Our Glamorous Time( A Vsoo adaptation novel by Ding Mo)

Chapter 36(Lovesickness)

When they heard the news of Jisoo organizing some market research, Taehyung, Jimin and Jiang Yuan were dragging their suitcases and just stepping out of the Milan Malpensa International Airport.

Further on the horizon was the rising and falling view of a forest and mountains. The beautiful city was situated not too far ahead. Whether or not they would find the materials suitable for the new product was still a big question mark.

Hopping in the taxi, staring at the message from Jisoo, Jimin laughed; he said to Taehyung, “She’s even thought of doing marketing research. I didn’t expect that from her—she’s more patient than I thought.”

Taehyung responded, “She always has her own ideas. If we give her a direction and leave her with enough space, that’ll be enough. She’ll amaze us with the results.”

Jimin chuckled. “Did you learn this manipulation method from the military? Like when they usually talk about disciplining an eagle, and training a wolf?”

He was joking. Jiang Yuan, who sat in the front, also burst into laughter. Taehyung couldn’t be bothered to answer. Staring at the clouds in the sky, he suddenly broke into a slight smile.

Discipling an eagle?

It appeared that he was the eagle. A wild world was waiting for him, but he had been tied up by her softness and sweetness, and was most willing to surrender.

He received a message from Jisoo. ‘I’m going on a business trip. Doing market research in all the places. Will be back in about ten days.’

His slender fingers lightly tapped the screen; he responded, ‘Good, see you in ten days.’

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Around two weeks later spring arrived. Although there was still some chilliness left in the breeze, the sunshine had become warm and dazzling.

At noon, standing in front of a stylish apartment block in Chang Sha, under the bright sun, Jisoo squinted at a towering coffee-colored building.

Soon, the young members of the group—about a dozen of them—scattered to the elevators with surveys. She also took out a few surveys from her backpack, as well as a delicate little present (a small desk calendar). She took the elevator straight to the top floor and knocked on the door of each household.

Household surveys that were so formal had only been carried out by the National Water Supply General Company, State Grid, and the National Census. So every time the residents opened the door for her, they were surprised. “Household survey? Where are you from?”

Jisoo usually responded with a smile. “We’re from a company. We just want to get some information on our consumers.” She then handed over the little present. “I’m not selling anything, just want to ask you a few simple questions.”

Most people still didn’t like the sound of it. “Not necessary,” they would say, pushing her out and shutting the door.

However, there were a few willing to cooperate. Perhaps because of Jisoo’s friendly manner and the good impression she made—and the fact that she didn’t look like someone from a pyramid scheme—some residents actually ended up filling in the surveys for her. When she happened to meet people who were really into the outdoors or outdoor gear, they would even have a nice chat with her.

Even for such a tall building getting five or six surveys done by the end of the afternoon could be considered lucky.

At the beginning of the task, under Jisoo’s encouragement, everyone had been full of motivation. But as time went on, they began to complain. After all, none of them had done such a menial task like sending out surveys since college. It was also hard to deal with the constant rejection—they felt dejected and depressed.