Xia Ningmi only live-streamed for less than ten minutes, but the internet was already full of legends about her. The omnipotent netizens had already dug up all of Xia Ningmi's past.

When he was sixteen, his father cheated on him and his parents divorced. At the age of twenty-three, he joined Xia Corporation and took charge of Qianying Entertainment. It took him only one year to expand Qianying Entertainment. In the same year, he officially became the president of Xia Corporation and took charge of Xia Group.

After learning that Xia Ningmi's family was broken, and considering that she said during a live broadcast that she would like someone who could teach her to laugh, netizens automatically imagined Xia Ningmi, who was forced to grow up without the love of her parents. This made netizens admire Xia Ningmi's abilities while also feeling full of sympathy for her.

In addition, Zhou Heng's information was exposed. Netizens have been scolding him every day these days and spontaneously boycotting the products of Dingsheng Furniture Company. They don't trust the products of a company that has cheated on them.

Dingsheng Furniture

The secretary reported: "Mr. Zhou, many people canceled their orders today. The furniture is almost finished and all the expenses have been paid. They would rather cancel their orders without paying the deposit. We have suffered a huge loss."

Zhou Heng sat behind his desk, slammed the table and said angrily, "What happened between Xia Ningmi and I is our family affair. What does it have to do with those people on the Internet?"

The secretary was helpless. What's the point of saying all this now? She said, "Boss Zhou, the only solution now is to have Boss Xia come out and clarify that she has forgiven you. That way, those people on the Internet will stop interfering."

Zhou Heng frowned: "That little bitch always looks unhappy when she sees me, how could she possibly come forward to help me?"

"Mr. Zhou, think of a solution. You can't just sit there and watch the company go bankrupt. Otherwise, you should find a way to cooperate with a large company. This way, our company will not only be able to resolve the crisis, but also move to a higher level."

Zhou Heng smiled bitterly. He also wanted to cooperate with a big company, but the hope was slim.

The secretary remembered something and said, "Boss Zhou, I heard that the resort jointly built by Jiang and Du has been built. Isn't Xiao Boss Zhou very familiar with Jiang? Why not let Xiao Boss Zhou go and talk to Jiang?"

Zhou Heng's eyes lit up. He had always felt that Zhou Chenlang did not make good use of his relationship with Jiang Chelin. With their friendship, as long as Jiang Chelin was willing to lend a hand to Dingsheng, they would not have to work so hard to support it.

After hearing the secretary's proposal, Zhou Heng immediately called Zhou Chenlang and asked him to find a way to negotiate this cooperation.

......

Du Yuanzhe has gradually adapted to the crew's high-intensity filming. He doesn't think about anything every day. After joining the crew, he devotes himself to filming. After returning home, he is so tired that he falls asleep immediately and has no time to think about anything else.

Du Yuanzhe and the other crew members cooperated more and more tacitly, and the progress of everyone's filming exceeded the director's initial expectations. Thinking that Du Yuanzhe was being ordered around like a donkey this week, Zhu Mi felt a little sorry, so she deliberately finished the filming early today.

It was only five o'clock in the afternoon when Du Yuanzhe left the crew, which was several hours earlier than usual. When he returned to the old house, Du Yuanwen was talking to Du Yongliang.

Du Yuanwen smiled and said, "It's a rare opportunity. I finally get to see my brother who goes out early and comes back late."

Du Yuanzhe replied in the same tone: "It's a rare opportunity. I can finally have dinner with my brother who goes out early and comes back late."

Du Yuanwen shook his head: "I can't eat it. I have to go out soon."

Du Yuanzhe was surprised: "It's already dinner time, why are you still going out?"

"The resort that our company is cooperating with Jiang's has been built. Yesterday, Jiang Chelin told me that he has found a furniture company to cooperate with and asked me to go with him today to discuss the cooperation. If I agree, the contract will be signed."

When Du Yuanzhe heard that they were going to discuss cooperation, he immediately lost interest and asked casually, "What furniture company did Jiang Chelin find?"

"It's the company started by Zhou Heng, who has been criticized by netizens every day recently. His son has a good relationship with Jiang Chelin, and he came forward to ask Jiang Chelin to help their company."

Du Yuanzhe immediately sat up straight, frowned and said, "His company is already notorious. Wouldn't it affect our company's image if we cooperate with them?"

Du Yuanwen said, "I have investigated this company. Zhou Heng has a very good reputation in the business community and has never made any mistakes. As for Zhou Heng's reputation, to be honest, how many company bosses have a good reputation now? There are countless cases of having mistresses, raising concubines, and having illegitimate children, but the company still continues to operate. In business, I value the reputation of his company more, and Zhou Heng has done a good job in this regard."

"Besides, Jiang Chelin is not a philanthropist. The premise for him to agree to cooperate with Dingsheng is that they must give up 10 points of profit. Dingsheng's furniture is of good quality and can save a lot of money. It is not impossible to consider cooperating with them."

Don’t even think about it!

Du Yuanzhe couldn't just sit there and watch this deal go through, so he said, "Brother, this contract can't be signed."

Du Yuanwen frowned: "Why?"

"Zhou Heng is different from other company bosses. Many people know about his scandal, and it is currently at the center of public attention. If we cooperate with Zhou Heng, there is no guarantee that someone will deliberately expose this matter. Netizens are scolding Zhou Heng vigorously. If we cooperate with him now, we will be wading into trouble. We are in the hotel business, and our reputation is more important than anything else."

"Besides, Zhou Heng is also involved with the Xia family. We can't make enemies with the Xia family just to save money."

Du Yongliang said, "Yuanzhe, you think too simply of businessmen. As long as it is profitable, Xia Ning will cooperate with Du's when she needs to."

"But Zhou Heng's reputation is indeed a problem."

Du Yuanwen thought for a moment and said, "Then let's not sign the contract for now. Let's wait until the storm has passed. The resort still has many facilities to be added. There is no rush to cooperate with Zhou Heng. It will be the same if we wait a few months to cooperate."

No matter how high the heat is, it will eventually subside.

Du Yuanzhe frowned. It seemed that he could not convince Du Yuanwen with just reason. He knew that a big reason why Du Yuanwen agreed to cooperate with Zhou Heng was because of Jiang Chelin's help.

Du Yuanwen wanted to give Jiang Chelin this face, so as long as the reason was not particularly unbearable, he could accept it.

Du Yuan heard that he was frowning and asked in confusion, "Why are you so concerned about the company's affairs today?"

Du Yuanzhe thought for a moment and said with a bitter face: "Brother, have you forgotten something?"

"What is it?"

"I, your brother, am a contracted artist of Qianying Entertainment. Xia Ningmi is my boss. You want to cooperate with my boss's cheating scumbag father. Have you considered my situation?"

Du Yuanwen laughed: "It's nothing. Your boss has many business rivals. Do I have to avoid them all?"

"It's different. Zhou Heng caused psychological harm to Xia Ningmi. Xia Ningmi hates Zhou Heng, but she doesn't hate her competitors."

Du Yuanwen said, "Xia Ningmi is a businessman. She knows very well that businessmen cooperate for profit. I cooperated with Zhou Heng for profit, not intentionally against her. Xia Ningmi will not be angry with you for this."

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "I'm not talking about Xia Ningmi. Xia Ningmi understands these things, but the artists of Qianying Entertainment and those people on the Internet don't understand."

"Du and Zhou Heng are working together, and I am the second son of Du. In their eyes, I am a selfless person who doesn't take Xia Ningmi seriously. If some marketing accounts come out to change the situation, my acting career will be over."

"Is it that serious?"

Du Yuanwen said that Du Yuanzhe didn't understand businessmen, and he also didn't understand the entertainment industry.

Just hearing Du Yuanzhe say this, it seems quite serious.

Du Yuanwen began to hesitate. He didn't care about Zhou Heng's scandals, but he couldn't just watch his brother's career being ruined.

"This is going to be difficult. Jiang Chelin is personally acting as a matchmaker for Zhou Heng. If he rejects Zhou Heng, Jiang Chelin will be embarrassed."

Du Yuanzhe frowned and said, "We are not afraid of him. The cooperation for the resort has been completed. We don't have to worry about him playing tricks. Do we still have to kowtow to him?"

Du Yuanwen glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? In the business world, you and I are dealing with each other, how can we really have a falling out?"

Du Yuanzhe thought about it, his eyes lit up: "I have an idea, brother, take me with you, and then I will be stubborn and refuse to let you sign the contract. You just need to act like you can't do anything to me, Jiang Chelin will only hate me and won't involve you."

Du Yuanwen looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure?"

Du Yuanzhe patted his chest and said, "One hundred percent sure."

No one knows better than him how to anger Jiang Chelin, and no one knows better than him how to make Jiang Chelin unable to vent his anger.

Humph, I'll make him die of rage!

......

Cloud Shore Hotel

Zhou Heng specially booked a private room here. He brought Zhou Chenlang with him today and said with a smile, "Chenlang, it is thanks to you that our company was able to resolve the crisis this time."

Zhou Chenlang hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, I think you should go and apologize to your sister. We are a family, and we can't keep things like this."

Zhou Heng's face suddenly darkened: "She is now the president of Xia Corporation. How could she look down upon a small family like us? I took the initiative to make peace with her last time, but you saw what the result was. That little girl was taught by her mother to hate me to the core. There is no way she is willing to reconcile."

"But it doesn't matter. Xia's is not the only dominant company in Yancheng. This time, as long as we can team up with Jiang's and Du's, our Dingsheng will be able to move to the next level. If my father and I manage it well, we may be able to enter the upper class circle in the future."

"Chen Lang, we must maintain our relationship with General Jiang. He is very important to us."

Zhou Chenlang nodded: "I understand. Dad, your birthday is in a month. I will bring Yingxue to celebrate your birthday then."

Zhou Heng looked very unhappy. He had high hopes for Zhou Chenlang, but he was bewitched by a female star. Zhou Heng disliked You Yingxue very much, but he only had one son, Zhou Chenlang, so he didn't dare to push him too hard and could only use a gentle policy.

Zhou Heng suppressed his displeasure and said, "This is your business. You can take whoever you want."

The most important thing right now is cooperation. We can talk about other things after we get through today.

After a while, Jiang Chelin arrived.

Zhou Heng stood up quickly: "General Jiang."

Jiang Chelin nodded slightly, walked directly to the main seat and sat down, ignoring Zhou Heng, and chatted with Zhou Chenlang leisurely: "I've been too busy recently and haven't had time to get together with you guys. When I'm free, let's have a good drink."

Zhou Chenlang nodded: "It's up to you to arrange it. I'm always free."

Zhou Heng felt a little embarrassed being left aside. He had heard that Jiang Chelin was very arrogant and didn't care about other people's feelings. When he saw him today, he felt that the rumors were true.

Even with the relationship with Zhou Chenlang, Jiang Chelin was too lazy to pay attention to him and only focused on talking to Zhou Chenlang.

Zhou Chenlang continued, "I heard that Wang Linxuan has been looking for you recently. Does she want to get back together with you?"

Jiang Chelin frowned: "Don't mention it, she's almost annoying me to death."

"If you're bothered, why don't you just not see her?"

Jiang Chelin: "You think I didn't do this, but I still run into her often. She wasn't so annoying before."

Zhou Chenlang smiled and said, "Who made you so charming? She can't forget you. If you still like her, just get back together."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Chelin said, "I have a girlfriend now because of Wang Linxuan. She is still making trouble with me. Why are women so troublesome? I have explained it to her many times, but she just insists on being awkward with me."

Jiang Chelin has been exhausted both physically and mentally by this matter recently, otherwise he would not have talked so much to Zhou Chenlang. He has always been the one who speaks the least.

Zhou Chenlang smiled but said nothing.

Jiang Chelin felt that he had done enough, but he could not let go of his pride. No matter how much he did, others would always think that he lacked sincerity.

While the two were talking, Du Yuanzhe and his brother arrived.

Zhou Heng stood up again to greet him, but when he saw Du Yuanzhe next to Du Yuanwen, his face suddenly froze.

Du Yuanzhe narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Boss Zhou, we meet again."

Zhou Heng said unnaturally: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and Young Master Du is still as charming as ever."

Seeing Du Yuanzhe here, he felt a little uneasy.

Du Yuanzhe didn't say much to him and sat down with Du Yuanwen.

Jiang Chelin saw that Du Yuanzhe looked unhappy: "Boss Du, we are here to discuss business today, not to have fun. Why did you bring an unrelated person here?"

Du Yuanzhe raised his eyebrows: "General Jiang is wrong. Although I don't work in the company, I am not allowed to audit the class? After all, I have shares in the company."

Nowadays, most of Du’s shares are still in the hands of Du Yongliang. Brothers Du Yuanzhe and Du Yuanwen hold the same number of shares, which were given to them as coming-of-age gifts by Du Yongliang.

Jiang Chelin snorted coldly: "Stop talking nonsense. You have never worked a day at Du's and you don't know anything about Du's. What can you learn from listening in?"

Du Yuanzhe leaned back on the sofa and said casually, "That's not something that Mr. Jiang needs to worry about."

Du Yuanwen spoke up at the right time: "Yuanzhe is here today to broaden his horizons. Just pretend he doesn't exist. Let's talk about cooperation."

Jiang Chelin was too lazy to speak and glanced at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng immediately said, "I have actually inspected the resort and I know exactly what it needs. This is the plan I made. Please review it, Mr. Du."

While Du Yuanwen was reading the plan, Zhou Heng continued, "Dingsheng Furniture has always had a good reputation in the industry. We..."

"Good reputation?" Du Yuanzhe interrupted, "Why does that sound so funny? If I remember correctly, Mr. Zhou is now like a rat crossing the street, and everyone is shouting and beating him. What if Du's cooperation with you causes trouble?"

Zhou Heng was humiliated in person and was furious, but for the future of Dingsheng Furniture, he suppressed his anger and said, "Those people on the Internet don't know anything, they just follow the crowd. I also know that I have a bad reputation now. We can make a verbal agreement first and cooperate after the storm is over."

Zhou Heng is very smart. He knows his current situation and chooses to proactively postpone cooperation. This sensible move wins a lot of favor.

Of course, the Du family had already been messed up by Du Yuanzhe, so it was useless for him to win their favor.

Du Yuanzhe sneered: "So what if the storm is over? Our Du Group focuses on hotel services. What if we lose the trust of our customers by cooperating with someone like you?"

As soon as Zhou Heng heard this, he knew that Du Yuanzhe was deliberately looking for trouble, and he immediately hated Du Yuanzhe to the core.

Jiang Chelin said, "Du Yuanzhe, stop messing around. Your Du's is a high-end hotel. Your customers are not those people who only hide behind their computers and curse at others on the Internet. Du's Hotel attracts customers with its service. As long as your service is not perfunctory, your business will not be affected."

Du Yuanzhe saw Jiang Chelin talking and immediately directed the conflict to Jiang Chelin, saying, "I heard from my brother that this cooperation was initiated by General Jiang? General Jiang really doesn't care about anything for the sake of making money, even cooperating with a cheating scumbag. I really don't know if Lingling will be very disappointed if she knows this."

Jiang Chelin was angered by this: "Du Yuanzhe, you are a man after all, don't always use crooked ways to alienate the relationship between Lingling and me."

Du Yuanzhe said: "As the saying goes, if you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. It's you who want to cooperate with someone like Zhou Heng. Are you afraid of what others say?"

Jiang Chelin looked at him coldly: "How good can you be? Du Corporation also has a stake in this cooperation. Since you said you have a stake, don't think about staying out of it."

Du Yuanzhe's face froze when he heard what he said. He turned to look at Du Yuanwen and said, "Brother, let's not cooperate with Dingsheng anymore."

Du Yuanwen seemed to have just heard the noise around him. He closed his plan and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Du Yuanzhe insisted, "I don't like Zhou Heng. It's disgusting that we are working with him."

Zhou Heng's face looked as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. He felt that Du Yuanzhe was out to defeat him. The cooperation that he had 80% confidence in had become precarious after he disrupted it.

Du Yuanwen scolded, "This is a business cooperation, not playing house. Put your personal feelings aside for now."

Hearing this, Zhou Heng felt a little hopeful again, and Jiang Chelin was also very satisfied.

Du Yuanzhe was adamant: "I don't care about that. I don't like this man. The Du family cannot cooperate with him. If you don't listen to me, I will complain to mom and say that you don't care about your own brother's feelings for the sake of profit. You can do whatever you want."

After saying this, Du Yuanzhe stood up and left the box.

The box fell into silence and the atmosphere became a little strange.

Du Yuanwen said awkwardly, "General Jiang, how about we talk about this another day?"

Zhou Heng's face turned pale.

Jiang Chelin frowned and said, "Boss Du, your brother doesn't understand anything. Don't you understand anything either? You should know very well how much profit this cooperation will bring."

Du Yuanwen sighed, "I know all this, but President Jiang must also know that my mother favors Yuanzhe. As long as Yuanzhe insists on something, my mother will definitely agree. What's more, my mother hopes that we brothers can get along well. If she knew that the two of us were unhappy because of this cooperation, she would definitely oppose it."

"Mr. Jiang, although the money is good, I have to take care of my family first before I can think about how to make money. Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry that we can't cooperate this time. I hope there will be a chance in the future."

Du Yuanwen also left the box.

Zhou Heng looked ashen as he looked towards Jiang Chelin hopefully.

Jiang Chelin shook his head: "The resort was built by two companies together. I can't make the decision alone."

He was upset that the cooperation was ruined by Du Yuanzhe, and he said angrily: "Du Yuanzhe is a troublemaker."

He felt that Du Yuanzhe was sabotaging the cooperation just to anger him, but he just couldn't do anything about Du Yuanzhe.

"Du Yuanwen is such a loser, he is so indecisive and can't even control his own brother. When Du Yongliang is gone, how can he control the board of directors?"

Jiang Chelin was so angry that he even scolded Du Yuanwen.

Zhou Chenlang didn't say a word from beginning to end. He recalled Du Yuanzhe's attitude just now and clearly felt Du Yuanzhe's disgust towards Zhou Heng.

He felt that even if there was no conflict with Jiang Chelin, Du Yuanzhe would not allow the Du family to cooperate with Dingsheng. In his opinion, Du Yuanzhe even deliberately used the conflict with Jiang Chelin to make Jiang Chelin focus all his attention on him.

Zhou Chenlang looked at Jiang Chelin and Zhou Heng without saying what he was thinking. Whether they could achieve cooperation was not important to him, and he did not care.

If Zhou Heng hadn't forced him, he wouldn't even ask Jiang Chelin for help.

After Jiang Chelin scolded the Du brothers, he was in no mood to eat. After saying goodbye to Zhou Chenlang, he got up and left. Only Zhou father and son were left in the box.

Zhou Heng slumped in his seat helplessly: "If this cooperation fails, the crisis of Dingsheng cannot be resolved. What should we do?"

He founded Dingsheng Furniture, and there was no way he would just sit there and watch it go bankrupt.

Zhou Chenlang looked at him without any emotion in his eyes: "Dad, go apologize to your sister."

Zhou Heng closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "I'll go!"

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