Chapter 44 Aerial Docking Meeting
After Xu Weisheng finished singing, Jian Zhen let him leave. This was the complete opposite of what he had imagined—that he would win the judges' favor based on his singing ability. However, Jian Zhen said, "You may leave."
He had a thousand words stuck in his throat, but he could only turn and leave. Before leaving, Jian Zhen said "thank you" to him through the door—she was so polite. Xu Weisheng was increasingly unable to understand her thoughts. What was she really thinking?
Jianzhen's thoughts underwent a dramatic change during this turmoil. First, she realized the responsibility on her shoulders because of her family's situation. Then, she saw in Feifei and Lao Le how career development shapes a person's inner self. This conversation with Jasmine made her realize even more clearly that self-growth is the main task of life. The road ahead will not always be smooth sailing, and she must become stronger as soon as possible.
The park is located in a creative park next to a park. The next morning, Jian Zhen walked through the park to work and casually checked the rent in the vicinity. Unexpectedly, the page brought up a news article: the park is being expanded and the park will begin to relocate in the second half of the year.
She shared this news with Zixin, who said, "It seems that's true. I heard that the higher-ups are planning to move the company to Shenzhen."
"Then what will you do?" Jian Zhen asked in surprise.
"I'll move with them!" Zixin shrugged and said optimistically, "Most of the company's employees aren't locals, so it doesn't matter whether we're in Guangzhou or Shenzhen."
"But aren't you a local?"
"We won't move them all at once. We'll probably leave a small work area in Guangzhou as a kind of decentralized base."
"Why are you moving?" Jian Zhen pressed. Moving is troublesome enough for ordinary people, let alone moving an entire company.
“You’ll have to ask Mr. Xu,” Zixin teased. “I think if you ask him, he’ll tell you everything.”
Jian Zhen immediately suppressed her curiosity. Anyway, it was a matter for the future, and she could worry about it when it came to it. Besides, she hadn't signed a formal long-term employment contract with Xunyou yet. Once Pingping's story ended, it was possible that she and Xu Weisheng would part ways.
The most pressing matter right now is to wrap up Pingping's story as soon as possible. This task is giving Jian Zhen quite a headache—good talent is always in short supply in the industry. During the time Pingping was on hold, the project team's key members were poached one after another, leaving her with no one to use and her work efficiency less than half of what it used to be.
She really wanted to talk to Xu Weisheng about this, and as if he could hear her thoughts, he sent her a message just as she picked up her phone and hesitated, asking if she wanted to have dinner together tonight.
Jian Zhen gritted her teeth and replied with two words: "Okay."
Xu Weisheng immediately sent over the address, which was on the rooftop of a nearby office building.
Jian Zhen was a little puzzled. She had never heard of a restaurant there, and given how attentive Mr. Xu was to her these days, he hadn't even offered to pick her up personally... It seemed he was very busy.
Despite being so busy, she still managed to squeeze in time for rooftop dinner with her. Jian Zhen was slightly moved, but she maintained a cold and arrogant expression.
At the appointed time, Jian Zhen arrived at the rooftop on time. The moment she pushed open the door at the end of the stairs, she felt a strong wind resistance. This wind was both a hindrance and a helper. After she struggled to push it open at an acute angle, the wind immediately changed its role and banged the entire door open for her. The door hinges vibrated around her, and the door frame slammed against the wall with a loud cracking sound.
However, she had no time to notice any of that; her attention was completely drawn to the helicopter in front of her.
This is a small transport plane, slowly descending. The airflow generated by the rotor sprays onto the rooftop, forming a circle that spreads outwards.
Jian Zhen stood at a certain point on the arc. The wind blew her hair and clothes backward. She grabbed the door frame to keep herself steady, which ensured that she was not blown back into the stairwell.
What is Hsu Wei-sheng up to? Is he filming a movie? Or did he give the wrong address? This place doesn't look like a place where you can eat.
The wind gradually stopped, the helicopter landed on the rooftop, the cabin door opened, Xu Weisheng jumped out, and ran towards Jian Zhen.
"What are you doing?" Jian Zhen asked before Xu Weisheng could even get close.
"Let me take you out to eat." Xu Weisheng stood in front of her with his hands on his hips, turned his upper body to look back at the helicopter, and said, "It's 20 minutes from here to Shenzhen, how about that?"
"You're taking me to Shenzhen for dinner?" Jian Zhen asked incredulously, her voice rising at the end.
"I mainly wanted you to experience this mode of transportation. There will definitely be many trips between Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the future, so you might as well get familiar with it first." Xu Weisheng gestured to her with his chin. Seeing that Jian Zhen did not move, he reached out and grabbed the sling of Jian Zhen's overalls.
Jian Zhen was pulled along by him, patting his hand with "Hey hey hey" as she followed him toward the helicopter. Inside the cabin, someone had already lowered the gangway.
"You really went all out, didn't you?" Xu Weisheng withdrew his hand, touched the back of his hand that had been slapped red, and stood behind her, letting her go up the gangway first.
"That's relatively mild." Jian Zhen snorted, refusing the hand extended by the cabin assistant. He took a long stride, hooked his toes on the ground, tensed his core, and propelled himself upwards.
"Tsk, you're quite agile," Xu Weisheng said, laughing as he followed behind her.
Before the cabin door was fully closed, the helicopter took off again. The moment it took off, Jian Zhen gripped the armrest of her seat tightly. Only when the plane was stable did she breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at the city's dazzling fireworks outside the window, she felt as if she was about to lead the era.
"So you really plan to move the parade to Shenzhen?" she asked Xu Weisheng, turning her head to him.
“Most of them.” Xu Weisheng lay back in the chair, looking very calm, and bent one leg as he said, “Most of the business decisions of Xu Lijun’s company are not in my hands. The tour is an exception, but as time goes by, the exception may become the norm. So I thought I would take advantage of this time to get out of their sight.”
The distance between Guangzhou and Shenzhen is limited. Even if he moves to Shenzhen, five or ten years later, he'll still be under their control, unable to escape being stripped of his power, and destined to become an extremely wealthy and idle person. Therefore, this is merely a delaying tactic. Jian Zhen guessed he had a backup plan, so she raised an eyebrow and asked, "And then?"
Xu Weisheng knew they were on the same wavelength, so he turned his head and smiled at her: "I need your help with the rest."
"How can I help you?" Jian Zhen was limited by the chair and could only move two centimeters to the side.
She wore her guarded expression on her face, and Xu Weisheng couldn't help but turn his head away, thinking that he would wait and see.
Jian Zhen was kept in suspense, wanting to ask but afraid to speak up. After thinking for a long time, she finally asked about the thing she cared about most: "Could Pingping's team recruit a few more people for me?"
Xu Weisheng glanced at her sideways: "Aren't you using enough people right now?"
"We have enough people, but the quality is uneven. There are very few who can actually do the work properly." Jian Zhen hissed as if she had a toothache, and muttered, "There are so many talented people in this industry, how come most of the people in my group are just slackers?"
"Hey!" Xu Weisheng raised an index finger—he really did look like a CEO now—and said, "Human resources is just as important as transportation and site selection. I might need your help."
Jian Zhen took a deep breath. She seemed to have guessed what Xu Weisheng was going to do. Her lips trembled slightly as she said, "You want to separate the animation team from the parade?"
"Bingo!" Xu Weisheng snapped his fingers, defiantly declaring, "Doesn't it sound awesome to take apart the model that Xu Lijun built?"
“You—” Jian Zhen looked at him with complicated emotions. Indeed, moving Xunyou to Shenzhen, splitting up its business modules, and reorganizing its industrial focus was a brilliant plan to escape unscathed. With this move, Xu Weisheng could regain his animation career. However, Xunyou was a rising game company with strong momentum. The core game business already had more than two hundred employees. If their boss was distracted and decided to run away, what would happen to these people?
Jian Zhen inevitably thought of Zi Xin, and then of Qi Li, whom she had just left. Such a behemoth could also collapse due to the boss's selfishness, and those who ultimately fell into trouble were just the most ordinary low-level employees.
Capitalists are all the same, indeed. A hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xu Weisheng. She said quietly, "Without the tour, you don't even have any projects. If you break one bowl, two groups of people will starve to death. Isn't this just messing around?"
"Who said I don't have projects?" Xu Weisheng sat up, pulled a contract from the file folder handed to him by his assistant, and shoved it into Jian Zhen's hand, saying arrogantly, "Look at this."
"Billiards prodigy!" Jian Zhen held the contract, read out the key information in the name, her pupils dilated instantly, and she sat up abruptly.
Before she could even ask where this thing came from or how he managed to get his hands on Lin Sheng's work, Xu Weisheng added fuel to the fire, saying casually, "Besides, I have no intention of abandoning the tour. In fact, I want to entrust the start-up of the animation studio to you."
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