star of the peninsula

The comeback of "Perfect Night" came earlier than Chen Chen expected. It became the number one song on the Melon daily chart just two days into May.

"It seems that writing the name of the lyricist, composer, arranger and producer as Chen is useful. It took so long to be discovered that it was me. It seems that everyone is not very smart."

Chen Chen admired his own good deed with pride, feeling very happy.

"If your overseas performance wasn't so outstanding, maybe you could have hidden it a little longer." Shirley continued with a smile, "It's okay to call you Chen. Of course, a name can be used casually. It's also okay to be an invisible person with no information before. There are so many characters like this in the entertainment industry. Everyone will just think of you as someone who has never made a name for yourself."

"But when a work is a big hit in China and has a great influence overseas, such people must be carefully investigated."

"It's best to not reveal which big boss's pseudonym is the best. This way, there will be one more South Korean producer who can make an impact internationally."

"But the name has to be Chen."

"The code name that was originally thought to be unimportant suddenly became important, and everyone began to want to know whether this Chen is you."

"Finally, it was you, Chen, who accelerated the explosion of "Perfect Night." Sulli's summary ended here, "This song has already won the first place on several daily music charts."

"It doesn't matter who this Chen is. As long as he helps to delay the process, that's fine." Chen Chen said casually, "It's important not to lie about this kind of thing. Otherwise, it would be easiest to create a fake producer to deceive the fans."

It is easy to create a fake producer, but it is too difficult to resolve the crisis of trust that arises after being exposed by fans.

According to people's unanimous thinking, if Chen Chen could deceive them once, he would definitely deceive them many times. It is possible that Chen had deceived everyone hundreds of times before! Once this kind of voice appeared, the C headquarters would be in great trouble in the future!

So Chen Chen used his real identity Chen to fool his fans and set up a smoke screen to buy time.

"Should we make the facts public?" Shirley suggested, "I think it would be better for us to make the facts public before all kinds of bad conspiracy theories come out."

"Yes, we must. We must not let netizens guess randomly." Chen Chen glanced at Shirley. "You know what the reason should be, right?"

"Because this is a work left over from your Chen period, I used this stage name that is meaningful to everyone." Sulli was a little speechless, "I'm not stupid, I know which statement is the safest."

"Okay, that's it."

Chen Chen nodded in agreement.

After Shirley tapped a few times on the computer, she replied to Chen Chen.

"It's done!"

"What did you mean?!" Chen Chen was dumbfounded by her shamelessness. "Didn't you clearly not do anything?!"

"Of course I don't need to do such trivial things. I have summarized what needs to be done and sent it to your assistant." Shirley was shameless to the end, "Let them gain more experience. I am doing them a favor."

"These two girls are a bit busy lately." Chen Chenduo reminded, "If you have any conscience, don't assign too much work to them recently."

"I know. They went to MODHAUS to become official trainees." Shirley narrowed her eyes. "They must have discussed it privately and made such a courageous decision."

"But I still hope they have the perseverance to keep working hard."

"Come to think of it," Shirley looked at Chen Chen, "tell me your thoughts again, do you hope they can debut or fail?"

"It's all right. I can accept it." Chen Chen smacked his lips. "Tsk, but from a purely profit perspective, failure in debuting should be the best scenario for us."

"MODHAUS's way of creating a group is unique. From the moment you participate in the audition, you can already be considered to have made your debut."

"Letting them participate but not ranking high allows them to enjoy the feeling of debuting without having to work like an artist. The large amount of time saved can be used to shine in their own positions."

"But, MODHAUS has come up with this new model to eliminate fraud. If we want to control the rankings, let's not talk about whether we can do it in the end. In the process of doing so, we will have to invest a lot of energy and resources, and the result will most likely be more loss than gain."

"No, the result will definitely be more trouble than gain!" Chen Chen corrected himself, "Zheng Bingji resolutely joined the C headquarters just for this purpose. Our desire to manipulate the rankings is tantamount to going to war with him. We may lose the true love of this producer."

"And now KakaoM is also involved. If we mess around, KakaoM will be unhappy too."

"Combining the above factors and looking at it from a realistic perspective," Chen Chen concluded, "it would be better to let them go. If they can really become core figures, it would be a good story."

"Do we have to do such a complicated analysis of the interests of all parties?" Shirley complained, "Don't you, President Chen, have a simple opinion as Mr. Chen?!"

"Yes, this beautiful lady, yes." Chen Chen's expression changed instantly, "As a simple Chen, I hope that the two of them can debut!"

"What? They are important assistants to the president of C headquarters. What? Their work is very important. What? If they have to do both, they may not do well in either."

"I don't even consider this kind of thing!" Chen Chen gave himself a thumbs up. "I just know that having two super beautiful idols as my closest assistants is really an honor!"

"Okay, it sounds rough, but it's finally human." Shirley complained: "Sometimes I thought you, Chen Chen, were some kind of profit-calculating machine!"

"The company needs me everywhere, but I don't have that much time. I can only strive for the greatest benefit in everything to lay the most solid foundation for everyone in the future!" Chen Chen made a great wish, "It would be best if I could keep losing for 20 years!"

"Twenty years is a bit too much. With the speed at which entertainment companies are losing money now, if the speed is really accelerated, it will all be over in five years." Shirley helped Chen Chen describe another future. "Idols' contracts expired one by one, actors chose to leave, employees ran away, and partners who had a good relationship with us chose to betray us because they were no longer valuable to each other. In the end, the company was gone, and the white land was really clean."

"Alright, stop talking about this. This is a bit too tragic." Chen Chen changed the subject. "I saw in your report that the film investment was all settled. Did you encounter any problems in the process?"

"Others asked us for help, so the whole process went smoothly." Shirley replied: "The investment in "Smuggling" went smoothly because they lacked everything except the production team."

"He, you can imagine this." Chen Chen snorted, "Originally, the filming of 'Smuggling' should have started for a month or two, but it didn't even start. The troubles must have been all-round!"

"You know, with film production, everyone is willing to push it forward if they can get it going! If it can't be pushed forward, then we are in big trouble."

"But it's also good. At least it gives us the opportunity to participate in the C headquarters." Chen Chen wanted to laugh as he spoke. "Big directors like Liu Chengwan who are good at making commercial films can just invest without thinking. Ninety-nine percent of the time, you won't lose money! You can gain both fame and fortune!"

"What if there is a very bad possibility?" Shirley asked, "Will it be terrible?"

"If you keep talking like that, we won't be able to have a good conversation today." Chen Chen said dissatisfiedly, "How can we just talk about accidents?"

"Hey, it's my fault. Let's move on to the next one." Shirley continued, "The filming of Concrete Utopia is nearing completion. Most of the funding needs are for post-production work, which is not very friendly to us investors." "In other words, all they can give us is dividends after the release." Chen Chen didn't get too entangled. "That's fine. Just think of it as building good relationships with everyone here. We can invest in this situation. These people will definitely give us priority when they want to attract investment in the future."

"It's possible that you'll take advantage of me." Shirley rolled her eyes, "Next time I ask you to invest, I'll give you even less of the benefits!"

Of course it is impossible to invest in a movie just for the box office dividends. If you do that you will earn too little or even lose money. Only by getting involved in the movie can you guarantee 100% profit.

Of course, this does not mean to influence the plot by adding private goods or inserting connections into the plot, but rather refers to copyright, advertising, derivative products and so on.

Especially for South Korean local films, more attention should be paid to revenue other than box office revenue. The South Korean market is small, so no matter how good the box office revenue is, it is relatively average.

But if you can get the copyright and sell it overseas, the income will increase immediately.

Similarly, there may be advertisers overseas who want to advertise through movies, and the generosity of these people is often beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Therefore, in principle, Chen Chen generally does not invest in movies like "Concrete Utopia" that only pay box office dividends. If Shirley chooses to invest, she has to talk to Chen Chen in a nice tone.

"We'll talk about that kind of thing when we encounter it later." Chen Chen waved his hand to end the topic and asked, "Anything else?"

"I don't have any left here, what about you?" Shirley handed the question back to Chen Chen.

"I have reached an agreement with Netflix on Dark Glory. I will send you a copy of the document later as a sync." Chen Chen briefly said, "In addition, I have received a new film investment invitation. I would like to discuss with you whether C headquarters should participate in it."

"Let's talk about the movie." Shirley jumped directly to the second question. "I'll look into the TV series later. It's something you've already decided on anyway."

"You should read the script first."

Chen Chen handed the typed script to Shirley.

"..."

Shirley frowned and took a quick look, then asked in confusion, "What's wrong? What are you worried about?"

"Isn't there anything in it that C Headquarters, a Chinese company, needs to worry about? Why do I feel like it's all of them?" Chen Chen said with a wry smile, "To be honest, I was stunned when I received the invitation. I never thought that such a movie would lack investment, let alone that the investment would be drawn to me."

The movie is excellent, but unfortunately the content is a bit sensitive to Chen Chen because it is "Seoul Spring".

"How should I put it?" Shirley hesitated and gestured to Chen Chen with her hands and mouth. "The creative environment in South Korea is very relaxed. This kind of movie is actually a normal movie in this environment. Just treat it as a normal situation."

"I know. I have been in this circle for a long time. How could I not know this?" Chen Chen said.

"What are you asking?" Shirley was suddenly a little depressed. "You know everything, why are you asking? Is this fun?!"

"I'm seeking comfort," Chen Chen said honestly. "I know there's no problem investing in it, but I also know that I'll always feel pressured. After all, this movie is about a major political event in another country, and I'm a foreigner doing business in this country."

"Ah," Shirley couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "To be honest, I think you're being a little hypocritical."

"..."

In the end, after being scolded, Chen Chen obediently clicked the "Agree" button.

It is impossible not to invest. If they don’t even plan to invest in “Seoul Spring”, then C Headquarters should simply not develop in the film industry in the future.

It's not easy to come across a movie that has all the achievements, popularity, topicality and box office. If you miss it, you'll be so upset.

……

I have to say, I felt quite comfortable after being scolded by Shirley. At least I felt a lot more relaxed.

"Ah, biased Oppa!"

When he went out, he happened to run into Zhang Yuanying who was going to the practice room. The little girl's cry attracted Chen Chen over.

"What?" Chen Chen stepped forward and rudely tore at her soft little face, "What did Oppa do to deserve being told that?!"

"Wow~ Didn't you say that no one cares..." Zhang Yuanying's words were not very clear but her meaning was very clear, "Wow. Why did you secretly give songs to the Junior Sisters Group?"

"Ah, this." Chen Chen let go of his hand awkwardly, and said guiltily: "Isn't your junior sister in trouble? If you met a Bigbang like this, I would definitely not stand idly by."

This is really a shameless statement. It is not easy to come across Bigbang returning as a complete group after four years and with some members leaving the group. I am afraid that such a scene will not appear for many years in the future, and even something similar will be difficult.

“Really? Never mind, we’ll talk about it when we meet him!” Zhang Yuanying tilted her head and said excitedly, “But Oppa has used a stage name for the first time in a long time. When we saw Chen, we immediately guessed it was Oppa!”

"Why?" Chen Chen asked curiously, "How did you guess it?"

"It's not really a guess." Zhang Yuanying smiled happily, "Because apart from Oppa, no one in C headquarters dares to use this stage name!"

"..."

What the hell is this?! Chen Chen was instantly struck by lightning and became burnt on the outside and tender on the inside!

"Is this considered a guess?!" Chen Chen pulled Yuan Ying's face again, "Didn't you confirm it was me the moment you saw me?!"

"Is there a difference?"

Yuanying is innocent.

Yeah, is there a difference?
Chen Chen had no choice but to let go. It seemed a bit foolish of him to compete with such a fool.

...(End of chapter)