star of the peninsula

ITZY is naturally in a very good situation. The treatment of idols who are about to debut in the company is the same as that of college entrance examination candidates who are about to take the exam. There is nothing much to talk about.

After Chen Chen mentioned it, Park Jin-young just said a few words casually without revealing too much information.

However, Chen Chen still knew everything because he happened to meet the girls from ITZY when he was leaving the soy sauce bottle.

After a simple greeting and a few words, the encounter with ITZY ended.

There was no way. Chen Chen didn't want to be in the news on the first day of the new year. Prolonged close contact always involves risks.

"Come with me to the crew tonight to meet everyone who chose to start work on the first day of the new year, attend the opening banquet and give them some red envelopes."

After returning to headquarters C, Chen Chen and Shirley arranged the evening activities together.

"You're asking them to work today. You're a capitalist with a dark heart." Shirley was a little reluctant. "Besides, I really don't want to see senior Xu Xian. I feel uncomfortable when I see her."

"Why?" Chen Chen's curiosity was immediately piqued. "Did they have a bad relationship before?"

"There's no such thing as a good relationship or a bad relationship." Sulli couldn't help but sigh, "But do you think that with Seohyun's upright and serious personality, it's possible for her to get along well with me at SMART?"

"Haha, this is indeed a question that needs to be carefully considered." Chen Chen couldn't help but laugh, "But the past is the past, and this is now. Your identities are different from when you were at SMART, so why not get to know each other again from now on. After all, you signed a two-year contract, and you can't hide away even if you want to."

"Yeah, we have to start over." Sulli changed the subject a little, "But Seohyun senior is really cruel. After getting the script, she stopped all her activities as an artist and devoted herself to studying the script."

"After all, the pressure I put on her was a little too much." Chen Chen knew exactly why this happened. "From her perspective, if she fails to complete the first job I gave her, her future living environment in C Headquarters will be completely different. It's no exaggeration to say that it's one step to heaven and one step to hell."

"If it were you, what would you do? What kind of response would you give?" Chen Chen teased Shirley.

"Don't worry about what would happen if it were me. Any artist would do the same thing as Xu Xian-senpai!" Sulli snorted, "In a fair environment, you have to fight for a future completely based on your own abilities. Anyone who is not the daughter of a chaebol family will have to gamble their life here, because there will never be such an opportunity again!"

"Is it so exaggerated?" Chen Chen was a little surprised. "At least those actors with good status don't have to do this."

"Don't overestimate those actors with good status. Except for those who have a superior status, the rest are still not good enough in front of the agency." Shirley looked at Chen Chen deeply, "Especially a monster company like C headquarters that can produce three TV series at the same time."

Chen Chen is aware that an actor's status is not good enough in front of the agency. Many people who look glamorous and can be called second-tier top actors dare not even breathe a word when facing the company's boss, and may even be puaed by the boss or something.

"Speaking of which," Shirley suddenly became curious, "where does C headquarters get the money to produce TV series?"

"The various projects have been running for so long, they should start making money, right?" Chen Chen couldn't hide his smile as he explained, and he was obviously very satisfied. "The money they make is more than enough to cover the TV series' expenses, and we can even save a little."

"Finally, you are no longer required to make money to subsidize the C headquarters." Shirley laughed, "I am so happy for you."

"It took me almost two years to achieve this. I don't know if it's fast or slow." Chen Chen sighed, "It's only with the help of big guys that I can achieve this level of C headquarters. Those who started from scratch should all be legends in their own biographies."

"That's for sure." Shirley nodded, then opened the drawer and took out a bag. "But we have to get down to business. We have to give out red envelopes."

……

After wrapping the red envelope, Chen Chen drove Shirley to the crew. "Isn't this car a soy sauce bottle? Why did you park it directly in the C headquarters garage?"

Shirley only just realized that her boss had been a gangster, and her eyes widened unconsciously.

"No one is using it there, so why not give it to me?" Chen Chen said, sounding aggrieved. "I've already told you in advance that if anyone wants to use it, just let me know and I'll personally drive it to your door. But I haven't received any news from anyone who wants to use the car, so you can't blame me, right?"

"You are so shameless." Shirley felt helpless at his shamelessness. "You drove the car to my door in person. Who would dare to ask you for a car? Would President Park dare?"

"Hehe, he obviously didn't dare to say anything." Chen Chen argued: "But I think Soy Sauce Bottle should be more relieved to see my behavior, nothing else."

"Have you got some shame? You can say such things!" Shirley rolled her eyes. "You took someone else's things and expected them to feel happy about it. How dare you..."

"Think about it from another angle. Why do I only take their things and not others? It's because I have a good relationship with them!" Chen Chen said righteously, "Besides, I never took their things before, but now I do. It also shows that our relationship has been successfully improved! Soy Sauce Bottle should feel happy no matter how you look at it. It's definitely worth it to have a better relationship with me, Chen Chen!"

"..."

Shirley was speechless, because she actually felt that there was nothing wrong with what Chen Chen said, and that this was how things should develop!

"Tell me what the flaw is in your statement." Shirley couldn't figure it out herself, so she humbly asked for advice, "I don't want to be fooled by such rhetoric in the future."

"Hahahaha." Chen Chen couldn't help laughing out loud, and only after he had laughed enough did he start to explain, "First of all, having a good relationship with others and being good to others should not mean asking for things from them, but giving."

"Secondly, giving small things to each other can indeed be seen as proof of a close relationship, but giving large things cannot be seen as proof of a close relationship."

"A luxury car like this one, which costs over 100 million won, is obviously a large piece of stuff, not a small gadget that can be taken away casually and it's okay."

"But the last sentence is fine. It is indeed something to be happy about to have a good relationship with me, Chen."

"That's the summary. Do you understand?"

Chen Chen tilted his head and glanced at Shirley.

"I see." Shirley snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's just a low-level verbal trick. If you just calm down and think about it, you can tell the difference clearly."

"Yes, it's very low-level." Chen Chen nodded, "But the premise is that you are not always in such an environment and have no time and space to calm down and think."

"How do you know so much?" Shirley looked at Chen Chen suspiciously.

Chen Chen shrugged slightly.

"There's nothing on the Internet, I just read a lot."

...(End of chapter)