Yang Ruoqian made up his mind that he must reject whatever the other party wanted to do.
Cooperation? There is no chance of any cooperation!
"Oh, they are from Chengyu headquarters." Yang Ruoqian said in a friendly tone, "Did they tell me why they wanted to meet me?"
The girl at the front desk replied, "He said his name is Cheng Fang, and he wants to see you not for business, but just to treat you to a meal."
Not business...
As long as it's not official business, it's fine.
If a person of this level wants to treat us to a meal, the restaurant we go to must be good.
This would also allow Yang Ruoqian to eat and drink for free.
Yang Ruoqian agreed immediately: "No problem, just ask him about his specific schedule and let the administration department make arrangements accordingly."
"Okay, Mr. Yang, do you have anything else to say to Cheng Fang?"
"That's all for now." Yang Ruoqian thought for a moment and replied.
Although Cheng Fang's identity can be roughly guessed from his name, the two can be said to be complete strangers.
What’s there to talk about?
After hanging up the phone, a few minutes later, the employee in charge of the arrangement in the administrative department sent me a message.
"Mr. Yang, the arrangement has been made. The other party would like to invite you to have dinner at your favorite restaurant at 6 pm. Is it convenient for you?"
One can imagine how Yang Ruoqian felt when he saw this message.
No, what do you mean I like it most?
Are the people from Chengyu Group targeting me? The media is familiar with me, so it's OK for them to go to Shengpizi Restaurant for dinner, but how come even the people from the group headquarters do this? ! Get out, you are not welcome in my restaurant!
After taking two deep breaths to ease his grief and anger, Yang Ruoqian gritted his teeth and sent a reply: "Okay, see you at this time and place."
…
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Ruoqian arrived at the restaurant on time, only three minutes early.
Seeing the restaurant packed with people and it seemed difficult to even step forward, Mr. Yang, who had just made a huge profit of 270 million, couldn't help but sigh.
The entire restaurant's three floors were packed; the lobby and private rooms were full, and there were many guests queuing outside to get numbers.
Yang Ruoqian tried to go inside several times, but the people outside the restaurant wanted to go in and the people inside refused to come out, so he was blocked at the door, unable to get in or out.
Yang Ruoqian had actually anticipated this situation in the restaurant.
Ever since talented singers Wei Ling and Zeng Yi left the stage of "The Voice of China" early due to various off-site factors, the Shengraizi Restaurant, where they started their career, has become popular.
It would be fine if the business was just more popular. After all, Yang Ruoqian didn't want to franchise. How much money could he make just by running a restaurant? There was a limit to the number of customers a store could receive in a day. As long as it didn't expand, no matter how many people came, the restaurant could only accommodate a part of them.
This is also the reason why Yang Ruoqian has always rejected requests for restaurant expansion.
But the problem is that Yang Ruoqian miscalculated that the main group of people attracted by Wei Ling and Zeng Yi's songs are not trendy young people.
But a large part of middle-aged people.
These middle-aged men may look ordinary, but when they take action, you can tell what hidden rich people are.
It is true that we can accommodate a limited number of guests, but the consumption level of these guests is really too high. They often open two bottles of wine and serve all the dishes except these two. We can't handle it!
What’s even more frightening is that these two singers, who already showed signs of becoming extremely popular, returned to Jinhai after participating in the variety show and gave a surprise concert at a restaurant.
He also announced that he would perform at the restaurant at irregular intervals and without prior notice.
After this sentence, it was like throwing a bomb into a cesspool.
Many people who want to try their luck and happen to go out to eat would choose the Shengraizi Restaurant as their first choice, right? Yang Ruoqian in the crowd was very sad.
When the restaurant was first changed, the days of sparse crowds and an elegant and quiet atmosphere were gone forever.
At that time, such a large restaurant basically only served Yang Ruoqian, and he could do whatever he wanted.
The shop assistants who are extremely idle will serve him with the most impeccable attitude.
By the way, it can continue to lose money every quarter... What a perfect link in the ecological chain of the Kuiguang Group.
Unfortunately, one wrong step leads to all wrong.
Nowadays, it’s so difficult for me to even enter the lobby…
"Oh, forget it... I'll just eat around Qianda Plaza from now on. I can't come to this rare character restaurant anymore."
Anyway, his extremely cool and distinguished black gold card can be used in any industry.
Changing restaurants is no big deal.
Yang Ruoqian squeezed out of the crowd and was just about to call the person in charge of the restaurant to ask him to go in through the employee passage when a busy receptionist suddenly saw him, quickly put down what he was doing, and trotted over to Yang Ruoqian.
"Boss Yang, please come in, the room is ready!"
Because the restaurant is so popular, in order to meet the possible unexpected needs of the group, Shengraizi Restaurant has reserved a room that will never receive outside guests.
This room will only be activated if the group’s employees make a reservation through the group’s internal process or if Yang Ruoqian comes in person.
Even though most of the room is vacant, the restaurant still cleans it every day with the utmost care.
To ensure that the group’s people can enter the room as soon as they arrive at the restaurant and get down to business as soon as they enter the room.
Yang Ruoqian glanced at his phone, shook his head and said, "Just take me to the Qingtai private room. Someone else has already booked a room."
Since Cheng Fang acted without prior consultation and chose the restaurant on his own initiative, he could only regretfully miss the opportunity to enjoy the best private room.
The receptionist nodded immediately and said, "Okay, Mr. Yang, please follow me. I will take you to the employee passage."
At this time, the store manager who had been notified also came out, "escorted" Yang Ruoqian out of the crowd, and took him into the Qingtai private room on the second floor of the restaurant.
Standing in the room was a man holding a wine glass and wearing all kinds of expensive fashion brands. He looked young and unruly, but he had a strong aura.
His aura is quite similar to Cheng Fei's.
It turns out that people from the same family don’t stick together…
"Mr. Yang, I've heard a lot about you!" Cheng Fang picked up the wine glass and said this. Without waiting for Yang Ruoqian to react, he tilted his head back and drank the wine.
"I'll drink first as a sign of respect!"
Yang Ruoqian looked at the expensive bottle of foreign liquor that was specially designed for display, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
This bottle of wine was nothing to Cheng Fang, but it caused enormous harm to Yang Ruoqian.
"No need to be polite." Yang Ruoqian sat down with a smile, "I wonder what Mr. Cheng wants to talk to me about?"
After saying this, Yang Ruoqian felt a little strange again.
After all, he mostly called Cheng Fei "Mr. Cheng".
It’s quite interesting to see two general managers coming at once.
Cheng Fang raised his wine glass casually, sat on the chair, and pointed at the menu: "Mr. Yang, do you have any dietary restrictions?"
Yang Ruoqian was definitely not someone who would sit back and watch others act cool in front of him. He immediately responded with an equally casual smile: "Don't worry, the things I avoid will not appear on the menu."
Cheng Fang was stunned, then burst into laughter and said, "I didn't expect... Mr. Yang is such a humorous person. No wonder my sister thinks so highly of you and is so willing to cooperate with you!"
After showing off to each other and making a few jokes, the unfamiliarity between them was instantly alleviated a lot.
At the same time, Yang Ruoqian was certain that Cheng Fang had come to him regarding Cheng Fei's matter.
Yang Ruoqian picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and said sincerely: "It's not that mysterious. In fact, a large part of the reason is luck, coincidence and accident."
The TV series that I made with my feet became popular by sheer luck and coincidence.
It is completely unexpected that a movie that goes against market sentiment is expected to become one of the top three domestic box office this year.
If Yang Ruoqian had known in advance that he could make so much money, he would never have cooperated.
"Mr. Yang, you are too modest!" Cheng Fang laughed. "We only have two children in our family. She has been particularly interested in film, television and entertainment since she was young. She is also very stubborn... I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Mr. Yang. In fact, my father and I are very opposed to her getting involved in entertainment projects."
"When Chengyu Media was just starting out, we actually created some obstacles in secret, but you resolved them one by one."
"Two completely unexpected works... If it were me, seeing this kind of script and this kind of subject matter, I would immediately tell the person who wrote this thing to get out of the company with his stuff."
"It's not easy for you to convince her to accept such a script and finally succeed. After all, she is the most restless one in the family."
"Uh... Mr. Yang, don't worry. The old man and I are not unreasonable people. After your first success, Chengyu Group has never put any obstacles in your way again."
Yang Ruoqian listened to Cheng Fang's endless chatter in silence without saying a word, but he had already complained a thousand times in his heart.
Not only is she the most restless one in your family, she is also the most restless one among all my partners.
Compared with Cheng Fei's moves that easily amount to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, the others can only make small moves at best.
Since the two companies started working together, Cheng Fei has caused far more damage to Yang Ruoqian than any other force, even hostile forces.
Like giving the Kuiguang Group an entire industrial periphery without saying anything, arbitrarily using Shengraizi Restaurant as the company's designated dining spot, and giving Yang Ruoqian a supercar that was extremely expensive but had to be treated like a treasure...
Such incidents were common, and each time they caused huge losses to Yang Ruoqian.
Oh, speaking of this, there is also Cheng Fei’s unique “double standard” – their own vision in selecting singers is extremely poor, but when they choose singers for Kui Guang, it’s like they have changed people in an instant.
If Chengyu Media had not been so optimistic about Wei Ling and Zeng Yi, Yang Ruoqian would not have thought of signing them.
Yang Ruoqian grasped a key piece of information in Cheng Fang's words and asked in a nonchalant tone, "From what you said, it seems that even though Chengyu Media has achieved such great success, you still don't want Cheng Fei to continue to manage entertainment projects?"
We need to understand Cheng Fang's specific thoughts before we can understand the current situation...
If the opposition from Chengyu Group is too loud, perhaps the cooperation between the two sides will be weakened.
Cheng Fang smiled bitterly and said, "Yes... The old man and I are not unreasonable people. She has made the media company so successful and profitable. What reason do we have to force her not to continue?"
Yang Ruoqian nodded and asked, "Then I want to ask, why do you oppose Cheng Fei taking charge of the media company?"
"In fact, from the perspective of the company's interests, we should not oppose it, but support it. Since Chengyu Media and Kuiguang Group cooperated, our performance has been greatly improved, and the old man has boasted about it outside a lot." Cheng Fang said helplessly.
"The problem is, the original reason why she liked the entertainment industry was because she liked the movies and TV series, liked the actors, and liked the feeling of creating an imaginary world and imaginary story."
"But what is the dark and murky world behind these glamorous big screens... Mr. Yang, you are an expert, so I think you can understand what I mean."
"She has the resources and doesn't have to face these problems, but she also can't change anything. Rather than facing such a huge contrast, it's better to be a film and television drama enthusiast. There are many big projects in the group, so there is no need to mix in the entertainment industry."
Yang Ruoqian's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this.
This is probably the reason...
That's right. After all, she is a daughter and a younger sister, and she is not very old. It is indeed embarrassing to let her face the unspoken rules that are prevalent in every corner of the circle all day long.
Many times, others follow the rules in front of Yang Ruoqian or Cheng Fei only because they need to cooperate. There is no need to break up over such a small matter.
Yang Ruoqian put the dish in front of him into his bowl and asked, "What do you think?"
Cheng Fang said: "Let's not talk about the interests. From the emotional point of view, I am personally very conflicted. First, we don't want her to be overly exposed to these things; second, she really likes it..."
"It would have been fine if the previous project had failed, but now that it's so successful, we can only respect her personal wishes..."
"Actually, I personally think it's a good thing to let her go out and gain some experience and run into some obstacles in society. Unfortunately... she didn't run into any obstacles, but she did make a lot of money."
"I can understand her choice. After all, I also dreamed of becoming an actor when I was a child. Unfortunately, I had to give up my dream in the end and go back to inherit the family business. I was forced to become the CEO of Chengyu Group."
If he wasn't swallowing, Yang Ruoqian would have almost rolled his eyes.
Listen, is this human language?
A person who wanted to be an actor eventually gave up his dream for various reasons, returned to his hometown, and regretfully inherited a fortune of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions?
After Cheng Fang finished recalling his own affairs, he put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "Mr. Yang, I am not here today to ask you to terminate the cooperation. If there really comes a day when Chengyu Media changes people, I can also guarantee that any cooperation plan and contract will not change."
"I must have caused you a lot of trouble during this period. Thank you for taking care of me, Mr. Yang! As long as I am still the CEO, Kui Guang will always be Cheng Yu's friend!"
Yang Ruoqian, who was in a lot of trouble, sighed: "It can't be called care, it's just a mutually beneficial cooperation."
Cheng Fang waved his hand and said, "To express my gratitude, I have asked someone to buy a lot of goods in your live broadcast room. Just treat it as a small gift for Mr. Yang!"
Yang Ruoqian, who was enjoying the free meal, was stunned for a moment.
Buying a bunch of stuff? Stop the fucking thing!
With this much money, you can just buy some wine, go on vacation, or even directly deposit it into my bank account. Why buy Mao's goods? From an outsider's perspective, creating performance for the Kuiguang Group, which is 100% owned by Yang Ruoqian, is equivalent to giving money to him personally, which is not much different.
But for Yang Ruoqian, it was bad news that made the situation worse.
Funds, which were already abundant, have now become even more abundant.
Yang Ruoqian remained calm and said generously, "No need to purchase anything, just acknowledge my kindness."
"No, no." Cheng Fang waved his hands repeatedly, "This token of my gratitude must be delivered... Mr. Yang, to be honest, I personally have a small request, I wonder if I can tell you?"
Yang Ruoqian nodded curiously: "Boss Cheng, is there anything else you need to ask others for?"
I guess Cheng Fang has already completed the purchasing, so no matter how much you persuade him now, it will have no real effect.
You can't be so careless as to ask others to process a seven-day no-questions-asked return, right?
As for the request, Yang Ruoqian was very interested.
Although the Kuiguang Group is now large in scale and profitable, there is still a huge gap compared to the Chengyu Group, which is involved in many fields.
Now Cheng Fang actually said that he wanted to ask for my help with something?
"Alas, this is an unreasonable request... Mr. Yang, don't you have a lot of dramas to shoot? I just want to try my hand at being an actor. How about you arrange a role for me?"
Yang Ruoqian was surprised to hear this request: "With your company's strength and financial resources, it would be no problem for us to customize a movie for you directly. Why do you need to come to me?"
If Cheng Fang just wanted to satisfy his acting desire, he could just invest in a movie to make himself happy.
Or they can play a cameo role as the largest investor or distributor, like Yang Ruoqian and Cheng Fei.
"Oh, Mr. Yang, you don't understand. The feeling is different." Cheng Fang shook his head. "It's like using cheats to win the game, and the sense of accomplishment of clearing the game by yourself is completely different."
"Besides, who am I, Cheng Fang? How can I make a movie just to please myself?"
"If you want to shoot, shoot a big movie! At least play a supporting role!"
After his impassioned speech, Cheng Fang turned to look at Yang Ruoqian and asked expectantly, "Boss Yang, do you think I can do it?"
Not at all...
Yang Ruoqian didn't want to introduce any more unknown factors into the tense third quarter.
Based on past experience, doing so will in most cases lead to a wolf entering the house.
And the explanation of wanting to make a movie is really too far-fetched... This is obviously the most natural way that Cheng Fang thought of to get to know Yang Ruoqian more deeply.
However, before Yang Ruoqian could say no, Cheng Fang suddenly changed the subject, lowering his voice and tone to a very low level: "Boss Yang, I understand the rules. So, I'll give you a small red envelope of 200,000 yuan. Do you think I have the qualifications to be an actor?"
In Cheng Fang's opinion, there is basically no difference between 200,000 and 20 yuan for him and Yang Ruoqian.
It’s like a good brother does you a small favor, so you spend a few dozen dollars to treat him to a spicy hot pot meal.
Cheng Fang wanted to use this more easy-going attitude to show his intention to make friends with Yang Ruoqian.
"Yes, it's really true." Yang Ruoqian said without even thinking, "To be honest, your current level has actually surpassed many professional actors."
200,000! This is 200,000!
If he didn't make this money, Yang Ruoqian would be so angry that he would wake up in his sleep.
Cheng Fang is a good friend, I'm determined to make friends with him.
Cheng Fang, who had dreamed of becoming an actor since childhood, was overjoyed and immediately asked, "Does Mr. Yang have any movies that are short of actors? I can fill the role!"
Yang Ruoqian was about to say no, but suddenly remembered that he still had a tainted card in his hand.
"I'm not sure about that. I'll give you an answer after I ask."
As he spoke, Yang Ruoqian opened the chat box with Cai Meng.
In the chat box, the information about the shocking knockoff movie "Titanic 2" is still in the most prominent position. (End of this chapter)
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