star of the peninsula

baffling!

Although the conversation went smoothly, Chen Chen could not find a second adjective to describe the overall atmosphere other than inexplicable.

Director Li came for no apparent reason, and Chen Chen handed over two TV series without knowing what was going on. Then the two of them had a very pleasant conversation. What the hell is going on?!
Annoying, is this still the Baeksang Arts Awards? What is this for Chen Chen?!
Logically speaking, Chen Chen made money, a lot of money, so much that he could make a lot of money.

But the money he made was not enjoyable or profitable, which caused him to feel depressed and he became restless.

There will definitely be no problem handing over the TV series. The quality of the work is good enough and it will be a hit no matter who gives it to. So Chen Chen is willing to hand it over to JTBC TV station to make more money.

JTBC TV station wants to increase its fame, so it approached the C headquarters, which has produced many excellent works recently, and asked for two scripts in return. This is reasonable.

Just spend more money. Anyway, you are not short of money and no one cares.

Then JTBC TV station verbally obtained Chen Chen's promise, and Chen Chen also verbally obtained a large amount of capital injection from JTBC. This was a completely satisfactory outcome for both parties!

So why did Chen Chen feel uncomfortable? Which part of the process was this?
oh! understood!

Chen Chen suddenly understood, and he suddenly figured out why he was unhappy.

Because the negotiation went too smoothly, which meant the seller would ask for less! In addition to the capital injection, Chen Chen should have added some more conditions to rip off Director Li!

This is the regret of missing out on the fat sheep!

When doing business, you must feel pain on one side to enjoy it. If you don’t feel pain at all, I will suspect that I am not making enough money! Profiting less means losing money, and if you lose money, you will feel uncomfortable and depressed!
After figuring it out, Chen Chen felt much more comfortable. His thoughts became clear and his chest also became more relaxed.

Don't worry, there is still a chance.

Now we have only said some things verbally, and we can start making moves when it comes to the specific script.

It is obvious that you, JTBC TV station, are all stupid and rich. If we don’t rip you off, who else will we rip off?

……

The award ceremony began with the three hosts Shin Dong-yeop, Bae Suzy, and Park Bo-gum appearing first.

There was nothing interesting to see, so Chen Chen just praised "Suzy is so beautiful" and stopped paying attention to that place.

She was already very beautiful, and after becoming an artist of C headquarters, she became even more beautiful in Chen Chen's eyes.

However, he didn't have the energy to pay attention to what was happening on the stage, as the threshold of his own waiting room was about to be flattened.

Everyone knows that Chen Chen has arrived, and the award presenters who are also waiting backstage always want to meet this new star in the circle. It is a very good thing to get to know him and leave a good impression.

Directors, screenwriters, regular actors, musical actors, idol-turned-actors, comedians, athletes-turned-comedians, and even band members who were going to perform on stage during the transition between the first and second parts came over to say hello. It was so busy.

What’s even more infuriating is that these people who came over to say hello hardly deserved any special attention. Even if Chen Chen worked himself to death in the backstage today, it would be meaningless.

The ones I want to approach are all big-name actors, but big-name actors won't take the initiative to come over and say hello to you. If Chen Chen takes the initiative to find them, Chen Chen is unwilling to do so.
So Chen Chen went straight to the front desk to play in a fit of anger.

It is impossible to allocate seats to artists strictly according to the number of artists, there will always be some extra seats.

Even if there weren't any extras, Chen Chen wouldn't panic, because someone would definitely leave after receiving the prize, so wouldn't the seat be vacant?
Chen Chen walked through the staff passage from the side of the stage to the front of the stage. He found a seat in the back row effortlessly and was then startled.

In the more spacious front row of artist seats, half a row of them were squatting with various staff members, all of whom were brought by the artists themselves. There were also many people squatting in the last row of artist seats, and they looked like people from the program crew.

That’s right, the best actors are sitting in the best front row seats of the artist seats, so it’s only natural that there should be a grand ceremony.

Sitting in the back row, Chen Chen began to recognize people by looking at the big screen on the stage.

There was no other way. The people in front of him were all backs. It was impossible for Chen Chen to recognize actresses just by looking at the large areas of back skin exposed. He couldn't recognize any of them except Lee Ji-eun, whom he saw a lot.

Many big-name male actors came, such as Lee Byung-hun, Hyun Bin, and Jung Woo-sung, but there were also a few who did not show up, such as Yoo Ah-in. It seems that the status of Baeksang Arts is not as high as the public thinks. Then, Chen Chen witnessed the whole process of Lee Ji-eun being slipped away, being nominated frequently, but finally only winning the meaningless TV drama department popularity award.

How can it be so worthless? The film department simply does not set up this award and the other popularity award is given to EXO's Do Kyungsoo.

Anyway, Chen Chen was speechless and didn't know what Lee Ji-eun was thinking.

I guess she can only feel helpless. She is indeed the worst one in her track and has no temper.

"..."

"Thank you for your continued support, thank you Uaena." Lee Ji-eun was halfway through her speech when the audience suddenly cheered, making her both proud and confused, "Yes?"

Looking back at the big screen, the smile on Lee Ji-eun's lips became even more intense.

"I am especially grateful to President Chen Chen." Li Zhien also included Chen Chen, who was captured by the big screen camera, in her speech, "All this is inseparable from his arrangement."

Since then, the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards began to mention Chen Chen.

"Sky Castle", which won four awards, was nominated four times, and "My Mister", which won three awards, was nominated three times. In addition, there is the one time that "Radiant" appeared in advance and the final grand prize that was personally awarded by Chen Chen.

Now that they had arrived at the award ceremony, Chen Chen naturally knew who he was going to present the award to. It was the senior actress from the TV series "Radiant", Kim Hye-ja, who was born in 1941.

So far, there are a total of 16 awards in the TV drama department, and C has won nine of them, which is more than half.

The audience at the event and the audience in front of the TV were all numb. Although several of their awards were counted in the TV drama category, they had nothing to do with TV dramas. They were variety show awards.

Apart from variety show awards and joke awards, only one Best Actor and Best New Actor award in the TV drama department escaped the scope of C headquarters.

I wanted to say a few words, but I couldn't utter a word of dissatisfaction. "Sky Castle", "My Mister" and "Radiant" are all TV series that deserve to win awards. There is nothing wrong with them.

For the first time, everyone had a relatively clear understanding of the powerful strength of C headquarters in the TV drama circle, and also developed an emotion called terror towards Chen Chen.

Only those TV stations that successfully bought TV series from Chen Chen were secretly happy; they were the beneficiaries.

Oh yes, we have to add JTBC Director Lee who is also smiling very happily at the moment.

……

"What are you doing up front as an award presenter? There's so much room backstage for you to stay?"

After the show, Lee Ji-eun came over gracefully, holding up her skirt.

"Too many people came to see me backstage. I was exhausted." Chen Chen couldn't help scratching his hair, feeling very annoyed. "I was thinking of taking it easy when I came to the front desk, but I was still caught by the cameraman. It's a bit unlucky."

"You're not a bit unlucky, you're looking down on others." Li Zhien felt that he was looking down on her. "Among so many people at the concert, the camera director was able to catch the fully armed artists, but now he can't catch you, Chen Chen, among the artists?"

"Well, that may be true." Chen Chen shook his body nonchalantly, "But it's all over now, it doesn't matter. Just wait and see what C headquarters will do for marketing tomorrow."

"I don't think it will take until tomorrow, netizens will spontaneously push you up to the top of the topic right now." Li Zhien grabbed Chen Chen's back, "Hey, it's already twelve o'clock, what are you going to do later?"

"No." Chen Chen looked at Li Zhien and shook his head, saying apologetically: "Zhu Xuan asked me to buy soy sauce and I have to go home."

Li Zhien's eyes flashed and she said nothing more.

However, she felt that it was unreasonable to ask her boyfriend, who worked among a group of artists, to buy soy sauce and bring it home in the middle of the night.

...(End of chapter)