Chapter 63 Captain
SJY ENTERTAINMENT.
In the nanny car, Jiang Shen looked at the truck outside the company in silence.
This was not the first time he had seen fans’ truck demonstrations. Some were from his group, while others were from other groups in the company, but the content was all about fighting for resources and weight.
But today, the display screen next to the truck compartment next to the company made him feel a chill in his heart.
It contained the words he saw on major social media and live broadcast rooms last night.
"Shine, get out of the team! Go back to China! We don't welcome idols who ruin the sincerity of their fans!"
The car drove slowly towards the underground parking lot, but Jiang Shen turned his head unconsciously, his eyes still fixed on the truck.
"Don't look at it." There was a hint of helplessness in the agent's voice.
Jiang Shen withdrew his gaze and pursed his lips into a straight line.
This happened just last night, but today there was a truck in front of the company.
The car passed by the fans who were checking in at the company gate and drove towards the dim parking lot. In the car, Jiang Shen's figure was gradually swallowed by the darkness.
He came here to practice dancing today.
The team's return was scheduled for a week later. During this period, everyone was busy with their own schedules and practiced their own dances. They had not performed together yet.
Starting today, he and his teammates will practice and prepare for the stage while also appearing on variety shows and on radio stations to promote their return.
But he wasn't just here to practice dancing today.
Jiang Shen followed his agent to the vice president's office.
The office door was pushed open, and four figures came into Jiang Shen's sight.
There are four people in it: the vice president, the public relations representative, and the team leader.
besides……
Jiang Shen raised his eyes and looked at the only boy standing.
In order to return, the boy dyed his hair flaming red.
He is the captain of their team.
Hearing the door open, the captain turned and looked over.
The moment his eyes met Jiang Shen's, the captain blinked at him slightly.
"It's okay."
"It's fine."
The captain told Jiang Shen this information in a blink of an eye.
In an instant, the heavy and suffocating feeling in Jiang Shen's chest eased a little.
The person he trusted most comforted him in his own way, which made Jiang Shen feel as if something was choking his throat, making it sour.
"Okay, everyone sit down." The vice president saw Jiang Shen, rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Seeing that Jiang Shen didn't move, the captain simply held his arm and pulled him to sit down.
Jiang Shen looked at the coffee table in front of him. The tea on the table was almost gone. It was obvious that they had been chatting for a long time.
He knew what it meant that the meeting was held in the vice president's office instead of a conference room.
It was wrong for him to go live without saying a word yesterday, but the company also knew they were in the wrong, and they couldn't justifiably criticize him publicly in a formal setting.
The vice president spoke first, briefly talking about the tweets on X last night, and the others followed the vice president's words.
They talked about the importance of the matter and the influence of public opinion, asked Jiang Shen to stay calm, and promised that the company would give an explanation and would not let this false love scandal affect the development of the team.
Jiang Shen remained silent and did not express any opinion.
He sat next to the captain and breathed slowly and deeply.
His opinion is not important. No matter what he says, it cannot change the decision that the decision-makers have already made.
They called him over just to put on a show and get his cooperation.
He knew that their existence was like a beautifully packaged commodity to the decision-makers.
The only difference is that their singing, dancing and production abilities occasionally allow them to sit at the conference table and offer a few opinions.
He tilted his head and looked at the captain.
Unlike him who was silent, the captain kept talking.
He is using this incident as a bargaining chip to help Jiang Shen gain an opportunity.
"I've looked at the event invitations in recent months. These variety shows have good ratings. One of them is even in China. Jiang Shen hasn't been back to China to see his relatives for a long time. Let Jiang Shen participate in these." said the vice president.
The captain added: "Jiang Shen has always wanted to release a solo album. Of course, so do we."
After so many years of debut, they have had very few opportunities to release EPs, sing OSTs, or even cover songs, let alone solo albums.
The vice president paused for a moment and said, "I have been considering the solo album, but we think the time is not right yet."
"But it's okay to release singles. Let's do it according to age. It's more fair."
There are eight people in the team, and Jiang Shen is the middle-aged one. It is unknown how long it will take for his turn.
But at least there was a promise.
This cheered him up a little.
They have come this far based on ambition and mutual support.
Ambitious people certainly hope to have a song that has their own voice from beginning to end.
But once he agrees to these conditions, his social media software will be taken over by his agent until the matter is over.
He had no choice but to agree.
Jiang Shenshen knew that doing a live broadcast like he did last night was his only way and opportunity to explain himself and speak up.
The company was willing to compensate him for not clarifying things in a timely manner, simply because their team was the backbone of the company.
If it were a group that is not well-known enough, the company would not bother with it.
Coming out of the vice president's office, the captain raised his hand and put his arm around Jiang Shen's shoulders, patting him hard.
"Brother." Jiang Shen couldn't help but call him.
The captain looked at him seriously and said, "Don't be affected by these things. Even if everyone doesn't believe you, you know we are still here."
After that, he rubbed his face and returned to his usual appearance, saying lightly: "Sooner or later we will be able to get to where we want to go."
Clearly both of them had their managers following behind, but the captain didn’t shy away from saying, “Then we’ll be able to do the pure performance that we want to do most.”
"Alright, I'm really not used to seeing this expression on your face," the captain patted Jiang Shen's shoulder again, looked at his face which hadn't smiled since they met, and added, "Let's go to the practice room first. I'll go to the restaurant to get food for everyone."
Jiang Shen was unable to respond to the captain with words, so he simply hugged him tightly.
The captain smiled and hugged him back, "Okay, you're not the type to act cute."
Jiang Shen also laughed and said, "Yeah, I'm not the type to act like a spoiled brat."
In the past, he was the member who loved to tease and trick his teammates.
Jiang Shen and the captain separated in the elevator, one going up and the other going down.
The downward stairs arrived first. Jiang Shen watched the captain and the captain's agent leave, and walked to the window next to the elevator while waiting for the elevator.
He looked down through the window.
His photos were hung above the signs of several coffee shops not far away.
It’s a fan-organized event, organized in his birthday month, and has been running for a week.
There have been a lot of fans in Shengka these days, but today, several coffee shops are deserted.
He looked at himself in the photo, and he was smiling happily and without any worries.
Ding Dong——
The elevator rang and the door slowly opened.
Jiang Shen and his agent walked into the elevator, the elevator door closed again, and he gradually disappeared from the photo.
Jiang Shen thought: Maybe the disappointed fans will cancel the birthday party before his birthday comes.
Before entering the practice room, Jiang Shen hid all his emotions.
With his comeback imminent, he doesn't want his emotions to affect his own or his teammates' practice. He wants to be responsible for the stage.
After debuting for many years, they have a very good understanding of each other. Even if they have never rehearsed together, when the music starts, it is as if they have rehearsed together hundreds or thousands of times.
After arranging the formation, they practiced for another hour and a half and then ended today's training.
Everyone has their own schedule and will soon rush to the shooting location of their personal itinerary.
Before that, everyone's agents got together with them and took out all the variety show invitations they had received.
In the past, if all members were invited to a comeback variety show, Jiang Shen would participate, but he had very few opportunities to participate in a variety show alone or with one or two teammates.
This incident gave him more opportunities to appear on the screen.
He knew that opportunities don't wait for anyone, so he had to seize them.
But at this time, is excessive exposure really a good thing for him?
Wouldn't it be better to just keep quiet and not show up?
Jiang Shen, who was riding in a car to the variety show venue, didn't know whether his decision to accept the invitation was a good or bad one.
In the week before his comeback, he was so busy rehearsing dances, shooting commercials, appearing on variety shows, and also finding time to do management. He was so busy that he had no time to read the comments online.
After completing the pre-recording on the first day of his comeback, he hurried to the styling room to change his look and participate in the promotional activities of the cooperating brand.
The pre-recording time is around five in the morning, and the preparation before pre-recording takes a long time.
His only rest time was to close his eyes and take a short nap before it was his turn to put on stage makeup.
All in all, he probably only slept for an hour that day.
After changing his look, he arrived at the event.
This is an indoor event, which is both a promotional event and a disguised fan meeting. The audience present spent a lot of money to buy products in order to win the opportunity to participate in this promotional event.
The ordering link for the event was posted exactly the day after the romance rumors came out, which meant that those who came to the event were fans who believed in and supported him.
This made Jiang Shen, who had hardly slept, breathe a sigh of relief, and his tense spirit from participating in activities non-stop relaxed.
He followed the planned process and cooperated in the publicity.
The event went smoothly. Fans in the audience held up their cameras excitedly. Every time he looked at the camera, there were screams.
It seems like nothing has changed.
Everything seems to have returned to the time before the romance scandal broke out, and he is still unconditionally loved by his fans.
Next, we come to the last process.
Fans will come on stage one by one, and he will briefly chat with the fans before handing them the products.
"Thank you for your support." Jiang Shen smiled with his crescent-shaped eyes and looked intently at every fan who walked by.
Looking at the official polite words, it actually reflects his true thoughts.
Each fan only stayed on the stage for a short time, but they all used this blink of an eye to express their trust in Jiang Shen.
"Happy birthday! Don't be affected by things on the Internet!"
"We all believe in you! You never let us down."
"Even if everyone misunderstands you, we still believe in you!"
Every word was like good medicine, healing Jiang Shen's tired heart.
Jiang Shen felt much better. As long as there were still fans standing behind him, even if there were only a few, he could stand firm on the stage.
Jiang Shen carefully went through the last step, repeating the process of packaging the products and handing them to the fans who came on stage.
Then, it was the turn of a familiar-looking fan to go on stage.
Jiang Shen recognized her; she had been to his book signings many times.
He greeted them with a smile, and when he was about to say "Long time no see", he found that the fan, who usually always suppressed his excitement and smiled, had a blank expression and was breathing heavily.
Look closely, her eyes are very red.
She took the product handed over by Jiang Shen, sneered and said: "This is the last time I will see you."
"We spent so much money on you, but you used it to support your sister-in-law. It's really interesting and funny. You are sorry for me and for us."
She spoke quickly and softly, and only Jiang Shen could hear her.
The next second, her action made the whole audience exclaim, and the security guards on the scene quickly rushed over -
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