Chapter 225 Don’t touch me, I want to sleep!
"Uh, it's just a coincidence."

Huang Xu looked at He Dongxun with some surprise, obviously feeling a little surprised that he suddenly asked him this question.

He Dongxun also saw Huang Xu's doubts, so he quickly explained:
"A few days ago, a friend wanted to meet Zheng Nicole from their group, so I thought of you and wanted to ask about your experience as a successful person."

"Besides, I also want to know from you what her preferences are?"

"Nicole Zheng? I may not be able to help you with this."

When Huang Xu heard that Ha Dongxun wanted to ask this, he could only helplessly say that he could do nothing.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, but because he really doesn’t know them well.

Although Goo Hara is also his girlfriend, compared to Sunny and several members of Girls' Generation, Huang Xu rarely hears Goo Hara talk about her teammates.

Therefore, it can be said that Huang Xu really doesn’t know much about Goo Hara’s teammates, and the information he knows is almost exclusively what is publicly available on the Internet.

As for Nicole Zheng, Huang Xu's impression is that she will quit the group next year, terminate her contract with DSP, sign with a new agency, and start personal activities.

Most importantly, Huang Xu felt Goo Hara's alienation from her teammates from her daily words, actions, and the topics they talked about.

Then it would be even less likely for him to have any dealings with her teammates.

Didn’t you see that the last time they moved, when the three of them moved to Yongsan Apartment, Goo Hara didn’t invite anyone to live there?
And as her boyfriend, I haven't even met her teammates yet, which already means a lot.

He Dongxun also saw the expression on Huang Xu's face, and naturally understood Huang Xu's attitude, so he skipped the topic and began to change the subject.

"That's fine. Let him find out for himself. By the way, Xiaoxu, where are those two Chinese friends you met last time? Have they returned?"

"Yes, they only came for two or three days, and then went back."

"By the way, we have to thank Brother Haha for hosting them a few days ago. They had a lot of fun. When you go to China, they said they are ready to take you to experience China's nightlife."

"Just have fun. If you come to China later, I will definitely not be polite."

While the two were chatting, Huang Xu and Ha Dongxun had already arrived at the private room they had booked. They looked at the time and saw that it was almost the scheduled time, so Huang Xu took Ha Dongxun downstairs and ordered some eels.

Yes, their dinner tonight is grilled eel.

In Korea, eel can be said to be a very well-known and precious food ingredient, and is also a signature delicacy of many seafood stores.

In order to maintain the taste, Korean grilled eels are basically made of live eels that are killed upon order. Not only does it taste fresh, it is also rich in vitamins A, B, C and various unsaturated fatty acids such as EPA and DHA.

It can not only relieve fatigue, prevent aging, and improve vitality, but also effectively lower the cholesterol index.

It can be said to be a delicacy suitable for all ages.

Huang Xu was selecting the raw materials for sauerkraut fish in front. After looking up information in this regard, he found that although South Korea has a small population, the annual consumption of eels here reaches 10,000 tons. It can be said that it is one of the veritable major eel-consuming countries.

The family they came from is said to be from Lishui County, South Korea, and has a good reputation in the surrounding area.

Not long after, the eels ordered by Huang Xu and Ha Dongxun had not yet arrived, but Kim Jong Kook, the guest invited by Huang Xu, had already arrived here, and with him came Ji Seok Jin, whom Huang Xu had just met a few days ago.

This made Huang Xu feel quite surprised.

Logically speaking, the rules here actually have a lot in common with those in China, especially one rule that is relatively common throughout East Asia, which is that guests should not bring guests.

(Except for beautiful women, of course.)
So both Huang Xu and Ha Dongxun were quite shocked by Ji Seok-jin's sudden appearance here.

Kim Jong Kook also saw this situation, so he explained to Huang Xu:
"I just happened to be with Seokjin bro. He heard that you wanted to consult me ​​about variety shows, so he followed me here."

As a veteran who has been in the business for many years, how could Ji Seok-jin not understand this rule? Therefore, after Kim Jong-kook finished speaking, he directly apologized to Huang Xu.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxu. I just heard Zhongguo say that you guys were going to have dinner together tonight, so I came here uninvited and forced myself to follow Zhongguo. I'm really sorry for disturbing you."

"It's okay, Brother Shi Zhen. Of course we welcome you to come over, and you want to help me, so how can I not welcome you? Come on, come on, please take a seat."

Huang Xu listened to Kim Jong Kook's explanation and saw Ji Seok Jin's attitude, so what else did he say?

After all, he was doing it for his own good, so he quickly invited Ji Seok Jin to sit down.

It's just a meal anyway, and he can't spend much money on it.

So after the two of them sat down, Huang Xu called the waiter and prepared to order some more food.

But his action was stopped by Ji Seok-jin, who spoke directly to the waiter at the door.

"I brought some seafood. Could you please help me clean it?"

After saying that, he pointed to the box that the two people had just brought in.

His action made Huang Xu and He Dongxun look at him sideways.

Although Huang Xu has not known Ji Seok-jin for a long time in real life, he has watched his variety shows for many years and naturally knows a little about his character.

Ji Seok-jin is a very kind person and is pretty good to his friends, but he has one flaw: he is rather stingy, or miserly.

According to the tradition in Korea, when people go out for dinner or something, it is usually the leader or the older people who pay the bill.

During the more than ten years of recording of Running Man, Ji Seok-jin treated everyone to a meal only a few times, and even Huang Xu had no impression of this.

In his memory, when they had dinner together, most of the time either Yoo Jae Suk paid or Kim Jong Kook paid the bill.

Huang Xu also shows that he is a relatively frugal person in his daily behavior.

Of course, it is understandable that he formed such an idea.

Born in South Korea in 1966, he experienced the country's low point and the era of material scarcity.

Although conditions in all aspects have improved a lot now, there is no problem for him to maintain this lifestyle.

However, these are just superficial reasons. The real reason is that his income is actually not that high. Among the seven members of Running Man, his income can be said to be relatively low.

First of all, there are the two richest people in 7012, Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Jong-kook. Their income should be the highest among them.

One is Yoo Jae-suk, who is known as the national host and has many programs; the other is the only triple crown winner in Korea and a golden bachelor with many song copyrights.

The income and net worth of both of them are more than one level higher than the rest.

Then the rest of the people are not simple either. There is the popular actress Song Ji Hyo, the second generation of a factory owner Lee Kwang Soo, and the copyright tycoon Kang Gary. In fact, their income and net worth are much higher than Ji Seok Jin.

Even Ha Dongxun, who is almost at the same level, is actually a little better than him.

Although Ha Dongxun is not a rich second-generation, his family background is actually quite good.

When he first debuted, his mother provided him with money to release an album. Although his singing career did not improve much later, he was still quite successful as a variety show host.

He has good expressions in the two national variety shows "Running Man" and "Infinite Challenge", and now he has opened a side business as a restaurant.

That's why Huang Xu was surprised at Ji Seok Jin's generosity.

And not only him, but even Ha Dongxun next to him, after seeing the seafood brought by the waiter, felt a little surprised at Ji Seok-jin's performance today.

"Why is Ji Seok Jin so generous today?"

However, although they didn't understand his intention and purpose of coming today, Huang Xu and the others tacitly did not mention this matter, but quickly became familiar with each other.

After the eels that had been ordered, as well as a portion of spicy fried octopus and some various kimchi were served, Huang Xu opened the box he had brought.

Then he took out a wine glass and poured them each a glass of white wine.

"Come on, come on, brothers, try my wine and see how it tastes."

"Wow, this wine smells so good."

"Yeah, but the alcohol smell is so strong, the alcohol content should be quite high."

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Huang Xu listened to the half-sincere, half-exaggerated compliments from the three people and appeared very happy. He picked up the bottle of wine and began to introduce it to them.

"This is a five-year-old wine that I found with great difficulty. It is very rare in Korea."

"This is Wuliangye, one of the eight famous liquors in China. It is quite rare to find Wuliangye of this vintage in Seoul."

"And this brand of liquor has been passed down for more than 1,200 years, so to speak."

Kim Jong Kook and the other two, listening to Huang Xu's explanation, couldn't help but pay more attention to the white wine in their glasses.

And as they smelled this scent, the saliva in their mouths seemed to be secreted crazily.

As veterans in the entertainment industry, these people don't like all kinds of alcoholic beverages, but they are not resisting them either.

Even Kim Jong Kook, an extremely self-disciplined singer, would offer two glasses of wine to the host of today's venue when he went to a commercial concert.

Now that he heard Huang Xu talk about it in such a miraculous way, he naturally wanted to try it.

After Huang Xu finally finished his explanation, clinked glasses and said "for", the three of them couldn't wait to put the drinks into their mouths.

Then Ji Seok-jin, who drank Chinese liquor for the first time, couldn't help coughing.

Compared to Kim Jong Kook and Ha Dong Hoon, they have tried Chinese liquor and know that the alcohol content of this liquor is relatively high, so they taste it in small sips.

Only Ji Seok-jin was tasting this strong liquor for the first time. He still followed the Korean habit of drinking soju and wanted to drink the liquor in the glass in one gulp.

After the wine went down his throat, he couldn't help coughing, and then kept exclaiming "Wow~~".

When Kim Jong Kook saw this situation, he quickly helped to pass over a tissue and then helped to pick up some side dishes.

"Brother Shi Zhen, I forgot to tell you just now that this white wine is different from our soju, and the alcohol content is very high."

"Wow~~, this is a bit too much." Ji Seok-jin is a veteran after all. Although he choked on the first sip, he quickly recovered, took a small sip, carefully felt the taste of the wine, and then widened his eyes.

"This wine tastes really good. It's quite strong at first, but it becomes milder once you get used to it. The aroma inside is really great."

"Come on, Brother Shizhen, don't just drink, come and eat some food. Grill the eel for a little longer or it will be overcooked."

Huang Xu listened to the other party's compliment but did not take it to heart. Instead, he warmly invited him to eat something.

Afterwards, a few people started talking about drinks, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

After three rounds of drinking, Kim Jong Kook put down his chopsticks and asked Huang Xu:

"Xiao Xu, what do you want to ask us about variety shows?"

"Oh, that's right."

Huang Xu saw that Kim Jong Kook had already gotten to the point before he could ask, so he put down his chopsticks and asked the three people.

"It's like this. I run a restaurant chain, right? So I want to do a variety show about chefs and food to promote my brand. I have some questions I want to ask you."

“A variety show about chefs and food?”

"Correct."

Seeing the confusion of the three people, Huang Xu began to explain.

However, the idea he mentioned was not the variety show he had prepared for Tara in the past few days, but some ideas he had come up with based on the variety show "Food Truck" starring Baek Jong-won that he had seen in his previous life.

The content of this program in its previous life was mainly a variety show about helping Korean youth start a small-budget business by starting with a fast food truck.

The purpose of that program was to gain ratings, while Huang Xu's purpose was to promote his own franchise chain project.

Moreover, he may not plan to limit this program to South Korea, but is also planning to promote it in China and Japan.

Ever since a few days ago, when Huang Xu discovered that he was still a poor man, he wanted to get rich quickly and increase his wealth rapidly.

But unfortunately, although he has memories of the future and has a certain understanding of the development trends of the world.

But that understanding is actually just a rough impression.

And most importantly, Huang Xu didn't know much about the stock markets and futures, so he couldn't create a wealth myth by relying on story futures like in various rebirth novels.

The industry Huang Xu is most familiar with is the catering industry. After thinking about it, Huang Xu can only find a solution from this industry.

Therefore, Huang Xu remembered the leek-cutting project that he often saw in his previous life, the snack car franchise.

At the same time, I also thought of this variety show, and wondered if I could produce it myself, and then promote it on the Internet, so that I could develop my own snack car franchise business in three countries in a short period of time.

However, when he was talking, he did not state his purpose. He just asked about the points that need to be paid attention to in producing this kind of variety show, what are the necessary procedures, how to produce it, etc.

Kim Jong Kook and the other two listened to Huang Xu's story and slowly understood what he wanted to do.

To put it bluntly, Huang Xu just wanted to produce a program to promote his food, so the next three people, based on their rich experience in variety shows, began to tell Huang Xu what points need to be paid attention to.

Huang Xu also nodded as he listened, and when he heard some points, he even took out his mobile phone and recorded them.

Then, the few of them passed quickly in this pleasant atmosphere.

Two o'clock in the morning.

Sunny dragged his bags back to the apartment, then opened the door and looked at the dark room. He did not feel surprised. After all, it was already early morning, and according to habit, Huang Xu should have gone to bed by this time.

Then her eyes turned, and she remembered something. She turned her head to Kim Taeyeon behind her and opened her mouth to speak silently.

"Speak softly, don't let him find out."

"Ah."

When Kim Taeyeon saw Sunny's lip shape, she instantly understood her thoughts. She then nodded and made a zipper gesture with her hand above her mouth.

When Sunny saw this, she nodded with satisfaction.

"As expected, he is my teammate who has lived with me for several years. He really knows me well."

Then, without turning on the lights, the two of them carefully moved their luggage into the room, and then used the light from Sunny's cell phone to search for Huang Xu in the room.

The two of them just finished their concert in Osaka, Japan at around 10 o'clock this evening and flew back.

Sunny came back this time because Huang Xu said a few days ago that he had no money and had to work harder to earn money, so she rushed back at night and wanted to give Huang Xu a surprise.

At the same time, it can also help Huang Xu relieve some stress and have someone to chat with.

As a result, when they returned to the hotel to pack their luggage, they were seen by Kim Taeyeon. I don’t know what she was thinking, but she followed Sunny to take the night flight back to Seoul.

However, with the help of the light from their phones, they did not see Huang Xu in the living room, so Sunny relaxed and whispered to Kim Taeyeon behind her:
"It's okay, he should be asleep."

"Then what do you think?"

Kim Taeyeon looked at Sunny's excited expression and knew that she was going to cause trouble.

And Sunny said to Kim Taeyeon excitedly, just like Kim Taeyeon said.

"He should be in the bedroom. I'll go over and scare him, and then you can record it with your phone."

"understand!"

When Kim Taeyeon heard this, she immediately stretched out her hand and made an OK gesture to Sunny, then excitedly took out her mobile phone and prepared to shoot.

Then the two of them carefully opened the bedroom door and came to the bed.

As a result, they did not find Huang Xu on the bed, which made them a little disappointed, but also a little curious.

Especially Kim Taeyeon, after seeing this scene, some bad thoughts came into her mind.

She remembered that before Huang Xu was with Sunny, he often spent the night in places like nightclubs.

Thinking of this, the expression on her face became a little bad. She turned to look at Sunny and said in a serious tone:

"Sunny, do you think he will go?"

"Oh, Taigu, don't worry, he won't go to those places now."

Sunny also noticed the nervous expression on Kim Taeyeon's face, and then she smiled and comforted her.

She still has confidence in Huang Xu and believes that Huang Xu will not go to those places to play around without telling her and Goo Hara.

Therefore, seeing Kim Taeyeon's concerned expression, she began to comfort her.

When Kim Taeyeon saw this situation, she felt helpless.

"There's something wrong with this role. Shouldn't you be the one worrying and I comfort you?"

However, she did not say these words out loud. Although she didn't know why Sunny trusted Huang Xu so much, she had no intention of continuing to ask.

She doesn't want to be fed with love dog food again because of this matter.

But looking at the empty bedroom, he asked Sunny:
"So what do we do now? Call him?"

"No need, he must have gone out for something, let's wait until he comes back and talk about it."

Then she turned on the lights and prepared to pack their luggage with Kim Taeyeon. After washing up, she slowly waited for Huang Xu.

However, after they finished washing up and prepared to sit on the sofa in the living room, waiting for Huang Xu to come back, they began to doze off after only sitting for a few minutes.

Before they came back, they had just experienced a whole concert that lasted for several hours, and their physical strength and energy had long been exhausted.

If they hadn't rested for a while at the airport, they would have given up long ago.

Sunny looked at Kim Taeyeon, whose skin looked even whiter after washing and whose face looked younger because she had no makeup on, and said:
"Taeyeon, why don't we go to bed first? We don't know when he will be back."

"Well, okay, I'm really tired today."

Naturally, Kim Taeyeon agreed with Sunny's proposal.

She was really exhausted now. If she hadn't wanted to wait for Huang Xu to come back, she would have almost fallen asleep while washing up.

Now that Sunny has proposed it, she naturally won't object.

Following Sunny to the second bedroom, she looked at the made bed, greeted Sunny, and then lay down directly on the bed. Before Sunny left, she fell asleep.

Sunny looked at Kim Taeyeon who was sleeping on the bed and shook her head. Then she helped her turn off the lights and closed the door, and returned to the master bedroom.

In fact, it's not just Kim Taeyeon. She is also reaching her limit. So after returning to the master bedroom, she leaned against the head of the bed, ready to wait for Huang Xu to come home.

Unfortunately, she didn't last more than a few minutes before she fell asleep leaning against the headboard.

I didn't know how long I slept until I felt someone hugging me and woke up from my dream.

After seeing through his blurry eyes that the person coming was Huang Xu, he stopped resisting and followed the strength of Huang Xu's arm and went directly into Huang Xu's arms.

Smelling the familiar smell of Huang Xu mixed with the strong smell of alcohol, his brows couldn't help but frown.

Then she turned around and lay in Huang Xu's arms with her back against his.

After adjusting his body and finding a comfortable position to lie down, he said something to the person behind him.

"Don't do bad things, I want to sleep!"

(End of this chapter)