49 Chapter 49
◎Capital injection◎
Everything is going according to Zhang Li's plan.
Just as she knew Pei Yuanzhi would follow her after she left the dining table.
So, when Zhang Li was looking for the bathroom according to the signs, he heard a voice of "Stop" behind him, and he paused and stopped.
She turned around and saw Pei Yuanzhi looking at her with a scrutinizing expression.
"Teacher Pei, is there something wrong?" Zhang Li looked at him innocently, as if he knew nothing.
As soon as Yuan Minshan showed her head at the corner, she realized something was wrong, and quickly retreated to observe the situation and was ready to show up at any time.
Pei Yuanzhi had no idea that someone was following him. After looking around and realizing that no one would be coming for the time being, he stopped hiding his feelings and looked at Zhang Li with contempt.
"Whether there's something wrong or not, you should know it in your heart."
Zhang Li would not follow his script, and looked confused when he heard that.
Seeing that she was still pretending to be innocent at this point, Pei Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes, snorted, and then pointed it out directly.
"Don't tell me you didn't deliberately put Fang Chengyu with Qingran. If you have the guts to do it, you should have the guts to admit it!"
"Fang Chengyu?" Zhang Li seemed to finally understand what he was saying. "He's a very good actor, so he auditioned for the male lead in Liu Qingran's drama. What does this have to do with me?"
Seeing her being so stubborn, Pei Yuanzhi became even more furious.
But after thinking of something, he suddenly calmed down, and then looked at her as if she were a clown.
He deliberately took two steps forward and got closer to Zhang Li.
"Aren't you still dreaming of separating Qingran and me? Unfortunately, Qingran and I are already engaged, and your wishful thinking is ultimately in vain..."
It's time!
Zhang Li almost spent her entire life's acting skills, clenched her fists, and gave Pei Yuanzhi a look of disbelief. Her mind was also madly substituting the original body's emotions. A sour and bitter feeling quickly spread in her heart.
"I've only been away from the Liu family for half a year, and you're already engaged to Liu Qingran?!"
Yuan Minshan, who was at the corner, did not hear Pei Yuanzhi's low words, but she heard Zhang Li's words.
Her pupils trembled. This sentence contained too much information.
What did Zhang Li mean by her leaving the Liu family? Also, Pei Yuanzhi was actually engaged to Liu Qingran?!
Zhang Li, on the other hand, was still immersed in his acting skills.
"What do you think of marriage? When Grandpa Pei asked you to get engaged to me, you agreed to it later. I didn't force you, did I? But then I was kicked out of the Liu family, and you took advantage of my misfortune, saying I was paying you back, and I put up with it! You threatened to ban me, and I put up with it, too. But in just six months, you've already gotten engaged to Liu Qingran. In the end, you just treated me as a tool to be used, right?!"
After Zhang Li finished speaking, she finally heard a familiar "ding" sound in her ears, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
But to Yuan Minshan, who was standing on the other side of the corner, it seemed like she was trying hard not to collapse.
Yuan Minshan had no idea that she was just worried about what Pei Yuanzhi would do to Zhang Li, but she accidentally heard such an incredible secret.
Pei Yuanzhi was actually engaged to Zhang Li before! Later, he behaved like a scumbag, not only slandering his ex-fiancée Zhang Li, but also directly banning her!
How despicable! This is even more despicable than the rich second generation who banned her best friend!
But in Pei Yuanzhi's opinion, Zhang Li was completely avoiding the important issues.
"You're making yourself sound so innocent? Don't you know why I banned you?"
Zhang Li didn't answer, but just looked at him with a sarcastic look.
Knowing that the system has been awakened, she no longer needs to talk to this idiot.
Pei Yuanzhi automatically interpreted her look as 'not knowing the danger', and thinking of what Zhang Li had done, he became angry again.
"I'm warning you, don't try to get close to me and Qingran with these despicable means again, otherwise I will definitely make you pay!"
Zhang Li took a step back.
Looking at the tense situation, Yuan Minshan finally couldn't help but stand up.
"Ali? Have you found the bathroom? What are you doing?"
Hearing her voice, Pei Yuanzhi turned back cautiously. He didn't know if Yuan Minshan had heard his conversation with Zhang Li.
However, Yuan Minshan has been in the domestic entertainment industry for so many years, and she still has some acting skills. She acted as if she knew nothing and walked straight up to Zhang Li and took her hand as if nothing had happened.
"Why are you still chatting with Teacher Pei? I need to go to the bathroom too. Let's go together."
"Okay." Zhang Li smiled, then acted as if Pei Yuanzhi didn't exist and went directly to the bathroom with Yuan Minshan.
Although Yuan Minshan knew the truth, she was not clear about what happened exactly, such as how Zhang Li became engaged to Pei Yuanzhi and how she entered the Liu family.
She thought that since Zhang Li had never made it public, she would just pretend she didn't know.
The two of them walked to the bathroom door together and then entered the partition separately.
Almost at the moment the door was closed, the familiar system interface popped up.
Zhang Li's eyes lit up, and then he heard the system start to speak: "Ding - the host's emotion value just reached the maximum, triggering the system's third test -"
"Pei Yuanzhi, the male protagonist of this world, is talented and wealthy. Not only is he a renowned movie star in the domestic entertainment industry, he will also inherit the Pei family's billions of dollars in assets. He is also the object of the host's deep affection. The test is generated - if the system can make the male protagonist change his mind and fall in love with the host, I will give you 500 million, or I will gain the male protagonist's love. Which one do you choose?"
Five hundred million?!
Zhang Li never expected that Pei Yuanzhi was actually worth 500 million!
If she wasn't afraid of being exposed in front of the system, she would probably have shown a happy expression at this moment.
She gritted her teeth and acted as if she was having trouble making a decision, hesitating again and again.
Seeing that she remained silent, the system continued to pressure her, "The hero will be worth tens of billions in the future. If you marry him, you can share it with him. What is your decision, host?"
Zhang Li recalled what the system said, and suddenly a plan came to his mind.
"System, it's not that I don't want to choose love, but... you've given me too much. What's more, if Pei Yuanzhi fell in love with me because of your influence, then it wouldn't be pure love. So I decided to choose 500 million! And I believe that Pei Yuanzhi will regret it one day!"
He regretted treating his original body like this, and then let her pass through.
The system listened to Zhang Li's "Theory of Purity of Love" and felt it was impressive, then recorded her performance.
"Okay, based on the host's choice, the system has prepared 500 million and is distributing them..."
"Ding—distribution completed."
Soon, Zhang Li received a large sum of 500 million yuan.
She endured it and waited until the system entered standby mode as usual before taking a deep breath.
This money is so easy to make.
Five hundred million, just got it so easily?
It makes money much faster than her using her brain to plan and develop business strategies.
She originally thought that she would need to "sell" two more people to get the 400 million investment quota, but she didn't expect that she could get 500 million just by selling Pei Yuanzhi.
How much are the others worth?
Zhang Li wanted to make another effort, but when she thought about it, she found that the weirdos in the Liu family were really disgusting, and it would take a lot of time to set up a scheme. It would be better to wait until she was short of money again.
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Yuan Minshan would never have imagined that Zhang Li, who lived not far from her, had earned 500 million in such a short period of time.
Originally, she wanted to pretend to comfort Zhang Li casually when she came out of the bathroom, but when she came out, she didn't see any sadness at all, but a hint of joy on her face.
"Ali, did anything happy happen to you?" Yuan Minshan asked doubtfully.
Zhang Li replied: "Oh, I just made a little money."
Yuan Minshan didn't know how much the small amount of money she was talking about was, but seeing that she seemed to have gotten over the impact of what had just happened, she didn't ask any more questions.
When they returned to the box, they learned from other people that after Pei Yuanzhi came back from the bathroom, he received a phone call and left in a hurry.
Yun Shang also left with him.
Except for the contestants who chose the two and felt sad about their departure, everyone else felt nothing and was just immersed in the joy of being together.
When Zhang Li returned to the apartment, he suddenly received a call from Fu Haijing.
"Ali, thanks so much for your reminder!"
"You know what? We went back to City A one after the other. I was planning to go to the G family's event with Lan Xiao today, but my nanny car suddenly broke down. I was planning to just squeeze in with Lan Xiao, but then I suddenly remembered your reminder. So I asked Jinshu to arrange another one, and even persuaded Lan Xiao to come down and send his nanny car for inspection. Do you know what happened?"
Based on Fu Haijing's tone, Zhang Li had already guessed what had happened.
Sure enough, Fu Haijing's next words verified it.
"Someone tampered with Lan Xiao's car without anyone noticing!"
"I suspect they also did the damage to my car! We called the police right after this happened. I wonder if they can find anything..."
Zhang Li quickly comforted him: "I'm glad you're all okay..."
"This couldn't have been an accident. We all suspect Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi were behind this. Jinshu has also told the police everything. Now that we've completely broken off relations with them, I think they might have noticed something and will most likely proceed directly to the next step."
The other party had clearly arranged all the details, but Fu Haijing suddenly changed the car, causing all their efforts to fail. Anyone would have suspected that Fu Haijing or Su Jinshu had noticed something.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi are likely to bring forward the plan to replace Su Jinshu.
The most important thing is that all this happened too strangely. Maybe there was a traitor in Suo Yun Entertainment who was colluding with Yun Shang and others.
Therefore, if they want to be safer now, they have to arrange their counterattack. Otherwise, if some important shareholders stand on Yun Shang’s side, it will be too late!
Zhang Li understood the hidden meaning of Fu Haijing's words.
She didn't expect that the conspiracy against Fu Haijing and Suo Yun's brother Lan Xiao would come so quickly.
Fortunately, she now has a backup plan and is no longer afraid of a head-on confrontation.
"In that case, let President Su prepare."
Fu Haijing had a premonition, but was still a little bit unconvinced. "Preparing for what?"
"I'll have Wancheng's people come and connect with President Su."
"Have you solved the funding issue?" In just two weeks, they've already gathered four hundred million? Or should Wancheng negotiate with them first to attract Yun Shang and the others' attention, and then inject capital once the funding is fully resolved?
Zhang Li smiled and said, "I don't think 400 million is safe. How about 500 million, Mr. Su?"
"Five hundred million?!" Fu Haijing's voice changed.
As soon as this voice came out, a male voice suddenly interrupted, "...What five hundred million?"
It is obvious that Fu Haijing is with Su Jinshu now.
Fu Haijing apologized to Zhang Li and then explained the situation to the other side.
Soon, the owner of the phone was changed.
Su Jinshu's voice was filled with excitement. "Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry to bother you. Could you please tell me that we can inject 500 million yuan right now?"
"That's right." Compared to the person opposite him, Zhang Li seemed calm and composed.
"Great!" Su Jinshu was so excited that he lost himself in the moment and promised: "I will definitely make you feel my sincerity!"
"I won't show up in person, so please keep my identity secret for me." Zhang Li reminded.
"Okay, okay! I definitely will!" Su Jinshu knew that if Zhang Li didn't want to hide her identity, the fact that she was the behind-the-scenes investor of Wancheng would be enough to cause a huge sensation in the domestic entertainment industry.
Zhang Li was their savior. If they messed up and offended her, they would definitely not gain anything. After all, the fact that she had raised 500 million in cash within two weeks, even 100 million more than they expected, was enough to prove that Zhang Li was no ordinary wealthy person. She had just said that she had invested the funds she had on hand two weeks ago!
With Zhang Li's promise, Su Jinshu and Fu Haijing respectfully let her hang up the phone.
Afterwards, Zhang Li contacted Wu Heng again and instructed him on the matter of injecting capital into Suo Yun Entertainment.
Through Zhang Li's operation, her share in Wancheng has long far exceeded Pei Yiyuan's, and she can be said to be a real big boss.
But when Wu Heng heard that Zhang Li was going to invest another 500 million, he couldn't help but be stunned.
He suspected that his boss still had investments in other places that had not been recovered. He mobilized hundreds of millions of funds every time, which was simply extraordinary.
With Zhang Li taking over, Wancheng's scale has expanded dozens of times, and it has also attracted countless talents to actively submit their resumes.
Those people thought that Wancheng was created by him and his team, but they didn't know that their boss was the real leader.
But when he thought about the fact that his boss actually said that investment was just a side job and acting was her main job, he couldn't help but want to cry.
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Zhang Li had no idea of Wu Heng's inner complaints. She still believed in his abilities. After explaining the matter to him, she flew back to the filming location of "The Battle of Vientiane" again.
Fu Haijing quickly followed her footsteps and flew back from City A.
Wu Heng has already met with Su Jinshu for a detailed discussion, and Fu Haijing can be sure that Zhang Li is not exaggerating at all.
After the cooperation, she now feels closer to Zhang Li.
The two of them are almost inseparable on the set. They have common topics in acting, identities, and now they have the common topic of cooperation.
Fu Haijing also lowered her attitude and gradually began to take Zhang Li as the center.
Although the crew members were already used to the intimacy between the two, they were still a little confused about what Fu Haijing was thinking when they saw this scene.
In terms of status, she is a top-tier actress, while Zhang Li is not even a second-tier actress. In terms of acting skills, although Zhang Li is also very good, she cannot surpass her at the moment. In terms of signing companies, Suo Yun Entertainment is the leader, and the only one that can surpass it is Yichang Media. Lingman, which Zhang Li signed with, is currently not as good as her.
I heard she used to have quite a temper, so why would she willingly bow down to Zhang Li?!
Just when everyone was puzzled, a while later, an explosive piece of news solved all their doubts.
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Suo Yun's shares are indeed distributed in a complex manner, with shareholders of all sizes holding one share, ranging from the original shareholders at the time of the company's establishment and their heirs to the company's senior managers, with complex identities.
Although Su Jinshu took over Suoyun shares from his father and gained the support of many shareholders through his own abilities and took over the position of president, there are still many people in the company who are dissatisfied.
When Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi came to find him, they certainly didn't say that they were mainly here to deal with Lingman, who was signed by Zhang Li. They only talked about how big the market was for introducing Korean artists.
Those short-sighted people in Suo Yun Entertainment were naturally tempted, but they were suppressed by Su Jinshu single-handedly at that time.
The reason given by Su Jinshu was also simple. He didn't believe that such a big pie would fall from the sky and hit them precisely. In addition, the last time Tianqi Media introduced a baseball drama and failed miserably, the risk was too great.
After hearing his words, many shareholders who had been wavering changed their minds.
But Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi obviously had no intention of giving up, so there was a scene where Fu Haijing invited Zhang Li.
When the nanny car incident happened, Su Jinshu and Fu Haijing immediately thought of the person behind the scenes.
Unfortunately, after calling the police, although the police tried their best to investigate, they still couldn't find the culprit behind the incident.
Su Jinshu and Fu Haijing were very clear that this was not an accident. They wanted to use this as a warning to inform other shareholders that Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi had bad intentions.
But because there was no evidence and someone was secretly muddying the waters, everyone else was only half-believing and half-doubting.
Fu Haijing had no choice but to call Zhang Li, but she didn't expect Zhang Li to give them such a big surprise.
The next day, Su Jinshu successfully contacted Wancheng's team.
With the real money there, things will naturally be easier to do.
Compared with the blank checks of Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi, this investment is obviously more attractive.
Although everyone's shares will be diluted after Wancheng's investment, the original value of the shares is still there. The most important thing is, who is the investor?!
That's Wancheng Private Equity Fund. Not to mention Lingman, it also owns Wangshi Studio and the booming Xuanhuang Clothing, which is already attractive enough!
In the past, Lingman was the only one who had access to the Past Studio. Now that they are a family, will Suo Yun not be able to benefit from it in the future?
Besides, don’t you see Wan Cheng’s current reputation in the industry? Wherever he invests, it will take off.
If Wancheng invested in their Suo Yun, perhaps surpassing Yichang Media would not be a problem!
After hearing about it, many shareholders were already eager to make a move, although some shareholders kept trying to brainwash them, saying that Wancheng just wanted to get a bargain.
But after Su Jinshu carefully analyzed the situation for them, many shareholders directly sided with him.
In addition, there were already some people on his side, so once the meeting started and the votes were cast, everything was decided.
After a period of negotiation, Wancheng invested 500 million in cash and successfully acquired 8% of Suoyun Entertainment's shares.
Of course, with the market value of Suoyun Entertainment, Wancheng was originally not able to get that much, but Wancheng's team was not there to sit back and do nothing, and Su Jinshu intentionally diluted the price, successfully cutting the value of the premium, so Su Jinshu and Wancheng were both happy.
This matter is not worth mentioning for the entire Chinese business circle, but it is a huge change for domestic entertainment!
Not long after the share transfer, the blogger who became famous for analyzing Lingman's changes twice quickly left the stage.
【Xuan Ran Says Things v: Latest news, big changes in the domestic entertainment industry!
After Wancheng Private Equity Fund invested in Lingman, the blogger thought that Wancheng would no longer invest in domestic entertainment, but unexpectedly, only a few months later, Wancheng once again invested 500 million in Suoyun Entertainment, becoming another major shareholder of Suoyun Entertainment!
The blogger tried to analyze the deeper meaning of Wancheng’s capital injection.
According to reliable sources, Tianqi Media had contacted Suo Yun Entertainment not long ago and invited it to jointly carry out a mysterious project, but the plan was rejected on the spot by Suo Yun Entertainment's president Su Jinshu. After that, Suo Yun Entertainment received Wancheng's investment.
Therefore, the blogger believes that Wancheng’s investment this time must be related to Tianqi Media, or that President Suo Yun deliberately facilitated it in response to the impact of some shareholders of Tianqi.
Evidence one: Suoyun Entertainment had been maintaining stable development and had no financial problems. Why did it accept an investment below its market value after such a short period of contact with Wancheng?
Evidence 2: Is Wancheng’s capital injection this time extremely similar to Lingman’s last capital injection?
Just think about it, the last time Lingman almost went bankrupt due to shareholders withdrawing their investment, those shareholders quickly set up Tianqi Media with Pei Yuanzhi and Liu Shuyi. Does this confirm what the blogger said before that the "forcing the palace" incident was the work of Pei Yuanzhi and the Liu family?
So, after the president of Suo Yun Entertainment rejected the invitation from Apocalypse Media, would the other party resort to the same old tricks and "force Su Jinshu to step down" to achieve their goal?
Perhaps this is exactly why Su Jinshu facilitated Wancheng's investment.
However, what the blogger admires most is not Su Jinshu's quick response, but Wan Cheng's wealth and generosity. The two sides have only been in contact for less than a month, and Wan Cheng has directly thrown away 500 million yuan. Who would not say: "Rich man, please hug my thigh!"
PS: After careful research, the blogger discovered something very interesting. Su Jinshu had never had any contact with Wan Cheng before, but just before the two of them started working together, Fu Haijing, the top actress at Suoyun Entertainment, who was rumored to have a mysterious relationship with the president, and Zhang Li, who was favored by Wan Cheng, joined the same crew. Furthermore, the naturally aloof Fu Haijing actually took the initiative to post a photo with Zhang Li that very evening. Could this be the legendary "lady diplomacy"?
This long Weibo post caused quite a stir as soon as it was released.
First, the blogger's fans agreed and forwarded it, and then it attracted many netizens to come and watch.
Soon, this Weibo post slowly climbed up the hot search list, attracting more people.
[Wow! It feels like they're using these 500 million as if it were our 5,500!]
[I don't know about the rest, but I absolutely believe Wancheng is rich!]
[I admire the blogger for being able to dig out such news! ]
Wancheng is so awesome! I really want to know who the investor behind this is. If he's tall, rich, and handsome, and willing to show up, he'll probably be called "National Husband" by countless netizens.
[Madam diplomacy? I'm almost dying of laughter at the blogger's sense of humor, but if it's true, the term is quite descriptive.]
[Both of them are just actors, and they're talking about wife diplomacy. I think it's lover diplomacy, right? ...]
The comment section unknowingly started to go off topic.
However, as the popularity grew, this Weibo post began to spread rapidly.
Although the filming location of "The Battle of Vientiane" is remote, it is still available on the Internet.
Therefore, it was inevitable that someone in the crew saw this Weibo post.
When the staff saw the end of the Weibo post, they were stunned.
【Author’s words】
Sister Li: So easy, another 500 million was spent~
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