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Chapter 313 Spreading Rumors is No Good (Please Subscribe and Vote!)
Monday morning, in a meeting room at JYP.

A dozen or so people, including Chen Yan, were seated on either side of the conference table. The attendees included President Park Jin-young, key personnel from various departments of JYP, and Chen Yan himself.

The meeting's theme was the star music producer project that Park Jin-young had previously proposed to Chen Yan.

"let's start."

With Park Jin-young's order, the meeting officially began.

During this period, the publicity department and public relations department, as the main departments responsible for this project, came up with a series of plans.

The general content is to publicly disclose Chen Yan's photo, education, and other basic personal information on the company's official website.

At the same time, people were arranged among the fan groups of various artists who had worked with Chen Yan to further increase the popularity and discussion surrounding Chen Yan himself.

Once the hype reaches a certain level, the company's artists will then be brought in to promote the event publicly on social media, thus pushing the hype to its peak.

Chen Yan himself created a public social media account to promptly convert this buzz into actual followers.

Chen Yan could accept most of their proposed solutions, except for one.

The public relations department suggested that they could quickly generate public attention and discussion by having Chen Yan and Bae Suzy, a female artist under the company, become romantically involved.

After hearing the proposal, Chen Yan decisively rejected it.

Although creating buzz and hype through scandals is the quickest and most effective method, it is also the most commonly used method by entertainment companies.

However, he sees himself primarily as a music producer, not an artist, and he feels that the scandal would further blur the lines between the two roles, which he considers inappropriate.

Moreover, when it comes to rumors, the feelings of both parties must be taken into account, and it's still uncertain whether Bae Suzy is willing to accept them.

Although Chen Yan knew that Bae Suzy would most likely agree to this because of the company's requirements and their close relationship, he still felt somewhat awkward no matter how he thought about it.

Most importantly, if he really gets a rumored relationship with Bae Suzy, the three women in his family will definitely be unhappy.

They were unhappy, and that made him feel bad too.

Even with prior notice, Chen Yan felt that it was possible he wouldn't be able to sleep with anyone for a month.

Therefore, for him, the hype surrounding the scandal is definitely more harmful than beneficial.

When Chen Yan objected, Park Jin-young simply smiled at him, then turned to the head of the public relations department and said, "Since Xiao Yan doesn't want to, let's delete this message."

"Okay, President."

The public relations manager nodded in agreement, but his eyes secretly glanced at Chen Yan, who was sitting at the head of the table to the left of Park Jin-young.

It seems the president values ​​this young man even more than I thought. I'll have to be more careful in the future and not turn a blind eye like I did with previous celebrity PR dealings.

Park Jin-young withdrew his gaze, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Chen Yan, asking:

"Xiao Yan, do you currently have any projects that are collaborations with other companies?"

Chen Yan nodded: "Yes, there is a collaboration with Apink from Acube for a title track, EXO from SM Entertainment for a track, and f(x) for a title track. I will also be involved in the planning of their new album."

"Oh?"

Park Jin-young's eyes flashed with surprise upon hearing this, and his gaze toward Chen Yan became even gentler.

I never expected that while I was busy preparing for the company's IPO and hadn't paid much attention to Chen Yan, this young man had already achieved quite a lot.

It seems my plan to become a star music producer was the right one.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "Looks like I need to contact those companies and get them to lend a hand, otherwise we'll just be taken advantage of for nothing."

Especially SM.

They've already taken three songs from Chen Yan. By the time EXO and f(x) make their comeback and release albums, Chen Yan's popularity will have already skyrocketed thanks to the company's management.

He didn't think SM would miss out on riding this wave of popularity; that company is really good at doing it.

After a moment's thought, Park Jin-young looked up at Chen Yan and smiled, "Leave this matter to me. I will communicate with those companies and make sure you don't suffer any losses, Xiao Yan."

"Okay, thank you, PDnim." The meeting ended after more than an hour, and Chen Yan was pulled into Park Jin-young's office for a chat for a while.

Basically, we fed him some chicken soup and flatbread to increase his sense of identification with and belonging to the company.

Although most of it is just empty talk, it's not entirely devoid of any substance.

For example, when Park Jin-young asked Chen Yan if he was interested in JYP shares, he offered Chen Yan some share allocations at a discounted internal price.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan's eyes lit up; this was indeed what he wanted.

He wasn't too surprised that Park Jin-young brought this up.

With the star producer program underway, Park Jin-young will definitely try to further strengthen the bond between him and the company.

Otherwise, if JYP invests resources and the plan succeeds, but Chen Yan simply leaves to work for another company or goes solo, wouldn't JYP suffer a huge loss?

What is the simplest and most effective way to strengthen the bond and increase employees' sense of belonging to the company?
It means giving employees shares, turning them into company shareholders.

After discussing the share subscription in detail, Chen Yan walked out of Park Jin-young's office with a smile a moment later.

He's taken another step forward on his path to becoming a de facto shareholder of JYP.

I went back to my workstation and pondered the OST for a while before it was lunchtime.

After getting up, he went to the cafeteria with Choi Minhyuk and the others for lunch, and then returned to his workstation to rest for a while.

Seeing that it was almost time, Chen Yan got up and left his workstation, walked to the outside of the company building, got into his car, and drove towards SM Entertainment.

He has a pre-event meeting at SM Entertainment this afternoon regarding f(x)'s second full-length album.

Upon arriving at SM Entertainment, Chen Yan followed the female assistant from the music department to the door of a conference room.

Pushing open the door, I found several people already in the conference room, including Director Lin from the music department.

Upon seeing him arrive, Director Lin smiled, stood up to greet him, and then introduced him to the other people in the conference room.

These people are music producers and composers from SM Entertainment. According to Director Lim, this is a production team assembled by the company to plan and produce f(x)'s second full-length album.

Chen Yan greeted each of them, thus becoming acquainted, and then sat down next to Director Lin, chatting idly while waiting.

A few minutes later, the conference room door was pushed open again, and a woman dressed in a professional suit with a capable demeanor walked in.

Everyone in the conference room stood up to greet her upon seeing her.

Chen Yan also knew this woman.

Min Hee-jin, Creative Director at SM Entertainment.

She is also one of the creators of f(x)'s core concept of "experimental girl group".

Chen Yan and Min Xizhen shook hands and got to know each other after being introduced by Director Lin.

The two didn't exchange many pleasantries afterward. Min Hee-jin sat down in the main seat and began to chair the meeting, demonstrating her decisive and efficient style.

The main purpose of this meeting was to allow the members of the production team to get to know each other and facilitate the work to come.

The members of f(x) will also attend the next formal meeting.

The meeting defined the responsibilities of each team member. As Chen Yan had mentioned before, he was in a role similar to an advisor, and he was also responsible for the production of the title track, "First Wisdom Tooth".

The brief meeting ended after half an hour.

After saying goodbye to Director Lin, Chen Yan prepared to return to JYP. The elevator descended to the first floor and the doors slowly opened.

I looked up and met the gaze of the figure outside.

A hint of surprise flashed across her cold, beautiful eyes.

"Xiaoyan?!"

(End of this chapter)