Peninsula Platinum Era

Chapter 52 Our Company is About to Go Bankrupt (Please Read On)
In the end, Chen Shijun didn't ask the girl whether she had been accepted or not. Under normal circumstances, she would probably just go home and wait for news. There was nothing else to look forward to. Chen Shijun even took some time to go to another venue to watch Pledis' internal interviews.

After all, he doesn't belong to Source Music, but is the Chief Strategy Officer of the entire Big Hit, a genuine board member. In theory, he is responsible for coordinating strategic planning and integration, and also for cross-departmental resource integration to promote project implementation.

He is even pushing forward the operation of the joint trainee pool, aiming to build a larger scale at a lower cost, with increasing efficiency being the most important factor.

As for how much power the fat man is willing to relinquish in practice, his status is definitely there, and the scale of Pledis's interview this time is obviously much smaller than that of Source Music.

"So far, there's one I think is pretty good. Although his singing is just average and his dancing is so-so, his modeling is excellent. He can practice the rest gradually."

An interviewer I didn't know respectfully said that although he was interested in keeping the girl, she was also facing competition from JYP. However, the good thing was that the fierce competition among top girl groups made the girl feel worried about her future at JYP.

Pledis has actually managed quite a few girl groups before. Starting with their first girl group, After School, they left a unique mark in the fiercely competitive second-generation girl group market. Later, they partnered with Fantagio Entertainment to establish Tricell Media and launched their second girl group, Hello Venus.

As for PRISTIN, it was the kind of company that rose and fell quickly, leaving almost no lasting impression on the market. What is more memorable is its joint venture with CJ E&M to form Off The Record Entertainment.

Xiao Yuan's IZ*ONE is represented by Off The Record, although CJ holds the dominant position. This also includes another group, fromis_9, which debuted through an audition program planned by Mnet.

However, the two groups seem to have very different fates. They debuted around the same time as Zhao Miyeon's group and JYP's monster rookie group ITZY, but they couldn't even catch up with the hype.

"Is this okay? The voice sounds a bit muffled, and the face is so round."

Chen Shijun didn't know what the selection criteria were. Perhaps they all had their own methods of judging people. Maybe this girl who looked healthy and energetic would grow up to be a great beauty.

She has a short, round face with full cheeks. When she has some baby fat, she looks even cuter and gives off a youthful vibe, like the girl next door.

The large, round eyes allow the pupils to be fully exposed, making them look lively and expressive. However, the downturned corners of the eyes and the slightly protruding pupils add a strangely shrewd feel to the innocent look.

But how should I put it? Maybe it's because she's still developing, but the roundness of her cheeks looks a bit exaggerated. To put it nicely, there's a lot of blank space on her face.

From my own perspective, she's not the type who would be directly selected for the list. Although she might be a beauty, I can only hope she has a chance to transform herself.

However, it's worth mentioning that she shares the same name as her older sister, Eun-chae, but Eun-chae was old enough to have this Eun-chae.

Chen Shijun was somewhat disappointed. After all, he had just met top trainees like Yoo Jimin from SM Entertainment during this period, and the others just didn't seem to compare.

She just didn't bring out that eye-catching charm. Of course, it could also be due to her age. At 20, Liu Zhimin is at the peak of her beauty. These trainees still need further growth and adjustment.

Surprisingly, this guy wasn't angry about his behavior. On the contrary, he thanked him for his hospitality and said he would definitely invite him back if he had the chance.

In fact, Chen Shijun felt that as long as he struck while the iron was hot, he could skin and gut the snake and eat it clean in just a few meetings, but he wasn't in a hurry.

As a seasoning in life, it would be putting the cart before the horse to focus solely on the seasoning itself. It's not a bad thing to give this not-too-difficult-to-chew bone a little spurring on. Chen Shijun will definitely make her grow into the shape she wants according to her own ideas.

"Oppa! Our company's legendary trainee really left. He opened an Instagram account today. More than ten years of my youth! If I can't debut, what will happen to me?!" He was bragging to me last time, but now he's a little anxious. I have to say he's still too naive. Chen Shijun took the time to comfort him.

This girl posted some photos from her early school days. I have to say she was considered a goddess in school. Sometimes she looks sharp, and sometimes she looks cute without makeup.

She's a minor internet celebrity on Instagram, with a certain level of fame. She complained to Chen Shijun about how during her student days, all sorts of weird people would send her strange content, making her feel miserable.

In fact, being a celebrity is just like being an internet celebrity. You can't escape a lot of messy and insulting remarks. After all, many boys come to watch you dance energetically, and their youthful hormones often get the better of them, leading them to say some vulgar things.

Unless you quit, this is the price of being an artist. Having a strong heart is also a necessary condition for taking the path of performing, and sometimes it is just as important as a strong physique.

Speaking of which, this little snake is quite energetic. After the trainee activities ended, it still had the energy to play games while flirting with itself, claiming that it can do everything well except studying.

"I carried that bag on my back. You have no idea how envious those guys were. Hehe, what can they do when they don't have the good fortune to know Director Chen!"

There is a competitive spirit among the trainees. Sometimes, those from the capital region look down on those from other places, those from wealthy areas look down on those from economically disadvantaged areas, and those from well-off families look down on those from poorer backgrounds.

Zhimin only carried it once and never brought it to the company again, which sometimes caused some controversy and brought some setbacks to her debut career.

After all, having dinner with an executive from another company and receiving a luxury handbag as a gift is not a pleasant thing to do if word gets out.

So she would occasionally carry it with her when she went out, as if it were a bridge between herself and Chen Shijun, and it also made her look forward to their second meeting in the future.

The little snake at this age has a very strong sense of self-confidence, believing that the world is at her feet. No matter how outstanding Chen Shijun is, he is still a man. Can't she treat him like a fish to catch?
Even though the man showed very obvious intentions during their meeting, Zhimin was not intimidated. On the contrary, she became even more convinced that her charm was exceptional.

"If we don't let you debut, I don't think SM Entertainment will need to run an entertainment company anymore. Lee Soo-man might as well hang himself. How can we let go of a super genius like you?"

Chen Shijun told his sister to relax and that if she couldn't get out, she could just stay with him. These words of comfort made Zhimin think about what was going on in her mind again, and she felt that this man couldn't resist her.

"Hehe, I knew Director Chen was a good person, and he's also very handsome. Even all of BTS combined can't compare to a single hair on Director Chen's head!"

That's the end of the story. This guy is really fearless. It's one thing to talk to me, but if he were to say it outside, his fans would definitely kill him.

"I'm serious. Look at that Kim Namjoon, what kind of monster does he look like? Of course, our company's EXO is the same, but even all of them combined can't compare to Director Chen."

After talking for a while, he felt that criticizing the other company's pillar was not good, so he started to make excuses, saying that SM Entertainment is no match for Big Hit, and that SM does not have a wise leader like Chen Shijun.

"Actually, our company is not very good either. After I joined the company, I felt that I was more like an artist than my seniors. Sometimes I felt that our company was about to go under and that I should go to Big Hit and YG to participate in auditions."

　Please keep reading, guys! Let me get this recommended for the next round of recommendations, please!
　　

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