Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

On his first day back in Lenghai, Li Shuo originally planned to "lazy" at Shuoguo Manor with two beautiful girls, but the plan was only half executed when the two girls slipped away.

Reba hadn't been back to Lenghai for a long time, and she had her own circle of friends to visit. In addition, her family members came to Lenghai in the afternoon, so naturally she wanted to stay with them.

Bai Lu, however, simply "ran away." Although she and Reba worked well together and were very open in front of Li Shuo—a young, beautiful girl with the potential to become a star, whose mouth was full of vulgarities—Bai Lu was ultimately different from Reba. The latter had truly enjoyed Li Shuo's things, while Bai Lu was truly naive!

So, once Reba left, Little White Rabbit suddenly realized she was facing the Big Bad Wolf alone. She fled in panic to the Cold Art Training Center, only calling Li Shuo afterwards to report the situation, her tone, of course, returning to its arrogant and haughty manner…

Li Shuo was quite happy about this. He even felt that when he was with these two girls, he felt less lust and more genuine emotions.

At 2 PM, Jiang Shuying called to ask when Li Shuo would return to school. Li Shuo gave a vague answer, which made Jiang Shuying anxious. She blurted out, "You haven't been to school for so long, don't you miss me?"

In short, it exposes their true intentions.

After a moment of laughter, Li Shuo immediately said, "How about I stay in the apartment across from Lengxi tonight?"

"Pah, who cares if you come here!" That was exactly where Jiang Shuying was staying temporarily.

After hanging up the phone, Li Shuo sighed: Every time he had something important to do last night, or after achieving a certain goal, he felt like "there are many things to do, but I can't muster any interest in sex".

Logically speaking, Leng Hai has countless things that he needs to do personally. He has the Shuoguo system for official business and many fish for personal matters. Moreover, some of these things are not only important but also simple, and are even things that many people envy.

But as the man behind the goddess, Li Shuo sometimes really felt like throwing up...

To put it bluntly, it's because the more enjoyment one has, the higher the threshold becomes. Of course, there's also the reason of a lack of goals recently.

With this in mind, Li Shuo decided to find himself a goal. After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone and called the three heads of the secretariat.

"Shu Ting, has the framework been set up for the car company at Tianjin Port? How's the person in charge?"

"It's just a car dealership. The framework is easy to set up, and it's even running smoothly now. The only problem is that our supply channels are completely dependent on Han Dazhi, and Han Dazhi's channels come from XL Motors in South Korea. The large batch of luxury cars we received before were original orders from XL Motors. XL Motors is also an agent, and the prices they offered weren't very favorable... In any case, if a car dealership wants to move upmarket, it still needs to establish a supply channel with the original equipment manufacturers of major brands..."

……

"Linlin, is the Hangzhou branch already operational? Is it going smoothly?"

"With President Lu personally overseeing things, things naturally went very smoothly. The main reason is that Hangzhou is not far from Lenghai, so any resources needed can be directly transferred from headquarters... However, we have high expectations for the training base in Hangzhou. We hope it can evolve into a true influencer production center. This cannot be achieved simply by piling up resources; it requires a long period of refinement and patient cultivation..."

Feng Linlin's speaking style has taken on some workplace characteristics, making her appear more professional.

Among the fish, Feng Linlin is a rare case of someone with a low starting point. She pursued Li Shuo relentlessly, even sleeping with him, before being assigned to XiuTu.com. Initially, she gained some popularity as a model, but she was just a model-online celebrity, not really a respectable figure. Later, Li Shuo threw her into the "SC Club Headquarters Construction Project," where she barely managed to stay on thanks to Wang Ziyun's help. Now, she's been assigned to Li Shuo's secretary's office, rising from a personal secretary to the current head of the Hangzhou branch...

The change happened subtly, without Li Shuo noticing it until now, out of sheer boredom, he suddenly realized that the girl who had once kissed him in the coffee shop had undergone several dramatic transformations in less than a year…

My fish have made such great progress, I can't afford to give up!

Li Shuo felt slightly provoked by Feng Linlin, so he temporarily put aside his call to Yuan Ke, waved for Li Qinghe, and prepared the car to leave Shuoguo Manor...

A moment later, the Rolls-Royce stopped at the main entrance of the theater, and some students stopped to watch.

"Tsk, a Rolls-Royce, guess who it's here to pick up?"

"No matter who it's picking up, this car is hard to park!"

After six months of renovations, there are no parking spaces on the road in front of Lengxi. No matter what kind of luxury car it is, it can only stop briefly at the entrance. These renovations have given the male students of Lengxi a sense of relief and have also contributed to Li Shuo's high prestige on campus.

But this time was different. There were four parking spaces marked on each side of the school's main gate, which were usually occupied by parking posts. The Rolls-Royce had only been parked on the side of the road for a short while when a security guard ran out, moved one of the posts, and bowed to greet the person inside the car.

"Shuo-ge'er is back! Come here, stop here..."

The security guard was a newcomer whom Li Shuo didn't recognize, but he still got out of the car with a smile, gestured to Li Qinghe, and the latter handed him a pack of cigarettes...

"Shuo-ge'er!" "It's Li Shuo back!"

"Brother Shuo got a new car again?"

The atmosphere was indeed different between Leng Xizhi and Li Shuo. As soon as Li Shuo got out of the car, he was greeted by many people. Perhaps most of them were just following the crowd, but Li Shuo still felt a surge of energy: In this life, isn't it all about saving face?

"Hello everyone"

Li Shuo nodded and greeted his classmates, but instead of returning to the academy, he turned around and went to the headquarters of Shuoguo across the street, or more accurately, Li Shuo Studio: the original offices of Shuoguo Culture, Trade and other companies have now moved to the Hongqiao headquarters. The only thing left here is Li Shuo Studio, which cannot be moved. Its low-level employees are art students from Lengxi, and they are all part-time, so they cannot go to the far-away Hongqiao.

"Shuo-ge'er's back!" "Hello, Boss!"

The people in the studio greeted Li Shuo warmly, mostly addressing him as "Brother Shuo" since most were classmates. Surrounded by them, Li Shuo became interested and began conducting random "boss inspections." "Hey classmate, what kind of project are you working on?"

"This is a project to adapt an online novel into a screenplay. Have you read 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'?"

"I've seen it. How was this adapted into a script? I remember the original novel was quite long..."

"Hey, that's easy. Just divide it into N parts according to the plot. What I'm writing now is the first part, 'Chronicles of the Nine-Story Demon Tower'..."

"you alone?"

"Of course not. I'm only responsible for scripting. Well, our 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' team has four people in total. One person's job is to formalize the online novel, simplifying its content and turning it into a pure story. After his job is finished, it's my turn and another person's turn. We each do scripting and comic book adaptation, and the last person is responsible for reviewing and revising..."

"Doesn't this mean that the last person has the heaviest workload?"

"Of course, this kind of thing is usually done by Senior Cao Guanhai..."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuo nodded and then continued searching for the next person.

By the time Yuan Ke arrived, Li Shuo had already learned about the three projects the studio was currently working on.

Yuan Ke ushered him into the inner office and asked with a smile, "How was the Big Boss's inspection of the studio? Is there anything we can improve our work on?"

"Not bad. The studio can smoothly turn art-related work into assembly-line products, which has already achieved its purpose! Yuan Ke, this is entirely your achievement. However, now that the studio is operating smoothly, have you considered going to headquarters? Like Wei Shuting and Feng Linlin, you could hold a senior management position in the Shuoguo Group and play a greater role in the future..."

Since Wei Shuting and Feng Linlin are going to the Beijing and Hangzhou branches, they will not just go there with the titles of secretary or team leader. Instead, they will get part-time positions such as vice president or president's assistant of Shuoguo Group. In this way, they can cover many branches within their authority.

Yuan Ke hesitated for a moment and said, "But what will happen to the studio if I leave?"

"Just leave it to Lu Ailin, she really enjoys art-related work..."

"Her? Well, if the studio continues to focus solely on business within the group, Eileen is fine..."

Hearing this, Li Shuo laughed. Eileen was a typical artsy young woman; she really wasn't suited for business.

He patted Yuan Ke on the shoulder, smiled gently, and said, "It's alright. With the current development speed of Shuoguo Culture, the studio won't be able to take on external business in the future."

Li Shuo Studio was entirely a product he created to compensate for his lack of energy. Moreover, his copying of works from his previous life was more to satisfy certain spiritual needs than simply for profit or to become a plagiarist.

That concluded the discussion about the studio, and Yuan Ke then began to report on the events and changes that had occurred in Leng Hai over the past period.

"With the opening of the Hongqiao headquarters, Shuoguo Group was officially established, and the group headquarters has moved into the new building. Although it was previously just an empty shell, we have been selecting talent from our subsidiaries and have now established relevant departments such as finance and human resources. In addition, its main business used to be investment, so the financial investment department has been retained..."

"Now all that remains is to hold another fruitful meeting to clarify the positions of the senior executives in the group, and then the Fruitful Group will truly begin to operate..."

In fact, the Shuoguo Group is already operating quite well. For example, Min Yuerou has always been the chief financial manager of the Shuoguo Group. Now that the Shuoguo Group has become a real entity, she naturally took on the role of "Minister of Finance". There is also He Yun. Although she didn't pay much attention to the personnel of other subsidiaries before, many of the core employees of the Shuoguo Group actually came from the former Wanjia Real Estate Brokerage Company. He Yun has always been their leader, and now she naturally takes on the role of the Minister of Human Resources of the Shuoguo Group.

To put it simply, all large corporations originally grew from small companies. It was only after the people who performed these key functions were there that the nominal corporate framework was established.

"Shuoguo Group's subsidiaries, Shuoguo Trading and Shuoguo Technology, are operating smoothly with continued substantial monthly profits. It's worth mentioning Shuoguo Technology; under Zhou Baichuan's leadership, the mobile phone screen protectors manufactured at Shuoguo Technology's Plant 1 received a large number of orders as soon as they were shipped. It's foreseeable that Shuoguo Technology's future performance and profits will surpass those of its parent company, Shuoguo Trading..."

"But in terms of influence, the entire Shuoguo Group combined is no match for Shuoguo Culture. Since the release of 'Invisible Guardian' at the beginning of the year, Shuoguo Culture has become a well-known film and game production company in the industry. It's a pity that X signed with Sony's agency, otherwise Shuoguo Culture would definitely have reached a higher level..."

Hearing this, Li Shuo interrupted, "Is it only because of the influence of 'The Invisible Guardian'? What about other projects? What about the online brokerage business?"

Yuan Ke glanced at the documents and replied, "The online talent agency business is also developing well, but it can only be considered as steady growth. The e-sports commentators, led by Miss, have now become regular guests on PLU and NOETV, but they are only popular in the gaming field. In terms of influence outside, they are actually not as good as Bai Lu, whom we have been carefully cultivating..."

Li Shuo then realized that it was only 11 years ago. Although e-sports was popular, it would still need to wait until Douyu was established and live streaming entered every household before it could reach mainstream popularity.

Given that Li Shuo was a loser who loved watching live streams in his previous life, many of the arrangements he made for Shuoguo Culture in this life actually focused on the online aspect.

Only Reba and Bailu are celebrities; most of the others are actually internet celebrities. Whether it's Miss, the first one they signed, or Sherry, who was signed recently, it will take them about 2-5 years to develop. It will take 12 years for the online live streaming industry to flourish and for them to gradually enter the public eye. It will take 14 years for these people to truly become internet celebrities.

Upon thinking of this, Li Shuo's hard-won enthusiasm instantly vanished, and he waved his hand weakly, saying, "What about 'The Temptation of Returning Home'? Is it finished editing? Has it been sold?"

"Forehead"

Yuan Ke thought for a moment before answering, "Because of the 'X's New Song' tag, several TV stations contacted us. However, when they learned that 'The Temptation of Returning Home' was divided into two parts, with the first part having 35 episodes and the second part expected to have 40 episodes, they were still hesitant... And because public opinion about X changed afterward, the TV stations became even more hesitant, even..."

As he spoke, Yuan Ke handed the tablet computer to Li Shuo: "Mango TV also posted a Weibo post today. Although it didn't explicitly say that X spread rumors, it denied X's claims..."

This is the latest post from the official Weibo account of "Mango TV": A solemn declaration: Rumors regarding the station introducing new projects are not true... (End of Chapter)