star of the peninsula

"What do you mean?"

Lee Jung-jae looked as if he didn't understand, most likely he was pretending.

"literal meaning."

Chen Chen glanced at Lee Jung-jae meaningfully, then lowered his head to drink his tea without saying anything else.

"You've given me a big problem!"

Seeing that Chen Chen had been silent, Li Zhengzai understood what he meant. His whole face turned as bitter as a bitter gourd, green and wrinkled.

"You are the one who gave you the problem. It has nothing to do with me." Chen Chen just smiled. "When you found me, you should have said 'please give me a certain amount of investment' instead of something vague and general like 'please invest in me'."

"Since you've said that, I will naturally guide things in the direction that is most beneficial to me."

"This is indeed your first time doing something like this. I sense your immaturity and lack of operational experience." Chen Chen pursed his lips to put pressure on him. "If I'm not mistaken, C Headquarters should be your first stop to attract investment."

Although Chen Chen has no experience in raising investment for movies, he has a lot of experience in investing in movies, and he knows very well what the process is. Teacher CJ taught Chen Chen very well about film investment.

"Yes, C Headquarters is indeed my first stop." Lee Jung-jae sighed and resigned himself to his fate by laying out all his thoughts. "C Headquarters' previous investment experience tells me that if I can get your investment, the movie "The Hunt" is basically a sure thing."

“After all, the films you invested in before, such as Parasite and Expedition, were both very successful. Whether it was a matter of good vision or luck, the results were right.”

“So I thought that if ‘Hunting’ could also get your investment, it wouldn’t be too bad even if it’s not as good as the previous two.”

"After all, this is my debut film, and I want to give my future directing career a good start." Lee Jung-jae said, "I'm sure you can understand my feelings."

"I can understand that," Chen Chen replied with a smile, "because this is an idea that everyone who wants to accomplish something has had at least a few times, and I am no exception."

"But I didn't expect that you would teach me a lesson after just a few words." Li Zhengzai smiled bitterly, "Don't say you disrupted my plan, but at least you put me here."

"Tell me about your original follow-up plan." Chen Chen made a gesture of invitation, "At least let me find an angle from which to better convince you."

Lee Jung-jae was indeed trapped. If he had stood up and left immediately when Chen Chen made the request, there would have been no problem. However, he just followed Chen Chen's words and continued the conversation, even in depth.

If the conversation gets too deep, then he won't be able to leave. If he leaves now, it would be like Lee Jung-jae coming to C headquarters and taking advantage of Chen Chen for free, which would be quite offensive.

"There's nothing I have to do, I just want everyone to participate." Lee Jung-jae replied: "I've been in the industry for so many years and have built up a lot of connections. It's my first time making a movie, so I have to ask for their help."

"Do you think you can hire someone if you can guarantee that you will make money? If you lose money, the good relationship you have built over the years may be ruined. Have you ever thought about this?"

Chen Chen asked jokingly.

"With your affirmation, then absolutely... Oh, I understand." Lee Jung-jae suddenly realized, "I was determined to move forward only after I got a fairly definite answer from you. This reality is not fair to you."

Without getting the answer, Lee Jung-jae walked back to ask for help. After getting the answer, Lee Jung-jae asked people to come in to share the benefits. The two situations are completely different.

"Why do you want to get 'The Hunt' completely?" Lee Jung-jae asked curiously, "From your perspective, what can 'The Hunt' bring to C headquarters?"

"It proves that C headquarters is as good at movies as it is at TV dramas." Chen Chen did not hide it from him. "It is true that C headquarters has an excellent film, 'Sanzhen Group English TOEIC Class', but if there is only one film, it may be considered as good luck."

"If we win The Hunt and hand in a brilliant performance report, the element of luck will be greatly reduced in people's minds, and people will begin to think that C-Studio is indeed capable of making good movies."

"Although we still cannot completely eliminate the possibility of luck, there will at least be more people like you coming to us in the future, and C headquarters will have more and more opportunities to prove themselves."

"Too many people involved in this movie will reduce the value of C Headquarters." Chen Chen made his words very clear, "And "The Hunt" that does not add enough to C Headquarters is not the movie I pursue."

"I think I understand." Lee Jung-jae suddenly laughed, "We are truly a match made in heaven. We have pushed each other's needs to the limit!"

"That's about right." Chen Chen relaxed his requirements. "I have no objection to you bringing in people you have good relationships with to deepen your connections, or even bringing in new people to expand your network, but everyone must understand that this movie is completely led by C headquarters."

"Of course, you can just pat your butt and say we didn't reach an agreement and then turn around and leave." Chen Chen added: "This is your freedom."

"I don't dare to take this kind of freedom that will completely offend you." Lee Jung-jae waved his hands repeatedly, "Besides, if you relax the conditions, it will have no impact on me. There will only be benefits."

"Wait!" Li Zhengzai suddenly realized something was wrong. "Could it be that from the moment you proposed the conditions, you were simply putting pressure on me?"

"What else? I'm really threatening you!" Chen Chen laughed, "You just don't want to offend me, not that you don't dare to offend me!"

An actor of Lee Jung-jae's level is certainly unwilling to ruin his relationship with an entertainment company, but to say that he has to hold his hands back and dare not do anything for fear of ruining the relationship is to underestimate the value of the top artists in the industry.

As for the fact that C headquarters had implicitly taken the leading position in the conversation, neither of them brought it up.

This is the benefit that C Headquarters deserves and C Headquarters is entitled to such benefit.

A lot of things have been done by investing money, giving confidence, and even believing in superstition about luck.

We can also look at it from another angle. If C headquarters cannot take the lead, Chen Chen will definitely not try his best to do a good job on "The Hunt".

"Then let's sign the contract?" Lee Jung-jae took the initiative to talk about this. "The contract is a guarantee for both of us. Getting the contract done will also make me more confident."

"it is good."

Chen Chen naturally agreed.

After a call, Headquarter C quickly drafted the contract and sent it over.

Department C is quite familiar with this type of contract, as it has been used a lot in TV dramas. Now that the subject has been changed from TV dramas to movies, the ease of use has not decreased.

"You can hide the fact that you have obtained the support of C headquarters and talk to the people behind you." Chen Chen gave a suggestion, "It will help you understand the environment, and if you are lucky, you can also see people's hearts."

"You are right." Li Zhengzai nodded and said, "I have the same idea myself."

"..."

After chatting for a while, Chen Chen sent Li Zhengzai away from the C headquarters, and the movie was almost over. …

"Isn't it going too smoothly?"

Shirley felt strange. She thought such a big event was going too smoothly.

"Because Lee Jung-jae is very smart." Chen Chen just sighed, "Those who can become top artists are really not fools."

"What do you mean?" Shirley brought the drink over and asked curiously, "How smart is he?"

"Smartly, he grabbed it as soon as he realized it was a good opportunity. He didn't let the good start confuse him and try to find another way back." Chen Chen unscrewed the drink and took a sip. He asked with a smile, "Do you think that even if he is Lee Jung-jae, it would be easy to attract investment for a movie that he wrote, directed and starred in?"

"Oh, I can understand a little bit now." Shirley got the beginning, and her thoughts were suddenly opened up. "A good actor is not necessarily a good director, and even less a good writer. So after leaving C headquarters, his environment will definitely not be as good as it is here."

"As a debut director, no one will be optimistic about your debut, even if you are Lee Jung-jae! It is normal that your ability is not trusted and the script is not recognized!"

"If I were to move to another place, I wouldn't be able to get support from others, let alone meet the biggest boss of another company."

"No, it's impossible!"

"There aren't many companies that can support him making movies on their own, and he probably won't meet the bosses of those companies."

"So if C headquarters hadn't offered his help, he would most likely have ended up having to scrape together money and borrow favors to make the movie."

"So I'm really smart." Shirley was a little disappointed. "I still need your guidance to think of it, but I made the judgment on the spot."

"After all, this movie is his own business. I don't know how much more concerned Lee Jung-jae is than you are." Chen Chen patted her arm and comforted her: "Besides, he should have experienced adversity at least once and has relevant experience."

"Experience. Are you saying that he had already communicated with his company before coming to C headquarters?" Shirley nodded, not quite understanding. "Indeed, artists with management companies must communicate with the company before doing anything. The Artist Company behind him should have given him some unpleasant opinions."

"That's not right!" Sulli suddenly realized the problem, "Artist Company is his and Jung Woo-sung's company, there's no way they can get any objections!"

"No, do you really believe that he would pull me first to solicit investment, which is so outrageous?" Chen Chen was amused by her. "Think about it, do I have such a good relationship with him?! Is the name of C headquarters really that useful to artists of Lee Jung-jae's level?! Is it possible for a movie director to tell the truth when soliciting investment?!"

"Obviously the answer to every question is no."

"He must have tried to find a closer investor to test the situation before coming here, so he knew that the opportunity given to him by C Headquarters was particularly valuable. It was a very smart move for him to seize C Headquarters' opportunity immediately."

"His intelligence has a premise." Chen Chen smacked his lips, "It's just that his courage to sign the contract immediately is really impressive. It can be seen that he is a man of means."

"So you basically didn't tell him the truth when you talked to him?" Shirley raised her eyebrows.

"Right." Chen Chen admitted nonchalantly, "Except that C headquarters really wanted to take over the entire content of "Hunting" and it was indeed a good script, the rest was all just a show."

"..."

"You said we are about the same age, why am I acting like a fool in front of you?"

Shirley suddenly began to doubt her abilities.

"It has nothing to do with age. It's just that you haven't done these things before," Chen Chen took her hand and shook it gently. "You haven't dug as deep into the actor field as I have, and you haven't done any film investment, so you don't think about it that much. This isn't a difficult thing, otherwise you wouldn't be able to figure it out with just one click."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shirley glanced at him proudly, "I'm not as good a singer as you, I'm not as good an actor as you, I'm not even as good as an executive as you, I'm not as good as you in every way, okay?"

"Haha." Chen Chen spread his hands and fell on the chair, jokingly saying, "If you think so, I can't help it!"

"You!" Shirley's temperature instantly rose three degrees. She jumped on him and tried to strangle him. "You said something so irritating, right? Did you do it on purpose?!"

"Hahaha, if it wasn't intentional, what else could it be?!" Chen Chen hugged her waist to prevent her from falling and hurting herself, and laughed loudly, "I think it's better to make you angry and let you vent it out than to let you feel sorry for yourself and doubt yourself. Judging from what happened now, I did the right thing!"

"You'll make me die of anger sooner or later! I don't know how Joohyun can stand you!"

Shirley hit Chen Chen viciously with a hammer, then carefully slid off him.

A president and a representative director cannot do whatever they want in the office.

"That's not bad. I won't talk to Zhu Xuan about such in-depth work matters. It's just that..." Chen Chen turned his head and nodded his nose in despair, "Do you think if Zhu Xuan really came to the C headquarters workplace, would I be the one who was annoyed to death?"

Bae Joo-hyun is sometimes a little confused, and if she is really confused at work, it will probably be very annoying, but Chen Chen can't say anything to her.

"Don't say that about Joohyun. I don't think she wants to be involved in such a complicated job given her personality." Sulli retorted, "Even if she really works at C headquarters, she probably only wants to help you manage the trainees and won't think about helping you manage the company."

"Okay, okay, you are right." Chen Chen curled his lips, "Now you two are a family, and I am an outsider, okay."

"Dingle bell bell~"

Just as Shirley was about to retort, the phone rang, so she simply picked it up.

"Director Ma from the Actor Department wants to see you. I asked him to come over now."

Shirley hung up the phone and passed the message.

……

Ma Benzhang said nothing, and handed Chen Chen a contract as soon as they met.

"This is Im Siwan's contract."

"Please sign or stamp your name."

...(End of chapter)