Peninsula Platinum Era

Chapter 122 The Woman Who Giving in (Please Subscribe)
The biggest obstacle to the transfer is actually the player's willingness. Urban Works, with the contract already nearing its end, will not force the player to stay after receiving a substantial fee.

The collaboration between Big Hit and CJ played a significant role in this, as the company's influence in the industry expanded further, making it clear that a female idol wouldn't be an irreplaceable asset.

With that, everything is ready, and all that's left is for IZ*ONE to have their farewell dinner. Although it's not the best way to put it, that's the gist of it.

I'm probably not the only one waiting for IZ*ONE to break up. Starship Entertainment has been itching to do so for a while now, with the twin towers already in place, and they're determined to make a name for themselves in the new girl group market.

Team N's progress accelerated suddenly after he and Min Hee-jin fell out. Clearly, he had hit a nerve with that crazy woman. As long as she couldn't produce any progress, Chen Shijun kept questioning her abilities in internal meetings.

In this situation, being constantly questioned is fatal. Although she is well-known in the industry as a visual planner, Chen Shijun believes that she has never led the creation of a girl group and that the waste of resources is very serious.

Interestingly, Min Hee-jin did not continue her crazy behavior as Chen Shijun had predicted, but instead made a public apology at the meeting.

Chen Shijun pressed his fingers on the pen, looking at the middle-aged woman's sincere expression, and knew in his heart that she didn't know she was wrong, but rather that she was afraid.

Last week, at a high-level meeting attended by Min Hee-jin, Chen Shijun formally submitted the "N Girl Group Global Debut Delay Accountability Report," listing a large number of reasons for her delays with the assistance of Su Cheng-jin.

"I sincerely apologize to Director Chen for my emotional instability, and I promise that such a situation will never happen again."

Ms. Min's 90-degree bow to Chen Shijun did not put his mind at ease. On the contrary, he felt that this guy had learned to be flexible and adaptable again, and wondered if this compromise was part of a bigger conspiracy.

Indeed, this is the case. As Bang Si-hyuk gradually elevates Chen Shi-jun, if they want to establish a new label at Big Hit and bring the N team plan over, they cannot allow this young man to cause more obstacles.

Despite being much younger than her, he still showed the utmost respect, and Chen Shijun could not be unreasonable in this situation.

After all, neither he nor Fang Shihe had intended to kill Min Xizhen. This was just a way of giving her a warning, and their goal had been achieved.

Kim Min-chi has become much closer to Eun-hye. Her deliberate approach has caught the little girl off guard, and she treats her like a close older sister.

"You're like my little sister!"

She learned and carried forward Chen Shijun's famous saying. Although she doesn't seem to have a younger sister, people say that it is precisely because she doesn't have a younger sister that she wants one.

Since then, Kim Min-ji has been calling her "unnie unnie" non-stop, and he would discuss everything with her, partly due to Secretary Lee's encouragement.

"You mean, Min Hee-jin is already negotiating with these trainees, trying to complete the N girl group project more independently?"

This must mean that Shihe has full confidence in his compromise. That fat guy is very obsessed with replicating BTS's success, but Chen Shijun thinks that he will definitely fail if he does that.

BTS's success can be described as a combination of multiple accidental factors, and even so, they went through tremendous struggles at the beginning. If Bang Si-hyuk's brain tends to attribute it to his personal ability, then it is undoubtedly an oversimplification of cause and effect.

Every business model has a certain cycle. Although this model has been proven successful over the years, no one dares to replicate it, which shows that everyone believes that the special conditions for success may change over time.

Chen Shijun knew very well that countless big names in the business world had failed because of this. Entrepreneurs are easily trapped in path dependence, treating past experience as a universal formula and refusing to accept new models.

If such an attempt fails, they don't see anything wrong with their strategy; instead, they attribute it to bad luck or poor execution, and even more extreme, they insist on adhering to their own method. Their disgrace and ruin are undeniably linked to their overconfidence in their abilities; they practically use their past successes to build a massive prison for themselves.

"It's all because the subordinates are incompetent; my approach is correct."

It's impossible to persuade people with this kind of stomach-soothing mentality; after all, admitting they're wrong is harder than killing them, especially among older people.

After all, admitting that one's own pattern is wrong is undoubtedly a denial of self-worth and creates a huge sense of crisis about the legitimacy of one's identity.

"If my model doesn't work, doesn't that prove that BTS's success was accidental and Big Hit's success was just pure luck?"

Chen Shijun analyzed and guessed that Fang Shihe probably had this kind of mentality. After achieving great success, he was surrounded by flattery, and the praise from the media could change a person.

A Chinese entrepreneur once said that only 1.5 people in the entire company tell the truth, but he should be grateful that there are still 1.5 people who dare to tell the truth. This phenomenon has existed for a long time and will continue for a long time, whether in a company or elsewhere.

"It seems that our Director Chen is truly wise, capable, and compliant with good advice. It is my great fortune to be able to receive his kindness and guidance.

Looking at his secretary, who was putting on a happy face, Chen Shijun smiled. He thought to himself that he might not be successful enough, or that he had never led a huge success from scratch.

However, Kim Min-ji's performance has been getting better and better lately. Even Representative Su felt it would be a pity if she were taken away by Min Hee-jin. However, Chen Shi-jun felt that taking her from Project N to Team S was not a good choice.

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"It seems the higher-ups have other ideas. You need to be careful about how close Ms. Min is to you."

Xiaochi felt that this Vietnamese girl had completely become a fan of Ms. Min, and choosing to cling to her when her debut progress was a mess and the situation was extremely uncertain was not a good choice.

Moreover, Secretary Li inadvertently revealed to me that Min Hee-jin had a terrible tendency, and after searching online, I found some evidence.

If you usually just laugh it off when you see it, but someone mentions it and you go to verify it, then these clues will take root in your mind.

Koike already had a mix of respect and fear towards Ms. Min, and now that she's here, that fear has only intensified. She feels extremely uncomfortable if she were to talk to her alone.

This negative impact quickly spread the label to all behavioral evaluations. Even when Ms. Min shared snacks with the trainees, Ms. Min felt that she had ulterior motives, and her silence at times made her feel that it was a form of emotional abuse.

Eunhye's psychology training was definitely worthwhile. She first established a close relationship with Koike and then gradually weakened Koike's rational defenses. Then, she gradually matched the information she received with some content that was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

"Although Ms. Min is a bit strict, everything she does is for our debut. And she's been very kind to us lately, constantly encouraging us."

She already had doubts about her own abilities. Although the Vietnamese girl was scolded the most by Min Hee-jin, Min would also give her careful guidance. In this way, she felt that this was because of the high expectations she had for her.

"Unnie, could she have received some news? Could it be..."

(End of this chapter)