" Zhou Haoming left the meeting room first, leaving behind a bewildered Starship staff member.

Meanwhile, Kim Chae-won was messaging Ahn Yoo-jin, saying, "I heard we're going to have a collaboration stage!"

"Really? That's great, unnie!" Ahn Yu-jin said excitedly, holding her phone. She and Jang Won-young had been unable to mention anything about Dwarf King in public due to deliberate suppression from their company.

Now that she could finally give Dwarf King's fans a wonderful stage, Ahn Yoo-jin was overjoyed. She quickly chatted about it with Jang Won-young, who was standing next to her.

Sakura then went straight to Zhou Haoming and asked, "Did you orchestrate this?"

Zhou Haoming, who was working on documents in his office, glanced at his phone and exclaimed, "What is it? I was the one who arranged your collaborative stage performance!"

"Wow, you actually managed to convince the people on Starship!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Don't forget, Kakao is the largest shareholder of Starship. I'm not going to put up with them," Zhou Haoming said with a smug look.

"Wow, my gaming partner is amazing!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Of course! You just need to prepare the stage, don't let down the expectations of the Dwarf King's fans, and mine too."

"Don't worry!"

"Thank you for Haoming oppa's efforts, we will definitely do a good job on stage!" Ahn Yujin suddenly sent a message.

"Yes, I believe in you! Keep it up!" Zhou Haoming encouraged.

The meeting continued at noon. After Zhou Haoming's tough stance in the morning, Starship tacitly agreed to the matter. Staff from both sides quickly began to discuss the precautions for the collaborative stage and subsequent plans, and after various rounds of bargaining and coordination.

A joint announcement was released on Starship and Hybe's official accounts: "ive Jang Won-young, Ahn Yu-jin, and Seraphim Kim Chae-won and Miyawaki Sakura will continue their collaboration on stage."

As soon as the news broke, the dormant fans of IZ*ONE were revived. It even trended on social media. Zhou Haoming looked at the data provided by his staff and said, "Look, this is the fan base of IZ*ONE."

After the meeting ended at noon, Zhou Haoming and Secretary Liu went to the cafeteria for lunch together.

"Noona, have you had breakfast?" Zhou Haoming, who was eating, finally had some free time.

"Yes, I've eaten. I'm shopping with Sunny right now! Have you finished your meeting?" The message was replied to immediately.

"Yes, I'm eating in the cafeteria right now!" He casually took a picture of the food on his plate and sent it to Yoona.

"Your company cafeteria looks pretty good. How about we eat together after get off work? I'll introduce Sunny to you; she's really looking forward to meeting you!"

"Sure, no problem. Send me your location, and I'll come over after I get off work this afternoon."

After lunch, I went back to the office for a nap.

Another meeting was held in the afternoon regarding the collaboration stage. Starship still did not want a deep partnership and only wanted to launch the collaboration stage. As for subsequent variety show appearances, they did not want Jang Won-young and Ahn Yoo-jin to participate.

Seeing that the staff from Starship seemed completely unfazed, Zhou Haoming called Starship's president in front of everyone and told him about Kakao's decision.

The sound was amplified so that everyone in the conference room could hear it clearly. Because of this, the Starship team was extremely accommodating, afraid of being reprimanded at any moment.

Seeing this, Zhou Haoming was happy to relax.

After everything was settled, the meeting adjourned: "Thank you all for your hard work. Let's adjourn the meeting now!"

After leaving the company, Zhou Haoming drove to the location sent by Lin Yun'er.

Following the waiter's guidance, Zhou Haoming arrived at the private room. As soon as he opened the door, he heard Sunny's signature loud laughter.

"Oh my god, this is Yoona's boyfriend! Welcome, welcome!" Sunny stood up to greet him.

"Hello, Sunny, I'm Zhou Haoming, Yoona's boyfriend," Zhou Haoming introduced himself.

Yoona, who was standing next to Zhou Haoming, hooked her arm around his. "What? Did Yoona tell you beforehand to call me your bias? Yoona, you traitor!" Sunny said angrily.

"Oh unnie, don't be so petty. It was just a little joke he made," Yoona said, acting cute and charming.

"Alright, alright, you've forgotten your best friend now that you have a boyfriend. That saying is so true."

The three people took their seats, and the waiters served the dishes one by one.

"By the way, I saw that Starship and Hybe jointly launched that collaboration stage today, is that what you've been busy with all day?" Im Yoona asked.

"Well, it took three meetings to finalize this, mainly because Starship was being too slow!"

Zhou Haoming complained.

"Speaking of which, Haoming, our Girls' Generation is having a 20th anniversary comeback, so you'd better use your resources to promote it for us!" Sunny said.

"Of course, I'll definitely be very interested in Noona's return!" Zhou Haoming looked at Lin Yoona with a doting expression.

"I kind of regret inviting you to dinner. It feels like I'm being fed dog food!" Sunny complained.

"Hey, what are you saying, unnie!" Yoona said, her mouth full of food, her words muffled.

"Eat slowly, eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you, and you can have more if you're not full!" Zhou Haoming said, watching Lin Yoona wolf down her food.