Chapter 392 Surprise
Half past eight in the evening.

A small meeting room within the hotel.

"Didn't you notice anything wrong?"

"Look at their state in the video now, and then look at their state at the beginning. Don't you feel anything at all?"

Huang Xu pointed at the comparison video on the projector and kept venting his anger at the people led by Park Soo-geun and Lim Young-chul.

"I remember telling you before the show started recording that this variety show was to help Tara and the others promote and increase their popularity."

"And the point of the show is to capture their beauty so as to attract fans and increase their popularity."

"As for the various beautiful views and delicious food, these are secondary."

“But look at you guys, you’re just shooting for the sake of shooting, and you’ve completely forgotten what the original intention was?”

"What on earth do you want to do?"

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In the conference room, Huang Xu vented to the people led by Park Soo Geun and Lim Young-chul for several minutes before he stopped.

Huang Xu, who was just about to drink some water and catch his breath, saw that they all lowered their heads, looking as if they were wrong. His inner anger was ignited once again.

In this situation, if someone could stand up and explain the reason or something, then Huang Xu might feel better.

They now seemed to know they were wrong, and they lowered their heads guiltily, not daring to look him in the face. In Huang Xu's opinion, this was an attempt to evade responsibility.

Trying to evade punishment by not taking responsibility for the consequences, or by waiting for someone else to take the blame.

This kind of behavior is what Huang Xu hates the most.

In fact, the reason for this incident is very simple, that is, Park Soo-geun and others were a little too anxious.

This is my first time as a director and the chief PD of a program, so I want to give it a good performance.

However, Huang Xu's shooting plan and script, coupled with weekly inspections, restricted them quite a lot, leaving them no room to perform.

So they wanted to speed up the filming progress and wanted to perform well in front of Huang Xu.

After all, being able to finish the filming early and help Huang Xu save some filming expenses can be considered an achievement on their part.

Therefore, the few of them tacitly accelerated the filming progress of the program. The daily shooting schedule was very full, and they were basically working around the clock.

The consequence of doing so is obvious: they are extremely tired.

Be it the staff of the program or Tara and her friends, after such a long time of filming, they were basically in a very exhausted state both mentally and physically.

Physical fatigue can be cured through sleep, or you can force yourself to get through it.

This little bit of fatigue is not a big problem for mature artists who have experienced the death journey.

But mental fatigue is not so easy to recover from.

It's actually okay for them to be shooting singing and dancing in a state of mental fatigue, after all, facial expression management has basically become their body instinct.

But when they are required to show a series of expressions such as surprise, satisfaction, happiness, etc., it is not so easy to handle.

At the beginning of the filming, Huang Xu asked them to be sincere when making these expressions so that the viewers could empathize with them.

Although some people's acting skills can reach this level, it is obvious that their acting skills cannot reach this level.

So when Huang Xu saw the video just now, he couldn't bear to watch the superficial expressions of Tara and the others that were full of formulaic surprise, satisfaction and happiness.

Even an outsider like Zhang Rui could see this, but Park Soo-geun and the others just ignored it.

This is why Huang Xusheng is so generous.

If Huang Xu didn't have something else to do later and hadn't delayed him for so long, he would definitely settle the score with them.

Looking at the time, it was almost nine o'clock. Huang Xu could only say to them:

"Tomorrow's filming will be suspended for the time being. Please think about it carefully."

"You'd better give me an explanation tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he turned and left the temporarily rented meeting room.

The people in the conference room breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Huang Xu leaving.

It was the first time for them to see Huang Xusheng so angry.

Since the establishment of the program team, Huang Xu has always been amiable and good-natured, and rarely criticizes others.

As for the mistakes made by team members, we basically just point them out and correct them.

Even last time when they had a conflict with Tara and the others, Huang Xu just called them back and gave them a few words of advice.

As a result, he was so angry and furious now, which made them a little uncomfortable for a while.

Of course, it’s more because their mistakes are really too outrageous and some are too low-level.

Thinking back to the comparison video that Huang Xu had just played, they felt a little embarrassed and at the same time worried about their future.

If Huang Xu fired them out of anger, they would have no place to cry.

This kind of opportunity to lead the filming of a variety show will be hard to come by again if you miss it.

Therefore, when the atmosphere in the conference room gradually became a little subtle and even silent, Park Soo-geun, as the PD, had to stand up and speak.

Seeing everyone lowering their heads and not daring to look up, he took a deep breath and spoke.

"It's okay, everyone, don't worry. PD Jin didn't fire us right away, which proves that there is still a chance to ease the situation."

"Well, first notify the people below to stop filming tomorrow and take a day off."

"Then we need to discuss now and see how to make up for our mistakes."

"Also, as the PD, I have to take the main responsibility. Tomorrow morning I will go to PD Kim to admit my mistake. You guys..."

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Following Park Soo-geun's arrangements, the program crew seemed to have found their backbone and began to act according to his arrangements.

Of course, the most important reason is that Park Soo-geun said that he should bear the main responsibility.

I believe that with Park Soo-geun taking the initiative to take responsibility, they will no longer have much responsibility, and at least they will not be fired.

Huang Xu, who had already left the meeting room, had no idea what happened next.

At this moment, he quickly returned to the room, not daring to stop for a moment, and directly took Goo Hara to the address of tonight's dinner.

. . . . . . .

In a private room of a restaurant not far from the hotel.

"Zhang Rui, when will your friend come over?"

"What time is your appointment?"

"We have been waiting for more than an hour now, why haven't you come yet?"

"Is he your friend after all?"

"If he is your friend, your best brother, how could he stand you up like this?"

A fashionable white-collar beauty looked at Zhang Rui with some dissatisfaction, her face full of impatience.

This afternoon, she received a call from her boyfriend, saying that his roommate had returned and wanted to have a meal together.

She was quite happy to hear the news.

Although the notification was a little late, as Zhang Rui's girlfriend, she still made careful preparations.

She went home early from get off work, changed her clothes, and put on beautiful makeup. It can be said that she had dressed up for dinner tonight.

The results of it?
She and Zhang Rui arrived here before eight o'clock and waited for more than an hour. Now it is already nine o'clock, and Zhang Rui's friend has not arrived yet.

How could she accept this?

Even now, she didn't get up and leave, which was considered to be a good temper and she was giving Zhang Rui face.

Zhang Rui, who was standing next to her, was also helpless when he heard his girlfriend's complaints. He had spent a lot of time with Huang Xu, so he knew that he was not the kind of person who looked down on others, and he also knew that Huang Xu was delayed today because of something.

But these girlfriends don’t know, so they can only look at their girlfriends with a smile on their faces.

"Yingying, Huang Xu is not that kind of person, and he didn't do this on purpose."

"And didn't I just say that? He has something urgent to attend to and can't afford to delay."

"Let's just wait patiently for a while."

"What could be so important in your small company?"

After listening to her boyfriend's explanation, although An Ying sat down, she still couldn't help but complain to Zhang Rui.

In her impression, Zhang Rui's company is just a small company with only five or six people.

Although the salary Huang Xu paid to Zhang Rui was indeed not low, this only meant that Zhang Rui was more useful and could work like a slave for him.

Didn’t you see that he was on business trips every day, leaving them with very little time to meet?

Naturally, she didn't have such a good impression of Huang Xu as her boss.

Faced with his girlfriend's complaints, Zhang Rui's face was full of helplessness. He now regretted that he was a little too low-key when he talked to his girlfriend before.

His current company is indeed a small company with only a few people.

But this does not mean that Huang Xu only has this small company.

It’s just that there are a lot of things involved and it’s not convenient for him to explain too much.

In the end, I could only make an unwilling defense.

"In fact, our company is not that small. We still have a lot of important things to do."

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"Oh, you'll know after you've been back for a long time."

Faced with his girlfriend's suspicious look, Zhang Rui felt a little regretful.

Why was I pretending to be so low-key at that time? It would have been better if I had revealed a little more information when talking about my company.

But when he said this, he suddenly remembered what Huang Xu mentioned some time ago.

"Forget it. I know you don't believe me. When you have time, I'll take you out for a walk. It's a good opportunity for you to see the industry and scale of our company."

"By then, you will know what I am busy with every day."

"I want it too."

When An Ying heard her boyfriend say this, her expression suddenly became a little bad.

"I also want to take a vacation and rest, but the company won't allow it?"

"You know, the market is not good right now. Our boss makes us work overtime every day and doesn't even want us to rest on weekends, let alone take a holiday."

"Don't you still have annual leave? Can't you take annual leave?"

"What do you say?"

An Ying looked at her boyfriend speechlessly. She had to work overtime on the weekends, but he still asked for leave. Wasn't he just looking for trouble?

Zhang Rui also reacted belatedly.

In fact, it is not his fault. It is because he has not worked formally for a long time.

After graduation, before being recruited by Huang Xu, he also worked in an insurance company for half a year, but during that time, he basically got familiar with the job and hardly thought about taking leave.

Then when he came to Huang Xu, he was even freer.

Huang Xu had no attendance requirements for him. As long as he finished the assigned tasks, he could do whatever he wanted with the rest of the time.

So when faced with his girlfriend's complaints, he didn't feel them so deeply and could only deal with them.

Then find an opportunity to quickly change the subject.

"You said that next time you have a day off, let's go to Korea together, okay?"

"Aren't you curious about Korea too?"

"Why don't we go to Korea? Not only can I show you the celebrities, but I can also show you our company."

"And who knows, maybe I can even bring you up close to those stars."

"Really?"

"Of course, our company is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and Huang Xu is not just the small boss on the surface."

Faced with his girlfriend's doubts, Zhang Rui showed full confidence, and even not satisfied, he added a sentence directly.

"And wait a moment, there might be a surprise for you."

"surprise?"

"What surprise?"

As expected, An Ying took the bait and looked at Zhang Rui excitedly.

However, how could Zhang Rui reveal the surprise in advance at this moment?

Even if his girlfriend begged him, it wouldn't work.

Fortunately, he did not spoil the fun. After refusing to answer what the surprise was, he then asked An Ying.

"When you go to Korea, what places do you want to visit?"

"I can plan ahead and find someone in advance to see if someone at the company can help us make an appointment."

"I see. Actually, there are still many places I want to go."

An Ying, whose appetite was whetted, saw that her boyfriend really didn't want to reveal the surprise, so she didn't hesitate any longer.

After all, the people he was going to meet were just his roommate, his boss, and his girlfriend.

What a big surprise it could be.

Why don't we discuss our plans to go to Korea after the holiday?

With this in mind, she began to talk to Zhang Rui enthusiastically.

"If I really go to Seoul, my first destination will be SM Entertainment. I want to see if I can run into the unnies from Girls' Generation."

“They are so handsome, I...”

"Besides them, there are SJ, Tara, KARA and others, I also want to"

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Zhang Rui tried to hold back his laughter while listening to his girlfriend's words.

He actually knew that his girlfriend's favorite band was Girls' Generation, and he had given her a signed album of Girls' Generation before.

But he never said that Sunny from Girls' Generation is Huang Xu's girlfriend.

Therefore, he can now imagine her expression when she arrives in Seoul and sees Sunny.

And when he heard the name KARA from his girlfriend, he could no longer hide the smile on his face.

Just when An Ying was about to ask why Zhang Rui was laughing, the door of the private room was suddenly opened.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Rui Ge, for making you wait for me for so long."

As the voice appeared, Zhang Rui and his girlfriend stood up and looked towards the door.

Then, before Zhang Rui could say anything else, An Ying looked at the two people who came in from the door, or rather the girl among the two, and was dumbfounded.

"You are."

(End of this chapter)