Ji Ran once read a book, which is the work of Huaguo Yu Hua. It was his grandfather who forced him to see, a very dull, but very interesting book, "Alive".

The plot of the story is also very simple, telling the story of the son of a Chinese landlord, who is now the so-called rich second generation, because of his gambling habits, and his family is in the middle of the road. From a rich family with fine clothes and fine food, he has become a poor peasant with nothing.

During this period, the protagonist named Fugui experienced mulberry, widowhood, and daughter! Then even the grandson followed, and went through several great changes. He should have died early, but he has always been strong and alive.

At that time, Ji Ran didn't understand the meaning of such a life. Everything I care about is gone, except for an empty shell, what is there to be nostalgic for? This is how he felt after reading it at the time.

It's just that as I get older, I experience more and more things! Suddenly, he realized that it doesn't matter if you once had it or lost it now. All you can do is live, because that's the only way to do it! Only then can you truly understand what 'life' really is.

Five months, faster than expected! This time, Park Geun-hye is looking for a partner with a Chinese government background, and the origin of the other party is really a bit frightening. To put it mildly, this is a team at the level of a royal money laundering agent.

The huge network behind the other party even involved the State Department. However, these have nothing to do with Ji Ran, he is just a small person, and the person who negotiated with him was only a representative sent by the other party, a young man named Wang Sicong.

"This is going back?" It may be very strange that the Korean representative is actually a Chinese, and he is the same age as himself, and the two are relatively talkative.

"There's someone waiting for me over there." The two of them were in a small private room in a hotel, and the main things they discussed in the past few months were about the land and some things about future cooperation.

"Female?" Some goldfish-eyed Wang Sicong pulled out an obviously evil smile, and Ji Ran's temperament was very appetizing to him. How to say it! is not pretentious, and things are more direct. And the most important thing is that the identity background of the other party is very clean.

"Nonsense, it's not a woman, it's still a man!" Ji Ran scolded with a smile, the two of them are not good friends, but they have known each other for so long, and some little jokes are still harmless.

"I can't see that you're still an infatuated person." Wang Sicong smiled and picked up a mouthful of food and stuffed it into his mouth, and then his face turned straight: "I heard that you are going back to China and are going to enter the entertainment industry, are you interested in cooperating?" ”

"Cooperation?" Ji Ran looked at the other party with some surprise, he still hadn't figured out Wang Sicong's background. The only thing I know is that this guy is the representative sent by the other party this time: "You also want to enter the entertainment industry?" ”

"Sort of! I want to be a business communicator. Wang Sicong said very frankly that his vision for the future is different from that of the older generation.

"What do you mean?" Ji Ran didn't understand very much, the media contained too many things. Advertising, television, and movies add up to more than a dozen derivative industries. And he returned to China to be behind the scenes, simply put, to use some loopholes to form his own influence.

"Internet Marketing." Wang Sicong smiled, he returned from studying abroad because of this.

"That doesn't have anything to do with me, does it?" Ji Ran was stunned, he didn't refuse Wang Sicong. It's that his own plan for the future is not a virtual industry, but a serious industry.

"To put it simply, I want you to do me a favor." Wang Si has never been hypocritical, Ji Ran is a little person who is slowly rising. And although he has a thick foundation, if he loses those backgrounds, he will be a poor ** silk. Establishing your own network is the key, and besides, Ji Ran's FW studio has entered his father's field of vision: "The e-sports industry in South Korea is developed, and I am ready to introduce it, how about you to be the head snake?" ”

"Esports?" Ji Ran was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this seemed to be a good propaganda route: "That's what it means!" ”

"No problem, but you're not in charge of the development department, how can you still have time to take care of all this stuff?" After Ji Ran agreed, he asked curiously. This young man, who was a year younger than himself, seemed to be older than he thought.

"It's just a part-time job, wait for this matter to be settled! I'm going to do my own thing, too. Wang Si replied casually, in fact, this cooperation is a heavyweight cross-border negotiation. Don't look at Ji Ran as a small person, but he represents the old woman. And Wang Sicong, not to mention.

It's just that the two of them have a very tacit understanding and don't put these on the bright side, and the most important thing is that this cooperation is not in the light.

Then the two discussed the specific cooperation, and then embraced! Say goodbye. Wang Sicong wanted to go back to report to work, while Ji Ran stepped on the plane back to China.

In the small villa of Jiran, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Park Su-yeon is lazily nestled in the sofa. She has been in Seoul for three months, got a job as a supermarket cashier, enrolled in a vocal training class, and has a fulfilling life.

But Ji Ran didn't return for a long time, which made the girl a little impatient.

"Hey, I'm so tired!" Just when the girl was in a daze, Li Zhixian walked in with a sigh outside the door.

If there is anything else that makes Park Su-yeon feel strange, then the woman in front of her, who has always called herself Ji Ran's sister, is one of them. I don't know what the other party is crazy about, so I suddenly went to a vocal training class with her, and began to take on some graphic model shooting work in large quantities. And what made Park So-yeon speechless the most was that this woman also went to a dance training class.

"Ernie, are you working so hard, do you want to be an artist?" Park So-yeon has endured this question for a long time, because Lee Ji-hyun's attitude is not aimed at artists.

"Oh? Didn't I tell you what am I going to do? "Maybe after experiencing Ji Ran's crisis incident, plus the other party is not at home, the two girls get along day and night, and the relationship has rarely changed! On the contrary, I have the feeling of walking towards my best friend: "I plan to find a company as a trainee next month." ”

"Isn't it!" Park Suyan was dumbfounded, what kind of joke is this, with Li Zhixian's temperament and style of acting, that company dares to ask for it?

"What, I'm afraid that others won't look down on me?" Li Zhixian smiled and walked to the sofa and sat down, and hugged Park Suyan's shoulders intimately: "You have also seen my progress in the past few months, aren't you qualified?" ”

"It's not that it's not unqualified!" Park So-yeon doesn't know what to say, Lee Ji-hyun doesn't care about that aspect, he must be more than enough to be an IDOL. But the identity background of the other party, and - with Li Zhixian's proud character, can he accept the manipulation of the brokerage company? She didn't believe it: "It's just Ernie, can you stand the company's arrangement?" ”

In fact, Park So-yeon and Lee Ji-hyun are a bit alike! Both are the kind of people who don't like to obey. But Park So-yeon knows how to compromise, and Lee Ji-hyun can be seen from Ji Ran's distress for so many years.

"Why can't I stand it, I'm going to work, of course I'll listen to the boss." Li Zhixian is very thorough, and she has no other goals. What a stage dream, what thousands of people admire! It's all floating clouds, and the girl is just for one thing, money!

Of course, it would be better if you could make it easier while making money.

Park So-yeon was silent, a career that she herself had always regarded as her dream! In Li Zhixian's eyes, it is just a money-making job. It's like something you pay tribute to as a treasure, and in the eyes of others, it's just an ordinary small object, which makes people feel very aggrieved.

"By the way, won't Ji-yeon come back today?" doesn't care about Park So-yeon's abnormality, Lee Ji-hyun is a person with a strong self-nature. Other people's feelings, unless she wants to pay attention, ignore them all.

"Return, it seems to be a traffic jam." Park So-yeon replied sullenly that every week Park Ji-yeon rests, and the three of them will get together for a while. Although strictly speaking, they are rivals. But there is one thing that is very strange, that is, no matter how jealous the three of them are, they will not deliberately target anyone.

On the contrary, because of Ji Ran's relationship, a special friendship has been formed. To put it in a more hypocritical way, everyone has a common hobby, which can be regarded as fate.

"It just so happens that I want to ask her some questions, I heard that this girl has a very high status in the company, so let her open a back door for me and go to CCM as a trainee." Li Zhixian said lazily, the relationship between girls is more wonderful than that of men.

Women may hold grudges against each other for a lifetime because of a small conflict, but they can also become real good girlfriends for an inexplicable reason, even more than those so-called confidants.

"CCM resources are limited, Ernie you just go, I'm afraid you won't be able to debut in the short term." Although Park So-yeon gave up her debut, it doesn't mean that she doesn't pay attention to it. There are many artists who have signed up to CCM, but now the most popular ones are groups such as D**ICHI and Super New, and there are countless subsidiaries under CJ, so there are not so many resources for CCM to squander.

"Why don't you come with me?" Li Zhixian was silent for a while, and suddenly his eyes fixed on Park So-yeon, and said with a smile.

"Then we have to wait for Ji Ran to come back." Park So-yeon smiled bitterly, if she and Lee Ji-hyun were together, they could form a two-person team. However, these still depend on the company's decision-making, so no matter how the two discuss, it's just YY.

Lee Ji-hyun was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the reason why Park So-yeon gave up her debut! But thinking about it, Lee Ji-hyun laughed again. Because Park So-yeon underestimated Ji Ran too much, this guy may compromise some things because he owes the other party.

But I will never betray my principles because of this.

"Soyeon Oni, Jihyun Oni!" While the two were chatting, Park Ji-yeon's coquettish shout came, and the girl walked to the sofa with two other old acquaintances with smiles on their faces.