star of the peninsula

On the first day of the new year, Chen Chen was lying leisurely in his office chair reading a script. There was no festive atmosphere at all.

It was quite lively outside. The already turbulent Internet was blown to another level by the super couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin, and the whole nation was in a carnival.

Firstly, the two are very famous actors, and even people who don’t watch TV dramas have more or less heard of these two names; secondly, "Crash Landing on You" was too popular, and too many people have seen it.

Go ahead and make some noise, Chen Chen is happy to be free, as long as it has nothing to do with C headquarters.

"Why do I feel like the quality of Korean drama scripts has dropped drastically?" Chen Chen finished reading the last script at hand, closed it, threw it away, and then looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "I've been reading for more than half a month, how come I can only find one that's half usable?!"

According to C headquarters' current status in the TV drama circle, the quality of the scripts sent over should be among the best in the circle. After all, if one feels that the script is not good, one would not have the courage to send it to C headquarters. As a result, even Chen Chen still finds it difficult to find scripts.

The situation is the same at C headquarters. Chen Chen doesn’t even dare to imagine how other film and television production companies feel.

"In the end, South Korea became Netflix's TV drama production factory not entirely because Netflix is ​​too powerful. There is really nothing to say about my own uselessness." Chen Chen sighed and looked at the two scripts on the desk, "You two are already the generals among the cripples!"

"Twenty-Five, Twenty-One", this is the half of the script.

Chen Chen had heard of it before. It was nice to watch and he loved watching it. It was an excellent film he had taken during his student days.

But Chen Chen had also heard about its bad points. The meaningless adult stage was distracting, and the final ending was so disappointing to the audience that the ratings dropped significantly.

Can it be used? Of course it can be used, it is nominated for the Grand Prize in the TV Drama category of the Baeksang Arts Awards!

Is the C headquarters useful? It's hard to say. This kind of unfinished work is the most damaging to the brand.

"This is the ending? C headquarters' overall control over the TV series has deteriorated a lot!"

Oh my god, Chen Chen can't stand hearing this! It's an insult to the dignity of a big company, and even more so to a time traveler!

"I'll talk to the writer and ask her to change the ending." Chen Chen turned around in his chair. "If she doesn't want to change it, I'll buy out the copyright and find another writer to revise it myself."

"The worst that can happen is that I will have a falling out with this..." Chen Chen flipped to the front and looked at the writer's name, "I will have a falling out with this screenwriter Quan Duen!"

"In the end, C headquarters posted both the revised and unrevised endings online, letting the young screenwriter get scolded by everyone to learn his lesson. By the way, it also highlights C headquarters' strong control over TV dramas!"

"Good idea!" Chen Chen's eyes lit up, "Let's do it!"

Pass the script to Ji-yeon and ask her to contact the writer using the above information to buy the script, and to investigate the information of Kwon Do-eun in detail.

"Kwon Do-eun, Kwon Do-eun."

Chen Chen also opened his computer and started searching for information. The name sounded vaguely familiar.

"Just read the script properly, why do you have to throw it around?!"

Shirley pushed the door open and saw several scripts thrown on the ground. She quickly squatted down and picked them up.

"Obviously I got annoyed after reading the last part. It's too irritating." Chen Chen stopped searching and smiled embarrassedly, "Don't worry about it. I'll collect it myself later."

"What if you forget?" Shirley glared at him. "If someone sees this, they'll say that C headquarters doesn't respect creators!"

"First of all, not all creators deserve respect. For creators who feed shit to the audience, everyone will just hope that they will stop writing as soon as possible." Chen Chen argued, "Also, it's not a bad thing for C headquarters to show its arrogance appropriately. Everyone will just think that C headquarters has become cooler!"

"Okay, whatever you want."

Although Shirley was talking, she had already sorted out all the scripts on the ground with her hands.

"Have you gained anything during this period?" Shirley piled the scripts on Chen Chen's desk again and joked, "It's been so long. If you don't gain anything, I'll deduct your salary!"

"My salary is only the minimum wage, you can deduct it if you want." Chen Chen pointed at the script on the table, "But I did gain something, these two."

"Two, that's not bad, it can last for a while."

Shirley nodded, quite satisfied.

"Take this first." Chen Chen stuffed the script to Shirley and said, "Give it to Han Shanhua as an advance payment for her salary."

"Women in the Alcoholic City." Shirley glanced at it and asked in confusion, "Isn't this a comic? How did you find it as a script?"

"Everyone knows how good C headquarters is at adapting comics. Isn't it normal to send their own comics here?" Chen Chen quickly made arrangements, "Get the copyright and broadcast it as a web series for C headquarters in conjunction with tvN."

"Understood. I'll give you the result in three days." Shirley put the script into the drawer. "But has Han Sunhwa been designated as the heroine?"

"For a script with multiple female leads, we need two more besides her." Chen Chen knew who the other two were, but he was too lazy to say it. Anyway, it would be the same few people in the end. "Let the other two compete freely. Whoever catches the director's eye will come."

"Don't talk so far ahead." Shirley reminded: "We haven't adapted it into a script yet, let alone found a director and production team."

"Another idea is," Shirley paused and said, "Since it is already considered as a reward for Han Sunhwa, why not bring Jiyeon along to play with her? She also needs to be paid."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Chen Chen frowned, "But you know there's no way to give her the position of the heroine, right?"

"Of course I know, and not only do I know, Jiyeon knows it too." Sulli said, "Give her a supporting role. If she is the main character, her salary will be too high."

"It seems there is no similar supporting role here." Chen Chen turned his eyes to another script, "But there should be one here, I'll pick one for Zhiyan later."

"I'm glad you remembered this." Shirley smiled gently. She was relieved. "It's a rare opportunity for C headquarters to receive a new script. Taking this opportunity to allocate the resources that should be allocated will reduce trouble in the future."

"Shall we send out Suzy's advance contract renewal announcement tomorrow?" Sulli mentioned something else.

"We'll post it tomorrow. Let's let the couple stay on the hot search list for a day." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head twice, "Let's not be bad guys."

"You just announced your relationship, why do you consider them a couple?" Shirley complained, "Isn't it a bit too quick?!"

"We will definitely get married in the end, believe me."

Chen Chen deliberately pretended to be an expert and didn't say much.

"So what if they're married? They can still get divorced." Sulli snorted, "Look at what happened between Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo last year."

"Correction." Chen Chen did not comment but only found fault, "It's already January 1st of the new year. It was the year before last."

"Whatever!" Shirley glanced at him, "Have you thought about giving some resources to the two actors who have renewed their contracts?"

"Just keep looking. At least these two scripts are not suitable." Chen Chen waved his hand calmly. "Besides the company, they also have places where they can harvest resources. There is no need to worry about starving them."

"Then let's set up the actor department first." Shirley suddenly blurted out something terrifying, "Interviews will be held in a week, I hope you can make time by then." "Are there any connections there?" Chen Chen asked about shady things openly.

"Yes, almost all of them." Shirley answered without hesitation: "Anyone who can aim for the position of head of the actor department of C headquarters has been a big shot in the industry. It's easy to find some connections."

"Hehe, you don't think your C headquarters is as clean as a freshly washed mirror, do you?"

"..."

Chen Chen was naturally speechless for a while.

But there is no problem. If everyone is related by connections, then no one is related by connections. It’s a big victory for C headquarters!
"Is there anyone from MBC TV?"

Chen Chen suddenly thought of this. Kang Niang, who jumped over from MBC to become the director of the variety show department of C headquarters, must have been asked to make connections in the actor department many times.

"Yes." Sulli replied, "There is a senior executive in the TV drama department who left MBC TV station. He is the strongest candidate."

"That's basically him." Chen Chen felt relieved. "If there's no such thing as a hunk falling from the sky, no one else can compete with him."

The TV drama department of MBC TV station is almost the strongest TV drama department in South Korea, and the executives who come out of it are definitely enough for C headquarters.

"But KEYEAST is here too." Shirley said with a wicked smile, "You won't reject him, will you?"

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"Become a front-line manager." Chen Chen arranged it in the blink of an eye. "Who is coming?"

“A relative of Bae Yong-joon, the founder of KEYEAST.”

Shirley's answer was very ordinary, so ordinary that Chen Chen had anticipated it before she opened her mouth.

"Let's change the subject." Chen Chen sighed heavily, "I suddenly feel a little tired."

"The only things we can talk about are more exhausting topics." Shirley conveyed the news to Chen Chen, "C Headquarters doesn't have the money to buy two new buildings, and we can't afford to buy the old building either. At most, we can only afford half of it."

"So if I want to buy it, I have to pay for it myself, right?" Chen Chen confirmed.

"Yes." Shirley nodded and said, "It's not a problem to make programs, start projects, or even shoot TV series, but there is definitely not enough money to buy a building."

"I'll pay for it myself." Chen Chen said calmly, "According to the bills I sorted out, if I work harder, I should be able to buy two buildings on my own."

"Are you that rich?" Shirley was stunned. "How can you work hard in this situation?!"

"I'll just work hard to wait for the dividends from Tik Tok. Where else can I work hard?" Chen Chen spread his hands and responded: "After the sale of Tik Tok came to an end, Tik Tok and I modified the contract on the dividends of the shares. Now I can easily get money from Tik Tok."

"Then," Shirley swallowed hard, "how much is it?"

"0.05." Chen Chen did not hide it from her, "It moved forward two decimal points."

If he doesn't change the numbers, Chen Chen will never get the so-called dividends.

A certain audio player would feel that he had given too much to an outsider who was outside his group, and Chen Chen also had that self-awareness.

"That's a lot of money." Shirley did a quick calculation and almost dropped her jaw. "But if you move two decimal points forward to 0.05, it would originally be five. Why would they offer you such a generous contract?!"

"First, what I brought out at that time was indeed valuable. Second, although it was a trump card project that I had prepared for many years, I guess they didn't expect that Douyin could grow into such an exaggerated giant in just a few years."

"Besides, they made that condition in order to tie me to their chariot as a backbone."

"If I didn't want to be the backbone, this condition would not have fallen on me."

If he were to work honestly as an executive at Tik Tok, with Chen Chen's "advanced" vision and outstanding future strategy, he would be able to get a few more points of dividends, let alone 5 points.

But Chen Chen chose to withdraw. He felt that he would definitely be exposed among the smartest group of Internet giants, even though he had a vision for the future.

Never underestimate a truly smart person.

Chen Chen firmly believed that what he made at that time was the most correct choice.

"If you pay for your own building for the company, I have nothing to say." Shirley stopped struggling. "Just complete the connection. You have dedicated people to do this anyway."

"By the way." Shirley was still a little curious, "How much did it cost you to open the branch of Arlene's Canteen?"

"It's not cheap." Chen Chen said perfunctorily, "It's much more expensive than when I opened the first store."

Seeing that Chen Chen had no intention of telling her, Shirley stopped asking and returned to her seat with the script to start working.

Just at this time, Jiyeon also sent Kwon Do-eun's information.

"She's actually Kim Eun-sook's favorite disciple?" Chen Chen began to rub his chin unconsciously, "That's a bit difficult."

Kim Eun-sook is very important, and Chen Chen also wants to get the "Dark Glory" in her hand.

Then it becomes a question worth considering to what extent C headquarters can do for Kwon Do-eun who she brought with her.

We have to find a good balance, at least not use any drastic measures. Using the strength of C headquarters to force her to revise the script is probably not going to work.

"Ask writer Kwon Do-en a meeting. The time and place will be decided by him."

Chen Chen called the assistant and asked her to do something.

"You'll do this yourself?" Shirley turned her head again, "How about handing it over to the director after the actor department is established?"

"That's fine, but I still have to do it myself in the end." Chen Chen tapped his chest, "I want the other party to modify the script according to my wishes, and I'm afraid it won't work if I don't show up."

"Wow~ President Chen is even revising the script?!" Shirley stood up and said, "Can I also attend the meeting?!"

"It's not the first time, why are you so surprised?" Chen Chen didn't stop her, "Come if you want, but if we get into a fight, you have to speak up for me."

"Is it possible for them to quarrel again?" Shirley was a little skeptical.

Chen Chen did not comment.

"People who create things are more or less stubborn, maybe."

...(End of chapter)