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"Perhaps you could take a look at the dwarf king on the other side?"

Jin Shidai saw that Chen Chen was a little disappointed, so he took the initiative to mention the other side.

"Shorty King will disband in a little over a year. We should start training trainees now and then grab two members who were not involved in the vote-rigging incident to lead the team when they disband. This should be a workable model."

"After joining forces, take some time to develop a good relationship, and then simply train according to your own ideas for a year or two, and that will be enough for your debut."

"The company will launch a new girl group three years after Integrate debuts, which is a reasonable time frame. We don't have to worry about fans causing trouble."

"Don't worry about the initial popularity and future development. We have learned from past experience." Kim Ji-eun pointed at herself and said, "Our Cosmic Girls have developed even better after the members who returned from IOI joined us."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Chen Chen smiled bitterly.

"To be honest, I am a little moved."

"You just shattered my plan and now I have another one in my mind. I feel like you have completely controlled me." Chen Chen sighed, "I am so upset! But what you said seems to be really right. This approach is very feasible!"

"Then here comes the problem." Chen Chen threw all the problems to Golden Era, "Even if I can get two members from the Shorty King, where can I get the rest of the members for an idol group?"

"If you don't mind, then Starship." Jin Shidai shrugged casually, "Starship is no longer eligible to launch groups continuously, and can only choose between a boy's group and a girl's group."

"If I had to choose, I would of course choose a boy group, because X1 will already be returning two members who have a very good fan base, and if they can get more other members through your information, Starship's new boy group will be even stronger."

"Starship is different from C headquarters. The fact that X1 members were involved in the vote-rigging incident is nothing compared to Starship's own mess, so Starship can boldly use them."

"Since they have chosen the boy band, the girl band's female trainees will be wasting their time staying on Starship for the next few years."

"If any of them can be picked by C headquarters, it will be the last good thing I, the president who has let them down, have done for them."

"Even if we can't say that we've helped them turn from sparrows into phoenixes, at least we've helped them climb to higher branches, right?"

"What do you think of my idea?" Jin Shidai took a sip of water slowly. "Although it was a last-minute idea, it's already complete."

"It is indeed complete, and I can already see some of the future." Chen Chen sighed, then waved his hand to end the meeting, "That's it for today, I'll think about it slowly."

"Okay then." Jin Shidai stood up and nodded to the two of them. "Goodbye, President Chen, and Goodbye, Executive Director Cui."

"I'll see you off."

Shirley stood up to help Chen Chen see the guests off, while Chen Chen himself sat numb on the chair for a while.

Can what Golden Era said be accomplished?
It's so doable! Even when Chen Chen listened, the images of LE SSERAFIM and IVE appeared in front of his eyes.

Although it is impossible for these two groups to appear again, Chen Chen’s first reaction was these two groups!
The remaining members of LE SSERAFIM combined with the remaining members of IVE can definitely make a nice vase after careful selection, at least the appearance is good enough. It is not difficult to make up for the lack of strength, just grab a lead singer from the disbanded Shorty King to fill the gap in strength.

"No, how come I turned this production girl group into a jigsaw puzzle?!"

Chen Chen was very puzzled and couldn't help but muttering out loud.

"Because it's just a jigsaw puzzle." Shirley came back from outside and just happened to hear Chen Chen's complaint. She smiled and sat next to him and said, "The producer creates the basic framework of a group, then selects the most suitable people from the vast number of trainees and puts them in and kneads them together. In this way, a group is created. Everyone does this."

"I'm tired and don't want to think about it anymore." Chen Chen frowned. "Integrate just debuted and I'm already thinking about a new girl group. This is inappropriate. I always feel uncomfortable in my heart."

"Does it feel like you're secretly having a second child without telling your eldest child?" Shirley laughed. "Sure, Chen Chen. We're not even married yet, but you're getting to experience this feeling in advance!"

"Don't say such weird things!" Chen Chen suddenly felt even more numb. "I'm already feeling uncomfortable, and if you say anything more, I'm going to die."

"Okay, let's talk about other things." Shirley returned to her seat and took out some information. "First of all, we have started receiving registrations for the Idol Chicken Contest, and the number of people is more than we expected. From the start of the promotion yesterday to now, we have received registration information from fifteen teams."

"So many?" Chen Chen's eyes widened. "So many people in just one day?! The first day won't be the peak period, we have to wait for the next few days!"

"There are more obscure groups in South Korea than you think. Of course, they are willing to try this kind of activity that has no entry threshold and can show off their reputation. What's more, you didn't stipulate that one group can't have two or even three teams." Sulli raised her eyebrows. "Besides, because they are obscure, they have more time to practice and are more likely to get good results."

"We didn't set the threshold right." Chen Chen immediately admitted his mistake, "If I had known earlier, I should have made it an invitation-only event like the Idol Sports Meet!"

"Don't worry, the planners have found a solution." Shirley announced the good news.

"How do we do it?" Chen Chen asked curiously, "Are you sure it's 100% effective?"

"Of course it works." Shirley snorted. "This isn't a formal e-sports event, so there's no need to talk about fairness and justice! The idols are in the front of the idol chicken contest, so there has to be a classic voting session in the idol circle."

"After the registration is over, we will look at all the teams together, select the highly popular teams that must be allowed to enter the main competition, and get specific numbers."

"Then we set the number of seeded teams based on this number. The seeded teams can go directly to the main competition, while the other teams must first participate in the open trials to eliminate some teams."

"I don't need to explain the method of selecting the seeded teams. It's just fan voting. Those highly popular teams will definitely be voted as seeded teams and enter the main competition without any injuries."

"As for who wins the championship and gets the best reward, I think you should never care about that. It doesn't matter who wins."

"If a mediocre team really wins, it's their good fortune. Those people will definitely be grateful to C headquarters and you. It might be better for us than if a popular team won the championship."

Shirley put her arm around Chen Chen's shoulders and asked with a smile, "How is it? Our remedial measures are perfect, right?"

"It's perfect!" Chen Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "Those planners were not in vain. Today is the most useful episode for the planners!"

...(End of chapter)