Chapter 231 I Just Want to Improve
Corea.

A noodle restaurant in Gangnam District, Seoul.

Although it was almost late at night, this instant noodle restaurant was still filled with many customers who came to fill their stomachs.

He Ling's voice came from the speaker next to the wall-mounted display.

At this moment, He Ling on the monitor is preparing to announce to everyone the final ranking of "The Voice 2024" tonight.

It was at this time that the instant noodle restaurant started to become noisy again.

"Is there anything interesting about this? Our Park Ji-jae is probably the lowest ranked one again."

"Even if it's not the last one, I'm afraid it will be one of the last few, right?"

"Ji Jae-oppa's singing skills are considered to be among the best in this program group, right? Except for the first time he appeared on the stage and got a reasonable second place, his rankings after that were simply outrageous."

"After all, this 'Voice of China 2024' is not a domestic program. As a foreigner, Park Ji-jae will definitely suffer a lot."

"Oh, I don't know what's so good about this show. Ji Jae-oppa has been bullied so much and he still won't come back."

The customers in the store were talking about it in a buzzing manner.

In a corner, Xinghe Girls’ captain Shu Yaqian and her manager Chen Shuyi were waiting quietly to pick up their meals.

Hearing these words, they both couldn't help laughing.

Shu Yaqian raised her hand to cover her mouth and said with a small smile: "Park Ji-jae is not as amazing as they say, right? And even the best of the best are here? It's true that family members think their family members are treasures no matter what."

"That's natural."

Chen Shuyi nodded and replied with a smile in her eyes, "I guess when the ranking results come out later, if Park Ji-jae's ranking is not high, they will start arguing again."

When saying this, Shu Yaqian and Chen Shuyi's eyes unconsciously focused on the monitor.

Not long after Chen Shuyi finished speaking, a long list of ranking information appeared.

Soon, everyone in the instant noodle restaurant found Park Ji-jae's name at the eighth place.

Immediately, voices of surprise, cursing, and expectation were heard one after another.

"Eighth? Only eighth? This is too good to be true!"

“This show is really disgusting!”

"I knew it would be like this! Ever since Ji Jae-oppa dissed the production team of "The Voice 2024", his career on this show has come to an end!"

"Oh, it's boring. It's really boring."

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as you say. It's pretty good that Park Ji-jae got the eighth place tonight. After all, he's a rapper. On a stage like The Voice 2024, it's already a disadvantage for rappers to compete with these big vocalists. What's more, Park Ji-jae lost to Gu Zetao in tonight's competition. Didn't you notice that the singers who lost tonight's competition were ranked very low?"

"That's right! And behind our Zhizai, there are Ding Xin and Fei Niao and Yu who are also scapegoating him."

Among the customers, there are also some who are more reasonable.

As soon as they said this, many people around them agreed with them.

Then everyone's topic began to shift away from Park Ji-jae, and they started to laugh at Ding Xin and Asuka and Fish.

Hearing the laughter, Shu Yaqian couldn't help but cover her forehead.

As a Chinese, it is an indescribable feeling when facing the situation of compatriots being laughed at.

But soon, Shu Yaqian's feeling turned into anger.

The reason is simple: some people started mentioning the Phoenix Flying.

"How can Fenghuang Yufei take first place? Just because of the song "Because of Love" today?"

"I really don't know what's so good about this song? How could it beat Jessica to take first place? Could this program be specially set up for the Fenghuang Yufei group?"

"Even Jessica can take second place twice in a row on the stage of The Voice 2024. Is there anything impossible in this world?"

"If Fenghuang Yufei is talented, then there's nothing wrong with that. After all, the best get the job. But how could such a soft song like 'Because of Love', which sounds like it has no feeling at all, beat Jessica, Mars, and Vanxia and take first place? It's hard not to wonder if this show is forcing stars!"

"The Fenghuang Yufei band is quite talented. The song "Trouble Maker" that has been popular here recently was written by a boy from this band, right? I heard that this song even won some awards here."

"It's 'Trouble Maker' sung by the Xinghe Girls. Aren't they doing a tour here recently? After listening to so many of their songs, it turns out that only 'Trouble Maker' is good. I guess Bai Xingjian got this song by sheer luck. What kind of talent does he have?"

"That's right, a Chinese can write Korean songs? And he has never studied abroad here, who knows if his song "Trouble Maker" was written by someone else."

boom--

Hearing these words, Shu Yaqian slammed the table hard.

The noise was so loud that it almost instantly attracted the attention of most people in the store.

"Axi!"

"Who is it? I was so scared!"

"What's going on?"

The people who looked over had unfriendly expressions and fierce eyes.

Faced with such a situation, Shu Yaqian did not panic, but said loudly in a rather dissatisfied but very cute tone:
"When can I pick up meal number 39? I'm starving!"

Shu Yaqian's tone of voice already sounded a little soft when she spoke in this way, and it became even softer because of the mask.

For a moment, the expressions on the faces of those diners whose attention was drawn changed instantly from dissatisfaction and confusion to curiosity, exploration, and even liking.

There was no way. Shu Yaqian was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, and was accompanied by a woman who looked much older than her.

This configuration is so similar!

You know, SX Entertainment’s headquarters is nearby!
Those who travel like this are usually famous artists or trainees who have just debuted.

But judging from her soft tone, she's probably a young girl who just debuted not too long ago, right?
Not long after Shu Yaqian finished speaking, the message "No. 39, please pick up your meal" rang out from the store's radio.

Chen Shuyi stood up and made an apologetic gesture to everyone. Then, together with Shu Yaqian, she took away the six servings of instant noodles and left.

When they were finally there, the topic of conversation in the store shifted to the two of them.

"Who are these people with? That girl looks pretty cute."

"Cute? The girl's voice is cute, but her long legs are not cute at all. They are so A-level, okay?"

"I just want to say that this girl is quite a contrast."

"What's there to discuss about the little girl? The woman next to her is the best, with a curvy figure and looks ripe!"

"The charm is still there! The charm is still there!"

Some people who drank liquor spoke quite boldly.

Previously, there was a group of young people sitting closer to Shu Yaqian's table.

There were six or seven men and women, and they seemed to have sensed something at this moment.

"Hey, hey, hey, do you think the voice of that girl just now is a bit like Shu Yaqian?"

"Do you feel the same way? I also think her voice is a bit like Shu Yaqian, especially I seemed to have heard her speak a few words in Chinese before." "You all knew it by listening to her voice? That's too low-level. Unlike me, I knew it directly from her legs. Such smooth jeans! Such a pair of legs with perfect proportions! Who else is active here recently besides Shu Yaqian?"

"There are so many!"

"Pfft!"

"I also guessed that she was Shu Yaqian! This is actually very simple. Aren't there a lot of people saying bad things about Fenghuang Yufei just now? And then that girl made a big fuss. If it wasn't Shu Yaqian, would she have done that?"

"It seems like this is really the case!"

"This Chinese guy dared to come here and be so arrogant. What do you think? Should we go to the store and ask for the surveillance video? It might be useful in the future."

"Sure, sure! As for the Galaxy Girls, I've been annoyed with them for a long time!"

……

"A sneeze, a sneeze, a sneeze!"

On the way back to the apartment building in the car, Shu Yaqian sneezed three times in a row.

"What's going on, Yaqian? Did you catch a cold?" Chen Shuyi in the driver's seat asked worriedly.

The last few days can be said to be an extremely important stage for the Galaxy Girls. No matter who catches a cold or who has a problem, it can have a serious impact on their team.

"Could it be that I was in the store for too long in the cold wind?"

As Chen Shuyi asked, she turned up the air conditioner in the car a few degrees.

"No no."

Shu Yaqian shook her head quickly, "It's just a simple yawn."

Looking at the night scene receding outside the window, Shu Yaqian suddenly smiled and asked Chen Shuyi:
"Sister Shuyi, didn't you say before that Bai Xingjian and Sister Shiqi would come here to shoot the MV with us next week?"

"Yes, it's the day before our country's National Day."

Chen Shuyi nodded, and seeing that Shu Yaqian was fine, she smiled:

"What do you mean? Are you a little impatient?"

"Uh-huh!"

Shu Yaqian nodded sincerely, with a smile on her face: "I think I'm not the only one who can't wait. Tang Tang, Yu Han, Xue Fei and Jun Ru can't wait either, right? After all, the release of our single this time seems to be completely different from the previous ones."

"Maybe so."

Chen Shuyi's smile widened. "But I think what they can't wait for the most now is the instant noodles we brought back, right? Hahahaha!"

The two people in the car laughed out loud.

……

9.28th, Saturday.

Early in the morning, before eight o'clock, Bai Xingjian had already finished washing up and sat at his workstation in his hotel room.

The reason why Wonder Girls' "Nobody" became a hit is not only because of the uniqueness of the song itself, but also because of its MV.

Therefore, in order to prevent any mistakes in this link, Bai Xingjian relied on his memory to write down the script of Wonder Girls' "Nobody" MV.

In fact, this script was already written yesterday, and Bai Xingjian is now just checking for omissions and seeing if there is anything that needs to be improved.

After all, with his memory, he cannot record every second of the perspective or picture of the original MV. It is already very good that he can restore most of it.

It took Bai Xingjian nearly two hours to pick out some of the more incongruous elements in the script and make some modifications.

Afterwards, he looked through it again, and after making sure there was nothing missing, he called Chen Shuyi.

At the beginning, the two of them had a good chat, but when it came to the specific budget, Chen Shuyi suddenly became speechless.

"What's the matter? Stop hesitating, Sister Chen, just say what you want to say." Bai Xingjian grinned and said to Chen Shuyi on the other end of the phone.

"Is such that……"

Chen Shuyi told him in a gentle voice some of the things that happened to him this morning.

The plan of Galaxy Girls to release the song "Nobody" was originally a sudden thing. Although it had been approved by Ji Qiu, the artist director of the music department of Yehua Entertainment, the overall budget of the music department was limited. When Galaxy Girls were on their "Korea Journey" here, they had already used up most of their budget for the whole year.

If they still want to continue releasing songs at this stage, given the relationship between Xinghe Girl and Ji Qiu, they can actually get the budget by turning a blind eye.

But if this matter were to be discussed openly, it would not be that simple.

As for why this matter was brought to light, the reason can be blamed on Ji Qiu.

During the last high-level meeting of Yehua Entertainment, Ji Qiu praised Bai Xingjian too much and directly brought up the fact that Bai Xingjian had recently written a song for Xinghe Girls.

At that time, he thought it was no big deal. If it was leaked, it was leaked. It wouldn't have any bad impact.

However, not long after, Li Li suddenly came to the door and made a fuss for a while.

Afterwards, Ji Qiu discovered that it was not so easy to turn a blind eye and allocate extra budget to Xinghe Girl.

He has been thinking about how to deal with this matter these days. He also asked the person in Yehua Entertainment who has a close relationship with Tang Tang, and the reply he got was "There is no need to continue to struggle. Let them come back after they finish their work."

Ji Qiu spread his hands.

The budget is not available and the road is completely blocked.

On the balcony, Bai Xingjian looked down at the scene in the distance and frowned: "Do Tang Tang and the others know about this now?"

"I dare not let them know. They know that everyone will be killed. They are waiting for you to come to Seoul now."

Chen Shuyi sighed.

Bai Xingjian scratched his head, looking quite annoyed.

He was so excited to be a hard-working worker this time, but Yehua Entertainment didn't want him to do this job?

Okay, okay, Bai Xingjian has decided on this one!

"Sister Chen, what is the penalty for breach of contract for the members of Galaxy Girls?"

"Huh? So low?"

"Sister Chen, do you think we should do something more exciting this time?"

"Okay, I'll call Sister Wei later."

……

"Sister Wei..."

"Does this affect you in any way?"

"No impact?!"

"Nothing, I just want to improve."

(End of this chapter)