star of the peninsula

"I found a problem with you, Chen Chen, why don't you have to socialize?"

Chen Chen thought that he would be praised for going on a date at the end of the year when everyone was extremely busy, but he was interrogated by his girlfriend as soon as they met.

"Well, I really don't need to socialize." Chen Chen took Pei Zhuxuan's hand and walked slowly on the street, "Your boyfriend's situation is special, so socializing is useless."

"Why is it useless?" Pei Zhuxuan raised their hands together in a good mood, "The bigger the boss, the more social events he has to attend. In theory, people like you should stop working on the front line and only do social events."

"Well, there are indeed not many bosses who insist on staying on the front line after their companies become big, but those are truly big companies." Chen Chen said something very heartbreaking, "As for the strength of these entertainment companies in the Korean entertainment industry, they are only worthy of being called small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea, let alone outside the world where there are so many strong competitors. They are at the level of ants."

"What you said or saw on TV are what the real giants in this world might show. They are a million miles away from me."

"Back in the circle of South Korean entertainment companies, aren't we all staying at the front line to deal with problems?" Chen Chen suddenly thought of the boss of Waiji and laughed out loud, "Look at President Liang of Waiji, he may have to stay in the trading room for a while."

"Why did you mention him suddenly?!" Pei Zhuxuan covered her mouth and laughed along, "You are different from him!"

"I just gave the example that he was a president who was active on the front line, and he was so active that he could end up in jail." Chen Chen could only sigh, "Fortunately, I ran fast."

"When did you plan to leave Waiji?" Bae Joo-hyun was a little curious, and her big eyes were fixed on her boyfriend's expression.

"It started from when I joined WaiJi." Chen Chen smiled at her, "Do you remember my contract that was very famous in the industry? Everyone generally believed that it was because I had great confidence in myself, but that's not the case."

"Actually," Chen Chen exhaled softly, "that's my determination to leave Waiji even if I would rather work for free for several years."

"I see."

Bae Joo-hyun would naturally not forget Chen Chen's first contract. That was one of the important symbols of Chen Chen in her mind in the early days, a young man who worked for free.

"But I found that Sulli is actually very busy." Pei Zhuxuan curled her lips and brought the topic back to the beginning, "Why does she need to socialize?"

"Shouldn't the newly appointed representative director take advantage of the end of the year when everyone is socializing to show off his status?" Chen Chen replied: "Your teacher Lee Soo Man's nephew did the same thing, but his timeline was a little earlier."

"Ha, but he hasn't met you yet! You don't even know him!"

Bae Joo-hyun opened her mouth suddenly and even wanted to laugh.

It’s interesting that when socializing in the Korean entertainment industry, C headquarters was skipped.

"You can't blame them." Chen Chen smiled and reiterated, "Let me repeat it again, your boyfriend is special in the social rules of the Korean entertainment industry."

"What's so special about it?" asked Bae Joo-hyun.

"Hmm," Chen Chen thought for a moment and replied, "The special thing is that the only thing you can talk to me about is business, not socializing. I am the most autistic entertainment company president in the circle."

"Especially the other two shareholders of C headquarters, right?" Bae Joo-hyun asked tentatively.

"Yes, Douyin and Black Cat are very exaggerated monsters even on the world battlefield, so if I want C headquarters to climb up, I don't need to expand my circle little by little to cling to the thighs of the people above." Chen Chen's words sounded a little irritating, "Just apply to the two big brothers and write a few reports, and you can move up naturally."

"Big Hit, for example, is working with conglomerates on major projects, collaborating with South Korean foreign language colleges, and actively establishing branches around the world. Such operations do not require a headquarters."

"The road that C headquarters is walking on is already a road that leads to heaven. My various operations are just to make the roadside more beautiful when walking."

"Of course, my actions can also be seen as my fight against the two big brothers."

"If I just move forward with my eyes closed and do nothing, I will eventually become their puppet. I have to make achievements in the entertainment industry so that C headquarters can be recognized as an entertainment company."

"But this is just my personal will. Others can't see my personal will."

"In their eyes, C headquarters communicates with the big brothers with the left hand and talks to the Blue House with the right hand. This entertainment company has smooth access in South Korea." Chen Chen glanced at Pei Zhuxuan, "Why do you think I need to socialize?"

"Blue House?" Pei Zhuxuan keenly caught the dangerous word, "How can C headquarters be related to the Blue House?"

"When it gets bigger, it's natural to be involved." Chen Chen spread his hands, "C headquarters can at least provide thousands of jobs for South Koreans. If the Blue House can keep silent, it doesn't deserve to be called the South Korean government."

"Although I often use the Blue House to represent politics when I speak, the Blue House and politics are two different things." Chen Chen added with a smile: "Just because you have a connection with the Blue House doesn't mean you have stepped into politics. The farmer who delivers vegetables to the Blue House must be a very important political figure, because without him, even the president would go hungry!"

"Hiss~ There are actually thousands of jobs in the C headquarters?!" Bae Joo Hyun didn't care about his analogy. The moment she heard the number of people, her eyes widened, "You have so many employees?!"

"The number of people on the entertainment industry project is the same as the normal number of people in an entertainment company. The main reason is that the anchors have become so big." Chen Chen replied: "Before we knew it, there were so many anchors, including anchors from various live broadcast platforms. There are even more anchors, management, supporting staff, and employees responsible for communicating with various platforms."

"Can the anchor department still make money with so many employees?" Bae Joo-hyun muttered softly.

"Of course they can, and they can do it very well!" Chen Chen couldn't help but smack his lips. "The revenue generated by the anchor department is terrifyingly huge. In my opinion, the audience's willingness to give money to the anchor is simply ridiculous."

“But apart from this, it’s normal for the anchor department to have high income.”

"To put it simply, the total number of business orders received by other departments of C headquarters is less than one-tenth of that of the anchor department." Chen Chen himself felt it was exaggerated. "With such a high density, even if the quality of business orders is not as good as that of other departments, the profits will definitely make people dizzy."

It is too easy for anchors to receive and complete business orders. In addition, the number of anchors employed by the company is huge and the company's resources are abundant, so the commission that C headquarters can easily get is a huge profit.

What is the purest way to win by quantity? This is it!

“That’s so exaggerated.”

Bae Joo-hyun couldn't help but sigh.

"It's an exaggeration, but the anchor department will no longer be a direct department of C headquarters." Chen Chen changed from holding hands to holding his girlfriend in his arms, "The S branch established by Shirley will take the anchor department away."

"What's the difference?" Pei Zhuxuan rolled her eyes. "There is no point in splitting up without changing the office location!"

"Yeah, you reminded me." Chen Chen shook his girlfriend's body, "Do you think I should build another building while the housing prices are stable? Who knows, more projects may be split out in the future, and there may be new departments or even complete entertainment companies coming directly here."

"If you want to buy a property, now is a good time. The housing prices have been relatively stable this year, so you won't lose money if you buy it. But property is something like that..." Pei Zhuxuan was having trouble making a decision, so she simply passed the question back to Chen Chen, "You decide for yourself, buy if you want."

If you want to buy it, then buy it. Chen Chen really wants to buy it.

He witnessed with his own eyes the stabilization of housing prices in the South Korean metropolitan area in 2020, so he knows very well whether he can buy a house.

But Chen Chen knew more than that. He also knew that South Korean housing prices would definitely rise in the future, and the rise would be very fierce. It was not that Chen was idle enough to pay attention to the rise and fall of housing prices in the country at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, but that Chen Chen paid a little attention to the affairs of the South Korean President Moon.

I wasn't really paying attention to it, but I do remember a comment about President Moon failing to control housing prices as he had promised during his term.

What does it mean that they failed to control housing prices? Doesn't that mean that housing prices are still rising like crazy?!
Since it hasn’t increased yet, it must be in the future! Buying assets that will increase in price in the future is a wise move both from an investment perspective and from a personal development perspective.

"Buy!" Chen Chen gritted his teeth, "Buy two buildings, and I'll give you one to build a branch I!"

Pei Zhuxuan did not refuse, but just asked: "What is the I branch used for?"

"I don't know. I don't know what it can do." Chen Chen certainly didn't know either. "Why don't you think about it yourself? I'll assign you a task to do whatever you want to do."

"I don't have anything I want to do, so you should think about what your C headquarters needs." Bae Joo Hyun bit her finger and thought for a while, "Train trainees? Doesn't C headquarters have trainees now? Find a place to start training trainees. They will be useful in the future."

"Okay, that's a great idea!" Chen Chen suddenly became excited. "C Headquarters will train its own trainees sooner or later, so let I Branch take on this responsibility! I hope all the trainees in I Branch are top-5A trainees like Irene!"

"So when do you plan to start recruiting trainees?" Bae Joo-hyun asked, getting a little excited.

"When the I branch is about to be put into use after it is built." Chen Chen decided casually. This problem is not difficult. "If C headquarters recruits trainees, we don't have to worry about no one coming, and we don't have to worry about not being able to pick out good seedlings from so many people. So as long as the time is set so that the I branch building can be put into use when the trainees arrive, there are no other time requirements."

"Then you only have one last question left." Pei Zhuxuan asked seriously: "Do you have money?"

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"I have money, but it's definitely not enough to just buy two decent buildings, but I can do it with some operations." Chen Chen said with a sudden pain in his heart, "If I had gone out with you earlier, I would have even more money! C headquarters can spend money on buying things and pay less taxes, but now it's cheaper for the Blue House!"

"You didn't ask me out earlier." Pei Zhuxuan said dissatisfiedly: "Don't blame me."

"Heh, you go to SMART every day, I thought you had a temporary program at the end of the year, who knew you didn't have any!" Chen Chen snorted, "Is that reasonable? Even if the big team doesn't have one, at least the small team should have a spot, you guys did a good job!"

"No means no."

Pei Zhuxuan just replied.

"That means SMART doesn't want you to appear in front of the public." Chen Chen saw through it. "During this period, every time you appear in public, you are slapping SMART in the face, reminding the public that something shameful has happened inside the company."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what happens. Anyway, everyone is quite free recently." Bae Joo Hyun looked up at her boyfriend. "You have money, so please treat us to a meal. I'll bring my sisters along."

"Okay, I haven't seen them for a long time." Chen Chen agreed, "If you can call them out, call them out."

……

"Wow, Oppa, long time no see!"

"Hello, Oppa!"

"..."

Soon, all members of Red Velvet gathered in the steaming hot pot room.

"It's been a while." Chen Chen didn't have the time to greet him. The gurgling sound of the hot pot annoyed him. "Sit down first. Let's talk after we finish eating."

"..."

It takes a while to finish a hotpot, but as idols, they can't eat much, so soon, only Chen Chen and Jiang Seqi were left eating.

"Oppa." Park Xiurong stood up to digest his food while staring at Chen Chen with a gossipy look, "Do you know who the D Club's opening couple of the new year is?"

Jiuyi is still so interested in love, nothing has changed.

"Of course I know." Chen Chen put away his chopsticks and wiped his mouth. "Both the man and the woman had plenty of food, and the melon was very sweet."

"Tell us!"

In an instant, several pairs of eyes were staring at Chen Chen.

"I spent a lot of money to buy it from Distributor, and you're just going to let me leak it like this?" Chen Chen ate the watermelon slowly, "What's the price?!"

Chen Chen has to pay a lot of protection fees to D Social every year to suppress the affair between him and Bae Joo Hyun. Of course, the news that D Social gave away at the end of the year was bought by him!
"Let me massage your shoulders!" Park Soo-young quickly ran behind Chen Chen and started massaging him. "I have something to do, Oppa, you can only tell me."

"Ah!" Sun Shengwan slammed the table and stood up, "I can also massage Oppa's shoulders. It's really bad for you to eat alone!"

"You can, but you're not doing it now." Park Soo-young said without giving in, "You'll know when you line up to give Oppa a shoulder massage!"

"Come on, Oppa, tell me first, and only tell me."

Park Soo-young said this and put his ear close to Chen Chen's mouth.

"Yes"

Chen Chen moved his mouth twice and uttered two names.

"Oh Momo!" Park Soo-young covered her mouth in fear, her eyes curved into crescents, "Are they actually them?! This melon is really big and sweet, so sweet!"

"What what what?!"

Now Bae Joo-hyun couldn't bear it anymore and shook Chen Chen's arm to ask him to speak out.

"Xiu Rong, go ahead."

Chen Chen handed the job to Jiuyi and started eating again.

“Okay, Oppa.” Park Soo-young cleared his throat and then carefully stood on the stool. “Ahem, listen carefully, the big news of D-company in the new year is about Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin!”

It didn't have much impact on Chen Chen and C headquarters, but it was a very serious event in the Korean entertainment industry.

...(End of chapter)