Chapter Twenty-Eight: Side Hustles
Kim Sung-won's performance in X-MAN is becoming more and more skillful, and some easy-to-use words often play a finishing role.
In the game of "Fly Bar, Stir-fry Pot", Jiang Hudong, Liu Jae-seok, and Shin Zhenghuan fought again.
Jin Shengyuan slapped his face, attracted everyone's attention, got up and said, "Welcome to the sitcom - the story of pigs, grasshoppers and chickens!" ”
The sentence "haha ......" overturned Jiang Hudong, Liu Jae-seok, and Shin Zhenghuan to the ground at the same time.
Yoon Eun-hye sat next to Kim Sung-won and kept slapping Kim Sung-won's arm with his hand with a smile.
Yoon Eun-hye belongs to the kind of bold and cautious character, and it is easy to become a shallow friend with her, but it is difficult to become friends with her. Yoon Eun-hye's heart is more sensitive than that of ordinary women, and she always thinks about things more deeply, and she feels a little surprised to become friends with Kim Sung-won.
Moreover, Kim Sung-won is still the kind of friend who makes Yoon Eun-hye feel very comfortable, which should be related to Yoon Eun-hye's first impression of Kim Sung-won.
The first impression of Jin Shengyuan's face is that he is "a little dull", so Jin Shengyuan always has a smile on the corner of his mouth. And when Jin Shengyuan smiled, he gave people a very sunny feeling-like feeling like the warm sun shining on his chest in spring.
When talking to Jin Shengyuan, he will not deliberately get close to and please you because you are a female artist, nor will he care too much about your identity, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and it is easy for people to have a good impression.
It is precisely because of this that Kim Sung-won has become friends with many artists. After just two days of getting along, Yoon Eun-hye and Jian Meiyan exchanged mobile phone numbers with Kim Sung-won, no wonder Jiang Hudong would ask Kim Sung-won for advice, you know, this is their private number, not the official number used to contact the agent.
"Yes, I'm getting more and more proficient, and I can already be the host of some small shows." After the recording of the show, Park PD patted Kim Sung-won on the shoulder as usual and praised him.
Jin Shengyuan, as always, regarded this as an affirmation of himself, and said with a smile that he would work harder.
During his two days on Jeju Island, Kim Sung-won suddenly had the idea of "starting a business". The Korean entertainment industry in 04 is setting off a wave of artists developing side hustles.
After all, in addition to first-tier artists, the income of second- and third-rate artists can only support their daily lives, and the South Korean government is also vigorously encouraging artists to develop side businesses.
However, funds are limited! Kim Sung-won worked part-time to make money when he was a child, and with the frugality of his debuted four years, he can now scrape together almost 100 million won. But for the idea that popped into Kim Sungwon's mind, 100 million won was not enough.
Jin Shengyuan was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to borrow money from Jiang Hudong and Zheng Zhuyuan.
"What's wrong? Shengyuan, what do you want? Jiang Hudong found that Jin Shengyuan frowned, as if he had encountered some problem, and asked.
On the plane back in Seoul, Kim Sung-won sat with Kang Ho-dong, and Yoo Jae-seok and Kim Ji-dong sat behind them.
"Uh," Kim Sung-won paused, thought for a moment, and said that he wanted to start a business.
Jiang Hudong and Jin Shengyuan are already very familiar with him, and he already knows about his family background, so he thought about it after hearing it, and then invited Jin Shengyuan to get together at his barbecue restaurant after getting off the plane.
Jin Shengyuan nodded gratefully, not knowing what to say for a while. In Korea, it is rare for people to lend you money unless you are close to you, which is why usury is so prevalent in Korea.
After getting off the plane, Jiang Hudong called Liu Jae-seok and Kim Ji-dong again and asked Kim Sung-won to tell him his thoughts in his barbecue restaurant.
The thought in Jin Shengyuan's mind was just a flash of inspiration, and if he was someone else, he was afraid that he would have already left it behind, but Jin Shengyuan completely trusted the flash of inspiration in his mind! From the two OSTs of the TV series "Lovers of Paris", the theme song of the movie "My Little Bride" "I don't know aiqing yet" to the birth of the "Of course" game, all thanks to the flash of inspiration in my head.
Although the idea is still very rough, it does not prevent Jin Sungyuan from expressing the general composition. To put it simply, Kim Sung-won wants to raise pigs and cattle on Jeju Island.
Kim Sung-won believed in the flash of inspiration in his head, but he couldn't force others to believe it, so Kim Sung-won tried to explain his reasons from various aspects such as climate and agriculture.
Zuihou, Jiang Hudong and the three of them together pooled 120 million won to lend Kim Sung-won, which had to be attributed to Kim Sung-won's developed thinking and perfect expression ability, which made Kang Hudong and the three of them think that he made the decision after careful consideration. …,
Although it is a private loan, Jiang Hudong and the three of them will not charge Jin Shengyuan's interest, but the relevant loan procedures are essential.
Since he had already borrowed money from Jiang Hudong and the others, Kim Sung-won no longer hesitated, and borrowed 100 million won from Zheng Zhuyuan again before he began to prepare the relevant procedures and itinerary.
It can be seen from this that Zheng Zhuyuan completely treats Jin Shengyuan as a personal disciple, Jin Shengyuan just expressed his idea of starting a business, and Zheng Zhuyuan easily agreed to lend him money. Of course, after Jin Shengyuan used up the money, he needed to show Zheng Zhuyuan the bill to prove that he was not using it for indiscriminate consumption, nothing more.
Kim Sung-won suddenly started to get busy, and apart from recording X-MAN and teaching a few little girls on the weekends, Kim Sung-won spent almost all of his time on Jeju Island.
Acquisition of land, recruitment of employees, construction of factories...... Kim Sung-won hired professionals to help him while trying to familiarize himself with these aspects.
Except for the vicinity of tourist areas, the price of the rest of the land on Jeju Island is not expensive, and Kim Sung-won bought some scattered natural forests, hillsides and other land, so he actually bought more than 1,000 pyeong of land.
After that, it is a series of tedious tasks such as buying breeding pigs, planning sites, planting plantations on hillsides, and opening up groundwater wells. Fortunately, not all of these tasks need to be followed up by Jin Shengyuan one by one.
On this day, Kim Sung-won was resting at home after recording the 11th episode of X-MAN, when he suddenly received a call from Park PD asking him to go to dinner.
When Kim Sung-won arrived at the restaurant in Mu-1-dong, Yangcheon-gu, he found that the main staff of X-MAN, Yoo Jae-seok, and the three MCs were actually there.
"Is it a holiday today?" After saying hello to them one by one with a smile, Kim Sung-won sat next to Kim Ji-dong and asked Park PD.
"Here, let's have a drink first." Park PD directly poured a glass of soju for Kim Sung-won, and his face was smiling like a chrysanthemum.
Kim Sung-won didn't refuse, and drank it all, only to find that Park PD had already stretched out the bottle again.
Jin Shengyuan hurriedly got up and picked up his wine glass, and after drinking three glasses in a row, Park PD smiled and motioned for him to sit down.
"Shengyuan, I just appreciate your bold character." Park PD had a slight flush on his face, as if he had drunk a lot, and extended his thumb to Kim Sung-won and praised him.
"Park PD, is there any happy event today?" Kim Sung-won looked at it and found that everyone around him had a cheerful smile on their faces, and Yoo Jae-seok and the others were no exception, and they had vaguely understood in their hearts, but they still asked Park PD knowingly.
Sure enough, after a hearty daxiao, Park PD said to Kim Sung-won: "Sung-won, do you know what the ratings of the tenth X-MAN are? ”
"Twenty-five?" Jin Shengyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and replied.
"It's low!" Without waiting for Park PD to answer, Liu Jae-seok shook his head and said.
"Twenty-six?" The ratings of variety shows often increase after the decimal point, and Kim Sung-won is very bold to speculate.
"Thirty percent of the highest ratings!" Park PD slapped the table with his hand and said loudly, "It happened in the game of 'Of course'. ”
As expected by Kim Sung-won, as early as Park PD told him that the ratings of the show had increased significantly, he guessed that it was related to the game link of "Of course".
Otherwise, why did the program team invite a regular guest from him to participate? Even if Kim Sung-won had a good relationship with Park PD, it would be impossible for him to invite an ordinary guest to this kind of celebration banquet.
It is precisely because of the game "of course" proposed by Kim Sung-won that X-MAN's highest peak rating of 30% was born, which is comparable to the ratings of a very popular TV series. In this way, Park PD's invitation to Kim Sung-won will not attract criticism.
Kim Sung-won was indeed shocked, he never thought that the "Of course" game would be so popular with the audience, and such a high-rated variety show appeared in South Korea for the first time.
"You didn't read today's news and newspapers, did you?" Park PD said to Kim Sung-won with a look of "you are outdated".
Indeed, Kim Sung-won has not been browsing the Internet for some time, and he has spent almost all of his energy on Jeju Island.
"I salute PD and all the staff, and I wish X-MAN a long success." Jin Shengyuan got up and signaled to the staff around him one by one.
For Jin Shengyuan, even the staff who had a repulsive attitude before now have to admit his role in this show, so no one shirked it, and drank it all.
After sitting down, Jin Shengyuan once again toasted Jiang Hudong and the three of them one by one. No way, who made him the youngest here. …,
"How's the job going on Jeju Island?" After greeting for a while, Jin Jidong asked with a hint of concern.
"Everything went well." Jin Shengyuan smiled and replied to Jiang Hudong and Liu Zaishi who were watching from the side.
"Well, that's good, tell us if there is any difficulty, after all, we have lived more than ten years longer than you." Jin Jidong nodded and said.
"Got it, thank you brothers for your concern." Jin Shengyuan filled the three of them with wine again.
"Director Shin Woo-chul, hello." Just as Kim Sung-won and the others were talking, Park PD suddenly got up and said to a figure walking in the restaurant.
Due to the large number of people, Park PD did not choose a private room, but reserved a more remote corner of the restaurant, so occasionally customers passed by.
"Hehe, Park PD, hello." Shin Yuzhe said with a smile, "How about having dinner here?" Now you're a big hit on our radio station! ”
is also a contracted PD of SBS Radio, although one of the two is responsible for variety shows and the other is responsible for TV dramas, they can be regarded as acquaintances.
"Where, where...... Thanks for the compliment. Park PD said humbly, even though he had a smile on his face.
"Director Shin Woo-chul, hello." Kim Sung-won saw Shin Woo-chul's gaze paused slightly on him, and hurriedly got up to greet Park PD after he finished speaking.
"Work hard, Shengyuan." Shin Yu-chul nodded, patted Kim Sung-won on the shoulder with a smile, and said. Because of Zheng Zhuyuan's relationship, although the two have only met once, they are not unfamiliar.
Shin Woo-cheol had also heard that X-MAN's "Of course" game, which caused a lot of excitement among the audience, was inspired and created by a young man, and now it seems that it should be Kim Sung-won, and he can't help but be happy that his old friend has found such a wonderful student.
"In half a month, it will be the day of the premiere of "Paris Lovers", don't forget to watch it." After Shin Woo-chul finished speaking, he said goodbye to Park PD and left.
And Kim Sung-won inevitably explained the relationship between him and director Shin Woo-cheol to Jiang Hudong and others, and then he was drunk by Jiang Hudong and the three of them.