Chapter 34

The two of them left the hospital and saw Chen Tao waiting downstairs. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them come out, as if he was really worried about Shen Mingzheng.

Chen Tao checked Shen Mingzheng's car every day. People in this line of work were always particularly sensitive about privacy. After the two got in the car, Su Ning didn't start talking seriously to Shen Mingzheng until they drove out of the hospital.

"I have to admit to you that what I just said was not what I really thought," he said, "but there is no other way. You have to say one thing to one person and another to another. If you want to get into this place, you will only get a bloody head if you rush in headfirst."

For those in the business world, reasonable disguise is just a basic skill.

"To some extent, power is certainly more important than money."

"But in our line of work, if we only know how to wield power, in the end we will just be high on ourselves and be detached from the public. But it is not appropriate to say this in front of this old man."

As soon as he saw Mr. Shen, he knew what kind of person he was.

He is in a high position of power and his word is final, but no matter what, Shen Mingzheng's 200 million came indirectly from the Shen family, so following him is the way to protect yourself now.

Su Ning was listening next door at the time, and knew that if he didn't come out, Shen Mingzheng would give up the other side and choose him, even though he knew that the old man would be furious.

Then Su Ning confirmed his idea.

Putting aside the overlapping aspects, methods and identities, to some extent, he and Shen Mingzheng are actually the same type of people.

However, if the Shen family continues on this path, it is hard to say what Shen Mingzheng will become in the future.

This world is a novel. The Shen family seems to be a villain setting no matter how you look at it. When Su Ning looks at Shen Mingzheng, he feels that he seems to be a big villain who will turn evil in the future. The more people who insist on something in their hearts, the more painful it is in such a situation. Being forced by the Shen family, it is hard not to turn evil.

"The old man's son is raising an heir like raising a pig. His approach and philosophy cannot be said to be right or wrong, but I do not agree with it."

Su Ning continued.

At heart, he is still the one who has worked hard to make his way up from scratch. He knows what those born powerful are thinking. However, when he has no power, it is useless to refute them verbally. But at least he has pulled Shen Mingzheng over now.

"Let's wait and see," Su Ning said, "We'll take it slow."

There are quagmires everywhere here, and he still has plenty of time to change the ending of this book and the people in it.

Shen Mingzheng looked at him for a long time before responding.

"good."

Looking back on his past life, it’s not that he didn’t have friends or companions, but everyone had their own things to do, and most of them were just casual acquaintances that would soon disperse.

This moment is the most peaceful moment in Shen Mingzheng's two lives, even though the road ahead is uncertain.

He truly had a companion.

After that, the acquisition of Guangying Entertainment's shares went very smoothly. The Su family had money, and now they had taken back nearly 90% of the shares. The remaining 10% or so were small shareholders who did not participate in the company's management and did not cause any trouble for Su Ning.

Now, even Su Hongda, who nominally owns more than 50% of the shares, has become accustomed to the fact that he has no say and is happy with it.

Just kidding, now everyone in Haicheng knows that Mr. Shen has acknowledged the engagement, and Su Ning now has someone behind her. People in Haicheng say that it is "marrying into a wealthy family."

So when Qilin's Liang Xiaoliang also showed up at the company and was very polite to Su Ning, Su Hongda was not surprised.

During Su Ning's busy period, the progress of the qualifying matches for the top four was also very intense. After two stages, the rankings had been roughly determined. In the end, the ones who successfully advanced to the finals were Li Chu and Qu Shoubai, just as Su Ning had predicted.

The popularity of the qualifying round has been skyrocketing, even higher than any previous feature film. The media described it as "an irreplaceable last-ditch effort" and "everyone is shining." The number of views of the qualifying round performance stage has skyrocketed.

For idols, having a stage that is popular among the public is so important that it can even bring more income than participating in some obscure variety shows.

When Li Chu received the promotion result, he still felt a sense of unreality. He said goodbye to his teammates and friends after spending some time together. Everyone had different gains.

Then, he and Qu Shoubai entered the next stage.

The final will be broadcast live and will begin soon. The advantage of the two of them participating in the qualifying match is that they can maintain a high level of popularity during this period, but the disadvantage is that they do not have much time to prepare for the final.

Therefore, Li Chu was really busy during this period of time. It turned out that the students who advanced to the next level were not pushovers, especially Ji Mowei. Li Chu felt that this man was his rival from the first moment he saw him, so his desire to win was overwhelming and he wished he could not sleep.

At first I thought it would be enough to win the qualifying match and enter the finals, and later on it was not impossible to debut in the top seven, but now I just want to be first?

Anyway, we can't let Su Ning down.

Li Chu didn't know everything about what was happening outside in the training camp, but he vaguely felt the difficulties that Su Ning was experiencing during this period.

He and Mr. Shen haven't appeared in the program for some time. He secretly asked Director Chen Yuan, who said they were busy with company matters and didn't say much else.

In addition to fighting for Su Ning, he also wanted to try his luck for himself. This was a real fight with his life against the odds.

Time passed, and soon it was the night of the final.

Li Chu was nervous and expectant, as he finally saw Su Ning, the person he had been missing for so long.

He brought Zhou Chunqing back with him. Without Jiang Chenfeng, she was almost free. The studio that had bound her had already begun bankruptcy and liquidation. Now she was sitting in the front row of the audience with a relaxed smile on her face.

Su Ning, who was standing backstage, was wearing a more formal silk shirt and looking at him in the crowd with a smile in his eyes. Among so many well-dressed trainees, Su Ning was particularly dazzling and eye-catching.

Li Chu ran over with a look of surprise.

He asked about Su Ning's recent situation, and Su Ning comforted him, "It's okay. The company's problems have been resolved. I have attracted investment. Just play well in the competition and don't think too much."

"Young Master is amazing! I knew you could solve all of them. Nothing would be difficult for you!" Li Chu boasted with bright eyes, "And..."

But before he could finish, the director team called his name. The live broadcast was about to start, and the two of them really didn't have much time to chat.

Li Chu originally wanted to seize the time to say a few more words, but he saw someone standing nearby, immediately drawing Su Ning's attention away.

——That Mr. Shen Mingzheng.

"Director Chen is calling you. We have something to discuss," Shen Mingzheng said, "Su Ning, come with me first."

It was official business, and Li Chu was not someone who did not distinguish between the important and the unimportant, so he would not force anyone to stay. However, when he saw Su Ning being taken away, he felt a little unhappy for some reason.

He felt that the two of them were a little too close. They had never been that close before, and Shen Mingzheng's attitude towards Su Ning was different from before.

It felt weird, but Li Chu couldn't describe it.

Especially because of the crowd backstage, but Li Chu stretched his neck to look and seemed to see Shen Mingzheng walking behind him with his arms around Su Ning's waist.

There were so many people that he wondered if he was seeing things, so he kept jumping on tiptoe.

Why wasn’t it a few centimeters longer at first!

In the end, Ji Mowei passed by and pulled him down.

"What are you doing?" he asked. "Don't you have a bad knee? Don't you know how to save your energy before the performance?"

During training, the health care doctor came every day, which was not the case before. He would stop by Li Chu for a while to check on his knee. Some trainees also had old injuries, and they were all checked together.

Later they found out that it was Su Ning who arranged it. In order to prevent people from being accused of special treatment and to prevent Li Chu from being excluded, he treated everyone equally, so naturally no one said anything.

Li Chu worked so hard despite being injured. I heard that his family conditions were not good either. This was a fact that everyone could see, and many people admired him from the bottom of their hearts.

"I'm fine!"

Li Chu was a little angry and wanted to jump around, but was held down by Ji Mowei again.

Li Chu turned around angrily.

What annoys me most are these tall and strong guys!

"Okay, stop looking, everyone's gone," he said, and he found Li Chu's puffed-up cheeks a little funny. "You, you're going to be on stage soon."

It would have been fine if he hadn't gone on stage. Once he went on stage, Li Chu could see it more clearly.

There are special guest seats on the second floor, separate from the general audience. There are outstanding trainees and seniors from previous seasons of Idol Star Chart, and more importantly, the bosses or company representatives of the trainees.

Su Ning was not sitting in the center seat. He had no intention of being the center of attention here, so he gave the center seat to Liang Xiaoliang and sat in a slightly more distant position with Shen Mingzheng.

But these two people are a little too close!

Each seat was assigned and the distance between them was also careful, but at first glance it looked like Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng, who were sitting at the edge, had messed up their formation, with even their chairs moved together.

Li Chu: ...

The live broadcast was about to begin, and he didn't have time to go up and separate the two people, but when he was dancing the opening dance "Fire", the other trainees felt that he seemed to dance more vigorously than in rehearsal.

Well, it fits the tune of the song.

It's like there's something really irritating about him.

From the opening dance, the whole place became lively.

Su Ning also opened his mobile phone to take a look. The top ten hot searches on major media platforms were almost all dominated by the final of Ou Tu Si.

Three days before the finals, the production team kept the voting numbers a secret and did not reveal any information, which really whetted the audience's appetite.

It was said before that it would be great for the contestants in these qualifying matches to get a debut spot, but in reality, looking at the popularity of Li Chu and Qu Shoubai, this result is really uncertain.

The prayers of fans and the onlookers’ watching and discussing the game directly pushed the game to the highest point of popularity.

Su Ning was sitting on the second floor and could hear screams from the crowd. He saw many people in the audience holding up Li Chu's signboards, which were particularly eye-catching in the dark.

Anyone would feel very excited in this environment.

Although Su Ning's memory of the original owner is vague except for Shen Huai and Sang Le, it's because the original owner didn't care and his mind was not on the competition at all.

But Su Ning feels that every intern who has come this far is shining.

As he said on the day he retired, this was not his path, but he hoped that they all had a bright future, as if his blessing at that time had come true a little.

But thinking of this, he went over to ask Shen Mingzheng: "By the way, Li Chu said that you gave us guidance on the song "Crown Me", Song Yu also said that you are amazing, and Director Chen also said today that you also modified the song for the finals. So, did you learn it?"

Perhaps it was because the place was too noisy. When he asked, Shen Mingzheng shook his head, indicating that he couldn't hear clearly.

Su Ning could only move closer to ask this question, and then he heard Shen Mingzheng's answer, and his breath seemed to be brushing against the side of his cheek.

"I know a little bit," Shen Mingzheng said, "Do you think it sounds good?"

He was referring to the song he had just performed on the stage, which he had adapted.

I don't want to read other people's comments, I want to hear what Su Ning says.

"Very good." He saw Su Ning turned his head and looked at him with a smile in his eyes. "Mr. Shen's hands are naturally incomparable to others."

Shen Mingzheng had heard many fancy compliments, but none of them could compare to this one.

"If you want, I can continue to write songs for you."

In his previous life, his music was taken away by Su Ning, but now facing this person, he was willing. After all, they were his own music, so it was not difficult for him to write it now.

"I don't need to debut, and I don't have a good voice. I can't sing a song as good as yours, but I can listen to it first," Su Ning smiled at him, "If it's suitable, maybe I can use it for the debut group, yes, if you want."

Shen Mingzheng had no objection.

Strictly speaking, they were actually talking about work, and they were already discussing the debut of the group in preparation.

But even though they were talking about serious matters, the bosses or general managers of other companies sitting nearby who were very sensible still kept a distance from them.

Su Ning was not aware of the actions of others.

For a workaholic, as soon as he finishes dealing with the company's mess, he has to quickly think about the next plan. He is thinking seriously about his own affairs.

Su Ning had previously sold many of Guangying Entertainment's investments that could be sold and cut off those that could not be sold. In his opinion, those were projects of little significance. However, the company was starting over, and now it needed new projects to re-mobilize the entire company.

But how many promising projects are there?

Just like a sleepy person finding a pillow, unexpectedly, Chen Yuan had already given him an opportunity before the game.

——The operation of Otu 4 after their debut lasted for a year and a half.

When the investment contract was signed, the investment of Guangying Entertainment and Shen's Pictures included a portion of the profits from the subsequent limited portfolio operation, but "profit" and interference in management are two different things.

The Idol Star Map series of programs has produced three debut groups, but those who come out of this kind of talent show can hardly avoid the curse of "peak at debut". It is a fact that Orange Video, as a video platform, is not familiar enough with many aspects.

Chen Yuan finally waited until the emergence of Otu Four Unicorns, and she didn't want this time to end in a hurry like the previous ones. It can be seen that the overall quality of the trainees this year is high, and she is reluctant to let these people go to waste, so Director Chen found another way and suggested that Shen's Pictures and Guangying Entertainment jointly take charge of the follow-up matters of the debut group.

The two of them are investors, so they are the first to benefit. Overall, this is indeed a good project.

So when Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng watched the finals tonight, there was another meaning behind it.

This is not the end for them, but a brand new beginning.