star of the peninsula

"Please stay."

Li Chengzhu called Chen Chen who had already touched the door handle.

"Does Representative Li have anything else to say?"

Chen Chen gave him face and turned around on the spot.

Li Chengzhu walked over quickly, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"I want to buy it on credit." Li Chengzhu said it twice directly, "I want to buy it on credit for giving you an internal position!"

"It's not that we can't negotiate, but do you have suitable collateral?" Chen Chen was still willing to do business, but he was going to be more picky now. "Don't tell me that I just need to trust you. With your performance today, I can't trust you anymore."

"Although it's very little, I can mortgage my shares to you."

Lee Sung-soo handed over the tempting shares.

"How much is very little?" Chen Chen was naturally very excited. "I've never heard of your holdings. Can you give me two numbers?"

"Not even a cent." Li Chengzhu blushed slightly, "It's just a symbolic amount. My main function is still in the production department."

"That's fine too. As long as you're willing to give us shares, we'll always have something to talk about." Chen Chen seemed to have changed after hearing about shares. He pulled Li Chengzhu back to his seat and said, "Let's talk while drinking tea. It feels like we're going to talk for a long time."

"it is good."

Li Chengzhu breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he had to mortgage his shares, it could be considered a success if he could get Chen Chen back into the cooperative position.

"What's your idea for doing a family concert?"

Chen Chen took a sip of water and asked leisurely.

"I don't have any idea." Lee Sung-soo said with a wry smile, "It's already difficult to open the concert. I don't think I have the energy to focus on the concert itself."

"C headquarters can help." Chen Chen put the water cup on the table and started to play name tags, "Don't pretend, isn't this the purpose of pulling me in?"

"Haha, that's exactly what I thought." Li Chengzhu was very low-key, "But I haven't started designing yet, because I don't know if the concert can go ahead."

"Do you think I believe it?"

Chen Chen was somewhat speechless. At this time, he still had to pretend to be stupid. Did he really want to save face? !
"If you don't want to start, let me start for you." Chen Chen continued, "How about turning this family concert into a charity concert?"

"All ticket revenue will be donated to the Blue House or used to buy masks for the general public."

"With such a great cause, those artists who might have refused to attend the concert will not be so easy to refuse." Chen Chen killed three birds with one stone. "It will be much easier to contact them and it will also be much more convenient for publicity. After all, there is a gimmick."

"..."

"You are amazing."

Li Chengzhu was silent for a while and sighed.

"so so."

Chen Chen said modestly.

"These are things I didn't expect. You are so far ahead of me." Li Chengzhu thought for a moment and added, "You are also much more generous than me. You just throw away all this income."

"What do you mean by throwing it away? It's giving it back to the public!" Chen Chen was not very satisfied with this statement and retorted.

"And that's just the ticket revenue. The rest of the revenue, such as sponsorship and advertising, is still in my pocket." Chen Chen added: "That part of the money is not small at all. At least I can guarantee some profit."

“Yes, the sponsors of the SM concert are quite generous,” Lee Sung-soo said, “but I want the sponsors to be even more generous.”

"Tell me about your plan." Chen Chen did not follow his idea and laid out their ideas in plain words, "It has come to this point. It would be ignorant of the current situation to hide it any further."

"Does C headquarters have plans to hold a family concert at the beginning of the year?" Lee Sung-soo unfolded the unoriginal picture, "Whether there is a plan or not, we can hold a joint concert."

"And you just mentioned the concert as a charity concert. The benefits to C headquarters will be even greater."

"What do you think?" Li Chengzhu lowered his head again. "I know this is a very common method, and it will also make C headquarters pay and gain unequally, but this is the only one I can think of that can be used."

"No problem." Chen Chen said with a smile: "Representative Li, there is no need to humble yourself so much. Headquarter C is not particularly at a disadvantage."

"We are not short of money or attention. The purpose of holding a family concert is basically to have fun and give back to fans."

"Now that we can hold a more luxurious and better-looking concert, I think everyone, including the fans of C headquarters, will be happy." Chen Chen gave Representative Li a reassurance, "The joint concert can be held, no problem."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chen." Li Chengzhu continued the topic, "As for the sponsorship, do you think it is the C headquarters that has the final say or the SMART?"

"None of them counts. You, Li Chengzhu, have the final say." Chen Chen was more assertive. "The core purpose of the plan is to elevate your status, so why not start paving the way from the preparation stage?"

"This will put us in clear opposition to Chairman Lee Soo-man." Lee Sung-soo smiled bitterly.

"What else?" Chen Chen frowned, "Aren't you the clear-cut opposite now?"

"I'm talking about you," Li Chengzhu explained quickly, "I've already confirmed my position, and I can't change it even if I want to."

"I don't care about that." Chen Chen waved his hand. "I came to SMART to do this kind of thing. Everyone in South Korea knows it! Your Chairman Lee Soo Man knows it even better!"

"And he recruited me knowing this fact, for the sake of SM's stock price and to get more profit from selling the shares."

"As for whether he has other plans." Chen Chen touched his chin, "He definitely has, but I can't guess it now. He hasn't made any moves yet."

"You just arrived, and it's hard for Chairman Lee Soo Man to make any moves." Lee Sung-soo's mind was still on the concert, "Which artists will participate in C headquarters? We can decide the venue based on the number of people."

"What do you mean?" Chen Chen joked, "If there are not many of us coming, are you going to order a smaller one?"

"Of course not! It's a bit like that." Lee Sung-soo rubbed his hands awkwardly. "There's still a big difference between having Integrate and not having it."

"Oh, don't worry about that. Let's deal with the internal affairs of SM first." Chen Chen hinted, "Many people will go to C headquarters, so we can choose the venue ourselves."

"But," Chen Chen said, "After C headquarters has made the selection, it is still up to Shamao to decide on the venue. Even if the epidemic situation is confirmed to be completely relaxed, holding such a large-scale event will still put a lot of pressure on the Blue House, and it requires some connections to maintain stability." "Understood, I will handle things here as soon as possible and feedback the results to C headquarters." Li Chengzhu took over the task, "You don't have to worry about large-scale events under the epidemic. Since the Blue House has confirmed that the epidemic has been relaxed, there will be no problem. Even if there is, it is within the scope of Shamao's handling."

Chen Chen could also arrange a venue, but he values ​​his personal connections with the Blue House more, so he would not use it if possible.

"Don't worry, this is a troublesome matter." Chen Chen shook his hand tolerantly, "There are many artists in S.M.A.T., and they are scattered. It will take time to unify them."

"Thank you, Boss Chen."

Li Chengzhu thanked him again with a sincere heart.

……

This relationship turned into a mortgage contract that appeared on Chen Chen's desk the next day, a contract written in black and white with a red seal.

It's just the number of shares.
"Ah~~~!! That's less than one o'clock?!" Chen Chen sighed, "You haven't even reached half past ten! I've been taken advantage of!"

“Hahahaha, you, Chen Chen, will end up like this!” Shirley laughed until her stomach hurt. “Didn’t you do any research beforehand? How could you be fooled so easily?!”

"In 2005, he joined the Artist Development and Music Production Department. In 2009, he was promoted to team leader and participated in the production of multiple idol groups. In 2015, he served as the head of the production department. In 2020, he became the representative director." Chen Chen read Lee Sung-soo's resume, and then sighed, "How could I have thought that such a heavyweight executive would only have such a small number of shares? Even a god could not have thought of this!"

"A god would definitely think of this, but you're not a god." Shirley laughed even more wildly. "Now we're going to have some fun. Boss Hong and President Jin will definitely know about this, and maybe other people in the industry will know about it soon too."

"I'm really looking forward to the reactions of people in the industry, because there are so many people in the industry who want you to make mistakes and suffer losses."

"After hunting geese all day, I finally got my eye pecked. I think everyone will be as happy as I am for several days!" Shirley wiped away the tears from her laughter, "Chen Chen, ah Chen Chen, I have finally waited for this day!"

"What?!" Chen Chen looked at her unhappily, "You're hoping that I'll suffer, right?!"

"I don't want you to suffer a big loss, but I do want you to suffer a small loss." Shirley explained with a groan, "It's so discouraging to see you succeed in everything you do. It's so difficult for everyone else to do things, so why can you succeed in everything you do?! Jealousy, jealousy, you can say whatever you want, anyway, I'm not the only one who has this kind of thought!"

"How come I didn't suffer any loss?" Chen Chen argued with his neck stiff, "I always make concessions when doing business. God knows how much I lost by making these concessions!"

"You call that a profit concession. You only make a little less than the limit or normal situation." Shirley curled her lips. "The problem is that every business you do is a big profit. A little less is still very strong and will still make everyone jealous!"

"..."

"What you said makes a lot of sense. I'm speechless." Chen Chen glared and threatened: "Anyway, you can't tell anyone about this. If others find out, it's you who did it!"

"There are many people who know about this, at least there must be several people from SM Entertainment who know about it. Why do you say it was me?" Shirley rolled her eyes. "Also, if the artists from Starship and Cube Entertainment want to participate in the concert, they must inform President Jin and Boss Hong. They will know about it too!"

"..."

"Fuck, it's time to get off work!"

Chen Chen patted his butt and left without looking back.

……

After walking two steps outside, the LIGHTSUM in the practice room caught Chen Chen's attention.

After staring at them from the back door for a while like a class teacher, Chen Chen did not choose to disturb the girls.

After strolling to the front desk of the e-sports room to get a bottle of Coke, Chen Chen sat down next to Miyawaki Sakura who was busy playing games.

"Wouldn't it be possible to return to your teammates if you flash downwards? What's the point of flashing to the left? You little greedy cat has to take the Q skill, right?!"

Chen Chen spoke passionately on the microphone, and Lao Dongge was completely possessed.

"Oppa, I was dodging this skill." Miyawaki Sakura pointed at the screen and said in defense, "I was too nervous and didn't have time to observe the positions of my teammates."

"It's okay if you get hit by this skill. You won't die even if you add the damage from the comet." Chen Chen commented again, "Just look at the basic points of teamfighting, such as the positions of teammates. You know the lineups of both sides, so you should have a picture in your mind when fighting."

However, Miyawaki Sakura's words made Chen Chen unable to speak anymore.

"Oppa, if I could do those things, would I still be a silver?" Miyawaki Sakura said with resentment.

"Okay." Chen Chen smacked his lips and changed the subject. "Do you understand LIGHTSUM's recent situation? It's a bit strange to practice together at this time."

"You've finally asked the right person!" Miyawaki Sakura skillfully clicked the button to agree to surrender and turned around. "My younger compatriots rely on me a lot and often talk to me."

"Is my question also included?" Chen Chen asked.

"Inside," Miyawaki Sakura answered. "This is the result of a variety of factors. Simply put, it's a matter of pressure. The girls of LIGHTSUM feel the pressure."

"Where does the pressure come from?" Chen Chen asked puzzledly: "What did Boss Hong say?"

"No, it's the pressure they put on themselves, or you could say it's the pressure from their rivals, the Hybe girl group." Miyawaki Sakura said briefly, "They are a little behind in the competition, but they think they should not be behind."

"Both have members from the Shorty King group, the configuration is that the veterans are leading the newcomers, both are from top companies, and all their works are good, so it should be a tie."

"But LIGHTSUM has a song called "As It Was". This song is very exaggerated, super exaggerated, so exaggerated that it still ranks very high on the Billboard charts."

"With this song as an external aid, the result of the competition is that we are lagging behind," Miyawaki Sakura shrugged. "Anyone with a conscience will feel the pressure."

"So that's how it is." Chen Chen couldn't help but frowned, "Hiss~ This is getting difficult."

Chen Chen certainly couldn't tell the girls that the other party bought the data, but if he didn't say this, there was no way to explain why he lost the competition when he had an advantageous position.

You can't say that C headquarters didn't do a good job of market research, right? This is C headquarters' signature and top excuse, and it must not be touched!

"Oppa, don't worry about how to make them understand. Just comfort them." Miyawaki Sakura seemed to see what Chen Chen was thinking and said, "Girls, just coax them first, don't try to reason with them, and then win them back at some point in the future."

Miyawaki Sakura blinked.

"We're definitely going to win in the end, right?"

...(End of chapter)