As night fell and the lights began to turn on, Jessica dragged her tired body into the door of her mansion on the south bank of the Han River.
After the Hiroshima station concert ended and before the Kobe station started, Jessica had no team or personal schedule, so she could just make progress on her own matter and prepare for the second round of confrontation with the company.
The lights were already on in the living room. Jessica put down the suitcase in her hand, looked up at the sofa, and saw a beautiful figure lying on the sofa motionless.
There will be no one left. My father and my mother have both returned to the United States. The only one who can be here at this time is that girl, my precious sister Krystal.
Krystal was lying on the sofa, her long legs curled up slightly, her hands holding a cute big pillow, her long hair hanging down covering her face, and it was impossible to see her expression clearly.
This big pillow was made for them by fans after their sister's variety show "J&K" was broadcast. It has Q version of the two sisters printed on it. Krystal usually likes to hold it.
"Ernie, you're back." Krystal heard the sound of the door closing. She stood up and brushed the hair scattered in front of her face with her hands. There was a trace of laziness in her voice, and her face looked a little too fair.
"Well, I came back right after I got off the plane. Why didn't you go back to the dormitory today? Aren't you preparing a new album recently?" Jessica came over and sat next to Krystal, stretched out her arms and hugged her baby sister.
"Hey, there's a TV series that asked me to audition for the female lead today. It's Rain-senpai's lead role. This is his first TV series as the male lead after returning from the army."
Krystal let go of the pillow in her arms, turned around, hugged her Ernie with both hands, and gently put her head into Jessica's arms. It was so comfortable.
"After the audition, I don't want to go back to the dormitory. Anyway, V's mother is not here today."
"Um..."
Nothing more to say? Krystal waited for a long time, and when she looked up, she saw Jessica who was in a short state again.
"Onie..."
Krystal hugged Jessica a little harder, pouted and started to act coquettishly.
"Ah, Zheng Xiujing, why are you using so much force? Let me go." Why is this girl so strong? She almost broke Jessica's waist.
"I'm hungry..."
"You don't want me to cook for you, do you?" Jessica looked at the crystal with a smile on her face.
"I want to eat steak, I want to eat sushi, and I want..." Crystal thought to herself, even if you dare to do it, I won't dare to eat it.
"Wait, Xiujing, you don't want to take care of your body anymore."
"I don't care, I'm hungry. I've fainted twice during practice recently." Crystal let go of Jessica, sat up straight and looked at her Ernie firmly.
Jessica looked at Crystal distressedly. This precious girl suffered from hypoglycemia. She had fainted during performances before, and she must have suffered a lot recently.
"Arazo, let me order takeout, and the steak will be steak." In fact, there are frozen raw steaks in the refrigerator at home, but Jessica gave up the idea of doing it herself.
I haven't been eating well recently, so I took this opportunity to make up for it. Well, actually, it was mainly because of this girl.
"Unnie zzang, I also want seafood fried rice and mango ice cream." Crystal cheered, a bright smile appeared on her cold face, and she began to let herself go completely.
Jessica watched as the small iceberg in front of her turned into a small volcano. Not to mention, the little crystal when she smiled was really pretty.
After a storm, Crystal put down the tableware in her hands. Her face was finally no longer so fair, and gradually turned red, and her spirit was much better than before.
"Unnie, I'm going back to my room first." Crystal left the mess behind, got up and ran happily into her room to check her phone.
Jessica looked at the puddle in front of her and expected her to clean it up. Don't even think about it. Let's talk about it later.
She got up and poured herself a glass of red wine, sat on the lounge chair on the balcony, looked at the Han River under the sparkling lights through the glass railing of the balcony and began to be in a daze.
She said she was in a daze, but actually Jessica was organizing her thoughts and preparing to deal with new negotiations with the company.
The words Taeyeon said to her at the airport did make her feel warm and comforted, but Jessica also heard from the words that the team leader didn't actually know the real meaning behind what she did.
Is it really just to leave a way for Jessica to develop her own fashion brand? Of course not. Jessica’s purpose from beginning to end is for one thing, the use of the trademark "Girls' Generation"
right.
For Jessica who came back from the United States, there are far more considerations about business contracts than native Koreans, except of course the love-minded T who is also an American.
Jessica is very clear about the content of her economic contract with the company. To create her own fashion brand, she does not need to communicate with the company at all. The company has nothing to do with her. The only difference is that her identity in this brand is "Girls' Generation"
Jessica" or just "Jessica".
As long as there is no conflict with similar brand endorsements, there will be no problem. In fact, Jessica has not had any similar endorsements in the past two years. Even if she has a team endorsement, she only needs to not wear her own brand during the team's public activities.
That’s it.
For Jessica's own brand, the sign of Girls' Generation is of little significance. Fans will still support her if they should support it, and those who are not fans will not care about this sign.
But the name "Girls' Generation" is very important to Jessica personally. In the past seven years, she and the other eight members have put in so much effort to make this name famous throughout Asia.
Jessica remembered the tenth anniversary promise she made with her long-cherished friends, but what about after the tenth anniversary? As Pani said, when they have their own family and children in the future, they will still stand on that stage together. Is this possible?
The company owns all the trademark rights to the name "Girls' Generation". Now the company is just harvesting the last batch of profits, and then when the nine of them want to use this name to reunite with their long-cherished wish, they will scratch it off again.
For one thing, they are not even allowed to use this name anymore due to other considerations.
This is too passive. Sometimes your destiny needs to be in your own hands, even just a small part of it.
Although the company obtained all the exclusive rights to the "Girls' Generation" trademark through litigation in the past two years, there was one exception, which Jessica was keenly aware of, and that was that the exclusive rights to the trademark were invalid in China.
This is also the reason why she wants to put her fashion brand on Hong Kong Island, because she wants to get the rights to use the "Girls' Generation" Chinese trademark so that she can have some say when negotiating with the company in the future.
To achieve this goal, the nine of them must form a unanimous will. If one person raises objections, then this plan will not be possible.
This is also the reason why Jessica doesn't dare to reveal her plan to the other members easily. She has concerns.
"Taeyeon, can you really stand firmly behind me and support me this time?"
Jessica took a sip of the red wine in her hand and said to herself.
A gust of river wind blew in, messing up Jessica's hair and her heart.
(Thank you all for your strong support. I would also like to recommend a new work by a younger brother, "That's Our Light" by Dumeng Gushang. The single heroine is my own Eunjing. I have already signed a contract, and I am still a seedling.
Please support me a lot, and finally remember to connect three times with one click!!o(∩_∩)o)