star of the peninsula

It’s not that I suddenly want to meet my fellow countrymen, I just want to do a simple test.

Yuqi had been active on popular domestic variety shows "before", so her threat to Chen Chen has always been at the highest level. Now Chen Chen plans to test whether his resistance can withstand the most difficult destruction.

Today, (G)I-DLE had no other schedule except for promoting their music, so Chen Chen successfully met Yuqi around dinner time.

"Brother Chen, I'm here!" Yuqi rushed to the ward, "What happened to you? Why are you here suddenly?"

"I had a high fever, but it's gone now. I plan to stay in the hospital for another day to recuperate." Chen Chen leaned against the head of the bed. "Do you know why I asked you to come here?"

"I don't know." Yuqi shook her head honestly, "Why?"

"It's almost Chinese New Year, let's celebrate our Chinese New Year." Chen Chen gestured back and forth between the two of them, "So I'm thinking of doing something at C headquarters, can you give me some ideas?"

"Oh, that's how it is!" Yuqi's eyes lit up all of a sudden, "I have a lot of good ideas! But the first thing that came to my mind was to hold a small party with prizes and performances!"

"It's too late. There's not enough time left to prepare." Chen Chen shook his head. "Besides, you guys have to come back. There's no time at all."

"It doesn't take too long to prepare, two or three days will be enough." Yuqi patted her chest twice, "We are artists, and the ability to put on a show should be a basic quality that we can show off at any time."

"Let's just talk about the simplest one. We can definitely do it by gathering together the smaller artists who can stay in C headquarters during this period to put on a Chinese doll show."

"And if someone wins the grand prize, we can play a song for him called Good Luck. It's no big deal."

Well, as for the girl group, indeed, they are really good at it. They can really create the scene that Yuqi described.

"Now that you put it that way, it suddenly isn't impossible." Chen Chen smacked his lips. "What about the prizes? How do we set them up?"

"Here are the prizes." Yuqi's voice dropped an octave. "You have to set them up yourself, Brother Chen. After all, it's your money."

"Okay, don't worry about the prizes. When you go back, make a PPT for me and give me a copy of what you want to do and the good ideas you come up with. Is that ok?"

Chen Chen looked at Yuqi's request and temporarily added a job for her.

“No problem at all!” Yuqi assured excitedly, “Everyone who has a promotion schedule is free, so I can give you the PPT tomorrow!”

"I won't be here tomorrow. When you're done, just find time or ask someone else to put it on my desk." Chen Chen waved his hand and asked her to do something else. "Okay, it's done. Go get me a glass of water for the medicine and then leave. I've already given you an extra job. It's not good to waste your time here any longer."

"Ok."

Yuqi immediately took the cup to the water dispenser nearby to get some water.

Chen Chen did not do anything tricky when he took the cup. After taking the medicine and sitting down to return the cup, he deliberately touched Yuqi's hand.

Main mission, completed.

"Then Brother Chen, have a good rest. I'm leaving now."

Seeing that Chen Chen looked sleepy, Yuqi was surprised that the medicine took effect so quickly and said goodbye as she left the ward.

It was obvious that Chen Chen couldn't hold on.

After he insisted on adjusting himself to a position where he would not feel any pain when he woke up, he began to feel dazed and could not care about anything.

Go to sleep!
……

“It’s worthy of being the highest difficulty.”

"Luckily, your little sister hasn't become a household name in China yet, otherwise I would have died!"

Chen Chen slept from dinner time to noon the next day, but he still underestimated Yuqi's power.

Moreover, his speculation was wrong. The symptoms of his "illness" would not become less severe as time went by closer to the time of his arrival.

If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand. After all, the brain suddenly calls up a large number of fragments hidden deep in the memory. The workload is too heavy in an instant, so it is naturally impossible to keep a person awake.

"We still can't let our guard down." Chen Chen rubbed his hungry stomach. "Although my resistance has indeed increased a lot, it's still not enough to deal with real trouble."

There was no need to do the check-up, and Chen Chen had no way of shifting his gear to the health column.

……

After finishing the necessary procedures at the hospital, Chen Chen quickly went outside to fill his stomach.

Then I went home to take a quick shower and change clothes before returning to headquarters C to start work.

"It came out. The doctor didn't say anything, did he?"

Shirley was a little surprised to see Chen Chen at this time, and asked about his health.

"If the doctor says anything, I won't be able to come out." Chen Chen generously spread out his arms for her to check, "Do you think there's anything wrong with me?"

"Well, I don't want to tell you so much." Shirley pointed at something on his desk, "Yuqi sent it. I haven't read it yet."

"It's about the New Year." Chen Chen took it and handed it to her, "Let's have a small party so that everyone can have some fun together."

"It's probably not a good idea to give such a short notice." Shirley frowned. "The employees are not mentally prepared, and the program won't be able to maintain the quality."

"We're just having fun together, don't take it too seriously. We're only inviting mid-level and above employees to come, so there won't be a lot of people on site." Chen Chen thought for a moment and added, "Call the most outstanding internet celebrities from last year. It can be a rule that employees who do well can attend relatively high-end annual meetings."

"I understand your idea." Shirley nodded, "Then I will inform them accordingly."

"It's just that." Shirley hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to call the people from Cube Entertainment and Starship?"

"We can't invite them. If we invite them, it will become a relatively formal occasion. The only 'outsider' who can come is the girls' group." Chen Chen replied.

"I thought so too." Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, then rolled her eyes and leaned over to Chen Chen and asked sweetly, "Dear President, do you have any ideas for the theme song for the show?"

"Yes!" Chen Chen rolled his eyes speechlessly, "What's the point? You're already a representative of the board and you're still playing this game."

"It's useful, why not use such a useful trick?" Shirley said coquettishly: "When the representative director and the president were making out in the office, I never saw the president being so disgusted. Men really are no good!"

"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow." Chen Chen glanced at her, "Then find someone to expand it into a complete song, okay? I won't be in charge of the rest."

"Great!" Shirley clapped her hands excitedly, "Now the last link is done."

"Has it reached the final stage?" Chen Chen asked curiously, "Has the returning work been completed?!"

"The show has already set a start time, so the comeback work must have been finalized." Sulli's deliberately low voice was filled with pride. "According to your instructions, we successfully brought in Cube Entertainment, and the work was finalized by MUSIC CUBE."

"well done!"

Chen Chen gave her a thumbs up with satisfaction.

Being able to bring Hong Seung-sung into the show at least guarantees a good viewership. People like to see people they don’t normally see in variety shows, and Hong Seung-sung, the president of Cube Entertainment, is naturally one of them.

In addition, everyone understands the relationship between 4minute and Cube Entertainment, and the audience likes to see this kind of "reconciliation" scene.

"How do you consider the time?"

Chen Chen asked another question.

"After a rough calculation, we decided to start the show in late February and return in early April." Shirley laid out the plan, "Each episode will be more than an hour long, one episode per week, and it will end in eight episodes."

"The first three episodes gather all the members, with HyunA as the core, telling the story of her process of finding the members with the help of 'Shine Grocery Store'."

"We will give a detailed introduction to our shop, including the operating model."

"The third episode is about the return of the work, showing the hardships along the way, and also showing the help provided by Boss Hong, talking about the past relationship between them, and recalling the glorious years when they worked at Cube Entertainment."

"The second to last episode is about the practice room and daily life, something warm and plain, some people like to watch this."

“The last episode was nearly live, live streaming returned.”

"4minute members need time to practice, but this will not be reflected in the show, so we must leave enough time for them."

"HyunA is still in the comeback period, and it will take time to merge. After the comeback period, there will still be a lot of work, and it will be very troublesome if there is not enough time."

"Other than that, everything else is trivial." Shirley clenched her fists. "The post-production of the show, the production of the theme song, and the publicity before the show starts. These are all things that can be successful if we follow the plan. No need to talk too much."

"So now all we need is the theme song, right?" Chen Chen slapped his thigh, "Oh my, I'm the one missing!"

"The theme song is mainly used for publicity and promotion, so we can get it done before the promotion and promotion begins, which means we still have more than half a month to use." Shirley looked at Chen Chen, "And didn't you say you could give me a short section tomorrow? The rest of the work will be done quickly."

"Well, you did a great job." Chen Chen looked at her with gentle encouragement in his eyes. "I only nodded in the whole thing. You are amazing!"

"You have already done the most troublesome work, so it will be smooth sailing for us. I know myself well." Shirley was not carried away by the praise and did not put herself too low. "But the subsequent work is really my credit. The operation of the grocery store has nothing to do with you!"

"Very good, keep up the momentum!" Chen Chen asked casually, "Oh, by the way, have you chosen who will sing the theme song?"

"Of course it's Integrate." Shirley said confidently, "This is also a resource we are qualified to use, so of course we choose the hottest girl group at the moment to sing the theme song!"

"Don't drag everyone from Integrate into this." Chen Chen reminded: "Just pick a few people who are suitable for the song."

"I understand, but I want you to choose the members." Sulli explained: "You wrote the song, and you sent the members to debut. You must be more suitable than me to choose the people."

"Hiss~ If I were to choose the people, I would cause trouble."

Four or five thoughts instantly popped up in Chen Chen's mind.

"Whatever, it's just a theme song after all." Shirley said it didn't matter. "I'm confident that in the end the theme song won't be popular but the show won't be."

"I will be able to hand it over to you soon." Chen Chen looked eager to try. "Go ahead and get busy. Maybe you'll have a result when you come back."

"Okay, then I'm going."

Shirley smiled and hurried out with her small bag.

The S branch building has been confirmed, and there is a lot of work waiting for her there, so she has to go there almost every day.

……

"Okay, now it's time for me to perform."

After Shirley left, Chen Chen stretched his arms up to the sky, feeling full of energy.

Because what he wants to do is come out IVE!

Kim Autum, Ahn Yujin, Naoi Rei, Jang Wonyoung, and Kim Jiwon have now gathered all the members of C headquarters except Lee Hyunseo, so they can naturally find a way to create a temporary group that looks like IVE and is actually similar to IVE.

As for the work, Chen Chen made a decision the moment he thought of this interesting thing.

"Shine With Me", how about it, isn't it very suitable for the theme song of the show "Shine Grocery Store"? !
"We are missing Li Rui."

Chen Chen paced around the office, as it was not easy to decide on the replacement.

The most important reason is that Chen Chen can find Li Rui, he can really find her!

The person is on the starship. Just say hello and the Golden Era will send her over.

Although Starship had several outstanding female trainees picked up by C headquarters, and it was basically certain that there would be no possibility of forming a new girl group in the next few years, Lee Hyun-seo did not leave like other female trainees.

She was born in 2007, so she can afford to stay on Starship for two or three more years waiting for the next opportunity to debut in a girl group.

What's more, staying on Starship gives you the chance to be picked up by C headquarters, which is what every trainee dreams of, so it's even more impossible to leave Starship.

"Well, let's flip a coin." Chen Chen finally decided to decide by flipping a coin. "If it's tails, then let Sakura Miyawaki Sakura take over Li Xianrui's position. It's very suitable to use the current boss to replace the former youngest."

"If it's positive, I'll ask Lee Hyun-seo to come over from the Starship, sing a song and then put her back, so that I can put together a complete IVE."

"If it stands up, then Xiaoting will take the last position."

Chen Chen put the most unlikely and the thing he least wanted to happen on the possibility of the coin standing up. It was a bit despicable, but he was in a good mood.

Find the coin, throw it into the air, catch it, and then put it back in the drawer without even looking at it.

The moment Chen Chen tossed the coin, his eagerness to get the front side told him what the answer was: complete IVE.

Then there is nothing to talk about. The most important thing is to listen to yourself.

This is the meaning of tossing a coin. It will present your truest thoughts in the form of subconscious behavior, allowing you to better understand your inner self.

Chen Chen felt that he could not resist the temptation to put together a complete girl group in this environment that he had messed up.

Even though it was just a song, and there was nothing else to it except the sound, it was a huge pleasure for Chen Chen, a pleasure that no one in the world could understand except him.

"President Kim."

Chen Chen dialed the number to the starship.

"Can you lend me a trainee temporarily in a few days?"

...(End of chapter)