Chapter 41: Three Days Until Filming Begins

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  Two days passed, and on Saturday night at 18:30-19:50, the latest episode of Infinite Challenge was broadcast. This episode consisted of a special feature on whether to do the second season of Activity or not, and buying eggs.

  In terms of ratings, there wasn't much change, only a 1% increase, and this 1% was mainly due to Lee Hyori's appearance. On the other hand, word-of-mouth has risen somewhat, especially on the official website, where many comments say that if the supermarket owner wasn't invited by the production team to perform, then everything would be truly real, and that would be a big deal. This is what a true reality show should be like, especially his tempting of Lee Hyori with a nonchalant attitude, which was quite interesting.

  Anyway, many people praised it, saying that it looked very realistic, especially the members of Infinite Challenge. They thought they had won when they were suddenly struck down by a single sentence from the supermarket owner, leaving many people in stitches because they all thought the supermarket owner was on their side, but in the end, he struck down both the members and the production team.

  At the end of this episode, a scene of the supermarket owner and Liu Zai Shi making a bet was also played. The Infinite Challenge Jangbong North Road Song Festival is coming soon.

  Although the ratings for this episode didn't change much, the reaction was just like before, especially with very lively comments on the official website.

  Many people are curious about when the Riverside North Road Ballad was recorded. Originally, many people didn't care much about it, but now that someone has made a bet on it, it's become much more interesting.

  The Unlimited Challenge program team also took advantage of the situation and sent out a message on June 15th that they would be recording the Jiangbian North Road Ballad Festival, which caused their followers to increase again.

  In addition, Tang Menglong's appearance and foreign identity have also been widely discussed. Some people say he is a model invited by Infinite Challenge, while others claim he is a trainee or something. Of course, some fans who have visited SBS said that the person is indeed the owner of the supermarket on the first floor of SBS.

  However, there are also many people scolding him. These people are basically fans of Lee Hyori, but Tang Menglong doesn't care about these guys at all.

  Another hot topic of discussion is whether those tea leaf eggs are really that delicious?

  The day after the Unlimited Challenge was broadcast, on the second day, the ranking of tea egg on various search websites all rushed into the top ten, which is a bit funny.

  As a result, Tang Menglong gained some small fame, of course, this fame was mostly among 25-year-old women. After all, his appearance had a greater lethal effect on mature women, but it was just a small fame.

  However, Tang Menglong's tea leaf eggs are now in great demand, with people scrambling to buy them every day. Unfortunately, he stubbornly insists on selling only sixty each day, and no one can persuade him otherwise.

  As for Tang Menglong's whereabouts, after staying in the internet cafe for five days, Tang Menglong finally returned home with an extremely worried heart, and after sleeping at home with a cold sweat for a day, he finally calmed down.

  The next day, after arriving at the company, he logged in to his computer and posted a message about renting out a room on the internet. He specified that the roommate had to be female. As for the rent, Tang Menglong was charging very little, but this made it seem like some kind of evil message.

  Of course, Tang Menglong could not have imagined what his post about renting a shared apartment would bring him.

  Now Tang Menglong spends most of his time practicing the pronunciation of that song, and then calling Li Zhi'en, chatting about her practice progress, lyrics translation progress, and of course teasing this lovely sister.

  It's still a fulfilling life, at least Tang Menglong slowly forgot about the supernatural events of the previous period.

  During this time, the Korean entertainment circle was still the same, with no major changes. The biggest news was in May when Jeon Do-yeon returned from the Cannes Film Festival in France with an award, and even received a meeting and commendation from President Roh Moo-hyun due to her title as an international actress. However, Tang Menglong wasn't familiar with her and didn't pay much attention.

  However, some entertainment reports have been predicting that the girl group era will be revived. The main reason is that JYP's girl group Wirls has a good development momentum, and S.M recently announced the debut date of its main female group this year and started active promotion. Some media outlets began to exaggerate their reports irresponsibly, but at present, no one expected that these exaggerated reports would become evidence of the new idol era.

  ………

  Time passed for several days.

  "Dragon, don't worry about the copyright and all that. There's a special association for it, you just need to pay some money every year and you'll get the right to use most songs, and they'll also pass on the money to the singers. Just sing with confidence, but do you have confidence? The recording is in three days!"

  On the other end of the phone, Kim Tae-ho's somewhat excited words made Tang Menglong roll his eyes and think to himself, "Idiot, just because Ge sings in Korean, you guys think you've already won?"

  "OK, OK, you contact me when the time comes. I'm telling you now, I won't be attending any gatherings or giving opening speeches. You don't know how much trouble has been coming my way lately, it's been making my shop so busy!" Tang Menglong said with some complaints.

  "Hey! The store being busy means business is good, right? And I see you're letting that little girl do everything. What exactly are you busy with?"

  "I'm dead! Bye, remember to give me a call when it's time, or send a car to pick me up!"

  "Beep beep beep!"

  Kim Tae-ho's eyes widened and he raised his phone high, then put it down and put the phone in his pocket.

  ……

  He hung up the phone, and Tang Menglong sat beside the cash register, listening to the accompaniment while silently reciting the lyrics. Meanwhile, Park In-jeong looked at Tang Menglong's serious expression and thought to herself, "The serious uncle isn't so annoying after all."

  "Ren Jing, your legs are open again!" However, at this time Tang Menglong's eyes slanted and glanced over, then casually shouted.

  Park In-jeong sighed, and as expected, her uncle was still hateful, but what came next made her even more hateful.

  "What a pity! If she wore a short skirt, it would be perfect!"

  "Get out of here!"

  ………

  Busan is located in the southeast of South Korea, it's the second largest city after Seoul. It's an international metropolis and a logistics hub in the Pan-Pacific region. Its container cargo volume ranked third in the world in 2002.

  Busan Metropolitan Area includes three metropolitan cities and two provinces, which are Busan Metropolitan City, Daegu Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City, South Gyeongsang Province and North Gyeongsang Province.

  At this time, in a rural shop in the suburbs of Gwangjang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, a middle-aged woman with curly hair was angrily shouting in the Busan dialect: "Ah!!!!!!! You damned girl, you've eaten the beef again, haven't you? I... can't take it anymore!"

  At this moment, standing in front of the aunt is a girl wearing a very ordinary red T-shirt, with a slender figure and slightly disheveled hair. However, if you lift up her hair, you can discover that her facial features are sweet, with a particularly fresh and natural temperament.

  But seeing the angry woman, the little girl weakly replied: "Sorry, I just couldn't help it!"