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"We have been severely drained of our blood by Stupid Company this time. What we contribute is totally not on the same level as what they contribute."

Backstage at the concert, Shirley felt heartbroken as she looked at the sponsorship list.

"As long as we can hold a joint concert, the rest is just trivial matters." Chen Chen waved his hand generously, "We can't be the kind of people who can't stand seeing our peers making money."

"It's not that I can't stand seeing my peers making money, but it's the feeling of being taken advantage of that's annoying." Shirley snorted, "Of course my peers can make money, but they can't make money from us."

"If I had known earlier, I would have taken some time to keep an eye on it. At least I can still get some sponsorship from myself." Shirley sighed, "How can you forget about such an important thing?!"

"It was indeed my fault." Chen Chen admitted his mistake honestly, "I was blinded by the great victory of turning it into a concert. By the time I calmed down, Lee Soo Man had already taken advantage of all the loopholes."

"The main reason is that we don't want to affect the overall situation. Otherwise, we would definitely have to discuss the profit ratio."

"But, I've been dealing with SMART for so long, but this seems to be the first time I've seen it." Chen Chen named a name, "Like Planning, Lee Soo Man's blood-sucking tool."

"Is it an agreement related to Like Planning?" Sulli quickly scrolled back a few pages. When she saw the name of Like Planning, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. "If CEO Lee Sung-soo saw this, I think his face would be very excited."

"He has devoted all his energy to the concert recently. I guess he won't have time to read the information even if it is placed in front of him." Chen Chen had some vague expectations. "He should be able to see it after the concert. I hope he can restrain himself and write down this account for the time being and settle it slowly later."

"Anyway, once this concert starts, CEO Lee Sung-soo's status in SM Entertainment will be greatly improved, and it will be easier for him to carry out his reforms." Shirley put down the information and looked at Chen Chen with interest. "By the way, you have been in contact with CEO Lee Sung-soo for such a long time. Do you know what kind of reforms he wants to make?"

"Not sure." Chen Chen was a little surprised. "From what you mean, Representative Cui of our C headquarters knows very well?"

"I know a little bit." Shirley crossed her legs. "Lee Sung-soo is a veteran of SMART. People who are related to him are generally related to me. It's much easier for me to collect some information than for you."

"Also, your image as a young and successful businessman is too deeply rooted in people's minds. Some people don't dare to tell you some small things, and some small ideas don't dare to tell you."

"For example, some people at SM Entertainment who originally supported Lee Sung-soo and decided to switch to C Headquarters because they thought they had no hope of winning, they didn't dare to contact you and only contacted me."

"These people revealed a lot of information to me during the communication process." Sulli said with a smile: "It's useless, but it does let me understand what CEO Lee Sung-soo wants to do."

"They think Lee Sung-soo has little hope of winning and plans to switch to C headquarters," Chen Chen couldn't help laughing. "Aren't these people confused now? I've personally participated in this matter. Even if they succeed in switching to C headquarters, they'll just be spinning in circles."

"I didn't know you would do this at the time, and even if I knew, it would be useless. Staying in SMART is definitely not as safe as staying in C headquarters!" Shirley rolled her eyes, "I made the right decision, don't just stand here and talk nonsense!"

"Yes, I said that a little too easily." Chen Chen got back to the point, "So what reforms does Representative Li Chengzhu want to carry out?"

"Disperse the original producer system centered on Lee Soo-man, promote diversified and global development, and get rid of dependence on Lee Soo-man." Sulli gave the answer.

"No wonder they want to set up a label." Chen Chen scratched his chin, "It's just that it's useless to say such nice things. In essence, isn't it still a struggle for power with Lee Soo Man?"

"Without power in his hands, how can he make his own reforms?" Shirley said realistically, "Let alone other things, will the producers of SM Entertainment agree to let him follow him?"

That's right. In Chen Chen's memory, one of Li Chengzhu's attempts failed because of the strike of core producers such as Yu Yongzhen.

The producers went on strike to protect their own interests, and we cannot say that they did anything wrong.

“I hope Representative Lee Sung-soo can complete the reforms he wants as soon as possible.”

Chen Chen expressed his heartfelt wishes.

……

The joint concert opens at 6pm and lasts for three hours.

It's not about having to make it only three hours but we have to consider the audience. It's too tiring to keep being excited and no one wants anything to happen to their fans.

Of course, it is also related to the fact that concerts starting too late will disturb others, and it is best to do as little as possible to avoid trouble for the Blue House.

Chen Chen left after it started because he had to keep an eye on the live broadcast.

There's no need to watch it live, and you can't get a good seat in front of the stage to enjoy a real concert, so the experience is much worse.

From the backstage. You can only see the back of your figure, it’s the same as if you didn’t see it.

Speaking of watching it from the big screen in the backstage, well, the screen here is not as good as the one in Chen Chen's home.

I can’t find a reason to stay at the concert all the time, so the best option is to go home, lie on the sofa and watch the live broadcast slowly.

There was no need to talk to the artists. When Chen Chen was backstage, which artist wouldn't come over to say hello? I was tired of talking.

"I kind of regret it. I should have found a way to watch it live."

Chen Chen exclaimed like this when he saw Red Velvet's stage.

The stage is still the same stage. Red Velvet has no large-scale activities this year and there are no new stages to watch. It’s just that Chen Chen has seen Bae Joo-hyun on the stage for a long time and is somewhat fascinated.

It would definitely be too late to return to the scene now, but fortunately Chen Chen still has many opportunities to make up for his regrets, so he is not particularly disappointed.

The programs were performed one after another, including the most common and conventional complete stage performances, as well as unique redesigns, and of course there were also many medleys and cross-dressing performances.

The most classic one might be that the driver group once again played the role of Girls' Generation as a girl group? In fact, Chen Chen thinks that MONSTA X's role as SISTAR is also very good. MONSTA X's degree of freedom is comparable to that of the driver group's predecessors.

Compared to these two sides, Cube Entertainment is much more honest. Their main boy group BTOB just had an incident, and the returning senior group A Pink does not intend to do anything fancy, so the entire company is honestly performing their own stage performances.

The situation of C headquarters is different from that of Cube Entertainment. It was established too recently, has too little experience, and there is not much work to do, so the only thing it can provide to everyone is the stage.

Fortunately, Integrate has "Flowers", which is still popular on the Billboard charts, and LIGHTSUM's band version of "As It Was" is not far behind. Without considering the whole thing, just from the stage effect, it is not inferior to all the senior predecessors on the same stage.

Ah, Chen Chen glanced at his phone and saw that such remarks had already appeared on the Internet.

It was said that Chen Chen deliberately organized this joint concert in order to suppress the idiotic remarks that his own girl group was only able to perform in this generation and would not work in the past. Chen Chen had no such idea at all. He never intended to pay attention to such idiotic remarks like Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. However, if this concert could shut up some people, he would be willing to accept it.

C's performance of two Billboard No. 1 singles means that the concert is coming to an end, and the only one left is GOT the beat, which debuted today.

It is common sense to put the heavyweight roles at the end, and the debut stage of the girl group "S.H.I.E.", which is composed of many female artists, can certainly be called heavyweight.

"No! The music is wrong!"

The hairs on Chen Chen's back suddenly stood up. He could tell what was going to happen from the prelude of the music.

Who is so nice to play "LOVE SCENARIO" at this time? It must be the girls from Integrate who are causing trouble!
Then the big screen on the stage started to play something wrong, and the footage of Chen Chen’s first singing stage after his re-debut began to play at the back.

Not just the first one, it seems like someone made a spliced ​​edit of all the "LOVE SCENARIO" performance stages!

"I can't see a thing!"

Chen Chen turned off the TV with a snap, picked up his phone and returned to the concert.

He already knew what would happen next. Chen Chen had caught a glimpse of what was going on when the girls from Integrate were secretly rehearsing, but he never thought that this was prepared for him. Chen Chen only knew that the girls were rehearsing a somewhat strange stage.

……

"The girls even secretly went to the studio to record their own version. Are you moved?"

Seeing Chen Chen returning, Shirley walked over and deliberately bumped into him.

"What's wrong? What are you talking about?" Chen Chen pretended to be dumb. "Is it the stage just now? I was driving and didn't see it."

"Tsk~ Do you think I wouldn't know if you didn't see me? Just pretend!" Shirley rolled her eyes at him. "But I won't stop you if you want to pretend. There will be many people who will help you recall the past after this is over. Who knows, everyone who has seen you recently will mention you."

"I really didn't see it." Chen Chen put on a sincere face again, "Tell me what happened."

"I won't tell you. Wait for others to review it for you." Shirley was very stubborn. "The concert is about to end. Let's welcome the final work together. We must be responsible for the order and can't start well but end badly!"

It is not difficult for everyone to go home after a concert, any self-care adult can do it. However, most people in this venue now have their own identities, either they are artists, idols or fans.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, fans have not seen their idols in person for a long time. When the concert ends, everyone will consciously form a "road home from get off work".

Fans chose a place to gather together without disturbing other people, and the artists consciously adjusted the route so that the nanny car would pass by places with more fans as much as possible. The two sides met each other through the car door and conveyed their feelings to each other.

Therefore, the “way home from get off work” must not be messy, otherwise it will offend many, many fans.

As for violating various regulations under the epidemic, we had been prepared for this since the beginning of preparing for the concert. It is absolutely unavoidable, otherwise Chen Chen would not have let Li Chengzhu take the blame.

You don't have resources, I have to help you with things, if you can't handle a bomb, what use are you? !
"No matter how much you miss your fans, when you see them later, the most important thing you will say is to persuade them to go home early!"

Chen Chen explained this to his girl, and such scenes were repeated in the backstage lounge of every company.

The concert ended at around nine o'clock, and when Chen Chen got home it was already half past eleven. What was even more terrifying was that some fans had not left even at this time.

“The love of fans is so heavy.”

Shaking his head, Chen Chen went to the bathroom to take a hot bath, relieving his fatigue while also disinfecting himself.

After coming out, just change your clothes, order takeout and wait for Bae Joo-hyun to come over. That’s all for today.

"Did you see the LOVE SCENARIO stage performed by the girls? It was so cool and so emotional."

Without rushing to eat to replenish energy, Bae Joo-hyun came up and wanted to review what happened on the stage with Chen Chen first.

"I was driving at that time, what happened?" Chen Chen said the same thing, and it was not a lie.

"If you haven't seen it, you can watch it again!" Pei Zhuxuan excitedly turned on the TV and was about to take action, "Someone should have done the slices!"

"No, no, no, it's embarrassing for me to watch that by myself. Just give me a general description." Chen Chen quickly stopped her.

"The girls perfectly replicated your performance." Bae Joo Hyun gave a thumbs up, "Everyone takes turns to be the center. The person in the center position is responsible for 'playing' you, and the people in other positions are just good backup dancers."

"The highlight is not how beautiful or grand the stage is, but that each girl performs perfectly when playing you. If you squint your eyes and look at them blurrily, you might really mistake them for you."

"The key is how smoothly the C position is switched. The shadow changes from bright to dark, and you can't see it if you don't pay attention."

"The girls must have put a lot of effort into this." Bae Joo Hyun sighed, "They must have watched your videos many times. It's really hard work."

"Then it's a pity that I missed this stage." Chen Chen joked cheerfully, "Since the girls have worked so hard, I will reward them by not having to see me for half a month. They have watched too many videos during this period, so don't throw up when you see me."

"That's not necessary." Bae Joo Hyun rolled her eyes proudly, "You still think you are the Chen on the stage back then, but people can't connect the two of you at all!"

"Hey~ your words are really hurtful." Chen Chen smiled and pulled his girlfriend into his arms, "But you haven't changed. You always look professional on stage, which makes people feel at ease."

"Apart from this, what other feelings do you have?" Bae Joo-hyun asked.

"Miss you?" Chen Chen thought for a moment and said, "You are a different you on the stage. If you haven't seen me for a long time, I will miss you very much."

"That's why I hope to see you on stage." Pei Zhuxuan nodded her chin, "What else?"

"And maybe." Chen Chen smiled, "I will always like Red Velvet."

...(End of chapter)