star of the peninsula

Two days later, Jin Shidai was suddenly reinstated without any warning. His illness, which was so serious that it took several months to treat, was suddenly completely recovered to the point where he was able to return to work.

This is a fairly obvious signal, indicating that KakaoM has completed the separation of Starship and now needs Golden Era to step forward and take the role of scapegoat.

It also means that the commercial promotion activities to compete for starships have begun.

Chen Chen's face was a little gloomy because he didn't get any information from Golden Era in advance.

This does not 100% mean that Golden Age wants to abandon C headquarters. It may also be that they cannot do it too obviously or even that they are subject to strict restrictions.

But in any case, C headquarters is already a little behind its important competitors, and this is an unchangeable fact.

"KakaoM has publicly announced that it will sell off its shares in Starship." Shirley brought the document over and reported, "What should we do?"

"You can buy it directly from their store, but it only costs five dollars." Chen Chen replied, "It depends on the other party's attitude. KakaoM may not be willing to sell it to us, and Starship is not a listed company, so we can't use tough measures to get the shares we want."

"Are you sure? Now is the highest price." Shirley hesitated. "If I buy at 5 points now, I might be able to buy at 6 or 7 points later. It's too much of a loss. How about waiting for everyone to push the price down?"

Even though KakaoM is already publicly available for sale, it would be wise to wait and see.

Everyone knows that Starship is the negative asset of KakaoM, so just wait for a discount. You won’t be able to sell it without a discount.

What's more, the group of predators outside who are eyeing the starship with eager eyes will definitely make all kinds of fancy moves to intensify the attack on the starship, making its value even lower and forcing KakaoM to give a discount.

"We have strong capital, so a little loss is not a problem. Finding out their attitude in advance will make things easier in the future." Chen Chen asked her to be bold. "Just think of that little money as buying the right to talk to KakaoM and Golden Age."

"Okay, I'll do it then." Shirley confirmed one last question before leaving, "Will the shares I buy be registered in your name or in the C headquarters?"

"Hang it at C headquarters." Chen Chen replied: "There are other operations next, it's not very comfortable to hang it here."

……

Shirley took action in the afternoon, and Chen Chen received the news of the successful transaction when he was having lunch with Bae Joo-hyun the next day.

Not only that, five minutes after Sulli’s news came out, the news on the Internet also exploded. The successful acquisition of Starship Five Points shares by C Headquarters became the South Korean hot search with the highest rising index.

All of a sudden, all kinds of conspiracy theories became popular again, such as "I knew it was Chen Chen who did it. He suppressed Starship just for today" and "It's hammered, it's hammered". These words that had disappeared for several months reappeared.

What the netizens said is correct, but it is useless because the key point is that C headquarters publicly holds shares in Starship.

"KakaoM bought the news so quickly. They're using me to raise the price, right?" Chen Chen was speechless. "How can such a big company be so petty? It's a bit embarrassing to act like they're trying their best to sell the starship at a good price, isn't it?"

"What are you embarrassing? You know that this news was bought by KakaoM, but netizens don't know. They just quietly pushed it forward while they were watching the gossip!" Bae Joo Hyun took the smoothie in front of Chen Chen away and replaced it with a bowl of bibimbap. "Go eat your meal. This matter should have come to an end here, right?" "How could it be? Starship has been the hot search topic for the past half month, and it wants to drag all the entertainment companies in South Korea into it." Chen Chen took two bites. "But it's good that it didn't affect you. You won't be back until late August, and the dust should have settled by then."

The world line suddenly converged, and Red Velvet will return with "Umpah Umpah" in August 2019 according to the original world line. These people are on the same exact trajectory as before.

But this time "Umpah Umpah" should be okay, because it has never been a particularly bad work.

The reason why “last time” seemed to have such a big problem was mainly because the sudden chanting at the beginning was too scary, and when it was released right after the chanting for the audience to appreciate, it couldn’t help but be filtered through a layer of caution.

There was no chanting or causing trouble this time, and the main body Red Velvet is much stronger than before, so theoretically it won't be that bad.

"We are all set for our return. Have you finished the Integrate matters?"

Bae Joo-hyun had no appetite to eat, so she simply took Chen Chen's smoothie and started eating it.

"They're filming a music video today. Why don't we go over and take a look after dinner?" Chen Chen couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it. "You can see Yuanying jumping out of a plane."

"I won't go. The shortest child is 163cm tall. There must be measures to increase their height during the filming. I don't feel comfortable going there." Bae Joo Hyun raised her eyebrows and pouted her lips. "It's a bit too much for you to ask a nutritionist to prepare meals according to their growth status in advance. Their height growth is a bit too advanced!"

"Then why don't you stand on stilts and let everyone in the audience look up at you." Chen Chen laughed, "I'll be there to support you, and you just hold my head and walk."

"Get lost!" Bae Joo Hyun glared at him, "I'll go back to the company when you leave! The industry has been turbulent these past few days, I want to stay away from you, the center of this vortex, so as not to affect our return!"

"That's fine. It should be the wisest approach at the moment." Chen Chen thought of Shamao, and his expression became a little playful. "Your teacher Li Xiuman is really stingy. He didn't even come to congratulate us for such a big thing as C headquarters acquiring five points of shares."

"He must be busy mobilizing people at this moment. You suddenly bought 5 points and disrupted the market!" Although Pei Zhuxuan didn't understand much about the company, she knew Chen Chen, the catfish among the sardines, too well. "He doesn't do any good, but he is the best at making trouble!"

"Well, everyone should be frantically speculating whether there is something good hidden in the starship that makes me so eager to buy it." Chen Chen felt a surge of satisfaction when he said this, "They want to wait for the price to drop, but they are also afraid of missing out. They are very confused."

"Hahaha!" Chen Chen couldn't help but burst into laughter. "The phones of all the people inside the starship, including some people from KakaoM, are probably going to be bombarded with calls. They're all here to spy on the information!"

As for whether SMART and Soy Sauce Bottle would think that Chen Chen was trying to trick them by saying he had no money before or that the current C headquarters was just trying to put on a show, Chen Chen had no control over that.

They can think whatever they want. Anyway, no one will contact each other during the period when the matter is really over. Everyone has become completely opposite competitors, and each relies on their own abilities.

"Oh my god~" Bae Joo Hyun's eyes sparkled quietly, "My crush has finally grown to the point where he can easily stir up the storm in the circle, it's really amazing."

...(End of chapter)