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"Are you done scolding me?" Chen Chen glanced at him calmly. "After you're done scolding me, let's think about how to solve this problem together. I don't want my departure to hurt others so much."

"It can't be solved." Park Jin-young's words sounded like a broken jar. "You are such a big industry boss standing here. Any action you take will have an impact on the people around you, and the soy sauce bottle is no exception."

"Whether we are willing to admit it or not, many people outside believe that the good relationship between C Headquarters and Jiangyouping is due to your artist contract. Without this contract, the relationship between Jiangyouping and C Headquarters may be downgraded."

"Ugh!"

"In today's Korean entertainment industry, being able to connect with C headquarters is the biggest asset, and having a bad relationship with C headquarters is the biggest setback!"

"So your expiring contract is a problem that cannot be solved at all. You can only wait for the Soy Sauce Bottle stock price to drop first and then slowly recover when everyone realizes that nothing has happened."

"That is to say." Park Jin-young felt a headache the more he spoke. "I need to write many more reports to explain to the shareholders. Many more!"

Although shareholders all knew why the Soy Sauce Bottle stock price plummeted during that period, these reports were absolutely unavoidable.

Because writing reports is a long-standing fixed procedure, and as a powerful leader, it is an explanation that must be given to other shareholders. After all, the interests of shareholders have indeed been harmed during this period.

Then it is difficult to describe in detail the various troubles caused by the ups and downs of the stock price. If it is a big one, it may even cause turmoil in the company, and if it is a small one, it will just cause someone to suffer a little loss.

"After all, it's just a matter of stock price fluctuations. We can just find a way to keep the stock price from moving." Chen Chen was not interested in what he said. He just wanted to solve the problem. "We can just find a time to come up with a project to make up for the drop in stock price!"

Chen Chen understood everything he said, and he listened to his complaints only out of politeness.

"Do you have any ideas?" Park Jin-young asked.

"I have no idea." Chen Chen replied lightly, "There is still nearly a year left, I will find a way."

There are so many operations by the entertainment company to control the stock price. Park Jin-young is obviously waiting for Chen Chen to speak first so as to gain the upper hand in the subsequent conversation, but Chen Chen is not stupid and naturally will not do everything according to his ideas.

You can keep playing dumb if you want to. Anyway, it won’t be the share price of C headquarters that will fall.

"That's easy to say." Park Jin-young glanced at Chen Chen, "If I find a way, will you definitely cooperate? It's not that simple!"

"If it's not too much, I will definitely cooperate." Chen Chen's answer was somewhat comforting. "After all, this matter will definitely fall on me in the end. I can't escape it no matter what."

"Would you do a farewell concert if I asked you to?" Park Jin-young suddenly became excited, "What about a farewell tour?! I think it would be very meaningful if artist Chen spent his last days on tour!"

"..."

Chen Chen didn't answer, but just scolded him harshly with his eyes.

"I'll leave a project in the soy sauce bottle when I leave. This way, you can write fewer reports." Chen Chen put forward his own conditions. "As for what this project is, let's think about it together."

"It's a deal!" Park Jin-young stood up and wanted to shake hands with Chen Chen, "We are all big bosses, and our words must count!"

"Don't worry, I won't go back on my word."

Chen Chen reached out and shook his hand to reassure him.

He helped the soy sauce bottle when he left out of a favor. In fact, there was no real reason to do so, and others could not ask Chen Chen to do so.

But Chen Chen felt that Soy Sauce Bottle had helped him a lot along the way, and whether it was to repay a favor or to maintain a good relationship into the future, he had to do this.

"Thank you." Park Jin-young still thanked Chen Chen very seriously, "With your help, Soy Sauce Bottle's life will be much better."

"You're welcome. I'll just have to make the announcement on Soy Sauce Bottle better when I leave." Chen Chen exhaled softly, "I came here in a grand manner, and I want to leave in a grand manner as well."

"Don't worry, Soy Sauce Bottle will definitely do our best." Park Jin Young heard the noise and turned his head to look at the TV. "Oh, Integrate won the grand prize. How do you feel?"

"It's just so-so. Integrate deserves this year's grand prize." Chen Chen said without even changing his expression. "After all, we have done a lot in terms of the epidemic, and the epidemic is the most extreme political correctness."

"What about the New Year's song? How do you feel about 'Fantasy Fairy Tale' being used as the New Year's song?" Park Jin Young asked again.

"As for the New Year's song," Chen Chen couldn't help but curl his lips. "We got lucky. There are several works that are better than "Fantasy Fairy Tale", but this song just has a greater influence."

This is MAMA where we distribute pork at the end of the year, and the annual song must be given to the song with good performance!

No, it’s the same for other award ceremonies. These days, everyone plays with data!

This is the era of data workers!
……

MAMA is over, and it’s time for Chen Chen to leave the soy sauce bottle and go back to C headquarters. He needs to keep an eye on the publicity and promotion work.

If we don’t publicize such a good result at MAMA, wouldn’t it be like walking on a path of glory at night? C headquarters will not do such a stupid thing!
"Where did you go to have fun? I can't even see anyone when I return to the company."

As soon as he entered the office, Chen Chen was immediately welcomed very warmly by Shirley.

"We went to the soy sauce bottle and talked about other things." Chen Chen sat down and asked, "Did you encounter any problems with the promotion?"

"With so many awards, it's hard to run into problems." Sulli replied: "Winning one or two awards may still be controversial. If a girl group wins almost all the awards and then comes out to say something shady, everyone will think they have ulterior motives."

"What about your own publicity?" Chen Chen asked, "Did you encounter anyone who didn't know what to do?"

"Those ignorant people had already come out when C headquarters issued the announcement, and now they are all sighing." Shirley sighed slightly, "Sighing that just changing a company can bring such a big difference in circumstances, sighing that Shirley, who was still jumping on the stage not long ago, is now a powerful representative director."

"Why are you sighing?" Chen Chen asked with a smile, "Don't you like it?"

"I haven't seen such positive comments on the Internet for a long time. It's hard to accept it for a while, okay?" Shirley snorted and said unhappily, "These are other people's sighs. I also have things I want to sigh about!"

"Okay, of course, but don't sigh for too long." Chen Chen reminded cheerfully: "The representative director of C headquarters has a lot of things to do all the time."

"I know." Shirley stood up and went to the water dispenser to get a cup of hot water. She slowly walked to Chen Chen's side and asked, "When is the meeting?"

"Let's wait until CRAVITY debuts." Chen Chen drew a rough outline. "I don't think it will be easy for President Jin to come to the C headquarters for a meeting until this is done."

"CRAVITY will debut on the 15th, so we'll have a meeting on the 20th?" Shirley did a quick calculation, "Five days should be enough." "Well, let's notify them now." Chen Chen nodded and said, "Ask President Hong of Cube Entertainment and President Jin of Starship Entertainment to come to C headquarters on the 20th to hold a meeting to discuss the development of the idol section of C headquarters next year."

"Ok."

Shirley put the cup down for the moment and used the computer to send out several official emails.

"Ding~"

Chen Chen also received an email about a meeting on the 20th. It was a cute joke from Shirley.

"You have to be on time too." Shirley came over again, "If you don't come, we won't know what to talk about."

"Let's talk about Integrate's two comebacks next year and the debut date of the new group." Chen Chen quickly listed two major projects. "This is enough to talk about for several hours. If we discuss it in more detail, I don't think it will take even half a day."

"Let's talk about the new group. Have you thought of a name for it?" Shirley asked.

"No, we'll confirm this when we're almost ready to debut." Chen Chen's eyes gradually drifted away, "But the matter of bringing the other members to C headquarters for intensive training has been scheduled for after the new year. It can only be brought forward and cannot be postponed."

“But I always feel uneasy.”

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"Although those members have always been members of the Starship Special Team and have always enjoyed the best training resources of C Headquarters, I just feel that their foundation is weak and they haven't practiced for long enough."

"Allowing such an idol group to debut." Chen Chen's worry was evident in his words. "I don't know if this is a kind of damage to the market."

"It's definitely not going to be sabotaged." Shirley gave Chen Chen a gentle hug from behind, "We at C Headquarters are watching over it, so there won't be any major problems."

"It's a problem because they are an idol group launched by C headquarters." Chen Chen took the water cup from Sulli's hand and put it on the table, his expression becoming more and more serious. "The big companies in the industry have started to promote people who are not so outstanding to debut. Isn't this the end of the industry? We are a big company and we are responsible for the market environment."

"Well, it would be nice if all big companies had your sense of responsibility."

Shirley's heart softened, and she unconsciously rubbed Chen Chen's shoulder with her chin twice, sighing.

"If we want to keep the market healthy and active for a long time, the practices of large companies are particularly critical." Chen Chen said, and various images began to appear in his mind. "Large companies often get the biggest piece of the pie when it comes to benefits, and of course they have to bear the biggest responsibility when problems arise. Because they have a great influence, changes in the environment are often caused by them."

Waiji's desperate marketing, Shamao's various dirty operations, searching the soy sauce bottle from top to bottom, and finally Hybe's exposure of all the dark sides, shattering all the filters of Kpop.

There’s not much to say except that it’s hard for those idols who truly love their fans.

"Come to think of it, I always feel that you don't have as much confidence in the new girl group as you did in Integrate." Shirley put her hand on Chen Chen's head and subconsciously gave him a scalp massage. "Is it my illusion?"

"Of course it's not your illusion." Chen Chen gave a positive answer, "The new girl group Starship accounts for too large a proportion. It's hard for me to raise my confidence to the same level as Integrate."

“Hahahaha!” Shirley burst out laughing. “Don’t let President Jin hear this, he’ll be very sad!”

"It's alright to be sad, this is the truth." Chen Chen stiffened his neck and refused to change his words. "The trainees from Starship account for more than half of the total number of trainees. The foundation of this new girl group is far inferior to that of Integrate!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." Shirley quickly shut him up, "The S branch has been established. Should we announce it together with the official announcement of the program or find a good day to announce it directly?"

"Let's do it together with the show. Right now, S Branch is just an empty shell, with no staff and no work. We can't do anything." Chen Chen said without hesitation, "Transfer people over first, and then send resources over. It would be best if we open it right after the show comes out."

"Understood." Shirley responded, "I will transfer some of my team members, including Hara, over there."

"Speaking of which," Chen Chen unconsciously rubbed Shirley's white and crisp knuckles and asked, "Does S Branch want to take any projects away from C Headquarters?"

"I was just about to talk to you about this, but I didn't expect you to bring it up first." Shirley smiled sweetly, "We really have a tacit understanding."

"Oh?" Chen Chen said in surprise: "You really have something you want to take away."

Shirley said nothing, but let go of Chen Chen, pulled out her own chair, and sat down opposite Chen Chen seriously.

At this moment, the representative director and the president are having a serious conversation about the company.

"I want to bring the anchors and internet celebrities from C headquarters to S branch." Shirley expressed her thoughts. "They are the lowest level resources of C headquarters, and they are a level lower than our well-behaved entertainment industry content. Taking them away will make C headquarters more noble as a whole."

"In addition, I have also noticed that the bottom line of the entertainment industry is sinking and the boundaries are blurring. Top internet celebrities and anchors have begun to gradually encroach on the positions of lower-level artists, so I plan to give them some more possibilities."

"The program that S Division is going to produce consumes our upper and middle-level resources. The lowest-level resources are still not being used. I was thinking whether we could give it to these people to use briefly to see the effect. This can also be regarded as an early experiment for C Headquarters."

"If there is a good result, it will naturally be a good result for C headquarters and the entire circle. If the result is not good, it will be an insignificant attempt by S branch and a problem of my vision."

"I think it's necessary to try." Shirley looked at Chen Chen, "What do you think?"

"I think you're great." Chen Chen opened his mouth and started to praise, "You have a very high level of sensitivity to the market, and you are bold and careful in doing things without lacking a spirit of adventure. Great!"

"Really?" Shirley blushed. "Am I really as good as you say?"

"The fact that you can notice that internet celebrities and anchors are encroaching on the positions of lower-level artists in the entertainment industry is enough to deserve my praise, not to mention that you still have subsequent attempts to make." Chen Chen gave a thumbs up without hesitation, "I have actually noticed what you said, but I just haven't been able to spare the time to do it alone."

"Of course, there are also reasons why I feel that this is not something I should do personally."

"Now that you have not only discovered this phenomenon but are also willing to take the initiative to do something about it, I would certainly be happy to see you try it for me!"

"Thank you, three grams of oil, Arigato!"

"And then!"

"Ahem." Chen Chen cleared his throat, revealing a bit of humor in his seriousness, "Representative Cui, the first independent mission of the S branch has been issued, please sign for it."

"Oh my." Shirley had never played this kind of game with Chen Chen before, and was embarrassed for a moment. She actually saluted Chen Chen in a proper manner, "I promise, uh... I can't guarantee that I will complete the task, but S Branch will do its best!"

...(End of chapter)