star of the peninsula

Chapter 1179: Cake and Stir-fry

"What does your work look like? Has it been produced? Can I listen to the Billboard No. 1 single in advance?!"

After seeing the two off, Shirley couldn't wait to return to the office to ask Chen Chen for the details.

"Not yet. Do you think I'm such a diligent person?" Chen Chen took two sips of water and sat contentedly. "Wait a little longer. I'll do it when I want to. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

"Okay, although I really want to ask you why you dare to boast about a Billboard No. 1 single without any preparation, the fact that you have always done this and succeeded every time does not allow me to question it." Shirley took some snacks to the side and opened them, chatting: "July is a month with a lot of free time. What are you going to do?"

"Not at all." Chen Chen reached out to her for two snacks and put them in his mouth. He said with a miserable face, "I have to pick up two actors and prepare for the promotion of "Squidward". In addition, I have to start the variety show cooperation with S.H.I.P. and Netflix. There is no end to the work."

"Ha, it seems you still need to find time to read the script." Shirley tried very hard to control her expression, but it was still too difficult to hold back the emotion of gloating. "You used up all the money you saved up earlier, and now you have to save up again for the future. It seems like there's no end to this!"

"I can see the end. As long as C headquarters can make achievements in the film industry, I won't have to keep looking for good scripts for TV series in the future." Chen Chen looked into the distance. "If C headquarters can maintain stability in both film and television, it will be a very strong entertainment company."

"I thought you were going to lower the quality of the TV series and no longer require it to maintain the TV series' golden signboard." Shirley stuck out her tongue, "It seems that I still thought it was simple."

"Although the golden signboard looks more and more like a burden in the current environment, it can still play a big role in the early stage." Chen Chen explained slowly, "It can disappear, but it has to disappear with value. If it can disappear after C has made a name for itself in this movie, then it is valuable. It is absolutely not allowed before the movie has improved."

"Okay, I get it." Shirley wrinkled her nose. "Hasn't the script for 'Twenty-Five, Twenty-One' been handed in yet? You should feel a lot more relaxed after it's handed in, right?"

"The major changes have been finalized long ago, but the various details that need to be reshaped because of this major change have not been completed." Chen Chen made a simple analogy, "The script is a whole, and one move affects the whole body. It is not something that can be taken out piece by piece and sold to customers separately like a cake, but a home-cooked dish that changes the taste completely after the seasoning formula is changed."

"You made a good analogy. It makes me hungry." Shirley rubbed her belly. "Come on, I'll treat you to a meal. Let's have stir-fried dishes today!"

……

Alin Canteen is not far from the C headquarters building, so it is definitely the first choice if you plan to eat home-cooked dishes.

"What is this boss lady's special? Why have I never seen this dish on takeout?"

Shirley took the menu and looked through it, and found something she had never seen before.

"At that time, Zhu Xuan was trying hard to learn Chinese cuisine, so I came up with this special statement about Zhu Xuan occasionally showing up at A-Lin's restaurant. However, I never had the chance to fill it in with the exact details, so it's just a statement." Chen Chen replied, "Now it has become a small easter egg on the menu for offline customers at A-Lin's restaurant, and it has no practical significance."

"I don't quite understand." Shirley was a little confused. "Does Irene's special supply mean that Irene will come over to cook occasionally?"

"Yes, I make it myself and serve it to the guests." Chen Chen nodded, "The ultimate realistic Easter egg."

"Wow~" Shirley opened her mouth in amazement. "If you really succeed in doing this, what will Irene's fans in this restaurant look like? You are too cruel!"

"How much can you get from this kind of talent? Even if Zhu Xuan works himself to death, he can't come up with much." Chen Chen smacked his lips and said viciously, "Not even as good as a hair on the U.S. stock market!"

"If you compare it to the US stock market, then there is really no comparison. Nothing can compare to that. Oh, right." Shirley suddenly thought of something, "Hybe's stock price has plummeted. Did you lose a lot of money?"

"It's just so-so. The value of the shares I hold is basically not affected by the stock price outside. If I want to sell them, my first target can only be Chairman Fang Shihe." Chen Chen smiled and replied: "Chairman Fang will definitely not buy the shares from me at the market price. We need to talk about it individually based on the specific situation."

"I've discovered something else." Shirley asked another question, "Hybe's stock price started to drop after the person was fired. Before, when the bullying incident became more and more serious, the stock price didn't move much. What's going on?"

"What else could it be?" Chen Chen laughed. "Those people who talk nonsense on the Internet don't play the stock market. If they did, they wouldn't have let Hybe talk nonsense for so long. They would have chosen to kneel down the first time the stock price plummeted."

"So why did the stock price drop after he was fired?" Shirley asked curiously.

"The dismissal is not a big deal. The problem is the apology." Chen Chen pointed out the key point. "The apology shows that you did something wrong. The stock price of a company that has recently done something wrong should have fallen. As for what was done wrong and the cause and effect of the matter, those people don't really care."

"Oh my god~" Shirley shrank her neck, "Luckily C headquarters hasn't gone public, otherwise I would be dizzy for a while."

"Don't worry about that. Headquarter C will never be listed." Chen Chen shook his head and sighed, "If we go public, we will cause trouble for those two big brothers and make them unhappy. Do you think we dare to make them unhappy with our small bodies?"

"It seems like we're not that great after all." Shirley broke open the disposable chopsticks. "Eat, eat. Why are you getting more miserable the more you talk?!"

"The stocks I bought kept falling, and I just realized that I was a nobody. The reality was that I was sitting on a shabby table in a small Chinese restaurant eating cheap stir-fried dishes." Chen Chen joked cheerfully, "If this scene was put in a TV series, it would definitely create a sad and melancholy mood."

"Eat your meal." Shirley smiled and put the bowl in front of Chen Chen. "Besides being a little busy, what else is wrong with you?"

“Being so busy that you don’t have time for yourself can be considered miserable.”

Chen Chen took a bite of the dish and when he brought it to his mouth he suddenly remembered that there were other things he had to do so his eyes darkened for a moment.

"In July, all the work related to trainees in the I Division officially started, and I have to keep an eye on that too." Chen Chen said bitterly, "Even though I don't understand much about it, I still have to keep an eye on it, because this is the first time that the C headquarters recruits trainees, and as the big boss, I have to show the corresponding attention."

You are a big boss of an entertainment company, but you don't care about trainees? It would be too harsh to say this openly. After all, trainees are an important part of the foundation of an entertainment company.

"You still don't understand. You don't understand how powerful your Integrate is." Shirley just found it funny. "Are you going to make other entertainment company bosses die of laughter in their office chairs when you say this?"

"At least I really don't understand much about the boy band, but unfortunately the candidates for this round of selection are mainly boy trainees." Chen Chen put a mouthful of rice into his mouth, looking even more miserable. "Everyone thinks that C headquarters should have a boy band next, and they all come here to gamble on their future."

"What's the truth?" Shirley said with a bad expression, "Don't tell me you'll never form a boy band. That's impossible."

"I won't do it myself, but I can ask others to do it." Chen Chen raised his eyebrows, "Do you think Mr. Hong, who has produced BEAST and BTOB, is suitable to help C headquarters produce a boy band?"

BEAST is definitely a first-tier boy band, and even a very outstanding one among the first-tier ones; BTOB may be a little far from the first-tier, but it is more because Cube Entertainment was a little behind at the time, and the quality of the group itself is not bad. Since Boss Hong has such a record, it is reasonable for Chen Chen to hand over the C headquarters boy band to him.

As long as it's not too bad, it will be at the first-class level with the bonus of C headquarters.

No one would blame C headquarters for producing a top boy band, no one!

"Or you can ask Mr. Lee Soo Man from SM Entertainment to help you organize a boy band." Shirley suggested a target to Chen Chen that made his heart flutter. "His ability to organize a boy band is, huh, scary."

Lee Soo-man has participated in the production and played a leading role in all the boy groups HOT, TVXQ, Super Junior, EXO and the current NCT under S.H.I.P.

The reason why SHINee was not included is because Yoo Young-jin seemed to have taken the lead in the production. Chen Chen didn't quite understand this news, so he didn't attribute the credit to Lee Soo-man.

Among the names above, which one is not a well-known figure? Which one is not worthy of praise from everyone? !

Even though NCT's achievements are not as strong as those of their predecessors, their ability to make money is not inferior at all.

What else do you want from a super profitable first-tier group? What else do you want to force?

Ouch~
"You almost made me drool when you said that." Chen Chen wiped his mouth, "Lee Soo Man wouldn't be so kind to help me, and I don't have the ability to force him to do anything for me."

"Why don't you just take down SMART?" Shirley said with a hint of seriousness in her teasing. "Anyway, your next target can only be SMART. You told me about this, too."

"Does that mean I can get it just because I say so?!" Chen Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Even if I get it, if the way I do it is wrong or if Chairman Lee Soo Man feels uncomfortable during the process, he still won't help me!"

"That's your problem to deal with. It has nothing to do with me." Shirley held up her bowl to cover her pretty face. "As long as I provide you with this idea, I will have done a great deed!"

……

It was indeed a great achievement. From the time Chen Chen heard the idea until he went home and lay on his bed, his mind was full of plans on taking over SMART and getting Lee Soo Man to work for him.

Indeed, Lee Soo-man is almost seventy years old, but Chen Chen knows what happened to him “behind the scenes”.

He is still ambitious. After being forced to leave S.H.I.P., he is still engaged in idol production-related things. However, his ability is unknown because the project ended before Chen Chen could see the power of the group he created.

However, with such a brilliant previous record and the relatively close NCT as proof of timeliness, Chen Chen felt that he could trust him.

"Click~"

The sound of the door interrupted Chen Chen's thoughts, and the little Bae Joo-hyun came in.

"Hey, why are you lying in bed so early? Are you tired today?"

"I'm full, lie down and rest for a while." Chen Chen sat up slowly, "How was your day? Have you finished all the preparations that Division I should do?"

"There's nothing to prepare." Bae Joo Hyun took off her clothes while talking. "Cube Entertainment and Starship each provided a set of plans. After discussing these two plans with Sunny and Hara, we came up with a third plan that is more comprehensive."

"Once we have put the third plan into words and handed it over to the staff, our job is done. The rest is the work of others."

"Oh, it seems not, it's just that my work is over." Bae Joo Hyun changed into pajamas while talking, "Hara senior and Sunny senior will also appear as judges during the trainee interview."

"And me." Chen Chen tapped his nose, "I'll show up too."

"You too?" Bae Joo Hyun turned around in surprise, "Why would a big boss like you get involved in something as small as a trainee interview?!"

"Because we want to show that C headquarters values ​​the trainees." Chen Chen smiled bitterly, "If we want to show that we value them, there's no better choice than for me to be there in person, right?"

"That being said, I still think it's funny that you, a president of such a high status, showed up at the trainee interview." Bae Joo Hyun straightened her clothes, turned around and laughed in her boyfriend's arms, "It feels like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, making a fuss out of nothing."

"Is it funny?" Chen Chen couldn't laugh, and even felt a little uncomfortable, "Don't you feel excited or solemn?"

"I'm talking about my own opinion, my opinion as your girlfriend and the I Division management." Bae Joo Hyun touched her boyfriend's face and corrected herself, "The trainees are definitely different. Just seeing you is enough to make them extremely excited."

"That's good." Chen Chen gently stroked her back which was emitting heat. "If I go to the trainee school and I'm not welcomed, I'll be so embarrassed."

"Who would dare not welcome you? We are all waiting to debut under the super famous PD Chen and become a big star like Integrate!" Bae Joo Hyun happily kissed her boyfriend on the face, "This is a big shot who can change the fate of the rest of your life. Who would dare not welcome you?"

"Then what do you think?" Chen Chen suddenly had an idea, "Will it make everyone happier if I bring Integrate with me?"

"Don't do that." Bae Joo Hyun stopped him, "Let Integrate always remain mysterious in front of the trainees, and let them become the object of pursuit and the artist that all trainees want to become."

"C headquarters has a shallow foundation. If everyone fails to successfully regard Integrate as an object of admiration, then you will have to take this position."

"Is that reasonable?" Pei Zhuxuan wanted to laugh more and more as she spoke, "Is what you did what they should do?"

"Haha, it does seem a bit difficult." Chen Chen happily lifted his girlfriend up high in his arms, "Have you eaten? Shall we get some snacks?"

……

(End of this chapter)