Chapter 484: A Dinner with No Nutritious Content
“I want to do a costume drama.”
Wang Jing already had ideas about this.
The three TV series he directed previously, Love 1, Love 2, and Star, were all urban dramas. Wang Jing needed to seek a breakthrough in costume dramas.
The best part is that the company increased its investment, allowing him to complete a large-scale costume drama using movie-making techniques.
If he had experience in shooting costume blockbusters, he would definitely make great progress in film shooting. Wang Jing could then enter the big screen again and establish himself as a big director.
"A costume drama?"
After hearing the other party's request, Zhou Anan's mind immediately flashed "Huan Huan Chuan", "Palace", and "Empress Wu Zetian".
For Zhou Anan, a otaku who only watched popular TV series with girls in his previous life, the costume dramas he can remember are basically guaranteed to have high ratings.
However, after Zhou Anan thought about it, she still felt that there was a drama that was most suitable for Director Wang, who was seeking a breakthrough.
Of course, Zhou Anan wasn't sure if the copyright of the drama was still there, or if the original book had been published, so she gave a basic answer: "Okay, I'll have someone select a few scripts and start a big costume drama for Director Wang."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
After receiving the reply from the big boss, Wang Jin felt relieved and raised his glass in gratitude.
After separating from Director Wang, Zhou Anan called her beautiful secretary and gave her some instructions.
After finishing the third thing of the day, it was still early for the scheduled dinner, so Zhou Anan put the follow-up work in advance and went to the Qinglan Company headquarters.
When she saw Wang Rong again, Zhou Anan found that he looked a little haggard, but in good spirits, so she put her unnecessary worries aside.
If a man has a career, he can heal any kind of love wounds.
Qinglan held a meeting of all shareholders today, and the two young ladies were also present.
The main focus of this meeting was Qinglan’s next six-month plan.
In fact, there is no nutritious topic. It only reflects the will of Zhou Anan, the major shareholder.
"Take out a loan, and you can slow down a little next year."
After listening to the reports from General Manager Wang and Vice President Gu, Zhou Anan gave the same suggestion as in the last meeting in response to their opinions.
The profits from the operations of the three brands, Qinglan Direct-operated Stores, Hong Kee Tea, and No. 1 Chicken Steak, are quite considerable, but Qinglan cannot resist the continuous spending of money to buy stores and build direct-operated stores.
Qinglan’s directly-operated stores have expanded to 140, of which 135 stores were purchased directly by the company, most of which are located in the city center, and the funds spent have exceeded 200 million.
Last month and the first half of this month alone, the cost of purchasing the store exceeded 30 million.
The company still owes the bank a loan of 10 million yuan, but apart from daily expenses, there is no extra money in the company's account to expand its directly-operated stores.
The conservative and steady Vice President Gu repeated his old tune, wanting to slow down the pace of purchasing stores, and proposed that expansion should be mainly based on leasing, supplemented by purchases.
Unfortunately, under the strong pressure from the major shareholder Zhou Anan and with the tacit support of the other shareholders, the meeting still approved the plan of taking out a large loan to speed up the purchase of the store.
For Vice President Gu, it was very painful to see the high-quality company assets begin to turn into negative assets.
For Zhou Anan, every time she came to Qinglan for a meeting, she had to suppress Vice President Gu's cautious style, which made her feel very tired.
However, as long as he can hold on until next year, he won't have to worry too much.
"An An, do you have a party tonight?"
After the meeting was over, Yu Xianer, who had not expressed any opinions throughout the meeting, asked a question for no reason.
"Yes, I'm having dinner with Mr. Mai from TX and the heads of several financing companies."
Zhou Anan answered this question simply.
Both of them are shareholders of the celebrity network, so there is no need to hide this itinerary which is not a business secret.
However, those reporters are eager to dig out inside information, and there are quite a few reporters lurking around the Celebrity Network Company.
Fortunately, Zhou Anan is a very low-key person, and most of the attention is focused on CEO Qi Liang, who is responsible for daily management.
In China, one must be low-key when making money.
"It just so happens that I have something to do tonight and Xiaoxiao has nowhere to go. Xiaoxiao is quite familiar with Mr. Mai, so let her go with you."
Regarding this matter, Yu Xianer naturally made arrangements with her best friend.
Wang Xiaoxiao, who was thinking about what to eat for dinner, widened her eyes a little when she heard her friend's arrangement, but she did not refute.
A few big bosses having dinner together should, maybe, probably, have a good meal.
It just so happened that after dinner, she could take the human-shaped mobile clothes rack and go shopping. She had already thought of a reason.
"OK."
After taking a look at Miss Wang who was looking at her, Zhou Anan agreed indifferently.
Seeing that An Xiaodi agreed, Yu Xianer simply left her best friend who couldn't drive and left first.
Compared to her best friend who has more free time, Yu Xianer's schedule has been fully scheduled since she took over part of the family business.
"An An, where are we going to have dinner?"
Wang Xiaoxiao asked after getting in the car and fastening her seat belt.
"Dongbao Hotel."
After thinking about the report given by the beautiful secretary, Zhou Anan told the location of dinner.
Originally, Zhou Anan wanted to book a table at the teahouse on the shore, after all, Mr. Mai also liked the snacks there.
However, considering that she was not very familiar with the heads of the other two large companies, Zhou Anan listened to the advice of professionals and booked a table at the Dongbao Hotel for a set menu of 99,999 yuan in order to be solemn.
Whether in his previous life or this life, Zhou Anan had never eaten a dinner worth tens of thousands of yuan, let alone a set meal worth 99,999 yuan. He was a little looking forward to it.
"Dongbao Hotel, I heard the buffet there is pretty good."
"We'll eat in the box."
“Oh (second sound).”
"It seems that we ordered a seafood dinner for 99,999."
“Oh (fourth tone).”
Chatting along the way, the car soon entered the underground parking lot of Dongbao Hotel.
It is still 4:50 now, and there is still some time before the agreed time of 5:30. In order to show respect, Zhou Anan still needs to arrive early.
In terms of size, whether it is TX, Excalibur Capital, Qiandu, or Hard Silver, they are all the big brothers of celebrity networks. They hold real funds of tens of billions, and they are very famous in the capital market.
Relatively speaking, Mingliu Network, which only has a virtual valuation, can only be regarded as a small brother who has just entered this industry.
“No one’s here.”
After entering the box, Wang Xiaoxiao found that except for the waiter standing next to her, no one else was there, so she set her eyes on the cold dishes on the table.
Ten uniquely shaped cold dishes that look very appetizing.
"Add duck tongue and cucumber, and a serving of freshly squeezed orange juice."
Afraid that Miss Wang would be bored, Zhou Anan, who also had a bit of appetite, said something to the waiter beside her.
A moment later, sitting on the sofa waiting for guests, Wang Xiaoxiao ate the extra cold dishes with a little reserve, paired with freshly squeezed juice, which seemed to taste quite good.
Zhou Anan sat quietly aside, drinking boiled water and taking a deep breath.
Although he brushed his teeth and ate two pieces of chewing gum at 1.5 yuan a box before coming, he still needed to be more respectful when facing several bigwigs in the financial industry.
Perhaps to show the importance of the celebrity network, at around 5:20, the beautiful secretary brought four company leaders into the box in a somewhat busy manner.
The representative of TX was naturally Mr. Mai, who was already quite familiar with the group and had a vested interest in the group. The representative of Excalibur Capital, which had a European and American background, was a pretty blonde girl in her thirties. The head of Hard Silver Capital was a slightly mature middle-aged Asian man. The representative of Qiandu was an ordinary young woman in a formal work suit.
Zhou Anan's gaze lingered slightly on the mature blonde girl. Most of the time, under the coordination of President Mai, she was chatting happily with everyone present.
Except for Zhou Anan, all other company representatives are alone.
Miss Wang holds shares in a hidden position, and Zhou Anan did not introduce her identity as a shareholder, only saying that she is a person in charge of the company. No one would care about this detail, and tonight's banquet did not involve any secret content.
What's more, the companies that can enter the final round of A financing are not fools.
There is actually nothing "nutritious" about having meals together among several companies. It's just a way to chat and increase familiarity with each other.
When it comes to the company's formal cooperation, that is the responsibility of a dedicated department team and will not be discussed at the dinner table.
This kind of banquet has little effect, but it is indispensable in the business world.
After all, China is a society based on personal relationships, and the other foreign companies have to adapt to local customs.
Of course, if there are opportunities for collaboration between companies, everyone can set the tone.
For example, when the head of Hardbank and the head of Qiandu were chatting, they reached a cooperation intention that could be worth hundreds of millions.
"Isn't it boring?"
Seeing Miss Wang put down her chopsticks, Zhou Anan asked with concern.
Although he didn't like this kind of banquet very much, Zhou Anan, who was new to this level, still gained a lot of knowledge during the banquet.
However, Miss Wang, who seldom spoke, had little topic to talk about with everyone, so Zhou Anan was really worried that she was in a bad mood and had no appetite.
"No, I just drank a little too much turtle soup. It's okay, you guys talk about your own things, don't bother me."
Wang Xiaoxiao answered this question very naturally.
(End of this chapter)
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