star of the peninsula

"Boss Chen, long time no see."

Li Xunxi arrived at the president's office of C headquarters at the agreed time.

"Yes, it's been a long time." Chen Chen nodded at him, "Sit down and talk. Liu Ran, please pour me a cup of tea."

After instructing Jin Liuran to do something, Chen Chen looked Li Xunxi up and down again and realized that this man was quite different from before.

"You got promoted?" Chen Chen didn't see the name tag on his chest clearly, but the KakaoM logo on it was still quite clear. "From landing in KakaoM to the management of the starship, and then promoted to work in the KakaoM headquarters?"

"I couldn't do anything if I stayed in Starship, so the company called me back to the headquarters." Li Xunxi took the initiative to hand over his business card, "I am now the head of the asset planning department of KakaoM."

"It's been downgraded. Is that how KakaoM does things?!"

Chen Chen joked.

"Being able to return to the headquarters should be a promotion." Li Xunxi replied with a smile.

"Ah, thanks."

Jin Liuran just brought the tea and Li Xunxi thanked him with a smile.

"Tsk, I didn't expect that Director Li would become more humble after his promotion." Chen Chen was amazed. "You didn't behave like this during the previous meetings on the starship."

"I didn't know your strength before, and I'm really sorry for doing something wrong." Li Xunxi lowered his attitude, "If you're still like that now, I've lived in vain these days."

"Are you sure you're not holding a weapon that can 100% embarrass me and make me surrender, so you're deliberately lowering your posture to the lowest point?" Chen Chen's mouth curled up slightly, "This way you can enjoy my embarrassment when I'm embarrassed, and the pleasure you get will definitely make every pore in your body feel like it's electrified."

"No, I won't." Li Xunxi waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm so old now, that kind of thought has long disappeared."

"It's better this way, otherwise you might be disappointed." Chen Chen stretched out his hand, "Take it out, KakaoM asked you to bring it to me, I'm ready to sign it."

"Do you know what I brought?"

Li Xunxi was a little surprised.

"The only thing KakaoM can use to force me into submission and possibly control me is just that." Chen Chen smiled. "If you bring me other things, I might not even look at you, but if you bring me the remaining shares of Starship, it's different. I will take it no matter what."

"If Director Li hadn't brought Starship shares today, I would have been disappointed with KakaoM. They didn't even want to seize such a good opportunity to strike at C headquarters. How stupid!"

"Give it to me!" Chen Chen patted the table, "Let me see what additional conditions KakaoM has given me."

"You are amazing." Li Xunxi took out two copies of the contract from the file package. "What I brought is indeed the remaining shares of Starship in KakaoM. This contract does have some excessive additional conditions, especially for the current C headquarters."

"The price we are selling our shares at is absolutely appropriate, even three points lower than the value assessed by the public, but," Li Xunxi put the contract on the table and pushed it forward, "you need to pay all the money within a week, otherwise the transaction will fail and C headquarters will have to pay us liquidated damages."

"Oh, I see." Chen Chen took the contract in front of him and touched it. "Didn't it also say that there is only one trading opportunity in a short period of time, and if you miss it, you will not trade with C headquarters in the next five or ten years?"

“That’s not what I said.”

Li Xunxi was stunned and shook his head.

"They don't dare to do such things to the extreme. KakaoM is really bold..." Chen Chen was a little speechless. He waved and called Jin Liuran over. "Let our legal department study the contract and quickly give me a report on the results. I want it now."

"As for Director Li," Chen Chen looked at Li Xunxi, "How about calling KakaoM now to discuss adding the message I mentioned?"

"Why do you have to do this?" Li Xunxi advised: "If Starship cannot be run as a normal company, it will always be a loss. You don't have to go to such an extreme path just for one breath."

"Ah?" Chen Chen tilted his head and asked, "In your opinion, my asking you to add that clause is a sign that I don't intend to pay for the remaining shares of Starship?"

"Isn't it?" Li Xunxi's eyes were sharp, "C headquarters has no money to buy Starship shares!"

“How come you see?”

Chen Chen shrugged.

"First, they bought two buildings, and then bought nearly one-third of Cube Entertainment. If C Headquarters wasn't a bank, it would be impossible for them to have extra funds to buy Starship shares!" Li Xunxi argued, "And everyone knows that C Headquarters had already borrowed money when buying Cube Entertainment shares, and even borrowed almost all it could. It is absolutely impossible for them to come up with such a large sum of money now!"

"So shouldn't you try harder to get me to sign this contract?" Chen Chen felt strange, "Why do you still say this to me?"

"If you really sign this contract, you will face a broken capital chain, chaos in C headquarters, or you will have to ask for help from external capital and mess up the internal affairs. There is no other possibility." Li Xunxi replied: "The consequences of signing a contract and failing to successfully perform it are similar to what I talked about before. The penalty we wrote is not small."

"So you can't sign this contract. You can only watch it."

"Because after we messed up C headquarters, given your personality, you will definitely become a mortal enemy with KakaoM, and this is definitely not the result we want to see."

"No one wants to be a mortal enemy with C headquarters. You know your power best."

"Refuse it. It's better for everyone."

"If you refuse, we will make this public and tell everyone that Headquarters C is still unwilling to buy the remaining shares of Starship even after we sincerely lowered the price."

"On the one hand, it shows the weakness of C headquarters to the outside world, and on the other hand, it creates trouble for the relationship between you and the starship. That's all."

"It is already a great gain to destroy the strong image of C headquarters in people's minds. The destruction of the company's image is a great loss, and it is also the punishment we feel C headquarters should receive."

"It would be best if we can alienate the starship, but it's okay if we can't. Anyway, based on the relationship between you and Golden Age during the previous starship incident, we don't think we can alienate you."

"Also, don't think that the Hybe speaker can give you any help."

"We, as outsiders, cannot stop the stock transaction between major shareholders, but delaying the transaction and not allowing C headquarters to get sufficient funds immediately is the face that KakaoM should have."

"We certainly can't stop you from selling Cube Entertainment shares to cash out quickly, but we never think you would be willing to sell so many shares when the stock price plummets and suffer huge losses."

"If you insist on doing this, we think Mr. Hong from Cube Entertainment will probably be unhappy, right?"

"We have already calculated everything."

"You have no other choice. Just lie down on the ground with your head in your arms."

"Although this beating hurts a bit, we'll be even after the pain wears off." Li Xunxi drank a sip of water leisurely, "Generally speaking, it shouldn't hurt you that much, right? After all, you'll get a complete starship later."

"The calculation was good, and the execution was great." Chen Chen applauded. "The timing was almost perfect. Headquarters C has never been as weak as it has been in the past few days."

"It's just that KakaoM's understanding of me is still too superficial and not deep enough."

"Is there a possibility?" Chen Chen touched his chin. "Just because there are cracks in the company's image, is that enough for me to put KakaoM in the category of mortal enemies?" "You won't." Li Xun shook his head seriously. "Looking at your overall experience, you are a flexible person. Under your strong appearance now, you are definitely not a powder keg that can ignite at any time."

"Besides, KakaoM is not an easy character to deal with. We are very strong, and if we really explode, we don't know what the result will be."

"C Headquarters is developing rapidly now. Are you really willing to blow it up with us?" Li Xunxi advised again, "If it really blows up, even I will feel sorry for you."

"But the loss of the company's image will directly affect Integrate's return, and I don't want to do that." Chen Chen said, "You know how much I value them, why don't you take this into account?"

"Integrate is very strong, so strong that it's scary at first glance, but it's still not as good as the C headquarters brand." Li Xunxi replied: "We don't think Integrate will be affected too much by the company, just as Integrate's impact on the C headquarters brand is minimal."

The idol section was indeed made popular by Integrate, but C headquarters would still be the powerful emerging entertainment company it is today without the idol section. The idol section has never affected the overall situation.

"Where is the Blue House?"

Chen Chen asked.

"The Blue House is very inefficient. By the time you ask them for help and get feedback, what will happen to C Headquarters will have already happened." Li Xunxi said seriously: "Specifically, from the moment I leave C Headquarters today, what we have prepared will begin to take effect."

"Oh, alright." Chen Chen sighed deeply, "I'll sign it. I'll sign it."

"It's a wise choice. Wait, what did you say?" Li Xunxi stood up suddenly. "I have said so much, do you still want to sign? Don't do stupid things just because of the momentary impulse!"

"Liu Ran has conveyed the results of the legal department to me, saying that there is no problem with the contract. Since there is no problem with the contract and both of us can get what we want, of course we have to sign the contract." Chen Chen said as a matter of course: "If we don't sign a win-win contract, are we going to sign a contract where I lose a lot? That's stupid!"

"Do you have any way to deal with our pursuit and interception?"

Li Xunxi suddenly became serious.

"Who knows, maybe."

Chen Chen smiled but did not answer.

"With KakaoM's capabilities, they should have figured it out after all this time." Li Xunxi's eyes were firm, "There's no way you can get such a large amount of funds in a week!"

"Well, it should be."

Chen Chen nodded repeatedly.

"Are you waiting for a miracle?" Li Xunxi sat down slowly.

Chen Chen still had that nasty look on his face.

"Who knows?"

"..."

"Can I sign the contract now, or do you need to contact the company to confirm something as important as the development beyond KakaoM's expectations?"

"If you need to contact me, please do so as soon as possible. My time is valuable."

Chen Chen turned the contract to the last page where the signature was located. The signature of the person in charge of KakaoM was already on it. As long as the person in charge of C headquarters signed it, the contract would take effect immediately.

"No need to ask for instructions. We have also made a plan for your signature." Li Xunxi exhaled, "C headquarters will be under more exaggerated siege within a week. You will have no way out except to borrow money from the giants with whom you have a good relationship."

"Doing business with a giant crocodile is like trying to get the skin of a tiger. The other party will definitely step up its invasion of C headquarters, turning C headquarters into a complete capital product."

"If you are willing to sign this way, there is no reason for us to stop you." Li Xunxi sighed repeatedly, "It's just a pity that such a good C headquarters is going to be destroyed."

"Hahaha, why does it sound like KakaoM is more nervous than I am about C headquarters being eroded by capital?" Chen Chen laughed and stopped writing. "Why is that? Can you tell me?"

"After C headquarters is eroded by capital and becomes a terrible capital, KakaoM will be the number one enemy of such C headquarters." Li Xunxi smiled bitterly: "We can't be happy about having a more terrible enemy for no reason, right?"

"If there really is a powerful enemy, it's not for nothing. It's all caused by KakaoM." Chen Chen signed the contract quickly. "How about I come up with a new plan?"

"You! What's wrong with you?" Li Xunxi almost cried out in anxiety when he saw Chen Chen finish signing, but in the end he could only sigh, "Tell me about it."

"KakaoM gave up the siege for a week and let C headquarters raise money on its own. Afterwards, we jointly issued a statement to inform the public that we had ended the Starship incident with a smile on our face." Chen Chen spoke without hesitation, "The past was wiped out and we became relatively close partners."

“This is the perfect proposal. Everyone gained an image and also gained partners.”

"C Headquarters solved the old problem of Starship, and KakaoM also felt relieved. After all, you really chose a very dangerous time for C Headquarters to cause trouble, which was very fatal to C Headquarters."

"What do you mean?" Chen Chen handed the contract back to Li Xunxi, "After I go back, will you please share my proposal with everyone?"

"No need to go back, we can talk now." Li Xunxi looked at Chen Chen deeply, "Your proposal is clear and concise, and KakaoM can make a decision very quickly."

After saying that, Li Xunxi took his cell phone and went outside to make a call.

Not long after, Li Xunxi came back with his cell phone.

"We agree with your proposal, but we can't take back the actions we have taken to suppress the enemy." Li Xunxi reported the result, "Hybe's path is still not feasible."

Chen Chen waved his hand.

"Oh, that's all right."

"You are really amazing." Li Xunxi exclaimed, "You are one of the most amazing people I have ever met."

"Normally, it's mainly because KakaoM revealed a little bit of friendly information and I caught it." Chen Chen smiled and said, "You don't want to make enemies with C headquarters, and want to make peace with C headquarters, so my initiative to propose a plan to take our relationship to the next level will be easily accepted."

"After all, I was the one who proposed the plan." Chen Chen nodded at himself, "I was the one who bowed my head first."

"You guys come looking for trouble, I'll bow my head first, isn't this enough to let you vent your anger?" Chen Chen stood up and stretched, "When doing business, there's no need to make things so awkward."

"I see." Li Xunxi said goodbye, "Then I'll go back first. The contract still needs to be processed by KakaoM and C headquarters."

"Goodbye, I have to think of a solution here."

Chen Chen stood there, simply shook hands with him, and watched him leave.

...(End of chapter)