Shi Jing and her friends ordered the restaurant's popular set meal, and since it wasn't mealtime, the food was served very quickly.

Dozens of people gathered together, those who knew each other sat in one spot and chatted from time to time. As they ate and talked, the topic quickly turned to the concert they were going to see that night.

Nan Zhuowen was curious, so he simply asked, "Xiao Xiao, isn't the talent show your friend participated in quite popular? How come your friend sent you so many votes all at once?"

Xiao Xiao was talking to the people around her about the concert that night. When Nan Zhuowen asked, she didn't hide anything: "One of the top eight contestants in the talent show is a friend of mine in the industry. She gave me a lot of tickets for this concert and repeatedly told me to bring more people to support her."

As she spoke, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "That guy is a rich second-generation. He finally got to hold a concert, so he had to show off to me."

Nan Zhuowen couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Making it to the top eight is already amazing. If it were me, I would also want to show off a bit."

Everyone else who heard this laughed.

As they were talking, more dishes were served, and Nan Zhuowen invited the students from the film academy to eat. They stopped chatting and started eating again.

While they were eating, Shi Jing's phone suddenly rang. She took it out and saw that it was Zhang Ningyuan's girlfriend, Du Banxia.

Since meeting Du Banxia once during the National Day holiday through Zhang Ningyuan's introduction, the two have occasionally kept in touch, but it has mostly been for business purposes. Shi Jing is unsure of the purpose of Du Banxia's contact with her now.

Without delay, she greeted the others at the table and took her phone to a quiet place to answer the call.

"Hey, Sister Banxia."

"Xiao Jing, it's the weekend today. I hope I didn't disturb your rest?" Du Banxia said with a smile on the other end of the phone.

"I won't bother you." Shi Jing glanced at her roommates who were happily eating and replied with a smile, "I'm out having fun with my classmates."

"That's good." After a few brief pleasantries, Du Banxia quickly steered the conversation to the purpose of her call, "I heard you mentioned that your investment company has been looking for a manager. I wonder if they've found a suitable one yet?"

Shi Jing's investment company has always been a mere bystander. A large part of the reason is the lack of a suitable person in charge, and that part is still under Zhang Sumu's temporary management.

Zhang Sumu is a talented person; her charitable foundation runs smoothly under his management, never causing her any worry. However, investment is not his expertise, so that department has always been largely handled by himself.

Judging from Du Banxia's tone, it sounded as if someone was going to recommend her.

Without hesitation, she asked directly, "No, does Sister Banxia have anyone suitable to recommend?"

“Well, I actually have someone I'd like to recommend to you.” Du Banxia readily agreed and began to introduce him, “I have a senior who was the CEO of an investment company abroad a few years ago. He originally planned to return to China to start his own company, but he ran into some unexpected problems and couldn't manage his cash flow, so he wanted to find a job first. That's why I thought of you. If you're interested, I can introduce you to him?”

Upon hearing this, Shi Jing realized that this was a professional, and that he had struck gold. He quickly agreed, "Sister Banxia, ​​please introduce me to someone. If we can cooperate, it would be a great help to me."

“Okay, I’ll contact him. You’re in school, so it’s probably inconvenient for you to travel back and forth. I’ll have him come to Beijing to find you.” Du Banxia said.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Banxia. I'll treat Brother Zhang to dinner another day when I get back to Dingdu."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Jing was in a very good mood.

Her companies—the charitable foundation and the entertainment company—are now on track and basically don't require Shi Jing's attention. Even her casual research and investment projects, introduced by Rong Yu, have been doing well over the past six months, with two small projects already yielding good returns. Only the formal investment company is struggling; without a central manager, the staff are making investments haphazardly and indiscriminately.

Shi Jing wasn't so concerned about the profits, but she still felt it wasn't right to leave such a good company to its own devices. It would be much better if a professional could help manage it.

After thinking for a moment, she sent Zhang Sumu a message, asking him to organize the company's current project data. This would make the handover easier if someone was indeed chosen.

Dinner was eaten quickly, and the group chatted and laughed, and before they knew it, it was six o'clock in the evening.

Seeing that there was less than an hour before the ticket check-in time, the group left the hotel and strolled towards the stadium.

On the way, Jiang Xiaoxiao passed by a flower shop and went in to buy a bouquet.

This place often hosts parties and events, and there are some shops selling merchandise and glow sticks nearby. When Shi Jing and his group passed by, someone suggested buying some glow sticks.

Then everyone went into the shops to make selections. The concert had been in preparation for some time, and the shops also had some merchandise related to the contestants from this talent show. There were also quite a few young girls browsing in the shops.

Shi Jing and her friends chose different colored glow sticks according to their own wishes and went to the gymnasium again.

The concert started at 7:00, and people began checking tickets and entering the venue at 6:30.

When Shi Jing and the others arrived, they saw that there was already a queue for ticket checking at the entrance, so they all started to queue up to enter.

Once inside, everyone took their seats according to their tickets. Jiang Xiaoxiao contacted her friend and went backstage with a bouquet of flowers.

The concert started promptly at seven o'clock, and the audience below the stage was incredibly excited as soon as the performance began.

Shi Jing was somewhat of an insider, and hearing the cheers around him, he was also somewhat infected by the lively atmosphere.

Listening to songs live is different from listening to them on a device. The clarity isn't as high as on a device, but the emotional impact is much stronger.

The young girls who came out of the talent show may not be very good singers, but they are not stage-frightened, and their young voices are very pleasant to listen to. Shi Jing was quite happy to listen to them.

Among these girls, Jiang Xiaoxiao's friend was not the highest ranked, but her singing skills were excellent, and she sounded very professional as soon as she opened her mouth.

Shi Jing subconsciously asked Jiang Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, has your friend signed with a talent agency?"

"What?" The noise at the scene was so loud that normal conversations were completely inaudible, so Jiang Xiaoxiao shouted.

Shi Jing's action was also subconscious. Only now did she realize that this was not the right time to ask, so she quickly shouted back, "It's okay, we'll talk about it after this is over!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't hear clearly, and seeing that Shi Jing didn't seem to want to continue speaking, she didn't ask any further questions.

Everyone focused on the concert, making it lively and fun until the end.

The group listened with great enjoyment, their expressions relaxed.