After the divorce, I started to transfer

Wu Mengting entrusted Ren Ziyu with the follow-up matters of signing Yan Baiqiu, and was very confident that Ren Ziyu could handle the matter. First of all, Fengmang Film and Television now has a great reputation in the industry, and as a peer, they will generally give them face.

Secondly, there's Ren Ziyu's personal network. The company had some trouble getting approval for the TV series, but thanks to Ren Ziyu's connections, it was approved very quickly.

To put it bluntly, Ren Ziyu knows people in the film and television censorship department, and they have very strong connections.

Since she was able to help her own company's film and television works pass the review process as quickly as possible, she could certainly prevent other companies' film and television works from passing the review process as well.

Having been rejected and looked down upon by Cao Hongsheng, Ren Ziyu was already quite unhappy and naturally wanted to retaliate and teach Cao Hongsheng a lesson.

But this is clearly not the main reason why she deliberately used her connections to make things difficult for Xinyao Media.

As mentioned earlier, Wu Mengting entrusted her with the task of signing Yan Baiqiu. As the general manager of Fengmang Film and Television, she was paid a high salary and would receive a year-end bonus if she did a good job. Of course, she had to do this job well and complete the task.

After all, this matter was actually started by Chen Feng, the boss. If she messed it up or didn't handle it well, she would definitely lose points with Chen Feng and be looked down upon by Wu Mengting.

Therefore, after learning about the film and television projects that Xinyao Media had recently invested in and produced, Ren Ziyu called one of her father's students, who happened to work in the film and television review department.

Ren Ziyu then told him about two film and television projects of Xinyao Media, a movie and a TV series, both of which were invested and produced by their company and are currently going through the review process.

Ren Ziyu felt that the other party's period suspense film promoted feudal superstition, and that idol drama promoted campus romance.

This can be considered a legitimate report. After hearing what she said, her senior colleague said he would strictly review the two film and television works produced by Xinyao Media. If what Ren Ziyu said is true, then these two films and television dramas will certainly not pass the review.

So, around 3 p.m., Cao Hongsheng received the news that the two film and television works of their company that were going through the review process had been stuck and would be sent back by the next working day at the latest.

To put it simply, neither of their company's two film and television productions passed the censorship process.

Cao Hongsheng quickly inquired through his personal connections and learned that the head of the department in charge of review had personally determined the nature of their company's two film and television works. The film involved feudal superstition, and the TV series involved high school romance, or puppy love, which were definitely against the rules.

Given this characterization, even if their company takes it back and makes significant revisions, it will be difficult to pass the second review.

Since the other party rejected both films and television shows outright based on their themes, how could they possibly revise them? Were they supposed to just delete all the content?

Moreover, further editing and re-editing would severely damage the quality of these two works. Even if the original works weren't top-tier in terms of quality, re-editing and re-editing them would undoubtedly make them even worse.

Fortunately, Cao Hongsheng received the news in advance. Today is Sunday, and the review department needs to go through the process. The earliest they can issue a notice that the review has failed is tomorrow, a working day.

In this way, Cao Hongsheng still has time and opportunity to conduct public relations and salvage the situation.

He first contacted the friend in the review department who had informed him of the news, asking him to help find out why that leader specifically wanted to define the two film and television works produced by their company.

This friend did not disappoint him. After waiting for just over half an hour, he found out that someone had reported his company's two works to that leader and asked him if he had offended anyone recently.

Moreover, the person he offended was clearly not an ordinary person; ordinary people wouldn't have the ability to directly report him to their department head.

Cao Hongsheng hadn't initially thought of Ren Ziyu; he didn't think he had offended her on the phone earlier.

Besides, he believed he had already given Fengmang Films and Ren Ziyu a lot of face, saying that as long as Chen Feng came to Beijing in person to discuss the matter, he was willing to halve Yan Baiqiu's breach of contract penalty, which was considered very sincere in the industry. After all, it was a reduction of 30 million, which was a substantial sum of money.

So, at first, he racked his brains and thought of all the people he might have offended. Their Xinyao Media had been established for twelve years, and in such a long time, they must have offended a lot of people. He analyzed all the people he had offended and then listed two who were the most suspicious.

Then, he called the two prime suspects to test them. It turned out that these two were probably not the ones who reported their company.

With no other option, he had to once again leverage his connections and financial resources, and after much effort, he finally obtained a concrete lead: the person who reported their company was a woman from Xiuzhou who had a very good relationship with their department head.

If it were just one woman, Cao Hongsheng might not have thought of Ren Ziyu, but with Xiuzhou added to the mix, he finally thought of Fengmang Film and Television, Yan Baiqiu, and Ren Ziyu. He remembered that he had indeed offended her somewhat on the phone, his words having been perfunctory and disrespectful.

Especially after he called Ren Ziyu and was hung up on, and when he called a second time and she didn't answer, he became even more convinced that the person who reported their company was Ren Ziyu.

Sure enough, after just a few words of probing, he was basically convinced that he hadn't made a mistake in choosing the right person.

This made him feel angry, helpless, and apprehensive at the same time.

The legendary ruthless figure in the industry, Chen Feng, hasn't even made a move yet, but one of his professional managers already has such deep connections that he's directly seized his weakness, forcing him to bow down.

It's worth noting that for these two films, the total investment was 2.1 million yuan, of which their company contributed 1.2 million yuan. The television series was entirely funded by their company at 1.5 million yuan, with several of the main male and female stars receiving salaries as high as 8000 million yuan each.

If neither of these two films or television series can be released smoothly, their company will lose 2.7 million yuan, which will cripple them. Not to mention the series of chain reactions that will result.

Therefore, Cao Hongsheng has no choice but to back down this time, and he has to do so before tomorrow's workday.

Ren Ziyu, on the other hand, was somewhat surprised that Cao Hongsheng had surrendered so quickly, and felt little sense of accomplishment.

Therefore, she didn't argue with the other party much and directly said, "Twelve million in breach of contract fees, and two supporting roles for male or female characters in film and television dramas."

This was the initial offer Ren Ziyu made to the other party, not the later offer of 15 million.

Cao Hongsheng gritted his teeth secretly, but he still readily agreed: "Okay, that's the condition. Then, you can call the head of the review department later and have your report withdrawn."

Ren Ziyu immediately feigned ignorance and said, "What report? I don't know what you're talking about. However, I don't think anyone would report someone for no reason."

Upon hearing this, Cao Hongsheng inwardly cursed, but could only agree, saying, "You're right, no one reports another person without a reason."

Ren Ziyu then said, "So, when do you think we should terminate the contract with Yan Baiqiu?"

Cao Hongsheng gritted his teeth, trying hard to suppress the urge to curse. His face was extremely ugly, but his tone remained calm: "If it is convenient for your company, we can terminate the contract with Yan Baiqiu today."

"Today? It's already evening, do you think you'll make it?" Ren Ziyu asked, somewhat surprised. She was genuinely surprised; she hadn't expected the other person to be even more anxious than she was.

"There's still time. I'll take a plane to Hengdian right away. It only takes two hours." Cao Hongsheng's tone was relaxed, but his face was extremely grim.

Ren Ziyu, however, was rather serious and said, "There is no airport in Hengdian. You will have to transfer, and it will take at least three or four hours to get to Hengdian."

Cao Hongsheng could only suppress his anger and said, "Well, that's about right."

Ren Ziyu said in a relaxed tone, "Alright then, if you're in such a hurry, I don't object. Just take the contract to Hengdian and find Yan Baiqiu. After your company terminates the contract with her, we will keep our word."

"Alright, I believe you. I hope the complaint against our company will be withdrawn tomorrow."

“I hope so.” Ren Ziyu chuckled and then said, “Don’t worry, as long as there aren’t any major problems with your company’s two film and television works, they should be able to pass the censorship.”

"Then I accept your good advice."

"Okay, then let's do it that way. I'll wait for your news."

"Okay, I'll buy a plane ticket to Hengdian right now."

"President Cao, you are truly remarkable. Your decisiveness is admirable." Ren Ziyu knew that the other party must be very angry at this moment, so she rarely praised him.

"You flatter me. I hope we can meet sometime so I can see your charisma, Mr. Ren."

Cao Hongsheng's words were not just polite or sarcastic; he genuinely wanted to meet Ren Ziyu, since he had suffered a great loss this time, but he still didn't know what she looked like.

"Let's talk about it another time. That's all for now."

Ren Ziyu clearly had no interest in meeting him and hung up the phone immediately after speaking.

Without even saying goodbye, Cao Hongsheng became even angrier, his face turning even more astonished, and he almost smashed his phone.

After calming down a bit, he immediately called his female secretary to buy him a plane ticket and then called his male assistant to go to the company to pick up Yan Baiqiu's contract. He also instructed his assistant to print out a contract termination agreement as requested.

After making these arrangements, he finally couldn't resist and picked up his phone, smashing it to the ground, instantly shattering the iPhone's screen.

This finally eased his mind a little. Otherwise, he would have felt incredibly frustrated.

He had never suffered such a loss in his entire life, yet he had no way to retaliate, or rather, he dared not retaliate.

Chen Feng, the big boss of Fengmang Film and Television, hasn't even made a move yet, but this woman named Ren Ziyu under him has already given him a hard time and prevented him from even thinking about revenge.

Because they have strong connections with the auditing department, they can't afford to offend them if their company wants to continue operating in this industry.

……

In the morning, Chen Feng's stubborn biological clock woke him up automatically. He turned his head to look at Zhang Jingwen, who was still sleeping next to him. Her mouth was slightly open, and there were traces of drool at the corners of her mouth.

She looked not ugly at all while sleeping; in fact, she was kind of cute. Chen Feng even wanted to take a picture of her with his phone.

But in the end, I decided against it.

I quietly got out of bed, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then came out of the bedroom to the large balcony in the living room. Opening the window, I could see the Donghu Lake a hundred meters away, and the air was quite fresh.

He didn't intend to go out for a run or exercise, but instead did a hundred push-ups on the balcony and ten minutes of burpees, finally managing to break a light sweat.

And so, today's morning exercise is over.

Afraid of waking Zhang Jingwen who was still sleeping, Chen Feng went to the bathroom in another room to take a shower, and then came to the kitchen wrapped in a bath towel.

When I opened the refrigerator, I found that there wasn't much food inside. Besides a few cartons of milk, there was only one carton of eggs. There were no vegetables or fruits at all.

Open the freezer compartment below; it's completely empty.

This is indeed Zhang Jingwen's lifestyle. She has never cooked since she was a child, and after becoming a celebrity, there is even less need for her to cook.

Besides, she doesn't actually live here permanently, so there's no need for her to always keep food in the refrigerator.

Chen Feng wasn't angry about it; he was quite easygoing. He checked the milk's expiration date and found it had a long shelf life and hadn't expired yet. As for the eggs, he picked them up and let them rest for a bit. He felt that the yolks hadn't broken, so they should be fine.

So, Chen Feng, unusually, cooked a meal, frying eggs and heating milk.

The kitchen here is quite well-equipped, with cooking oil and frying pans.

Chen Feng easily fried five eggs, then heated the milk in the microwave, and breakfast was ready in no time.

He only ate three fried eggs, intending to save the remaining two for Zhang Jingwen.

Just as he was finishing his meal, Zhang Jingwen woke up and came looking for him. Seeing him eating eggs, she approached him with curiosity and apology, saying, "Boss, I'm sorry, I didn't prepare anything to eat. Did you fry these eggs?"

Chen Feng nodded: "Of course I fried them. Who else would have?"

"You're amazing." Zhang Jingwen looked at him with admiration.

Chen Feng said, somewhat speechless, "Is frying a few eggs considered impressive?"

Zhang Jingwen said, "In my eyes, being able to fry an egg is really impressive."

The flattery was poorly executed, but Chen Feng didn't mind and just accepted it.

"Alright, are you hungry? I saved two fried eggs for you. Go heat up the milk yourself."

"Am I included too?" Zhang Jingwen asked with a look of surprise.

"Of course, if you don't mind, please sit down and eat."

"Of course I don't mind. I'll get my chopsticks right away and start eating right away."

Zhang Jingwen happily went to the kitchen to get chopsticks, not even bothering to heat up the milk, and came over to eat the fried eggs first.

This egg was fried by Chen Feng himself, so Zhang Jingwen felt it had special meaning. She took a bite and found it especially delicious.

"It's so delicious! I've never had such a good fried egg before," Zhang Jingwen praised as she ate.

Chen Feng asked with a smile, "You probably rarely ate this kind of fried egg before, right?"

Zhang Jingwen nodded: "I rarely eat it, mainly because I feel it's too oily, but now I really think it tastes great, much better than boiled eggs."

"I'm happy with what you eat. I've finished eating, and I'll go heat up some milk for you."

"Okay, thank you."

When Zhang Jingwen saw that Chen Feng was going to heat up milk for her, her eyes crinkled into crescent moons with joy.

Chen Feng had never been so gentle and considerate towards her before, especially since he stayed overnight with her last night.

This finally gave her the feeling of living and dating Chen Feng, which she found incredibly precious.

Chen Feng quickly heated up a glass of milk for her and brought it over to her.

Zhang Jingwen said thank you again, happily picked up the milk and took a sip, feeling a warmth that went straight to her heart.

Chen Feng, without giving it much thought, immediately reminded her, "When you go to Shanghai to film this time, don't go against Zhang Yuxi. After this film, I think you two might not have many opportunities to work together again, so cherish it. You can compete openly and honestly, showcasing your acting skills, but you can't quarrel or sabotage each other behind the scenes. If I find out, I definitely won't let you off easily." (End of Chapter)