Then use this popularity to influence the domestic market.
Ultimately, use his identity to bridge connections, continuously sending artists domestically.
Unfortunately, this approach was too idealistic.
Even with Bae Juhyun as his girlfriend, there were things that Liu Xin’an would always prioritize.
Want to come over? Sure, at least get fluent in Chinese first!
As of now, if Bae Juhyun wanted to come domestically to make money, Liu Xin’an would be the first to disagree.
Not to mention people he didn’t even know.
"Hmm... since you know, do you plan to agree to Manager Kim’s proposal?"
"Depends on the situation. There are many ways to agree, but I definitely won’t let your company take advantage."
Bae Juhyun let out a sigh of relief, making Liu Xin’an chuckle again. He reclined on the sofa, turned on the speakerphone on his mobile, and teased lazily, "Hey, are you plotting with me against your company?" Updates are released by novel★fire.net
"Of course, the company wasn’t started by me, and they don’t share their profits with me. I have no reason to consider them."
"But I never said I would give you my money."
"Huh? Xin’an doesn’t make money for Juhyun to spend~"
Bae Juhyun’s nasal whine made Liu Xin’an on this end of the phone, and the innocent Son Seungwan on the other end, break out in goosebumps.
It wasn’t that Bae Juhyun’s whining isn’t cute, it’s just that... she usually gives off an impression that’s completely unrelated to whining.
On regular days, her natural whining, with her hugging his arm and showing a cute smile, was indeed very adorable.
But this intentional whining...
"Juhyun unnie... I almost threw up."
Son Seungwan voiced Liu Xin’an’s thoughts, earning a glare from Bae Juhyun.
Hmm... the atmosphere changed suddenly.
The cute whining little Juhyun instantly turned into a foul-mouthed, cranky little Juhyun.
The unrestrained crankiness also made Liu Xin’an on the other end of the phone laugh heartily.
"Hey! You shut up too!"
Being teased by her close friend and boyfriend, even Bae Juhyun found it hard to keep her composure. She angrily said to Liu Xin’an.
"Alright, alright, I’ll tidy up and get ready for streaming. Don’t worry; I’m not foolish enough to just sell myself out."
"Hmph, I shouldn’t have worried about you! Goodbye!"
"Okay, contact me if you need anything."
"Won’t contact you, bye-bye."
The two-faced Bae Juhyun hung up the phone, angrily planning to take out her frustration on Son Seungwan.
Meanwhile, Liu Xin’an, as he said, started preparing for the upcoming live broadcast.
Manager Kim came this time mainly to show S-M’s sincerity.
Since the sincerity had already been conveyed, the very busy Manager Kim left that night.
All subsequent ongoing matters were entrusted to Seong Taekyon for remote handling.
The departure of their superior made both Seong Taekyon and Bae Juhyun heave a huge sigh of relief.
Dealing with this old fox, they had to tread carefully no matter what they did.
Moreover, at this time, Seong Taekyon and Bae Juhyun were in the same boat.
"Thanks to you, Taekyon oppa, for keeping our secret." Bae Juhyun sincerely thanked her manager.
"No big deal, but if you two get exposed in the future, I’ll extricate myself."
Bae Juhyun nodded, that was alright, after all, dating secretly from her manager was already unfair to him. If her issues really implicated Seong Taekyon in the future, she’d feel even more guilty.
"I thought you’d stand with Xin’an and me through thick and thin, Taekyon oppa~" She teased playfully.
Knowing she was joking, Seong Taekyon responded, "Cut it out, how’s your Chinese learning coming along?"
The question successfully left Bae Juhyun speechless, she looked embarrassed and avoided eye contact.
"You have a great opportunity to break into the Chinese market in the future, don’t waste it!"
"Ugh, it’s really tough, Taekyon oppa, why don’t you try learning it yourself..."
Bae Juhyun was genuinely troubled; it wasn’t that she didn’t want to learn, but she just couldn’t get the hang of it.
Indeed, the prospect of developing in China with Liu Xin’an was very enticing to Bae Juhyun, but the premise of learning Chinese first was quite discouraging.
"How about... for the next shoot, we both learn Chinese?"
"... I think we should focus on the comeback in two months!"
Bae Juhyun stated seriously, learning Chinese can wait, but right now, the pre-release promotion for their comeback was paramount.
"You’re right, how about letting Xin’an learn your dance for tomorrow’s shoot?"
"But last time, Xin’an dancing already made him lose face, will he agree this time?"
The memory of what was jokingly called ’rehabilitation training’ was still fresh. Bae Juhyun felt she should maybe protect Liu Xin’an’s image a bit more.
Dancing was better left out of it.
"No no! Singing is worse than dancing!"
Bae Juhyun looked terrified. As a victim of Liu Xin’an’s singing, she knew too well that his singing was even worse than his dancing.
"Huh? But... as far as I know, in the final performance, Xin’an needs to be on stage and sing."
Bae Juhyun was dumbfounded.
Liu Xin’an looked at Director Yang in shock, responding in pure local dialect.
"You need to sing on stage, what’s wrong?"
"I can’t do it! Absolutely can’t, please spare me."