star of the peninsula

"Sorry to bother you. I will go back and prepare the plan again."

When he got off the bus at the station, Zheng Bingji said goodbye.

"No hurry, since we're already at Division I, why not come with me to take a look?" Chen Chen stopped him and gave him an excuse he couldn't refuse, "Who knows, there may be someone among these trainees that you can use in the future."

After hearing these words, Zheng Bingji could no longer move. His feet were rooted to the spot.

Outsiders may not understand the quality of the trainees at C headquarters, but people like him who are insiders understand it? With the super successful case of Integrate, there must be a lot of female trainees attracted here!
Even though the fact that C headquarters' next idol group will be a girl group will hinder the arrival of some older trainees, the younger trainees don't care about that and will come when they are supposed to.

Integrate's nickname of "Elementary School Student Commander" is not for nothing. They really can attract high-quality trainees who are not very old for C headquarters.

Not to mention the male trainees. Even anyone without foresight can see that the next direction of C headquarters should be a boy group. Male trainees are needed at this time, and they have to be high-quality male trainees.

For Zheng Bingji, if he could use the trainees from C headquarters in the future, things would be much easier!
"Okay, I'll follow you and take a look."

Zheng Bingji suppressed his smile and nodded, then happily followed Chen Chen upstairs.

……

The last few groups of trainees who were interviewed were indeed the highest quality ones, but Chen Chen no longer had the energy to pay attention to their performance. He spent the entire time thinking about what he should do next.

Chen Chen was very sure that he had found Zheng Bingji as the producer, and this was also the source of all his thoughts.

Zheng Bingji is "clean". There is no other force behind it, nor is it a key project of an incubation studio, at least for now.

Now that there is such a clean producer, Chen Chen can make use of him or make him his own.

C headquarters entered the game first to occupy an advantageous position, and those resources that made people not so "clean" later pouring in would be considered as helping C headquarters, and Chen Chen would welcome that.

As for asking Zheng Bingji to come and interview the trainees for Division I, it was a sudden idea of ​​Chen Chen while they were chatting in the car.

This is a very good producer. Even if his performance with LOONA was not very good, there is not much to criticize about tripleS.

Thinking of this, Chen Chen felt that there was no way to let him go. He should just stay here and help C headquarters to produce a girl group! C headquarters can accept a triple S, absolutely can accept it!

The quality and quantity of their own trainees are sufficient, and may even be better. No matter how you look at it, the idol group produced according to Zheng Bingji's model can only be stronger than the original tripleS.

Enhanced version of triple S! When Chen Chen thought of this, he felt the blood rushing to his head, and he became excited!
Then Chen thought about the boy group. Now that the female trainees have been arranged, do they also need to make arrangements for the male trainees?
In fact, among the male trainees, Chen Chen has a producer he wants, and this producer is even more powerful than the current Zheng Bingji.

It’s Lee Soo Man whom I fantasized about before. The chances of getting him are shockingly low, but once he gets him, the idol section of C headquarters will become even more terrifying.

Don’t be fooled by his age, he is really talented!
However, the conditions for getting Lee Soo Man are too harsh, and even Chen Chen now finds it particularly difficult.

They had to let SMART Company kick Lee Soo Man out first, and during the process of kicking him out, C headquarters and Chen Chen couldn't do anything too obvious to provoke him. After Lee Soo Man was kicked out, they had to find a way to recruit him back. Most importantly, they had to pay attention to the issue of time.

The male trainees at C headquarters can't wait too long, but it will take another two years for Lee Soo Man to be kicked out of S.H.I.P.

But it’s not completely without good news. The good news is that all the actors on the stage are here, and they are all standing on the stage in the first half of 2021.

Kakao, which took away 40% of the shares of SMART, and Hybe, which became the second largest shareholder, are ready. Lee Sung-soo, the sharp knife tool to overthrow the old forces of SMART such as Lee Soo-man, is also ready.

Everyone is here, and it seems that all that’s missing is a climax.

Chen Chen was very sure that he could become the hot spot, but he was not sure whether he could invite Lee Soo Man to work for him after he became the hot spot. This was the reason why he was hesitant to take action.

Oh, actually there is another reason. Chen Chen couldn't imagine how far Lee Soo Man would dare to go in exchange for benefits. He didn't even dare to think about it.

Forget it, let’s just wait for an explosion.

……

After the trainee interview, Zheng Bingji left in a hurry, saying that he would see him again in three days with a detailed plan.

Chen Chen waved his hand without saying anything more.

Returning to the I Branch office, Chen Chen now has to help process some information.

"Is this your new little brother?" As soon as he sat down, Lee Sunkyu came over happily, "You're very nice to him. You brought him to the I Division to watch the trainee from the beginning."

"Not a younger brother, yes... seems to be a younger brother." Chen Chen smacked his lips, "He came to C headquarters to solicit investment. He wants to open his own entertainment company with the sponsorship of C headquarters."

"Do you agree?" Lee Sun-kyu asked curiously.

"I have no reason to disagree. His idea is indeed feasible, and he has successfully convinced me." Chen Chen gave her half of the information in his hand. "It just so happens that C headquarters has some spare money, so we can invest. It doesn't cost a lot to open an entertainment company."

"It's true that the capital required to open an entertainment company in South Korea is not much, but it's definitely not small either." Lee Sunkyu took the information, "Are you sure C headquarters still has money? Old groups are returning, new groups are being formed, TV series are being filmed, and movies are being made! Oh, and you still have variety shows to open and trainees to support."

"Why is there no money?" Chen Chen raised his eyebrows slightly. "Every project you mentioned above is profitable in C headquarters. It is not difficult to use the money earned from each project to support the development of subsequent projects. Do you understand?"

“Every project is making money, are you sure?”

Lee Sun-kyu's face was full of disbelief.

"Why would I lie to you?" Chen Chen nodded and found a loophole, and quickly filled it in, "Oh, except for the I Division that needs to support the trainees."

"Then C headquarters is really amazing." Lee Sunkyu couldn't help but exclaim, "I've seen the financial report of our SMART company. Almost every project is losing money, except for the idol section."

"That's the normal situation. Mine is abnormal." Chen Chen turned his head and glanced at her, jokingly saying, "But you're the kind of person who can read the financial reports of Stupid Company. Do you really want to be the president?"

"I bought shares of SMART, so I have to pay attention to the rise and fall!" Lee Sunkyu smiled with a miserable look, "It's fine to be hammered by KakaoM, after all, they are a giant, and SMART has never approached them."

"It's okay to be slaughtered by Hybe. The whole world has seen how powerful BTS is. Chairman Fang's work in commercialization is impeccable."

"But it's a bit uncomfortable to be surpassed by the Soy Sauce Bottle and always be on top of it, especially since the Soy Sauce Bottle's current stock price has almost taken away your influence." Lee Sun-kyu rubbed her temple unconsciously, "Do you understand the feeling of losing in this situation?" "I don't understand. C Headquarters is not listed, so we can't see the specific stock price fluctuations." Chen Chen added a knife to her calmly, "But I think if C Headquarters is listed, it will definitely be ahead of SMART, what do you think?"

"What do you think? Do you think this thing needs my opinion?" Lee Sunkyu rolled her eyes. "Ninety percent of people in the industry believe that once C headquarters goes public, even Hybe will not be a match!"

"Oh?" Chen Chen asked curiously, "What about the remaining 10%?"

"The remaining ten percent are big fools who like to pretend to be sober." Lee Sun-kyu said unhappily.

"Ha, you're really funny when you talk." Chen Chen went with the flow, "Since you have the ability to make people happy, why don't you consider participating in a couple of variety shows to contribute?"

"Who will work for you when I'm on a variety show?" Lee Sun-kyu slapped the pile of information unceremoniously, "You deal with these materials yourself?!"

"I actually forgot about this." Chen Chen suddenly became depressed. "Let's work. Work."

"I don't want to work. Let's chat for a while." Lee Sunkyu looked at the pile of things and just wanted to sigh. She was busy looking for a new topic. "What kind of entertainment company does the little brother you brought today want to open?"

"It's a little complicated." Chen Chen didn't want to work, so he just took up her topic. "Let me explain it briefly first. If you don't understand anything, just stop and let me explain it to you."

"..."

“Old wine in new bottles.”

After listening to this, Lee Sun-kyu made an extremely sharp comment.

"Right, that's about what I mean. You're such a genius!" Chen Chen agreed with her opinion and praised her loudly, "You might be born to be the president!"

"Old wine" refers to a new routine that is a combination of many old operating methods, and "new bottle" refers to a more technologically advanced modern method. The combination of the two is just old wine in a new bottle.

“Why are you willing to invest when you can see the bottom-level facts?”

Li Shunkyu couldn't help but feel a little curious. She absolutely didn't believe that Chen Chen was willing to do business at a loss.

"Because C headquarters also wants to play around with NFT." Chen Chen gestured with his hands, "C headquarters is too big. It is very dangerous to invest entirely in this new trend. We need someone to help explore the way."

"I know that Soy Sauce Bottle sold its shares in exchange for an entry ticket some time ago, but Soy Sauce Bottle is unwilling to share the data with me, which makes me very annoyed."

"Now someone wants to be a guinea pig, there is no reason for me not to accept it." Chen Chen's expression was gentle, but his words were chilling. "Zheng Bingji will establish an independent company that relies on C headquarters. If there are problems, it will be all his responsibility. If there are benefits, C headquarters will also share them."

"Jung Byung-gi?" Lee Sun-kyu was stunned for a moment when she heard the name, and then suddenly became excited, "Oh, isn't this the producer who ran away from Loona? How dare you trust him?!"

"If he's not a good person, then am I?" Chen Chen pointed at himself, "Do you think I trust him, or do you think I have the ability to manipulate him at will?"

Maybe in the future Zheng Bingji will get a lot of investment and support from bigwigs outside the circle, but in the entertainment industry, he will never be able to beat Chen Chen from C headquarters.

"..."

"It's really boring to talk to you industry leaders. It's killing a lot of brain cells!"

Lee Sun-kyu was silent for a while and then expressed her important thoughts on the conversation.

"Why don't you become a big boss in the industry?" Chen Chen took the opportunity to invite her. "Come and work at C headquarters after this contract expires. The salary will be excellent!"

"This contract will expire in two or three years, just wait." Lee Sun-kyu squinted and said, "With the speed of C headquarters' development, C headquarters will definitely not need me by then."

"C headquarters doesn't need it, but I branch and S branch will. Just don't resist this idea." Chen Chen didn't care about her. "Come work for me, so I don't have to think about finding a class for you all day long."

"But I might have to go to Stupid Hat Company before you come over to my place."

Chen Chen thought of something and said this deliberately.

"What do you mean?"

Lee Sun-kyu really took the bait.

"A few years ago, I made a deal with your Chairman Lee Soo Man." Chen Chen started chatting. "I have forgotten what I got, but what I had to pay was to sign a one-year contract with SMART after the contract with Soy Sauce Bottle ended."

"What?!" Lee Sunkyu was horrified, "You're so cruel that you even sell yourself out?!"

"Calm down, calm down." Chen Chen slowly waved his hand, signaling her to calm down. "When C headquarters was penniless, I made my fortune by selling myself. It's normal."

"Wow~ I didn't expect that we could become colleagues!" Lee Sun-kyu said excitedly, "No one would have thought that the president of C headquarters, Chen Da, would one day sign a contract with another entertainment company!"

"Why are you so excited? Haven't I told you about this before?" Chen Chen asked puzzled.

"I guess he didn't say that?" Lee Sunkyu herself wasn't sure, "Maybe I thought you were joking and didn't take it to heart at all."

"Forget it, just remember it now." Chen Chen approached Li Shungyu and lowered his voice, asking, "Is the atmosphere among the many executives of SMART a little discordant recently?"

Lee Sun-kyu has a special identity, and Chen Chen thinks she must know something, so he takes the initiative to inquire about the news.

"Even you know about this?" Li Shungyu glanced at Chen Chen speechlessly, "Now the upper management is making a big fuss because Chairman Lee Soo Man wants to sell his old shares."

"You're on guard against me, right?!" Chen Chen distanced himself from her and said unhappily, "You told me this kind of news that everyone knows. Don't you give face to the new colleague who is coming soon?!"

"No matter how many things I don't want to say, it's hard to say them. Besides," Li Shungyu looked at Chen Chen, "you also said that I'm not stupid, so I definitely understand why some things can't be said."

The attempt to obtain internal information of S.H.I.E. Company from Lee Soo Man's niece failed.

"If you don't want to talk about it, forget it." Chen Chen waved his hand pretentiously, "I'll go in and see it myself in two months."

...(End of chapter)