star of the peninsula

It’s true that the feeling of sitting in the top floor office of SMART is very different from that of C headquarters.

How exactly is it different? If Chen Chen were asked to describe it in words, he really couldn't put it into words. It's just a very special feeling of difference in his heart.

"It would be great if there was a surveillance camera to observe the movements of everyone in this building. I could see how other professional entertainment companies operate on a daily basis."

Chen Chen stood at the window and looked out. He could see vehicles carrying artists coming in and out of the parking lot continuously, which was quite impressive.

In his opinion, C Headquarters is not a serious entertainment company after all, and it needs to learn from regular troops like S.H.I.E.

What, why didn't he have such an emotion when he was with the soy sauce bottle? How could Chen Chen know? He had to ask the soy sauce bottle!

If we have to say it, it may be the shadow of a person's reputation. No matter what the actual situation of SMART is, it has been the leader of the three major companies for so many years and at least its reputation outside is slightly bigger. Mr. Chen was influenced by this.

"Oppa, Joohyun unnie asked me to come over and ask if you've eaten."

Jin Yeli pushed open the door, poked her head out and asked.

"No." Chen Chen shook his head and made a joke, "No one has applied for an employee card for me yet. Even if I go into this Shamao Canteen, I can't consume."

"You can pay with cash or credit card." Jin Yilin stared at Chen Chen for a few seconds and added, "For someone like Oppa, facial recognition is also acceptable."

"Even the cafeteria auntie knows me?" Chen Chen asked in surprise.

"Hiss~" Jin Yilin took a breath and thought again, "It's difficult, so I'll take you to dinner."

"Let's go then."

Chen Chen was not reserved either, he was indeed a little hungry.

……

Chen Chen had been to the cafeteria of Sha Mao many times and was quite familiar with the route.

"What have you been doing lately?" Chen Chen was having nothing better to do while eating and teasing Jin Yilin, "Do you want me to introduce you to a job?"

"I'm a bit free lately, but I refuse." Kim Ye-rin declined the offer. "If I get the job at C headquarters from Oppa, people will scold me."

"Who scolded you?" Chen Chen didn't understand the situation for a moment, "Sama Hat Company is even involved in this? Isn't it a good thing that its artists have received new business with their own abilities?!"

"People here will definitely not scold me. The problem is the people from C headquarters." Jin Yilin was even more confused than Chen Chen. "Oppa, I'm an outsider consuming the resources of C headquarters. Do you really not know what will happen?"

"Well, I think it doesn't matter." Chen Chen replied with a smile: "C headquarters' resources are simply too much to eat. If everyone has enough to eat, it's okay to give you some."

"It should be a consensus in the industry that C headquarters can't use up all the resources. After all, they are good at TV dramas, YouTube, and variety shows. Just a little action can make the artists under them eat for a long time." Jin Yilin mentioned something very important, "But Oppa, don't forget that C headquarters just launched a new girl group. Throwing resources out now, fans will settle accounts with me when there are not enough resources to share in the future!"

"..."

"You are suffering from paranoia, right?" Chen Chen was speechless. "How many years will it take for the scene you mentioned to happen? And will our C headquarters definitely not have enough resources to share?"

"Eighty percent of the time, there will be." Jin Yilin said seriously, "Let's not talk about decline, there will definitely be problems, but it is also possible to develop better."

"Think about it." Kim Ye-rin used her imagination to generate an example. "C headquarters is developing very well, launching more and more idol groups. The better it develops, the more idol groups it launches. If it keeps going like this, it will eventually collapse, right?"

"What the hell. That's not the case at all!" Chen Chen complained, "The development of companies and artists has never been like this!"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you about this. Let's talk about something more direct." Chen Chen thought about it and gave a gift, "How about I open a radio station for you?"

"A radio station similar to the one Seungwan unnie used?" Kim Ye-rin's eyes lit up. "Sure, I have a lot to talk about with you all."

"But you have to promise me one thing."

When Chen Chen thought of the weird ideas in Jin Yilin's head, he felt a chill down his spine.

"What's the matter?" Jin Yilin asked curiously.

"Be more restrained and don't reveal your thoughts to everyone too often. Once in a while will be enough." Chen Chen warned.

Saying weird things once in a while is a sign of personal charm, but saying weird things frequently means you are mentally abnormal, which is not acceptable.

"Oppa, I'm not someone who doesn't know what to do." Kim Ye-rin puffed out her chest proudly, "My idol is very cultured!"

"That's fine." Chen Chen smiled secretly, with a serious yet sincere expression on his face. "Please ask PD Jin Yilin to come up with a name for your radio station and determine the theme, and hand it over to me in a week."

"I don't want it anymore!" Jin Yilin shrank her head. "If I have to do everything by myself, I will definitely not be able to do it well!"

"Hahaha, of course I'm lying to you." Chen Chen laughed when he saw the Coconut Pear Turtle form. "There are people who are both hosts and program PDs, but they are not ordinary people. It's almost impossible for you, who is an idol by profession, to do these things."

"There will be a dedicated PD who will research you and select a topic that suits you to create a radio program. Once you get the script, all you have to do is perform well."

"Of course, radio will test your ability to improvise, but I think you have no problem with that."

"Oh, it will also test your communication skills, which you have no problem with," Chen Chen added.

"You know me well." Jin Yilin glanced at Chen Chen for a moment longer, "Ouni often tells you about our affairs?"

"Some of them were told to me, and some of them I know myself." Chen Chen looked calm, "I, Chen, am familiar with most of the artists in your S.M.A.T. company."

In fact, it was through exposure to "leaked" information, but Chen Chen's statement is not wrong.

He went to SMART many times when he was doing the show in the early stage, and when he was busy building his own name outside, he also had deep interactions with many artists of SMART.

It's quite interesting to say. The artists of SM Entertainment are like a line to measure status in the circle. Those who can meet them must be doing well, and those who can't meet them need to work a little harder.

"Does Oppa have anything to do this afternoon?"

Jin Yilin finished eating first and sat opposite waiting for Chen Chen.

"Yes, I'm waiting for some people from SMART to visit me." Chen Chen nodded and said, "Spread the news that I'm here in the morning, and start to reap the rewards in the afternoon."

"But didn't we meet almost on the day of the contract signing?" Jin Yilin tilted her head curiously, "Why did we meet again today?"

"Last time it was just a simple greeting, this time it was after that you said hello and had something to tell me." Chen Chen wiped his mouth and arranged the plate elegantly, "No one would talk about things when they first met, especially when it's obvious that I'll be staying here in the future."

"What if they have an emergency?" Kim Ye-rin retorted.

"You should have contacted me a long time ago, stupid!" Chen Chen glared at her, "You really need to think before you speak, or something might go wrong!"

"I was wrong. I must be more careful next time."

Kim Ye-rin stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and apologized sincerely.

……

After dinner, Chen Chen played mobile games for a while to kill time, then rolled up his sleeves and started working on the tea-making machine.

There were many guests and they talked for a long time, so it would be better to prepare the tea earlier. The first one to come was Lee Sung-soo.

"I want to take control of GOT the beat, what should I do?"

Since they were all acquaintances, there was no need to exchange pleasantries for too long. Lee Sung-soo just exchanged a few words and then got down to business.

"Why do you want this?" Chen Chen almost couldn't hold back when he heard what he said, "It's just a temporary mixed platter girl group, there's no profit!"

"Isn't there another brand?" Li Chengzhu obviously came here after thinking it over. "I have too few things at the moment, even if it's this one, I will try my best to grasp it."

"Okay, you're right." Chen Chen smacked his lips, "But you shouldn't say this to me. Just tell Chairman Lee Soo Man directly."

"Will he give it to me if I ask for it?"

Li Chengzhu understood what Chen Chen meant, but he was a little unsure.

"Yes, because it takes a lot of energy and the returns are not that great." Chen Chen replied: "This kind of thing is something your Chairman Lee Soo Man is happy to let others do, so he can focus his decreasing energy on projects that can generate more returns."

"Is there really no profit?" Lee Sung-soo questioned cautiously, "I'm not doubting your vision, but GOT the beat hasn't debuted yet after all."

"You can find out about this kind of thing by looking at GOT the beat's subsequent activity plan, right?" Chen Chen frowned, "No need to ask me."

“But there are no follow-up plans for GOT the beat, right?”

Li Chengzhu said uncertainly.

"Yeah, what's the point of something that doesn't have any follow-up plans?" Chen Chen said with gritted teeth, "Do you want me to say it has a bright future?!"

"..."

"Well, this is what I think." Lee Sung-soo argued, "It is precisely because GOT the beat has no subsequent operation plan that I want to get it. This way I can have the opportunity to ask the artists to do me a favor, don't you think so?"

"What's right?" Chen Chen was stunned. "Except for Director BoA ​​and the two members of Girls' Generation, everyone else has their own group. It's still unclear whether your subsequent plan will be approved."

"Even if you pass, do you think others will criticize you?"

"I'm afraid only the BoA board of directors thinks highly of you, but..." Chen Chen scratched his head, "Even if others think highly of you, when your ideas don't match those of Chairman Lee Soo Man, which side will they stand on?"

"I'm sorry." Lee Sung-soo apologized directly, "I shouldn't have made excuses."

"It's okay to want to get GOT the beat when you don't have much in hand. It's not completely without room for maneuver." Chen Chen ignored his apology and saved his face. "You can help them with limited peripherals or limited live broadcast activities and other plans."

"..."

Li Chengzhu was happy when he left, as he had one more card in his hand.

Even though the card is small, didn’t Chen Chen say that C headquarters will help GOT the beat with some things? So it’s not a small card.

"..."

After Li Chengzhu left, many people came one after another.

As for the quality, Chen Chen was a little unhappy.

These people did have something they wanted, but all of them combined were not as big as the one Li Chengzhu asked for.

The problem is that Lee Sung-soo’s incident wasn’t a big deal. It was just that little thing, how could it be considered a big deal? !

"It seems that I underestimated Lee Soo Man's prestige in SMART. Apart from Lee Sung Soo, who will definitely cause trouble according to 'history', these people are unwilling to give me even a position of a powerful director."

"But that's true. He founded the company and brought everyone to where they are today. The problem is that he doesn't have a high reputation among the employees."

"Then again, are these employees with little balloons here today sent by Lee Soo Man to test me?"

"..."

Chen Chen stood by the window and sighed, letting out the disappointment caused by his frustrated ambition.

Chen thought that after he sat down at the SMART company, everyone would at least give him the face to come here and hang around, if not bow down to him. However, in the end, there were only a few small fish and shrimps today.

"It seems that the reputation we have elsewhere doesn't work inside SMART. We need to start from scratch."

Chen Chen sat down with his arms folded, slowly falling into his own thoughts.

"Advisor Chen~"

A gentle call woke Chen Chen up. Lin Yuna came just to ask questions.

"Um, I was just thinking about something else, sorry."

Chen Chen came back to his senses and smiled apologetically at Yoona in front of him.

"It's okay. I'm sorry for disturbing you." Lin Yuner put her coat aside, sat opposite Chen Chen, and smiled gently, "Let me ask you a few questions."

"Oh, you really have something to ask of me." Chen Chen laughed dumbly, "Not only has your attitude changed, but even your facial expressions seem to have changed. You are indeed worthy of being me!"

"I'll go get you some tea." Chen Chen stood up. "Organize your words first."

"it is good."

Lin Yoona nodded obediently. It is rare to see her like this.

"Have you made up your mind?" Chen Chen placed the wiped cup in front of her, "It's a little hot, drink it later."

"It's not really something I need to think about, because it's something I've been struggling with for several days."

Lin Yuna held the teacup, as if this action could give her confidence.

"What I want to ask is," Lin Yuner asked, "Which one should I choose between a TV series and a movie?"

"It seems that the nomination for Blue Dragon Best Actress made you hesitate."

Chen Chen immediately caught her point and started laughing.

"The Blue Dragon Film Award that I always thought was out of reach is now within my reach. It's impossible to say that I'm not excited, and it's impossible to say that I don't have any ideas." Lin Yuna's originally bright eyes are now half occupied by confusion. "I know I won't win this time, but I don't know when the next nomination will be."

"I always feel that this nomination is harming me. It is like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey's head, making people lose their way and fall into the abyss."

"I'm here to ask for help." Lin Yuner raised her head, "Mr. Chen Chen."

...(End of chapter)