star of the peninsula

"Congratulations to Big Hit for completing its IPO. Chairman Fang has worked hard recently."

Accompanied by a greeting as plain as boiled water, Chen Chen leisurely poured a glass of boiled water for Fang Shihe.

South Korean restaurants generally don’t have this thing, so Chen Chen specifically asked the waiter for it.

"Thank you."

Bang Si Hyuk sat down with a tired look on his face. He had gained two sizes more weight than the last time they met.

What is this, stress fat?
"Sometimes I really envy C headquarters. They don't have to go public, and they don't have to worry about those things." Bang Si Hyuk took a bite of food and put it in his mouth. "I haven't eaten all day. I'll take a couple of bites first. Don't mind."

"As you please." Chen Chen made an inviting gesture, "It just so happens that I just had dinner, so you don't have to eat with me."

These words were a bit heartbreaking, but they were not enough to affect Fang Shihe's mood for eating.

"..."

After eating for a while, Fang Shihe wiped his mouth and sat up straight, as if he had just sat down.

However, seeing such a huge body right in front of him, Chen Chen wanted to laugh no matter how he looked at it.

"Big Hit will hold its first general shareholders' meeting in a week. I hope that Mr. Chen, as a major shareholder, can honor you and attend the meeting." Bang Si Hyuk handed over the invitation respectfully. "The specific time and place are listed above."

"Can I not go?"

Chen Chen took the invitation, took a look at it, and asked with a smile.

"Theoretically, yes, but you are a major shareholder with a 5% stake after all, so it's better for you to show up." Bang Si Hyuk's face flashed with surprise, but he finally calmed down and put on a sincere face, "If you can show up at the shareholders' meeting, it will be a very good thing for Big Hit's recent stock price rise."

Fang Shihe was not hesitant. He knew that asking Chen Chen to go over would be risky because Chen Chen had always been a representative of instability.

But Chen Chen is also the God of Wealth in the industry. Wherever he is, everyone is making money.

Big Hit's instability is not limited to Chen Chen, but Chen's status as the God of Wealth is unique in the circle, so Fang Shihe has no idea how to make a choice.

"It depends. I've been quite busy lately." Chen Chen gave a very flexible answer. "If I have time, I'll go. If I don't, forget it. Speaker Fang doesn't have to take me too seriously."

"If you have time, please do me a favor." Bang Si Hyuk wanted to have a stable happiness, so he asked again, "Your presence is really important to Big Hit."

"Hey, everyone in South Korea knows that I'm an unstable factor. Why is Chairman Fang so obsessed with me, Chen?" Chen Chen glanced at him, showing a little malice, "You didn't prepare some set meal for me at the meeting and planned to treat me to a meal, did you?"

"Big Hit has just gone public, and the company needs someone like you to appear in front of the public to help win trust." Bang Si Hyuk replied slowly, "If we talk about the most influential people in the Korean entertainment industry in recent years, I'm afraid that all the people at the shareholders' meeting combined cannot compare to you. Big Hit is of course eager to invite you to appear."

"I may not be free." Chen Chen said more firmly, "I'll go when I'm free!"

"Hmm," Bang Si Hyuk thought for a moment and asked, "What are you busy with recently? Is there anything Big Hit can help with?"

Ha, he thinks that Chen Chen is making offers to him to get benefits. But that's OK, it would be a bit unreasonable for Chen Chen not to rip off the person who voluntarily sticks his head out to be ripped off.

"I have a lot of work to do recently, such as the branch of Alin Canteen, responding to netizens' requests, and paying attention to the movements of various departments at the end of the year at C headquarters." Chen Chen said a lot of things in a confused manner, and then suddenly changed his mind, "But, if Big Hit really wants to help, I am a little busy here and may be able to ask you for help."

"Please speak."

Fang Shi Hyuk took a deep breath and prepared himself to be slaughtered.

If Big Hit can pay a price to get Chen Chen to attend the shareholders' meeting, it will definitely be a profit, and he is willing to be ripped off.

"What is the relationship between Big Hit and CJ? Specifically, what is the relationship with M-net TV station?" Chen Chen asked.

"what?"

Fang Shi Hyuk was stunned for a moment.

The person who tensed all his muscles waiting for the iron fist to come was suddenly hit by a cotton fist. This kind of shock and surprise can really cause the brain to short-circuit.

"C headquarters wants to form a new girl group, but they are having some trouble selecting members, so I want to take a shortcut and just pick one from the Shorty King."

"It just so happens that they will disband in a few months. The members who leave are very suitable to lead a new group, just like IOI."

"It would be bad to contact someone in advance if you don't have any connections, so." Chen Chen said everything he had to say while Bang Si Hyuk was still confused, "Can I borrow your connections from Big Hit for a while?"

“Oh.” Bang Si Hyuk came to his senses and nodded without thinking, “Sure, Big Hit will help you with this.”

"But why doesn't C headquarters do it themselves?" Bang Si Hyuk asked from behind, "The relationship between C headquarters and CJ is also good, right?"

"Generally, it's good, so I can't speak up about this kind of thing." Chen Chen spread his hands and replied, "This matter is too small. If it involves personal relationships, C headquarters will suffer."

Unlike when the relationship is very good or bad, where one can directly make requests, when two parties have an average relationship, doing things often involves personal connections.

Contacting the members of the Dwarf King before the end of the contract is not a small matter, but it is so small compared to the size of C headquarters. If Chen Chen owes a favor here, he will definitely want to slap himself twice.

Are your favors so worthless? ! Snap, a slap.

Is it so easy to owe CJ a favor?! Snap, another slap.

At least two slaps, no upper limit.

"Understood. We will do our best to arrange it." Fang Shi Hyuk nodded at Chen Chen, "But you have to tell us in advance which member you want to contact and when, so we can't arrange it too much."

"I understand this point." Chen Chen smiled and responded, "Thank you, Chairman Fang."

Currently, the relationship between Big Hit and CJ is not so good that they can wear the same pants, but at least they can exchange jackets with each other. When Chen Chen asked about this, he knew that Bang Si Hyuk would definitely agree.

Chen Chen no longer has to worry about whether he can get the member of the Shorty King he wants, because the result now is that as long as the other party does not refuse, he will definitely get it, and Big Hit will get it done.

why?
There is no reason, just asking Big Hit to pass on the message and establish a connection would be too easy, even Bang Si Hyuk himself doesn't dare to think so!

The value of Chen Chen attending the Big Hit shareholders' meeting is equivalent to the price Big Hit paid to get him a desired Shorty King member. If it was just as simple as setting up a connection and passing on a message, then Fang Shihek would be too unkind. What's more, it's never so easy to take advantage of Chen Chen.

"In this way, I should be able to spare time for the shareholders' meeting in a week." Chen Chen finally gave the answer that Bang Si Hyuk wanted to hear happily, "You saved me the energy of selecting new girl group members. Of course, I am willing to spend this energy on Big Hit."

"Speaking of which, how is Big Hit's new girl group preparing?" Chen Chen asked casually, "It seems that apart from hearing news a long time ago, there has been no news since then."

"We are currently selecting members." Bang Si Hyuk revealed the information openly, "Initially, we were planning to collaborate with CJ on a boy group and KakaoM on a girl group."

"But now you can see that the boy group we are working on with CJ is almost done, but there is no news about the girl group."

"It's not a new reason. The cooperation with KakaoM broke down. We couldn't stand each other's greed and toughness, so after being together for a while, we chose to break up peacefully."

"Because of this, Big Hit's new girl group has been delayed for a while and is currently in the stage of actively selecting members, in line with the progress of C headquarters."

"In fact, we are intentionally imitating the operation of C headquarters in creating Integrate. We will select good seedlings from entertainment companies that have good relations with Big Hit, conduct unified training, and then debut together. We hope to create a girl group that is 80% similar to Integrate."

"Eight points seems a bit exaggerated." Bang Si Hyuk suddenly became modest at the end, "Integrate is a historical girl group. Our new girl group will be excellent if it can get five points." "Did you explain it so clearly? After all, we are direct competitors."

Chen Chen was not surprised by Big Hit's actions, he was surprised by Bang Si Hyuk's frankness in saying all these things.

"You are a major shareholder of Big Hit. You can get this information by simply asking the company when you are free. There is no point in me hiding it." Bang Si Hyuk smiled generously. "If I tell you this and get your advice, Big Hit's new girl group may be three times stronger. That would be a win for us."

"It's a pity that I'm not that idle, otherwise I might have said something!" Chen Chen laughed out loud, "The trainee resources that Big Hit can mobilize are much stronger than C headquarters. Producing idol groups with such a high density of resources is quite enjoyable for every producer!"

"Big Hit welcomes President Chen to create an idol group at any time." Bang Si Hyuk laughed along, "As long as you are free, we will always be free."

"I also wish I could have that kind of free time." Chen Chen changed the subject. "Okay, okay, the food has gotten cold because we've been talking so much. Let's eat a few bites quickly so we don't waste it."

"..."

Just chat casually, tell some jokes that happened recently in the industry, and look forward to the future. Eating and chatting is a piece of cake for the two entertainment company bosses who stand at the top of the Korean entertainment industry.

“What do you think of Big Hit?”

Fang Shihe suddenly threw out a question that brought the atmosphere to a serious tone.

"Me personally?"

Chen Chen confirmed.

Fang Shi Hyuk nodded.

"For me personally, Big Hit is a great tool for making money." Chen Chen did not hide anything. "I bought Big Hit's stock before the market opened, and sold it when it rose to a price I was satisfied with. This is actually more stable than investing in other stocks, right?"

"BTS has come back several times, and they've promoted new boy groups and girl groups." Chen Chen laughed proudly, "Every move Big Hit makes money for me, it's so cool!"

"That's the meaning of investment." Bang Si Hyuk also laughed, "Similarly, as a major shareholder of Big Hit, the various actions of C headquarters will also bring certain benefits to us."

"But if you plan to sell Big Hit shares, please contact me first." Bang Si Hyuk added, "I will give you a higher price than the market price."

"No problem." Chen Chen stretched out his hand and shook his. "This is just a small agreement between us. Let's not make a big deal out of it."

……

……

Chen Chen not only got some information but also gained some unexpected gains while going out for a meal. He even felt like singing on the way home.

But he didn't sing it in the end, because he suddenly thought that he might not be able to deliver to the netizens.

Chen Chen now doesn’t know which insider to pursue. The real insiders either called in advance to ask for face or directly bowed in public, so he cannot be chosen.

After all, it is a matter of job, and no one can be stubborn in such a situation. There are always more stubborn people in the company than the person involved to deal with the stubborn person.

And those people in the circle who are tough both in words and in arms are all "insiders" in quotation marks. Their fans will come to teach them a lesson. If Chen Chen intervenes and deals with them, it would be bullying the weak and would damage his own reputation.

"I can't just beat up the stupid company, right? It would be fun, but it's time-consuming and laborious, and there's no benefit in it. I feel like I'm losing out."

"Forget it, let's start the simplest plan."

When you really want to deal with someone on the Internet, there is always a simple, direct and most acceptable target: the unscrupulous marketing account.

An account that doesn’t exaggerate is not an unscrupulous marketing account; an account that doesn’t repost comments randomly to lead the trend is not an unscrupulous marketing account; an account that doesn’t make mistakes is not an unscrupulous marketing account. An account that doesn’t get criticized is not an unscrupulous marketing account either.

Oh, let’s pick an unlucky guy and see which marketing account will be caught by Chen Chen as a sacrifice.

……

When I started work, Jinshidai came to me and conveyed a very, very important news.

"Starship's new boy band is ready."

"..."

"Um"

"What?!"

Chen Chen felt dizzy, as if he was hit by thunder from the sky.

"Starship's new boy band is ready, and they plan to debut early next year." Kim Shidai was depressed, "I told you before about the time when Starship was choosing a boy band for a boy band or a girl band. Starship said that they were going to use the members who returned from X1 to create a boy band."

"Oh, I did say that." Chen Chen forced himself to calm down, "I was just shocked by the efficiency of the starship, that's all, I didn't mean anything else."

Yeah, it’s shocking, the timing is completely different!

Chen Chen had been in contact with the people from X1 who returned from Starship, and knew that they were supposed to debut as CRAVITY this April!
But now October is almost over, and you from Golden Era come to me and tell me that Starship’s new boy band is going to debut?

No buddy, do you think this is reasonable?!
This is so reasonable. If the starship doesn't even have this little change, then all the operations done by C Headquarters would be in vain.

"Let's go aboard the starship once it's ready. We can use resources from C headquarters." Chen Chen continued, "Anyway, the boy band's resources will get moldy and rusty if they stay in C headquarters. It's good to be able to make some contribution to the starship."

"Starship has its own resources. It's definitely enough for them to support a new boy band. I came here mainly to ask about another thing."

Jin Shidai spoke very cautiously, as if he was afraid of offending Chen Chen.

Chen Chen was surprised to see this, thinking that the Golden Age shouldn't behave like this, and the relationship between everyone wasn't tense to this extent.

"what's up?"

Chen Chen asked doubtfully.

"It's our new boy band, Starship." Jin Shidai became more and more embarrassed. "After our debut, can we call ourselves the junior group of Integrate?"

Damn your golden age, you really don’t consider yourself an outsider!
You should be shy! You are so shameless to say such shameless words and yet you only act shy!

Integrate's junior group? Just stand here and take advantage of me. Who can get ahead of me?
"What do you think?"

Chen Chen said with a gloomy face.

"I think theoretically it's impossible." Jin Shidai said carefully, "But sometimes reality doesn't necessarily develop according to theory, right?"

"Haha, well said." Chen Chen clapped his hands twice with an expressionless face and said, "If the new boy band of Starship dares to call themselves the Integrate Junior Brothers Group, I will stuff them back into Starship. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

...(End of chapter)