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"How about calling the label "branch"? We happen to be the headquarters."

After thinking for a week, Chen Chen could only come up with this name, and he even thought of it together with Bae Joo-hyun.

"Not impossible." Another cobbler, Shirley, actually nodded. "We can tell the relationship between the headquarters and the branch at a glance."

"Then let's decide on this. The new label will be called S Division." Chen Chen slammed the table decisively. "We have to get this thing done before the New Year and spend the money that should be spent!"

"S branch?" Shirley was a little surprised. "My S?"

"Whose S could it be? You're such a big boss, you wouldn't be so incapable of even thinking of a letter, right?" Chen Chen asked back.

"I just didn't expect it. I'm not that stingy." Shirley laughed. "You're amazing! I should have seen your naming ability when you named it C Headquarters!"

"Anyway, it's enough to have a name. In the end, it all depends on the business content." Chen Chen knew what Shirley was thinking about, and whispered to comfort her, "I will finish the I Division before I retire, so you don't have to feel any psychological pressure."

"I don't have any psychological pressure." Shirley said bluntly, "You discussed this with Irene, it has nothing to do with me!"

"It's OK as long as you know." Chen Chen smiled, then asked her for the car keys. "I'm going to Soy Sauce Bottle to ask about the details of setting up the brand, and do something else along the way."

"It's better to ask aespa why Soy Sauce Bottle hasn't made any new moves since it has been developing smoothly for a week!" Shirley reminded.

"Haha." Chen Chen laughed and walked out, "That's exactly what I meant!"

……

Today, the Soy Sauce Bottle fixed NPC refreshed as usual. Chen Chen walked in and took a few steps before he was stopped by a voice calling "Brother Chen Chen".

"Why don't you stay in the dormitory and rest? Why are you running to the company at this time?"

Chen Chen's tone was gentle, and there was a hint of kindness in it.

"I'm currently shooting for New Year's merchandise." Zhou Ziyu replied, "If I don't have too many offline schedules, I won't feel tired if I stay in the company all the time."

"Haha, when you finish making the desk calendar and other peripherals, remember to come to C headquarters and give me a copy so I can take a look." Chen Chen started talking about the task, "We haven't made these things at Integrate yet."

"It's already late November. If it's not done yet, fans won't be able to get it first in the New Year!" Tzuyu couldn't help but worry about Chen Chen, "You should hurry up and make it, Brother Chen Chen!"

"Don't panic, just prepare half a month in advance." Chen Chen waved his hand casually, "Other companies' New Year peripherals are often not available until March or April, and their fans still have to hold their noses and get beaten up. What should I be afraid of?!"

"You should learn from the good ones, not the bad ones." Tzuyu said seriously, "Preparing these early will be good for everyone and the fans."

"I'm kidding, little girl!" Chen Chen laughed and rubbed Ziyu's head. "Whether it's your order or Shamao's order, it will eventually be sent to C headquarters for C headquarters to place an order for it to be made. Of course, I will wait until you have finished everything before I start. After all, taking pictures and editing pictures can be done in two days!"

“Ah, yes!” Tzuyu tapped her head cutely, “Our peripheral products are all made by C headquarters, you don’t have to worry.”

"Then do I not have to deliver peripherals to C headquarters?" Zhou Ziyu asked.

"Of course not. You even have to beg me if you want to get your merchandise first." Chen Chen patted her on the back. "Go play. Tzuyu doesn't seem to be very smart today."

After saying goodbye to Tzuyu, Chen Chen came to the office of President Soy Sauce Bottle in a good mood.

"What have you been busy with lately?"

Chen Chen didn't hesitate, he took a bottle of drink and found a place to sit down.

"There are so many things to do at the end of the year. Do you think everyone can be as free as you?" Park Jin-young raised his head and showed Chen Chen his panda eyes. "I haven't had a good rest for several days, and there are still a lot of other work waiting for me to deal with."

"Aren't we celebrating the same year-end?" Chen Chen was very surprised. "Why don't I have so much work at the end of the year?"

"You must be free if you only deal with work related to the entertainment industry. Why don't you try to handle the company's work?!" Park Jin-young said unhappily, "You are such a jerk who doesn't know how to appreciate the good things you have!"

"Oh, you mean reporting to shareholders." Chen Chen understood something from his resentment. "Then Headquarters C doesn't have such worries. I don't need to report anything to any shareholders, and they are too lazy to listen to my explanation."

The throughput of Tik Tok and Black Cat is hundreds of C headquarters every day. Why would others care about the year-end report of a small person like you, Chen?

You’d better not bring that set to me, I’m too lazy to look at it!
But having said that, the things that need to be sorted out still need to be sorted out. After all, every penny has to be accounted for, and there can be no room for carelessness.

Mr. Chen simply doesn't have to hold meetings every day to report to shareholders, so he seems to have nothing to do.

"Alas!" Park Jin-young sighed long and heavily, "If I had known earlier, I would have been a little tougher and risked my life to hold the soy sauce bottle in my hands."

"Don't even think about it. If you had really done that back then, you wouldn't have your current soy sauce bottle." Chen Chen made Park Jin-young hold back his breath. "You've been able to develop from being a single person to being the best in the industry today, which shows that every choice you made was correct. At least you didn't make any big mistakes."

"You..." Park Jin-young wanted to hit him, but unfortunately he couldn't. "Why did you come here? What new moves will C headquarters have?"

"C headquarters is planning to build a brand to do something." Chen Chen said directly, "Soy Sauce Bottle has built so many brands, so they must have a lot of experience. I'll come and learn from them."

"No problem." Park Jin Young said without blinking, "If you want the information, I'll have someone give it to you later. If you're short of staff in this area, I can lend them to you directly. I guarantee that you can set up a label quickly."

"But why do you want a label?" Park Jin-young showed a puzzled expression for the first time. "You only have Integrate in the company, it's not their turn to create a label. Even if you want to consider business matters, you should split the business and set it up as a subsidiary."

"Want to listen?" Chen Chen raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile: "If you want to listen, you have to participate. Think about it carefully."

"This kind of threat doesn't scare anyone anymore. Everyone knows that there's money to be made by following C headquarters, so everyone is eager to come in together." Park Jin-young said calmly, "You tell me first. It's not impossible for Soy Sauce Bottle to do something with you."

"This is a business that won't make any money and may even lose money." Chen Chen's expression remained unchanged. He just picked up his drink and sat opposite Park Jin Young. "But since you want to listen, I'll tell you about it. It's up to you whether you want to join in or not. Anyway, you can join anytime you want."

"..."

"It's a good idea and will make a lot of contributions to the industry, but there is a big hidden danger. Some regulations need to be added or modified."

After listening to it, Park Jin-young gave a good evaluation, but his expression became more serious. "Are you talking about the resistance I might encounter?" Chen Chen responded, "I know all of that and I'm prepared for it."

"No, not those." Park Jin-young's expression did not relax at all. "Once your grocery store comes out, it will indeed greatly affect the living environment of idol groups from small companies, forcing those small companies to treat their idols better and pay more for the profits. C headquarters may be hated because of this."

"But the resentment of these small companies is not worth mentioning at all. We can just roll over these scumbags with our sleeves and run them over. I guarantee they won't be able to say anything."

"The problem here is that you underestimate how bad people are."

"Let me give you an example that's not that bad."

"Let's say a small company plans to launch an idol group." Park Jin-young came up with an example on the spur of the moment. "Before the official launch, they will spend some money to buy a planning and operation from your grocery store, and then decide whether to continue based on the results."

“It’s fine if the results are good, but if the results are not so good.”

“Is it really necessary to launch or continue to maintain a group that cannot achieve good results even when it is managed by C headquarters?”

"Small companies will be troubled by this problem, and will quickly choose to give up on the group because the cost of training trainees is much less than the cost of debut operations."

"If your grocery store really opens like this, it will completely ruin the birth of the miracle of small companies, and the vitality of this circle will at least be cut in half."

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"Even this is a relatively mild result. If we think of people in a bad light, will there be bad people who use a certain group to defraud your resources and give them to another group?"

“Will someone disband right after debuting just to enjoy your resources?”

"This level of evil is just child's play. If we really go to darker places, we will get involved."

Park Jin-young wanted to continue chattering, but was interrupted by Chen Chen.

"I know what you want to say." Chen Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean this grocery store needs to introduce a review mechanism, right? Just like a trade union."

"Yes, you have indeed opened a new road that is good for some people, but this road will block countless other people's roads." Park Jin-young nodded, "No one can predict how crazy people with nowhere to go will do, so you have to set up a review mechanism to narrow this road, narrow enough to not affect other people's existing survival mode, so that it can be considered a real good deed."

"You're right." Chen Chen exhaled heavily, "You have to know how to do good things, otherwise it will turn into a bad thing."

"Go back and think about it carefully, and then do it." Park Jin-young reminded: "Review means rejecting some people, and these rejected people may say bad things about you."

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome." Chen Chen said shockingly, "Just lock the customer base to idol groups that have completed their first contract. At worst, you can just change the name to 'Old Stuff Shelter'."

Park Jin-young was stunned.

This is really no problem. After completing their first contract, the idol group may disband, or they may not get the same resource support from the company as before. It is normal and reasonable for such a group to seek help from the grocery store.

Moreover, such requirements will not affect small companies' efforts to operate their own groups, because your company cannot use the resources of C headquarters.

They even give hope to desperate groups by saying, "If you stick with the contract, you may be able to benefit from C headquarters' resources." This sounds hopeful.

Maybe an entertainment company will take the initiative to terminate the contract and let its own idol group go to C headquarters to fight for it. If this happens, it will become a beautiful story that can be passed down forever, and the company's reputation and public favorability will increase by more than five points!

Wow, are young people's brains so fast nowadays? !

"Would the soy sauce bottle like to join in?"

Chen Chen sent another invitation as a thank you to Park Jin-young for the call he just made.

Although he had a lot of nagging but Chen Chen resolved it with just one sentence, his heart was always good and he really cared about him.

"How many people do you plan to bring in?"

Park Jin Young asked.

"There are no restrictions. Anyone who is capable and willing can come in at any time." Chen Chen looked at Park Jin-young with a smile, "I know we can form an alliance on this, but you also know what my original intention is, so as long as I am still in the lead, the alliance thing will not happen."

"In that case, it seems that there is not much point in Soy Sauce Bottle's participation." Park Jin-young hesitated. "We have the ability to use up most of the resources, and our own operation team may not be enough, let alone give it to others."

"Then don't join yet. Wait until there are more resources than you can consume." Chen Chen said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you that you can come in anytime."

"Oh, I'm so angry." Park Jin-young suddenly became depressed, and his haggard face looked decadent. "When I was young, I also had the same lofty ambition as you to benefit everyone. How come now that I'm stronger, I can only watch you do it from afar? It's really sad to think about it!"

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this." Chen Chen changed the subject, "aespa has been developing well for more than a week, why hasn't the big knife of the soy sauce bottle been chopped down yet?"

"Didn't the idiot get rubbed to the ground by your C headquarters and then had his muscles drawn with blood? Who would dare to mess with the idiot company at this time?" Park Jin Young joked, "Aren't you afraid that the idiot will vent his anger on you?"

"You are the best in the industry. Are you afraid that he will take his anger out on you?" Chen Chen continued, "It's not certain who will beat whom!"

"Come on, I plan to just take my chances and leave. I don't want to fight to the death." Park Jin Young sighed, "Neither of us can stand firm in front of C headquarters and Big Hit, and we are still fighting ourselves. It's a bit foolish."

"It's just that I've been bullied too much by SMART in the past. I have to shoot this gun. Otherwise, my thoughts won't come true!" Park Jin Young suddenly changed his attitude and looked a little fierce.

"What are you going to do?" Chen Chen asked curiously.

"Go with the flow." Park Jin-young stretched his body, his expression slightly excited. "Now he's playing self-deprecation, calling himself someone's aunt and talking bad about his seniors behind their backs. He's using this to increase traffic for the two members who are much less popular."

"When this artificial black material spreads far enough, I will directly detonate it. Detonating it is not enough, I will also do my best to silence the mouths of SMART that want to clarify for a week!"

"Explain it in a week, you bastard!" Park Jin-young said viciously, "I wonder if your popularity will be even worse by then!"

...(End of chapter)