68: Pay back the money

Xu Zhiyou's understanding of this situation was that YG was trying to suppress her, a phenomenon that was all too common; wasn't their own maknae being suppressed to death?

After eating, Xu Zhiyou wiped her mouth and, in a rather pretentious manner, said, "I have at least fifty more songs like this. It won't affect me much if you upload them."

"Screech~" A grinding sound.

Even Chou Tzuyu, with her quiet nature, almost couldn't resist beating her up.

"What? The nine of you combined aren't enough for me to pinch. Think carefully before you act, or I definitely won't hold back."

Xu Zhiyou saw some of them grabbing their meal trays, and even more excessively, Kim Dahyun directly broke her chopsticks. Was she trying to stab her to death?

"Zoe!"

Before Kim Dahyun could continue, Xu Zhiyou interrupted her.

"Wait a minute! I heard that here, anyone a year older is uniformly called Unnie. Kim Dahyun xi, may I ask, how old are you?"

"Ninety-eight!"

"And the month, please state it fully!"

Suddenly, she felt that being older was quite nice, as long as it wasn't applied to herself.

"May!"

"Then call me Unnie, Zoe Unnie, or Sister Youyou, if that doesn't work, Boss is fine too. So many titles for you to choose from, how about that? Good service, right!"

"Then I debuted before you, so you should call me Senior. Call me Senior and let me hear it?"

"Call you what? What a big shot you are, making me call you Senior. In our country, there's a saying, I wonder if you've heard it?"

Of the TWICE members, Kim Dahyun was the one whose personality she had figured out to be the best. This little girl was indeed quite fun, so saying this was fine; she wouldn't mind.

"Haven't heard it, and don't want to."

"Whether you listen or not is your business, whether I speak or not is my decision. Listen carefully, Seniors are meant to be washed up on the beach. If you insist, that's fine, I don't mind washing you up on the beach."

If Kim Dahyun hadn't known her creative ability, it would have been fine, but now that she knew, she didn't dare to act up at all.

"Then forget it, Zoe Unnie, is that good enough!"

"Youyou, I remember we have something called a 'name change fee' in our country, right?" Chou Tzuyu interjected at the opportune moment.

"Hehe! Tzuyu, I told you to read more, but you insisted on herding pigs. Now look, you can't even understand culture. Is that and this the same thing? It's nothing."

"You're the one herding pigs."

"Too lazy to argue with you. Are you still practicing this afternoon? If so, we're leaving."

Watching beautiful women dance was good, but sitting in the practice room for a long time was a bit too boring.

"Of course we have to practice! Our schedule is very full." When Chou Tzuyu mentioned this, visible fatigue appeared on the faces of several of them.

Seeing their 'death schedule,' Xu Zhiyou felt somewhat fortunate that Park Chaeyoung had hugged her back then, otherwise, she would be the one crying now.

She would reward her well when they got back. Thinking about it, no matter how she looked at it, she was half a lifesaver, so she couldn't treat her badly.

"Keep it up! Then we're leaving. Let's get together when you're free."

"Envious, so envious of you all. With such explosive popularity, you can still be so leisurely."

"Tofu! More work, more gain, right? Look at us five poor people, we can't compare to you."

"Hahaha~"

This was the only consolation. BLACKPINK had just debuted and was still in the repayment phase, so they were indeed very poor.

Saying this was not wrong. They had just finished repaying, and their pockets were still very poor. "How much longer do you have to repay? Have you calculated it?"

"I'm fine, I only had less than a year of actor training fees, which I've already paid off. I don't know about the other four."

Kim Ji-soo took over the conversation, saying, "Sigh! Looking at this situation, it might take two years to pay it all off! We haven't even gotten a single advertisement. How are we supposed to pay it back? What's that little bit of song revenue good for? We're poor!"

Unlike Xu Zhiyou, who only had less than a year of actor training fees, the four of them had four or five years of various expenses, including language, vocal, instrument, physical training, and so on.

The initial costs of being a trainee would be recovered after their debut. That's just how the industry is, there's no way around it.

Lisa also said with some emotion, "We're relying on Zoe's husband to support us now. Who would believe it if we told them? Our debut popularity is so high, yet we can't even afford hotpot. How tragic!"

"Just remember to support me in my old age. I'll raise you when you're young, you raise me when I'm old."

"Yah! Can you stop taking advantage of me? I treat you as my husband, and you treat me as your daughter. Is that appropriate?"

"It's all the same, I don't have that function anyway."

"Sigh!" She's acting up again.

"Let's go, let's go. They still have to practice, and I need to go back and play games." After tidying up their meal trays, the three left.

After the three of them left, Lim Nayeon let out a wail.

"Ah~ What kind of fate does Ji-soo have, to meet such a god? I'm so envious."

"Mm, yes, drooling with envy!"

"Yah! Tzuyu, didn't you hear? At least fifty songs."

Chou Tzuyu still slowly replied, "I heard it! What about it?"

"What about it? Look at the relationship between the five of them. The four of them will definitely get a few songs, and then they'll ride over our heads, and we'll just have to cry and beg for mercy."

"I won't, I can ask her for them, she'll give them to me, but you guys wouldn't know."

Chou Tzuyu and Xu Zhiyou had been chatting frequently during this time, and their relationship was very good. If she were to buy them with money, she would definitely sell them, but there was no need for it at the moment.

"Yah!" She was too angry with Xu Zhiyou earlier to act, but now, who could hold back?

It immediately became an eight-on-one situation, giving her a good scratching, like a little wife being completely ravaged.

...

The three of them, Xu Zhiyou among them, walked out of JYP aimlessly.

Lisa hugged Xu Zhiyou's arm and asked, "Where are we going? Are we going back?"

"Why go back? Let's go find Bae Da Tou. They happen to be free, so let's go play with her."

"Play, play, play, all you know is play. Have you completed the creative task the CEO gave you?"

"Excuse me, Ms. Kim Ji-soo, am I a company producer? Do I have to do the rude tasks he gives me?"

Uh!!! It seemed that was true. Xu Zhiyou was not a company producer and had no obligation to provide songs for other groups.

Speaking of this, Xu Zhiyou was furious. She didn't even know them, yet he was using the company's righteousness to demand her dedication. What did that have to do with her?

So what if he gave money? Which one of her creations wasn't a masterpiece? He gave so little money, like charity for beggars, she didn't care for it.

And when they deducted money, they didn't say to deduct a little less. Didn't they still deduct all of the less-than-a-year's actor training fees? They only demand others' dedication, which is nothing.

"Don't let others PUA you. Do our own work diligently, and don't worry about things that don't concern us. The world is so big, it keeps turning without anyone. Living well for yourself is the most important thing."

Seeing their ignorant and naive expressions, she thought, never mind, they still lacked friction with the boss. They would be fine in a few years.

"Let's go!"

"Then what if you can't submit the songs?" Kim Ji-soo didn't want to see her fall out with the CEO.

"Creativity requires inspiration, and I have no inspiration!"

Xu Zhiyou didn't need to argue with the boss. With so many excuses, there was always one that suited her. Why bother with such idle concerns?

Uh!!! She still had a thick skin. Anyway, I agreed, but it's not my fault if I have no inspiration. That's very Xu Zhiyou.