Chapter 53: Confusion
"Chairman, I am also your elder... I have made contributions to the company..."
Manager Zhao said haltingly.
But Xu Youyou's company has been running for too short a time, so these words are not very convincing.
Manager Zhao looked at Xie Ran who was standing beside him for help: "Boss Xie, don't you just want the personnel information? I'll prepare it now and give it to you today!"
Xu Youyou really wanted to fire him. During the time she was abroad, the company was nominally managed by Ouyang Ouyang, but in reality it was this HR manager who was in charge. Although the mess didn't come to her attention, she also had the means to find out what was happening in the company.
The company’s most important artist now is Song Zhibai, but because of the filming of short dramas, it has also signed several young male and female actors, but their treatment is not as high as Song Zhibai’s.
The company had only been open for less than two months, and Manager Zhao had been secretly hinting at unspoken rules for the young actor in an attempt to control Ouyang. These small moves kept popping up one after another, and Xu Youyou's patience with him had reached its limit.
If he had been in power for a short time and had not caused serious consequences, Xu Youyou would have done more than just fire him.
"Manager Zhao, I advise you to leave honestly. It would be bad if you can't survive in this industry." Xu Youyou said.
Then she showed Manager Zhao some chat screenshots.
It was Manager Zhao who harassed the employees first, so he didn't dare to ask for layoff compensation and just left in disgrace with his things.
There was no one else in the meeting room, so Xie Ran asked directly: "Did you know in advance that he and I would have a conflict?"
Xu Youyou shook her head and said, "If you didn't have a conflict today, I believe you would have discovered something was wrong with him not long after you started working."
Xie Ran chuckled and said "thank you" when he heard this.
The HR manager was fired after talking to them. For other employees, this was simpler and more powerful than any words, and it was more like killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
Xu Youyou continued, "I know there are a lot of dirty things in the entertainment industry, but in my company, I hope everyone can make money cleanly."
The unspoken rules in the entertainment industry are like a shadow that follows you everywhere in the sun. Almost no company in the circle can avoid it.
Xie Ran did not agree to this immediately, but said: "I don't know much about the entertainment industry yet, but before I went to prison, things like resource swaps often happened in this industry. After all, no one can guarantee that every work they invest in will make money steadily."
The production cost of TV series nowadays is extremely high, and there are too many aspects involved. It is rare for a TV series to be invested in individually, and it is usually jointly supervised by several investors.
With so many people around, messy things are bound to happen.
Xu Youyou said directly: "I am not short of money. Our company tries to invest in works solely funded."
Xie Ran felt relieved after hearing this and asked, "Then how much investment can you give to this company at most?"
Xu Youyou believed in his ability to make money and said, "I can invest as much as you saw in my bank card."
Xie Ran laughed softly upon hearing this: "Then I will help you make a lot of money in the shortest possible time."
As he finished speaking, a prompt popped up on Xu Youyou's system.
[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully completed the task of picking up leaks, and received the task reward: a fake that is enough to confuse the audience (already used).]
Xu Youyou:?
Xu Youyou looked at the system in disbelief and said, "Why is it in the used state? Where was it used?"
The system explained: "This time the reward is tied to Xie Ran and can only be used on him. It is also to help you find and fill in the gaps."
Xu Youyou quickly understood and asked, "Are you protecting Xie Ran? So that his enemies won't target him immediately?"
The system gave a positive answer.
Xu Youyou thought of the dazzling Xie Ran in her previous life, and suddenly felt that it was reasonable for the system to put more thought into it.
At the same time, under a bridge on the outskirts of Shanghai.
A short man wearing a black baseball cap and with his face covered by a mask was searching in Xie Ran’s previous “home” under the bridge.
Apart from some old quilts and old cotton wool, he didn't find anything valuable at all, and instead he was almost stung by the stench.
After a long time, he gave up the search and was about to leave when he heard a fisherman on the bridge bank yelling, "Someone help me! I caught something big!"
The short man didn’t want to help, but the fisherman’s eyes were already on him: “Help me, what are you standing there for!”
The fisherman's eyes were filled with infinite desire for the big fish under the water. The short man didn't want to appear too abnormal, so he had no choice but to come over and help pull up the bent fishing rod.
But instead of catching a big fish, a person was caught.
"Oh my God, what is this!" the fisherman shouted excitedly.
The short man standing next to him already felt his scalp tingling. The body that was lifted out of the water was wearing tattered clothes, had messy hair, and its face was so swollen that it was difficult to see its true appearance.
He instinctively associated the corpse with the homeless man's "home" nearby.
Something happened that surprised the short man. After shouting a lot, the fisherman instinctively put the bait on the fishing rod again and threw the hook out with smooth movements.
"No, buddy, aren't we going to report the case? Why are you still fishing?" The short man was very confused.
The fisherman looked back at him with an even more confused look: "What if I don't fish? I've already made a nest. If you want to call the police, go ahead."
Even though the short man knew that his whereabouts were suspicious, he was only responsible for surveillance and did not dare to get involved in the murder case, so he chose to call the police on the spot.
The police could not find out the true identity of the body. Even if the short man knew, he could not say it out loud to increase his suspicion of murder. Moreover, the autopsy results also proved that it was suicide. In the end, the police could only connect the body to the homeless man under the bridge whose identity was also unknown.
After the short man left the police station, he took out his cell phone and punched in a series of numbers: "Master, the person you asked me to watch committed suicide."
"Are you sure?"
"Master, it's absolutely true. No evidence was found on him or in his hideout. Do you still want to keep an eye on him?"
Honestly, the short man felt a headache just asking this question. The person was already dead, so who could he continue to stare at?
"Don't worry about it. I'll help you report to your father." After saying this, the person on the other end of the phone ended the call quickly.
Xu Youyou didn’t know that Xie Ran had temporarily escaped from his enemies’ sight because he was declared dead by the police.
She thought Xie Ran would make a big move soon, but she didn't expect that this man stayed quiet for more than half a month before finally wanting to do something.
He asked Xu Youyou for 20 million yuan in funds.
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