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"You can ignore the signing of Kim Hyang-gi, but the signing of Shin Se-kyung is a much more serious problem. She is a long-time employee of Namoo Actors when it was first established."

"So, Headquarters C has decided to take action against the actor agency?"

"I'm actually very happy to see you do this, because this way, C headquarters won't focus on idol management and entertainment companies in the short term, and I can live a more comfortable life."

"But why do I see you at this time today? You make me nervous for some reason."

Park Jin-young poured Chen Chen a cup of tea with a very relaxed expression, which was completely different from what he said.

"I'm bored. The pandemic has made it impossible to do anything, so I can only find someone to drink tea with every day." Chen Chen took a sip of the tea and praised: "Well, the stock in the hands of you old guys is still good, which is completely different from the young people."

"You mean you met someone else before coming to Soy Sauce Bottle?" Park Jin Young's vigilance gradually rose. "Who did you meet and what did you say?"

"No, I just said it casually and put the conclusion here first." Chen Chen put down the teacup, "Don't worry, I don't have important things to do all the time."

"Do you think I believe it?" Park Jin-young said in a rather hostile tone, "There are so many people working in the C headquarters. It's definitely not a small matter if you are asked to do it yourself!"

"No, I just feel that there are not enough people, and I never feel that there are too many people who can do things." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head, "If you count the manpower of Starship and Cube Entertainment, I won't recognize it."

"You have to admit it even if you don't want to. No parent company would treat its subsidiaries like this." Park Jin-young seemed to be inspired by Chen Chen and almost started chatting. "Look at KakaoM and Hybe. Only C headquarters treats its subsidiaries like brother companies."

"How do we get along with each other?" Chen Chen asked puzzledly, "We are all here to do things. Even this entertainment company, which can basically be considered a wholly-owned subsidiary of C headquarters, is working for me. There is no need to set up a strict hierarchy."

"Honestly, I don't know." Park Jin-young spread his hands. "Soy Sauce Bottle is not like C Headquarters. It doesn't have strong subsidiaries like Cube Entertainment and Starship."

"Then why are you acting so serious? It makes me think that South Korea's system of seniority-based superior-subordinate relationships is going to show up again." Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "I don't like that system. It affects work efficiency."

"Maybe now is really the era of you young people. Even I have become an old guy." Park Jin-young shrugged and said sincerely: "In fact, I have always felt that I am not old. Can you understand?"

"I can totally understand that. How can someone who spends his days dancing on stage feel old?!" Chen Chen calculated for him, "He collaborated with Rain in January and with a trot singer in February. Jinyoung is still very active."

"Do you have any plans for the future?" Chen Chen said jokingly, "It's not easy for your artist group to return at this time, so why don't you return once?"

"I, I can't. I don't have the time." Park Jin-young waved his hand. "I have to focus all my energy on the activities of many groups in the Sakura Country."

"Why put the key activity area next door?" Chen Chen asked puzzled.

"What do you think?" Park Jin-young glared at Chen Chen fiercely, "What good things have you done that you don't know?!"

"We don't dare to mess with Integrate right now. And your C headquarters has increased the pressure on off-site work to the highest level. Isn't this telling us that we will get killed if we run into them head-on?"

"Look at the stupid company aespa. They only dared to sneak in opportunities to promote in the first year of their super important debut. Others would be even more afraid."

"It's quite funny when you think about it." Park Jin-young was obviously happier when talking about SM Entertainment. "Aespa, who needed to race against time to develop as quickly as possible, should have made a comeback in April, but in the end it was squeezed to mid-May. This is what you did!"

"Maybe they arranged it this way, it has nothing to do with me." Chen Chen pretended to be innocent, "May is such a good time, Integrate just passed by, and the new girl group Hybe is still a short distance away, everyone chose this time."

"Didn't your TWICE choose the beginning of June to beat them up? How dare you blame me?!" Chen Chen suddenly thought of something, "If it weren't for you guys messing around, aespa's "Next Level" wouldn't have only had one first place!"

"It has nothing to do with us. Aespa couldn't get first place because BTS suddenly jumped out to release a song!" Park Jin-young shirked all responsibility in a few words, "'Butter' was killing it there, and our Tuwas didn't know anything!"

"How shameless."

Chen Chen was speechless for a moment.

"ITZY and TWICE will focus their activities in the country of cherry blossoms next door. You can stay in South Korea and fight with Hybe. We will not participate." Park Jin Young said with a completely relaxed attitude, "I don't know and don't care what S.A.A. aespa will choose. I personally hope S.A.A. will join your chaos."

"Of course, I think there's no need for Hybe to fight anymore. They've already lost."

"Even if we can use various means to make up for the missing parts, the fact that the designed six-person team eventually became a five-person team has locked the upper limit."

"Groups without a ceiling are not worthy of playing with C Headquarters. C Headquarters itself represents an extremely high foundation, and this extremely high foundation may be the ceiling that some groups will never be able to reach in their lifetime."

"What's even worse is that even if we beat the new group from C headquarters, it's useless." Park Jin Young said with a wry smile, "Overtaking the second place in the competition only makes us second place, not first place. The first place Integrate is like a god in heaven, flying around!"

"There's no need to be so pessimistic. Isn't there still the factor of luck and miracles?" Chen Chen said in a comforting way that didn't sound human. "At most it will take three or four years. Integrate will always go downhill."

"Go away! Which idol group can afford to waste three or four years of time?" Park Jin-young brought up the past again. "How did you choose the people to bring these amazing girls together?"

"Luck, miracle." Chen Chen calmly drank a sip of tea, "I don't know how much more."

"..."

After a short silence, Park Jin-young felt that there was no way to continue the conversation, so he sat up straight and put on a serious expression.

"Let's talk business. You must be busy."

"Okay, let's get down to business." Chen Chen put down his crossed legs and asked seriously, "Do you want to exchange your shares for cooperation?"

"Boss Chen's ears are really good, no sound can escape him." Park Jin-young was not too surprised by the topic Chen Chen wanted to talk about, "I plan to sell some shares in exchange for cooperation with 'Two Trees'. The share of digital idol merchandise is getting bigger and bigger, and Soy Sauce Bottle doesn't want to fall behind."

"There's nothing wrong with the idea, but what I don't understand is," Chen Chen knocked on the table, "why don't you cooperate with me?"

"You've got me confused." Park Jin-young laughed. "C Headquarters doesn't have any related business, right?"

"If there is no development now, won't there be one later?" Chen Chen said calmly, "Do you think that what Tree C Company can do cannot be done by the two big Buddhas behind me?"

"It's probably still a little bit worse in South Korea." Park Jin-young replied, "And in the Chinese region, Jiangyouping signed with Penguin Music three months ago."

"..."

Now it was Chen Chen's turn to be unable to answer, because he had used up all his excuses.

"Oh, what a pity."

Chen Chen sighed deeply. "It's a pity that the data of the soy sauce bottle didn't go around the C headquarters to help you gain experience, right?" Park Jin-young laughed and scolded, "Can your purpose be more obvious?!"

If the Soy Sauce Bottle reaches a cooperation with the two people behind it through C Headquarters, Chen Chen will be able to see all the data in this cooperation, which will be extremely valuable experience for the future development of C Headquarters.

Chen Chen came here just for this data. The sooner he gets the data and studies it, the easier it will be to do it in the future.

"Although Headquarters C is not considering doing anything in this area for the time being, it's always good to have some reference materials." Chen Chen smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this considered greedy?"

"It's not greed, it's thinking too much." Park Jin-young commented: "C headquarters is developing rapidly, there is no need to consider such a small improvement. By the time C headquarters really wants to spend time on such a small improvement, we don't know what the market will be like. You are thinking too far ahead."

"Hey, let's talk about something more recent." Chen Chen smiled and changed the subject, "Has President Jin of Starship Golden Age contacted Soy Sauce Bottle recently?"

"Ha, so that was your idea. Now it makes sense!" Park Jin-young suddenly became excited. "Starship wants to reunite SISTAR, right? Golden Era told me about that a long time ago!"

"What do you think?" Chen Chen asked.

"Whatever. If his contract expires, he can leave. We can't force him to stay." Park Jin-young replied seriously, "It's a five-year contract. It expires next year. It's not possible this year."

"Really?" Chen Chen looked at him speechlessly, "You keep it for yourself and don't use it properly, isn't this just a waste of time?"

"The contract is the most important thing in the world. I can't do anything about it because it hasn't expired yet." Park Jin-young remained unmoved. "How about you, C Headquarters, help them pay for the breach of contract?"

"I dare to offer it, but you dare to take it?" Chen Chen snorted coldly, "The thing that C headquarters lacks the least right now is money. I'll go get it for you right now!"

"No, no, no, why don't you know how to joke? You get angry after just a few words!" Park Jin Young quickly grabbed him and said, "I've already thought about the matter about the two SISTAR members in the soy sauce bottle. Isn't it a good thing?"

There is nothing wrong with Soy Sauce Bottle collecting liquidated damages from C headquarters in this matter from a legal perspective, but from a human perspective, it is almost equivalent to consuming all the good relations with Mr. Chen. Even a fool knows which one is more of a loss.

The plan that Park Jin-young came up with was not complicated and was very suitable. It was just to make an episode of "Shine Grocery Store" with SISTAR as the protagonist.

The sisters have been separated for more than four years, and fans and audiences will miss them. If they put out a program at this time, it will definitely get a lot of attention.

And at the end of this highly anticipated program, Soy Sauce Bottle will generously cancel the contracts that have not yet been fulfilled and let the two members on his side return to the starship for SISTAR's reunion.

Apart from anything else, just with this ending, the corporate image of Soy Sauce Bottle soared to the sky, and it is no exaggeration to say that it has become the spokesperson for the human touch of South Korean entertainment companies.

"Okay." Chen Chen agreed immediately. "Although Soy Sauce Bottle made a lot of money, Starship also made some money. C Headquarters can still get a good show!"

"Everyone benefits, it's a win-win for all three parties. No, if you include SISTAR's reunion, it's a win-win for all four parties. If you include the long-awaited wishes of the fans, it's a win-win for all five parties!"

"Boss Park, you're awesome!" Chen Chen praised loudly, "The profits these two brought to Soy Sauce Bottle in the past four years are not as much as the last few months. You still found some value in using them!"

"It's just something that comes naturally. We need to do more to achieve win-win situations for all parties." Park Jin-young puffed out his chest. "Of course, all the expenses of this program will not be paid by Soy Sauce Bottle, and will be covered by C headquarters."

"It should be. It is indeed the responsibility of C Headquarters."

Chen Chen nodded and agreed.

"Wait, isn't that right?" Park Jin-young couldn't accept it. "Shouldn't you say that Starship is responsible?"

"No, this is a gift from me to Starship for its good performance some time ago. Of course, C headquarters has to pay for it." Chen Chen smiled and said, "It doesn't make sense to let others pay for a gift, right?"

"Hiss~" Park Jin-young suddenly understood a lot of things, "A Pink's return to Cube Entertainment is also a gift?"

"Ah."

Chen Chen hummed.

"Oh my god." Park Jin-young took a breath and said anxiously, "Soy Sauce Bottle also helped C headquarters some time ago, so we should have a gift too!"

"Soy Sauce Bottle is not a subsidiary of C headquarters." Chen Chen was a little speechless at his shamelessness. "Besides, you only took out 5 billion won. If you sell a few shares this time, you can get more than 35 billion won!"

"Then I don't care." Park Jin-young crossed his arms and started to act like a spoiled child, "Help me return Wonder Girls to the soy sauce bottle!"

"I'll help you get God back, okay?!" Chen Chen rolled his eyes to the sky, "Wonder Girls, why don't you go to heaven?!"

"Hey, it's a good thing you remembered that God was a group launched by Soy Sauce Bottle." Park Jin-young sighed, "Many kids nowadays only know the God group, but don't know their relationship with Soy Sauce Bottle."

"Stop it, I don't want to feel sentimental with you." Chen Chen stood up and patted his butt. "I have done what I needed to do. See you later."

"So you're just here to ask Soy Sauce Bottle to take those two SISTAR members away on behalf of Kim Shidai?" Park Jin Young couldn't help scratching his head. "You hid it well enough!"

"I can't help it. After all, it's my fault." Chen Chen spread his arms. "I thought the contracts of those two people were going to expire this year, but I miscalculated the time. Shouldn't I personally fix this mistake?"

"How about tea?"

"Excuse."

"What about the soy sauce bottle and Tree C?"

"A cover."

"The small talk in between?"

"It's just small talk."

"..."

Park Jin-young suddenly lost his defense

"Your forward swing is long enough!"

...(End of chapter)