star of the peninsula

On October 20th, artist Chen's five-year contract with Soy Sauce Bottle expired.

Chen Chen had no idea how the outside world would react. He was leisurely drinking tea in the president's office of Soy Sauce Bottle.

"Finally they've gotten rid of me. Those guys on the board should be happy now, right?"

Chen Chen took a sip and joked happily with Park Jin Young.

"Some people are happy, but most are still worried." Park Jin-young shook his head. "After all, you are one of the most powerful people in the industry. Losing the contractual relationship with you may have a much greater impact on the company than expected."

"For example?"

Chen Chen was somewhat curious about those people's considerations, as these considerations represented his value in their eyes.

"The most direct impact is that everyone is not sure whether Soy Sauce Bottle can take the lead in Tik Tok in the future." Park Jin-young spread his hands, "You and I understand the twists and turns inside very well. Tik Tok's own operation and management are certainly important, but whether it can get better traffic is more important."

"Does this have anything to do with me? Do they think I want to control even such a small matter?"

Chen Chen was speechless. If he cared about such things, he would have used up all his favors in Tik Tok long ago.

"We can't help it. Some people are narrow-minded and think that everyone else is narrow-minded." Park Jin-young smiled and poured tea for Chen Chen. "Besides, they are also worried about the cooperation with C headquarters in terms of record business and overseas markets."

"Heh, if you're worried you can go back to Dreamus. They should welcome you."

Chen Chen meant to be joking, but more than that, he sounded sarcastic.

"We found Dreamus and then Dreamus found C Headquarters. We were living a good life but suddenly we were cheated twice. We were totally taken advantage of." Park Jin-young sighed, "When the Blue House and the chaebols above did not intend to protect the local record manufacturing industry, C Headquarters with excellent sales channels and low production costs was the only choice for South Korea. Others were either expensive or more expensive."

"Actually, I'm also wondering why those two sides suddenly gave up the record business. Do you know?" Park Jin Young asked a question.

"I don't know." All Chen Chen could do was guess, "Maybe they think the record business isn't profitable and they don't bother to compete with us."

"Yes, that should be it. The Huaxia Roll Manufacturing Industry is somewhat reckless."

"If you pay a lot of money and win, you get nothing. If you lose, you lose everything. Not to mention that there is no hope of winning at all."

"And when it comes to record distribution, South Korea has never had an advantage. Maybe those people wanted to give up a long time ago."

"If a big chaebol is distracted by such a small thing, they will become more and more unwilling to do so."

Behind Dreamus is SKT, and there is no need to say who is behind SKT; and behind KakaoM, formerly known as loen, is also a super chaebol. It is difficult for both sides to pay too much attention to a small business.

"Also, I think Black Cat has a deal with the forces behind those two." Chen Chen touched his chin and added, "You must know that Black Cat delivers more than just records, but you may not be able to notice that the types of goods that can pass through customs are becoming more and more diverse, after all, you can't see the detailed list."

"Hiss~" Park Jin-young took a breath and said worriedly, "If the international situation changes and the Blue House decides to do something to China, isn't it possible that your C headquarters will be implicated because of Black Cat?"

"Don't worry about that. It will definitely be the C headquarters that will be dealt with first." Chen Chen was not worried at all. "They will go after the strong ones instead of the weak ones. The Blue House is not stupid."

If the situation changes, there is a 100% chance that C headquarters will be affected. There is no second possibility.

You have enjoyed all the benefits of being a foreign company, but you don’t want to take on the risks? You are so beautiful!

"Okay, let's not talk about those things that only the high-ranking men need to worry about. Hurry up and do what the soy sauce bottle should do." Chen Chen urged: "You can't wait until the stock price plummets after the market opens to issue a notice. If you do that, you will still have to write a lot of reports."

Of course it is not SISTAR's business. Soy Sauce Bottle generously terminated the contracts with two members of SISTAR and let them reunite on Starship, which was a joint announcement sent out on schedule.

What Soy Sauce Bottle has to do is to announce that he has established a friendly partnership with Division I to prove that his relationship with Chen Chen and Headquarter C will not fade due to the end of the contract.

"There must be someone else to do that kind of thing. It's really wrong for the people below to have to do it in person, even for me as the president." Park Jin-young casually changed the subject, "Oh, by the way, is that MODHAUS yours?"

"Not on the surface, but actually."

Chen Chen confessed directly.

“Oh my goodness, I knew it was like this!” Park Jin-young couldn’t hold back any longer, and he beat his chest and stamped his feet. “Why didn’t I think of this trick? It’s not difficult for Soy Sauce Bottle to set up a subsidiary, so why must it use the main body to play NFT!”

Chen Chen shrugged and didn't answer.

How would I, Chen, know why you want to use this department to play? Who should you ask?

"But the partner of Soy Sauce Bottle is a giant in the industry after all, unlike MODHAUS which is penniless." Chen Chen patiently helped him find a reason, "C headquarters can slow down because they are not so urgent about it, but Soy Sauce Bottle cannot slow down."

"It seems so. It seems that the decision at that time was not wrong." Park Jin-young exhaled, secretly glanced at Chen Chen and then pretended to say: "I hope that the decision made by Soy Sauce Bottle now is not wrong."

"Oh? What new decision?"

Chen Chen was indeed attracted. It was hard for him not to be attracted by such things.

"Soy Sauce Bottle plans to set up a branch in the United States next year."

Park Jin-young spoke solemnly, but the light in Chen Chen's eyes disappeared when he heard the first few words.

It’s the United States again. Soy Sauce Bottle is really determined to visit the United States.

Wonder Girls were doing very well in South Korea, and then the company went there to expand into the United States. Now TWICE is doing very well in South Korea, and Jiang Youping is thinking about going to the United States again.

The United States is your biological father, why do you have to run over there to show your filial piety to them?!

"It's all right." Chen Chen was too lazy to pay attention to him. "If it's a decision unanimously passed by the company, then there's no problem."

"I want to hear what President Chen of C Headquarters thinks about this matter. After all, the market over there is PD Chen's backyard." Park Jin-young asked seriously.

"As long as we can produce works that are recognized by the market there, there will be no problem." Chen Chen replied: "Take Hybe's BTS as a reference."

"Can you just take it out whenever you want? There's only one boy band after all this time." Park Jin Young said with a wry smile.

"Yes." Chen Chen just agreed, "Can you take it out just because you want to?"

"..."

Park Jin-young stopped talking. At this point, he still couldn't understand what Chen Chen meant, so he might as well not sit in the position of president.

"Where is your PD Chen?" Park Jin-young was still trying to struggle, "PD Chen is a more successful person, on another level."

"Me? I'm different." Chen Chen told the truth, "It's not that the works I produced were recognized by the market over there, but the music I produced was originally for the market over there. The difference between them is not a little bit."

"..."

"Soy Sauce Bottle will seriously consider it."

Park Jin-young was affected, and there was a lot of hesitation in his tone.

"Then let's stop here for today. I'll go back and rest for a while and prepare for the meeting tonight." Chen Chen stood up and said goodbye. "It's a tough battle. I need to do some mental preparation."

"I'll give it to you."

Park Jin-young also stood up. He didn't have to send it before, but now that the contract is over, he has to send it.

……

The person who had dinner with me in the evening was naturally Lee Soo-man from SMART Entertainment, the employer of the next contract.

Although Chen Chen wanted to meet his nephew more, unfortunately, SM Entertainment is still dominated by Lee Soo-man.

"Why is Oppa sitting here in a daze?"

Zhang Yuanying came back from her trip and found her oppa sitting in the car with the window open and staring blankly, so she hurried over to say hello.

"I'm not daydreaming. I'm organizing information."

Chen Chen lowered the car window a little, then turned his head and looked forward.

This girl didn't even cover her face with her hands. If Chen Chen didn't turn his head, he would have seen Yuanying naked while she was bending over!
"Where's the information?"

Zhang Yuanying stuck her head into the car window and took a look inside, but saw nothing.

"In my head." Chen Chen tapped his temple. "Some information is so important that it cannot be written down on paper. It can only be stored in my head."

"Really?" Zhang Yuanying tilted her head. "But Oppa has a lot of secrets, so that's normal."

"What did you do today?"

Chen Chen didn't want to talk any more here, so he changed the subject.

"I went to another show to guest host and help our new group."

Zhang Yuanying replied.

LIGHTSUM's new members debuted and participated in various programs, and popular members of Integrate such as Jang Wonyoung and Miyawaki Sakura were sent by the company to guide the new members on various programs.

The production crew was happy to see Integrate appear together, so naturally they had no objections.

"There's no schedule." Chen Chen hooked his finger, "Then come in the car and sit with me for a while."

"Ok!"

Zhang Yuanying's eyes lit up, she ran to the other side, opened the car door, and happily got in.

"Oppa, what are we talking about?!"

Yuanying asked excitedly.

"Anything is fine. I'm just sitting in a relatively quiet place to kill time." Chen Chen handed the initiative to Yuan Ying. "Is there anything you want to talk about? So many things have happened recently."

"A lot of things did happen, but there's not much to talk about." Zhang Yuanying snorted, "I don't want to talk about my experiences as an artist. Those experiences are just like a child's spoiled child in front of an Oppa who has experienced everything. And I'm already a grown-up girl, a mature woman!"

"How about we talk about Oppa's new assistant?" Zhang Yuanying rolled her eyes and found a topic to talk about. "The president has a beautiful assistant, which is a big thing that the employees are discussing a lot."

"What's so good about an assistant? An assistant is there to help me share the work." Chen Chen didn't think there was anything good to talk about. "Liuran wants to practice for her debut, and having more assistants can help her share the work so that she can have more time to practice."

After Zhou Xinyu joined the company, she was arranged to stay with Shirley. She was asked to learn from Shirley for a period of time and let Shirley train her, and then she would be taken back when she was able to be used.

As for work and study, it would actually be best for her to follow Jin Liuran, but Chen Chen felt that they would be colleagues and teammates in the future, and having such a teacher-student process would make their relationship awkward, so he could only trouble Shirley again.

“But Oppa, after both assistants debut, you still won’t have any assistants. What should we do next? We can’t just keep looking for them, right?” Zhang Yuanying pouted, “I think Oppa is just too good to them. They are assistants only and they shouldn’t be given any chance to debut!”

"You shouldn't always be so critical of my assistant." Chen Chen smiled and changed the subject, "Have you watched your Youngji-unnie's show, the highly acclaimed 'Although I Didn't Prepare Any Dishes'?"

"I watched it! It's so interesting!" Zhang Yuanying gave a lot of emotional value. "Although I was working at that time, I watched it in the backstage to watch the release time. After watching it, I immediately sent my thoughts to Youngji unnie!"

Wow, you’re worthy of being like this. You take such good care of your own people!

"How did Li Yongzhi respond?"

Chen Chen looked at Xiao Yuan with interest.

"Hey, no reply." Zhang Yuanying laughed, "It seems that there is not even a read message."

"Ha, so it is!" Chen Chen laughed heartily, "I knew that girl would read the message but not reply. She does this to everyone!"

"How do I contact her then?"

Zhang Yuanying was just curious.

"It's just a series of fatal phone calls." Chen Chen said nonchalantly: "I have forbidden her to turn off the vibration. Even if the phone vibrates after more than a dozen calls, she will be so excited that she will answer the phone. There is no need to worry about not being able to find her."

"What if Youngji is busy or sleeping?" Zhang Yuanying asked carefully, "Will it disturb her?"

"For work, the company has a schedule, and we usually avoid working hours." Chen Chen snorted, "For private conversations, it's up to you. If she's busy, interrupt her. If she's sleeping, wake her up! People who don't reply to messages deserve this kind of suffering!"

"Yes, I learned it." Zhang Yuanying nodded excitedly, "Now I don't have to worry about Yongzhi unnie ignoring me!"

"Come to think of it, you're almost an adult. Do you want to be on her show once after you become an adult?" Chen Chen thought about it.

"Yes, I'm almost an adult." Zhang Yuanying was happy for a moment, then returned to reality, "I personally want to go, but it depends on whether there is an opportunity by then. After all, it will take another half a year."

"Then we'll talk about it then."

Chen Chen didn't make this guarantee, as it would be quite troublesome if Li Yongzhi's program happened to be on break at that time.

"By the way, Oppa, are you going to Stupid Hat Company?"

Zhang Yuanying looked at Chen Chen curiously.

Chen Chen was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

"No, I just want to have dinner with Chairman Lee Soo Man tonight."

"We weren't talking about having dinner together. We were talking about you joining SMART." Zhang Yuanying explained hastily, "I saw the news on the way back."

"Here, look."

Zhang Yuanying found the news and handed over the phone, but Chen Chen just glanced at it briefly.

He was just excited now.

"Oh no, someone wants to cause trouble!"

...(End of chapter)