This dinner was like a spell, breaking the state of non-interference between Ye Fei and Yan Xiao, and their relationship became much closer than before.
We contacted each other more frequently on a daily basis and started chatting from time to time. More importantly, Ye Fei would no longer be like before, relying on Gu Ruijia’s constant urging before she would reluctantly tell Yan Xiao about going out to play.
At the same time, Tianxi Entertainment's massive purchase of IPs has also caused quite a stir in the industry.
Except Gu Ruijia, no one knows Ye Fei's true intentions. Everyone thought that he wanted to make his own web drama, which was why he hoarded so many IPs.
Ye Fei became famous in the film and television industry, but it was not a good reputation.
IP is worthless and not given much attention these days. Ye Fei's behavior is like that of a fool in the eyes of relevant personnel. I don't know how many people are waiting to laugh at him, especially Ye Yao.
"Are you going to give up the film and television rights of "No Return" so easily?" Wang Zhao asked Ye Yao while sitting on the sofa in Ye Yao's office, hugging his new internet celebrity.
His family is quite powerful, and he is the only child, so he is spoiled beyond belief. He is involved in everything from eating, drinking, whoring, gambling and drugs. No one in the circle wanted to get too close to him, except Ye Yao.
The Ye family had some assets, so even if Ye Yao lost 20 million, they would not be short of money. However, Ye Yao invested 20 million in "The Road to Upgrading the Favorite Concubine" and even sold an apartment for it, so Dingyuan's funds were a bit overwhelmed.
Although Wang Zhao is a bad person, he is rich and generous, so Ye Yao is willing to coax him. Besides, he felt that there was nothing wrong in associating with Wang Zhao. Although the saying goes "Birds of a feather flock together," as long as he established himself, no one else could influence him.
Those who fall into depravity because of bad friends have weak willpower.
"If Ye Fei wants it, give it to him," Ye Yao lit a cigarette, his eyes sinister, "I'll see what he'll do if it gets smashed in his hands."
At the beginning, Ye Yao did intend to compete with Ye Fei.
Dingyuan does not have the ability to invest in large-scale productions at the moment, so it might as well try shooting online dramas. This thing has low cost and short time, and you don’t have to worry about being criticized even if it is shoddy. It is the best way to make money.
It just so happened that "No Return" has been very popular recently, and after the filming, a large number of book fans spontaneously promoted it, so even a lot of publicity costs could be saved.
But on second thought, that’s not the case.
Ye Fei is usually a man of many thoughts. Who knows whether he really wants to buy "No Return" or is just pretending to buy it? What if the price goes up and Ye Fei doesn’t want it, wouldn’t he be at a huge loss?
In his mind, the film and television copyright of "No Return" should be worth 800,000 at most. Asking him to pay more than 1 million or even several million is impossible!
Otherwise, with such high costs, where would he make money!
"You're amazing," Wang Zhao leaned lazily on the sofa, squinting his eyes, looking like he was about to fall asleep. But his hands were not honest, and they were about to reach into the little internet celebrity's clothes. "But you still have to be careful. Many people now think that your brother has a close relationship with Ding Yuan. Don't let him implicate you."
"What a joke!" Ye Yao ignored Wang Zhao's little trick, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and said coldly, "He was kicked out of Dingyuan by my dad a long time ago!"
Wang Zhao sneered: "You are family members and you know your own business, but others don't know it."
Ye Yao thought about it and it made sense. After all, they were related by blood, so it would be difficult to completely distance themselves from the relationship. He had to think of a way.
After sending Wang Zhao away, Ye Yao immediately went to find his father and told him about Ye Fei's movements with exaggeration. At the end, he said worriedly: "Dad, I'm not on guard against my brother, but Dingyuan's situation has been bad recently. What if my brother loses money outside and puts the bill on you?"
He paused and sighed: "He invested so much in "Time and Space Rescue". If he loses money, even if he sells Dingyuan, it won't be enough to fill the hole."
Dingyuan is Ye’s father’s pride, but also his Achilles’ heel. Hearing what Ye Yao said, Ye's father immediately shouted angrily: "How dare he!"
Ye Yao glanced at him hesitantly, and said casually, "My current position is still the general manager of Dingyuan."
Although Ye Fei had not come to the company since the big outburst that day, Ye Yao had taken over his position. However, the management of small family-run workshops like Dingyuan is very chaotic, and sometimes no formal documents are issued for changes in senior management.
Upon hearing this, Father Ye said thoughtfully, "We need to issue a formal notice."
Ye Yao hurriedly said, "We have to post on the official blog too. Dad, you don't know that because my brother is messing around outside, people have been mocking him recently, including Ding Yuan."
He sighed: "I thought, I have to post on Weibo to clarify it anyway."
"Okay," Ye's father nodded in agreement, thinking that his youngest son was very thoughtful. "You should inform the administrative department to draft Ye Fei's resignation notice now, and report it to me for review within an hour. After distributing it to all employees of the company, post it on the official blog."
Ye Yao curled his lips proudly: "Yes."
The film and television industry is not big. With the update of Dingyuan’s official Weibo, relevant people in the industry all know that Ye Fei was kicked out. No wonder he had previously acquired the IP in the name of Tianxi Entertainment.
Many people felt very sympathetic towards Ye's father, as the eldest son he had raised for so long turned out to be a hopeless person. What can I do? He had no choice but to clean up the mess and push his youngest son back to the position.
It couldn't be more miserable to have to worry about everything when you're over 50.
Suddenly, Ye Fei became a negative example for educating children in the circle. Even Sun Qiong and Zhou Zhensheng heard about it, and they came to Tianxi to comfort him.
"Damn it," Zhou Zhensheng said indignantly, holding up his phone, "Ye Fei, don't pay attention to those nonsense. They don't understand you at all."
In fact, Zhou Zhensheng is feeling a little regretful now. Not long after he sold the stocks that day, he saw the news about the plunge of U.S. stocks on the news. He reflexively opened the software to check the stock.
This sight almost broke out in a cold sweat. The stock price plummeted. If he had not listened to Ye Fei, he would probably have lost his pants by now.
Ye Fei has such a keen eye, so his investment in "Time and Space Rescue" must not be a random decision. Unfortunately, he lost interest when he heard it was a science fiction film. Now the investment contract for "Time and Space Rescue" has been signed and preparations are underway to start filming. Even if he wanted to get involved, it would be impossible.
"It's okay." Ye Fei didn't care about the rumors at all. On the contrary, he was in a very good mood. Perhaps because of the general pessimism in the industry, IP prices have recently dropped instead of increased, allowing him to pick up a lot of bargains.
He smiled lazily and said to Zhou Zhensheng and Sun Qiong, "We have bought too many IPs and have no money left. Can you sponsor us a little?"
As soon as they heard it, the two understood that Ye Fei was deliberately giving them the opportunity to make money.
Anyway, they made a lot of money by buying stocks, so even if they lost money, it didn’t matter. They didn’t believe that Ye Fei would do something meaningless.
"Okay," Sun Qiong thought for a moment and nodded, "I'll transfer the amount directly to the company account."
Zhou Zhensheng was unwilling to fall behind and said quickly: "Me too."
With the funds transferred from the two people, Ye Fei stockpiled a lot of IPs in one go, and Tianxi Entertainment also entered the public eye by taking advantage of its reputation as a place with lots of money and stupid people.
I don’t know if it was because of this, but he actually received an invitation to a charity auction gala in the circle this year.
"Don't go," Gu Ruijia was in a dilemma. "We are so poor now that we want to spend every penny wisely. How can we afford to shoot anything?"
Ye Fei sat down, picked up the invitation letter and flipped through it: "I want to go, even as a runner-up. Our company's resources are too poor, it's still good to get to know a few more people."
He raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Ruijia: "Not only me, you have to go too."
"What are you doing?" Gu Ruijia refused to do it. He hated these fancy things the most. It would be better to just donate money. "Each company should send one representative. Our company has you. Don't drag me in."
Ye Fei is usually easy to talk to, so Gu Ruijia thought he could get away with it this time.
Unexpectedly, Ye Fei refused outright: "No."
"Why?" Gu Ruijia grabbed her hair anxiously, "Anyway, the company can be supported by you, and I don't understand much."
Ye Fei lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Why?
Of course, it’s because he’s dying. When he is alive, he can help Gu Ruijia manage Tianxi, but what about after he dies?
He ignored Gu Ruijia's eager gaze and said firmly, "You better prepare yourself. If something goes wrong that day..." Ye Fei sneered, raised his hand and slashed at his neck fiercely, "Just wait for me."
Gu Ruijia was so frightened that she trembled and said with a bitter face: "I'll go! Is it not okay for me to go?"
Before the charity gala begins, the items to be auctioned will be put on the official website. Interested guests need to mark their favorite items on the official website first, receive a bidding number, and then participate in the auction at the party.
Ye Fei really had no money now. He browsed the official website for a long time and finally chose a string of Buddhist beads that was the least popular and the cheapest.
Gu Ruijia looked at his poor appearance and felt a pain in her teeth: "Go ask Brother Xiao for it. He is so rich. What's wrong with him spending a little money to help you maintain your reputation outside?"
Ye Fei raised her eyelids and glanced at him: "Two hundred million is not enough?"
The funding gap of "Time and Space Rescue" was 110 million. Ye Fei thought that Yan Xiao would fill the hole and the matter would be solved, but she didn't expect that he would directly take out 200 million, which made Song Wen almost kneel down and call him daddy.
"Let's put things in perspective," Gu Ruijia said while browsing Weibo, "Besides, his investment is not in vain, he will definitely make money. What do you think - eh?"
Gu Ruijia raised his phone and asked Ye Fei: "This World Internet Conference is quite grand, with so many bigwigs. Did Brother Xiao go?"
"He left," Ye Fei said, "left the day before yesterday."
Yan Xiao was originally scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. the day before yesterday, and the route had been applied for early in the morning. Unexpectedly, the pilot had a problem and the flight was delayed for half an hour and almost couldn't take off.
Ye Fei received his WeChat message at that time. Although she couldn't read the words, she could feel that Yan Xiao was very angry. Not only did he say that he would change a driver when he returned, he also said that he never wanted to participate in such a time-wasting activity again.
As Ye Fei thought about it, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Why are you so proud of yourself?" Gu Ruijia nudged him with her elbow. "It's scary."
Ye Fei said "nothing" and made up a random topic to fool him.
The next evening, Ye Fei and Gu Ruijia arrived at the auction on time.
"What the hell is this?" Gu Ruijia pulled at his tightly tied tie, looking impatient. "Who invented the suit? It's such a pain to wear it."
Ye Fei looked at him with a half smile: "Be obedient or be strangled to death by me, choose one."
Gu Ruijia's face suddenly became serious. He didn't dare to scratch his ears and cheeks like a monkey anymore. He just followed Ye Fei obediently and chatted with people. It seemed that he was quite serious.
This auction was of very high standards, with many A-list celebrities attending, not to mention the bosses of well-known companies in the industry. At a glance, you can see either familiar faces from the entertainment section or regular visitors to the investment section.
Ye Fei has been quite famous recently, and many people have been secretly trying to find out his name, wanting to see what this fool who invests recklessly is like.
However, Ye Fei was handsome, elegantly spoken, and there was nothing wrong with him, which disappointed those who were prepared to watch him.
It's probably just an embroidered pillow, others thought silently in their hearts, it looks good but is useless.
Ye Fei didn’t know that many people were criticizing him in their hearts, and even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t care. He avoided a little celebrity who was sticking to him and was about to find his seat when a steady male voice suddenly came from behind him: "Are you Ye Fei?"
Ye Fei turned around and recognized the person as Li Youlong, the head of Baofeng Media.
"I am," Ye Fei stretched out her hand, "Hello, Mr. Li."
Li Youlong laughed and shook hands with him: "Seeing is believing."
Ye Fei thought he was talking about hoarding IPs, so she smiled and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Mr. Li."
"Hey, hey, hey," Li Youlong waved his hands, looking very easy to get along with, without any arrogance in front of other people, "No, no, I heard of Mr. Ye's name from Mr. Yan before."
Ye Fei raised her eyebrows. What was going on?
Li Youlong explained to him: "Feixiao Technology's player has recently cooperated with our company. I met Mr. Yan once, and then I found out that he was married to you."
So that's how it is, Ye Fei nodded.
Although Feixiao Technology's main business is games, it also has many other businesses, and the network player mentioned by Li Youlong is one of them.
Li Youlong has a shrewd personality and is known as an old fox. Probably he wanted to build a relationship with Yan Xiao through Ye Fei, so he came up and boasted together: "I heard that President Ye and President Yan have a very good relationship, which is really enviable."
Ye Fei didn't want to talk about it, and said perfunctorily: "It's just like that. I was forced by my family and had no choice but to get married."
Li Youlong shook his head and said, "Boss Ye is too dishonest."
Ye Fei smiled: "It's true."
Li Youlong said: "I believe that Mr. Ye was forced to marry, but as for Mr. Yan, it's impossible."
How is that impossible? He looks weaker than Yan Xiao or something.
Ye Fei narrowed her eyes: "Then you guessed wrong." Yan Xiao married him because he was forced to do so.
Li Youlong suddenly felt helpless. He looked around and saw that there was no one around. He whispered to Ye Fei, "Come on, Mr. Ye, don't make fun of me. I know about that."
Ye Fei was puzzled: "What's the matter?"
Li Youlong had a look on his face that said "just pretend" and said, "Mr. Yan is talking about orphans."
Ye Fei's eyes suddenly widened: "What did you say?"
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