star of the peninsula

The recording of "Although I Didn't Prepare Any Dishes" went smoothly. The guest Yoona knew how to host the show and raised the show's effect by half a level.

"Want a midnight snack? It's my treat."

Chen Chen was in a good mood and suggested treating everyone to a midnight snack.

"No, President." Jaejae waved his hand and refused. "I have to go back and sort out the information I just got."

"I'm not going either, Oppa." Li Yongzhi also refused, "I can drink a lot, that's enough. Besides, I'm very excited now, I want to go home and think about what to do for the next show while I'm still excited."

"Sigh~"

Chen Chen took a deep breath and turned to look at Lin Yuna, the only one left.

"President Chen, aren't you afraid of tabloid reporters when you eat with me?"

Lin Yuna didn't refuse directly, but the meaning of her words was a little too clear.

"I've never been afraid of that." Chen Chen pretended not to understand, "And if the two of us can be on the news together tomorrow, I will deliberately delay the clarification announcement or simply not clarify it."

"Come on, I don't want to be your hot search tool. It's better for me to go home and sleep." Lin Yuner pouted, "If Boss Chen is really interested, please come and ask me out later."

"Okay, you all really are..." Chen Chen shook his head helplessly, "Then let's stop here today, will everyone be sent home?"

"Jaejae and I took the company car together."

Li Yongzhi raised his hand first.

"My agent is waiting downstairs." Lin Yuna also said.

"OK." Chen Chen nodded, "Disband."

……

On October 2nd, LE SSERAFIM officially debuted.

Hybe tried everything they could, and they did their best. But LE SSERAFIM's debut momentum still failed to rise. This idol group is a bit unlike a product launched by a top company.

If we must compare them on a level, it's a bit like the debut of new artists from Cube Entertainment a few years ago.

"The netizens are really disrespectful. How can they slap a newcomer in the face?"

Chen Chen murmured.

"Although netizens' memories are not very good, they will not forget what happened not long ago."

"They still remember how Hybe responded and treated netizens at that time."

“Therefore, petty-minded and vindictive netizens will definitely not give face to LE SSERAFIM when they debut, and may even step out to undermine them.”

"There's nothing we can do. They have to pay for the sins their company has committed. This is an unwritten rule in the industry."

"Those girls are pretty good, it's a bit of a pity."

Shirley was sorting out the information on the side and solved Chen Chen's doubts.

"I understand what you said. I was just mumbling something to exercise my temper." Chen Chen pushed his chair away and slowly walked behind Shirley. "Didn't I give you a day off? Why do you still have to come to work?"

"Of course I'm helping you." Shirley took a sip of her water cup without looking away. "I know you'll be looking at the data today, so I can't just pretend I don't know and leave you alone, right?"

"The data is not available today." Chen Chen put his hand on her shoulder and rubbed it twice in a serious manner. "After all, we won't have a full day's data until this time tomorrow. Now we can only observe a rough curve."

"You are the representative director of the C headquarters, don't you know this?"

"Tell me the truth, what are you doing here today?"

Chen Chen slowed down his speech and slowly lowered his body until he was close to Shirley's ear, then he finished his words in a hoarse voice.

The original intention was to give Shirley a little sense of oppression to tease her, but the sudden appearance of the scenery in front of him made Chen Chen nervous for a moment, and the tone of the last two words suddenly rose, ruining the whole paragraph.

Shirley was too confident in Chen Chen, and subconsciously leaned back when his voice faded. This leaning back was a big deal. The weather was hot and the clothes were cool, and the completely defenseless state allowed Chen Chen, who was looking down from a high place, to see the moving scenery. His heart suddenly beat faster.

"Nothing, I just came to accompany you." Shirley raised her head and faced Chen Chen face to face. "If you don't believe me, I have other reasons. Do you want to hear them?"

"I know you must have other reasons prepared, but I don't want to hear them, so you might as well just tell me directly."

Chen Chen put his right hand around her neck and gently pinched Shirley's round chin. With a slight force on his hand, the seductive little mouth was forced to half open.

"Oh~ Wrong, wrong!"

Shirley shuddered and began to struggle.

Of course she could tolerate this level of teasing, but the speed at which Chen Chen's other hand went straight to her chest made it impossible for Shirley to continue acting.

Women all over the world are the same. They will not be taken advantage of until they get the benefits.

"Shine Grocery Store is coming to an end, and I want to come up with a new show after it ends."

Shirley held Chen Chen's hands and explained her purpose.

"That's it?" Chen Chen frowned slightly and took his hands away from her for the time being. "You can decide on this matter yourself. I give S Branch a high level of authority."

"Because what I want to do is a bit big, I came to ask for your opinion." Shirley responded: "It will require a lot of manpower and financial resources."

"How big are they?" Chen Chen suddenly became interested. "What do you plan to do with those anchors under you?"

"I'm planning to hold a talent show." Shirley became more excited when she heard the change in Chen Chen's tone. "It's a TV station-level production, and everything except the content should be professional."

"What does it mean to make the content professional?" Chen Chen asked puzzled.

"Professional production team, professional broadcast team." Shirley gave two items, then looked at Chen Chen expectantly, "Understand?"

"It means to make it a live broadcast." Chen Chen held his chin and thought, "A professional program team, a professional director and various venue equipment, and a bunch of anchors playing there."

Chen Chen vaguely felt that he had seen this kind of thing somewhere, but he couldn't remember where it was for a while.

"..."

Oh, I see. Domestic live streaming platforms have had this kind of program before. Chen Chen has seen it before, even more than once!
Then there is no problem. If you have seen it more than once, it means that even if you don't consider other factors, at least you will not lose money financially, otherwise there will not be a second or third time.

Making various attempts without losing money is what Chen Chen wanted to see.

"That's right."

Chen Chen took two steps back and gave a signal of permission.

"But you have to submit a complete plan," Chen Chen added.

"It's already been prepared!"

Shirley typed a few words on the computer, and the printer next to her started humming.

"Here, it's for you. It's still warm."

Shirley handed over the document. The A4 paper that had just come out of the printer was indeed warm.

"As long as it's a qualified plan, I won't read it." Chen Chen pushed the information back, "Now I want to know the purpose behind this program."

"One of the initial goals of S Branch." Shirley helped Chen Chen recall, "to test the entertainment industry's acceptance of internet celebrities and big anchors."

"Look, apart from the live broadcast format and the fact that the guests are internet celebrities instead of artists, isn't this a serious TV variety show?" Shirley left a half sentence for Chen Chen, "If everyone is very receptive to this show, you know what will happen."

If everyone is receptive to this kind of program, the boundary between artists and internet celebrities will become even more blurred, which is a great thing for C headquarters, which has a large number of internet celebrities.

"Go ahead and do it." Chen Chen made the final decision. "If you need any support, just report it to yourself and I will handle it myself. After all, you will still be the one to handle the matter after reporting it from S Branch to C Headquarters."

"I still need to borrow your favor. I hope to borrow some people from M-net." Sulli responded.

"You can use the name of C headquarters to coordinate, it's almost enough." Chen Chen refused, "My favor is not that important. Now C headquarters can still operate without me."

"Ok."

Shirley nodded and took the document back. She then filled in the information and signed it, and after signing, she stamped it with a stamp from her drawer and the matter was done.

……

"The first day statistics of LE SSERAFIM are out."

The next afternoon, assistant Jin Liuran delivered the data.

"Have you looked at this data? Do you find anything strange?"

Chen Chen asked casually.

“The data is still relatively stable overall.”

Jin Liuran chose a safe option.

"Steady?" Chen Chen was shocked. "Are you sure it's stable?!"

"What's wrong?" Jin Liuran was frightened by Chen Chen and took a few steps back in a hurry. "Isn't it better to be stable?"

"Generally speaking, stability is a good thing, but this is a new debut, so the data should have experienced several relatively large fluctuations." Chen Chen wanted to laugh when he saw her panic. "There were several important nodes on the day of debut, and the data at those nodes was often very explosive."

"Think about it yourself, isn't that right?" Chen Chen threw the question to her, "Idol groups are something that explodes suddenly, not a process of growing slowly step by step."

"..."

Jin Liuran stopped talking, his big eyes blinking, showing that his brain was working quickly.

"I'll go back and do it again!"

Jin Liuran's face suddenly turned red and she ran away with the information in her arms.

"What do you think this girl got mixed up with?"

Chen Chen looked at Shirley on the side.

"I don't know, but I guess she reported the data explosion node as an anomaly to you. What do you think?" Shirley asked back.

"That's about right." Chen Chen smiled casually, "I also think it will be like this."

Jin Liuran revised the information very quickly, and the new version of the information was on the table while Chen Chen was having a cup of tea.

After taking a closer look, the data seemed to be fine, at least from Chen Chen's point of view.

"Dingling bell~"

The Golden Era called.

"Well, you said."

Chen Chen picked up the phone.

Starship has been developing smoothly recently, and Golden Era is as happy as if he had eaten bee shit every day. Chen Chen is a little curious about what he would say when he suddenly called.

"Have you seen the data of LE SSERAFIM's debut day?"

There was an unconcealable smile in Jinshidai's words.

"I've seen it, and it's very normal data." Chen Chen replied casually: "Is President Jin also concerned?"

"Everyone in the industry should be concerned, and Starship, as the operator of Integrate, will be even more concerned. After all, it is a potential rival." The smile in Jinshidai's tone became more and more obvious, "And this concern brings out a different feeling."

"Elaborate."

Chen Chen pursed his lips, his curiosity aroused.

"It would be boring if I just told you directly. I'll send you a copy of the information and you can read it yourself. It's very interesting."

Jin Shidai said with a smile.

"Okay, then send it to me." Chen Chen nodded, "Do you have anything else to say besides this? Let's talk about it together."

"I don't have much else to say. If I have to say anything, I hope some of the old employees currently working at C headquarters can come back to help train the new employees." Jin Shidai said: "SISTAR will soon return to Starship and reorganize, and Starship's experienced old people are suddenly not enough."

"Sure. Normally, there won't be any major moves at headquarters C at this stage. You can just ask those people to write the application." Chen Chen readily agreed.

"It's just a temporary loan. They will return to C headquarters after they finish using the starship."

Perhaps fearing that Chen Chen might misunderstand, Jin Shidai followed up with an additional sentence.

"C headquarters has been recruiting people, so we are not short of manpower." Chen Chen said he didn't care. "And I handed LE SSERAFIM over to Cube Entertainment. After the debut, a group of people will be freed up. You don't have to worry."

"Okay, thank you, Boss Chen." Jin Shidai breathed a sigh of relief and brought the topic back to the starting point. "The information has been sent to you. Please take a look."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Chen found the information sent by Golden Era and put it on the desktop.

"Why did he send all this data about Integrate's debut day?"

Shirley came over to take a look out of curiosity, but after looking for several times she couldn't see anything.

"To be honest, I didn't see it either." Chen Chen was also confused. "But when Integrate debuted, C headquarters was not mature enough. It's true that I didn't collect this information carefully. Could it be that President Jin is targeting me?"

"It shouldn't be that serious." Shirley was amused by Chen Chen's train of thought. "You hate this kind of roundabout way of speaking the most. There's no way he doesn't know it."

"Take a look down, there might be something interesting hidden inside."

Seeing that Chen Chen didn't react, Shirley reached out and flipped to the back of the document.

"Sigh~"

When they turned to the page with the data graphs, Chen Chen and the other person made strange noises at the same time.

"Don't jump to conclusions, just compare them and see."

Shirley pressed down the agitated Chen Chen.

"it is good."

Chen Chen took a deep breath and kept pulling the curve graph generated by LE SSERAFIM's data closer and overlapping it with the curve graph generated by Integrate's debut date.
Perfect fit.

"What are you laughing at, President Kim? The data of LE SSERAFIM is so good that it seems like it has not been affected at all? How could Hybe not make any moves?"

“Most importantly, it also explains why the data can’t really be true anymore!”

"Hahahahahaha~"

Chen Chen really laughed his ass off, mainly because it was really hilarious.

When Hybe arranged the data, he followed the trend of Integrate's debut day. How could there be any problem with the data produced in this way? !

What a smart move!

If it were someone else, the funniness might have been less intense, but Chen Chen was the real protagonist, and he was the one who could enjoy the most fun.

Oh, President Kim is also fine, he has been running Integrate since it was small.

No wonder Jin Shidai discovered it first. He should be the most sensitive to this curve chart.

"How do we respond?"

Shirley looked at Chen Chen.

"You can't deal with it. You can't catch him." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head. "And there's no need to deal with it. I don't want to become a mortal enemy with Hybe right now."

...(End of chapter)