Chapter 36
Early the next morning, both of them were on time. Shen Mingzheng even went to pick up Su Ning early, fearing that something might go wrong.
On the surface, it seemed like Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng took time out to get married before going to work.
The procedure for obtaining the certificate was very simple. What was a little different from that of normal people was that the lawyer appointed by Mr. Su during his lifetime was watching from the side. He then made some confirmations on the documents and told Su Ning that it was OK and that it was only a matter of time. He would come to bother him again if needed, so he was asked to wait patiently.
Before leaving, the lawyer said congratulations. I don't know whether he was congratulating the two on their marriage or congratulating Su Ning on inheriting a huge sum of money.
Anyway, it was all congratulations, and Su Ning gladly accepted it.
He is in a good mood today.
However, after getting the marriage certificate, Su Ning did not plan to hold a wedding, at least not a big one.
In their situation, their parents are either no longer around, or they are no different from being dead if they don't sever ties. Apart from people they know in the business world, they don't have any extra friends to tell. After Mr. Shen nodded, the news of the engagement spread widely, and everyone in the circle knew about it. There was no need to deliberately pursue a sense of ceremony.
Moreover, the footage of the finals last night, he and Shen Mingzheng, was on the hot search list, standing out among the many hot searches for idol photos.
For the boss of an entertainment company, Su Ning itself does not need too much popularity unless it is to create momentum for its artists. In the business world, too much public attention can sometimes bring unnecessary negative effects, so there is no need to make a big fuss at this critical juncture.
This was Su Ning's own request, and he had too much to do and was in a hurry to go to the company today, but what he didn't expect was that Shen Mingzheng took it very seriously.
Although many steps were omitted, he retained the most important ones.
He prepared a ring for Su Ning.
——And it’s not just an ordinary ring.
The ruby ring that Shen Mingzheng brought out from home was the only item he used to recognize his relatives. It was his mother's treasure. The pattern on the ring arm was the representative symbol of the Shen family.
Even for the wealthy Shen family, a ring of this quality is extremely rare, not to mention it has a special meaning and is one of the important symbols of the Shen family.
Su Ning didn't know much about the complicated twists and turns of the Shen family, but he knew at a glance that this thing was very expensive, so he didn't dare to accept it at first.
"It's too valuable," Su Ning said, "you should keep it for yourself."
They all knew that this was just a form of binding cooperation.
But Shen Mingzheng was very persistent.
"Take it," he said, "You have reservations now, but I know I will give you more in the future."
Although the two of them have taken control of the company, they are just starting out and are inevitably restricted, so he understands Su Ning's considerations.
He said that as if he felt that the other party was wronged, but in fact Su Ning really didn't care that much.
There was no way to persuade him about the ring, so Su Ning had to accept it.
After getting off the car and entering the company, Guangying Entertainment and Shen's Pictures immediately held a joint meeting to discuss the operation of the group. Now the seven people are on the platform, and after filming the advertisement, they have scheduled some activities to attend, but in a few days, they will be officially handed over to them.
The two companies each had to send people to form a team. Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng sat on both sides, and Liang Xiaoliang also came with his people.
In addition to discussing business matters at the meeting, gossip king Mr. Liang kept staring at the two of them, muttering something in his heart.
You can’t tell you just got married.
Tsk, I don’t understand these young people.
Shen's Pictures had already made preparations for the production of their debut album, and planned to launch a mini album containing three songs first. Shen Mingzheng even took charge of the production himself. The people at Qilin were also quite experienced in resource matching, and they specially sent people to join in.
He looked down at the first major task that lay ahead for Su Ning.
——Group variety show.
Director Chen Yuan seemed to think that he had a lot of experience in variety show production, so she specifically gave this aspect to Su Ning.
It is very difficult to produce a group variety show for an idol group. It is often just for the fans to entertain themselves. In many cases, the production level is not up to standard and even fails to meet the fans’ entertainment requirements.
In the past few years, there didn’t seem to be anything popular in the talent shows or group variety shows. Even those produced by Qilin themselves did not perform very well. It is indeed a difficult problem, but if the group variety show is done well, it will be of great significance for a group that came from a talent show.
Even if it is Su Ning, we need to think carefully about it.
After the meeting, Director Yao, who is now also in charge of the Artist Management Department, also raised something with him.
In addition to Li Chu, there are other artists in the company. Their information has been sorted out and most of them have arrived. Su Ning wants to take a look.
Some of Guangying Entertainment's previous production projects have basically been stopped, but people cannot be stopped. Su Hongda had previously poached several second- and third-tier artists, and the most popular ones ran away during the recent crisis of Guangying Entertainment. The company currently still has three artists who can earn money and take on jobs. They are all third-tier actors around 40 years old. They are almost in a retirement state and cannot make much money.
These actors are two women and one man. They have played many supporting roles and are familiar to the public, but have never been very popular. Now they often take on mother-like roles or supporting roles with few lines. When Guangying Entertainment had a huge output in the past, they also played many domestic dramas and had representative roles, so they can be said to have feelings for them.
I had no shortage of money, so I stayed.
Su Ning had met them all and had also seen their works before coming here.
Although they have never been very famous, they can be regarded as actors with mature acting skills and considerable experience. They did not act arrogantly when they met Su Ning. Perhaps it was because they had played too many supporting roles. The three of them all had a kind of humility that came with the years. They did not say much when they met Su Ning, but just said that if the company needed them to film a movie, they could call them at any time.
This kind of artist is a very valuable treasure of the company.
Su Ning flipped through their information, memorized it, and then continued to flip through the ones below. The following were those of the trainees. He had seen them all before, but he didn't expect that there was another resume below the trainees. The format looked different and a bit old.
"What's this?"
He asked Director Yao.
"Ah, this is someone the company had hidden away before," Director Yao said, "He's almost retired, but at that time our contracts were all for five years, and we couldn't afford the penalty so we kept him. The company didn't care about him, so he should have changed his career now."
The resume showed the name of a girl, and her age was written as 18 years old. Su Ning found the photo a little blurry, and it said that she was an actor. She also attached a neat ID photo, and it showed a pretty face when he looked closely. She was smiling at the camera, and looked a bit childish like a student.
"The director of the artist management department ran away. I asked about this person. There was no news before she was hidden. It seems that she had a third party scandal before her debut, and it was another well-known male artist, but I don't know if it's true or not. Old President Su wanted to fight for it at that time. He said that she was already in the supporting role of a TV series, but it is said that the original wife is very capable. The first wife was directly appointed from the Actors Association," Director Yao continued to explain, "It's a pity to say that. It should have happened a few years ago."
This person was signed by Mr. Su at that time. At that time, Guangying Entertainment did not engage in artist management. He must have really come across a good seedling and wanted to keep him, but he did not expect that he was unlucky and got buried when he encountered problems.
Things are unpredictable, and it is not surprising that not everyone has a smooth journey into the entertainment industry.
But Su Ning frowned.
He took another look at the old resume and felt that this matter was not simple.
"The person buried in light and shadow entertainment" and "hidden" are very important keywords - because these are the keywords of the protagonist.
Li Chu appeared in the script he saw, and Li Chu's previous experience was almost hidden. He was the only one Su Ning knew in Guangying Entertainment who met the setting of the protagonist.
But the original owner's memory became more and more blurred, and he even forgot some things. So Su Ning himself just found out that there were people who were "hidden" in Guangying Entertainment.
"Where is this person now?" Su Ning asked, "I want to see him."
This girl can almost be considered as not having made her debut. The company doesn't have much information about her, and she doesn't have any works to speak of. Director Yao called her on the spot, but before he could get through, he said he would ask around and bring her to the company to meet him when he found her.
After all, it happened several years ago, so it was normal that he couldn't find the person for a while. So Su Ning copied the information and took it away first.
But no matter whether Li Chu is the protagonist or someone else is the protagonist, Su Ning's original decision to do will not change, and he has kept these two people in mind.
Even after work, Su Ning is still very busy - he has to attend his own wedding banquet.
The only thing that could be called a ceremony in this wedding was that when Mr. Shen heard that they had suddenly obtained their marriage certificate, he organized a cocktail party in the evening. The old man couldn't come, but there were many other people.
Under the pretext of celebration, it was hard to refuse, so Su Ning also invited Chen Yuan, Liang Xiaoliang, Su Hongda and several old employees of the company to come, including Director Yao, to inform the entire company.
But Su Ning didn't know the person from the Shen family, so he went to ask Shen Mingzheng before the cocktail party.
"I've been in the capital for a short time, so I haven't met many other members of the Shen family. I have seen them in the information," Shen Mingzheng naturally reached out to adjust his tie, smoothed the tiny wrinkles on his clothes, and took his hand and said, "The old man said that those who came are relatives and friends. It's okay. I'm here. I'll introduce them to you."
The Shen family has many branches, and the definition of "relatives" of this relative is probably different from that of ordinary families. Su Ning always feels that it is not that simple for the old man to hold this banquet.
"The reason I agreed is that I think this cocktail party is not completely useless to you," Shen Mingzheng pulled him out, "Many of the people who came here are those that we two can't invite. You're just starting out, so you might as well take this opportunity to get to know some of them."
Su Ning thought about it and agreed.
As the two of them walked away, Shen Mingzheng did not forget to let him put on the ring.
This is really a very useful thing. When Su Ning wears it, everyone looks at him a little differently, and most people are just polite to him.
Liang Xiaoliang has a wide network of contacts. He now gets along well with Su Ning. With Shen Mingzheng's introduction, Su Ning knows almost all the visitors.
It was indeed as mentioned before, it was quite useful. Apart from a few people with the surname Shen, most of them were investors, bosses, directors or producers of various film and television companies. He also saw a few well-known artists who came to toast him politely with a glass of wine.
Since Su Ning entered the book, he didn't know many people, but now he has a new understanding of the domestic entertainment industry, which has indeed expanded his network of contacts. This "wedding gift" given by the old man is more useful than any other object.
But Shen Antang is always like this. When he pushes something over, it often has both good and bad consequences. How it will turn out depends entirely on the luck of these people.
When the two men reached the center, Liang Xiaoliang, who came over, was stunned for a moment, and then said to Su Ning: "Why is he back?"
"Su Ning, be careful."
Su Ning turned his head and saw a man in his thirties or almost forty years old who came towards him. He did not look much like Shen Mingzheng and seemed to be of mixed race. He was dressed like an English gentleman, with a plaid jacket and well-polished leather shoes. He spoke from a distance before Shen Mingzheng and Liang Xiaoliang were introduced.
"Mr. Su, I have long heard of your great name," he said, "Perhaps I should call you, cousin-in-law?"
Even the voice sounds like a foreigner speaking Chinese.
Then Su Ning heard Shen Mingzheng introduce this person's name in his ear.
"Chen Hua, his grandfather and my grandfather are brothers, so we can be considered cousins," Shen Mingzheng said, "His company is in Huiguan, not far away. You should have heard of this name, Jianfeng Brokerage."
Su Ning paused, he knew Jianfeng Agency.
Before officially inheriting Guangying Entertainment, he did a lot of homework, and only today did he have the opportunity to face the real person. As for the company Jianfeng Brokerage, he paid special attention to it.
Huiguan refers to Huiguan City, not far from Haicheng.
The country is so big, but there are not many places where the entertainment industry can take root and develop. The economy around Haicheng is relatively developed, and it has received support in recent years, so it has been growing and radiating to the surrounding areas.
Huiguan, Guijiang, Haicheng, just by looking at these place names with three water drops you can tell that these are cities in this circle that are separated by a strip of water. The winding Guishui River nourishes the people in Guijiang City, makes a circle in Huiguan, and then flows into the sea in Haicheng.
The Haicheng circle in the narrow sense of the entertainment industry refers to several local companies in Haicheng, but looking at the whole country, the Haicheng circle in a broad sense includes Qilin, the top 1 agency in the idol circle in Guijiang, and Jianfeng Agency located in Huiguan.
Unlike Kirin Entertainment, which focuses on the idol industry, Jianfeng Entertainment deals with all types of artists, including models, actors, idols and even the recently popular internet anchors.
This company did not suddenly appear in Su Ning's field of vision, because the fourth place in the just concluded Ou Tu, the fifth place Zhou Heng, and the sixth place Wang Ruoyi, all came from Jianfeng Brokerage. Although they are not top-notch, they are indeed well-known.
But when I looked at the information before, it seemed that the boss of Jianfeng was not named Shen?
Su Ning looked at Shen Mingzheng, and after the other party whispered a few words, he understood. Many people in the Shen family would not put their investments in public. Only a few people like Shen Mingzheng directly served as bosses. They preferred to hide behind the scenes and be the hands in the dark.
This seems to be more in line with the Shen family's "style".
Low-key, but ubiquitous.
Su Ning smiled, shook hands with him, and said, "It sounds strange to me, so let's just call you Su Ning."
"They all call me Allen, you should call me that too. We don't have to call each other "General" or "General". There's no need, right?" the other party said with a smile, "Otherwise, the Shen family would have too many "Generals".
Although this person had a smile on his face, his handshake with Su Ning was instantly broken.
He has a very common name. Judging from his appearance, he is just an average person in the Shen family, which has good genes. His clothes show some taste, but when he talks to Su Ning, he always raises his head slightly, as if looking down at him.
This man has an arrogance that cannot be completely concealed even if he tries to restrain himself.
The same thing happened when facing Liang Xiaoliang. He raised his head slightly and called him "Mr. Liang". As for Liang Xiaoliang, he looked like he didn't want to pay attention to him.
If it weren't for Su Ning, Mr. Liang would have turned around and left. Liang Xiaoliang's attitude towards people he didn't like was always very clear.
Although his attitude is not pleasing to others, Allen does have the right to be arrogant.
"I just went abroad for a vacation last month, but I didn't expect such a big change when I returned," he sighed, "Chen Huai, ah, I thought he would stick with it longer, but I didn't expect it."
"Xiao Ning, I'm curious, how long can you hold on?"
Although these words were spoken to Su Ning, everyone knew who he was referring to.
Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng quickly understood why the old man wanted to hold this banquet. This was not a blessing, but just the beginning of another battle and test of raising Gu.
Among the Shen family's reserve heirs, the unsuccessful Shen Huai cannot even be ranked. There are many successful people guarding the gate ahead of him, and they will not show any courtesy to Shen Mingzheng because of his status.
This is the real "gift" that Mr. Shen gave to their wedding.
Su Ning understood and remained calm. He glanced at Shen Mingzheng and said with a smile, "What do you mean by persistence? Take your time. Oh, I forgot to congratulate you. The fifth and sixth place in Figure 4 are also good results."
Upon hearing this, Liang Xiaoliang snorted back coldly.
Qu Shoubai's ranking is higher than this, and Su Ning's is still first!
Although the result was not as simple as he thought when he had his first meal with Su Ning, participating in the Ouputu 4 had already been mixed with many things other than the competition. Liang Xiaoliang, who held the shares of Guangying Entertainment, was guaranteed a stable income and was now breathing the same airs as Su Ning.
He looked down upon this fake foreigner.
Being pretentious and pretentious makes me annoyed when I see him.
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