star of the peninsula

"You may not be able to go."

Shirley stopped Chen Chen who was about to take action with just one word.

"How to say?"

Chen Chen turned around and asked.

"IU asked me out for dinner." Sulli waved her phone. "We're friends and we're talking about business cooperation. I can't refuse, right?"

"How could it be her turn to discuss business cooperation? If there is any discussion, it should be KakaoM and Tik Tok." Chen Chen saw through Li Zhien's little thoughts, "She just wants to have a meal and chat together."

"Come on, you should go too and meet your colleagues in the company."

Chen Chen patted Lee Kwang Soo's arm.

It's not that I don't want to pat his shoulders, it's just that Lee Kwang Soo was sitting just now and now he is standing, and to pat his shoulders he has to raise his hand too high, which doesn't look cool enough.

"I won't go." Lee Kwang-soo wanted to refuse, "It has nothing to do with me. It's your business."

"It's just a simple gathering of friends. One more person makes it more lively." Chen Chen said with a smile: "Who wouldn't like to have a giraffe by their side while eating?"

"Yes, I asked Jieun, and she said she would welcome Kwang Soo oppa to come over." Sulli chimed in, "Just think of it as going out for fun, Mr. Kwang Soo, come along."

"Then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."

Lee Kwang Soo did not refuse again, but followed the arrangements obediently.

He was able to chat and talk with Chen Chen just now because of the good relationship they had built up before. Now he doesn't have the courage to reject Chen Chen's invitation and refuse it several times in a row.

Although it is a bad thing for a guest to bring a guest, there is nothing good to say about him as the guest brought by the guest.

"I'll drive."

When he came to the car, Lee Kwang-soo took the initiative to take on some tasks.

"Stay in the back." Chen Chen refused unceremoniously. "I finally adjusted the seat and steering wheel to the most comfortable angle. What will happen if you ruin it again?!"

"It's not far. Just stay behind and we'll be there soon."

Shirley was just being polite on the surface. She opened the passenger door and got in the car.

"..."

Lee Kwang-soo was speechless for a while, feeling that he was being played by this husband-and-wife shop.

Chen Chen knew that Lee Kwang Soo was a very good person in private and really wanted to drive for him, but he, Chen, really didn't want others to change the things he had adjusted. People who drive frequently should have this feeling.

……

"Wow~ I can actually meet Kwang Soo oppa in private, what a surprise."

IU was wearing a coat and boots. When she ran over to greet them, the fluttering sound of her coat and the thumping sound of her boots hitting the ground were particularly funny.

"Yes." Shirley accepted Li Zhien's hug for Chen Chen. She couldn't just watch this idiot throw himself into Chen Chen's arms in front of outsiders. "Mr. Kwang Soo happened to be discussing some things at C headquarters, so he just came over to have dinner together."

"Long time no see, Ms. IU." Lee Kwang-soo smiled like a wrinkled chrysanthemum, "I've watched every episode of Hotel Del Luna, you're so beautiful!"

"You're not trying to flatter me just because I'm treating you to dinner, are you? Hahaha!" Lee Ji-eun joked, then pulled Sulli inside, "Let's all go inside first. It's not appropriate to talk while blocking the door."

Sit down, close the door, and the lively atmosphere just now disappears in an instant and is replaced by awkwardness.

"You finally came out of seclusion. There was no news for several months. I suspected that you were lost." Chen Chen spoke up to break the silence.

Chen Chen gave her "Love Poem" in advance, so IU didn't have a pre-release song for this comeback. "It's not lost, but I have to take the album seriously, so I have less contact with the outside world." Li Zhien took out her phone from her bag, "By the way, do you want to listen to the title song of my new album?"

"Is it possible?! Is it really possible?!" Lee Kwang Soo actively acted as a supporting actor, "Wow~ I can actually hear the title song of IU's album in advance, what an honor!"

Although Lee Kwang-soo's expression was a bit exaggerated, Lee Ji-eun was still coaxed and happily picked up her phone to play a song "Blueming" for everyone.

"Wow, that sounds so beautiful!"

"It sounds good!"

"..."

A professional comedian and a best friend with excellent experience in taming, the two of them made Lee Ji-eun very happy.

The same was true when they were having dinner and chatting together later. Lee Kwang Soo's high emotional intelligence and kindness made the dinner particularly harmonious. Sulli's understanding of her bestie and the ways she has grown over the years ensured that there were no inappropriate topics among them.

Chen Chen was kind of happy watching from the side. He didn’t know why, but he was just kind of happy.

“Speaking of which, why did Kwang Soo-oppa appear in C headquarters?”

IU didn't think of asking this question until now.

"Did you know that Chen Chen recently organized an idol chicken-eating competition?" Sulli replied, "Kwang Soo Oppa came for this."

"Want to sign up?" Li Zhien was a little dumbfounded, "But doesn't that limit the participation to idols?"

"It's a special invitation team." Lee Kwang-soo explained: "President Chen Chen formed a special invitation team to participate in the competition, and I am one of the members."

"Is there any room left? Do you think I can do it?!" Li Zhien's eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed Chen Chen's arm to promote herself, "I'm quite popular, please consider me!"

"I know you're popular, but you're really not good enough." Chen Chen pulled her hand off his arm. "You're a direct descendant of KakaoM, they won't let you come."

The feud between KakaoM and C headquarters is already known to everyone. Even those who didn't know it at the time should know it now that several months have passed.

"Oh, that's right." Li Zhien sighed and said regretfully: "If only it was a month later, I would have gone to a new company in December."

"New company?!" Lee Kwang Soo was the one who reacted the most, "You want to terminate the contract?!"

"No." Li Zhien shook her head and explained: "They set up a new company with KakaoM as a shareholder and transferred me there. This way it will be easier to manage."

"I see." Lee Kwang-soo finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought our company was so blind. This is so scary."

"Kwang Soo, when does your contract expire?"

Chen Chen asked suddenly, which made Lee Kwang-soo feel relieved again.

"A long time." Lee Kwang-soo lied, "At least four or five years."

Actors generally don't sign such long contracts because their value is always fluctuating and because actors are most likely to become famous overnight.

"Yeah." Chen Chen didn't expose him, but just smiled and said, "You're welcome to come to C headquarters more often in the future."

Chen Chen didn't mean to necessarily want to get Lee Kwang Soo. He just felt that Lee Kwang Soo had great potential, the potential to make money.

Lee Kwang-soo's popularity in the Southeast Asian market and the Chinese mainland market is not to be underestimated. With Chen Chen's management, he can make money without doing anything.

But if others are unwilling, Chen Chen naturally won't force it.

...(End of chapter)