On March 9, NamooActors announced that its contract with actor Jin Xiangqi had expired.
Chen Chen felt nervous when he saw the news. In addition to the fact that this was the most important target person of the C headquarters at the moment, it was also because Ma Zhangchang had not sent any news back since that text message.
"At least send a message about what the result is. Even if there is no definite answer, it would be good if you could give me some news to tell me whether I should be more optimistic or pessimistic."
Chen Chen was a little restless when he got off work, and he is still like this when he gets home.
"What's wrong with you? It's really rare to go home with such an expression."
Pei Zhuxuan hung up his coat for him and said curiously.
"Jin Xiangqi, do you know?" Chen Chen sat down and took a sip of water.
"You know, he's a very famous actor. He's been very popular since he was a child star." Pei Zhuxuan brought her own water bottle over and added the water in Chen Chen's cup to warm, "It's not like she made you become like this, right? They can’t get close to each other.”
"It's just that I'm depressed because I can't be with you. Now that I can be with you, I'm smiling from ear to ear." Chen Chen replied: "Jin Xiangqi's contract with NamooActors expired today, and C Headquarters hopes to get her."
"Oh, then I can understand what you are worried about. It turns out that you are worried about missing Jin Xiangqi like you missed Jin Damei." Pei Zhuxuan said venomously, "They both happen to have the surname Jin, so they are kind of destined."
"Come on, there's a big difference!" Chen Chen suddenly became anxious, "So the results of the two people will definitely be different!"
"Then tell me what the difference is?" Pei Zhuxuan deliberately annoyed him, "I just don't think there is any difference, they all mean the same thing!"
"Jin Duomei had already signed a long-term contract with the company when I noticed her. Jin Xiangqi now has no contract with her." Chen Chen said angrily: "One is completely impossible, the other is It’s very possible, understand?”
"That's right." Pei Zhuxuan suddenly smacked Chen Chen in the face, "Since the possibility is very high, let's not act like this and be happy."
"..."
"Correct, pertinent." Chen Chen gave her a thumbs up, "You are right, I should think of something happy now."
"For example?"
Pei Zhuhyun tilted her head.
"For example, the Shorty King will be disbanded in five days." Chen Chen happily talked about the addition of new members. "In about a week, Zhao Rouli will come to the C headquarters to report that the new girl group will be fully assembled."< br>
"Have you decided on the name of your new girl group? Isn't it bad to keep calling people the same name as the new girl group?" Pei Zhuxuan opened her mouth with a series of questions, "Also, when will the new girl group be planned? When it comes to debuting, how long will it take for Chao Rouli to train with the existing team members to meet your requirements?”
"Ah Xi~" Chen Chen covered his head and lay down on the sofa, "My head hurts so much. Why do so many troublesome things come to me?!"
"This shows that C Headquarters is developing very well, and it is moving forward very fast!" Pei Zhuxuan thought about the problem from another angle, "Only when you move forward can you encounter new problems. If C Headquarters stays still, there will be no new problems. Won’t it appear?”
"What you said makes sense." Chen Chen pulled Pei Zhuxuan into his arms, "Let's take it one step at a time. Don't do anything like choosing a name three months before your debut."
"What about the trainees?" Pei Zhuxuan pinched her boyfriend's chin. "The building has been obtained. Is it time to start the trainee recruitment plan?"
"The next two, three, four and five steps of the trainee recruitment plan have been planned, but now we are stuck at the first step." Chen Chen curled his lips, "To recruit trainees, first you have to know what kind of training you want to receive. “Sir, I don’t know this yet.”
"Boss Hong and President Jin are right. I will be struggling here for a long time."
"I know clearly that perfection is an almost impossible requirement, but my habit of doing things makes it difficult for me to give up this idea."
"And the criteria for recruiting trainees must be very detailed. You cannot give a vague range or simply exclude the types you don't want."
"Letting others become trainees is giving them a dream, especially for C Division." Chen Chen sighed, "But those who realize their dreams are always only a minority among the minority. I know this very well, so I don't Will allow C headquarters to give people their dreams.”
Of course, we can afford to raise trainees. Even if we have one or two times more trainees than other entertainment companies, C Headquarters is still capable of taking good care of them.
It is cruel to give people hope and then have their dreams shattered. The bigger and brighter the hope, the more cruel it is.
Unfortunately, C Division may have the greatest hope among all entertainment companies in South Korea at the moment.
Therefore, the criteria for recruiting trainees in Department C must be so detailed that Chen Chen can directly set up a specific image, and it is accurate to recruit talents according to the image.
However, even if you have a specific image, you will still find many people who meet the conditions in the process of looking for trainees. There are no identical flowers in this world, but there are many similar flowers.
"If it's hurt, it's hurt. They came here to be hurt."
Chen Chen couldn't say this kind of thing. He hadn't cultivated a heart of stone to this extent, especially now that most of the trainees were younger children.
"Then you have to set this standard carefully." Pei Zhuhyun crawled out of her boyfriend's arms, "Now that C Department is famous, there must be many people signing up to be trainees, so in the end you will definitely have many trainees in your hands. The responsibility is heavy.”
"But let me give you an idea." Pei Zhuxuan seemed to have an idea, "First fix a slightly more specific image, then extract and purify the characteristics you value most, and then reshape it based on these characteristics. An image comes out.”
"This new image exists almost entirely in imagination. It must be very difficult to find trainees for this image."
"But the trainees you find through this image must have characteristics that you like very much. As long as they are carefully polished later, if not 100% successful, at least they will be good."
"It not only reduces the number of trainees who can pass the screening, but also accurately targets the characteristics that C headquarters wants. Isn't this a great idea?!" Pei Zhuxuan said with a proud face, "Praise me!"
"Well, great, great!" Chen Chen sat up suddenly. He didn't care about praising others now. His mouth and head were full of thoughts that continued along Pei Zhuxuan's train of thought. "After we have common traits, we can pinch the trainees." Forming a group becomes easy.”
"These beautiful traits will also have the opportunity to be recognized by everyone as the inheritance of C headquarters. Even if I am no longer in charge of the company in the future, the company's idol section will still be loved by everyone as it is now."
"As for whether there will be a cookie-cutter idol group, there is absolutely no need to worry about this." "The appearance and figure are unique to everyone, and the strengths of each member are also different, not to mention each person's unique personality. And the presentation of these different things to the group will definitely give the group a different look.”
"In other words, this approach can spread out products with different performances but all beautiful in essence based on several core points."
"Then the problem goes back to the starting point." Chen Chen's expression returned to a wry smile, "I still have to take the lead in finding images, extracting characteristics, and reconstructing images. What I have to do is still so difficult!"
"It's different!" Pei Zhuxuan reminded: "There are two different things between being completely responsible for you and being the leader. At least for the latter, you can bring people in to help you share the pressure!"
"That's right." Chen Chen took his girlfriend into his arms and exhaled deeply, "I feel much more relaxed all of a sudden!"
"It will be easy to have help." Pei Zhuxuan said with a smile: "President Jin and Boss Hong can help you, and you can also chat with President Park from a distance."
"President Park can't do it." Chen Chen blocked her mouth with his fingers, "Brother Zhenying probably doesn't want to hear these things recently."
"Why?" Pei Zhuxuan asked curiously.
"All members of GOT7 have not renewed their contracts and left the company. It's strange that he is in a good mood." Chen Chen suppressed a smile and said, "Although it has been two months since this happened, I don't think he can let it go easily, because The process is quite tortuous.”
"Hey, I mean you know, tell me quickly!" Pei Zhuxuan wanted to gossip.
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"Actually, there is nothing to say. The big problem is that the company's position and the members' own positions cannot be unified. There is a certain misunderstanding among the small problems." Chen Chen said casually: "Anyway, I know that the weight of effort and gain is too different. As long as it’s the root cause, if we can’t solve it, we won’t be able to complete the contract renewal.”
"You know what I want to hear is not the big problem that cannot be adjusted by this position, but the misunderstanding among the small problems!" Bae Zhuxuan complained: "How come you don't understand people's hearts at all?!"
"The small problem is that Brother Jinying's social account has blocked some members of GOT7." Chen Chen explained the matter clearly in a few words, "During the time when we were talking about contract renewal, some members contacted other entertainment companies. Brother Jinying I feel betrayed, it’s that simple.”
"In his opinion, he is still a soy sauce bottle before the contract is over. It is not good to contact other companies at this time. And from a human perspective, Brother Zhenying also doesn't like this kind of thing."
"So he knew that this was a common situation in the industry, but he still got into trouble." Chen Chen said with a smile: "The specific manifestation of the awkwardness is that he banned several GOT7 members."
"Wow~JYP seniors are doing this." Bae Joo Hyun couldn't find any good adjectives, so she could only smile and said: "It's very human."
"What a compliment!" Chen Chen suddenly became happy, "But it's really no problem. Brother Zhenying did this so that he doesn't look like a boss, but like an ordinary person."
"Then do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing that all members of GOT7 will not renew their contracts?" Bae Zhuhyun asked.
"I don't know what they think personally, so I can't give an answer." Chen Chen sighed, "But from a purely business perspective, what they did is a bad thing."
"Tell me more!" Pei Zhuxuan's eyes widened, "I'm very interested!"
"If you want to make a judgment, do you think GOT7 as a whole or individually can surpass the level of a company called Soy Sauce Bottle?" Chen Chen asked a question first.
"No." Bae Zhuhyun shook her head, "GOT7 is very popular, yes, but it is not the most popular group, and it has not surpassed the height of Soy Sauce Bottle."
"That's right. If you have grown to the limit of Soy Sauce Bottle, then it's definitely okay to leave Soy Sauce Bottle. If you find a better place or have a stronger backer as a background, it's okay to leave." Chen Chen couldn't help but smash it. He said, "The current situation is that there are only two or three people who are going up, and the others are all going down. At the same time, they have lost GOT7, a group brand that has been in business for seven years and can bring huge benefits."
"People who fail to reach higher ground are miserable." Chen Chen looked at his girlfriend, "right?"
"Is it possible that the two or three people who are heading for higher places don't want to renew their contracts?" Pei Zhuhyun speculated.
"It's possible, and the possibility is not small." Chen Chen replied: "This is not a conspiracy theory, because pursuing one's own interests is definitely greater than pursuing the interests of the group."
They are mature artists who have been in the industry for seven years. Giving up their hopes, future and huge interests because of a single sentence is something that can only happen in the hearts of fans, and it is absolutely impossible to happen in reality.
"It's also possible that everyone feels that their own development is better for them and can better protect their own interests." Chen Chen interrupted the topic, "But I also said that I don't know what GOT7 thinks, so the discussion about them is Let’s stop here, it’s just a matter of imagination.”
"Okay, let's not talk anymore." Pei Zhuxuan stood up, "I'm going to cook. You can sort out the thoughts of the trainees in C Department and find a more specific image first."
"You don't need to look for a specific image. A trainee with all A's is right beside you. So why do you need to look for other images?" Chen Chen made camera gestures with his hands and observed Bae Zhuhyun back and forth. "He has balanced abilities and no shortcomings, and he has a flexible mind. Can handle most situations in the industry, has a pretty face, stable mood, and excellent luck”
"Well, it would be perfect if you add a little more ambition." Chen Chen nodded to himself, "Idols who are not ambitious enough always feel that something is missing."
"Are you saying that my idol's work is not up to par?!" Pei Zhuxuan said dissatisfied.
"Are you qualified?" Chen Chen almost laughed out loud, "I am such a big tree and you can rely on me, but I can't let your ambition grow. Is this a normal phenomenon in the entertainment industry?"< br>
"Go ahead and have fun!" Pei Zhuxuan angrily threw the apron at Chen Chen's face, "I didn't ask you for resources, but I rushed up high and saved you a lot of trouble. Do you know how much trouble it saved you?!"
"Of course I know." Chen Chen slowly unfolded the apron and wrapped it around himself. "I am happy for artists to show their ambitions and realize them through the right path, but I am even more happy to see my women being themselves. .”
"In addition, people have double standards for what happens to them, and I am no exception."
"You can make your fans happier by going to higher places, but staying at this height and by my side can make me happier, so I, a double-standard person, will prefer you to stay by my side."
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"Of course, I will respect your choice and I will try my best to support you no matter where you plan to go."
"But you happened to choose to make me happier, so I have no choice but to have fun and grin from the corner of my mouth to the base of my ears." Chen Chen smiled gently, " Let’s go and cook together.”
"Okay." Pei Zhuhyun muttered and walked to the kitchen together, "I chose the option that will make me happier."
...(End of this chapter)