Chapter 32

For example, his relationship with Li Chu is obviously that of an agent and an artist, and Su Ning is best at handling this kind of relationship.

Su Ning, who once created a legend in the brokerage industry, believes that this cannot be defined as a simple business cooperation.

Agents often need to understand every aspect of an artist, and even be able to judge what is more suitable for the artist's development and make decisions better than the artist himself. Even the closest "friends" cannot do this.

For artists, the most accurate definition of a long-term successful agent is "family", a family that has no blood relationship but can trust each other. This is Su Ning's consistent understanding.

Judging from the current situation, he and Shen Mingzheng cannot be simply defined as friends. According to Mr. Shen, they are "cooperators", and it has been like this since the beginning.

However, if the cooperation partner is motivated by profit, it is unlikely to go to this extent.

Just as he had wondered before, the marriage did not seem to be the option that would maximize Shen Mingzheng's interests, but he took the initiative to bring it up again tonight.

Mr. Shen had helped him many times before, and Su Ning did not immediately think that everything he had done before was a conspiracy. He was truly grateful to Shen Mingzheng from the bottom of his heart.

But it is normal for a qualified businessman to be careful when he encounters something he cannot understand.

Of course, the workaholic widower often overlooks a possibility that normal people would think of.

——Is it possible that marriage is motivated by something other than personal gain?

Su Ning didn't think of this.

Unfortunately, the other one didn't think much about it either. He just instinctively wanted to keep the person he thought was important.

But the next morning, the two woke up and discovered something interesting.

Their biological clocks are almost completely in sync, and their habits are also very similar. No matter how much of a workaholic Su Ning is, he is mostly focused when eating and will not do anything while eating. At most, he will flip through some unimportant news or talk about something, but he will never rush to deal with documents at this time.

He usually makes a cup of tea after eating and then goes back to work.

Shen Mingzheng is almost exactly the same, even the tea he prepared is the flavor that Su Ning likes. Perhaps the DNA in the workaholic genes is really that consistent.

Shen Mingzheng did not hide from others when he sent Su Ning to the company in the morning. When he arrived at the door, many people heard his conversation with Su Ning.

"Boss Su, can you give me access control now? I can't keep blocking the door of the Light and Shadow Entertainment and not be able to get in."

"As I should," Su Ning nodded, "It's my negligence. I'll have someone report it to Mr. Shen at the highest level now."

Shen Mingzheng smiled, and then let Su Ning leave to go to work.

The highest level is the President's Office. Ordinary employees of Guangying Entertainment do not have this authority. This conversation contains a lot of information, especially the word "always".

If Guangying Entertainment really went bankrupt, how can it be said that it has been closed down?

It seems that Su Ning has been as stable as a rock in the company recently. He is not pretending but really has the confidence.

But for some people it is too late to regret.

During this period, Su Ning decisively sold off and cut off some of the company's projects. All the related clients and many people who had nothing to do in the company were dismissed. They were compensated, but their attitude of leaving was very firm.

Just as Su Ning said before, the company's only option is to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and these parasites will be eliminated by him.

In the following days, he often saw Shen Mingzheng's car at the company gate. Guangying Entertainment and Shen's Pictures were very close to each other, so going to each other's homes was a common occurrence.

In return, Su Ning will do something.

After working overtime, he would have a bowl of clear soup noodles in the evening. He didn't mind making one more portion. Walking out of the company to clear his mind and staying in the kitchen for a while was a rare relaxation for Su Ning.

However, when he was carrying the bowl out, he clearly heard Shen Mingzheng talking on the phone. He was too far away to hear the whole thing, and only heard one sentence: "The old man can't..."

Probably referring to the current head of the Shen family, the powerful grandfather of Shen Mingzheng, but Su Ning did not ask much about other people's family affairs, and just gestured for him to come over and eat.

However, Shen Mingzheng looked a little serious after he answered the phone, and he hadn't fully adjusted himself even when facing Su Ning.

"There will always be some twists and turns in the internal adjustments of Shen's Pictures. If someone from the Shen family finds you, don't worry about it."

Shen Mingzheng reminded him.

Shen's Films is not complicated now, but the Shen family is more complicated. If he hadn't said this, Su Ning wouldn't have gotten involved, so he nodded to indicate that he knew.

Things seemed a little different after the reminder that night.

The Haicheng entertainment industry has been abuzz with rumors about the engagement between the Shen and Su families recently. First, Shen Huai fell, and then Shen Ting was hospitalized for a cerebral hemorrhage. However, Su Ning, who had always been Shen Huai's bootlicker, was indifferent and seemed like a different person.

But after such a change, the engagement involving a huge amount of wealth still exists, and it is rumored that Su Ning has turned a disaster into a blessing, as the person engaged has been changed to Shen Mingzheng. The revival of light and shadow entertainment seems to be a foregone conclusion.

However, public opinion always lags behind facts.

When the rumors spread that Light and Shadow Entertainment was going to fail, Su Ning had actually already responded. Now it sounded as if he and Shen Mingzheng were going to get married the next day.

In fact, after Shen Mingzheng lent him the first 200 million yuan, there was no further movement.

His alliance with Mr. Shen encountered some obstacles.

The 30-day period stipulated in the regulations is neither short nor long, but this matter cannot withstand any changes.

On the surface, Su Ning was still working normally, but one day when he was about to go home after get off work, a car suddenly blocked his way.

Su Ning doesn't have a driver now, he always drives by himself and he is the only one in the car.

After being blocked, three people got out of the car and surrounded him. One of them, Su Ning, looked familiar and should be someone around Shen Ting.

"Boss Su," the leader of the other party knocked on the car window, "Shen Ting, your uncle Shen, have you heard about the hospitalization? He wants to see you, please come with us."

The tone was polite, but the actions were not very polite.

Su Ning: "What if I don't go?"

"After all, we have been friends for so many years, it would be a shame not to go," the other party said with a smile, "and I don't think you are that busy. After all, you still need 400 million, right?"

Su Ning understood as soon as he heard it.

He did not resist and took the initiative: "Call one of your people to drive the car. I can't just leave the car here."

This is the company's car, and it was quite expensive to buy. Su Ning doesn't have much money now, and he would be sad if the car broke down.

"Okay, I still prefer to talk to someone like Mr. Su who is straightforward and knows the current affairs. It saves a lot of trouble," the other party said with a smile, "Let's go."

The hospital where Shen Ting lives is a famous private hospital in Haicheng. Unlike ordinary hospitals, it looks like a tourist resort at first glance.

When Su Ning saw Shen Ting inside, he almost didn't recognize him. This man seemed to be twenty years older than before. He looked sick, his eyes were half-closed, and it was unclear whether he was awake or asleep.

In the previous events, Shen Ting had been hiding behind Shen Huai, as if everything had nothing to do with him. However, without his father's instruction, he would not have been able to achieve this level relying solely on Shen Huai who had not yet obtained the shares.

Shen Ting and the deceased Su Honghui had a friendship of more than 30 years. They could be considered close friends, but it ended like this in the end.

When Shen Ting, who was lying on the hospital bed, saw him, he seemed to be struggling to get up, but failed. He could only call his name vaguely: "Xiao Ning... Xiao Ning."

But as she was calling out, the tone changed again, and Su Ning heard it become: "Brother Dahui, Sister Zhenzhu, I... I'm sorry..."

He looked into the void, not knowing what he was looking at, but Su Ning knew. The original owner's parents were now also his parents, Su Honghui and his mother Liao Zhenzhu.

The person who brought Su Ning here asked, "Now that you have met him, what do you think, Mr. Su?"

"I don't have any feelings," Su Ning said coldly, "It has already happened. My feelings at this moment are of no use."

After so many years of friendship and cooperation, did they hesitate when they took action? Su Ning didn't know, so he couldn't comment.

"I think that any cooperation may be unstable, even if it is guaranteed by years of friendship," the other party said, "In business, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests, right?"

Su Ning did not comment on this.

He knew that the other party was referring to something, and he was also very clear that the person he wanted to meet this time was not the half-dead Shen Ting, but another important figure.

Since he was already here, there was no need to play tricks. He directly asked the people who followed him: "I have seen this person. Where is your master?"

"Mr. Su is a smart man," the other party said, "Please come this way."

This group of people didn't even look at Shen Ting, as if he was just a decoration there. They just asked Su Ning to go to the side. From here, through a layer of one-way soundproof glass, Su Ning could see what was happening in the next room.

He looked at Shen Mingzheng, whom he hadn't seen for some time, and the person sitting opposite him.

Mr. Shen's son.

The other party's full name is Shen Antang, and only people in the circle, from Chen Yuan to Liang Xiaoliang, call him "Old Man", as if this title only refers to this person in this circle.

Judging from his appearance, the current head of the Shen family is actually very kind. He wears a simple silk Tang suit, has a just-right white beard, and holds a string of red sandalwood Buddhist beads in his hand. He looks a bit like the immortal old man who saves people from suffering in cartoons. It is said that he is almost eighty years old, but still looks full of energy and vigor.

In the room, the two people's seats were actually on the same level. The younger Shen Mingzheng was actually taller than the other, but at first glance, it always seemed that the old man was sitting in the center.

Shen Mingzheng was making tea for the other party.

The kind-looking old man took a sip and praised him, saying that it was good and that he had improved since the last time he saw him. It really looked like a happy scene until Shen Mingzheng asked the next question.

That 400 million thing.

Su Ning knew that the investments Shen Mingzheng made after coming to Haicheng were not limited to Ou Tu Si. In fact, many of his successful investments were hidden in secret. For example, those large and difficult online media he found last time showed that he wanted to get involved in the media industry.

Jianghai Media's Langbo was once a leader in the new media era, but now it is getting worse day by day, especially after it was on the hot search several times and Jiang Chenfeng's accident. The higher-ups directly issued a rectification notice and shut down some sections, which dealt it a heavy blow. Now is a good opportunity for other platforms to grab traffic.

Shen Mingzheng's investment direction is newer and more popular streaming media platforms based on short videos, as well as some small-scale forums that are mainly niche and professional. These are not displayed on the surface, but they are indeed very expensive, especially at this critical juncture.

The reason why Su Ning knew this was because he often rode in Shen Mingzheng's car during that period, and the project book was placed there. He took a look at the company name on the cover, and combined it with Shen Mingzheng's previous actions, he roughly guessed it.

According to Shen Mingzheng's previous plan, the money was sufficient, and he had already reached an agreement with his family before he officially became the legitimate successor of Shen's Pictures.

Since he is already the winner, the investors are willing to give him this money. As for the money for Su Ning, after the crisis of Shen's Pictures is resolved and he wins the favor of the investors, many banks will be willing to give him mortgage loans.

For large companies, it is normal to borrow hundreds of millions for working capital. If you find an acquaintance in a local bank, the money can be deposited within a week.

But unfortunately, the loan process he had planned was stuck.

From the time Mr. Shen arrived in Haicheng, there had been no movement on the loan, which was always stuck at the last stage. Even if Chen Tao went there in person to speak about it, it was useless.

This is not something that can be solved by simply changing a bank. Someone has made a warning. Shen Mingzheng knows that someone has made a warning. Changing ten banks will be useless.

He had already scraped together the 200 million to give to Su Ning, and he didn't want to go back on his word for the rest.

So at this moment, he met the old man, wanting to make this matter clear, but Shen Antang took a sip of tea, as calm as an ancient well, and said: "You choose."

"I gave you 400 million. The money will be in your hands, but you can choose whether to invest in the streaming media you promised or give it to the kid from the Su family."

"Oh, by the way, I also heard that the Su family has an inheritance, right? But inheritance also has legal procedures. Even if you drag him to get married now, I'm afraid it's too late if you calculate the time."

Shen Mingzheng's hand paused as he was pouring tea.

Mr. Shen had it all planned out. He probably knew everything about Su Ning.

He knew that it was nonsense to talk to his grandfather about the integrity of cooperation and the contracts that must be fulfilled at this time, so he would not say that.

"I want to explain to you that this money is not for Su Ning, it is an investment. If you believe in my vision, you will know that the future that Su Ning can create alone is no worse than those streaming media platforms," ​​he said, "The Shen family is not short of this money. If there is hope for the future, why not take it all? With this continuous help, the Shen family will continue to prosper."

Mr. Shen looked at him, then glanced at Su Ning's position behind the one-way glass without leaving any trace, put down his teacup, and asked, "So the rumors about you getting married are just because you think this is an investment with a future?"

"Why, isn't it because you're in love?"

Su Ning stood there and listened to Shen Mingzheng's reply.

"Of course not," Shen Mingzheng said, "I hope you can trust me this time. Su Ning is very useful to the Shen family."

After he finished speaking, the people around him looked at Su Ning's expression, but Su Ning standing there did not show any abnormality, not even frowning. If he made any sound, the people inside would not be able to hear it, so he just looked at the two people and continued talking.

Shen Mingzheng had said so much, but Old Master Shen still looked unwilling to buy the deal.

"If you think this person is useful, you can wait until Guangying Entertainment goes bankrupt and then take him in for your own use. Why do you have to go to this extent and keep this troublesome Guangying Entertainment?" Shen Antang said, "You should know that I agreed to give money to Shen's Pictures again because I was interested in your plan to invest in streaming media, not Guangying Entertainment."

"Of course the Shen family doesn't need the 400 million, but what if I ask you to choose now? Do you want to invest according to the plan you persuaded me to do, or do you want to lend the money to Su Ning?"

The opponent was so powerful that Shen Mingzheng remained silent for a while.

He had already used many high-sounding excuses, and he knew what answer the old man wanted, but he still couldn't say it. This was a very difficult choice for him.