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In Seoul, the scorching sunshine early in the morning plunged the city into a sweltering heat. Taeyeon and Pani were not in the mood to care about whether the sun was strong or not. They set out for the company after waking up, just because the return of their Taidi Seo team was about to begin. So before their return, the three of them had to seize the last moment to practice, practice, and practice again.

The perfect performance of Korean idols on the stage is accumulated with countless sweat behind their backs. Even after seven years since their debut, Girls' Generation still practices countless times for the perfect stage.

After Taeyeon and Pani arrived at the company, Seohyun had not arrived yet, because Seohyun did not live in the dormitory like them, and Seohyun is such a health-conscious person, so she probably came to the company after having breakfast at home. of. Taeyeon and Pani were doing some simple stretching in the practice room before starting to practice. Taeyeon sat on the floor and pressed her body: "Hey~~ I feel sore all over my body after waking up every day recently, right? The reason for getting old?”

Pani simply swung her arms and said to Taeyeon with a smile: "Hahaha, no wonder you recently bought some weird massage equipment online. I say, just buy a massage chair and put it on Dormitory, right? This time I went to Zhang Ping’an’s house in Los Angeles and enjoyed the massage chair, which was pretty good.”

Taeyeon sighed and said, "Hey... after looking at the photos, his home is really beautiful. It looks like a vacation villa."

Taeyeon arrived in Los Angeles later than them all. After arriving, she had to prepare for the concert, so she did not go to Zhang Pingan's home in Los Angeles. I just took a look at the structure of Zhang Ping'an's house from the photos on Pani's cell phone. The house in the hills of Los Angeles is really beautifully built.

Pani smiled and said: "It's beautiful, but it's too expensive. Even if we have been idols for thirty years, we may not be able to afford it. It costs 50 million US dollars to buy land, build and decorate. Ten million. This is simply an astronomical figure.”

While the two of them were chatting, their manager approached the practice room. He asked Taeyeon and Pani: "Do you know about Sika's opening of the store?"

Pani didn't know why her agent suddenly asked about this. She nodded doubtfully and said, "Opening a store? Are you talking about her online store? We all know that, doesn't her brand always sell sunglasses online?"

The agent shook his head and said: "Her brand has established a physical flagship store in H.K., and H.K.'s media has published the news. After returning from Los Angeles, she went to H.K. and has been busy with her physical store. And we I recently learned that her brand has received an investment of 10 billion Korean won from Zhang Ping'an. Now her brand is opening flagship stores overseas, and it is developing not only sunglasses, but also all fashion products. The company has been investing in these two days. I have been calling her to come back to China to discuss this matter, but she has never come back.”

Listening to the agent's words, they immediately realized what he meant. Zhang Ping'an invested in Sika's brand, and the two teamed up to support the overseas physical stores opened by the company. This was equivalent to Sika's reputation as a group of girls' generation. From the company level, they are definitely not happy, and Sika is selling the name of the "team", which is also something they are not happy to see.

Choi Soo-young has been paying attention to fashion since she was a girl, and she has been interested in becoming a fashion brand since last year. But she has never implemented it. It's not that she doesn't have money to invest, but she doesn't want people to say that she is selling Girls' Generation's name, so so far, Choi Soo-young has not developed a personal brand. On the contrary, Sika started making sunglasses first. Of course, Sika’s brand did not have much publicity.

It was just a small-scale sale, and they supported it, and the company didn't interfere.

But suddenly I heard that Sika's brand has been commercialized, and it has strong financial backing, and it has also opened an overseas flagship store... This taste is different. Zhang Ping'an has joined forces with Sika to 'sell' their girlhood. Who are Sika’s consumers? It’s the countless fans they have accumulated over the years from Girls’ Generation. Instead of using music works to gain fans’ ‘support’, Sika uses her personal brand to consume all their Girls’ Generation fans?

This is a bit like lining their own pockets. You must know that they get a share of every sale of peripheral products produced by their company. As for Sika's brand, after she sold it, the money went into her own pocket. How could they accept this?

The manager was very smart. Looking at their appearance at this time, he said: "Forget it if you don't know. I'll go upstairs first. You should practice hard."

Why did he come here to talk about such a thing? It wasn't because the company contacted Sika to return to China, but Sika ignored the company at all, so the manager used Girls' Generation's team friendship to put pressure on Sika, which was much more effective than the company's pressure.

After her manager left the practice room, Pani suddenly remembered that one day Zhang Pingan sent her an inexplicable message saying that she had done something "sorry to Girls' Generation" and so on. At that time, Pani was confused after seeing the news and had no idea what he was talking about. Today, after hearing the agent talk about the establishment of a flagship store for Sika's brand, Pani finally understood.

It turns out that what Zhang Pingan said was because he invested in the Sika brand. As a businessman, he knew very well that Sika represented Girls' Generation. Therefore, his investment can be seen as joining forces with Sika to sell the 'name' of their girlhood.

Pani said angrily: "No, I have to call and ask Zhang Ping'an. This person is simply too much. Why can't you tell us about this in advance?"

Taeyeon frowned slightly as she sat on the floor and stopped stretching. She wanted to speak out to dissuade Pani, but she didn't know what words to use to dissuade her? Because what happened to Zhang Pingan this time seems to be a bit much...

But Taeyeon also thought about how they would react if Zhang Pingan said to her face that she wanted to invest in Sika's brand? Is it blocking? There seems to be no reason to stop it, right? After all, this is a normal investment. What does it mean to stop it? Do they want a share of the pie? Just like companies making and selling their peripheral products? But Sika’s brand doesn’t use their image rights, right? So what reason is there to get a piece of the pie?

Taeyeon felt that it was understandable that the company would not be reconciled, but why did Pani want to put the blame on Zhang Ping'an's head? Should we blame him for not telling them about this matter in advance? That doesn't make sense. Why should we tell them about other people's business investments? Even if they are friends, there is no need to tell them everything, right?

Taeyeon had no time to stop Pani because she had already dialed Zhang Ping'an's number, and she said, 'This is too much. ’

.......

It was in the evening when Zhang Pingan, who was far away in Los Angeles, was enjoying the sunset on the last day in Los Angeles with Mai Shiraishi when he received a call from Pani. He himself knew that what happened to Sika was about to happen, but he Instead, he became the 'bad guy' in the Sika brand matter.

Zhang Ping'an listened to Pani's angry voice and said softly: "Pani, don't be angry. I know you want to talk about the Sika brand. However, I couldn't explain it clearly even on the phone for a while. "Can we wait until I get back?"

Pani didn't listen to Zhang Pingan's words at all. She sneered and said: "Oh, businessman, it's really hurtful. We regard you as a friend, and you actually quietly invested in Sika's brand? What do you mean? Do you mean Don’t you know that Sika will definitely have conflicts with the company after establishing the brand? Why, do you want to destroy our relationship as a girl? No wonder you sent me such a message.”

Zhang Pingan understood Pani's anger. The establishment of Sika's brand will definitely cause problems with the company. When the time comes, will Sika choose the brand or Girls' Generation? No matter who looks at it, Sika will also choose the brand because of Zhang Ping'an's investment of 10 billion won. That would directly affect their overall relationship as a girl, and Sika would have to bear everyone's hatred.

Why was it that when all of them were sacrificing themselves for ‘Girls’ Generation’, Sika chose to do it for herself instead of for Girls’ Generation?

The answer is simple. Why else? Just because Zhang Pingan spent 10 billion won to get in, Sika must be worthy of her boyfriend's business investment of 10 billion won! By choosing Girls' Generation, Zhang Ping'an's 10 billion was basically wasted. If you choose 10 billion, your girlhood relationship will be ruined.

That's 10 billion, not 100 million that can be given up reluctantly!

Zhang Pingan said calmly again: "I will go back to Asia tomorrow. Let's talk about it when I come back. Do you think it's okay?"

"No need, just take care of your brand with your Sika." Pani was indeed very angry, so she dropped the words and hung up the phone.

Zhang Ping'an listened to the busy tone on the phone and put the phone down from his ear. He said bitterly to Mai Shiraishi next to him: "There are some things that I thought I had good intentions at first, but good intentions may not necessarily have good results. Just Like this...if you help someone, you will offend a group of people. But if you choose not to help, I can't just watch...it's really hard."

Because the surroundings were relatively quiet, Zhang Ping'an's phone call reached Shiraishi Mai's ears, and she could clearly hear Pani's angry voice.

Shiraishi Mai looked at Zhang Pingan and said, "What happened? Why is senior Tiffany so angry?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a bitter smile: "I... I seem to be the one who ruined their ten-year friendship in Girls' Generation."