star of the peninsula

"Come to think of it, your girls didn't participate in MMA directly, right?"

Li Zhien went to C headquarters to drink milk tea when she was free and mentioned this matter inadvertently.

"Well, we didn't receive an invitation, and the organizers didn't prepare any awards for us." Chen Chen just smiled, "It's understandable. After all, all the awards are decided by Melon himself."

"What's the relationship between the two?"

Li Zhien didn't react at first.

"I offended KakaoM so badly, it's normal for melon to help me vent my anger as a fellow student." Chen Chen took a sip of IU's milk tea, "Also, I can understand their thoughts. Everyone thinks melon won't treat us fairly. Even if it tries to be fair, people will still doubt it. So why not just ignore fairness and vent your anger directly? Otherwise, at least we can get one of the awards that were voted for."

"If you put it that way, then I can understand." Li Zhien nodded blankly, "Will you participate next year?"

"Yes, Melon will beg us to participate." Chen Chen said firmly: "If Integrate fails to win the award next year, there will be no need to hold MMA in the future, because no one will believe in the value of this award."

"Are you so confident?" Li Zhien asked in surprise.

"That's right." Chen Chen looked calm, "I'm so confident!"

"That's great. I really envy the girls for having a company like C Headquarters." Li Zhien acted very deliberately, "It would be great if my company could be like this."

But Chen Chen still didn't understand what Lee Ji-eun wanted to express, and just looked at her in confusion.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Chen asked with concern, "KakaoM has been treating you badly recently?"

"I am no longer an artist of KakaoM!" Li Zhien had no choice but to point out the truth, "Now my company is called EDAM!"

"Ha, I was wondering why you came here, it turns out you wanted to show off to me that you have a new company." Chen Chen suddenly realized and hurried over to hug her, "Congratulations, I wish you better development in your new company!"

"No gift?" Li Zhien blinked, "It should be a housewarming gift anyway, give me one!"

"You're trying to rob me!" Chen Chen pulled up her soft face and rubbed it hard, "But I can still give you one. Tell me, what do you want?"

"I want a movie!" Lee Ji-eun asked loudly.

"You're hitting on the rich!" Chen Chen said unhappily, "Movies are not that simple. If I could give it to you for free, I would have given it to you long ago!"

"But doesn't Suzy have one?" Lee Ji-eun said aggrievedly, "I should be able to do it too, right?"

"You have the qualifications, but I don't." Chen Chen smiled bitterly and said, "You are a big star who can make movies, but I don't have any good movies at the moment. It's not something that will always appear."

"Then you owe me one!"

Li Zhien jumped up from the sofa.

"You're here to beg for mercy, right?!" Chen Chen couldn't help but pinch her hard, "Was you so shameless before?"

"You didn't have it before, but you definitely have it now." Li Zhien took out a document from somewhere on her body, "Here, this is what the company asked me to bring you."

"What the hell?"

Chen Chen didn't dare to answer it.

It must be a bit difficult to ask for the file of a movie!
"EDAM is willing to sell a portion of its shares to C headquarters." Li Zhien raised her eyebrows proudly at Chen Chen, "How about it, is this worth a movie?"

"It's worth it!" Chen Chen took a deep breath, "It's worth it no matter when."

EDAM's shares are more than just shares, they are the ownership of IU. Every point you get is equivalent to collecting a piece of IU fragments, and when you collect them all, you can exchange them for a complete character!
"But I don't want it." Chen Chen pushed the document back. "No matter how many shares it is, I don't want it!"

"Why?" Li Zhien asked puzzled.

"KakaoM has 40 shares of EDAM, and I don't want to show any more competition to KakaoM for the time being." Chen Chen shook his head. "The cause and effect of my taking the starship away last time has not been resolved yet. It's not a good thing to open up a new battlefield."

"It's true that the capital behind C headquarters is much stronger than KakaoM, but this is South Korea after all, and it's really hard for a strong dragon to overwhelm a local snake." "So," Chen Chen touched his chin, "I'm not sure whether your company gave me these shares out of kindness."

"It's kind."

Li Zhien sat back on the sofa dissatisfied.

"How do you know?" Chen Chen still expressed doubt. "The boss of the company, the agent you have been working with for a long time, has always been a member of KakaoM. It's hard to say."

"Because I was the one who said a lot of good things about you to the company and asked them to give you the shares!" Li Zhien was already mumbling over there, "You stinky man! You took my kindness for granted! Do you know how much effort I put in?!"

Chen Chen suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth, and his originally flexible lips now seemed to be frozen and he couldn't utter a word.

How come this girl always gives such big gifts, and is this really something she can do?

Well, it's true, she is IU, of course she can have a say in the company's decisions!

Hug him and comfort him first, he must be feeling very wronged now!

"I'll buy it and give it to you." Chen Chen came up with a perfect idea in a panic. "This way, we won't be competing with KakaoM again, and I can accept your kindness. After all, the shares are the same in your hands as in mine, right?"

“It’s very expensive.”

Li Zhien still felt aggrieved and her lips pursed when she spoke.

"How can a company with only you as an artist be that expensive?" Chen Chen opened the document and pointed at the price and said, "Look, it's only this much. I can buy it with my pocket money."

"Then you really have a lot of pocket money." Li Zhien was amused, "If you save up your pocket money for a few years, you can buy me."

"KakaoM isn't for sale. If they were selling it, I would have bought it long ago without even thinking about it!" Chen Chen acted very exaggeratedly. "I'll buy it even if I have to sell everything I have. At worst, I can just sell Integrate!"

Li Zhien laughed and teased, "Are you really willing to do that?"

"Whether you are reluctant or not, just sell it first." Chen Chen said stubbornly.

"But haven't you already sold them to Starship? Do you want to sell them again?" Lee Ji-eun smiled and hit Chen Chen.

"Hey~ Don't talk nonsense, the starship is also mine!" Chen Chen corrected her wrong statement, "I just sold it from my left hand to my right hand!"

"Come on, you definitely won't be willing to sell them. And they'll soon make more money than me, so keeping them is the right thing to do." Lee Ji-eun regained her composure, "In fact, the company agreed to sell the shares to you for its own reasons, one of which is to be able to better develop business cooperation with the C headquarters."

"On the other hand, they think that since you have defeated KakaoM, maybe you can win again and liberate yourself," Lee Ji-eun added.

"Hey~ I knew that none of the bosses of these South Korean entertainment companies would stay content." Chen Chen was a little surprised, but he could also express his understanding. "But it's really surprising that even the direct descendants of KakaoM think so."

"Who doesn't want freedom?" Li Zhien sighed, "At least under you, there is still a possibility of gaining freedom. For example, after Starship completes its contract with you, President Kim has a good chance of becoming the largest shareholder. Isn't that freedom? But this kind of thing is impossible to happen at KakaoM."

"And now the starship is free in everyone's eyes, because C headquarters does not control what the starship does at all."

"The company didn't say that it must have your help. It's just that after my lobbying, it is willing to exchange shares for a little hope."

"Since we are going to hand over the shares anyway, it would be better to hand them over to the C headquarters!" Li Zhien patted Chen Chen's shoulder vigorously, "Don't you think so?!"

"Yes, that's right." Chen Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then how dare you ask me for a movie?"

"Did I ask for it? No." Li Zhien rolled her eyes and pretended to be stupid, "When did you hear such unreliable words? If it's hallucination, let's go to the hospital immediately, this is serious!"

"I really won't give you the movie." Chen Chen suddenly put his arm around Li Zhien's waist gently, "I really don't have it now. But the shares are yours, I can give them to you."

"I don't really want it." Li Zhien's face was full of happiness, "And I made you spend money on me, how embarrassing."

...(End of chapter)