Chapter 284: Truly Helpless

After Chen Feng went to the company once, he started to stay at home and be lazy again. This made Sun Xiaorui, Wu Mengting, and Liu Ying very helpless.

Among them, Wu Mengting was still relatively good, because she knew that Chen Feng’s illness was not yet cured and he needed to rest and not overwork.

Even if the other two women had some complaints in their hearts, they didn’t dare to say much.

So, Chen Feng continued to live a carefree life.

In this regard, there was another very helpless woman, undoubtedly Yang Wenqi. Although she had gotten Chen Feng’s contact information that day and added him as a WeChat friend, she certainly would not be so foolish as to contact Chen Feng immediately and send him harassing messages. This would not only lower her status, but might also be counterproductive.

What’s more, if she couldn’t see Chen Feng in person, it was useless to flirt with him on WeChat.

She had been looking forward to Chen Feng coming to the company next, and then… she was doomed to be disappointed. After another five or six days, she had not seen Chen Feng appear in the company, nor had she heard from Xin Yuqing that Chen Feng had come to the company.

This really made Yang Wenqi very speechless… She had really never seen a boss as lazy as Chen Feng, who was so indifferent to his own company. Wasn’t he afraid that this company with assets of tens of millions would go bankrupt?

Chen Feng, the boss, was not worried, but she, an employee, was starting to worry for him?

However, from what she had learned so far, there was no need to worry about the company’s operating conditions. She also knew about the matter of “River and Mountain Order.” It was transferred from the former company as a gift. At that time, it could not pass the review no matter what, but after it was given to Fengmang Film and Television, it immediately passed the review…

After Yang Wenqi knew about this, she couldn’t help but sympathize with the boss of the former company.

It was said that the former company went bankrupt and was sold because it had filmed this drama.

However, Yang Wenqi thought that since Chen Feng, the boss, was not concerned about this company worth at least tens of millions, it undoubtedly showed that Chen Feng did not care about tens of millions. Then Chen Feng’s personal wealth must be very high, at least several hundred million, or even more than a billion.

Thinking that Chen Feng might have a net worth of more than a billion, Yang Wenqi couldn’t help but feel her heart beat faster and her head spin.

Her family was considered wealthy since she was a child. She had no worries about food and clothing, and had enough pocket money, but it was not a big fortune, only a small and happy family. The company her father had founded before was worth at most a few million at its peak.

And now her family’s house had been mortgaged to the bank, and the house should have been taken back by the bank by now. Her father’s whereabouts were unknown, and her mother could only hide in her mother’s house to avoid creditors, washing her face with tears every day. It could be said that she was now homeless.

After experiencing this period of family changes, she had a deeper understanding of the importance of money and wealth.

Even if she, a woman, was smart and hardworking, it was impossible for her to earn a lot of money on her own in a short period of time. So, she could only rely on men, reliable men. Chen Feng, who looked good-natured, good-looking, and not very old, was undoubtedly her first choice.

Unfortunately, good things come to those who wait. So far, even though God had blessed her and she had been lucky enough to get into Chen Feng’s company and had been working for almost a month, she had only met him once.

For this reason, Yang Wenqi was very troubled and didn’t know how to really get close to Chen Feng and then successfully win him over.

But the first thing to be clear was that she had to see him in person first.

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On the side of Fengmang Company, after several days of contact and negotiation, “River and Mountain Order” was finally scheduled to be broadcast on Tencent.

As for the reason, it was of course very simple, that is, Tencent gave the best conditions.

Originally, Fengmang Film and Television was more optimistic about the two platforms, iQiyi and Youku. Unfortunately, although they were also very optimistic about this drama, after negotiation, the conditions they gave were completely incomparable to Tencent’s.

First of all, among these major platforms, only two were really very optimistic about this drama and had proposed the intention of a buyout. iQiyi’s initial offer was 30 million, and later it was slowly increased to 40 million, but it could not be increased any more. And Tencent, with its deep pockets, finally increased it to 50 million, but obviously it could not move Chen Feng.

The decision-maker on Tencent’s side could not possibly offer a price higher than 50 million. After all, it was too risky. In the end, they could only start a share cooperation with Fengmang Film and Television.

Since it was a share, the first thing was to grade this drama. The grading standards of the major video websites were similar, generally divided into five levels, and the first three levels were exclusive contracts for exclusive broadcasting.

The highest rating given by the major video websites was iQiyi and Tencent. Under the same conditions, Tencent finally gave more promotion resources and plans, so Fengmang Film and Television of course chose to cooperate with it.

After the two sides signed the contract, Tencent quickly began pre-heating publicity, and also quickly set the date for the exclusive online broadcast, which was a month later.

This day, after Lu Sijia and Tencent’s representative officially signed the agreement, Chen Feng, the boss, finally appeared in the company again. Then he held a company-wide meeting to announce this good news to the whole company, and at the same time called on everyone to give full play to their subjective initiative and actively promote the company’s drama through various channels.

For the time being, the company could not celebrate in a big way. After all, this drama had not yet been released, let alone achieved any good results or made much money. Everything had to wait until this drama was successfully released and achieved good results before a celebration banquet could be held and bonuses could be given to everyone.

After this good news was announced, the happiest person in the company was not Chen Feng, the boss, or the company’s senior management, but the company’s several signed artists.

Especially the two male protagonists of this drama, the two pretty boys, Zhang Hang and Gong Yi.

They both attended this company-wide meeting. In fact, they had been reporting to the company every day for the past few days, and their attitude towards the company’s several leaders was also very respectful. Especially to Wu Mengting, Sun Xiaorui, and Liu Ying, who were related to the boss. They were very sensible and brought small gifts to visit their offices.

As for Hu Rui, their direct supervisor, it was needless to say. They called her “Sister Hu” very affectionately. And Hu Rui did not treat them badly. During this period, she also used her connections and resources to get them a few announcements, so that they each earned tens of thousands of yuan.

And these announcements were all very easy jobs, such as walking a show or standing on a stage. They did not involve their respective portrait operations. Hu Rui was very experienced in this aspect.

Because there was no doubt that after the successful release of “River and Mountain Order,” their value would definitely soar. At this time, if they were to take on advertisements or shoot magazines for them, it would undoubtedly be picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon.

As for Chen Feng, the boss, the two pretty boys were now quite in awe.

The reason was simple. After Fengmang Film and Television was taken over by Chen Feng, “River and Mountain Order” quickly passed the review. And before that, the same drama, Xinyao Company had modified it several times and sent it back several times, but it was not passed, which forced Chen Xinyao to sell the company, and even they, the signed artists, were also packaged and sold to Fengmang Film and Television.

This matter was really a bit magical, but it did happen.

This undoubtedly showed that Chen Feng, the boss, had great energy. It was not to say that he had connections to the sky, but he definitely had a very strong relationship in the film and television circle. So, now the peers outside were looking at Fengmang Film and Television with more respect.

After the company-wide meeting, the company’s senior management and the four signed artists who participated in “River and Mountain Order” stayed behind.

Chen Feng didn’t say much in this meeting. It was mainly Lu Sijia and the two managers of the publicity and planning departments who were talking. They were talking about the promotion work for the drama “River and Mountain Order.” Of course, the four male and female artists, Zhang Hang and the others, had to be responsible for a part of the promotion work, especially the two male protagonists.

In this regard, their company would communicate with Tencent. The main thing was to let the four of them participate in some TV programs. With Tencent’s strength, it was not a big deal to introduce them to a few satellite TV stations to show their faces.

This was also part of the agreement between their company and Tencent.

It could be said that these four “newcomers” were really lucky, and they were very lucky.

When the four of them heard that they were very likely to appear on some variety shows on satellite TV, they were immediately very excited.

After the meeting, Zhang Hang and the others thanked them a lot, and then left with excitement.

“If Jiang Shumin doesn’t take the initiative to change the contract in the next two days, you can just shelve her.”

When only a few senior executives of the company were left in the conference room, Lu Sijia directly spoke to Hu Rui.

Everyone understood when they heard this. The company now had six signed artists, including the newly joined Yang Wenqi. Among them, the oldest, Wang Shujuan, was obviously going to terminate her contract when it expired. And Jiang Shumin had objected to extending the contract period when the contract was changed last time, which was undoubtedly a sign of disloyalty.

For an artist who was disloyal to the company, of course the company would not be so stupid as to spend resources and effort to promote her.

What’s more, the company had given her a chance this time. If she still couldn’t come to her senses, then she really had to be shelved.

Hu Rui nodded with a heavy face, which was considered an agreement. In her heart, she was actually quite optimistic about Jiang Shumin. Unfortunately, she was not optimistic about the development prospects of Fengmang Film and Television before and insisted on not signing a new contract to extend the period.

This time, she could only hope that she would come to her senses.

“Alright. Everyone has worked hard this time. The reason why we were able to successfully reach an agreement with Tencent this time is because you all have put in your efforts. Especially CEO Lu, who flew to Shenzhen twice for negotiations. Tonight, I have booked a table at Fumanlou. Let’s have a simple celebration first. After ‘River and Mountain Order’ is successfully released and achieves good results, we will celebrate again, and I will give you a big red envelope.”

As soon as Chen Feng, the boss, said this, and finally mentioned the big red envelope, everyone’s eyes lit up. Xu Wei from the planning department was the first to shout “Long live the boss,” and the others also quickly followed suit and applauded.

At this time, it was past three in the afternoon, and it was not long before the end of work. However, Chen Feng, the boss, certainly could not break the rules and take the company’s senior management to a dinner party at this time. It would not be too late to go after work.

So, Chen Feng, the chairman, rarely came to his own chairman’s office.

In fact, at his special request, his chairman’s office was not large. Because of the limited space, and because he knew that he would not come often, his chairman’s office was only about ten square meters, which could be considered very stingy.

And this office was connected to Wu Mengting’s financial director’s office. There were two signs hanging on the door. After entering, the outer room was the financial director’s office, and the independent office separated by a frosted glass wall was his chairman’s office.

From the layout and arrangement of the office, everyone could see that the relationship between Chen Feng and Wu Mengting was unusual. However, after all, Wu Mengting also had the title of chairman’s assistant, so it was reasonable to arrange the office like this.

However, Sun Xiaorui also had the title of chairman’s secretary, but her office was next door.

So, even if it was rumored in the company that Sun Xiaorui was the boss’s girlfriend, everyone could see that Wu Mengting’s position in the company was more transcendent. She was truly on an equal footing with Lu Sijia, the general manager, while Sun Xiaorui, the vice president, was obviously half a level lower. And Sun Xiaorui usually did not act like a boss’s wife at all.

Therefore, many people in the company did not believe the rumor that she was the boss’s girlfriend.

Chen Feng came out of the conference room with Wu Mengting and then entered the office together. Many people saw it, including Yang Wenqi, so she had no chance to strike up a conversation with Chen Feng, which made her very depressed now.

With Wu Mengting, the financial director, by Chen Feng’s side, and with the repulsion between the same sex, how could Yang Wenqi have a chance? At this time, there was no suitable excuse to go up, it was just self-inflicted humiliation.

After Chen Feng and Wu Mengting entered the office, Wu Mengting went to work on the financial budget of the crew of “Please Advise Me for the Rest of My Life.”

The male and female protagonists of the drama “Please Advise Me for the Rest of My Life” had been decided. Undoubtedly, Zhang Hang and Luo Yingying were chosen. The other supporting roles were still being selected, but the budget had to be made.

This was actually not Wu Mengting’s main job, but the work of the finance department and the film and television production department. But now that the film and television production department did not have a supervisor manager and was directly managed by Lu Sijia, the general manager, then Wu Mengting, the financial director, could only help with it.

In fact, besides being dedicated to her job, Wu Mengting also wanted to use this to get into the film and television production department, the core department of this company.

Of course, Chen Feng didn’t care about this. Lu Sijia, the boss, was actually not very concerned. It was of course good to have someone to share the workload for free.

Chen Feng went into his chairman’s office, opened the window facing the street, and then sat down on the boss’s chair with a plop. He turned slightly to the window, put one foot on the windowsill, and began to browse his phone in a very comfortable posture.

Thus, until the end of work, Chen Feng took a few senior executives of the company to Fumanlou for a good meal. When he got home, it was almost nine o’clock.

Through this dinner, the relationship between the senior executives of the company seemed to have become much closer.

After returning home and taking a pleasant bath with Sun Xiaorui, the two of them lay on the bed and talked for a while.

Sun Xiaorui seemed really tired and fell asleep not long after. Chen Feng couldn’t sleep for a while, so he picked up his phone and planned to read a novel before going to sleep.

Then, he received a WeChat message from Yang Wenqi.

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