Chapter 240: Times Bonus

In the quiet and orderly corridor in front of the senior ward of Union Hospital, there are very few people coming and going.

Liu Shishi wore a baseball cap with the brim pulled down low, and a black mask on her face that covered her face tightly, revealing only a pair of bright eyes and a small, delicate nose.

Wrapped in a large, warm down jacket and holding a thermos in his hand, he walked straight into Song Ci's VIP ward.

A nurse passing by in the corridor saw this scene and was full of gossip. When she returned to the nurses' station, she excitedly said to her colleagues: "Hey, I just saw Song Ci's mysterious fiancée."

"Xiao Fang, what does the richest man's fiancée look like?"

"She should be very beautiful. If she's ugly, she won't be worthy of Song Ci's beauty."

The other nurses were also very curious and gathered around, asking questions one after another.

The nurse, known as Xiao Fang, shook her head with a hint of regret: "She was wearing a mask and wrapped tightly, so I couldn't see her face clearly."

"Then how do you know that the other person is Song Ci's fiancée?"

"Yes, relatives? Friends?"

Xiao Fang responded to his colleagues' questioning with an unconvinced look on his face: "Are you guys stupid? Song Ci is sick, so his fiancée has to come over. She must be here to keep him company at this hour, so who else could it be but his fiancée?"

"Okay, you have a point, but it's a pity that the head nurse is in charge of that ward, otherwise I'd go in and take a look."

"Forget it. Even if we saw it, we'd just keep it to ourselves. The people who live here are either rich or noble. We all have to abide by the hospital's rules and not talk about patients' privacy."

While several nurses were chatting, Liu Shishi walked into the ward. The room was warm as spring, and she saw Song Ci standing in front of the window talking on the phone.

Miss Liu moved slowly and without disturbing her boyfriend, she placed the thermos on the bedside cabinet.

Then she took off her hat and mask, revealing her delicate and gentle face. She also took off her down jacket, revealing the pink sweater underneath, outlining her exquisite body.

Song Ci heard some noise behind him, turned around and saw it was his girlfriend, nodded and smiled at her, motioned for her to sit for a while, and then continued to make a busy phone call.

"Lao Zhang, didn't we already negotiate with Blizzard about the agency rights for World of Warcraft? Why are things going in reverse?"

Zhang Yong, who was far away in the United States, sighed: "Penguin and NetEase both interfered, especially NetEase, which actually increased the agency share to 55%. They are determined to get the agency rights of World of Warcraft."

Song Ci thought about it and gritted his teeth: "Then let's make some concessions and increase the share ratio to 55%. I don't believe that under the same conditions, Blizzard will give up Tenda and choose NetEase."

"Mr. Song, the commission from Jiucheng's agency was only 20%, but it has suddenly increased to 55%. Even if the company can be the agent of this game, the profit margin will be much smaller."

Zhang Yong couldn't help feeling worried. He personally participated in the negotiations and found that the Americans only cared about profit and had no integrity at all. Both parties had signed the initial letter of intent for cooperation, but when they saw that other companies offered a high price, they immediately turned their backs on them.

Moreover, NetEase also seems to be determined to win, rather than wasting time and energy on a game with very small profit margins.

It would be better to develop one or two more online games in Korea. After all, Korean online games are also a money-making tool, no worse than "World of Warcraft", and they will not bully customers like Blizzard does.

Song Ci knew how much benefit "World of Warcraft" had brought to NetEase in its previous life, so he naturally didn't want to give up.

"As long as there is some profit, it's fine. The paid game World of Warcraft has many loyal users. If it can be managed on the TD platform, it can bring many new users to our game platform.

As long as we can consolidate TD Game Platform's position as the world's number one digital distribution platform and further widen the gap with other game platforms, we can make appropriate concessions on the profit sharing ratio."

"Having said that, I'm afraid NetEase will continue to pester me."

Song Ci nodded and pondered for a moment: "This is indeed a problem. How about this, Lao Zhang, 65%, we will offer a maximum of 65%. If NetEase's bid is higher than ours, then we will give up this business. Ding Sanshi is very capable."

"Okay, then let's do as you say, Mr. Song. I'll go to Blizzard in a bit and have another round of talks. I hope we can successfully obtain the agency rights. Chairman, take care of yourself and have a good rest."

"Don't worry, Lao Zhang. It's just a minor problem. I'll be discharged the day after tomorrow. I'll be waiting for your good news!"

As soon as Song Ci ended the call, Liu Shishi stepped forward and pulled him to the bed: "Yiyi, you are not fully recovered yet, so rest more. Put your work aside for now and get busy after you recover."

Song Ci listened to his girlfriend's soft and tender voice, hugged her, and kissed her soft little face like white jade: "All is up to you, I will rest now."

"Good boy!" After Song Ci sat down at the head of the bed, Liu Shishi reached out and touched her boyfriend's head, smiling sweetly, "By the way, mommy made crucian carp soup for you. I'll pour it for you right away. Drink it while it's hot."

As she spoke, Miss Liu turned and walked to the cupboard, unscrewed the lid of the thermos, and poured a cup of fragrant fish soup.

The hot steam rose up, and she took a sip first. When she felt the temperature on the tip of her tongue, she frowned immediately.

Carefully holding the cup of soup, she blew towards the soup with her mouth slightly open, trying to cool it down a little. At the same time, she slowly walked towards Song Ci and said, "It's a little hot! Drink slowly."

Song Ci smiled and nodded, took the cup, and tasted the gift from his mother-in-law.

Miss Liu sat down next to Song Ci, leaned towards her fiancé, and rested her head gently on his shoulder.

"Yiyi, you don't know, I was so scared that day. Uncle said that you had internal inflammation for several days. If you had received treatment earlier, it wouldn't have been so serious."

Song Ci didn't know how to explain to Miss Liu that he had always been in good health and had hardly ever been sick since he was a child.

Maybe he caught a cold on the snowy mountain in Switzerland. I thought he could easily get through it with his good physical condition, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. The disease was really like a mountain falling on him.

However, this incident also reminded him that health is the capital of revolution, and he must never be careless when he is unwell in the future.

Song Ci drank the fish soup in one gulp, feeling the warmth in his stomach, and hugged his girlfriend again, whispering comfortingly: "I was a little careless and made you worry, I won't do that again in the future."

"Well, you must take care of your body."

"Every failure is a lesson learned. I won't do it again! I promise."

Liu Shishi squeezed into Song Ci's arms again: "There is one more thing. On my way here, Sister Jing contacted me and said she wanted to come and see you tomorrow. I have already told her the ward number."

Song Ci did not comment. Although he did not want to mobilize a large number of troops, since his subordinates were interested, he did not want to say much. After all, Wang Jing was different from others.

The lighting in the room was soft, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere. The two of them were affectionate and intimate for a while, and then Liu Shishi urged Song Ci to lie down on the bed.

"I am moving normally now. Shishi, you don't have to stay in the ward to watch over me. You can go home first and come back tomorrow morning."

Liu Shishi shook her head slightly and said persistently, "You are still worrying about me, so just rest assured. As for me, I am not going anywhere, I just want to be with you. I will look at the script later, and we will rest early tonight."

"Script?" Song Ci became interested. "What script? Tell me about it."

Liu Shishi took out the script that she had put in the drawer during the day and replied, "It's a modern urban drama called "Du Lala's Promotion Diary", produced by Donghai Media Group, and Director Zhou introduced it to me.

This drama tells the story of a girl who works hard in a Fortune 500 company and gets a promotion and a raise. The plot is very inspiring and interesting.

Song Ci had some impression of this drama. Wasn't this the famous work of Wang Luodan in his previous life? Now the crew actually wanted to invite Miss Liu to play in it. On second thought, it was interesting that Shishi would not film the drama for Tangren and wanted to take on other roles.

"It sounds good. We can give it a try."

Liu Shishi turned the script to the page she hadn't finished reading during the day, and her face was a little tangled: "Everyone says that I look good in ancient costumes, but I don't know if I can handle the role of an urban white-collar worker like this."

She knows her strengths well. When she played the role of school beauty before, she played it in her true colors. With her pure and beautiful image, she could easily interpret the role well.

The fighting scenes are outstanding because of her dancing skills, good body coordination, and graceful and smooth movements. But she is not sure about playing a shrewd and capable white-collar woman who is scheming in the workplace.

This kind of purely literary drama requires very high acting skills, which is exactly her weakness. Although she has been learning from acting teachers, she is not a professional after all, and she still needs time to grow and hone her skills.

Song Ci was full of confidence in Miss Liu, and spoke sincerely: "What's so difficult about this simple role? You have interned at Tengda before, and you have experienced workplace life before."

"The company in the drama is one of the Fortune 500 companies. How can it be compared to the company environment where I interned? The competition there must be more intense, and the interpersonal relationships are more complicated. I am afraid that I will not be able to grasp the character's personality and psychology well."

Song Ci was furious when he heard this: "Liu Shishi, you still look down on Tengda. Today I will set a flag in front of you. In no more than eight years, before 2017, Tengda Group will definitely be the youngest Fortune 500 company in the world."

He had nothing to do in the ward during the day, so he read the newspaper. One report caught his attention.

Just two days ago, the state issued three 3G licenses to the three major mobile communication operators, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, which means that the magnificent era of mobile Internet has arrived.

A number of Internet companies, including Tenda Group, will once again usher in a golden period of rapid development.

With his early preparations, Tengda Group's existing technical strength and market layout, plus the upcoming dividends of the times, he is fully confident of leading Tengda Group to the ranks of the Fortune Global 500.

Seeing that her boyfriend was a little unhappy, Liu Shishi realized that she had said something wrong and quickly added: "Dear, I don't look down on Tengda Group's ideas!

I mean, when I was interning, Tengda had just been established not long ago, so the environment and competitive pressure were definitely not as good as those in large companies. I believe in your ability, and I am looking forward to becoming the boss lady of a Fortune 500 company."

Song Ci obviously wasn't really angry with Liu Shishi: "You should be brave enough to try different roles. Even if this one doesn't perform well, the worst that can happen is that I can go back to filming period dramas.

As long as you have a few characters that are deeply rooted in people's hearts, you can live off your success for the rest of your life. As for you, you are the only one with this potential, Long Kui, so you still need to work hard."

"Lin Shui in "First Love" doesn't count?" Miss Liu puffed up her cheeks, looking unconvinced. In her heart, Lin Shui was her proudest role. She was the leading lady in a billion-dollar box office movie, and her performance was also remarkable.

Song Ci curled his lips. Since then, the box office records of Chinese-language films have been broken every year, sometimes even two or three times a year. What's so special about a movie with a box office of just 100 million yuan?

"Movies are just that, if you want to attract fans and increase popularity, you have to make more TV series. The popularity brought by a hit TV series is not comparable to that of a movie.

Listen to me, in the next few years, just focus on making TV series and don’t touch movies. First, consolidate your basic base. We can talk about movies later when there is a suitable script.”

Song Ci's heart is like a mirror. Today, the entertainment industry is in the early transition stage to the era of traffic, which is also the last glory of traditional TV stations and TV dramas.

Why were the 85 flowers in the past able to remain popular for more than ten years? Isn’t it because they had hit works in the past few years and accumulated terrifying popularity?

After listening to her boyfriend's analysis, Liu Shishi thought it made sense and nodded: "Okay, then I will give Director Zhou a reply tomorrow and go for the audition after the New Year."

"When will the filming of "Du Lala's Promotion" start?"

"I don't know, but it will be at least April. I will report to the crew of "The Founding of a Republic" after the New Year."

Speaking of this tribute film, Song Ci said unhappily: "Tell me about this kind of thing earlier in the future. When I greeted Director Han, all the roles in the crew had already been arranged, and I didn't know what role to assign to you."

It was a little late when he contacted Han Sanping to ask for a role, as all the roles in "The Founding of a Republic" had already been decided.

Although Han Sanping could not refuse because he owed him a favor, he only replied that he would definitely make proper arrangements and give Liu Shishi a suitable role, but the specific role had not yet been decided and we would have to wait until Miss Liu joined the crew after the new year to find out.

Liu Shishi stuck out her tongue, knowing that she had been slow in doing this, and said apologetically: "I know I was wrong."

Song Ci was reluctant to criticize too much, and just said: "After joining the crew, follow Director Han's instructions and act well. This tribute film for the 60th birthday of the motherland is taken very seriously.

We will definitely organize all government officials, college students, and primary and secondary school students to watch the movie. My parents will most likely watch this movie. You should perform well in the movie."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi suddenly became nervous: "Uncle and aunt want to see it!"

Then, under Song Ci's encouraging gaze, she encouraged herself: "Song Yiyi, don't worry, just wait and see my outstanding performance in the movie."

Seeing his girlfriend regain her vitality, Song Ci chuckled and said, "Shibao, come to the bed."

Liu Shishi's face flushed instantly, and she looked shy: "Yiyi, this is not so convenient. After all, this is a hospital, and the head nurse may come to check on the ward at any time. When you recover and go home, I will cooperate with you and change into your favorite wide-sleeved fairy dress."

"No, Liu Daidai, what are you thinking about? I want you to lie on the bed with me and chat for a while."

"Ah, then why are you talking so ambiguously!" Liu Shishi was embarrassed and annoyed. She punched Song Ci's shoulder with her pink fist, and the blush on her face did not fade for a long time.

(End of this chapter)