my artist neighbor

Chapter 348 346. A Proper Gift

"Hey?"

"Irene, there is your courier, what did you buy?"

"Huh? Arrived?"

Pei Zhuxuan couldn't hide her excitement in her voice, she exclaimed and hurriedly got up from the sofa in the practice room.

Today is already July 7th, and it is only one day away from Liu Xin'an's birthday.

And Pei Zhuxuan's plan today is to sneak home at night, and then wait until midnight to give her boyfriend a big surprise.

So the courier that arrived today is very important to her.

The mouse she bought has arrived.

"Yes, tell me what you bought first."

"A birthday present for Xin'an. His birthday is tomorrow."

"Oh huh? His birthday is tomorrow? Isn't his birthday on June 6st?"

Cheng Taiqian's doubts also surprised Pei Zhuxuan: "Why does Brother Taiqian know so much about my boyfriend's birthday?"

"It's strange what you said. Is he just your boyfriend?"

"Ah? Is it possible that he is still your boyfriend, Brother Taiqian?"

Very good answer, this made Cheng Taiqian silent, he wanted to say that Liu Xin'an was his close brother.

"Bye."

"Hee hee hee."

Pei Zhuxuan laughed, put away the phone, and then looked at Jiang Seulqi beside her.

"Seul Qi, I'm going to get the express delivery, will you accompany me?"

"Well, yes, is the item for Liu Xin'an arrived?"

"Correct."

Jiang Seulqi came to Pei Zhuxuan's side, followed her out of the practice room, and at the same time did not forget to chat with this excited sister: "Don't forget to pass on the gift we gave to Liu Xin'an for us."

"Don't worry, but what are you giving?"

Jiang Seulqi raised her eyebrows, pretending to be mysterious: "Secret, secret, it's not something particularly unusual."

"You make me very curious by saying that, can't I take it apart first?"

"What's this called? It was packed with great difficulty."

Since last night, Pei Zhuxuan's younger sisters have gathered together to study how to wrap presents.

Fortunately, there are many, many such bags for packing things in the storage room of the dormitory.

At that time, Pei Zhuxuan happened to go to make a video call with her boyfriend, and it was sweet, so I can’t blame anyone if I didn’t see it~
Soon, the two came to the place where the company specially stores express delivery.

After finding her courier, Pei Zhuxuan carried the small box and followed Jiang Seulqi upstairs again.

"Is this going to be repackaged?"

"Well, you can't just give the courier to Liu Xin'an as a gift, that's too strange."

Pei Zhuxuan opened the courier box with a knife, took out the box inside, and looked at it over and over again.

"Why so small?"

I bought the second generation of gpw. Although Pei Zhuxuan didn't know the difference in parameters between the first generation and the second generation, the second generation was more expensive.

Expensive things, especially this kind of digital products, for Ms. Pei who doesn't know anything about them, expensive means good.

"It's just how big a mouse can be."

"That's right, I'm going to get the ribbon."

A day later, Hanwang, which had no discussion on this matter, finally appeared a porter who moved the incident.

Cheng Taiqian has been observing the comments of netizens.

However, to his great surprise, the netizens who originally liked to criticize others chose a more gentle way of dealing with this matter.

It's not that there are no bad words, there are trolls everywhere, and most of these trolls are black people who don't have a good impression of Pei Zhuxuan. The evaluation of these people is not important.

What Cheng Taeqian really cares about is actually the fan station here, and the reaction of some Pei Zhuxuan's solo fans.

It was the gentle reaction of this group of people that surprised Cheng Taiqian.

【Halo, so Irene is really that Mr. Liu Xinan's girlfriend? 】

[Hahahaha, it’s pretty good, Irene is 30 years old, it’s not easy to meet a good man, and as a woman, I’m in favor of such a relationship]

[Although that kid is from China, the blood of our country is also flowing in his body]

[That stink] Well, this is a bad comment, and Cheng Taiqian just ignored it.

It has to be said that Liu Xin'an's excellent personality on the show still made many fans in his country feel good about him. In fact, the fact that Chinese men are popular has been reflected in the past few years.

"Om~"

Cheng Taiqian glanced at the vibrating mobile phone on the table, and hurriedly picked it up: "Director."

"Taiqian, come to the office."

"Yes."

Cheng Taiqian took a deep breath, it seemed that what was supposed to come had finally come.

He sorted out his mood, set out from his office, and soon knocked on the door of Mr. Jin's office.

"knock knock"

"Come in."

Cheng Taiqian pushed the door open, first bowed respectfully to the man and said hello, and then sat down in front of Chief Jin.

"Master, what do you want from me?"

"The relationship between Irene and Liu Xin'an is."

"It's a couple."

At this time, there is no need to continue to hide. The signs have already appeared, and the company has begun to become suspicious. Instead of continuing to cover up, it is better to directly make the relationship between the two of them transparent to the company, which is also convenient for the company's subsequent operations and risk avoidance. .

This answer did not meet Chief Jin's expectations. He rested his chin on one hand and tapped the table lightly with the other.

The crisp hitting sound made Cheng Taiqian a little nervous. The manager swallowed his saliva, waiting for the leader to scold him.

But unexpectedly, the imaginary scolding did not come, Director Jin just chuckled and looked at him: "When did you know that."

"I also know not long ago that Irene and Liu Xin'an have done a good job of keeping secrets."

"Well, that's true, otherwise we wouldn't know it now, would we?"

Cheng Taiqian stood up, hurriedly bowed and apologized: "This is my mistake, I'm sorry, Chief!"

"Okay, I don't mean to blame you, but since there are already signs of this, let them make it public."

"Is it public at this time?"

Cheng Taiqian straightened up in a panic, and asked a question in confirmation.

"Correct."

"But they will come back in another month. Irene is the most popular in the group. If it is revealed that she has a lover during this period, it will have a great impact on their comeback results."

"The company will have a public relations team to control public opinion, so you don't have to worry too much about it."

"But" Cheng Taiqian frowned, he didn't want to make this comeback more uncertain, "Mr. The hype between their relationship, we still want to rely on Mr. Liu Xin'an to open up the relationship in the mainland in the future, is it not good to turn against him now?"

"Whether this relationship can be opened up from him is still unknown. How to pursue vested interests and unknown interests, you should know better than me, right?"

Director Kim knows this too, but SM is an agency and he is a businessman.

"But when you signed the contract with Liu Xin'an, did he make a request not to use him for hype?"

Mr. Jin was taken aback, he recalled it carefully, and then laughed out loud: "This kid, is he waiting for me here?"

When negotiating the contract before, he was attracted by Liu Xin'an's previous requirement of "standing in line with public opinion", and he didn't pay attention to the latter clause of "You can't hype information related to Liu Xin'an".
Chief Jin was silent for a few seconds, finally took a deep breath, looked at Cheng Taiqian: "You go and call Irene."

"Yes."

Walking out of Chief Kim's office, Cheng Taiqian let out a long breath.

From the current point of view, the company definitely does not want to have a bad relationship with Liu Xin'an, and the dividends brought by a good relationship with Liu Xin'an have already begun to be seen. At this time, it is definitely not a good thing to have a bad relationship with Liu Xin'an.

As for the publicity mentioned by Mr. Jin, he didn't think Mr. Jin really planned to make it public. He just wanted to use this cover to beat Pei Zhuxuan, and see if he could get anything from Liu Xin'an by the way.

A businessman is a businessman after all, and Mr. Kim is just a little better than those leaders with whom he has little contact.

With mixed thoughts, Cheng Taiqian pushed open the door of Red velvet's practice room.

Not all the members are in the practice room today. Son Seungwan went to participate in the radio event, while the rest of the members are reviewing dance moves in the practice room to deepen their muscle memory.

His appearance didn't surprise everyone too much, and Pei Zhuxuan stood up knowingly.

"Are you looking for me, Brother Taiqian?"

It's been a day, and what should come will eventually come.

"Yes, Chief Jin is looking for you."

It would be a lie to say that she was not nervous or flustered, she swallowed her saliva, and then looked at Cheng Taiqian carefully: "How is the head of the office?"

"Well, get ready to be scolded."

This answer made Pei Zhuxuan dejected, but didn't she just get scolded? She has been out for so many years, and she has been scolded a lot!

The big deal is one ear goes in and the other goes out.

"The head of the office will probably beat you with the relationship between the two of you. You should be more honest then, no matter what the head of the office says, you can't talk back, you know?"

"Yes, I know."

Pei Zhuxuan nodded, looking very obedient.

But after going through so many things, Cheng Taiqian didn't believe this person.

She looks docile on the surface, but she is actually full of thoughts and ideas!

He looked up at Pei Zhuxuan's stunning face, and his eyes stayed on the other's black hair.

Pei Zhuxuan, who noticed Cheng Taeqian's gaze, smiled sweetly, and then took out the hairpin from his pocket.

"I didn't wear it today."

"Then should I praise you?"

"Hey, come on, I'm ready!"

Pei Zhuxuan with a face of "going to die generously", followed Cheng Taeqian to Chief Kim's office.

The old rules, first bow to say hello, this is etiquette.

After Chief Jin responded, Pei Zhuxuan stood honestly in front of Chief Jin, with his head lowered, not daring to make the slightest eye contact with him.

"It's good to hide it, Irene."

"I'm very sorry, because the director was worried that the company would not agree with me and Xin'an, so I didn't dare to report to the company. Please don't blame Brother Taiqian, he only knew about it not long ago."

Chief Jin raised his eyebrows, looked at Cheng Tae-qian playfully, then looked at Pei Zhuxuan, and smiled gently: "I don't mean to blame you, but you should report to the company about falling in love, you are already 30 years old It’s been 7 years since your debut, and the company has no position to stop your love.”

"I'm really, really sorry."

At this time, if she went down the slope, she would be a big fool.

Pei Zhuxuan bowed and apologized again, keeping her posture very low.

"Well, the company plans to directly disclose your relationship with Liu Xin'an."

".now?"

"Yes, this is a good time, as a warm-up for your comeback."

Pei Zhuxuan pursed her lips, and the company's thoughts were clearly revealed. It is absolutely not acceptable to expose a relationship in this period, and Mr. Jin is also very clear about this.

Now that he knew this and said such things, Chief Jin's purpose was very clear.

The company wanted to take advantage of Liu Xin'an.

And this is also the final reason why Pei Zhuxuan didn't want to tell the company about their relationship.

In other words, the company wanted to use her affairs to manipulate Liu Xin'an into doing things for the company.

"Office Chief."

"Let's contact Mr. Liu Xin'an first. We need to discuss what to do next. Tomorrow is the day for filming, right?"

Director Kim ignored Pei Zhuxuan's voice, looked directly at Cheng Taeqian, and gave orders.

Pei Zhuxuan took a deep breath, summoned up her courage, and put aside Cheng Taiqian's previous entrustment.

"room"

"Bell~"

Her voice of courage was interrupted by the ringing of the landline on the desk.

The eyes of the three people were all attracted by the landline. Mr. Jin glanced at the two of them and picked up the handset of the landline.

"what happened?"

After asking this sentence, Mr. Jin's pupils trembled, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

After a long time, he hastily asked a question.

".what?"

"Okay, I see, I will take them there now."

"Yes, I understand."

After hastily saying these few words, Mr. Kim got up under the perplexed gaze of both Pei Zhuxuan and Cheng Taeqian.

"Taiqian, take Irene back to the practice room, let them tidy up, and prepare to go to the living room with me, and move quickly."

"Ah? Yes, Irene, let's go!"

Although he didn't know exactly what happened, Cheng Taeqian responded in a hurry, and then called Pei Zhuxuan who was still in the fog beside him.

Pei Zhuxuan also got up together, first bowed to Chief Kim, and then trotted away behind Cheng Taeqian.

As for Chief Jin, he looked thoughtfully at the room where the two left.

Is it a coincidence?
Or.
Liu Xin'an?
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"What's the situation?"

"I don't know. Anyway, Chief Jin seems to be very serious."

Pei Zhuxuan shook her head, she was also at a loss: "I don't know, let's follow the past first, maybe some important person came over."

"What does the big man have to do with us?"

Jiang Seulqi asked suspiciously.

In this regard, Pei Zhuxuan just spread his hands and said that he knew nothing.

Except for Sun Shengwan who was not there, Pei Zhuxuan led the three younger sisters out of the practice room, and Cheng Taeqian had been waiting at the door for a while.

He glanced at the clothes and makeup of the four of them, and nodded.

"After a while, don't talk nonsense, just listen honestly, you know?"

"Brother Taiqian, who is here?"

"I don't know either, but the chief's reaction seems to be a very powerful big shot, just listen to it honestly."

Cheng Taiqian was also dumbfounded, but he could still see Chief Jin's excessive reaction.

Obviously, the status of this guest who needs to be received by them is not low.

Several people hurried to the living room upstairs, and what really surprised Pei Zhuxuan was that not only Mr. Jin, but also Li Chengzhu, the current chairman of SM, who appeared in front of her at this time, also came here .

Pei Zhuxuan hurriedly led the members to bow and say hello to the real boss.

"Hello, Chairman."

The normally unsmiling chairman looked at Pei Zhuxuan with a rare smile on his face.

"Eileen, how are you doing recently?"

"Ah, yes! Thanks to the company, I've been doing well recently."

"Well, isn't Wendy here?"

"Wendy has an event, but I have sent someone to tell Wendy to come back as soon as possible."

Chief Jin whispered a few words beside Li Chengzhu, and after Li Chengzhu nodded, he looked at Pei Zhuxuan and others.

"Go in later, don't talk nonsense, just stand quietly, understand?"

"Yes." Pei Zhuxuan and the others answered obediently.

Chief Jin gently pushed open the door, and taking this opportunity, Pei Zhuxuan and the others looked curiously into the living room.

The living room was no different from usual, but the living room was always empty. At this time, a man was sitting on a soft sofa.

Seeing the door open, the man got up and looked at Li Chengzhu, Chief Kim, and Pei Zhuxuan who walked in with a smile.

"I kept you waiting, Mr. Wang."

Li Chengzhu smiled and reached out to shake hands with the man in front of him, looking very close.

king?
It's a surname that Goryeo barely has, in other words.
This one is from Huaxia?
The first reaction of Jiang Seulqi and others was to look at Pei Zhuxuan, who was also stunned.

Because among all the people present, she is the only one who has contact with the Huaxia people.

"It's okay, Mr. Li." The man surnamed Wang first answered Li Chengzhu's words, and then he looked at Pei Zhuxuan who was so nervous that he could not stop blinking his beautiful eyes, showing a gentle smile, "Ms. Pei Zhuxuan, Ms. Jiang Seulqi , Ms. Park Xiurong, and Ms. Jin Yelin, hello, I am Wang Chengjie from the Chinese Consulate in Busan, and I am here to distribute letters to several of you."

".Eh?"

Even though it was very clear that she couldn't have any strange reactions here, the title of the person in front of her still made Pei Zhuxuan stunned.

With the same dull face, there were Jiang Seqi and others who were called by Wang Chengjie's name.

Wang Chengjie took out several letters from the bag he was carrying, and distributed them to Pei Zhuxuan and others one by one according to their names.

Then, he glanced at the remaining copy in his hand, and turned to look at Li Chengzhu who was beside him.

"Miss Son Seung-wan doesn't seem to be back yet, I'll wait."

"She's already on her way back, I'm sorry for wasting so much of your time."

"Ah, I came here uninvited. Chairman Li, please don't say that."

Wang Chengjie waved his hands with a smile, without any airs, he looked at Pei Zhuxuan and the others who were still in a sluggish state, and said amusedly: "You can just open it and look at it."

Pei Zhuxuan knew that the other party said this to herself, but...
She glanced at Li Chengzhu cautiously, and waited until the other party nodded, then held her breath, tore open the sealed letter, and pulled out the letter inside.

This is a letter written entirely in English.

She has learned basic English, so she can understand.

It's just that after reading it carefully, her brain, which was a little bit unable to turn around because of the arrival of the other party, completely shut down.

【Consulate General of China】

[The Chinese Consulate General in Busan pays tribute to Pei Zhuxuan, captain of Red Velvet, and would like to send you a letter regarding the following matters. 】

[In order to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, our embassy plans to hold a "Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Reception" at the Chinese Consulate General in Busan at 9:29 on September 17 (Wednesday).The Chinese Consulate General in Busan sincerely invites you to attend the banquet. 】

[In addition, this event is in the form of a standing buffet reception, please refer to it. 】

[Please send the Feedback Form of Attendance Intent to our embassy before September 9st. 】

【Shun with the highest respect】

[Signed: Huaxia Consulate General in Busan]

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PS: Regarding this paragraph, the author specifically asked the real consulate staff, and you may not believe it, but I really have book friends who work in the Korean embassy.
These contents were written after a serious discussion between me and the relevant staff member. As for why I bypassed SM and sent invitations directly to Pei Zhuxuan and others, it was because this reception was a private reception, so there was no need to go the company route. road.

As for whether Pei Zhuxuan and others are eligible, first of all, this reception actually existed in September last year, and similar events often invite some well-known artists to participate.

As for why Xiao Pei was invited, I will explain later~
If you still have doubts about this plot and think it is unreasonable, please come to the book friend group to ask me~
If you find it troublesome and don’t want to come to the book club, you can also refer to the Xiaopo website up: Protect Wild Pineapple
This person participated in the activities of the Chinese Consulate in Munich this year~
PS2: It is normal not to see the comments and this chapter, the starting point of this chapter says that there is a small problem with the comments~
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