star of the peninsula

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bae Joo-hyun became a little more clingy, but other than that nothing special happened.

Many projects of headquarters C are operating in an orderly manner. The only thing Chen Chen needs to worry about in these projects is whether the money is transferred in time when it is due.

What about Alin's Canteen? There's no rush for that. First stabilize the store, at least make sure it has the ability to support my ambitions.

"How about we talk to the entertainment companies about the follow-up? They are all going crazy after seeing GOT7's album sales explode."

Chen Chen did what he said and took out his cell phone and called Lee Soo Man immediately.

"Is President Chen done with his work?" Lee Soo Man was a little surprised. "I thought you would be busy for a while before calling me."

"Haha, what does Chairman Lee Soo Man think I'm busy with?"

Chen Chen tried to find out how much his colleagues outside knew about him.

"You can be busy with movies, TV series, variety shows and even idols. C headquarters has too much business." Lee Soo Man laughed, "The only thing that is certain is that you are not doing a good job as a distributor. It makes us very anxious."

"You are wrongly accusing me. I have been doing my job well here." Chen Chen leaned back and lay down on the chair. "The main publisher is not C headquarters. I am just an employee for others. I have to ask for their opinions on many things."

"Look, didn't I contact you as soon as I got the result after asking for instructions?" Chen Chen said without hesitation, "If you were to say which South Korean entertainment company I'd most like to allow to enter the Chinese market, S.H.I.E. would always be the first in my heart."

"Oh my god, Boss Chen is getting nicer and nicer in his words." Lee Soo Man sighed for no reason, "Before, I could still feel some immature youthfulness in Boss Chen, but now he looks like a complete businessman."

"I suddenly realized that speaking nicely won't cost me anything. It's nothing." Chen Chen brought the topic back on track. "Let's talk about production and distribution. Who does SMART plan to put on our C headquarters' ship this time?"

"If possible, Stupid Hat Company would like to bet everything on it."

Lee Soo Man gave an answer that was so casual that it shocked a lot of people.

"Isn't your method too drastic?" Chen Chen felt a toothache. "I just signed a contract with Dreamus at the beginning of the year. Isn't it a bit bad to betray him directly?"

"Source Music was able to jump from KT to Loen in just one year. It wouldn't be difficult for SKT to slowly adjust and change ships." Lee Soo Man seemed a little surprised by Chen Chen's words. "Dreamus is just a subsidiary of SKT that temporarily switched to the record industry. Why does Boss Chen care so much about it?"

"I have to be careful when I go directly against a record company that signed contracts with two giants, Shamao and Jiangyouping." Chen Chen was also surprised. "Why can you be so indifferent to it?"

"What's there to be afraid of a subsidiary of a subsidiary?" Lee Soo Man said without a care. "If the SKT that held shares in LOEN in the past had given it some face, the problem is that LOEN has long been independent, and SKT's power in the entertainment industry is not strong enough now."

"It's OK to scare small companies normally, but if people like you and me are easily scared, we would be a bit too cowardly."

"As for the chaebols personally stepping in to suppress this kind of thing." Lee Soo Man laughed out loud, "How much money can be made in the entertainment industry? If you want to be laughed at by other chaebols for the rest of your life for such a small thing, then just let it go. Even if I'm a victim, I'm willing to see the chaebols' hysterical and embarrassing appearance!"

Sure enough, South Koreans' hostility towards chaebols is ingrained in their bones. Even Lee Soo-man, who always seems kind on the surface, can say such things. That statement is absolutely true. "No matter what, C headquarters wants to play it safe." Chen Chen said, "I want to leave myself some room for error, and I don't want C headquarters to show any aggressiveness."

"If S.A.I. Studios really wants to bet on all the artists, please do it slowly over a year. It's too big for C Headquarters to handle all of them at once."

"EXO's regular Friday in November can be used as an opportunity to make the collaboration clear, while Red Velvet's mini Friday in December can be used to get them on board first."

"After all, their Mini Five's title song is my work, so it's reasonable for them to do so." Chen Chen concluded the topic here, "What do you think?"

"That's it." Lee Soo Man did not object. "Since Boss Chen has made all the arrangements, I will naturally follow Boss Chen's arrangements."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Chen reviewed the details himself and became more and more convinced that his cautious approach was not wrong.

It's very simple. A subsidiary of a subsidiary doesn't sound like anything special, but what if the parent company is SK Group?
Even without talking about the fact that the parent company is SK Group, the first subsidiary refers to SKT. Isn’t that scary?
Dreamus is a subsidiary of SKT. Chen Chen knows that SKT is not very interested in the entertainment industry, so they can do things to steal its business because they don’t care much about it and it’s just a loss.

But no matter how much you try to snatch it, you have to give it some respect, so much respect that its partners gradually withdraw instead of jumping from it to C headquarters in a dignified manner and losing face.

If you lose face too much, they will try to deal with you even if they have no grudge against you, let alone they are your rivals.

In conclusion, Lee Soo Man is setting a trap for C Headquarters. He wants to keep C Headquarters going even if it means temporarily damaging the interests of SM Entertainment.

"An old businessman is an old businessman. He is really cruel and his methods are really vicious." Chen Chen couldn't help but shook his head. "Fortunately, my buddy has connections with more than one big businessman like you. We can compare them and find problems easily."

The so-called control refers to the soy sauce bottle.

Soy Sauce Bottle needs to treat Dreamus with great caution. Why does SMART look down on it so much?

Do you still think you are the best in the industry? Don’t be ridiculous. Thanks to TWICE’s continuous comebacks and tours, Soy Sauce Bottle has surpassed the market value last month. And Sham Group is the first one to fail!
"Oh my god, I'll lose at least five years of my life if I hang out with these old guys." Chen Chen took two deep breaths, swiped his phone and opened Tik Tok, "Open your eyes and see the world, relax."

Well. The opening screen news is very explosive, very much in the style of big data.

Cube Entertainment issued another announcement.

"The dismissal is a serious matter, and the company will make a careful decision after listening to the person concerned."

It looks a bit like Hong Seung-sung barely managed to stand his ground and fight back, but shouldn't this have been released and explained at the beginning? It's too late to say it now.

...(End of chapter)