star of the peninsula

Chapter 1193 If you can't do it, I'll replace you with Jaejae

Chen Chen woke up so early today and had a rare breakfast.

"I feel like I'm living like a normal person today. I don't have to eat breakfast on the way to work."

"The important thing is that I feel very energetic and refreshed."

"And I feel very energetic at 7 o'clock. It feels like the morning time is much longer and I can get more things done."

While eating Bae Joo-hyun's loving breakfast, Chen Chen expressed his feelings about work and life.

"Aren't you taking a rest today? What else do you want to do?" Bae Joo-hyun asked puzzledly.

"Just a casual sigh." Chen Chen didn't have anything to do today. "I should just read a novel today and that'll be it."

"Read novels? Oh, you mean scripts." Pei Zhuxuan stroked her hair and smiled, "Don't mention it, the scripts written by others are better than online novels."

"But the best ones are still comics." Chen Chen mentioned comics, "Some comics are worth reading just for the illustrations, but it's a pity that there don't seem to be any particularly good new comics coming out recently."

“Are you helping me find a role?”

The word "comic" should be a sensitive word for Bae Joo-hyun, and she has to think more about it.

"Well, I have to help you find it quickly. You can't always be as free as you are this year." Chen Chen replied, "I even have to find a work that will get you started in the next few months. You never know when SMART will assign you a task."

"To be honest, I have to see your eyes before I can assign tasks to you." Bae Joo Hyun talked about her experience in the company during this period. "If you have any tasks to pass on to me, the company will give priority to you."

"I'm not worried about SMART, I'm worried that you're too busy." Chen Chen pretended to be calm, "I know how much face I have in SMART, these are what they should do."

"I'm fine. Idols have to run a lot of schedules anyway, so being on the set might be a break." Bae Joo Hyun suddenly thought of Integrate and said worriedly, "Integrate doesn't have the experience of running a lot of schedules, so it might be hard for him to adapt when the situation returns to normal."

"No need to adapt. When the situation returns to normal, the first thing Integrate will do is to hold concerts, and keep holding concerts." Chen Chen waved his hand proudly, "C headquarters doesn't care about those commercial trips that don't make much money. Let others do it."

"That's right." Bae Joo Hyun breathed a sigh of relief, "Integrate has never held a concert. After the epidemic is over, concerts will definitely be the main focus."

"When will you hold your next concert?" Chen Chen asked sincerely, "I want to listen to you sing. I feel that the songs on the current girl group market are a bit impetuous."

"The situation is not good and we can't hold a concert. We can't let fans have a large gathering there despite the epidemic, right?" Bae Joo-hyun just thought it was ridiculous. "Even if the company agrees and we agree, the Blue House will definitely not agree."

"Don't even mention us." Bae Joo-hyun added: "Basically, no offline concerts are being held anymore, and if they are held, they are held online."

"But you don't even have an online mode. Oh, it seems that other idol groups in SM Entertainment don't have one either." Chen Chen smacked his lips. "It seems that SM Entertainment is really not short of money. They can live comfortably without any large-scale money-making activities."

"Please stop talking about SMART," Bae Joo Hyun's facial features suddenly wrinkled up, as if she had eaten something very sour. "Now when I hear about SMART from you, I always get goosebumps."

"Why? I didn't talk about anything excessive?" Chen Chen asked puzzled.

"Maybe because I already know that you have bad intentions towards SMART, so I assume that every word you say is to cause trouble." Bae Joo Hyun stuck out her tongue, "After all, I have been in SMART for more than ten years, and I have feelings for it. I can't stand hearing that kind of stuff."

"Feelings?" Chen Chen smiled and asked, "Who do you have feelings for?"

"It's the staff who have worked with us for a long time, and the managers in charge of us are also quite familiar with us." Bae Joo-hyun replied.

"Is that so? Then let me tell you, you never have to worry about those people." Chen Chen's words were somewhat cruel. "No matter what kind of changes will happen to SMART in the future, the staff you are familiar with will not be affected in any way."

"The fight is about who is in power, the issue at the top level."

"The people you care about and are familiar with are middle management and front-line employees. The two sides are not the same group of people."

"No matter who gets to the top, mid-level managers and front-line employees must be treated well."

"After all, if these working cattle and horses are driven away, who will do the work? It's not a good thing to be in power if no one helps to work."

"Also, you don't have to be so nervous about me making a move on SM." Chen Chen added, "I'm just talking about it, and it's still at the verbal stage. Kakao and Hybe have already made their move, and it's already at the action stage."

"But when I complain to Kakao or Hybe, they will definitely ignore me. Only you will respond to me." Bae Joo-hyun pouted.

"So you know everything but don't do anything!" Chen Chen reached out and rubbed her head fiercely, "You don't dare to tell others but dare to complain to me because you know I won't do anything to you? You are bullying yourself!"

"Hehe, anyway, reality is like this. I can't change it, and neither can you." Pei Zhuxuan laughed innocently and hurriedly changed the subject. "The branch of the canteen that the Snow King promised to give to Alin is about to be completed. Have you seen it?"

"I didn't go to see it. Snow King is watching it, so I'm relieved." Chen Chen couldn't help but sigh, "It's just that before I knew it, our Alin Canteen was about to open a handful of restaurants. It's developing so fast, even faster than C headquarters."

"What are you talking about?!" Pei Zhuxuan said dissatisfiedly: "Alin's canteen does not require much technology. You can open it if you have money. It can't be compared with C headquarters!"

"Entertainment companies don't require much technical skills. They can develop if you're lucky." Chen Chen said self-deprecatingly, "I am such a lucky person, and this luck has lasted for many years."

"Luck won't let you get Starship and Cube Entertainment." Bae Joo Hyun started to brag, "If you have the ability, you have the ability. Being too modest is disgusting. Isn't Mr. Chen from C Headquarters the most powerful man in the South Korean entertainment industry in recent years? This is recognized!"

"Alright, alright, I'm going to blush." ​​Chen Chen put down the bowl and chopsticks, "Clear the table and let's go out for a walk to digest the food. It will be too hot if we go out later."

The weather in August is so hot that it will be extremely hot if you go out at 8 o'clock.

……

After taking a walk in the neighborhood, Chen Chen was the only one left when she returned home. Bae Joo Hyun went back to her room to deal with unimportant things.

"How about I go to work too?"

Chen Chen's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the pile of documents on the coffee table in the living room.

It’s not that Chen Chen is a workaholic, he just likes to read novels at home alone. No, reading scripts is quite boring.

Turn on the air conditioner and listen to the sound of it, read a script that is sometimes exciting and sometimes not, and if you fall asleep on the sofa at any time, you will feel lonely when you wake up.

After thinking about it, Chen Chen took the script to work.

"Hello."

When Jin Liuran learned that Chen Chen was coming to work, he specially brought him a cup of tea.

"Don't leave in such a hurry." Chen Chen stopped Jin Liuran who was about to leave. "You also had a close contact with PD Zheng yesterday. Tell me how you feel about him."

"Hmm?" Jin Liuran tilted his head in confusion. "Do I need to have any feelings for him? Isn't he just here to discuss business with the president?"

"Theoretically, it's not necessary, but in reality, it's still a little bit necessary." Chen Chen thought about it and decided to tell her directly, "If you can debut in a girl group in the future, you will most likely debut under the leadership of PD Zheng who you met yesterday."

"Is he such an important person?!" Jin Liuran covered his mouth in surprise. "But I really don't have any feelings." Jin Liuran said a little embarrassedly: "After reading his information, my good impression of him has almost dropped to the freezing point."

"What do you mean?" Chen Chen suddenly became curious, "What about him made you feel uncomfortable?"

"No matter what, as a producer, you can't abandon the idol group you created and leave. It's not like you lead others to the point where they don't need to be taken care of." Jin Liuran was a little angry. "You are so irresponsible. You are so far behind me!"

"Is there anything I can do about this?" Chen Chen couldn't help laughing. "I have almost nothing to do with the word 'responsible' for the idol section. The operation is all done by others."

Integrate was handed over to Starship, and the new girl group LIGHTSUM was handed over to Cube Entertainment. Chen Chen himself seemed to have done nothing except choosing songs and the time of return. This is definitely not related to responsibility.

"Even if you let someone else take care of it, you've always been looking after it." Jin Liuran insisted on what he said, "Anyway, it's different."

"Okay, okay, you need to adjust your mindset." Chen Chen interrupted her with a smile, "We will be seeing each other frequently in the future, so don't hold any grudges against each other."

"I see."

Jin Liuran closed his mouth and said no more.

Chen Chen didn't have anything else to say, so he waved his hand and let her leave.

"Oh, tell Yongzhi that I'm in the company today. If she plans to come to see me today, let her come."

Chen Chen suddenly remembered this and explained it.

……

At about six o'clock, Li Yongzhi came to Chen Chen's office.

"You're here at this hour. Did you just wake up?"

Chen Chen raised reasonable doubts.

"Oppa, I'm not that kind of person!" Li Yongzhi argued loudly but his confidence was obviously lacking. "Or rather, I am that kind of person only normally."

"What's wrong? Is today an unusual day?" Chen Chen asked puzzledly.

"I released an album a few days ago, and it's still in the promotion period." Li Yongzhi lifted his forehead to show Chen Chen, "Look, I'm still sweating."

"I don't believe it." Chen Chen curled his lips, "I didn't even see you on the news, where did you get the publicity?"

"The promotion of rappers is different from that of idols, oppa." Li Yongzhi seemed too lazy to argue with Chen Chen here, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about business."

"Well, let's get down to business." Chen Chen hummed, "What big move are you planning to make that requires my approval?"

Something must have happened to Li Yongzhi, one hundred percent certain, and it must be a big deal, otherwise he would never have been able to find Chen Chen.

“I’m planning on starting a YouTube show.”

Li Yongzhi's words made Chen Chen sit up straight.

"Li Yongzhi's YouTube program", Chen Chen knew exactly what these words meant when put together, it meant that the super YouTube program "Although I Didn't Prepare Any Dishes" was about to be born.

How strong is this program? Well, let me give you an unreliable conclusion. The combined performance of all the YouTube programs of C headquarters may be qualified to be compared with "Although I Didn't Prepare Any Dishes".

Kim Jong Kook is very strong, Kim Ji Soo is very strong, and Bomi is not weak either, but the data of "Although I Didn't Prepare Any Food" is explosively leading, and it is one of the most powerful YouTube programs.

"Go ahead and do it." Chen Chen responded without hesitation, "You can do it after you have communicated with your Jaejae unnie."

"Is it really possible?" Li Yongzhi's eyes widened. "I've only been in the industry for a short while. Isn't it inappropriate to do a YouTube show independently?"

"You already have your own ideas. If I still try to stop you, will I become the bad party?" Chen Chen teased, "You don't have the confidence to do well and then ask me for confidence, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Li Yongzhi's answer was surprising. "I have never done it before, and I don't know if I can do it well, but I really want to do it. So I hope to get Oppa's recognition and support, which will greatly strengthen my confidence."

It is indeed Li Yongzhi, who is carefree but sensitive.

"Then please submit a proposal."

Chen Chen did not disappoint and reached out for the information.

"Ok."

Li Yongzhi didn't bring it with him, so he printed out a copy on the spot.

The program was indeed "Although I Didn't Prepare Any Dishes", and Chen Chen felt safe after just reading the title.

"This program is a test of your personal ability. If you can handle it, you can do it. If you can't, the effect of the program will be greatly reduced." Chen Chen put the plan aside. "But I think since you dare to come to me, you can definitely handle it."

"What if I can't handle it?" Li Yongzhi laughed, "Will Oppa help me?"

"How is your psychological endurance?"

Chen Chen asked something else.

"My mental endurance is very fragile!" Li Yongzhi immediately shouted, "Oppa, if you don't help me, I will never be able to do this show!"

"Okay, I'll help you then." Chen Chen said casually, "Not just me, C headquarters will also help you."

"C Headquarters is the authority in South Korea when it comes to YouTube programs. If it can't back you up, no other company can."

"Go for it!" Chen Chen said something that didn't sound like encouragement at all, "If you feel like it's not working, I'll try Jaejae instead."

"Oh, very good!" Li Yongzhi was very satisfied. "Everything I wanted to hear appeared! You must keep your promise, Oppa!"

"The company should remember to support me and help me brush up some data!"

"If this doesn't work, let Jaejae unnie come instead, she will definitely be able to do it!"

This speech was so typical of Li Yongzhi that Chen Chen couldn't bear to watch it.

……

(End of this chapter)