Chapter 221 Let Her Retreat!
"You're finally willing to see us?"

"????"

Huang Xu looked at Park Hyomin who had just walked in with shock. Suddenly, he said something like a nagging woman, which made Huang Xu a little upset.

What does it mean that I am finally willing to see them?

Didn't I hide from them?

Although he really wanted to explain and complain, looking at the waiter who opened the door for them, Huang Xu decided to let them in first.

After the waiter left, Huang Xu looked at Park Hyomin in confusion.

"What's wrong with you? What do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean? You still ask me what I mean."

Huang Xu didn't expect that after he asked the question, Park Hyomin's eyes became even more resentful, as if Huang Xu had really done something wrong to her.

But Huang Xu thought about it for a long time and realized that he had not done anything to let her down.

Indeed, he asked her to pretend to be James' girlfriend and go to various nightclubs with him, which caused her to suffer some criticism.

But this is her own choice, right?
Before this incident started, I also warned her that she might suffer a lot of criticism and many people might use this incident to attack her.

It was only after she agreed that she started the plan.

And if this relationship didn't exist, it might not be so easy to clear them.

Didn’t you see that those people who took advantage of their misfortune last year didn’t show up when they were clearing their names this time?

Even those who were hiding behind the scenes, when they saw this kind of news, simply controlled the situation and focused the conflict on Liu Huaying and her family, without extending it further outward?
Huang Xu was not sure how much power and effect his plan had in this process.

But Huang Xu is sure that if it weren’t for his plan, Tara’s whitewashing plan might not be so smooth.

At least those people and companies who took advantage of our situation last year won't give up so easily.

Huang Xu calmed down when he thought that several of them had been cleared of charges and that there were already many fans on the Internet calling for them to return to the Korean music scene.

Yes, I have fulfilled the promise I made to them, so why is she still looking at me like that?

The most important thing is that I am their boss now and they must obey my orders.

So he ignored Park Hyomin's resentful look and looked directly at Park Soyeon, who had not spoken since she entered the door.

"Zhao Yanxi, take a look and see if there is anything you want to eat."

"Okay, boss nim."

Looking at Park So-yeon who behaved so well, Huang Xu immediately smiled.

Then, looking at Park Hyomin, whose eyes were filled with resentment, Huang Xu asked seriously:

"Park Hyomin, are you dissatisfied with me? Or have I done something wrong to you?"

"I"

When Park Hyomin heard Huang Xu ask this, she wanted to vent the resentment that she had accumulated over the past few days towards Huang Xu.

After all, compared to his companions' joy and words of welcome back, he had suffered a lot of criticism in the past few days.

The most brutal thing they said was that based on her looks and the fact that she had been having affairs with James, some people attacked her for being immoral and a vixen.

You have to know that I am a true virgin solo.

Up to now, she doesn't even have a boyfriend. Now that people say this to her, how can she not feel resentful?
In addition to this, what made her most angry was that she had clearly done what Huang Xu asked, the group's reputation had been cleared, and she had also returned from Japan.

Why not arrange a comeback for yourself and the group?

You know, when she was watching videos on the Internet these days, she saw many people welcoming their return.

Why doesn't the company take advantage of this popularity and let them return?
Moreover, to the messages I sent to Huang Xu these days, he responded very perfunctorily, saying that he had his own arrangements and that I just had to wait.

That's why when he first saw Huang Xu, his eyes were so resentful and he wanted to give Huang Xu a good fight.

But these were just her initial thoughts. Now that she saw Huang Xu's serious expression, she suddenly remembered Huang Xu's identity.

His current identity is no longer his landlord, nor is he his best friend's boyfriend, but his boss of her and the group, the boss who holds the power over their life and death.

After thinking about this clearly, she immediately came to her senses from her complaining mood, and then spoke to Huang Xu with some fear.

"Sorry boss nim, I was confused."

"It's okay, just figure it out."

Huang Xu looked at the frightened look on Park Hyomin's face, and then he nodded with satisfaction.

I don't owe them anything, and I haven't done anything wrong to them. I can even say that I have always been helping them. Why do they say that about myself?

Indeed, I have feelings for them and want to rely on them to help me make money.

But it is a win-win situation.

Moreover, I also fulfilled the promise I made to them and helped them clear their names.

They should thank themselves.

However, seeing Park Hyomin lowering her head, Huang Xu quickly spoke to comfort her. After all, he still relied on them to make money.

So after ordering the food, Huang Xu began to explain to the two of them their current situation and the company's arrangements for them.

"I briefly explained to Park So Yeon-xi before. Although there are many people on the Internet welcoming you back, you don't have to take this matter too seriously."

"Many people are just being led by the company's online trolls."

"If you really come back now, it will be very difficult to return to your peak last year."

"If you want to return to the top and attack Sunny and the others again, you must follow my plan and go to China and Japan to open up the market first, and then..."

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Huang Xu carefully told the two of them again about his plans for them.

In fact, Huang Xu had already told Park So-yeon all this before acquiring them, and he was just repeating it this time.

Listening to Huang Xu's story, Park So Yeon didn't react much at this time, because she had already heard it, but Park Hyo Min was a little excited.

Because this was the first time she heard Huang Xu's arrangements for them, and also heard Huang Xu's expectations for them.

Originally, I thought Huang Xu acquired their company only because he knew they had evidence that could clear them and then make some money from them.

But unexpectedly, Huang Xu still had such high expectations, or confidence, in them.

He actually wanted them to continue to attack Girls' Generation.

If it were last year, they still had the confidence that they could break Girls' Generation's record in Korea and move towards the top of girl groups.

But after six months of hard work, they have actually lost this confidence.

At the beginning of this year, Girls' Generation's album "I Got A Boy" can be said to have set a new record for Korean girl groups, and even boy groups.

After the MV was released, it received over 100 million hits in a short period of time, and its audio performance reached a level that they had never dared to imagine.

Not only did he set the highest score record in MCD with a perfect score of 10000 points, he also won consecutive championships in the Music Bank and M! Countdown programs.

It can be said that this album of theirs completely broke the blockade of Korean boy bands and successfully reached the pinnacle of idols.

This is also the reason why Park Hyomin feels that her team cannot defeat the other team.

Huang Xu actually planned to let them bring in traffic from overseas markets, make a strong comeback, and continue to challenge Girls' Generation's records.

Therefore, after listening to it, she felt her blood boiling, and looked at Huang Xu. "Boss, when do we start making the album?"

“Well, this.”

Feeling Park Hyomin's burning gaze and her tremendous confidence, Huang Xu hesitated for a moment.

“Is my pie-in-the-sky painting so effective?”

Although what he just said was all true, it did seem like empty talk.

After all, Girls' Generation's status cannot be described as a girl group idol.

If my memory is correct, Girls' Generation's status would continue to rise. A few years later, Girls' Generation's songs would be played at many women's gatherings.

It can be said that by that time, they were no longer a girl group, but had become a symbol.

And even if we don’t talk about this issue, let’s just talk about the simplest one.

After the September 9.30 incident broke out, many people believed that a jewel was missing from the empress's crown, giving them the opportunity to launch an attack.

So in the summer of 15, an unprecedented summer girl group war began. The battle-hardened second-generation groups, the rising third-generation groups, and the up-and-coming fourth-generation groups, almost all the popular girl groups in South Korea, gathered together and directly launched a siege on Girls' Generation.

But the eight members of Girls' Generation, with their song Lionheart, wore the most expensive stage costumes, took the most stable stance, and won 17 first places, making a statement to other girl groups.

"Even if I'm short of one person, you still can't do it."

Not to mention that in this life, now that she has her own existence, whether Jessica Jung will quit the team is another matter.

Even if Tara and others had their own help, they could enter China in advance and return with their overseas momentum.

But it is hard to say whether it can pose a threat to Girls' Generation.

So after thinking about it for a while, he poured a bucket of cold water on the enthusiastic Park Hyomin.

"We are still looking for the right songs, and we haven't found a partner in China yet, so you may have to wait for a while."

"Oh, I see. I was thinking that after you acquired us, you could directly help us produce the album?"

"Hyomin, don't be anxious."

Seeing the somewhat disappointed Park Hyomin, Park Soyeon, who had not spoken much since they met today, began to comfort Park Hyomin.

"You know, Boss Nim wasn't in the entertainment industry before. We should be grateful for helping us this time."

"If it weren't for him, we would still be in Japan, doing useless work."

"Besides, he wasn't in the entertainment industry before. This time, he spent so much to help us. It can be said that..."

"I understand, unnie."

Park Hyomin was actually aware of what was going on here, but she was a little emotionally unstable before and blocked the matter out for the time being.

After Park Zhaoyan's reminder, she had reacted, so she stood up and poured herself a full glass of soju, and said to Huang Xu with an apologetic look:

"Thank you, boss nim, for what you have done for us."

Then he drank it all in one gulp, showing a very sincere attitude.

When Huang Xu saw Park Hyomin's actions, he seemed to understand something, so he glanced at Park Soyeon next to her out of the corner of his eye.

The two people behaved very strangely today. Huang Xu suspected that she or they were performing for him.

As a veteran idol who has worked hard in the Korean entertainment industry, how could Park Hyomin behave so rashly?
And even if she was really so rash, how could her captain, the very calm Park So-yeon, not dissuade her from saying these things to her new boss?
Is that why Huang Xu had such a question?
But until now, he really couldn't figure out what their purpose was or what they wanted to do.

After having this thought, Huang Xu did not ask questions directly, but continued to cooperate with their performance.

He first accepted Park Hyomin's apology and thanks, and then started to invite the two of them to dinner as if nothing had happened.

After that, he stopped talking about work and started talking to the two about the cuisines of East Asian countries.

Huang Xu focused especially on Chinese cuisine.

When the dinner was almost over, Park So-yeon couldn't help herself as she saw Huang Xu still talking endlessly about Chinese cuisine.

While Huang Xu was eating, she said to him directly:

"Boss, there is something I don't know if I should tell you."

"Go ahead, we're so familiar with each other, there's nothing we can't talk about."

After hearing what Park So-yeon said, Huang Xu appeared calm on the surface, but in fact he had begun to become cautious in his heart.

"Here you are, finally here. I want to see what your purpose is."

Park Zhaoyan looked at Huang Xu's calm appearance and said with some concern:

"A member of the group wants to leave the group."

"Hmm~~?"

"Quit the team?"

"Yes, quit the team."

Looking at Huang Xu's frown, Park So-yeon hesitated for a moment, but still began to explain.

"Li Yalin wants to quit Tara now."

"Li Yalin?"

Huang Xu repeated the name in a low voice, and at the same time, he recalled her information in his mind.

As a member who joined Tara in April last year, he is called Xiaoba by many Tara fans.

However, compared to the other members of Tara, who went through many hardships but still had a good ending in the end, Li Yalin's idol journey can be said to be full of ups and downs.

In April 2012, she passed the assessment and joined Tara, one of the most popular girl groups at the time, and became famous overnight.

But before she could enjoy the life of a popular idol for a few months, she hit rock bottom due to the outbreak of the troll incident.

She clearly did nothing and enjoyed nothing, but she still had to be scolded along with several others.

And after the storm finally passed, the company also planned to let them develop in Japan.

As a result, they went there with full confidence, but did not get very good results. After suffering for several months, in July 2013, they launched Tara and started their personal activities.

But what she didn't expect was that just after she withdrew, the remaining six members of Tara became very popular in Japan with their new album. Not only did they take the first place on the Japanese Oricon chart, but they also expanded their fame to China and entered the huge Chinese market.

Later, he even signed a contract with a Chinese agency and started his crazy money-making journey.

After she left Tara, she did not become famous and instantly disappeared in the vast crowd of Korean entertainment industry without making any waves.

In Huang Xu's memory, it seemed that until 2017, she took advantage of her fame as a former member of Tara and participated in a Korean variety show that provided idols who had debuted but failed to shine with an opportunity to stand on the stage again.

Although many people had high expectations for her, in the end she did not become popular through this show and completely disappeared from the entertainment industry.

If Huang Xu were asked to evaluate her, he would only say that she received a lot of criticism and deserved it, but she did not get any benefits at all.

In general, her journey as an idol is a tragedy.

Although Huang Xu sympathized with her situation, he only intended to persuade her and was not prepared to forcibly change her fate.

After all, she had said and done everything she should have said and done. She had no confidence in herself or the company and wanted to find a way out on her own, so she couldn't blame Huang Xu.

So he said to Park So-yeon:
"You try to persuade her. If she insists on quitting the team, then let her quit!"

(End of this chapter)