Chapter Thirty-One: Separation and Commitment

  After bidding farewell to Zheng's sisters, Zhang Chengyuan sat in Park Byung-ryul's car and headed home.

  In the car, Park Byung-ryul suddenly said: "The two sisters just now were not bad in quality. If they are well-trained, there is a great possibility that they will become famous in the future."

  Although he didn't say it clearly, Zhang Chengyuan knew what he meant after being with him for a long time. He meant that the two sisters Xiao Shuijing were very good-looking and had the potential to become stars. Zhang Chengyuan asked lightly: "If so, why don't you think of a way to bring them into the company?"

  Park Byung-ryul chuckled and said, "Do you think our Logosfilm advertising agency is a large entertainment company like DSP? Our company doesn't have the resources to spend a long time cultivating a few star trainees. They're only 12 and 6 years old, and by the time they debut, the company might already be bankrupt. You should know that every year, many small entertainment companies like ours go out of business. The only ones we can use are those who can make money right away with just a little training, that's our personnel strategy. Of course, if we're lucky and the company grows in the future, we'll also recruit many trainees for professional training like other companies do."

  Jang Sung-won is Park Hyung-ryeol's most valuable talent at this time, and he regards him as the ** of the company, hoping that after he becomes famous, he will bring high profits to the company and create opportunities for development.

  He knew his company was too small to offer Zhang Chengyuan much benefit, and he also knew that Zhang Chengyuan was a man who valued relationships and loyalty. So, he thought of using emotional connections to deepen their friendship, in order to cooperate with Zhang Chengyuan for many years or even a lifetime. With this consideration, Park Byung-ryul was very sincere and open towards Zhang Chengyuan, speaking and acting without any reserve, just like treating his own family member. After a year of effort, the relationship between the two became closer, and they were very casual when interacting with each other, almost to the point where it was hard to tell who was superior or inferior, who was the host or the guest.

  Jang Sung-won was not concerned about the development strategy of the advertising agency, and he didn't know much about it. Even if he wanted to help Park Byung-ryul, he couldn't come up with any useful suggestions, so he just remained silent.

  He was used to Park Byung-ryul's precious words, and seeing that he wasn't interested in this topic, he immediately found another one and said: "I'm planning to find a high-quality female model. Even if she can't compare to you, I want someone with the same level as Yoon Eun-hye, who worked with you today. What do you think?"

  Jang Sung-won nodded in agreement, "Yoon Eun-hye is indeed not bad! Your idea is pretty good too! At least from now on, when we need to find a female model for cooperation, we don't have to borrow someone from another company every time." Although Logosfilm Advertising Agency currently has several decent female models, they are apparently not qualified enough to cooperate with Jang Sung-won as the main actress in an advertisement.

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  The next day, Zhang Chengyuan and Yoon Eun-hye collaborated for another morning, finishing the remaining scenes of the school uniform advertisement in one go. After having a mediocre "wrap-up party", they exchanged contact information with each other before parting ways.

  This collaboration seems to have left a good impression on both parties, and they both had the idea of further strengthening their friendship. After all, the entertainment industry is complex and fiercely competitive, so having one more friend who is worth socializing with means having one more chance at success in the future, or even being able to save your career when you're on a downward spiral. However, perhaps due to Yoon Eun-hye's schedule being tightly controlled by her company, they didn't see each other again for a long time after that, only exchanging a few words over the phone.

  It was Xiao Yatou Zheng Xiujing who, since asking for Zhang Chengyuan's phone number when they first met, would often contact Zhang Chengyuan to tell him about the various interesting and unfortunate events that happened around her at home, even sharing family secrets like "how mom usually scolds and educates her" or "how her sister bullies her". She would then ask Zhang Chengyuan for praise or comfort, and sometimes even small gifts, treating Zhang Chengyuan as if he were her own older brother.

  As time passed, Zhang Chengyuan also thought that he really had an adorable little sister who loved to play with him. And Xia Shuijing's parents also learned about Zhang Chengyuan's situation from Zheng Xiuyan's mouth, and after contacting Zhang Chengyuan several times, they highly appreciated and recognized him, and were happy to be able to relax a bit, so they let go of their control and let Xia Shuijing entangle Zhang Chengyuan as she pleased.

  Every time he has spare time, Zhang Chengyuan will disguise himself and take Xiaoshuijing to various places in Seoul to have fun, eat all kinds of snacks on the streets, take some commemorative photos, hoping to leave some good childhood memories for Xiaoshuijing who is about to go abroad.

  Although Xiao Yatou is a pure Korean bloodline, she has American nationality. She has been living in the United States since childhood and received education there. Her parents also did not plan to let her return to Korea for school, so in a few days she will go back to the US to attend school.

  These days, she followed Zhang Chengyuan to play east and west, and the matter of returning to the United States was thrown behind her head. However, all good things must come to an end, and Xiaoyu eventually had to leave. Although she cried and made a fuss about not wanting to leave Korea, she couldn't go against her parents' wishes. In the end, she left with her father in sorrow, leaving a message asking Zhang Chengyuan to call her often and requesting him to take good care of her sister Zheng Xiuyan.

  Jung Soo-yeon did not follow to the United States, but stayed in Korea as a trainee and is currently one of the largest entertainment companies in Korea. The little girl was worried that her sister would be bullied, so she asked Jang Sung-won to take care of her sister. In response to Jung Soo-jin's request, Jang Sung-won readily agreed.

  Long before meeting Zhang Chengyuan, Zheng Xiuyan had already been discovered by the talent scout of an entertainment company and passed the audition. She was originally supposed to enter the company earlier for formal training, but due to a certain degree of camera phobia, which affected her normal training, she was asked by the company to go home and adjust her mindset until she overcame this psychological barrier.

  After watching Jang Sung-won and Yoon Eun-hye's performances in front of the camera several times, Jung Soo-yeon's fear of the camera suddenly disappeared for some reason. Perhaps it was because she realized that the camera wouldn't do anything to her. After getting rid of her phobia, Jung Soo-yeon immediately became a formal trainee of the company and started her busy and hard training career.

  But the company has countless trainees, and every year there are many new faces joining in, among whom there are many who are just as talented and beautiful as Zheng Xiuyan, or even more so. It's not easy for Zheng Xiuyan to debut, at least compared to Zhang Chengyuan, it's definitely tens or hundreds of times harder. Fortunately, she is still young and has high plasticity, as long as she doesn't slack off, works hard and practices diligently, there will be a day when her dreams come true.

  This is something Zhang Chengyuan has no doubt about. Moreover, even if the company doesn't give Zheng Xiuyan a chance to debut in the future, Zhang Chengyuan believes that by then, he will also have the ability to help Zheng Xiuyan achieve her dreams and find an agency that can support her debut. This is not difficult at all, at least small companies like Logosfilm Advertising Agency will definitely be very fond of Zheng Xiuyan who has achieved success in the future and will be willing to invest resources to help her debut.

  As for Zheng Xiuyan, Zhang Chengyuan didn't dislike her, but couldn't say he liked her much either. He saw her as Little Water Crystal's sister and would greet her when they met, exchanging a few words, but that was all. The reason he had the idea of helping and taking care of her was purely because of his affection for Little Water Crystal.

  This may be because Zhang Chengyuan and Zheng Xiuyan have similar personalities, both being introverted and not actively getting close to people. This has resulted in the relationship between Zhang Chengyuan and Zheng Xiuyan being far less intimate than that of Xiaoshuijing and Zhang Chengyuan, although it can't be said that they don't get along, but it's not much better either.

  It seemed that the two people's futures would not have any more intersections, but Xiaoshui's request to Zhang Chengyuan to take care of her sister before she left made Zhang Chengyuan and Zheng Xiuyan become a pair of siblings with different surnames who were sometimes cold as ice and sometimes lovingly protective of each other in the following years.

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