Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Even though his family had gone through such a great calamity, Zhang Xiang still had Zhang Nianhua to clean up his mess, so he didn't improve at all!

At this, Zhang Nianhua's heart was completely broken!

This time, he didn't beat or scold Zhang Xiang. He kept him by his side all day. At 5 p.m., Fu Chengguo called him to arrange a time and place to meet.

At 7 p.m., Zhang Nianhua and Zhang Xiang arrived at the hotel on time.

As soon as the door to the private room opened, a noisy commotion came from inside. Zhang Nianhua glanced around and saw that Fu Chengguo and Xie Yunyi, the two shareholders of Yunguo, were there, along with other people from Lenghai's local cultural circles.

"Li Shao's script for 'The Disguiser' is absolutely brilliant!"

"That's right, Young Master Li's artistic talent is so great that it's sought after by international companies like Sony!"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. The outside world doesn't know that X is Young Master Li."

In the center of the crowd sat a handsome young man, none other than Li Shuo!
"He... he also had Wei Ni and Zheng Yingshan with him!"

Zhang Xiang, standing beside him, stammered something, and then Zhang Nianhua's gaze shot over fiercely, burning with boundless anger! Zhang Xiang immediately fell silent.

Good evening, everyone...

Zhang Nianhua took a deep breath and strode into the room, but the further he walked, the more hunched his back became. By the time he reached the center of the table, he was completely bent over. He stretched out his hands and said humbly, "Young Master Li, I am Zhang Nianhua..."

Li Shuo looked up at him, shook his hand, and said modestly, "Mr. Zhang, there's no need for that. We've met before, and in fact, you're my senior..."

"No, no, no, there are no seniors or juniors in our line of work. It's all about who's capable first, who's capable first..."

"Do"

"Uh, okay"

Just as Zhang Xiang was about to follow Zhang Nianhua and sit at the back, Zhang Nianhua turned around and glanced at him. Zhang Xiang stood up as if he had been electrocuted, and went to stand behind him...

He vaguely saw Zheng Yingshan smile slightly, her lips curling into a mocking smile.

However, Zhang Xiang could only lower his head and pretend not to see, because now he vaguely understood that he would fall from a privileged rich kid to an ordinary person, and from now on, he would no longer have the right to sit in front of Li Shuo...

In fact, Zhang Xiang was overthinking things. Zheng Yingshan didn't even notice her ex-boyfriend. Li Shuo did see him, but he didn't care at all. He didn't even notice Zhang Nianhua's arrival!

Yunguo was established last year by him, Fu Chengguo, and Tang Yunyi. Because the latter two are more famous in the industry, few people know that Li Shuo is its major shareholder. But from then on, Li Shuo began to use Yunguo to dig a pit for Century Huayue!

"The Disguiser" is the copyright of Li Shuo Studio. When Yun Guo uses it to build a new project, the first procedure is to pay the studio a hefty copyright fee, plus a share of the profits later! It can be said that Li Shuo can control various costs with just this one item. In the end, even if "The Disguiser" can sell for hundreds of millions of yuan, after deducting "operating" expenses, the profit share for shareholders will still be negative.

In other words, when Century Huayue decided to invest in "The Disguiser", the Zhang family father and son were completely at their mercy!

Yesterday, Li Shuo casually told You Dongjie to go to Zhang Xiang to collect the debt. It would be good to get the shares from Zhang Xiang, but even if he only got back the money he lent out, it would exacerbate the Zhang family's financial difficulties. Either way, he would not lose.

Today, when Li Shuo received a call from Fu Chengguo and learned that Zhang Nianhua was eager to apologize to him, he knew that the situation seemed to be even more perfect than he had expected!

After sitting down, Zhang Nianhua kept saying nice things with his head down. First, he praised Li Shuo as a rare young talent in Leng Hai, and then he praised him for his outstanding talent and ability. Whether it was writing or running the company, he did everything perfectly and thoughtfully.

After praising it for a long time, he finally got to the point: "I'm getting old. Century Huayue has been stagnant under my management for many years. I really want to hand it over to Young Master Li. I believe that Young Master Li can do a better job than I can. With your abilities, Young Master Li, you can definitely make its performance take off again..."

"Mr. Zhang, you flatter me. Century Huayue has been established for many years and is a leading company in the film and television score industry. All of this is thanks to Mr. Zhang..."

"No, no, I can't compare to you... I just want to find a wise leader like Young Master Li for it..."

"Well, that's not quite right. I'm not the type to arbitrarily take over other people's companies..."

"How can you call it an annexation? If Century Huayue had a spirit, it would surely submit to your patronage..."

"Well, how about this? What's your valuation of Century Huayue? Let's make a price, and I'll buy your shares..."

This dialogue is like an ancient powerful minister who wanted to usurp the throne, but still refused three times when his lackeys urged him to take the throne!
Sitting next to him were Fu Chengguo, Tang Yunyi, and others, all people in the industry. Everyone knew that Li Shuo and Century Huayue were at odds! Not to mention, just recently, Huayue's subsidiary, Huayue Daily, had criticized X's film and television adaptation song!
It's obvious that Li Shuo used some unknown means to subdue Zhang Nianhua!

Upon realizing this, the voices in the room lowered somewhat: Zhang Nianhua's previous status and position were similar to theirs. Since Li Shuo could subdue Zhang Nianhua, he also had the power to subdue them!
"Since Young Master Li says he wants to buy, I naturally wouldn't dare to refuse. How about this, Century Huayue's business is not doing well, so I can only sell it to Young Master Li at a discount! 3000 million for 38% of my shares. What do you think of this price, Young Master Li?"

Upon hearing Zhang Nianhua's offer, the room fell even quieter: although Zhang Nianhua had approached them first, no one had expected the offer to be so low! At its peak, Century Huayue was worth around 2 million, right? How much of a discount is this?

Li Shuo thought for a moment and said, "3000 million is too low. I'll add 2000 million, so I'll buy your shares for 5000 million!"

"Young Master Li is so generous!"

Zhang Nianhua breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards Li Shuo!

After all, what we say now will translate into real money in the future, and we can't be polite or dishonest about it.

Given the current situation at Century Huayue, if he were to sell his shares to other acquaintances, they might be worth 5000 million yuan. However, selling them to others would mean that he still wouldn't be able to resolve his conflict with Li Shuo!

In other words, his previous offer of 30 million was a plea for mercy, and Li Shuo not only accepted his plea for mercy, but also gave him almost double that amount!
This is true grandeur!
In this situation, Li Shuo said again, "Let Zhang Xiang pay off his debts with his own shares."

"Of course, thank you very much, Young Master Li!"

As Zhang Nianhua spoke, he turned to look at Zhang Xiang and scolded, "What are you all standing there for? Come over and thank Young Master Li!" In an instant, Zhang Xiang saw that everyone's eyes were on him!
Most of those unaware of the truth looked at him with a mixture of scrutiny and disdain, because Li Shuo had mentioned "debt," which naturally led them to make connections.

Zheng Yingshan looked at him directly for the first time, but her gaze remained unmoved. Meanwhile, Wei Ni, another school beauty sitting on Li Shuo's lap, looked at him with more surprise, as if to say: Isn't this Zhang Xiang from our school? How did he end up like this?
"me……"

Zhang Xiang stepped forward, trembling, and then bowed deeply to Li Shuo: "Thank you...Young Master Li."

Although he felt humiliated by Li Shuo time and time again, Zhang Xiang was really just a spoiled rich kid who had been pampered by his parents. From beginning to end, he only dared to rage in his private life...

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, I'll send someone to Century Huayue to sign the contract tomorrow..."

Li Shuo nodded lightly. With that, Zhang Nianhua quickly got up to say goodbye, pulled Zhang Xiang along, and respectfully left the private room...

"Congratulations! Young Master Li has acquired Century Huayue, which further strengthens the strength of Shuoguo Culture. If you ask me, it's already the largest company in Lenghai besides Spreadtrum!"

Fu Chengguo laughed heartily and came over to congratulate him. Li Shuo glanced at Tang Yunyi beside him and said casually, "It's not that big in scale, and it would be best if Century Huayue were merged into Yunguo Film and Television: Shuoguo Culture focuses more on talent agency business, while Yunguo is the film and television production company..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yunyi smiled and stepped forward to congratulate him: "Young Master Li is very generous, but our Yunguo is a company of similar size to Century Huayue. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for a small company to swallow an even larger one like this?"

Li Shuo waved his hand and said decisively, "The founder of Century Huayue is leaving, so what's wrong with annexing it?"

Fu and Tang laughed heartily and quickly said, "There's nothing wrong with that," and "That's perfect."

Li Shuo could tell that he wasn't being sincere. He smiled and urged everyone to continue drinking. After a few drinks, he addressed Fu and Tang, saying, "After Yun Guo completely absorbs and annexes Century Huayue, it will be time for you to show your prowess. I'm really going to do the 'The Disguiser' project!"

"Yes, yes, we will definitely do our best to assist President Li!"

"Yes, to serve Young Master Li!"

Li Shuo frowned: "What do you mean by 'serving me'? This is your company too. Besides, even if I wanted to get involved in the 'The Disguiser' project, do you think I'd have the time? I have a bunch of 'value investing' stuff to do next..."

Fu Chengguo and Tang Yunyi immediately gave wry smiles and leaned closer, explaining in low voices, "I really don't have time, I still have to do..." "I don't have time either, I haven't taken care of Yunguo before..."

Seeing the two men stammering, Li Shuo vaguely realized that handing Century Huayue over to Yunguo was indeed quite troublesome, because Yunguo was a company with inherent weaknesses, and its three major shareholders did not take it seriously at all!
Fu Chengguo and Tang Yunyi saw Yunguo as a pledge of loyalty to Li Shuo, so although they invested money in Yunguo and shares in Century Huayue and Zhanxun Culture, the two of them together only held 50% of Yunguo's shares.

When Li Shuo founded Yunguo, he was trying to integrate it into Lenghai's traditional entertainment industry. He never even considered the possibility of it acquiring Century Huayue today.

To put it bluntly, all three of them, including Li Shuo, are the type of bosses who enjoy life. Tang Yunyi and Fu Chengguo, in particular, just want to happily collect their dividends and at most chat with the pretty girls under their management. They have no intention of seriously developing the company.

"The Imposter is a top-notch project; we can't let it fall apart in our hands!"

Li Shuo pondered for a moment, glared at the two of them, and said, "Since you don't want to get involved, I'll select elite management personnel from Shuoguo..."

"Hehe, sure, no problem!"

"Thanks, Brother Shuo. By the way, could you send some talent to our SHN project as well, like a stage designer or something..."

If it were a "career-oriented" board of directors, "management power" would not be conceded an inch; it would have to be a throne stained with blood. But in Yunguo, Fu Chengguo and Tang Yunyi accepted it very easily and even thanked them repeatedly.

With this in mind, Li Shuo had no choice but to accept reality: being busy was better than fighting for power with his partners...

"The SHN project?" He frowned, feeling that the name sounded somewhat familiar.

Tang Yunyi clicked her tongue and said, "Look, our Young Master Li is such a forgetful person. Last time when Mengmeng and Qiqi were sitting on your lap, Young Master Li said he would support our SHN48..."

Upon hearing "48," Li Shuo suddenly remembered that this was the group Xiao Ju belonged to. Well, Xiao Ju was nowhere to be seen yet. Of the four existing members, only Dai Meng and Xu Jiaqi, two top-tier beauties, were somewhat pleasing to the eye...

"How could I forget? I even said I'd write songs for them once they officially debut as a group..."

"When will Young Master Li have time? I'd like to arrange for them to meet with you..."

"Um, maybe next time."

Li Shuo glanced at Zheng Yingshan and Wei Ni beside him, then suddenly had an idea. He introduced the project to the two women, saying, "The SHN project is actually..."

"Although it's a girl group idol program, this model is the current mainstream development. If you want to graduate and debut early, you can choose it..."

What was originally just a casual question surprised Li Shuo, as both Zheng Yingshan and Wei Ni showed excitement and eagerly followed up with more details:

"Can we do it?" "Can we get a song and debut right now?"

Being a school beauty in Lengyin is naturally not as good as debuting as an idol. Most people can't resist this temptation. Li Shuo's casual question has just created a lot of trouble for himself.

Moreover, if the two cool-voiced school beauties join the SHN group, Li Shuo will have rewritten history, no, not only rewritten, but could even have created it!
Li Shuo, considering Wei Ni and Zheng Yingshan's professionalism, spoke eloquently to Fu Chengguo and the other two:
“I think it’s a good idea to have them join SHN… SHN is short of people, especially high-quality artists. Wei Ni and Zheng Yingshan are not only beautiful, but they also have first-class singing voices and excellent professional skills…”

The more Li Shuo talked, the more feasible it seemed, and he turned to ask the two shareholders next to him for their opinions.

Tang Yunyi chuckled and said, "I'm only responsible for setting up the project. Brother Shuo, feel free to stuff people into it. Anyway, the operating costs are covered by the company..."

Fu Chengguo teased the two of them, "That won't do. You two are stuffing women in there, so you have to give me some authority. I also need the right to stuff people in there..."

If Zhang Nianhua were still here, he would surely be lamenting: How could I have lost to these spoiled brats who only care about chasing girls! (End of Chapter)