star of the peninsula

Chapter 1070: Noble, Integrity and Kindness
"Why is it that the air pressure here has turned negative while I was cooking? Did something bad happen?"

Bae Joo-hyun came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron, then took off her apron and came to her boyfriend.

"No." Chen Chen rubbed his temple and rubbed his face, "I just suddenly found myself a little stressed. I'm afraid it will cost a lot to resolve this matter decently."

"Let's eat first, and think about it after dinner." Pei Zhuxuan put Chen Chen's hand on her leg, "Your brain is also fast, President Hong hasn't responded to you yet and you're already thinking about how to operate. What if he makes the worst choice?"

"That's true." Chen Chen licked his lips, "But I don't think Boss Hong is that stupid."

"No matter what, let's eat first. Eating is the most important thing." Pei Zhuxuan acted coquettishly towards Chen Chen, "Come on, come on, I'm hungry too."

"Hahaha, okay, let's eat!"

Chen Chen calmed himself down and went to the dining table with his girlfriend.

"Speaking of which, the production team of 'You Reap What You Sow' sent us some new kimchi." Pei Zhuxuan served food to Chen Chen first, "You didn't refuse it, you obviously couldn't finish it."

"It's no use refusing. They will put the goods at your door first and then notify you." Chen Chen stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth and said with a smile: "This is the only way the program team and the guests can please me. I am embarrassed to cut off this channel."

"Wow~ Is this considered a technique to control subordinates?" Pei Zhuxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Do you have any other tricks like this? It sounds quite interesting, tell me about them!"

"Nothing." Chen Chen thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything that could be used as an example. "Actually, this kind of behavior will naturally occur when it comes to specific things. I didn't do anything deliberately, but I suddenly understood something as I grew older and gained more experience."

"Haha, I feel the same way." Bae Joo Hyun stretched out the storyline in one sentence, "That was when I first started as a trainee. I had to get familiar with the environment, get to know my companions, and receive an education I had never received before. At that time, my mind was confused, and even my body was confused."

“I always fail to master what I want to practice, and the movements I make are always stiff. Even if I force myself to learn a certain set of movements, I will still feel frustrated the next day because I know very well that I have not learned the knowledge but only memorized the content.”

"Then suddenly one day I got it! I'm not kidding, it really felt like I got it."

“I realized what I was practicing by doing this action, and what I was preparing to deal with by learning this course. After grasping this context, practice began to become simple.”

"With positive feedback every day, I entered a state where the more I practiced, the happier I was. I felt very motivated, and then I became Irene today."

"Hey, do you think this is enlightenment?" Pei Zhuxuan asked with a smile: "Does this count as suddenly understanding something you said?"

"Of course I do." Chen Chen replied, "There will be such moments in life, study, and entertainment."

“Will there be entertainment as well?”

Bae Joo-hyun had a little doubt.

"Yes, for example, someone who doesn't dare to open the microphone in a KTV suddenly becomes a good singer, and there are also examples of people who are not very good at games becoming world champions after they get the hang of it." Chen Chen gave a positive answer, "It all happens."

"But you just hid a key point."

"When you progress to a certain level as a trainee, you will hit a bottleneck. You have to break it before you can move on."

"how did you do it?"

Chen Chen was slightly curious.

"Hold on." Pei Zhuxuan's answer seemed to make Chen Chen see the determined figure of the trainee at that time. "If the brain is not enough, let the body remember. If the body remembers things that cannot be understood now, it will be understood one day. But if you can't remember it, it's over, and you will fall far behind others."

"..."

"You are really born to be an idol. You are very hard on yourself." Chen Chen gave her a thumbs up. "The entertainment industry still needs talents like you!"

"So do you like this kind of person?"

Pei Zhuxuan asked suddenly.

"If they are doing the right thing, no one will dislike such a person." Chen Chen smiled, "There are many people who cannot do this themselves, so when they see others do it, they will be happy for them, and I am that kind of person."

Although it feels a bit like pinning your dreams on others, this kind of thing is really common in reality.

"Then you are still a good person." Pei Zhuxuan accepted Chen Chen's answer and responded with a compliment, "In reality, there are many people who start to slander others when they find that they can't do something, as if the success of others has caused their current misfortune."

"Yes, there are people like this. Okay, okay, the topic at the table today is a bit too heavy!" Chen Chen hurriedly took a few bites of food from his bowl and ate it vigorously, changing the subject, "Do you have a chance to win next week?"

"I think so. The fans really work hard and make our statistics very good." Bae Joo Hyun replied: "And the opponents are not the kind that are completely unbeatable."

"Then let the company also put in some effort to promote it." Chen Chen reminded him, "Next week or the week after, our girls will be back."

"Okay, I'll go back and synchronize this information with our company."

Bae Joo-hyun nodded and agreed.

She didn't think it was an offensive remark, Integrate would have no rivals this time around.

Not to mention that we are a small team, if a large team collides with them, the result will be a bloody collision.

No matter how bad the album is or how terrible the performance is, people will still rank Integrate as the number one.

This is a reward for the good things the girls have done for everyone during the epidemic, and it is also a way for everyone to express their gratitude to C headquarters.

Who in the South Korean metropolitan area has not received masks sent by C headquarters? It is normal to contribute when it is time to contribute.

"How much do you think the album will sell?" Pei Zhuxuan asked, "The epidemic has a great impact on the economy. The number of people buying albums should be much less."

"Love it as much as you want. The album doesn't make any money anyway." Chen Chen couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. "I'm now desensitized to data. It only has less than 20% of its value in my heart."

The sales of Shorty and Blackpink soared. Overnight, the sales of girl idol groups entered another era, and the numbers became extremely large and impressive.

Others might have believed it, but Chen Chen's C headquarters was an important album sales channel. He knew exactly how much water there was in these numbers and there was no way he could tell.

"Hahaha, you are still stimulated by the numbers." Pei Zhuxuan couldn't hold back her inner thoughts and asked with a sly smile: "Does Integrate want to increase the numbers as well? Does my noble, upright, and kind boyfriend want to do some water injection?"

"You're such a complimenter." Chen Chen rolled his eyes and made a face, his voice deliberately sounding like a robot, "Your dear boyfriend has nothing to do with the three excellent qualities of being noble, honest, and kind!"

"But I won't add water." Chen Chen's reason was so simple that it seemed pale. "I have to pay for the water I added, and I don't want to pay for it. Everyone knows how much work it takes to cover up a lie. I'm lazy, and I don't want to waste that effort."

"Well done!" Bae Joo Hyun gave a thumbs up, "You are indeed my noble, upright and kind boyfriend!" "Tsk."

Chen Chen snorted. Women who are obsessed with love are so cute.

……

After dinner, Chen Chen's mind seemed to open up. He had almost found a way to help Boss Hong break the impasse. Now he just had to wait for Boss Hong to click the "Agree" button so that the two sides could be bound together.

"You mean to exchange the signing of Integrate for the support of Universal Music?"

"It's possible that Universal Studios would come here just for you."

The operation is very simple, so simple that even Bae Joo-hyun can understand it.

Universal holds more than 10 points of shares in Cube Entertainment, making it a major shareholder with a say, and its words carry particular weight.

It is no exaggeration to say that although Chen Chen and Universal both hold ten points of shares, the weight of Universal's words is at least three times that of Chen Chen's. This is the value of a world-class enterprise.

Not saying five times is giving Chen Chen some face, and also giving C headquarters, the South Korean local boss, some face, otherwise it would really have to be five times higher.

By winning over such a giant to stand on their side, Chen Chen's camp can do almost whatever they want, and iHQ cannot make any decent resistance.

Of course, it can ignore Universal Music and continue to do what it wants, but this will cause iHQ to lose a lot of money. It is possible that what it earns in the end will not be as much as what it loses in the process. This is something iHQ absolutely does not want to see.

Therefore, Chen Chen guessed that iHQ would be patient and choose an appropriate time to take action.

After all, there is only one chance to invite Universal Music to come and speak, and even Chen Chen can't do it a second time.

"But if you sign a contract with Universal Music, they will definitely force you to take action. They won't force C headquarters, but you personally." Pei Zhuxuan looked at Chen Chen with a little worry, "Are you sure you can fulfill their requirements?"

"Don't be nervous about this. I anticipated this when I thought of Universal Music." Chen Chen showed off his unrestrained attitude. "Although I didn't make any preparations, it's not difficult to come up with something to shut Universal up."

"How abominable!" Pei Zhuxuan gnashed her teeth when she saw him like this, "Geniuses like you should go live in another dimension. It's so annoying to stay here!"

"Okay, I don't want to be a genius either." Chen Chen lowered his head and kissed his girlfriend on the forehead, "I prefer to be your noble, upright and kind boyfriend."

"Bah!" Pei Zhuxuan's face turned red faster than turning the pages of a book, "What has you got to do with being noble, honest and kind, you annoying bastard?!"

……

……

With countermeasures, Chen Chen met with President Hong of Cube Entertainment at C headquarters.

"You are such a great assistant, but why is there no news from outside? Logically speaking, this kind of news cannot be hidden!"

Hong Seung-seong looked well prepared and relaxed, even having the time to chat about Park Ji-yeon whom he had just seen.

"It's fine if the news doesn't leak out." Chen Chen snorted, "After Zhiyan got here, she became the boss of many people. Some of the employees who were left behind didn't dare to be the leakers because I warned them."

"We still have to use thunderous means to control people's hearts. It is much more effective than appeasement." At this point, Hong Shengcheng took a deep breath, "President Chen, I'm here with a new offer."

"..."

Chen Chen didn't reply, but looked into Hong Shengcheng's eyes and made a "please" gesture.

"Seven points of Cube Entertainment shares plus three points of Starship shares, I'll give you ten points."

"In addition, I will give you the soy sauce bottle shares I got earlier as a gift for free. I hope you will stand by my side."

"..."

Hong Shengcheng was so magnanimous that even Chen Chen was stunned for a moment.

"I can imagine that we can get ten points, but the soy sauce bottle shares as an extra is a bit beyond my expectation." Chen Chen commented honestly on his offer, "Deal, C headquarters will take advantage of you, President Hong, this time."

"The main thing is that if you want to help me, you have to do a lot of other things, so I have to consider this." Hong Shengcheng felt relieved for two seconds after seeing Chen Chen agreed, and then smiled bitterly, "If you want to win, you have to get Universal Music in. Only you can do this, I can't."

"Then there are the ten small shareholders scattered all over the place. You will also need to help integrate them into our camp."

"A few years ago, I, Hong, could have called these small shareholders to come and go at will, but now it's not possible. Now they don't recognize me, so I have no choice but to ask you to take action."

"Universal Music plus the integration of small shareholders, plus you will ensure my victory, I think the value of this hard work fee must be compensated by the small amount of soy sauce bottle shares." Hong Shengcheng said honestly and realistically, "I can't offend you again, and I must not lose you as an ally."

"..."

Chen Chen did not feel pity for President Hong in front of him. He only saw how much this middle-aged man loved Cube Entertainment, which he had built up.

Of course, it can also be understood as obsession and a desire for control. It was only because Chen Chen didn't think anyone could lead Cube Entertainment better than Boss Hong that he gave a positive evaluation.

"I always think that Cube Entertainment will be better under the leadership of Boss Hong, so I will do my best to help you win." Chen Chen did not hide his feelings at this point. "Even if C headquarters eventually replaces iHQ, I will definitely not treat Cube Entertainment and Boss Hong the same way as iHQ."

"I know." Hong Shengcheng looked at Chen Chen deeply, "I came here because I know and accept this."

"I knew your purpose for joining Cube Entertainment from the beginning, but I couldn't refuse you because I needed help."

"Everyone knows what the result will be when a tiger joins a flock of sheep, but this matter has never had anything to do with the flock of sheep. It's not that you want to refuse the tiger and it won't eat you."

"Oh, actually I didn't understand it before." Hong Shengcheng spread his hands pretending to be carefree, "It's just the same situation as the Golden Era, it's not bad."

"..."

Chen Chen was speechless again. He didn't know how to comfort this middle-aged man. He only knew that from now on, CUBE's C would gradually become the C of C headquarters.

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(End of this chapter)