All the hardships in the entertainment industry

Originally, Han Soo-yeon was scheduled to return to the United States immediately after Christmas, but a call from Davis from the other side of the ocean canceled the return trip.

After Han Soo-yeon hung up the phone, she looked helplessly at her boyfriend and said, "Dustin, I'm sorry, I can't accompany you back to the United States this time."

"Why?" Dustin frowned, did he regret it?

Although Dustin has rarely been so unconfident after getting closer to Han Xiuyan, but she rejected his marriage proposal after all, it is basically impossible for Dustin to rest assured, at most, he did not pursue so closely.

"Work, Davis asked me to accept invitations to several awards ceremonies as an award presenter, and I just found out that I was selected as the image ambassador of Seoul, and I must attend the appointment ceremony of the image ambassador of Seoul Special City." Han Soo-yeon said simply After explaining the reason, she felt very sorry, because she just agreed to take Dustin back with him on his newly bought private jet when he returned to the United States, but she backed out just as soon as she agreed.

She lowered her head in shame and did not look at the other person's expression, even she herself thought it was too much.

"Really? Award presenter? Image ambassador? Well, I can't change your decision, can I?" Dustin looked at Han Xiuyan and said incoherently. He didn't know whether he was more disappointed or angry. , but he can only accept such a result.

"Dustin, I'm sorry." Han Soo-yeon felt guilty, she never wanted to break her promise.

However, as Dustin said, he cannot change this decision.

"If you feel sorry, just agree to my marriage proposal." Dustin took Han Xiuyan's hands and rubbed the backs of her delicate hands. With a cynical attitude, only he knew how much he cared about her answer.

Han Xiuyan hesitated, thinking of her son looking stubbornly at her face, she was very embarrassed.

Seeing the struggling woman in front of him, Dustin buried his displeasure, and curled his mouth: "I'm just joking, how could a gentleman like me have such an unglamorous marriage proposal?"

Han Soo-yeon looked at Dustin in astonishment-

"Don't look at me like that, or I'll suspect that you're actually looking forward to my proposal."

"Dustin, you are so confidently cute!"

After attending the Appointment Ceremony of the Seoul Special City Image Ambassador, the organizer, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, joined forces with some large companies to hold a special reception for the Seoul Image Ambassador Han Soo-yeon, and invited many business and political celebrities and popular artists to attend.

Han Soo-yeon, who has become the image ambassador of Seoul, has completely turned around and washed away the black history of having children out of wedlock. Now when people talk about her past again, they will only praise her as the hibiscus, the national flower of South Korea, who has gone through hardships and is determined to become stronger.

The location of the reception is a detached villa. This time there are open-air gardens, fountains, swimming pools, a magnificently decorated but elegant banquet hall, a dance floor with an excellent atmosphere, and a fashion-forward bar; it is said that because it is the end of the year, for the atmosphere To be more lively, the organizer also specially prepared a large number of fireworks, which will be lit in the open space near the villa at a certain time, and the guests in the villa can see the most colorful fireworks at that time.

This time Han Xiuyan was the protagonist of the reception, and the whole family of the Han family, who had always been very low-key, attended the reception, not even the two children were left behind.

"Mom is so beautiful today!" Han Junnan couldn't help but look proudly at Han Xiuyan who was surrounded by everyone not far away. He couldn't remember the situation when he went abroad, but vaguely remembered that there was a group of people outside the house who insulted him and him for a while. At that time, they didn't go out easily, and of course no one came to the door.

At that time, he was terrified. It was the first time he felt the emotion of fear, and he remembered it deeply.

"Brother Junnan," Jin Xijiang couldn't help but give Han Junnan a supercilious look, and said slowly, "Mom is beautiful every day."

"You are a younger brother, you should respect your elder brother, don't be too big or small." Han Junnan pretended to be an adult and taught his younger brother sternly. It feels really uncomfortable to be always despised by his younger brother, but thinking that he was lucky enough to be born a day earlier than Jin Xijiang, he endured it. Can't help feeling proud.

"Hmph-" Jin Xijiang curled his lips, his brother always liked to say this when he couldn't beat him.

The Han family on the side didn't bother them when they heard the two children arguing, it was just two children, and there were no outsiders nearby.

After finally getting away from socializing, Han Xiuyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Sure enough, no matter whether it was abroad or at home, these receptions that were flashy and elegant but intriguing were still indispensable.

Walking to the corner, she frowned and looked at the crowd of people who were drinking wine not far away, and searched for familiar figures in the crowd. She saw her brother talking to a man, and the man looked familiar, as if... seemed to be someone officials.She shifted her gaze without paying much attention, and she saw her two sons sitting with Quan Zhilong in the same corner opposite, and Yang Xianshi and his wife were sitting with them.

She couldn't help frowning, she knew very well that her parents were definitely not the ones who would hand over their children to others casually, she carefully observed around them, and sure enough, she saw her parents and sister-in-law not far away, their eyes were all focused on Quan Zhilong didn't notice her at the table.

"Excuse me, can I have a dance with this beautiful lady?" Dustin looked at Han Xiuyan with a graceful dance invitation.

"Of course, let alone one song, it's fine for one night." Han Xiuyan smiled and put her hand in the other's, "Where did you go just now?"

Holding Han Xiuyan's hand, the two walked to the middle of the open-air dance floor together, and danced in a pair of men and women. On the dance floor, every man was dressed in a formal suit and was tall and straight, and the women were all wearing evening dresses with elegant and rotating skirts. Dance lightly.

"Talking about business with a few businessmen, you know, although I don't have my own company, I have invested in many industries." Dustin explained triumphantly, and couldn't help showing off: "I own a lot of companies For example, I have 5% of the shares of the creative artist agency you work for; and 3% of the shares of Ukrainian Petroleum..." Seeing the confused expression of the woman in his arms, he thought that the other party probably didn't listen After mentioning the name of the company, he said, "Have you heard of Mobil Corporation? Exxon Mobil."

"Well, it's the American Petroleum Company?" Han Soo-yeon guessed cautiously, rarely paying attention to information outside the show business circle. The name sounded familiar, but she wasn't sure if the company he was talking about was the one she had guessed.

"That's right, I also own the shares there, not much, just 3%." Although the words were meant to be modest, but that dejected tone and his slightly raised chin were simply Chi Guoguo's show off.

"It's amazing." Han Xiuyan smiled dryly. She knew that he was rich, but she couldn't help but suspect: others said that he was a profiteer without profit, but showing off like this is really not a dandy. Do you behave like a younger brother?

"Just now, I owned 4% of South Korea's SM." Dustin has long been accustomed to Han Soo-yeon's perfunctory answer, and he still tirelessly wants the woman he likes to understand him and admire him.

"How is it possible?" Looking at Dustin in surprise, Han Soo-yeon, who is Korean, knows very well how profitable this entertainment company is. Generally, people who hold shares in this company will not resell them, just like a person who can lay eggs A good hen will never give up that hen until the end of the mountain.

"A poor lady is depressed because her inattentive husband recently adopted some young singer who was just starting out," Dustin murmured, his tone sarcastically, and there was no sympathy at all.

What does this have to do with the company's shares? Han Soo-yeon is even more confused.

"I made a suggestion to her, sell the shares in the artist agency in my hand, so that her husband can't always go to that company to hunt for beauty or even take care of young artists." Dustin twitched his lips and smiled Meaningful.

Han Soo-yeon is no stranger to the unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. It is not uncommon for an artist to be kept in the industry by a wealthy person. It is ruled out that the reason why some women are more vain is that the artist is exploited severely by the company.

Even popular artists get very little money, let alone those who are not popular.The record bonus is pitifully small, and the endorsement money company gives a lot of dividends, but not every artist can get an endorsement, not enough popular image is not enough, and singers with low status in Korea are even rarer Can be the spokesperson of a certain brand; of course, singers can also make money by holding concerts, but this requires enough popularity.

Therefore, if most debut artists are not popular enough, it may be difficult to support themselves relying on the money they get from releasing records, giving platforms to merchants, or attending commercial events, let alone buying some luxury goods to decorate their appearance.Among the artists that Han Xiuyan knew, there were not a few artists who looked glamorous in the early days of their debut and went back to the dormitory to eat instant noodles in private. Even if she herself was not from a good family, she probably couldn't even support herself with her little salary.

"How much did it cost?" Han Xiuyan didn't know what to say, she knew nothing about investment and could only ask casually.

"It doesn't cost any money. I'll exchange it with her from Japan." Dustin patiently explained that the woman is naturally not short of money. If she only gave money, she wouldn't be so quick to sell the shares in her hand.

"So she is willing?" Han Xiuyan stared at Dustin with wide eyes. How could someone be willing to give up the value-added industries in their own country and choose Japanese industries not far away?Unless that industry in Japan is more valuable.

"Are you worth it?" Han Soo-yeon's throat was so thirsty that she could barely speak. She was not a fool and naturally understood why Dustin would acquire the shares of the Korean entertainment company, but she still didn't want him to waste meaningless money.

"Where did you go? You guessed right. I have 5% of the shares in Japan's largest entertainment company. The value is indeed greater than the 4% shares of S-M I got. However, in addition to the shares, the other party also bought a piece of land in Koto District. Give me compensation for the difference in the price of this transaction." Dustin smiled cunningly, thinking that in the near future it will become a new development area, not only open the beach, build a commercial street, but also build a flower sea that is said to have more flowers than Provence. As a tourist attraction, the value of that piece of land will definitely increase dramatically.

"Gangdong District? It's quite remote there." Han Xiuyan reminded, although she knew that Dustin didn't care about the little money, she didn't want him to be cheated. A piece of worthless land is definitely not as good as 1% of Japan's largest brokerage company. shares.

"Xiuyan, are you caring about me?" Dustin's eyes lit up, he stepped on the familiar dance steps, and couldn't help confirming: "Are you worried that I will be deceived?"

This is not the point, okay?Han Xiuyan turned around weakly and returned to his arms. Why is his brain circuit not in the same dimension as her own?

The hand on her waist forced Han Xiuyan to her direction, leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Xiuyan, do you think you care about me?"

Following the dance steps back two steps quickly, Han Soo-yeon gritted her teeth: "Is it weird that I care about you?" Why was he so surprised?

"Xiuyan, I'm very happy." After Dustin let out a satisfied sigh as if expressing his joy, he explained softly: "Soon that remote place will become a development zone, and in a few years there will be Beautiful beaches, a bustling commercial street and a sea of ​​flowers that are said to last a day.”

"So, that piece of land is my main goal." Dustin proudly stated his truest purpose.

"Are you sure it will become a development zone? Who told you?" Han Xiuyan was surprised. How could Dustin know such secret news after he came to Korea not long ago?She was a little worried about the authenticity of the news.

"I'm sure it's true. It's estimated that the news will be announced next month, but this is not the point, baby Xiuyan, don't you wonder how big the land is?" Dustin didn't want the other party to question his ability at all. , He was always thinking about how to make the other party look at him with admiration.

The author has something to say: the plot is so procrastinated that I feel that it is hopeless. I should have written the last stalk, but it is very sad to write a chapter where Dustin shows off his own plot.

Just like male peacocks will open their tails in courtship, Dustin also likes to show his excellence in front of his lover, please believe: Dustin is not like this stupid look in front of people other than Han Soo-yeon.