Chapter 125
But at the end of the conversation, Arnold was a little hesitant about the situation of the Shen family. He asked, "Is your grandfather okay?"
Shen Antang was someone he needed to be wary of, and he always kept that in mind.
"He said this," Shen Mingzheng said, "We naturally have ways to deal with him, don't worry."
He said that, and Arnold felt relieved.
Even though these two people are younger than me, they always give me a very reliable feeling.
Shen Antang is indeed a problem, but he is no longer the same as before.
After old Matthew died, he was very happy, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief. He even opened champagne even though the doctor had forbidden it, but his happiness lasted too short a time.
He had been guarded against too many times before, and the confidants who were still around him could not intervene in a short period of time, so he temporarily handed this matter over to Shen Mingzheng.
At that time, Shen Mingzheng did not raise any objections and agreed.
On the surface, he was indeed connected to the Thorn Award because of his award, and his appearance at old Matthew's funeral was no secret, so Shen Antang was very confident in him at the beginning, but the matter seemed more and more wrong.
After Lei Meng's failure, Shen Antang soon found out who did it. He called to question him, but Shen Mingzheng had his own explanation.
"Raymond is not one of ours," Shen Mingzheng said lightly, "If we let him in so easily, where would we have room in the future? So we can't let him succeed."
There is some truth in this, but Shen Antang is not stupid. He still thinks that this approach is to support Arnold to secure this position, which is not good for him.
Although Arnold is younger, he is as stubborn as old Matthew. Even if he gains the chairman's trust for a short period of time, if something happens in the future, the chairman will not side with them.
He spoke harshly on the phone, but Shen Mingzheng remained calm: "Of course I know that. But the Thorn Award is not something that is so easy to infiltrate. Some people were too impatient in the Raymond incident. What was the result? Arnold insisted on doing it to the end. Raymond was bound to fail. Why don't we do this favor to the Thorn Award? You don't have to get too excited."
Shen Antang frowned and wanted to say something, but Shen Mingzheng didn't listen and ended the conversation neatly.
"I have an important meeting next. I have to go to the meeting now. I will tell you if there is any new situation," he said. "You should take care of your health first. I will take care of the rest."
Then he hung up the phone decisively.
Chen Antang listened to the busy tone on the other end of the phone and got a little angry. He smashed the phone. At this time, the medical monitoring device he was wearing also started beeping, so he took it off and smashed the device.
Then the alarms in the entire room started to sound, which made him even more upset and his heart ached.
But at this time, he had no way to deal with Shen Mingzheng.
The other party had reasons for this attitude. He had taken over the Shen family for a year, and the progress was much faster than he had imagined.
When Shen Antang left, he was still cautious and kept his own people in many key positions. He also kept some investments and shares of the Shen family in his hands and did not give them to Shen Mingzheng. This was his trump card.
But soon, his people were replaced one after another, and Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng had more people they could use than he imagined.
Some people were not replaced, but they no longer listened to him. For example, Zhu Lan, his once most trusted confidant, had completely stood on Shen Mingzheng's side, which was beyond his expectations.
The rest of the people are affected even more. This is not the old society where the indentures are still in their hands. For normal people, they will naturally follow whichever boss has a better future and will be loyal to him.
The opponent grew so powerful so quickly that Shen Antang had no time to react. By the time he realized it, it was too late. For Shen Mingzheng, even if he couldn't get the shares and investments in his hands, it wouldn't have much of an impact.
You know, many of his and Su Ning's current investments and cooperation are no longer limited to the domestic market. The stars and various works under their banner are of high quality, and their voice is getting stronger and stronger. They have no intention of relying on the Shen family's achievements, and they are very confident.
If he is given some more time, I am afraid that Shen Antang will be completely sidelined.
Old Matthew is dead, and if Shen Antang is controlled like this, he would rather die than live.
He has been recuperating abroad for some time. According to Shen Antang's previous idea, he had planned to go back halfway to take a look, but at this point in time, he didn't dare to go back.
This made him feel extremely depressed.
It seemed that from the very beginning, this matter was different from what he had imagined.
This doctor was not as miraculous as he said. There was no substantial change in my physical condition. It was just like the artistes he packaged before. This rehabilitation project was more of a package. Those expensive instruments were of no use.
The people under his command were not as steadfast as he thought, and Shen Mingzheng was not as obedient as he imagined...
But Shen Antang is not someone who sits and waits for death.
He now felt that Shen Mingzheng was disobedient and wanted to set up his own business. According to his usual philosophy, he could not imagine that there would be such a "stupid idea" that someone really did not care about interests and just wanted to maintain a fair and just pure land. He was ready to show his strength again so that he could return to his original position.
Therefore, Shen Antang contacted the forces behind Raymond. He has lived in the circle for so long and knows a lot of things.
Although the other party immediately pushed Raymond out to take the blame and did not lead to more incidents, they also suffered a lot of losses. At the beginning, they were also very wary of the Shen family. However, Shen Antang took advantage of this incident and proposed to cooperate with the other party.
"It's impossible for you to eat up such a big cake," Shen Antang said, "It's too difficult to get judges now, but the people who already exist may not be influencing us. Let's cooperate. Old Matthew is dead, and no one can stop me now."
Shen Antang has his own logic and methods, and his name is also very famous in the circle. The other party didn't believe it at first, but was gradually convinced by him.
Shen Antang has many remaining connections and enough money, so he still has some strength to fight. He is ready to let Shen Mingzheng know that it is not so easy to step on him at this time.
But in fact, he still underestimated young people too much.
Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning both knew about Shen Antang's contact with the outside world. Since Shen Antang could place people around him, he could naturally keep people there.
But Shen Mingzheng did nothing. He just took control of everything and watched these people's actions.
Even these were originally planned by him.
If Shen Antang really stayed abroad to spend his old age, he couldn't do anything to him. This old man was like a thorn in his side, but he obviously wouldn't be content.
If you want to destroy a person, you must first make him crazy.
Since it was impossible to force the judges to join, it was a normal choice to bribe them. He could guess it without staring at Shen Antang.
Not all of the current 27 judges of the Thorn Prize are very wealthy, and some have always lived a simple life.
Money is an easy issue to resolve. After all, the money given by the Thorn Award after becoming a judge is already very generous. Besides, not everyone loves money to the point of having no bottom line. But everyone has weaknesses, and if they can't be bribed, they will use threats, which is something not everyone can withstand, and some of them cannot be on guard all the time.
Moreover, the Thorn Award is held once a year. It has been more than half a year since the last one, and now the preparatory work has already begun.
After some people had restrained themselves for a while because of Raymond's incident, they immediately became active again, trying to find people in private and make some private deals in shady places.
The Thorn Award also responded quickly.
When dealing with creatures in dark places, the best thing to do is to open the windows, let the sun in, and expose everything to the sun.
Before, the officials of the Thorn Award had always been very aloof. After all, old Matthew was old, and he was not familiar with the Internet, so he didn't take it seriously before, and he wouldn't do that.
The older generation always has the idea that good wine needs no bush. This idea is not wrong, but in this era, if you want to do practical things, you must let everyone know. More importantly, if it is made public enough, fewer people will be able to make any moves.
This was also the idea that Su Ning had when he first went to Jingzhi.
Even someone like Shen Mingzheng, who has such abundant information channels, only realized after arriving at the scene that there is so much work involved in this award besides the awards ceremony. Things like this should be made known to the public.
This will allow everyone to better understand the Thorn Award and protect this platform that gives ordinary people opportunities from the bottom of their hearts.
The new Arnold is not afraid of any public announcement.
He listened to Su Ning's advice very seriously. The last incident also reminded him that if he and the Thorn Award established enough credibility, the general public would not be so easily instigated even if they heard Raymond's one-sided words.
He had too much to do on his own.
Therefore, it was both a reflection after the review and a preparation for a rainy day. Next, during the preparation for this year's Thorn Award, he had already mobilized a large team and started live broadcasting the award selection process.
He prepared more than a few cameras. Behind each judge, there was a crew of two or three people. This was a very big change.
The job of these 27 judges is not just to cast a vote before the awards ceremony. Each judge has the right to recommend candidate films. Many judges will recommend more than one film, and they will combine the candidates selected by the chairman's office and those voted by some audiences to form the initial candidate pool.
Initially, there were hundreds of films that came into the selection process, from various countries. Then, they were screened layer by layer from this pool to select the final shortlisted films.
Each judge does not just sit at home and write their selections. They will interview the film team and even go back to the filming location to explore the deeper meaning that the work wants to express, and finally form a complete recommendation.
The process itself is complex and rigorous.
Some judges will visit for several months and make detailed interpretations of some details that reflect local culture. Their purpose is to fully understand the entire work so that they can use it as a reference when judging the awards.
But these have not been recorded before, and the audience does not know about it. 99% of the audience will only pay attention to the final winning works, but the original intention of the Thorn Award is definitely not for the final winning works.
Those who did not receive an award also deserve recognition.
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