Chapter 114 The Queen Wears Prada.
Ye Eun was a little confused when she heard the news. They have only debuted for a year, how can they be as good as Prada?
"Oppa, what do you mean by my resources?" Ye Eun was confused. How could she have the resource of Prada? The biggest connection between her and Prada is that she has watched the movie "The Devil Wears Prada"...
When Xiaopang heard her trying to be clever again, he held his forehead helplessly, "Yeah, I'm serious! Prada Asia Pacific Branch really contacted us. If we are interested in cooperation, we can make an appointment to discuss cooperation with them in the next two days."
It was not until two days later when she was taken by Fatty to meet with the person in charge that she saw the woman with neat short hair, a black windbreaker over a shirt and trousers, raising her hand elegantly to greet her. Ye-eun tried hard to control her expression, bowed and greeted the Prada staff, "Hello."
It turned out to be my aunt! No wonder you will know it when you tell it to yourself.
Park Bo Sun smiled and extended her hand: "Hello Ye Eun, I am the Communications Director of Prada Asia Pacific."
While her agent, aunt, and the person in charge of Prada were discussing contract matters, Ye-eun sat obediently on the side, nodding from time to time.
The two parties quickly reached a cooperation intention. Yien lowered her head and signed her name on the contract. The two parties collected the contract and agreed on an interview time.
Xiaopang looked at the words "Korean Brand Ambassador" on the contract and smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits. Although it is only the Korean region now, he believes there will be deeper cooperation in the future.
Ye-eun looked up at her aunt Park Bo-sun. She had worked her way up from a clerk at E-Land to publicity director and then to head of the China region, and was eventually directly recruited to Prada Asia Pacific. Her eyes were filled with unconcealed ambition, as if she was taking her younger self to an interview for a child model. After all these years, she was still that ambitious woman who was working hard to climb up.
This aunt, who could be said to have introduced her into this industry, seemed to have brought her into a new field. Yien couldn't help but curl her eyes.
When seeing off Ye-eun's team, Park Bo-sun smiled and hugged Ye-eun, "Ye-eun, it's a pleasure working with you."
"Thank you, aunt." Ye Eun said softly, Park Bo Sun shook his head and patted her head.
When she returned to YG, she received a message from her aunt, "You're welcome. This is not just for you, but also for myself. Just like more than a decade ago, I believe in my own vision. Let's achieve each other, Ye-eun."
The words that were almost the same as when they were little made Yien laugh again. Her eyes curved and she suddenly thought of something, "Little Fatty, can we open a Weibo account? It's a social software in China."
Having just won the title of Prada's brand ambassador for Korea, Xiaopang wanted to worship Yeen when he thought that this artist might become the brand ambassador for Asia Pacific or even the global ambassador in the future, and how much money he could get, not to mention a small Weibo account.
The next day, all five of them opened Weibo accounts at the same time, and even handed over the management rights of other social media accounts to 2NE1.
"You guys run it yourself, but don't talk nonsense!" The fat guy glanced at the excited Ye-eun, "Especially you! Don't just post nonsense just because no one can understand it!"
On the first day of opening her BigEyes account, Ye-Eun posted her first Weibo post, "The person who learns to post Weibo the fastest is the smartest Ye-Eun! @CL @Sandara park @Bom Park @Minzy"
Unexpectedly, a fan responded so quickly.
“It’s actually open!? Here come the Queens!”
“@Wrong person hahahahahaha.”
“@Sandara Park, this is Dara, look at the v!!!”
"'clever'."
“Hahahahahahahaha, please capitalize Park.”
Two minutes later, without figuring out how to modify the text, Ye-eun deleted the Weibo post in frustration, then reposted the exact same one as if nothing had happened, except this time she managed to @ the right person.
In response to the hahahaha posted by fans in the comment section, Ye-eun replied nonchalantly with emoticons such as "Why are you laughing?" and "Looking secretly.jpg". However, some fans had already taken screenshots of her Weibo where she @the wrong member, and they all took screenshots of her reply.
Yeen was so angry that she put down her phone. Humph, can’t you just pretend you didn’t notice?
At the end of October, MFMK announced the artists shortlisted for various awards this year.
Bigbang was nominated for the Music Portal Award, Digital Music Award, Best Male Group Award and Singer of the Year Award; while 2NE1 was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Award and Best MV Award.
Bigbang, who won the Song of the Year and Male Group of the Year last year, was relatively calm, but 2NE1 couldn't help but shout out, "We're going to participate in MFMK!"
CL excitedly circled around the members, while Ye-eun looked seriously at the date her agent notified her on her phone, November 16th, "The college entrance exam is on November 15th! I have to rush."
"Ah!?" Several people were stunned, "The rehearsal..."
Ye-eun lowered her head and waved her hands, "I don't know if I can go to the rehearsal. I have to practice hard now. If I can make it in time, I'll come!"
In the next half month, Ye-en was so busy that she lost several pounds. She was so anxious about the conflicting dates of her exams and award ceremonies that she had an almost expressionless face every day.
After rehearsing the MKMF performance show with senior Lee Hyori, Kwon Ji-yong went to 2NE1's practice room and saw Ye-eun who had also just finished rehearsing. She was sitting in the corner of the practice room with her knees hugged and her eyes closed. Because of sleepiness, his head nodded slowly, but he woke up instantly the next second, shook his head violently, and recited various Korean history in his mouth.
Quan Zhilong couldn't help but bend his eyes and handed her the strawberry milk in his hand, "Didn't you say in front of me that you are super confident?"
Ye-eun glanced at Quan Zhilong, took the strawberry milk he had opened and took a sip, bluffing, "Of course I'm confident!"
The next moment, she scratched her head and sighed: "But, but I'm still a little nervous."
"Who told you to say directly at the fan meeting that you wanted to take the Kaist exam? Now everyone is watching your exam." Kwon Ji-ryong sighed. This guy never thought that what he said would be dug out at this time, right?
Thinking of the current trend of the entire network betting on "Lee Ye-eun's college entrance examination score", the two found it funny, "It's even more intense than the MKMF voting."
Ye-eun held her face with her hands and muttered, "I haven't even taken the exam yet and people are already betting on my score. Who on earth is that? It must be my hater. He posted it now and deliberately made it a hot topic. It's putting me under so much pressure. If I find out, he's done for!"
However, after thinking about it, she turned her head, curved her eyes, and whispered to Quan Zhilong: "Fortunately, I am very confident in Korean, mathematics, English, and Chinese. The only thing left is Korean history, but it's great that Korean history is so short!"
"..." Quan Zhilong couldn't help but glared at Yien, raised his hand and gently hit Yien's mouth, "If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be scolded again if you accidentally say it out loud."
Ye-eun pouted, “I know!”
It's too short to be said.
Quan Zhilong laughed in silence. Forget it, let’s not talk about each other anymore.
The day before the college entrance examination, both of them stayed at home for a rare occasion. The next morning, Ye Eun got up early, but Kwon Ji-yong's family got up even earlier than her.
Ye-eun yawned and glanced at everyone, rubbing her eyes: "Morning."
Kwon Ji-yong raised his hand and waved, then walked straight to Yi-eun and tidied up her messy hair.
Because they are from a Chinese-Korean family, Ye-en has to take the Korean college entrance examination normally even if she has not become a naturalized citizen. However, the materials she needs to prepare are much more than other candidates.
Li Zhen and Han Ji Lan took turns checking Yi Eun's materials, fearing that this forgetful child might have missed something that would affect her exams. But when they turned around, they saw Quan Zhilong raising his hand to touch Yi Eun's hair.
Several parents couldn't help but laugh. The scandal between the two was all over the internet. Although the two children didn't tell them and they didn't ask, how could they not see that the way they got along was different from before.
Until Ye-eun was standing outside the examination center wearing a black Prada backpack and a baseball cap on her head, she was still listening to Kwon Ji-yong's chattering, and she couldn't help but yawn again.
The candidates around them were all in a hurry, but when they saw the two of them, they couldn't help but turn around and take a look.
There were even parents who sent their children to take the exam and took out their cell phones to take pictures of the two of them, but Ye-eun and Kwon Ji-yong didn't care at all. They stood aside, one nagging and giving instructions while the other listened with helplessness on his face.
"The break time between each exam is very short, so remember to pay attention to the time when you go to the bathroom!"
"Inside……"
"Have you put the water and food in your bag? You can't go out at noon, so remember to eat during the hour in between."
"Zhilong, you've said this several times..."
"Ah, I was afraid that you would forget. You've been very competitive since you were little and you always forget things... Don't be nervous, okay? No matter how you do in the exam, our Ye-eun is already very good! Don't think about what people say on the Internet."
"Got it! Zhilong, if you keep nagging me, I'm going to forget all the knowledge I learned!"
"Okay, okay...then go in. I should still be in rehearsal when you finish your exam, but you have to send me a message, got it?"
Seeing that he was more nervous than she was, Ye-eun stood on tiptoe and patted his head, "Don't be nervous! Trust me!"
The parents smiled gently, and Kwon Da-mi, who had already graduated and was working, raised her camera again and pointed it at the two of them. Three years ago, I took a photo of my younger brother when he took the college entrance examination. Now it’s Yeen’s turn to take the exam, so naturally I have to record it.
Quan Zhilong sighed as he watched Yi Eun trotting into the school with a black backpack on her back. Quan Damei glanced at him and said, "You might as well worry about yourself instead of her. With your attendance rate at school, don't let yourself be expelled."
He pursed his lips. He was now a junior in college, but because he was too busy with work, he had rarely been to school. Quan Zhilong scratched his head, looking helpless, "I know, Noona, I'll go to work first."
Kwon Ji-yong left, and Yi-eun took out the certificate from her schoolbag and showed it to the teacher, then she entered the examination room smoothly.
The Korean college entrance examination is indeed difficult. Five subjects are taken in one day. Although each subject is objective, there is almost no time for candidates to adjust and rest in between. When finishing the last subject, the second foreign language, Ye-en looked at the square Chinese words on the test paper and her eyes began to feel dizzy.
As soon as the bell rang, all the candidates left the examination room obediently. No one paid any attention to Ye-en during the exam, but after the exam, Ye-en felt everyone's eyes were on her from time to time.
As an artist, no matter how tired she is physically or mentally, she has to manage her facial expressions. Ye-eun greeted everyone with a slight bow with the corners of her mouth raised. Until the door finally opened, Ye-eun felt that her face was about to freeze.
However, after hearing the two families say they were going to take her out for dinner, Ye-eun was so hungry that she felt dizzy but she still opened her phone to ask Li Cailin about the current rehearsal situation.
When she heard that it was still possible to rush over now, Ye-eun immediately urged Kim Hee-jun to take her to the rehearsal. When she heard that she could still catch up with the rehearsal, Ye-eun was very happy: "Hehe, luckily it's held in Seoul this time."
However, after sitting in the car, the steady movement of the car made her feel sleepy. She bit the bread, and after two bites, she felt so sleepy that she couldn't help closing her eyes.
Seeing her daughter feeling sleepy and hungry, closing her eyes to rest for a few minutes, then taking a bite of bread as if awakened, and then closing her eyes again, Li Zhen felt so distressed that she almost cried.
She sat in the passenger seat with her lips pursed. After a few seconds, Jin Hejun sighed and touched her hand.
There is no way, the children have to walk the path they choose in the end.
At least being able to debut is much better than most kids who take this path.
When she arrived at the rehearsal site of MKMF, Ye-eun was eating bread while sleeping, which filled her stomach a little and made her a little more awake. When she got off the bus, she washed her face with mineral water. The cold weather in mid-November woke her up immediately.
At ten o'clock in the evening, after finishing the rehearsal with the members without any makeup, Ye Eun finally felt relieved. This was their first time at the end of the year, and they would always feel uneasy if they didn't rehearse.
CL smiled and patted her shoulder, "I was so sleepy earlier, but I woke up as soon as I got on stage."
While waiting for 2NE1 to go back together, Bigbang glanced at TVXQ next to them, and the two groups greeted each other awkwardly but politely.
The awards that the two groups competed for almost all overlapped, and especially since the two groups' fans were arguing fiercely online, it would naturally be awkward for them to meet under such circumstances.
When Ye-eun stepped down from the stage, she seemed to be unaware of the atmosphere between the two teams. She waved her hand and greeted TVXQ with great enthusiasm: "Seniors, nice to see you again!"
Several others also greeted TVXQ.
"Hello." The TVXQ members who had met 2NE1 at the China-Korea Concert smiled at them politely.
When facing Bigbang, they were much more natural. Daesung directly hooked Minzy's shoulders and said, "Ah, Minzy has grown taller again."
Kwon Ji-yong glanced at Ye-eun and immediately noticed the weariness that she couldn't hide in her eyes.
"Aunt said you fell asleep in the car." Quan Zhilong patted Yien's head, "No wonder you didn't send me a message. Go back and get some rest today."
Ye-eun blinked, "I'm hungry, anything?"
Quan Zhilong lowered his head and took out some chocolates and candies, "Who else but me would carry candies for you?"
He said with disdain, but he still habitually tore open the candy wrapper and handed it to Ye-eun, "Here, fill your stomach."
Seeing that Bigbang and 2NE1 were arm in arm with each other without any hesitation, TVXQ was shocked and amazed. After all, they would never dare to do that to Girls’ Generation.
What they couldn't imagine was that this group would give another famous performance tomorrow that would shock everyone.
On the afternoon of November 16, 2008, it was time for the MKMF red carpet at Jamsil Gymnasium. Because it was the 10th anniversary of MKMF, this award ceremony was unusually grand, with countless cameras pointed at the red carpet and broadcasting live from China, Japan and South Korea.
It was drizzling, but the fans' enthusiasm did not diminish. They stood outside in raincoats, watching the artists arrive at the scene one by one by car, waving their cheering sticks.
TVXQ was the first to arrive. All of their members were wearing suits, and their leader Jung Yunho even wore a fur coat over his suit. When he got off the car, the fans at the scene couldn't help but shout out.
Bigbang and 2NE1 were sitting in two cars at the back waiting to enter. Even though she was sitting in the car, Ye-eun could hear the host outside asking TVXQ about their opinions on Bigbang in a provocative way.
Bigbang in front of them could hear it more clearly. The captain, Kwon Ji-yong, wore full eyeliner today and had a sharp look in his eyes, which made him look even more playboy-like, even more unique.
Quan Zhilong tilted his head and heard Jung Yunho's voice coming from the speaker, "Whether it's Bigbang or Shinee, we are all learning from each other."
After TVXQ entered the stage, it was Bigbang's turn. All members were wearing luxurious furs, which made the fans scream again. They took the pen and signed their names on the signature board. Kwon Ji-yong took the microphone and heard the host ask a similar question again, "GD xi, you also know about the debate about Bigbang and TVXQ on the Internet, right? Which of the two groups do you think is better?"
Quan Zhilong was well prepared, and he looked at the camera pointed at him with his eyes curved, "Every singer has his own characteristics, so there is no way to compare them."
Although she was wearing cool makeup, she looked like a teenager when she smiled, and the VIPs outside also laughed.
When 2NE1 came on stage, the host was shocked because all the members of 2NE1 were holding a Prada bag. Prada, which has always been known for its rich colors and bold designs, has launched several colorful bags this year.
2NE1 is known for its bold style. Ye Eun wore a blue long skirt from this year's Prada printed totem series and held a blue and purple bag in her hand. Hanging on the bag was a black and white bear doll launched by Prada this year. Although there were only two or three colors, it gave people a colorful feeling.
The host saw this and knew that it was likely that someone from 2NE1 was going to collaborate with Prada. Taking advantage of the MKMF to warm up in advance, she smiled and said, "2NE1's outfits today are very colorful."
CL directly handed the microphone to Ye-eun, who took it with a smile, “Because we are the queen wearing Prada today.”
Fans who understood screamed immediately.
Sure enough, after 2NE1 entered the venue, Prada’s official Korean website directly updated its homepage - Prada brand ambassador 2NE1 Lee Ye-eun.
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