Chapter 282: Big Pig’s Hoof

This day, Chen Feng, the boss, finally appeared in the company again.

The reason was simple. “River and Mountain Order,” the TV series that was originally transferred from Xinyao Film and Television, had finally passed the review of the relevant departments and obtained a license. It could be officially released.

This was undoubtedly very important good news, and it was even more exciting news for their newly established film and television company.

The company had been spending money all this time, but there was no income. This included the TV series “Please Advise Me for the Rest of My Life,” which had just started its project, and the money was flowing out like water.

Even an ordinary employee in the company knew that if the company kept spending money without any income, it would not last long, and their job would not last long either.

In fact, the treatment at Fengmang Film and Television was quite good, not worse than those of large entertainment companies. Everyone wanted to do a good job and work for a long time.

Now that the company was finally going to make money, everyone in the company was very happy.

When Chen Feng, the boss, came to the company, he saw that all the employees had happy expressions on their faces.

When he arrived at the conference room, except for him, all the other company backbones had arrived.

It was still Lu Sijia, the general manager, who presided over the meeting. After Chen Feng sat down in the main seat, she said with a happy face, “First of all, let’s welcome our boss with the warmest applause. After so many days, he has finally come to the company to report.”

After she finished speaking, Lu Sijia took the lead in applauding, and the others also applauded with smiles on their faces.

In fact, everyone could hear the teasing in Lu Sijia’s words, and it could even be said that there was a bit of resentment.

It was normal to think about it. Which company’s boss was as willful and Buddhist as Chen Feng, saying that he would not care about the company and then really not caring about it?

And this company had just been established, and Chen Feng, the boss, had not cared about it for more than ten days, let alone come to the company directly.

Having such a hands-off boss as Chen Feng, of course, everyone, including Lu Sijia, the general manager, felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

At first, Lu Sijia was definitely more happy, because the boss’s hands-off attitude undoubtedly showed that he trusted her, the general manager, very much. But after a long time, she felt that she was not valued by Chen Feng, the boss, and that they were left to fend for themselves.

Of course, Chen Feng also knew the resentment in everyone’s hearts, including the two women, Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting, who came back from work every day to see him. These two days, they had also complained to him that he, the boss, was too irresponsible. The company was just thrown to them, a few women, and then he completely ignored it.

So, of course, he would not be angry because of this. Instead, he smiled and nodded, pretending not to hear the meaning in Lu Sijia’s words.

“Thank you, thank you everyone. Everyone has worked hard these days.”

As soon as Chen Feng said this, they, the workers, could not say anything more.

Of course, Lu Sijia was also a person with a sense of propriety, so she immediately cut to the chase and said, “The biggest contributor to the successful review of the TV series ‘River and Mountain Order’ this time is our boss. Let’s once again express our most sincere respect and congratulations to our boss with the warmest applause.”

Under her lead, a round of applause sounded in the conference room again. This time, everyone was sincere.

Chen Feng could only express his thanks again, “Thank you, thank you everyone. We are all happy together. I believe everyone already knows the main content of this meeting, which is to sell our ‘River and Mountain Order’ for a good price.”

Lu Sijia interjected, “Yes, this is the theme of this meeting. Everyone can express their own opinions. How do you think we should sell this drama for a good price?”

The manager of the planning department, Xu Wei, spoke first, “At present, there are five major video websites in our country, but in my opinion, only two video websites are worth cooperating with, namely Youku and iQiyi. We should focus on contacting these two, and then make a decision after a comprehensive comparison.”

The manager of the publicity department, Pan Zhike, nodded in agreement, “I also agree with Manager Xu’s statement. However, we can also try to contact the other three video websites, and even some other small and medium-sized video websites. Maybe some of them are willing to pay a high price. It’s okay to contact them.”

Hu Rui said, “I know a vice president of iQiyi. I can contact her first.”

Lu Sijia nodded and said, “Okay, you contact this vice president first, and then our team will follow up with negotiations.”

Wu Mengting said, “I personally think Youku is more suitable. The reason is simple. The development of iQiyi’s website is very good, and it has always been ahead of iQiyi. And I believe that our ‘River and Mountain Order’ will be a hit, which can help Youku make a comeback.”

Lu Sijia nodded again and said, “General Manager Wu’s suggestion is not bad. If we want to start negotiations with them, we must clearly understand the subtle relationship between these video websites, especially iQiyi and Youku. They belong to different capital camps, and the competition between them is fierce. We can use this to negotiate with both sides at the same time, and the highest bidder wins.

“Of course, our focus next is on these two, but we can also try to contact other video websites. Maybe there are some who are very optimistic about our drama and are willing to pay a high price. Xu Wei and Pan Zhike, you two are responsible for this. As for Youku, I’ll have to trouble General Manager Wu to contact them.

“I want to make initial contact with them first, and then if they are interested, we can quote our psychological price. Then, everyone, what do you think our drama’s offer should be?”

This time, Sun Xiaorui, the chairman’s secretary and vice president, spoke first, “The initial investment cost of this drama was 20 million, but because the review was difficult, it has not been sold. This time, we were lucky to pass the review, so we must sell it for a good price. If it’s a buyout, I suggest the price should not be less than 50 million. I think it’s worth this price.”

Liu Ying, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, “I don’t agree with a buyout. I think a share is more conducive to maximizing the benefits of our drama. I believe everyone is very optimistic about this drama. Since we are all optimistic, we should not choose a buyout, but a share.”

“I also agree with the share method. Although I don’t like this drama very much personally, I also know that it is very suitable for the taste of young people now, especially those young girls. What’s more, this kind of web drama is very rare on the market at present, almost the first one. So, I also believe that it will become a hit, and choosing a share can maximize our interests.”

The company’s consultant, Zhao Guoqing, was indeed very considerate of his niece, Liu Ying, and immediately followed up.

Seeing this, Sun Xiaorui frowned and defended herself, “I didn’t say I wouldn’t choose a share. I just said that if the other party wants to choose a buyout, our minimum price should not be less than 50 million.”

Liu Ying retorted, “Fifty million? You think our drama is too cheap. In my opinion, our drama is worth at least 100 million. However, you are not familiar with the film and television industry, so it’s understandable.”

Sun Xiaorui was choked by Liu Ying’s words, but she was indeed not very familiar with the film and television industry. Her position as secretary and vice president was not in charge of film and television.

However, what right did Liu Ying have to say that? She herself should know very little. It was just that she was backed by Zhao Guoqing, a veteran filmmaker. Sun Xiaorui really couldn’t do anything about her, and it was even more difficult to directly confront her in the meeting.

Wu Mengting and Chen Feng knew about the “grudge” between the two of them, and the others had been colleagues for so long, so they had more or less seen it. The financial manager, Liu Ying, and the vice president, Sun Xiaorui, were not on good terms.

Now that Sun Xiaorui was silenced by Liu Ying, her expression was a little embarrassed.

Chen Feng was a little unhappy that Liu Ying brought her personal emotions to work. He frowned and said, “In terms of understanding the film and television industry, among those present, only General Manager Lu, Old Zhao, and Sister Hu understand it. Everyone is still in the learning stage. Liu Ying, you yourself should not be very knowledgeable, so don’t be too harsh.

“The price of not less than 50 million that Xiaorui just mentioned is more in line with my psychological expectations. But if the other party is really willing to spend 50 million to buy it out, I will definitely not agree. Unless the other party can give 70 to 80 million, I will consider it. But I believe that no video website will have such courage to spend so much money to buy it out. So, I think in the end they will also choose to cooperate with us in a share.”

Lu Sijia concluded, “My personal opinion is also inclined to a share cooperation. Under the condition of equal recommendation resources and price, we will give priority to exclusive cooperation with iQiyi, because at present, this video website has the highest daily active users.”

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This meeting lasted for about forty minutes. The content of the meeting was to discuss how to start contact and negotiation with those video websites. Under the auspices and assignment of Lu Sijia, the general manager, three working groups were formed to be responsible for different work content.

After the meeting, Lu Sijia and Chen Feng stayed behind to talk for a few minutes. They mainly talked about the psychological bottom price of this drama, and their respective preferences for cooperative websites.

Some more private business secrets were not good to be directly discussed in such a meeting. The two of them still had this sense of confidentiality.

After talking about business, Lu Sijia hesitated for a while, and finally couldn’t help but ask, “Boss, what is the relationship between you and Sun Xiaorui, Wu Mengting, and that Liu Ying?”

In fact, she was mainly asking about the relationship between Liu Ying and Chen Feng. She knew that Wu Mengting was Chen Feng’s god-sister. Chen Feng had introduced her to her like this a long time ago. But according to her many years of observation, she could see that there should be no affair between Wu Mengting and Chen Feng.

And Sun Xiaorui was undoubtedly Chen Feng’s woman. Chen Feng did not introduce Sun Xiaorui to her as his girlfriend, and Sun Xiaorui herself did not say so to others, so Sun Xiaorui should be Chen Feng’s mistress.

And Liu Ying usually behaved in the company as if she was not on good terms with Sun Xiaorui, and she had long told others that she was Chen Feng’s university classmate, almost saying that the two had an affair.

Lu Sijia couldn’t help but ask now, mainly because she wanted to confirm it, so that she would have a number in her heart in the future. After all, she was the general manager of the company and had to have some understanding of the people in the company’s leadership.

Facing this question, Chen Feng looked at her, and finally answered truthfully, “Mengting is my god-sister. There’s nothing between us. Xiaorui is my woman. We are currently living together. Liu Ying is my university classmate, and now she can be considered my woman. So, you know, there’s a little conflict between Xiaorui and Liu Ying. I don’t have a good way to deal with this.

“As long as they don’t make too much trouble, I can only turn a blind eye. Of course, if they make too much trouble, I won’t spoil them either. Especially in the company, I don’t allow them to mess around with each other and be at loggerheads. I will warn them when I go back. In this regard, you, the general manager, should also properly persuade them.”

Hearing this, Lu Sijia couldn’t help but roll her eyes and said angrily, “They are all your boss’s women. What am I, an outsider? Can they listen to me? Maybe if they blow some pillow talk and say bad things about me, I’ll be in big trouble.”

Chen Feng said with some embarrassment, “You can’t say that. In the company, you, the general manager, have a higher position than them. They must listen to you. In short, they can’t mix public and private affairs in the company and affect the normal operation of the company. If they make trouble in the future, you have to manage them. If you can’t manage them, just call me.”

“You’d better let me go. If your two women really make trouble, how can I manage them? At most, I’ll call you then. Alright, I’m leaving.”

Lu Sijia left the conference room with obvious emotion. Of course, she had some emotions. Although she had guessed it long ago, now that this guess was confirmed, she still couldn’t help but feel angry in her heart.

The reason was simple. She originally had a certain good impression of Chen Feng, this fellow countryman. After all, they were both single, and they were still from the same hometown. Now, one was the boss and the other was the general manager. It was inevitable that she would have some thoughts in her heart.

But now, Chen Feng had two intimate relationships, and there was also Wu Mengting, a god-sister, who was obviously entangled with Chen Feng. She didn’t know how many others she didn’t know.

Although this kind of thing was not uncommon in today’s society, it happened to Chen Feng, whom she was more optimistic about, which inevitably made her feel a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Men, especially rich men, are indeed big pig’s hoofs!

With this unhappy mood, Lu Sijia returned to her office with a sullen face.

Looking at Lu Sijia’s departing back, Chen Feng stood up helplessly. In fact, he had more or less seen it, but they were all very mature adults, and some things were really not good to be said out loud.

He still admired Lu Sijia’s work ability very much, and he couldn’t let her leave because of some personal reasons.

He opened the door of the conference room and just walked out when he saw Yang Wenqi coming from the opposite side. Both of them were stunned.

Chen Feng certainly had an impression of a great beauty like Yang Wenqi, and it was a relatively deep impression. There was no way. People always have a deep memory of beautiful things, and he was no exception.

“Why are you here?”

Chen Feng asked in surprise first.

“Why can’t I be here? On the contrary, why are you here? By the way, your name is Chen Feng, right? Our boss is also called this name… You, you’re not the boss, are you?”

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(End of chapter)