star of the peninsula

The arrival of the takeaway interrupted their time together.

The food was delivered by Arlene Canteen, so it couldn’t be considered a third party.

"Speaking of which, life at A-Lin Canteen has been much more comfortable since the epidemic was lifted, and the turnover has increased a lot." Bae Joo-hyun asked while unpacking her takeaway, "What about C-Circle? How are the numbers?"

"The data in Circle C is stable, with no increase or decrease." Chen Chen replied: "The number of new orders has always been quite large, but after the relaxation of the policy, the number of people ordering takeout has decreased overall, so it has still been affected to a certain extent."

“It’s already very impressive that the sales volume has not increased or decreased.” Bae Joo-hyun echoed, “After the offline market was reopened, food delivery was greatly impacted.”

"It doesn't matter. I don't rely on this for my living. Oh, by the way, the address for the store in Daegu has been chosen, and it will be open after the renovation is completed." Chen Chen mentioned the Daegu branch of Alin Canteen. "I made a lot of money last year. I can buy two stores with the house and land together."

"Don't you want to keep some for yourself?" Pei Zhuxuan asked doubtfully: "Whatever you want to do, it will require a lot of money, right?"

"My personal stuff is my own, and I will use the company's funds when I do things." Chen Chen replied: "I am not allowed to participate in what I want to do as an individual, it must come from the C headquarters."

"I don't understand, but it doesn't seem to matter." Pei Zhuxuan packed up the takeaway and said, "Come, eat."

Eating delicious food while browsing various slices related to the joint concert, such a relaxing time is not common, so the two cherish it especially.

Cherish it to the point of "I have to go to bed right now".

……

"Good morning, Oppa, did you watch our tribute performance yesterday?"

Zhang Yuanying, who had just got off work, ran into Chen Chen, who had just come to work, and quickly chased after him to ask what he thought.

"You did a great job." Chen Chen praised without hesitation, "Even if I do it again, I can't achieve the same level of restoration as you. You really worked hard."

He watched it, and was forced by Bae Joo-hyun to watch the original stage.

"Hehe, it's not hard at all. People don't feel tired when they are doing something they find fun." Zhang Yuanying smiled happily, "From design to rehearsal and even to stage performance, we only felt excited throughout the whole process. No one complained of being tired!"

"That means you two are both naughty." Chen Chen pinched her nose, "In fact, you should pay more attention to the comments on your official stage. This concert is a super large-scale stage for singing and it can reveal the quality of idols."

"A magic mirror?" Zhang Yuanying wrinkled her nose stupidly. "What does that mean?"

"Everyone can compare their level with the seniors this time. Specifically," Chen Chen said a little simply, "all male groups will be compared with TVXQ and Drivers, and all female groups will be compared with Girls' Generation."

“Oh!” Zhang Yuanying nodded heavily, her expression becoming serious. “Oppa, can you tell me what everyone said?!”

"The two groups from C headquarters performed surprisingly well, and there isn't much for you to find fault with." Chen Chen spread his hands, "This is basically the end of this topic, and the rest are people who watched the performance carefully and shared their thoughts later. I suggest that each of you search for your own keywords and have a look, it will definitely help!"

"It's good that we didn't embarrass ourselves." Zhang Yuanying breathed a sigh of relief. "If we embarrass ourselves in such an important occasion, we will be traumatized."

"Just don't leave any psychological trauma on others. The excellence of your comeback this time has already shocked everyone!" Chen Chen thought for a moment and gave an example. "For example, you suppressed the momentum of GOT the beat's debut. For another example, the top luxury brands overseas are more eager to cooperate with you."

The significance of this comeback is that the girls of Integrate have gained huge attention overseas despite various commercial endorsements. This has brought advertisers many unexpected benefits and increased the value of Integrate in their hearts.

If "Flowers" can win seven or eight Billboard weekly championships as it did before, Integrate's commercial value will further increase.

But Chen Chen estimated that "Flowers" could only get four or five, and two of them would have to be achieved through sales. The reality of the music industry was so cruel.

“Who will we cast a shadow over?”

Zhang Yuanying blinked her eyes, without a trace of nervousness or pride, only curiosity.

"Uh, this." Chen Chen suddenly realized that this question was not easy to answer, and said perfunctorily: "Anyway, it is likely that they will. You must live a kind life in the future and don't hurt everyone's feelings."

If no one sets integration as a goal, then naturally no one will have a psychological trauma. According to this logic, it is unlikely that anyone in the Korean entertainment market will set integration as a goal.

"Okay, go and rest now." Chen Chen waved his hand and started to chase people away. "You only have about two hours left before the performance. I can't keep you any longer."

"Well, see you Oppa."

Zhang Yuanying didn't act pretentiously. She said goodbye and left quickly.

……

"It's really enjoyable, Chen Chen. You really are living an increasingly extravagant life."

Shirley, who arrived at the office a little later, was stunned for a moment when she opened the door, and then she started to tease with a smile on her face.

It was not her fault. Anyone who saw Chen Chen like this would not be able to help but say something to him. This guy actually asked two assistants to take turns reading the summary of C headquarters yesterday, while he was leisurely drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

"We have the conditions to enjoy this. If we don't enjoy it, it would be a bit unromantic." Chen Chen poured a cup of tea for Shirley and invited her to join him. "It just so happens that it's coming to an end. Come listen to the end with me."

"Okay~" Shirley was very considerate. She took the tea from Chen Chen and half-leaned on the chair. "Do you have a background? Read it to me."

"Let me give you a brief summary of what happened." Chen Chen continued cheerfully, "The first part basically just read out the hot searches related to C headquarters yesterday, plus the specific influence and some personal conclusions. It's actually nothing important. You should have already drawn conclusions about these yesterday."

"Oh, it's true." Shirley pretended to lament, "If I had known your assistant was so useful, I wouldn't have worked so hard yesterday. I would have just listened to their summary today."

"They still need a lot of growth and experience. Stop joking." Chen Chen waved his hand, "Let's listen to the last news together."

"The fact that many staff members at the joint concert were trainees from C headquarters was discovered by everyone and received unanimous praise." Zhou Xinyu read from the script, "C headquarters' strict requirements for epidemic prevention measures have always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Using their own trainees as staff members made everyone feel safe."

"Also, these trainees understand what everyone wants and know how to deal with problems, which makes people feel assured about the idol groups that C-headquarters will launch in the future."

"In general, this is a public compliment to our trainees." Zhou Xinyu concluded: "The brand of C headquarters trainees has become more famous." "What do you think?" Chen Chen looked at Shirley, "What do you think?"

"The guy who came up with the idea of ​​using trainees as on-site staff did a good job." Shirley said expressionlessly, "But whether the concert can end successfully without any mistakes depends more on the coordination of the commanders."

"No problem." Chen Chen snapped his fingers, "Liuran, next one."

"This is about the way home from get off work after the concert." Jin Liuran cleared his throat, "Everyone got to see their idol after a long time. I'm very grateful to C headquarters for making this happen."

"With this gratitude, everyone took the initiative to apologize to the public for their gathering behavior that violated the epidemic regulations, even though this was done when the epidemic was already open."

"The spontaneous actions of fans of various idol groups have greatly improved the social reputation of C headquarters, and even passers-by have given it positive reviews."

"In summary," Jin Liuran said, "We helped the fans realize their wish to see their idols in person offline, and the fans helped C headquarters gain some public reputation in return."

"What do you think of this news?" Chen Chen asked Shirley again, "I'm a little moved!"

"The fans in the fan circle never disappoint us when they respond to their kindness. C Headquarters has done a good job and deserves this reward." Sulli pouted. "But wasn't this the joint concert organized by SM Entertainment? Why are people giving all the credit to C Headquarters?"

"Who knows?" Chen Chen shrugged proudly, "Maybe God is more kind to me."

"It's a matter of reputation and image." Jin Liuran said his opinion while holding back a laugh. "SMART has had its own unique reputation and corporate image for a long time. Although our C headquarters is younger, its image in recent years has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. It's not surprising that everyone would make their own judgments based on this."

In the eyes of fans, the image of S.H.I.E. has always been bad, and being evil and unkind is a common evaluation. On the contrary, C headquarters has always been very caring towards fans, and at least they treat them as human beings.

After all this back and forth, it is understandable that everyone would rather give the credit to C headquarters.

"Okay, hold it in. Don't really laugh, Liu Ran. It will affect your career." Chen Chen pretended to remind him and asked, "Is it over? We are all on our way home from get off work. There should be nothing behind us."

"Another one is a chain reaction based on the improvement of C headquarters' reputation." Zhou Xinyu stood up, "Yesterday, no, the day before yesterday, the return incident that had already cooled down was brought up again."

"After our C headquarters' reputation was raised, public opinion on the return incident completely turned to our side."

"Although we were right in the first place, our reasoning was not clear. Now we don't have to argue anymore. Everyone assumes that we are right, which should save us a lot of trouble in public opinion."

"probably."

Zhou Xinyu lacked confidence in her summary, and the momentum of her last sentence was a little weak.

"Okay, I get it. Go do your own things. This concludes the morning news."

Chen Chen waved his hand, signaling the two to leave.

"You continue to deal with the matter at hand. I will go and check if anyone is behind this 're-emergence of the past'."

Chen Chen explained a few things to Shirley and was about to go out.

"Do you suspect we're being used?"

Shirley asked, startled.

"Don't get excited, it's just a possibility." Chen Chen smiled and patted her shoulder. "After all, the old things mentioned in this 'revisiting of the past' are not very old. It's only been a night. It's possible for them to return to people's attention."

"But I have to think more about it. After all, Jiang Zongxian is not an ordinary person."

"The most important thing is to think about who wants to deal with Jiang Zongxian the most right now." Chen Chen lowered his voice, "The Blue House election will be held this year, which means there will be a lot of personnel changes in South Korean politics this year. Jiang Zongxian's contribution is too tempting."

"Prosecutors are also stars, and they also need to put on a show in front of people. By making the incident bigger and bringing it to the public's attention, they can gain more popularity when the time comes, and their chances of advancement will be greater."

"Of course." Chen Chen's voice returned to normal. "These are all my petty conjectures. The facts should not be what I speculated. At least I hope not."

"..."

"We found no obvious signs of human manipulation, so we can rest assured."

Half an hour later, Chen Chen returned to the office and gave a reassuring answer.

"This is a good result." Shirley breathed a sigh of relief. "Being involved with that place is really a headache."

"Alright, alright, let's sort out what we've gained." Shirley took out a stack of documents from the drawer. "All the information from yesterday's joint concert has been integrated, and the details are very clear. We can check what we have gained in terms of material things."

"I can't see it at all." Chen Chen turned his face away and didn't look at it. "I feel sad when I think that the sponsorship that Integrate has attracted with such good performance recently will be given away to idiots for nothing."

"No, you have to watch it. Only after you finish watching it can you have something to talk about with Representative Lee Sung-soo." Shirley gave an excuse that Chen Chen couldn't refuse. "Representative Lee Sung-soo will definitely watch it, and he will watch it very carefully."

"According to what you said, I will have to call him to congratulate him later." Chen Chen touched his chin, "The concert went smoothly, and his career is going to be on the rise."

"Let's fight again in a few days." Shirley teased, "They have accomplished such a big thing, and now they should hurry up and win over the hearts and minds of the people, and transform this influence into real power that they can control. I'm afraid they are so busy that they don't even have time to look at the details."

"Ha, that's entirely possible. Let's go find him in a few days!" Chen Chen narrowed his eyes. "But we can go find Lee Soo Man in the next two days. He's about to get a large sum of money through Like Planning, so he should be in a good mood."

"You can be in a good mood, but it's still hard to find his flaws while he's in a good mood." Shirley was not optimistic about Chen Chen's move. "Besides, if you go to him right after the concert is a big success, it might give people the misunderstanding of showing off."

"Just stay at the company and read the documents. Don't go anywhere else." Shirley helped Chen Chen plan his schedule. "Have a good meal with them tomorrow and bring back the KakaoM contract."

...(End of chapter)