star of the peninsula

Headquarters C in mid-August was very different. Amid the depressed situation caused by the pandemic, it displayed the surging vitality of an ancient beast, leaving its peers stunned.

The filming of the movie "Hunting" started, the advance promotion of TV series such as "Squid Game", the broadcast trailer of "Shine Grocery Store", the preparation and trailer of Integrate's comeback, the restart of the trainee screening project of the I Division, and the sprint of various tasks before the debut of the new girl group of the C Headquarters
Not to mention the routine work, it never stops and there is no leisure time.

It’s really scary. Even entertainment companies in their rapid development period may not be as busy as C headquarters.

The most direct result of being so busy is that Park Ji-yeon was temporarily asked to come back to help and share some of the communication pressure with Chen Chen.

In fact, the main function is to serve as Chen Chen's mouthpiece, conveying Chen Chen's responses and decisions.

Making phone calls is very tiring, and Chen Chen definitely cannot persist in making every call in person.

"There is an uncle named Jung Byung-ki-hee who would like to meet you."

"I am a veteran in the idol entertainment industry. I have held very important positions in Jiangyouping and Woollim Entertainment. I have trained some trainees and helped some idol groups debut."

"The detailed information has been sent to your email, you can check it yourself."

Because the incident happened somewhat suddenly, Jin Liuran had to break into the president's office to report.

"Did you tell me why you came?"

Chen Chen's brows suddenly tightened. The old man from the entertainment industry who came to his door at this time must not be a good person.

"I'm not sure." Jin Liuran shook his head. "I roughly collected information and concluded that he might be asking C headquarters for investment, hoping that we would invest in him to start an entertainment company."

"Oh, okay." Chen Chen waved his hand, "Go ahead and get busy."

Jin Liuran nodded and left quickly.

Chen Chen temporarily stopped the work in his hands and carefully read the information sent by the assistant.

The name Zheng Bingji sounded familiar to him, as if he had seen it in some document. Moreover, what he was going to do was Chen Chen's favorite investment, so Chen had to deal with it seriously.

"Reply to the email and ask him to come to headquarters C this afternoon, and meet at four o'clock."

After reading the information, Chen Chen gave an instruction to Zhiyan beside him.

Shirley was away from Division I these days, so Jiyeon happened to be sitting in her position and conveying Chen Chen's various orders at close range.

"Okay, boss." Park Ji-yeon responded quickly, "Then will the trip to Branch I this afternoon be cancelled?"

"When should I go to Division I?"

Chen Chen frowned.

"Three-thirty." Park Ji-yeon checked Chen Chen's schedule, "You have to leave from C headquarters at three-thirty, so that you can catch the last and most important batches of applicants for the I Division trainee interviews."

"Let's schedule it for 3:30." Chen Chen made a prompt decision, "Take this person with you and have the conversation in the car."

……

At 3:30, Zheng Bingji arrived at headquarters C as scheduled.

The front desk receptionist did not lead him upstairs, but took him to the parking lot, still somewhat confused.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng. I just happened to be out for something. If you don't mind, let's talk in the car."

Chen Chen stuck his head out from the back seat of the car without even opening the door.

"Of course I don't mind."

Zheng Bingji trotted forward, opened the back door and got in the car.

How could he have the right to care? Chen Chen clearly had an attitude that if he didn't get in the car at this time, there would be no more conversation. If he really cared, he would just disappear.

"Hello."

After getting in the car, Zheng Bingji shook hands with Chen Chen respectfully.

"I've read your information and have a certain understanding of you." Chen Chen got straight to the point. "Let's get straight to the point. Although the distance between C Headquarters and I Branch is not close, if we take into account the time for polite conversation, there won't be enough time."

"I hope that Headquarter C can sponsor me to start a company."

Zheng Bingji stated his demands bluntly.

"Why?" Chen Chen unceremoniously exposed his scars, "Because you are a producer who will run away? How can I believe that you will not run away after taking my investment?"

No matter how helpless the reality was at the time, it is an indisputable fact that Zheng Bingji left the Loon project. At that time, the company and the members of Loon all had resentment towards him.

"I'm not going to defend my actions, but Blockberry Creative is the real problem."

"The company is too greedy, so greedy that it violates market rules and moral conscience."

"I have tried my best and I chose to leave when I had no other choice."

Zheng Bingji was very calm when he spoke, and he believed that from the bottom of his heart.

"Ha, what a good saying. There is really no other way." Chen Chen sneered, "From what you said, the power to judge whether it is really the case or not only exists in your mind. This statement makes you even less credible, you know?!"

"Does the market feel that there is really no other way out for Loona?"

"Is the company called Blockberry Creative really as good-for-nothing and perverted as you say it is?"

"Of course, I have a very bad impression of it, too bad to be feasible. But I also run a company myself, and I can see things in its actions that people like you who have never run a company cannot see, so my opinion is not completely consistent with yours."

"Your attempt to distance yourself from the matter and prove your innocence has failed." Chen Chen said seriously, "Use your idea to convince me and see if it can be good enough to cover up your exposed weaknesses and gain my approval at the same time."

"..."

The atmosphere in the car was a bit heavy. Chen Chen was too aggressive, and it felt like he was venting the bad temper that had accumulated over the past few days due to busy work.

Blockberry Creative is a bad company, not just a bad one. The many things that happened afterwards with Loona fully proved this point.

It is a skill to make the entire South Korean fan circle stand up for Loona. After the news spread to China, even Chinese passers-by began to criticize. This Blockberry Creative is really not a human being.

But as Chen Chen said, the company's misbehavior does not prove that Zheng Bingji is innocent. He still needs to come up with a good enough plan to get investment from C headquarters. "I plan to change to an ecosystem that is different from the current market." Zheng Bingji organized his words and began to talk about his plan. "In my opinion, fans should not only be consumers, but also decision makers."

“Key decisions such as group member composition, title song selection, album cover selection, and MV shooting location should be made by fans through voting, and the voting method is NFT voting recorded by blockchain technology.”

"This kind of voting will not be fake, will not cause a crisis of trust, and will only bring fans and members closer together."

"Fans and members grow together and create content together." Zheng Bingji's eyes were burning, "This is the core concept of the company I want to build!"

"Well, I understand what you mean." Chen Chen nodded, "I understand it very well."

There is nothing much to say, and nothing much to comment. At this point, Chen Chen has already recognized who he is.

From the information sent by Jin Liuran, he was the former producer of Loon Girls, the one who abandoned the group and ran away; from what we have heard now, this Zheng Bingji later accomplished what he wanted to do.

The group launched by Zheng Bingji according to this model is called tripleS, and Jin Liuyan is a very key figure in this group.

Chen Chen now knew why he felt familiar when he saw the name Zheng Bingji. It was brought about by his contact with Jin Liuran.

Should this be considered a coincidence or fate? Zheng Bingji followed Jin Liuran here, even to the C headquarters that did not exist before.

"How do you get the right to vote?" Chen Chen asked knowingly. "If anyone can get the right to vote, then forget about forging. It's nothing more than switching from a machine to a human."

"Money." Zheng Bingji said bluntly, "Spend money to buy things to get the right to vote. It doesn't matter what the product is. Things with low actual value and high added value, as many as you want."

"This will have a huge impact, and the company will be criticized a lot." Chen Chen gave two examples, "One wealthy big fan can be worth the votes of a thousand ordinary fans, which will cause controversy."

"Besides, voting costs money, and buying albums and peripherals also costs money. Why is it so much more expensive to follow your idol group than to follow other idol groups?"

"If you don't find excellent solutions to these two problems, I advise you not to start a company. There will definitely be problems." Chen Chen's expression was unfriendly. "Then just wait to be in debt, because when you get to the point where there are problems, there is no turning back."

"We can set a cap on the number of votes. No, that won't work." Zheng Bingji immediately began to think of a solution. "If there is a cap, we will have to resort to manual voting again."

"Then you might as well just get scolded."

"A fan who casts a thousand votes has indeed spent the money of a thousand votes, which is the same as if a thousand fans each spent one vote!"

"We have no reason to stop other big fans from spending money! We should treasure these big fans who are worth a thousand people!"

"The products we sell are not expensive. If they can get more than a thousand votes, they can also get more than a thousand votes on their albums and peripherals. We won't lose money!"

"Being scolded. There's nothing I can do about it. I'll be scolded no matter what." Zheng Bingji gritted his teeth and said, "I choose to endure it."

"Not bad, you have the basic qualities to start an entertainment company." Chen Chen rarely said a few words, "If you start an entertainment company, you have to be prepared to be scolded. If the fans don't scold the company, will they scold the artists? That is an even more unacceptable result."

"Have you found technical support?" Chen Chen continued to ask.

“Not yet, because it’s not a difficult thing.” Zheng Bingji replied: “Entertainment companies’ access to NFT is a recent trend and a global trend. It’s not difficult to catch this bus. Because many big guys have opened this bus, we as passengers just need to choose one and get on it.”

"Ah."

Chen Chen hummed and said nothing more, falling into deep thought.

Of course he was pretending. He just felt that the current atmosphere required him to appear to be thinking and struggling.

Investing in Zheng Bingji is definitely something that must be done. Even if other factors are not considered, it will be profitable just because a triple S can be born in the future.

However, Chen Chen felt that being too decisive in investing made him seem casual, which was not a good thing.

In addition, Chen Chen was also thinking about how to get C headquarters involved.

"To be honest, I'm very interested in your plan." Chen Chen said slowly, "I'm not interested in the way you create idol groups. I'm tired of seeing other people's shadows everywhere."

"What really interests me is your subsequent operations."

“NFT is a global trend. Recently, many world-class bigwigs have entered the industry one after another, and some South Korean entertainment companies have already invested in it.”

“I don’t know what will happen in the future, or what kind of changes it will bring to us, but I know that this is a trend that C Headquarters definitely doesn’t want to miss.”

"In fact, C headquarters also has the idea of ​​getting closer to the NFT trend. Do you believe it?" Chen Chen looked at Zheng Bingji.

"I believe it 100%!" Zheng Bingji patted his chest and made a promise, "C Headquarters has always been at the forefront of entertainment companies. As the leader of C Headquarters, you will never miss this opportunity!"

"Then what do you think is the significance of C headquarters' investment in you?" Chen Chen asked again.

"Experimental mice?" Zheng Bingji didn't dare to guess. "This is the only thing I can think of."

"You are right." Chen Chen nodded and said, "If C headquarters invests in you, the only purpose is to use you as a test field to verify the impact of the NFT trend on the entertainment industry. There is no other meaning."

"I am willing to be the experimental field of C headquarters!" Zheng Bingji lowered his head without hesitation, "All data will be shared, all processes will be transparent, and all will be given to C headquarters for observation and analysis!"

He smelled it, smelled the strong support from C headquarters.

The smell fascinated him and made him want to tremble!
It is very likely that he will get more than just funds, but also manpower, various materials, group resources and other aspects of support!
Because C Headquarters wants to conduct experiments on itself, the hero in this entertainment company like C Headquarters can't stand the progress bar moving forward slowly, it wants to push the progress bar to fly!

"Write a detailed report and give it to me, and also draw up a contract that you are willing to sign your name on."

Chen Chen exhaled and patted Zheng Bingji on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Boss Chen!" Zheng Bingji raised his head, "I will definitely not let you down."

"Let's not talk about whether you are disappointed or not. I'm suddenly a little curious." Chen Chen really wanted to know, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​asking C headquarters for investment?"

“People outside the industry can’t get it.” Zheng Bingji said with a wry smile: “People who can play with NFTs don’t even look down on small things like entertainment companies.”

"After hitting a wall everywhere, I realized that if I wanted to attract investment from outsiders, I had to make achievements first. The way to attract investment with PPT had long been blocked by those scammers in the past."

"Then it becomes a matter of either doing it myself or finding someone in the industry. I can do it myself, but it will be done reluctantly, which is not acceptable."

"I felt reluctant before I started, and it was very difficult after I started because there would be a lot of unexpected problems."

"Then, if we want to choose an investor in the industry, there is no better option than Sunrise's C Headquarters." Zheng Bingji's eyes were hot, "Everyone saw what C Headquarters did in August!"

This. This, this, this. Chen Chen suddenly didn’t know how to respond?
...(End of chapter)