Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

Kim So Min and members of Red Velvet returned and continued their North American tour until the end, and many new and popular groups also emerged on the peninsula.

In August 2017, the second season of Produce limited edition boy group WANNA ONE finally debuted. The grand momentum made it so overwhelming that those boy groups that had already debuted could hardly even get a sip of the meat soup.

Countless groups and solo acts in the music industry have been forced to become supporting cannon fodder - such as NCT and SEVENTEEN, which saw the fastest rise in popularity last year.

After the NCT family concert, they reunited to form NCT 2017, and the song written by Kim So Min received a particularly good response.

The company increased its investment in them and produced a variety show called "NCT LIFE", in which the awkward segments became a small hit. This allowed NCT to maintain its popularity despite being suppressed by WANNA ONE.

But SEVENTEEN is in a bit of a pity. This large boy group, which Kim So Min has only met a few times and which overshadowed the newly debuted NCT, released a new title song "Don't Wanna Cry" in May. The quality of the song is very good, but they happened to encounter heavy fog.

Before SEVENTEEN, there was Kim So Min’s solo album which was a big hit, as well as popular girl groups such as Red Velvet and TWICE.

After the song was released, the popularity of the talent show attracted much attention from the public. No matter how high the quality of the song "Don't Cry" was, it suffered a great loss by being sandwiched between several top groups.

As soon as August arrived, the popularity of the song was overshadowed by the debut of WANNA ONE and the comeback and tour of Red Velvet.

The song title "Don't Cry" should be in line with their mood...

However, in fact, groups like SEVENTEEN and NCT are already doing quite well. At least they are able to become known to the public through the impact of national boy bands and get some benefits from the music industry.

After all, even the girl group industry has been affected by the national boy groups and the popularity has declined a lot.

After comparing from many aspects, Red Velvet is the only girl group in Peninsula that dares to return after Wan and can compete with Wan in popularity every day.

Kim So Min's daily tour photos continue to be trending once they are exposed, and her popularity on the hot searches whenever she appears has overwhelmed the national boy band, causing a lot of friction between fans of both sides.

However, the public is not surprised by her suppressing the popularity of boy bands.

There’s a saying in the fan circle that goes something like this.

"Somin (Kim So-min) is a one-of-a-kind nurturing system who truly grew up in front of the public, and is the nation's center."

Of course, this sentence overlapped with the positioning of Kang Daniel, the C position of the bowl, causing fans of both sides to fight fiercely and giving the onlookers plenty of fun.

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Kim So Min is really tired.

After a series of tours, she lost weight rapidly and looked like she was about to become an immortal.

She had been a very healthy person since she was young and seldom got sick. But at the last North American leg, she got a fever as soon as the plane landed and was sent to Pei Xin's residence to recuperate.

In fact, it was not a big deal. She just got an IV drip, a fever-reducing injection, and rested for a few days. Then she recovered before the concert.

But sick people will be inexplicably fragile and aggrieved, especially a pampered princess like Kim So Min. She felt very uncomfortable.

Pei Xin was so angry when he saw her appearance after she got off the plane that he poked her on the forehead with his fingers for a long time and was unable to speak for a long time.

Kim So-min covered his forehead, lay on the bed, looked at her aggrievedly, and opened his mouth to act coquettishly and called her mother.

Pei Xin felt distressed and angry: "The sound is so unpleasant, stop screaming."

Having said that, Pei Xin still worked from home for a few days, and only went to work in the company after Jin Zhaomin's fever subsided and he felt much better.

The "100 days" of Kim So-min and Luo Jae-min's love passed during her busy tour. Luo Jae-min, who was in a different country, could not send her a gift, so he transferred some money to the public card she had opened.

Kim So-min, who managed to avoid being scolded by acting cute, was very proud in KKT: "Jae-min is right, my mother won't be angry if I just act cute."

Luo Zaimin was a little helpless: "Auntie is just too worried about you, but Nuna, if you continue like this I will be angry."

Jin Zhaomin knew very well that Pei Xin loved her so much that he didn't blame her too much.

“I knew I was wrong,” she said.

"I've bought my mother the latest bag as an apology gift."

Luo Zaimin: "Which one?"

Pei Xin was busy taking care of Jin Zhaomin and her own work, so she didn't have time to ask Chanel to deliver the new products to her home.

Kim So-min sent a screenshot of the payment, which showed a new bag that Chanel had released in the past two days, which only cost 25,000 RMB.

She couldn't help but complain: "The design of this bag is really ugly. It's not as good-looking as the classic one at all."

Luo Zaimin: "Huh? It's indeed not very pretty..."

Kim So Min: "Really? It's hard to imagine this is a Chanel bag!"

Then Kim So-min received the transfer information from the public card, the amount was exactly the price of the package, no more, no less.

Kim So-min: “?”

Luo Zaimin: "Have you forgotten? My "100th Day" gift hasn't been delivered yet. Please let me reimburse you."

Luo Zaimin: "You won't reject me, will you? (pitiful expression) You won't reject me, will you?"

He hasn't earned much since his debut, and he has bought a lot of small gifts for Kim So Min before. This money is probably most of his settlement money.

By this calculation, he probably didn't save much money.

Kim So-min: "Thank you, Jae-min. This is just the first time. It won't happen again."

Kim So Min: “There’s no need to give a gift that’s too burdensome…”

Luo Zaimin: "But Nuna, although I don't make enough money, it may be a bit shameless to say this...but I want to spend all the money I make on you."

Their consumption levels and concepts are not in the same class, and Luo Zaimin doesn't want to see her lower the quality of life.

He sent a cute expression: "Don't worry, Nuna, I will work harder and buy new things for Nuna when the time comes."

Kim So-min: “Okay, I’ll wait and see.”

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When she was a child, Kim So-min often went back to Beijing with Pei Xin to celebrate the New Year.

Pei Xin is a very career-oriented person and he continues to work even when he returns home.

As a well-known editor in the fashion industry, Pei Xin had to keep an eye on the developments of various accessories and luxury goods. At that time, Kim So-min sat obediently beside her and watched Pei Xin busy with her work.

Young children like to imitate their parents. She and Pei Xin were rarely together, so Xiantian was full of admiration for Pei Xin's interests, hobbies and career.

Kim So-min particularly likes beautiful clothes. She looks at these things with her eyes open, and also watches her mother busy working.

Pei Xin was flipping through fashion magazines while cutting out product pictures from the magazines to make notes, and then wrote down the brand name, style characteristics and design highlights next to each beautiful piece of clothing.

She turned her head and saw Kim So-min's appearance, so she asked, "Does So-min like it?"

Kim So Min: “I like it!”

So Pei Xin also smiled: "Mom likes it too."

Pei Xin took her to her own dressing room, which was filled with all kinds of clothes, all of which were styles from pictures in magazines.

Pei Xin smiled and helped Jin Zhaomin put on a custom-made dress and tied the bow for her.

Kim So-min hesitated for a moment, remembering that the models at the Dior show were all wearing high heels. She looked at Pei Xin tentatively, and her hesitant look was met with Pei Xin's affirmative nod, so she happily stepped on Pei Xin's high heels.

Seeing Kim So Min turning around in front of the mirror and exclaiming "Wow" at her beauty, Pei Xin gently held her hand and supported her, smiling with her eyes curved.

When Kim So-min was tired of playing, Pei Xin helped her take off the high heels that didn't fit her.

Pei Xin squatted down, looked into Jin Zhaomin's eyes, and told her gently: "Zhaomin, there is no need to hesitate. As long as it is something you like, just get it."

"Whether it's a beautiful bag, nice clothes, or beautiful shoes."

"Of course there's more to it than that, baby. You can have whatever you want anytime."

Jin Zhaomin nodded seriously: "Yes!"

Later, she met Leeteuk, and she realized the consumption barrier between the things she had been used to since she was a child and the things that ordinary people had:

The dolls she casually discarded could be bought with months’ salary by others;

The beautiful bags she changes every day are worth a house that others cannot buy even after decades of hard work.

but……

Money is important, but the thought is equally precious.

It's not a problem that she likes Luo Zaimin, but that doesn't mean she will give up her principles for Luo Zaimin.

For Kim So-min, she doesn't care whether her boyfriend is rich or his social status is lower than hers.

Just as Pei Xin once taught her: "If you like something, you should get it."

Kim So Min is a typical chaebol, and she herself is a wealthy family.

She doesn't need to rely on her partner to make money for herself.

Especially on the peninsula, the person she is dating cannot be richer or more powerful than her.