Chapter 206 You're Just Stupid
"Strange? How do you mean?"

Huang Xu looked at Zheng Xiuyan curiously, obviously interested in what she said and wanted to know why she said that.

When Jessica Jung saw that Huang Xu was interested in what she said, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"Finally you're interested."

After sighing in his heart, he immediately asked Huang Xu.

"Since you've already bought Tara and the others, and they're so popular in Korea, and so many people want them to return, why don't you hurry back to deal with their return? Instead, you're sitting here leisurely checking fish fillets?"

"This!"

When Huang Xu heard what Zheng Xiuyan said, the interest that had just been aroused disappeared immediately.

He just wondered what Jessica Jung wanted to say.

Finally, that's what she was talking about.

In fact, this question is not unique to her. Including Sunny, several other people have asked her this question.

Of course, the person who asked the most questions and was most concerned about this matter was Kim Tae-woo, the president of his agency.

As the president of an agency, after seeing Tara's reputation reverse, many people left messages online welcoming Tara's return.

So I wanted to communicate with Huang Xu to see when to let Tara return and make corresponding plans.

Huang Xu actually understood his thoughts. After all, this was his first time as the president of a company, so naturally he wanted to perform in front of Huang Xu and prove his abilities.

However, although his idea was normal, Huang Xu decisively rejected it.

It’s not that he doesn’t want Tara to return, or that he doesn’t want to make money, but now is not the right time.

The current welcome for Tara on the Internet is only due to the guilt they feel for participating in the online violence against Tara last year.

But seriously, if Tara really came back now, they wouldn't do what they said and buy their albums and support them.

After all, most of the things said on the Internet were spread by people Huang Xu paid to do. They are just hot-headed now and should not be taken seriously.

And if Tara and others really return, there will still be many cyber trolls who will not believe the evidence that has been revealed and will continue to blindly attack them.

I haven’t seen that in the previous life, it was already 2017, and the evidence that Tara and others were wrongly accused was laid out, but there are still people who ignore it and continue their black fan activities.

That was in 2017, five years after the bullying incident.

It is conceivable that if Tara and others return now, their situation will not be welcomed by everyone as it is said on the Internet.

This is also the reason why Huang Xu did not let them return to Korea now.

According to his plan, they need to calm down for a while and find those disco songs that were popular in their previous lives to create a disco craze in China, Japan, or even East Asia.

Then, with the traffic and reputation from overseas markets, they returned to the Korean music scene.

Based on Huang Xu's understanding of Koreans, they have extremely complex personalities, with inferiority and arrogance coexisting in their minds.

When facing people who are not as good as their own country, they will be extremely proud and will look down on the other party.

But if the other party is more powerful than themselves or their country, they can be servile and mindlessly protect and glorify them.

At the same time, they are extremely eager for the world's recognition of their country.

Therefore, here in Korea, they are extremely keen on those who can make a certain name for themselves internationally.

Of course, this is actually the case in most countries on the blue planet, but it is more serious in South Korea.

The most obvious example is that if Korean athletes can achieve certain results, or even medals, their status in Korea will be very high.

Similarly, if a star from one's own country can gain a certain level of fame overseas, then their country will promote him to an international star.

Huang Xu wanted to take advantage of this characteristic of theirs.

After Tara and others have achieved certain success in China, Japan and even Southeast Asia, they will then directly enter the Korean entertainment industry with their foreign reputation.

This is also what Huang Xu could think of. It is the best way for them to inherit the status before the incident last year, or even surpass last year's status, and launch another attack towards the pinnacle of girl groups.

There is no other way. If they don't follow this method, then even if the fate of Tara and the others is better than in their previous life, they will lose the possibility of becoming the top girl group.

These people have great abilities and good looks, and even have many hit songs, but they do not have the status to match.

You have to know that in the next few years, in addition to the top girl group Girls' Generation, there are several third-generation groups that also have great potential.

The situation faced by Tara and others is also extremely serious.

Therefore, Huang Xu planned that for the time being, even within one or two years, they should try not to return to South Korea, or return less often.

Huang Xu will only let them return when they have gained popularity overseas and are extremely desired in South Korea.

However, Huang Xu had no way of telling Jessica Jung about these things, so he wanted to keep it vague for now.

But when he saw Jessica Jung, and saw that she had been keeping a proud expression since they met today, he felt a little unhappy.

Especially after what happened before, he had a bad impression of Jessica Jung, so he said to her in a nonchalant tone:
"I can't take care of them now. Let's talk about them after I'm done with my work."

"Can't take care of it? Are you done with your work?"

When Zheng Xiuyan heard Huang Xu's words, the expression on her face became a little unbearable.

From Huang Xu's words, it can be seen that he doesn't care too much about the affairs of Tara and the others.

At least compared to the fish fillet processing that she looked down upon just now, it seemed a little lacking in attention.

This made her expression a little uncomfortable, even a little defensive.

After all, for her, the career of a girl group idol is still more important, and she can have her current status because of her idol identity.

But in Huang Xu's eyes, it was not as good as the fish fillets he made. How could she accept this?

Especially Tara and the others, although they do have some problems now, they were the team that was able to launch an attack against them last year.

But in Huang Xu's mouth, it was just a role that could be put aside and ignored. How could she agree with it?

Jessica Jung raised her head and wanted to question Huang Xu.

But it turned out that after Huang Xu finished speaking, he lowered his head and concentrated on enjoying the barbecue, not caring about his own reaction at all.

This action made her even more angry, so she directly and harshly questioned Huang Xu.

"You don't care about them that much?"

"It's not that I don't care, but I can't take care of it now."

"Are you just busy with that fish fillet thing?"

"Yes."

"More important than Tara and the others?"

Jessica Jung frowned and looked at Huang Xu. The expression on her face became more impatient, and she even felt like getting up and leaving.

At this time, Huang Xu also saw Jessica Jung's reaction out of the corner of his eye, then he raised his head and looked at Jessica Jung, who was already a little defensive.

"That depends on how you put it. If we talk about the current importance, they are really not as good as the fish fillets."

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"I know you don't quite understand. Let me put it this way. You think fish fillets are not important, but do you know how much profit I expect from fish fillets this time?"

Huang Xu looked at Jessica Jung who was silent, and thought to himself, "Oh no, I'm not going to mess up." So he quickly asked some important questions.

When Zheng Xiuyan heard Huang Xu's question, she no longer cared about her dissatisfaction and started to think seriously.

"Since Huang Xu said so, it means that Huang Xu attaches great importance to this plan, and it means that it will make more money than his spicy hot pot."

"If I remember correctly, I heard someone say at the last cocktail party that his company should make more than 10 billion won in profit because of Malatang."

"Even if the fish fillet revenue this time is much higher than that of Malatang, it will only double at most, reaching about 20 billion."

"But this is not as high as Tara's income, right?"

After some thought, Jessica Jung still couldn't quite understand the question Huang Xu asked, but she cooperated and came up with a bold guess.

"Even if the revenue from fish slices is twice that of spicy hot pot, it would only be 20 to 30 billion won, right?"

"It's a big number, but if Tara and the others regain their popularity, their annual revenue won't be less than this."

"It seems like you really know my company!"

After hearing Jessica Jung say this number, Huang Xu also sighed. It seems that Jessica Jung is really concerned about business matters now.

Otherwise, I wouldn't make such a guess.

But this number is still inaccurate, or it can be said that Huang Xu deliberately made this number to show others.

On the surface, the total revenue of his more than 100 Malatang stores is only around 20 billion won.

And this is not the final profit. A large part of the money is needed for store decoration and the supply of various raw materials and equipment.

So from the outside world's perspective, his profit this time was actually less than 10 billion won, but because of the subsequent supply of raw materials, he was estimated to have a profit of 10 billion won. However, all of this was done by Huang Xu for the outside world to see.

Who made him make a plan before the start to transfer a large part of the profits to the domestic market through the supply chain?

Even when there were only 20 franchise stores and a few directly-operated stores, the company had already transferred more than 5 million in net profits to the domestic market.

Of course, the several directly-operated stores are not actually profits, but his expenses.

If we only count franchise stores, the revenue that a franchise store can transfer to the domestic market is just over 200,000 yuan.

If converted into Korean won, that would be around 35 million won.

When the second batch of unlimited franchises came out, more than 130 new stores were added at once, which means that he transferred out about 6 billion won in profits.

Combined with the company's current cash of nearly 10 billion won and the subsequent profits from franchise stores, that is to say, his Malatang store can have an income of nearly 20 billion won.

However, this time the sauerkraut fish franchise chain is different from Malatang, although the subsequent franchise fees and various equipment costs are much less than Malatang.

Moreover, the raw materials used by the sauerkraut fish franchise stores are basically provided by the company. If you calculate it this way, the profits will be much higher than that of the Malatang store.

Finally, don’t forget that his sauerkraut fish franchise stores are targeting the middle and low-income groups, and the number of stores is much more than that of Malatang stores, even many times that of Malatang stores.

If calculated in this way, the final profit of the sauerkraut fish shop may be far greater than that of Malatang, reaching tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of won.

Therefore, after Huang Xu sighed, he said to Zheng Xiuyan:
"Although you are very concerned, if the plan goes well, the profit of this pickled fish may exceed 100 billion."

"One hundred billion??"

At this moment, Jessica Jung no longer cared about her modesty and showed an expression of disbelief. At the same time, she confirmed with Huang Xu again.

“Can there really be 100 billion?”

"Maybe more."

Looking at Jessica Jung's stunned look, Huang Xu was quite satisfied at this time, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Then he quickly lowered his head and started putting the meat into the grill, fearing that the other person would see his smile.

However, there was indeed no meat left in the baking pan at this time. Except for the bite that Jessica Jung ate, the rest of the whole plate of beef chest had been eaten by Huang Xu.

At the same time, he was also feeling in his heart that Qi City's barbecue really lived up to its reputation and made Huang Xu very satisfied with the meal.

Of course, the point is not how good their dipping sauces and seasonings are, but because the quality of the barbecue here is better.

The barbecue here is basically based on beef, mainly providing various parts of the cow, and the taste is just a very basic natural flavor.

Therefore, the quality of beef used here is very important.

As for why there is such high-quality beef here, we have to mention the geographical location of Qi City.

The golden milk source belt at 47 degrees north latitude has fertile black soil, which provides sufficient feed for large-scale animal husbandry. The beef here is of high quality, chewy and has a milky flavor.

With such good raw materials, the rest does not need any processing and it will be very delicious.

So after Huang Xu finished speaking, he ignored the shocked Jessica Jung and started grilling meat on his own, preparing to have a good meal.

I exercised for a long time in the afternoon and I was already hungry. Naturally, I would not miss such delicious barbecue.

However, compared to Huang Xu who was happily enjoying the food, Zheng Xiuyan opposite him had not yet recovered from the shock.

After all, the numbers Huang Xu said are indeed shocking.

The president of their company, Lee Soo-man, who is also Sunny's uncle, has been in the Korean entertainment industry for most of his life and has reached the pinnacle of the industry.

According to information revealed last year, his current net worth is only over 100 billion won.

You have to know that Lee Soo Man has reached his current wealth after decades of hard work, and countless idols have helped him make money.

And now Huang Xu said that his fish fillets can bring in revenue of over 100 billion. How could Jessica Jung accept this?

This income can be said to be a number that most Korean artists cannot earn in their entire lifetime.

Therefore, after listening to Huang Xu's words, he fell into silence.

However, if Huang Xu knew what she was thinking, he would tell her something else.

Don’t be fooled by how popular K-pop is in Korea nowadays. In fact, it is just Korea’s own entertainment and several neighboring countries’ mutual support.

In his previous life, Huang Xu had seen a piece of data that said that the entire Kpop industry in South Korea did not have as much revenue as MiHoYo's Genshin Impact in China, and its net profit was even more incomparable.

From this point of view, South Korea's Kpop culture has a very general influence in the world and is a relatively niche culture. Otherwise, it would not have taken several years for international brands to ask them to be their spokespersons.

However, Huang Xu was not very clear about all this. He was now concentrating on eating barbecue and had no time to pay too much attention to Jessica Jung.

Jessica Jung was silent for a while before she came to her senses from the shock, and then she saw Huang Xu concentrating on eating.

This made her feel bad again.

But this time she no longer had the arrogance she had just now. After all, Huang Xu's words just now made her realize that her identity as an idol was really nothing in front of Huang Xu.

Although she looked down on the small restaurant he opened before, if the value that this restaurant can create is far beyond her imagination, can she still look down on him?
Therefore, when Zheng Xiuyan looked at Huang Xu eating with relish and the delicious food she had just tasted, her mouth began to water.

He no longer cared about being reserved and silently started fighting with Huang Xu for the barbecue on the grill.

When Huang Xu saw this situation, he didn't say anything, but silently began to take care of the other person.

So the two of them enjoyed this delicious barbecue dinner in silence.

As for the bottle of white wine they bought just now, it was gradually consumed by the two of them in silence, except that Huang Xu drank a little more and Zheng Xiuyan drank a little less.

Although Northeastern liquor has a strong taste, for Jessica Jung, who drinks frequently, it is not a problem as long as she takes small sips.

By the end of the dinner, the atmosphere between the two had eased a lot.

When Zheng Xiuyan saw that Huang Xu had already started to prepare food for Sunny to take back, she could no longer bear the doubts in her heart and asked Huang Xu:

"Do you hate me?"

"Forehead!"

Huang Xu looked a little embarrassed when he heard the question suddenly asked by Zheng Xiuyan.

Although I really don't like the other person, I still feel a little embarrassed when he asks me directly like this.

What's more, the opponent is his girlfriend's teammate, which makes Huang Xu even more confused.

However, what I had just shown was so obvious that I couldn't hide it any longer, so I just told the truth.

“I can’t say I hate it, but I do dislike it a little.”

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Seeing Huang Xu speak so frankly, Zheng Xiuyan was quite surprised.

After all, she is a popular idol and the goddess in many people's dreams. But she felt a little embarrassed when Huang Xu said this to her face.

But thinking of the other person's identity, she could only suppress her interest.

"Is it because of what I said bad about you earlier?"

"But at that time, it was because you were already with Sunny, but still unclear with Goo Hara, so I naturally had to remind Sunny, right?"

"Besides, you left a bad impression on me when we met before. You can't blame me, right?"

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"Not because of this."

Huang Xu looked helpless as he listened to Jessica Jung's rapid-fire words, but he was also a little conflicted inside.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the reason why I have a bad impression of her is mainly because of the things she did in her previous life, which made me have some prejudice against her.

He was also a fan of Girls' Generation in his previous life, and now he is Sunny's boyfriend, so naturally he has some opinions about Jessica Jung.

But Huang Xu had no way to tell her these things clearly.

After all, she hasn't done anything yet?
I can't just tell you about the things she did in her past life, the things that haven't happened yet, as reasons to hate her.

This is why Huang Xu felt embarrassed.

Seeing that Huang Xu said one sentence and then didn't say anything else, Zheng Xiuyan didn't know if it was because of drinking, but she was obviously a little impatient at this time, so she continued to question Huang Xu.

"Not this? Then what else?"

"We haven't dealt with the others, have we?"

Seeing Jessica Jung continuing to ask questions, Huang Xu's mind started to work frantically.

Since those things haven't happened yet, can I stop the other party?

After having this idea, his mind suddenly opened up a lot. After thinking for a while, he looked at Jessica Jung in front of him and said.

"The reason is simple. You are just stupid."

(End of this chapter)