star of the peninsula

Chen Chen was very happy that she had taken advantage of Li Yongzhi, a naughty child, and had to give her the task of writing a 5,000-word experience report. She even walked with bigger steps.

So this is what it feels like when the dean asks students to write self-criticisms? It's quite fun to do it all at once.

After handing the documents over to the archives for filing, Chen Chen took the elevator downstairs and planned to leave work early today.

After get off work, I find a quiet place to rest my brain. Mainly because I have read too many scripts recently and a lot of information that should not appear has accumulated in my head. It is too tiring.

It would be fine if there was any gain, and I would just consider it as the price I paid for the gain, but there was no gain at all. Neither the TV drama script nor the movie script could evoke those "impressions" in my head.

Especially the movies, there was nothing even remotely related to the show, as if Chen Chen had never seen a South Korean movie before.

This is not the case. Although Chen Chen watches more South Korean "art films", he has heard of and seen some super popular movies.

The fact that those scripts cannot be found now obviously means that C headquarters is not of high enough level. A film like "Sanzhen Group English TOEIC Class" cannot make C headquarters have much influence in the film industry.

"You can tell just by looking at the name." Chen Chen muttered as he walked out, "The actors in good movies are all at the level of Lee Byung-hun and Kim Hye-soo, and the directors and screenwriters are all at the level of Bong Joon-ho and Ryu Seung-wan. C headquarters really can't match them now."

As for these names, I won’t introduce them as everyone is familiar with the actors. I will simply talk about the director’s representative works and I believe everyone can recognize who is who.

Bong Joon-ho. There seems to be no need to introduce this one, because Chen Chen had contact with him before and that’s why he had the courage to bring him in. Otherwise, the level of C headquarters is not high enough to co-create a movie with such a character and it can only be a simple investor.

Ryu Seung-wan is okay, his most famous work is "Tazza", South Korea's top commercial film, which made Chen Chen jealous.

My main impression of him was the domestic remake of this movie, "Big Shot". Chen Chen came across a lot of related clips when he was browsing Tik Tok.

In fact, Chen Chen felt that the directors and screenwriters that C headquarters could contact should be people like Yan Taihua, who had an extremely good resume but whose actual status was not that high, and belonged to the middle level.

He has participated in such successful movies as "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" and "The Witch", but most of the time, Yan Taihua participated in the movies as an assistant or in other positions.

He can use these things to embellish his resume, but people won't credit him for those two great movies.

Moreover, the responses to his own works as a director and writer were not particularly good.

What do you think? This is the kind of person that C Headquarters should be dealing with, right?!

But there are many directors like this in South Korea, and it is unknown how long it will take for C headquarters to contact them one by one.

What do they say after they make contact? C headquarters finds someone just to add their contact information? It's a bit funny.

It can even be said that such people may not even be able to produce good works, and it is likely that their efforts will be wasted.

So, instead of contacting them, Chen Chen might as well search through his own head and put it into use, which is quick, efficient, safe and of high quality.

Don't mention it, Chen Chen really has such a work in his mind, "Decision to Break Up"

Anyone who pays a little attention to the entertainment industry should have heard of the movie "Decision to Separate" at least once or twice. It is an excellent work by Chinese actress Miss Tang and her South Korean husband Park Chan-wook, who won many awards.

Chen Chen was so envious that he wished he could shoot this movie himself!
But all he could do was stare with envy. If Park Chan-wook looked directly at C headquarters, he would be lowering his own value.

A big director can drink tea and chat happily with Chen Chen because their status is comparable, or even higher than Chen Chen, but when it comes to filming a movie, he will definitely not even look at C headquarters.

The one with the difference is C headquarters, not Chen Chen.

"Oh, Mr. President!"

When Chen Chen was walking out with a confused head, he was suddenly stopped by a sharp voice.

"You guys come over to film the show."

Chen Chen felt relieved when he saw that it was the people from Shine Grocery Store. The person who called him just now was Jaejae.

"Did you disinfect thoroughly before coming in?!" Chen Chen suddenly became serious when he saw the camera pointed at him, "We can't be careless during this special period!"

In order to consolidate their personalities, Chen Chen and C headquarters, as pioneers in the fight against the epidemic, naturally have to maintain this attitude in front of the public at all times.

It is certainly boring for making the show, but Chen Chen’s appearance is the greatest pleasure of a variety show. No matter what type of variety show it is, people always look forward to seeing those big names.

"We have already gone through the antivirus process!" Jaejae quickly stepped forward and said, "The entire production team was fully prepared for the shoot."

"Okay." Chen Chen glanced at the well-organized 4minute team behind Jaejae and instantly entered the show state. "Are you here to find the legendary grocery store?"

"Yes." Nam Ji Hyun came out as the team leader and replied, "At Hyun-A's request, we decided to look for the past years. After hearing the news about the magical grocery store, we hurried over here."

"Go quickly." Chen Chen made way, "The grocery store will give you the answers you want."

"Really?!" HyunA was the most anxious, "Any answer is fine."

Chen Chen smiled meaningfully in response to the camera.

"As long as you can afford the price."

……

"It's a bit fast." Chen Chen looked at the backs of the group going away and murmured, "It's only been a little over a week, and the staff has been gathered. Are they filming every day?"

"But it's also possible that these people are all artists, and temporary groups of artists are always simpler." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head, "If someone gets married, has children, and retires from the entertainment industry, the process of getting a full team will be much more troublesome."

Chen Chen had read the script and found that there were indeed not many scenes involving a large number of people. The trouble came from the exchange of conditions with the grocery store.

In order to get the grocery store to help them fulfill their wish of returning, these people are asked to do a lot of things, and the process is so complicated that it can be regarded as a large-scale group variety show.

"Honestly, I'd like to see the scene where the other team members can't invite the last member who has retired from the entertainment industry to come out. It's interesting to think about the scene where celebrities can't beat reality."

After casually venting his dark thoughts, Chen Chen continued his shift.

The reason why we met the production team at C headquarters at this time was because S branch had not yet obtained the building when the show started filming, and the location of the production team's grocery store was temporarily set inside C headquarters.

Judging from the progress of the renovation of the S branch building, it may be able to be used when the next group of filming guests need it.

……

……

"Group show, I need help from C headquarters."

Golden Era found Chen Chen after the Seoul Music Awards.

"What kind of group variety show are you going to shoot for Integrate? You can't just rely on Starship to do it?!" Chen Chen was surprised. "I plan to shoot a few skits." Seeing that Chen Chen had no intention of refusing, Jin Shidai's tense face immediately relaxed and turned into a smile. "The girls love to act anyway, so let's shoot a skit to satisfy their cravings and make the fans happy."

"So, you came to C headquarters to seek support from directors, screenwriters, photographers, and even professional post-production teams?" Chen Chen touched his chin after understanding his thoughts. "It's not difficult. There are many production groups willing to do this kind of thing."

A little-known young director filmed a skit for Integrate, and for a moment people couldn't tell who was riding on whose popularity.

Oh, no, it's obvious that the young director is trying to take advantage of Integrate's popularity. The less popular director is trying to take advantage of the more popular director.

"Hahaha, then I'll leave it to you." Jin Shidai was very happy, "Help us find such a talented person as soon as possible!"

"What kind of content is it?" Chen Chen asked, "What kind of thing do you want to make?"

“Just make the most popular TV series nowadays, and everyone will have fun watching it.” Jin Shidai replied.

"The most popular one," Chen Chen said without hesitation, "is The Penthouse."

"I also want to add some content from 'Castle in the Sky' to 'The Penthouse', so that it can be more bloody and interesting." Jin Shidai rubbed his hands with a smile, "We have a lot of people, so we can play a lot of roles."

"Okay, then I have to prepare a slightly more powerful character." Chen Chen glanced at him, "I originally wanted to give it to the prodigy of SMART to do this, but he is no longer qualified after you suddenly added requirements."

"Hmm," Chen Chen thought for a moment and made a decision, "I'll ask the production team of 'The Penthouse' for a few people. It just so happens that they are free."

“Can you call over the production team of The Penthouse?!” Jin Shidai was overjoyed, his voice rising an octave, “That would be great, our group variety show would have enough hype before it airs!”

"Just a gimmick is not enough. I want to turn the gimmick into something real." Chen Chen looked at Golden Era, thinking of just upping the ante and going for something bigger. "What do you think of this? I'll invite the creative team of The Penthouse to film an episode of Integrate, and we'll all perform a skit together!"

"Hiss~ha~very good! Very good!" Jin Shidai's eyes turned red, "But can you do it?!"

"Of course I can do it." Chen Chen said as a matter of course: "The production team and the actors are preparing for the filming of the second season. It will be no problem for the team that has already assembled to take out half a day to give me face. My face is still worth something."

It’s not that Chen Chen’s face is worth money or not. "The Penthouse" has received a lot of help from C headquarters from the production team to the actors. They would definitely not refuse to ask them to help with this small matter.

"please!"

In the Golden Age, he lowered his head and showed his humility.

"Don't be so polite. You are helping me with these tasks, so it is my responsibility to provide basic materials." Chen Chen showed some concern for his golden worker. "Are you still busy recently? You also need to worry about the boy band of Starship, right?"

"I'm busy enough. The starship is not unavailable, and most of my work is just giving orders." Jin Shidai replied: "Although the men's group has encountered some troubles, fortunately they are all solvable."

"Really?" Chen Chen was a little unconvinced. "CRAVITY's direct competitor is Big Hit's ENHYPEN. Are you sure you can beat them?"

"It's true. I am very confident that we can win." A cold light flashed in Jin Shidai's eyes. "In fact, we plan to defeat them head-on."

"What do you mean?" Chen Chen raised his eyebrows, "What are your plans?"

"I don't have any plans. It will be enough for us to collide with ENHYPEN in April." Jin Shidai said firmly. "CRAVITY was originally going to return at the end of April. Now I heard that ENHYPEN is also going to return at the end of April. It would be a bit unfair to Dahei if we don't collide with them!"

Jin Shidai is full of confidence and feels that he can win the duel with Bang Si Hyuk.

Chen Chen doesn't think highly of him, but he won't undermine the confidence of his capable men.

"Come on." Chen Chen just reminded, "Integrate will still be popular at the end of April, and your opponents will not only be Dahei's boy band."

Integrate will return in early April, and there is no problem for their influence to continue until May, so no one except Xingchuan and Dahei will care about the win or loss of these two boy bands. It is just a private competition.

It's just a big show, that's all.

"CRAVITY certainly doesn't think of Integrate as a rival. We are good partners and have a close relationship." Golden Era's expression changed instantly and he said flatteringly.

"Come on, come on, there's nothing to tell you." Chen Chen waved his hand impatiently, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, then leave!"

"It's something." Jin Shidai took out a page of information from the briefcase and handed it to Chen Chen, "This girl should debut in the new girl group of Dahei."

"I know this person." Chen Chen took it and took a look, then casually placed the information on the table. "She was a trainee discovered by Source Music's president, Su Chengzhen. It's not surprising that she joined a new girl group."

"Here, this is some of her other information. I have it here too." Chen Chen took out a more detailed document from the drawer and showed it to Jin Shidai.

I originally wanted to ask why you also have information, but after taking a look at the information, Jin Shidai couldn't say anything.

How could I forget that Kim Min-chi was once a trainee of Soy Sauce Bottle? Chen Chen must have information here!
"Do you think she'd be a threat?"

Jinshidai asked.

"It's not a threat to look at just one person's profile. Let's see the whole picture first." Chen Chenfeng said calmly, "Dahei will definitely recruit members from the Dwarf King group that is about to disband. By looking at the members they recruit, we can roughly tell the quality of their new girl group."

"Which members do you think Dahei will take away?"

Jin Shidai was simply curious and wanted to know Chen Chen's thoughts.

"I'm sure everyone has the same idea." Chen Chen smacked his lips and asked, "If President Jin wanted to take someone from the Dwarf King, how would you do it?"

"Take it from high to low in terms of popularity." Jin Shidai said without hesitation.

"That's not the end of the matter." Chen Chen spread his arms, "Unless there is a special need, there will only be this plan to capture someone."

The artists who debuted and have been active for two and a half years have almost fully demonstrated their strengths, weaknesses, and abilities, and the popularity they have now is the result they deserve.

At this time, selecting people is no different from selecting products. Their origin and production process have lost their meaning. What matters is the quality of the final product, and popularity is that final quality.

"Ding~"

The cell phone rang and Chen Chen looked down at the text message.

"Hey, it's not Fatty Fang, uh, Speaker Fang tapped the wiretap on my phone, right? How come he sent me a text message right after we talked about Dahei?"

Chen Chen finished reading the text message sent by Fang Shihe and made a joke to Jin Shidai.

"What does Speaker Fang want to see you about?"

The Golden Age was curious again.

"Invite me to a meeting at Dahei." Chen Chen sighed, "Hehe, Dahei will no longer be called Dahei soon!"

...(End of chapter)