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Jennie and Taehyung walked to a nearby restaurant.
"There's another Western-style restaurant up ahead, and their food is pretty good. How about we go there to eat?" Jennie proposed.
Especially considerate, Tae said, "Wherever you like to eat is fine with me."
Jennie coughed and asked him, "Did your family also force you to go on a blind date?"
"Yes." Mentioning this, Taehyung felt rather helpless. "I really don't know what they're being anxious about."
...Eh. With your type of circumstances, shouldn't your family be worried?
After thinking this, Jen ruefully said, "It truly isn't easy."
Tae also seemed to be rather touched and said to her, "You as well."
Between the two of them, a kind of camaraderie suddenly arose that felt similar to the feeling of allying when the world falls into an apocalyptic state.
"Oh, that's right. I still don't know how I should address you?"
After Jennie heard him say this, she also just recalled that the two of them seemed to not have introduced themselves to one another. "I am Kim Jennie."
She took out a business card case from her bag as she said this and drew out a business card to hand over to him.
Taehyung took the proffered business card and glanced at it. The tip of his brow lightly rose. "BlackPink Studio. Isn't that the studio of the very famous manhua artist, Lili?"
"Yes."
Taehyung smiled at her. "Chief Kim is not only stunning, but her career development is also very good."
Jennie also smiled and said, "You're too kind."
"I'm Kim Taehyung, Jungkook's best friend." He also passed over his business card to Jennie as he said this. "I am very happy to make your acquaintance."
Jennie looked at his title--Kim Company, Deputy Head. He really was a Master from a rich family.
"Being acquainted with Head Kim is my honour."
Tae laughed softly. "How did we get to talking about business?"
Jennie put away his business card and said to him, "Maybe we'll truly have a chance to collaborate in the future?"
Taehyung considered this for a moment before saying, "Actually, we have already collaborated before."
Jennie looked at him in slight surprise. "Already collaborated before?"
"Yes." Taehyung smiled at her and explained, "In fact, I'm also the person in charge of BANGTAN. Our studio is in charge of the theme song for the radio drama 《 Satisfactory 》."
Jennie stumbled in shock. "You are the person in charge of BANGTAN?"
The Deputy Head of a large company was unexpectedly the person in charge of BANGTAN?
Tang Zheng said, "Haha, it's a little unlike me. BANGTAN is merely a club I made in university. After graduating, we were unwilling to disband, so I began to operate it as a business. I didn't think that its development to date would be very good."
It was probably because they were uneasy over him never relinquishing this studio that his family felt he was not engaging in honest work, so they arranged blind dates for him.
As Jennie had frequently listened to the concerts they had arranged, she knew about BANGTAN's growth and history. At this time, she suddenly reacted and somewhat excitedly looked at Taehyung. "Then do know Justin?"
Tang Zheng: "..."
If Jungkook's luck with real-life ladies was better than his, then fine, but how come even online ladies were like this??
He smiled at Jennie. "I know him. He is the leading artist of our studio."
"I really like him. I don't know if you could refer me to him?"
Taehyung maintained his smile. "I cannot."
Jennie: "..."
Taehyung elaborated, "His real life is kept very separate from his online life. I'm sorry."
"So it's like this..."
Although Jennie was somewhat depressed, she understood. After all, Lisa was also this type of character.
"It's okay. I'm also very happy to be able to meet you. I hope that we can have more collaborations together in the future."
She and Taehyung finished eating lunch before returning to their respective homes. On the way, she couldn't help but call Lisa. At this moment, Lisa still hadn't gotten off work when she heard her phone vibrate in her bag. She quickly walked to the side and accepted the call.
"I'm still at work. Wait for me to get off work before you start complaining about your blind date again."
"That's not it! You know Taehyung, right? I met him today..."
"You already said this."
"But I haven't told you that he's the person in charge of BANGTAN, right?!"
Jian Yan stared blankly for a moment. "Which BANGTAN?"
"How many other BANGTANs are there? It's the one that Justin is in!"
Lisa: "..."
Taehyung was the person in charge of BANGTAN? This indeed was something people had a hard time accepting.
"At first, I wanted him to introduce Justin to me, but he refused."
"Oh...Perhaps he didn't want to expose his real identity online."
"Mn, just like you. He also doesn't like to upload photos on Weibo."
As she said this, she felt a little curiosity. "Normally, this kind of person either looks weird or gorgeous. Which type do you think he is?"
Lisa didn't answer her question, instead of asking, "Are you driving your car?"
"Yes."
"Then it's best that you don't talk while driving."
Jennie: "..."
She hung up the phone with hardly any reluctance.
At this moment, Taehyung was also talking on the phone to Jungkook while he drove. "Do you know who that friend of Lisa's is when we ran across them at the restaurant last time?"
Jungkook lowered his head to look at the plans concerning the shopping mall sale in his hands. He continued reading smoothly as he asked, "Who?"
"BlackPink Studio's Chief Kim! That studio Lili belongs to!"
Jungkook stopped flipping through the material in his hand and made a sound of acknowledgement. "Oh."
"...Aren't you a little too calm and collected?"
"Actually, I am very curious as to why you're so excited."
"..."
Yes, why was he so excited?
"Ke." Taehyung coughed and said,
"Aren't you recording a song for Lili at the moment? I thought that you would be interested in this."
"Mn. I am very interested. Thanks."
"..."
Completely can't hear that you are interested, okay?
"Since she is the boss of BlackPink Studio, do you think Lisa also knows Lili?"
"Don't know, possibly."
"..."
Taehyung felt that today's chat couldn't be continued anymore.
"Goodbye."
When Jungkook heard the sound of the call is hung up, ding, his gaze finally moved away from the document in his hands. The corners of his mouth gently quirked.
Lisa had been busy the whole day at the shopping mall and didn't want to cook when she came home, so she planned on ordering food online later.
She poured herself a glass of milk, and when she received her work documents, she turned on her computer to continue drawing her Christmas Celebration illustration again.
She didn't know how much time had passed when her phone began ringing from its spot on the table. She glanced at it; it was Jennie again.
"What? Your mom shouldn't have had arranged another blind date for you so quickly, right?"
Jennie chuckled. "This time it's business."
"Oh, I like a business; it indicates more money."
"..."
Jennie was speechless for a moment, before going straight to the point. "Starlight General Merchandise wants to commission a piece of artwork."
"Ah?" Lisa was somewhat surprised. Many people wanted to commission her for her artwork, but this was unconditionally the first time it was a department store.
"What type of drawing did they want?"
"Seems like their campaign design has something to do with Christmas. They want to have you draw something with the Christmas spirit to print on their shopping bags. During Christmas, it will be used as a limited complimentary item in the supermarket and every owned store."
"Oh, so it's like this...do they have any demands?"
"Nothing was specifically demanded. Their main request is to incorporate their department store LOGO. The design can be pretty simple. For the shopping bags, I think you drawing a Q-version should be pretty good. You can add in the Christmas elements afterwards."
"Understood. When do they want it?"
"In a hurry, give it to me by the end of this week. They want to make it before the Christmas season. Also, I'll send both the business contract and the drawing specifications to your mailbox. The author's remuneration is also very generous. The crux of the matter is the mutual publicity, which is quite good."
"OK." Lisa saved the sketch she had on her computer and opened up a new project.
"I can draw right now. Hurry and send me the references and contract."
"...Mn."
Work magic wasn't done in a day. "Apart from work, have you not done anything fun today?"
Lisa said, "Earning money is the best entertainment."
Jennie: "..."
Convinced.
Just as Lisa was intending to hang up, Jennie hurriedly spoke again, unwilling to hang up so quickly.
"Say, do you think it's because today I said to Taehyung that I hoped to have more opportunities to collaborate that Starlight General Merchandise reached out to you about an art contract?"
"...Starlight General Merchandise's family surname is Jeon, not Kim."
"It's not like you don't know about the relationship between Master Jeon and Taehyung."
"...You should hurry up and e-mail me the stuff. Waiting in line, very urgent."
Jennie: "..."
Lisa took advantage of the time Jennie would take to mail her the material to quickly order her food. When she began to work, she would certainly forget again.
Later that day, only after she had sent the first draft to Jennie did she head to bed. The next day, she had a morning shift. She woke up early. After she walked to the kitchen, she recalled something. Didn't Director J say that he was treating her to lunch today? Then she didn't need to cook?
She concluded that even if Jungkook forgot this matter, she could still eat at the dining hall. She used the time she would normally spend on making breakfast to do her morning exercises.
During the routine meeting among early shift employees, the site manager declared that the sale was being held this Saturday and that everyone may need to work overtime on that day. Lisa thought to herself that it was fortunate that she finished her drawing draft last night.
Every end of the year, Starlight General Merchandise held a sale. Lisa had also come to one previously, but in actuality, she had only gone there without taking a single step inside. By giving discounts, it was as if they didn't need money.
Close to New Year's Eve, every brand would also release lucky bags, which had even longer lines. To get one, they had to line up the night before.
If one word had to be used to summarize the end of the year, it would be busy.
In this period, many employees would complain that they were exhausted. Lisa, though, felt that it wasn't bad; only when it was busy could she gather even more source material.
In a flash, it was time to eat lunch again. Lisa subconsciously wanted to grab her lunchbox, but it was only after she grabbed thin air did she recall that she hadn't brought lunch today.
Even though Director J had said that he wanted to treat her to lunch, he had yet to come down from his office. Should she wait here or go directly to the dining hall?
After a moment of hesitation, Lisa headed directly to the dining hall. They only had half an hour to eat. When she finished eating, she still had to return and switch with the others that needed to eat.
She hadn't eaten the dining hall food in a while. At that moment, she walked up to the window to grab a meal tray, only to catch sight of Director J walking in.
"I saw that you weren't in the store, so I guessed that you would come to the dining hall."
Lisa was somewhat embarrassed and explained to him, "We have a limited amount of time to eat. I also don't have your contact details..."
"It was me who just finished a meeting and came late." Jungkook took the initiative to accept the blame himself. "If you need my contact details, however, I can give that to you."