star of the peninsula

Minister Li was indeed here to do practical things. In addition to discussing TV dramas, he also talked about variety shows. They wanted to invite several well-made YouTube variety shows from C headquarters to be on TV.

Chen Chen didn't have any objections and just told him to ask his PDs later.

It is certainly a good thing for YouTube variety shows to be on TV, but the influence of the two is not on the same level, at least that is the case for South Korea now.

Moreover, being on TV will rarely affect the development of YouTube, so you can just do it at the same time. After all, it’s just one more broadcasting platform.

Chen Chen may not be sure about other programs, but "Civilization Express" will definitely be better on TV.

Anyway, it all depends on what the PDs think. It’s their own program and they have the final say. Chen Chen doesn’t intend to force anything.

……

"Grand Prize, Best TV Series, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Actress, plus a free Popularity Award. Nine awards! That's amazing!"

Just after taking the menu and ordering the food, Park Jin-young took out something that looked very similar to the menu and started reading it.

"I haven't seen you for a while, Brother Zhenying, have you learned to name the dishes?" Chen Chen joked, "Why are you in such a hurry to treat me to a meal so late at night? If it's not business, we should have a good talk."

Chen Chen had already arrived at Sulli's house, but Park Jin Young called him and forced him to go out temporarily.

"I'm not naming dishes, I'm just envious." Park Jin-young said exaggeratedly, "If Soy Sauce Bottle can do something like this at the Baeksang Arts Awards, I'll die with no regrets."

"This shouldn't be the case." Chen Chen couldn't help but frowned. "What happened to make you behave like this? Normally, no matter how envious I am, I wouldn't express it this way. Is there something wrong internally?"

"There is no problem internally, it is TWICE's problem."

Park Jin-young poured water for Chen Chen, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip from it.

"What's wrong with Tuwas? Didn't he just return for more than a week?" Chen Chen asked puzzledly: "Even if the data is not good, he shouldn't be so depressed!"

"You kid," Park Jin Young raised his head immediately after hearing this, "You haven't been paying attention to TWICE recently?!"

"Hey, you know I've been very busy lately. I really don't have time to pay attention to things outside the company." Chen Chen quickly took out his phone, "I'll check it now. It shouldn't be too late now."

"..."

Without looking closely, Chen Chen could tell what Park Jin-young was worried about by just looking at the name of the title song and a little bit of data. He also instantly understood why the big president in front of him was so worried.

The album is called "FANCY YOU" and the title song is "FANCY". When seeing these two names, friends who are familiar with Tuwas should know what stage this top group has reached, which is the difficult transformation and trial period.

If an idol group wants to live long, transformation is inevitable, even if you are the top group TWICE.

Of course, the group debuted in 2015 and has only been together for four years. It is nonsense to say that they must transform. This can only be regarded as an attempt by Jiang Yuping.

If this attempt succeeds, I won’t be panicking in the next few years. Knowing that there is still a long way to go, I will be braver to make more attempts.

The more paths there are to take, the longer the group can be maintained. When the height is already very high, thickness is the direction to pursue.

But what about this result?
I tried it, and the results were a bit disappointing. It turned out that the person in charge's mentality was even worse than the members', so much so that he needed to seek some comfort from Chen Chen.

"We have to try now! If we don't try when we have a solid foundation, can we just walk to the edge of the cliff and try? That's just courting death!" Chen Chen took a sip of water and prepared for the long speech that followed. "Since we are trying, we are eliminating wrong answers, so the result is not important."

"Besides, it's only been a week since the comeback, so it can't be considered a real result." "What if the fans just haven't reacted? Is there such a possibility? What if the new style attracts new fans to listen, which is also a good thing!"

"If you must think the results are particularly important, then let's just look at the results alone."

"It's true that TWICE's grades have declined, but is it really too much to drop from 99 points to 95 points?!"

"We use these four points to obtain valuable data, and then use this data to explore market demand, and ultimately choose the path that best caters to the market."

"If I can do it"

"These four points are well worth it. I even think four points are too little! I need to try more in the future and spend a few more points!"

"..."

Chen Chen was talking so much that he almost convinced himself.

"Actually," Park Jin-young said slowly, "I've already thought about what you said."

"Then why did you call me over here?" Chen Chen glared at him and drank a sip of water with a bad expression, "What special effect will the words coming out of my mouth have?!"

"If President Chen agrees with me, then it means I'm doing the right thing. This is very important." Park Jin-young looked much more comfortable. "People, sometimes you have to comfort yourself, right?"

"You come to me for comfort, so who should I go to when I want to be comforted?" Chen Chen complained, "I'll just have to deal with it myself, right?!"

"If you need comfort, just watch the video of this year's Baeksang Arts Awards. Who can be as impressive as you?" Park Jin-young joked, "When you have time, make two videos for Soy Sauce Bottle. I want to be impressive, too!"

"This stuff is largely a matter of luck, and it's not something that can be controlled by human power." Chen Chen spoke with confidence this time, "Don't just look at the TV series I won awards for. It's not like I've only released three from the beginning to now. Didn't the others all flop?!"

It’s true that every song I write becomes a hit, but many of my TV dramas have failed, so I’m a normal person!

"Yeah, the purpose of the first few works seems to be to prove that you are a normal person, but unfortunately you soon become abnormal later." Park Jin-young specifically mentioned, "It's the same with songwriting."

"..."

"Ha, whatever you say." Chen Chen was sweating coldly, but he still said stubbornly, "If you want to find an angle, there are indeed countless angles on my body that you can find."

"OK, since we've upset President Chen, let's talk about something else." Park Jin-young adjusted his expression and stared at Chen Chen. "I must have something else to ask you out, you know."

"No, you have to struggle through the precious transformation trial period yourself!" Chen Chen's answer was also decisive, "I don't need to say more about the final result of animals that others help shed their skin, right?"

Another reason why Park Jin-young approached Chen Chen was to keep a song in his arms for future use. During the painful transition period, using a song by Chen Chen could make life much easier and give him more confidence in doing things.

But Chen Chen would not give it to him. The soy sauce bottle must endure this pain itself and gain enough growth, so that it would not become the "soy sauce bottle" that seemed to have fallen out of the ranks of big companies in the future.

Although it is just a possibility, the hope is much greater than before. This extra hope can be regarded as a gift specially given by Chen Chen.

We are getting along very happily now, and I hope we can continue to get along happily in the future.

...(End of chapter)