The summer afternoon seemed to have solidified. The wooden textured coffee table, the coffee cup with ice left, the dim sunlight reflected on the table through the frosted glass, the summer-themed stickers on the wall, and of course, the sunny who rarely reveals a trace of melancholy posture in front of you... All of this made Jin Zhongming's mood suddenly feel.

In fact, after a while, even though he had the courage to pick up his coffee cup and imitated the other party to drink the remaining half of the cup, he still didn't know how to speak.

"Kim... Do you two need a refill service?" Just when the silence lasted for no reason, the conscientious waiter suddenly appeared at the table, breaking the slightly strange atmosphere with an unexpected attitude.

However, for Kim Jong-ming and Sunny, I really don’t know if I should breathe a sigh of relief or be dissatisfied with this.

"No need." Kim Jong-ming sniffed, then waved his hand at the waiter and stood up. "Actually we are preparing to go out for a walk..."

The waiter nodded and retreated quickly, but Sunny couldn't help but sighed slightly: "Do you want to change the place again? Where will we go this time?"

"Let's go to the Grand Prosecutor's Office!" Considering the temperature outside, Kim Jong-ming put on a suit jacket and did not wear it on her. "When I was having a blood test in the inspection hall building in the morning, a prosecutor told me that the final ticket for the last tax check could come out in the afternoon... It would be nice to go by the way."

"It's OK." Sunny thought about the route from Cheongtandong to the Grand Inspection Hall, which should not be far away. It was afternoon. If she could go around a little and avoid the famous attractions, it would not be very noisy, so she nodded very quickly, and the two of them took Baker again to change the occasion of conversation.

"Why didn't you talk just now?" After walking out of the coffee shop, he walked slowly along the shade of the trees for a full hundred and eighty steps before the two of them opened a pot from Sunny.

"Didn't you say it either?" Jin Zhongming sighed slightly.

"You're a little bit making excuses." Sunny, who was holding the dog leash, curled his lips slightly mockingly. "I'm asking you a question, but you're not asking me, why am I talking?"

"Then let's be honest. I really didn't know how to answer your question just now." Jin Zhongming smiled bitterly.

"Don't you know or dare?"

"I don't know." Kim Jong-ming answered as seriously as possible. "Because there are too many inaccurate factors in your question!"

“What about?”

“For example…What is the definition of Girls’ Generation?”

“…”

"For example... what kind of state can it be called disbandment?"

“…”

"How do you say it?" Kim Jong-ming glanced at the girl beside him. "If you don't have any explanation for these two things, your question seems too broad, right?"

"Yes, for every group that can be related to our Girls' Generation, the answers to these two questions are probably different." After walking out of the cafe, Sunny, who was blown by the breeze in the summer afternoon, actually recovered his usual cleverness and thoroughness, and of course calmness. "Even to the extreme, even if the same group has different opinions, the same person will have different opinions at different times."

"This is a big truth." Kim Jong-ming nodded seriously, then lowered his head and tied the coat in his hand around Baker's neck. It seemed like he was preparing to take a serious attitude to deal with the other party. "Take the definition of Girls' Generation, it is a combination in general, but for some government officials, it is a representative of the Korean wave cultural industry; for Korean wave practitioners, a successful commercial brand of the company; for fans... Well, I'm afraid it needs to be subdivided. Team fans may say that it is a combination of nine people, and it has a group spirit, but for Yoona's Weifan, that is our Yoona and the eight teammates she brought with him..."

"You are black Yoona again." Sunny slowly walked forward with the other party, staring at the suit jacket around Baker's neck, and then his face was speechless. I don't know if he was feeling sorry for Yoona or Baker.

"It's because she has a good relationship with her." Kim Jong-ming, wearing a black suit and vest, with her hands in her pockets, looked indifferent. "And this girl has a strong personality and won't be upset because I'm behind her back. As for the others, although Yuri has a good relationship, she looks careless and fragile on the outside. And Xiu-young, although her personality is not afraid of being dark, I don't know what's going on. Recently, she seems to be a little sensitive to me and always dodge and avoid. Do you think I'll easily criticize them for these two people? But since you said this, look, even the gap between your group is so big, I'm afraid even the nine of you themselves do not have a unified standard for identifying these two things, right?"

"I don't deny it." Sunny's reply seemed a little powerless. "But I even shouted Oppa today. Even if this question is more difficult than writing a doctoral thesis, you have to give me an explanation, right?"

"That's natural, I'll shout at you. Even if I'm poor, I'll give you a answer with the spirit of writing a paper." Unny pouted slightly, pulled Baker's dog leash and did not make any unnecessary statements.

"First of all, from the narrowest perspective, or from the most basic legal sense, the company's. Because this is the exclusive combination name of their company's subordinates, it is a trademark protected by the laws of various countries. From South Korea to Japan, the United States to China, from Southeast Asia to Europe, the company enjoys the exclusive rights of these four words in performances, albums, advertisements and other commercial and cultural activities. This should be written in your exclusive contract very clearly..."

"More than that, it's so clear!" Sunny rolled his eyes quietly. "Even if half of the company belongs to my uncle, I can't deny this."

"If that's the case, it's easier for us to consider your question from this definition. When will Girls' Generation be dissolved? It's very simple. The company is too lazy to renew the trademark rights of Girls' Generation, and when will Girls' Generation be dissolved. Of course, this most standard answer seems the most meaningless."

"This is really meaningless..." Sunny was obviously speechless.

At this point, Jin Zhongming frowned slightly: "But what we are going to say is not this, but your company."

"Yeah." Sunny nodded without comment. "Of course I understand what you mean."

"However, from the perspective of those people in the company, although the existence of this combination is not determined by the trademark use rights or something, it is still the same." Kim Jong-ming continued to frown and said. "For them, whether the four words Girls' Generation still have commercial value is the key to determining whether the combination exists... To the extreme, if the so-called financial statements are used, these four words can also bring profits. Even if eight out of nine people die in a car accident, then Girls' Generation cannot be considered disbanded, and you can add people!"

"My uncle is not that tricky!" Sunny said speechlessly.

"But you can't deny this idea, and there are indeed people doing that." Kim Jong-ming replied without hesitation. "I just want to explain a pure business concept."

"Then you continue." Sunny nodded perfunctorily. "But don't get into a car accident, we haven't had it..."

"Okay, let's give another extreme example, warm and affectionate... If nine people are all fine, but they suddenly get married next month, have a bunch of children, are happy and happy, etc., the company's stock price plummeted... Don't look at me like this... I mean, if Girls' Generation really loses all its commercial value next month, then your company will definitely give up on this brand without hesitation next month, and then go to audition for trainees to prepare for a new wave of girl groups."

"Yes." After hearing the last sentence, Sunny actually nodded slightly, unexpectedly without any refutation. "But you also feel a little unrepentant. How can you wait until we all lose our economic value before preparing for the next wave of girl groups? Don't you know that all the mainstream brokerage companies are already planning new girl groups!"

Jin Zhongming was very surprised.

"That's true," Sunny continued to sigh. "When this generation of girl groups is really booming and mastering the market, even if we are in a good position and devoted to our girls' generation, it will be in name only for the company... It's just that we can keep a name and title in the company, which makes people just leave a memorial."

"It's really the perfect ending that you can expect in reality." Kim Jong-ming suddenly smiled. "And if you really think that possibility is still very high, then you won't ask me that anymore."

"That's right." Sunny laughed, too. "Then you keep going."

"Then I'll continue, let's continue talking about fans..." Kim Jong-ming said while secretly looking at Sunny's expression. "In fact, for the so-called fans, their thinking should be the same as the economic company. The only difference is that the company makes judgments based on money, while they make judgments from the perspective of soft needs such as personal emotions and socialization..." Unny suddenly turned his head and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to make a sentence, but after looking at Kim Jong-ming's smile-like expression, he did not speak out, but let the other party continue to say.

"Look, your Girls Generation fans have dozens or millions, and they are changing every moment. For an ordinary fan, the process of his fans with you may be like this in a certain year. The college classmates around him are discussing you. In order to societe, he also registered fan members, bought albums, watched concerts, posted on the team P, and then became addicted to it. Then he was naturally a fan of no doubt. But for him, from the moment he followed you, the four words "Girls Generation" have special meaning, and they represent the nine members behind it, a company, and a huge fan social group. Before that, even if you had already been

He has been in the industry for three years and is famous all over the world. That's not his business. By the same token, once one day he goes to military service, he gets married, he has children, he has no time to go to concerts, his album was burned by his wife, and his former pictorial was stained by his children's peeing and thrown into the trash can. In that case, even if Girls' Generation is still at its peak, this group is meaningless to him. Even this group is no longer a question of whether it is disbanded. For him, this group is simply dead! To say something extra, even if he accidentally remembers you, he flips an album and listens with tears in his eyes for an afternoon, it is not you who misses his youth, but his own youth."

"I really want to scold you, but I can't scold you." Sunny pouted in a strange face in the wind, feeling a sense of perseverance. "Fans... for us, they are a real parents and living soil for food and clothing, and to some extent, they are also the object of emotional support. If they do this, we may have nothing to say except sending blessings. I think one day when I get menopause, I will definitely shed tears when I find a gift from a former fan. But I can only say that I miss them not them, but my green youth."

"Good mentality." Kim Jong-ming praised the other party. Of course, he didn't know if this was a praising person.

"Just treat it as a good attitude!" Sunny suddenly shook his head. "You continue. Although it is useless to say so far, I hear it very excitedly and am very interested in what you will say next."

"I understand what you mean by using uselessness." Kim Jong-ming smiled slightly. "After all, whether it is the company or the fans, although they each have the ability to disband the Girls' Generation from material to soul, they are always passive. If there is such a day, you can only let it go. And, with the current situation of your Girls' Generation's fire and fresh flowers, it is hard to imagine that you will lose your vitality due to the complete loss of economic value or the loss of fans. The past experience of girl group groups also shows that you don't need to wait until that day comes. The mentality changes of some key characters and the resulting conflicts are the most common ways to end a group."

"It's interesting, but who is the so-called key figure?" When she said this, the two stopped in front of the traffic light at a secluded intersection. Sunny handed Baker's dog chain to Kim Jong-ming, and then stood on tiptoe to look at Guanyue Mountain, which was just exposed in the southwest. It was afternoon, and she seemed to want to see the outline of the scorching sun on the top of the mountain through the green mountains, but it was obvious that the scorching sun on the green mountains were mottled, and at first glance, she was in a trance.

"Who do you think it is?" Jin Zhongming asked with a smile.

Sunny took back his gaze helplessly, then turned to look at Kim Jong-ming: "Well, the members of the group are no longer enough. In Girls' Generation, there are nine of us; the fan group is too large, so there are no specific characters to be extracted; but in the company, the president, president, general agent, and the person who are directly responsible for the administrative management of the group should be included. In the specific group, it is undoubtedly my uncle, President Kim Young-min, and Minister Han Seung-ho are not considered or not..."

"Kim Young-min may not count." Kim Jong-ming lowered his head and smiled. "The administrators of this so-called brokerage company do not look at the position, but on the specific influence. For some specific combinations, a broker may have an influence that is greater than the president and will grow. Some combinations are born with strong strength, and even such a large economic company cannot say that there is any influence... For example, myths, companies, won't they live well?"

"The example of myth really makes people unwilling to accept it." The green light came out, and sunny nodded and expressed his approval while taking Baker's leash and walking out first.

"Of course," Kim Jong-ming followed slowly. "Myth is an exception. You Girls' Generation is really incomparable to others. If nothing else, the captain can beat your uncle. Just this matter, will you dare to go to the nine of you add one more piece? If our President Li suddenly feels that if you don't disband, Girls' Generation will not be able to survive, and then hold a press conference to announce the disbandment. What do you guess nine of you can do?"

"What can I do? I'll probably cry and leave the company honestly with my nose?" Sunny laughed out loud in front of me. "But why did my uncle do this?"

"Yes." Kim Jong-ming nodded seriously. "The most successful brand in the company. So, I can imagine that he would choose to sacrifice the interests of Girls' Generation or several of its members in some special circumstances because of the overall interests of the company. But how to say it? The topic we are discussing now is when Girls' Generation will disband... To be honest, unless President Lee encounters a huge turning point in his life and his outlook on life and values ​​are distorted, I really... But don't say that if he suddenly got a terminal illness like President Hong, or his beloved niece had a terminal illness..."

"Okay." Sunny turned around and glared at the other party with a little annoyed. "Why don't you say that you suddenly have a terminal illness? Do my relatives at home want to list a change? This topic ends here!"

"Okay!" Kim Jong-ming smiled knowingly. "Since we are all very confident in President Li Xiuman, we have made a statement directly. You should be the nine of you next..."

"It should be there?" Sunny interrupted the other party without comment. "According to your influence, there should be some other people, right?"

"Do you mean the family of the group members?" Kim Jong-ming smiled and looked at the shoulder-length hair on the back of the other person's head. "There is no need to list this separately, right? Because at least for Girls' Generation, each group member is already an adult, and their family's opinions must be reflected through them in the end, and it is enough to directly count them on the members themselves."

"That's more scientific." Sunny suddenly tightened the dog leash and pulled Baker to his feet. "But... don't you know? One of our group members has a special family, and his influence is enough to be listed separately and compared to my uncle. Even if we talk about my uncle's experience and courage, the other person's myth is simply a pediatrician."

"So I'm waiting for me here!" Kim Jong-ming laughed immediately. "This is what you really want to ask today, right?" unny said nothing.

"Yes." Kim Jong-ming sighed slightly. "People's hearts are easy to change, and things in the world are unpredictable. The same person may not care about what they value today tomorrow; at the same time, the goal you agree with may not be what others ask for... The nine people's thoughts are complicated, and they are just messy. You have known this in your heart for a long time, so you didn't expect to figure out this big topic from the beginning. What you want to know the most is actually my personal attitude and position, right?" unny still didn't say anything.

"Sunny." Jin Zhongming smiled, put his hands in his pockets and quickly stepped forward and walked up to the other party. "You are so careless. I am no longer an impatient child back then. How could I interfere and argue with people for no reason... It's like ANSK is now quickly getting on the throne, but your uncle pushed FX out to block it, allowing Ermao and Chu Long to face each other every day. Can I bear this before? But now I'm just smiling." Unny pouted slightly, and a bright red heart-shaped mouth shape immediately appeared under his short upper lip... It seems that the color of the lipstick she used today is more conspicuous, of course, the shape of the lips is also very interesting.

"I know what you think." Kim Jong-ming continued to smile. "You want to say that things are different in nature, and they don't have Ermao and Damao, right? Then I'll just say it. I won't have any extra actions in this matter. I know the importance. In fact, my mentality is no different from that of other members' parents. As long as my Damao is not messed up by someone, I will definitely ignore it..."

"How could she be messed up by someone?" Sunny finally got angry. "The only thing she did in front of him was that she was messed up by others..."

"Now I can't sit idly by." Kim Jong-ming responded neatly. "This is not due to moral issues, but as a qualified parent, necessary punishment and obstruction are also a kind of protection." Unny sniffed slightly: "You say that, it makes me look like a villain."

"I don't mean to blame you." Jin Zhongming replied dismissively. "I know a little about Maomao's willfulness, so please rest assured that if I do anything that causes trouble, I will help smooth it out even if I give up my face."

"You really love her. They are all such a big person." Somehow, Sunny suddenly became angry again, and didn't know who she was talking about.

"It's not that I love her." Kim Jong-ming sighed slightly. "It's a sense of mission that has been born since childhood. I always feel that I have the responsibility to help her complete some change or care on the road of fate... Moreover, as time goes by, this sense of mission gradually becomes an obsession."

"Well!" Looking at the other party's serious expression, Sunny suddenly felt annoyed again. "I can understand what you said. Not only are the brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers, they probably have this kind of obsession? I don't understand."

"Then I'm thankful for your understanding." Kim Jong-ming said softly. "Anyway, you don't need to worry about me, nor do you need to worry about my Maomao, because I have the ability to assure you that even if the problem lies with us, it won't be a problem."

"Then I will naturally feel at ease." Sunny nodded with emotion. "Your promise will always make people convinced."

"What about you?" Jin Zhongming asked suddenly.

"What?" Sunny didn't react for a while.

"I mean, although people have different thoughts and trying to figure it out is nothing more than a fantasy, but since we are rare to collide together, what do you think? Can you tell me carefully?"

"What do you think?"

"Of course it is the end dragon of Girls' Generation. How is Girls' Generation defined in your eyes? How is it considered disbanded? When do you think it will disband?"

"I really don't leave any room for me." Sunny sighed slightly. "But how do you say it? Just like you said, people's hearts are fickle. Even if I am myself, the answers I give at different times may be different."

"What about now?" Jin Zhongming still chased after him. "It's OK at this moment."

"At this moment?" Sunny narrowed his eyes slightly. "At this moment, Girls' Generation is my current destination in this stage of life. It is a reliance, a source of identity, the source of social status, and the embodiment of life's value... Although it may not be particularly liked and recognized, from the age of 19 to 25, youth has been hit on it, so how could it not care?"

"It's a cliché."

"Yes." Sunny nodded. "But the older the cliché, the more it means that the truth is right. Otherwise, why are every idol always so consistent when talking about his own combination?"

Kim Jong-ming nodded: "What about?"

"And...and then if you ask me how to disband, the answer is actually very simple." Sunny replied with a normal expression. "Of course, one day I suddenly realized that my life no longer needs girls' generation."

"It's also a cliché." Kim Jong-ming nodded slightly and commented. "But it's also simple and easy to understand. So are you worried about Sika? Do you think she should be the first of the nine people to become indifferent to the four words "Girls' Generation"?"

"Yes." Sunny raised his eyebrows. "Yes! And, this is actually the last problem. When I came back this time, I don't know if it was an illusion, but suddenly I found that my teammates, friends, colleagues, and even everything I had once been familiar with were somewhat beyond cognition. After thinking about it for a moment, I felt that time eroding people's hearts was too powerful and too fast. If I was not careful, it would create a gap and disconnect between people."
To be continued...