star of the peninsula

"How are your preparations for your return going?"

Since they had foreseen it, they just chatted for a while. Chen Chen and Zhang Yuanying stood leaning against the railing.

"We're well prepared. Apart from our debut song, we're in good shape for this comeback," Zhang Yuanying replied.

"Because you've had enough rest, right?" Chen Chen couldn't help laughing, "It seems like you haven't had such a long rest since your debut. It's been almost half a year."

"It's just that I haven't returned to this very tiring job, so I can't really say I'm resting." Zhang Yuanying said clearly, "But as an artist, you have to be busy to be considered an artist. It's not good to be too idle."

"It depends on what you are busy with. If you are just busy, it is very easy." Chen Chen sighed: "Doing YouTube and live streaming is also a thing, but no one can call it what idols should do, right? It's okay once or twice, but doing it all the time is too deadly."

YouTube has completely become a career recognized by South Koreans during the epidemic, and it has become a part of the formula for artists to open YouTube channels.

Especially for those artists whose own development is relatively poor, YouTube gives them a good opportunity. If they can do well on YouTube, the artists will also enjoy bonuses.

"Does Yuanying have any idea of ​​opening a YouTube channel?" Chen Chen suddenly asked.

"Me?" Zhang Yuanying shook her head like a drum. "I can't do it. I don't even know what to say to the audience!"

"Of course, I don't want you to do it full-time. Just update it once in a while." Chen Chen said with a smile, "Chat with fans about your daily life, summarize what happened to you recently, and you can also post dance and cover songs."

"The most important thing is," Chen Chen showed his fox tail, "you can run a small advertisement or something. I think your fans must want to know what brand or even what type of cosmetics such a beautiful Yuanying uses, and how she usually arranges her outfits."

"Of course, the frequency of advertising cannot be too high. Once a month or even once every two months will be fine."

"After all, you are still an active idol. If you do it too frequently, you'll look like an internet celebrity, and it will also make us at C headquarters look petty and mean."

"Anyway, just treat it as a platform to communicate with fans, and occasionally advertise."

"It's not that difficult. If you still find it a little difficult, tell the staff what you want to accomplish and let them write the script for you."

"How about it?" Chen Chen urged, "Let's make one."

"It sounds like it's not difficult, but it seems like all the benefits have been taken away by Oppa." Zhang Yuanying pouted, "Oppa, where are my benefits?"

"Don't act like the company doesn't share in your profits. You will also enjoy the benefits, okay?" Chen Chen's face became a little serious. "Another point that I think is more important is that you can show advertisers your true ability to bring goods. I think you know how important this benefit is to every artist."

"I do know it very well, but" Zhang Yuanying hugged Chen Chen's arm and acted coquettishly, "I just don't want to do it, Oppa, it's very troublesome. Just listening to it makes me feel like I don't have to do anything for the whole afternoon. With this kind of time, I would rather get some rest."

"Okay, then let's not do it." Chen Chen agreed to her request easily. "Anyway, it's just something I came up with on the spur of the moment. No one will know about it after we finish it."

"Was it a spur-of-the-moment idea?" Zhang Yuanying opened her mouth in surprise.

"What else?" Chen Chen joked, "Do you think I'm waiting for you here? I'm just passing by!"

"Ah, it seems to be okay, it's in line with Oppa's usual style." Zhang Yuanying nodded naively.

"Okay, let's talk about something more relaxing." Chen Chen changed the topic cheerfully, "Whatever you want for your adult birthday present, Oppa can give it to you."

There are less than three months left before Xiaoyuan becomes an adult. No matter what she asks for, Chen Chen is confident that he can help her do it within three months.

Naturally, other people’s coming-of-age birthdays did not receive such treatment. Chen Chen simply gave gifts according to his own wishes and did not personally inquire about it.

After all, Madoka is the sales champion in the idol section, and it is only right that the sales champion gets special treatment.

"I want it or not, I don't want anything." Zhang Yuanying opened her mouth but finally retracted it, "Oppa didn't give other members such an opportunity, so I can't want it either."

"Well, he's a thoughtful kid, worthy of praise." Chen Chen said with a smile: "But do you really not want it? As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know."

"Oppa, you call me a kid even though you know I'm about to become an adult. What a shame!" Zhang Yuanying complained a little and replied, "Then I can't accept it! I have to tell others about the gift when I get it, otherwise it will be no different from an ordinary gift! If I am the only one who knows that it was bought for me by Oppa, then it will be no different from something I bought for myself."

"That makes sense." Chen Chen was completely convinced by her. "Then follow your idea. If you have any changes of mind, just tell me directly via phone or in person."

"Nothing will change, please believe me, Oppa." Zhang Yuanying held her face with both hands, "But thank you Oppa for doing this for me, I am already very touched."

"Okay, I won't waste your time then." Chen Chen stood up, "You go practice, I'm going to have a small meeting."

"Well, see you Oppa."

Zhang Yuanying stood there and watched Chen Chen leave, then she hummed a cheerful tune and walked towards the practice room in small steps.

……

The 58th Baeksang Arts Awards was held on May 6 in Gyeonggi Province without an offline audience.

"Thank you, President Chen, for sending us JTBC an excellent TV series like "My Runaway Diary"."

JTBC Director Lee Byung-jin also came to the scene today, and naturally had to chat with Chen Chen.

"Alas!" Chen Chen sighed in a pretentious manner, "The ratings are a complete mess! During the same period, other shows had ratings of 20 points, but for "My Runaway Diary", it's less than 10 points. It's so embarrassing!"

"Oh~ You can't say that. As a work that is more literary, it is a great result to get 10 points on JTBC!" Li Bingzhen smiled and waved his hand, "The key is that it has a good reputation, which is especially important to us. It just makes up for what we lack. I personally and the station are very grateful to you."

In order to enhance its influence, JTBC TV station has been spending a lot of money on gimmicks, which has caused the audience to become impatient and have an unclear aversion over time. However, "My Running Away Diary" presented by Chen Chen unfolded at a slow pace and brought everyone some insights into life, which greatly soothed the hearts of the audience.

It is useful, very useful. In fact, you can tell by looking at the reviews of "My Travel Diary" out there.

With such evaluations, JTBC TV station has room to improve its image.

"Then I also have to thank JTBC for sending us "The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family". Such a production lineup allows C headquarters to participate and really gives us a free ride." Chen Chen responded with a smile, and his smile was no less intense than Lee Byung-jin's.

"Speaking of 'The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family'," Li Bingzhen sat down next to Chen Chen. "Boss Chen, have you read the script? What do you think of it?"

"You, the station director, would actually care about a specific TV series?" Chen Chen joked, "The production team must feel very honored!"

"As a trump card weapon, of course I have to take a look at the manufacturing process." Li Bingzhen loosened the shackles on Chen Chen, "You don't have to care about my identity, just tell me your opinion on the script."

"I feel like the audience will feel a little uncomfortable watching the ending." Chen Chen thought about it and decided to reveal some content in a tactful way. "The basic perspective of the entire script is centered on this 'youngest son', but at the end it suddenly switches to another person. This will make the audience feel very disconnected, and they may also feel that they have been deceived."

"It's just a trivial personal opinion. Don't take it to heart."

After Chen Chen finished speaking, he also gave himself a disclaimer.

"No, you are right!" Li Bingzhen's expression suddenly became serious. "I believe I have some understanding of the audience. If the script is really like that, the audience is likely to feel uncomfortable!"

"Oh my, do we have to revise the script at this time? I don't know if it's too late!"

“Maybe the audience won’t see it that way.”

"..."

Li Bingzhen fell into a state of confusion. Seeing this, Chen Chen did not stay with him for long and let him think about it slowly by himself.

It is highly likely that the script of "The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family" will not be changed, because what Chen Chen said is only the opinion of a certain part of the audience, which does not represent the majority of the audience, and there is no actual evidence to support it.

Then there is the screenwriter's own opinion. Once the screenwriter expresses his or her thoughts, Lee Byung-jin will most likely waver again.

Between the two, the production team's opinion will definitely win in the end.

"Hey, who's that person next to you?"

Li Zhien poked Chen Chen and asked.

"That's JTBC's Director Li." Lin Yuner answered for Chen Chen, "I was lucky enough to meet him once, so I still remember his face."

"Yes, his name is Li Bingzhen, and he's a pretty good guy to me." Chen Chen added the name, and then joked, "But why are you two sitting together? Can a best actress and a new actress sit at the same table? They're not even from the same crew."

"It hasn't started yet anyway, so why don't you just sit down with people you know and chat together?" Lee Ji-eun said confidently, "If you sit down too early, what if you run out of things to talk about with the people in the same crew? Wouldn't it be awkward to have nothing to say during the live broadcast?"

"You two are very familiar with each other?" Chen Chen asked in surprise: "Why have I never heard you two talk about it?"

"It's normal for people who debuted at about the same time to be familiar with each other. At least we can get along better than the various artists we met in our work as actors later." Lin Yuner chimed in, "You haven't heard us talk about each other because we rarely have the opportunity to interact with each other at work, so there's nothing we can tell you."

"Wow~" Lin Yuner suddenly pulled Li Zhien to hide for a while as if she had suddenly encountered a flood or a beast, "Does Boss Chen want to hear about our private relationship?! This man is very dangerous!"

"Come on." Chen Chen glanced at her, "We are much more familiar with each other than you think."

"What are you talking about?!" Li Zhien rolled her eyes and started to act, "How can I be very familiar with you? Please don't talk nonsense, it will be bad for me if it gets out! If a female artist like me is very familiar with your boss Chen, then what am I, a top connection in the circle?!"

"Pfft~"

Before Lee Ji-eun finished her performance, Yoona started laughing.

"Okay, it's so funny to see well-known people in the industry pretending to be unfamiliar with each other, especially when I know these two people quite well." Lin Yuner was really laughed at. "It's not that my acting is bad, it's just that you are too tense, just like Jessica said she didn't know Krystal!"

"Ha! Does Jessica really know Krystal?" Chen Chen squinted and said, "I don't know. How about letting them appear in a show together?"

"Hey, don't say that!" Lin Yuner's eyes lit up, "Go ahead, your C headquarters must be able to bring these two people together, how about making a new show?"

"It's difficult to do. They both have important things to do." Chen Chen shook his head, "And I don't know if they will give me this face. After all, I'm not that familiar with either of them."

"Try it. What if you become a fan? They will be very grateful to you!" Lin Yuner urged, "Hurry up and try it with your face that is wider than the sea!"

"Don't do bad things to Yoona, he is such a big boss now, why would he do something so specific to the artist himself." Li Zhien came out to smooth things over, "If it really works, you may not get any credit, and you may even be scolded by some people."

"That's true. I didn't think enough." Lin Yuner shrugged. "I'm sorry, President Chen Chen."

"It's just a casual chat, no need to apologize." Chen Chen looked at the time, "It's about to start, let's take our seats."

It was another great harvest for C headquarters at the Baeksang Awards. Almost all the TV series and movies produced during this period were on the list.

But in the end, Squidward Games was more successful in winning the award, there's nothing we can do about it.

"These judges are quite knowledgeable. They nominated Squidward for Best Screenplay but didn't win it. Fair enough!"

Chen Chen was happy to see that "Squidward Floyd" did not win the Best Screenplay award because it really didn't deserve it.

Furthermore, if it gets the best script award at this time, the foreshadowing designed by Chen Chen about the poor quality of the second season's script may be in vain.

No one cares about the time, place or what the words are said about. People just summarize and refine them. Chen Chen said that the script of "Squid Game" is not good, and that the script that won the Best Screenplay Award is not good. Hahahaha!

Chen Chen wouldn't be able to bear it if this thing really appeared.

...(End of chapter)