Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

"Take the Magnolia Award, for example. This is Leng Hai's own film and television award. The selection committee members are all from the Artists Association, and most of them are even professors of Leng Wen or Leng Yi. Uncle Yang, we should hold onto this award tightly, right?"

"Besides the film and television projects of Shuoguo Culture, Uncle Yang, you'll have to work even harder in the future. You also need to keep an eye on Yunguo's business. Xie Yunyi and Fu Chengguo aren't our people, and their abilities are limited. Yunguo isn't what it used to be; it's going to be involved in the 'Disguiser' project..."

Before meeting Yang Kangcheng, Li Shuo did not expect to have so much to say. The main reason was that the Shuoguo Group was now too big, and there were many things he could not remember without seeing them in person!
Of course, Yang Kangcheng also gave him a lot of feedback. Regarding the Magnolia Award, he reassured Li Shuo: "...Shuoguo Culture is a commercial company, so it's not good for us to have direct contact with these judges. But the judges are originally members of our Arts Association, right? Brother Shuo, have you forgotten? You were the one who pushed me to the position of head of the Arts Association in the first place..."

"Look, I have Shuoguo Culture and the Arts Association, and now you want me to take care of Yunguo? Brother Shuo, you're going too far..."

Li Shuo smiled wryly: "I just don't have anyone else available..."

"Shuoguo Culture has produced quite a few talented people these days, it's just that you're not in the company, so you don't know about them. Besides the talents in our Shuoguo system, didn't you recently meet someone like Han Renyi from Hualebao? What do you think of him? He's been immersed in the cultural circle for many years, serving as the head of the cultural station around Lenghai, and he single-handedly cultivated the great talent Han Er. In terms of qualifications, connections, and even management skills, he's excellent. Moreover, this old guy's roots are in Lenghai. Since you've taken over Hualebao, why don't you just bring Han Renyi into the fold?"

“Han Renyi, hasn’t he been clamoring to retire?” Li Shuo made up an excuse for himself. In reality, he was reminded by Yang Kangcheng. He hadn’t really paid much attention to Han Er’s father before. Now that he thought about it, Han Renyi had been subtly sharp and tactful in his interactions with him from beginning to end.

Yang Kangcheng laughed and said, "A year ago when we first met, I said I wanted to retire from the academy as soon as possible! Now I've been dragged here by you to be your employee for so long, haven't I?"

"Hehe, Uncle Yang, you're a shareholder, so you're contributing to your own company!"

"That's secondary. The most important thing is that you, Li Shuo, are capable of leading such a large company and making it increasingly successful, so that I, as a shareholder, can also benefit from it... Therefore, you can certainly use my model to strengthen Han Renyi's management of Yunguo..."

"Okay, I understand!"

After chatting with Yang Kangcheng, it was already past 3 p.m. But that wasn't all. Li Shuo personally drove Yang Kangcheng back to the company and even took him for a walk around the "non-artist area" of Shuoguo Culture.

In the end, when Li Shuo left the company, he only had one feeling: Yang Kangcheng was right. He seemed to have escaped the bottom level. When he first came to Shuoguo Culture, he only focused on his own fish. Little did he know that Shuoguo Culture was not a pure artist management company. It was a large entertainment company that covered all aspects of film and television production, copyright adaptation, and even artist training and online operation!

Especially in the film and television production sector, thanks to the production experience of "The Invisible Guardian", Shuoguo's own production department developed very quickly. Later, after the production of "The Temptation of Returning Home" was completed, its producer Chen Xiaoqi was directly poached by Li Shuo. Incidentally, everyone in the entire "The Temptation of Returning Home" project was also poached!
Yang Kangcheng already finds managing these people daily insufficient, let alone having Li Shuo put him in charge of Yunguo! Moreover, Yunguo Film and Television's development path now almost completely overlaps with that of Shuoguo Film and Television's film and television department...

"Make a note of this. The secretariat will then communicate and liaise with Lu Tingyu, Yang Kangcheng, and others to see how to handle the overlap between Shuoguo Culture's film and television department and Yunguo Film and Television's business..."

"Yes"

"Also, Yang Kangcheng recommended Han Renyi to take charge of Yunguo Film and Television. Yuan Ke, you've met with Han Renyi a few times. What do you think?"

"If it were just about making movies for literary writers like Han Er and Guo Laosi, Han Renyi would be quite good. He's the kind of typical cultured person who can take good care of the feelings of these young directors. But Yunguo Films' first project is 'The Disguiser,' which is a super big project that you previously designated. We've already extended an invitation to Hu Ge for the male lead..."

Li Shuo rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache, and waved his hand, saying, "How about we let Yunguo Film and Television sell the 'The Disguiser' project back? Anyway, we gave this project to Yunguo in the first place to lure them in. Now that we've already swallowed up Century Huayue, it seems better to give this project to Shuoguo Culture for production."

"Okay, the secretariat will communicate with the CEOs of each company later!"

"Phew, is there anything else today... Never mind, I'll cancel everything, I'm going back to the manor to rest..."

For Li Shuo, developing his company and expanding his influence was to serve his perfect life, not to abandon his life to serve the company's expansion!
Moreover, his time as a "hands-off boss" has gradually made him realize a truth: although he, as a reborn person, is very powerful, in reality, he doesn't need to get involved in many things, as his subordinates can handle them above average.

Similar to the signing of the contract for "The Temptation of Returning Home," even without Li Shuo's involvement, Yang Kangcheng could have negotiated the contract much better, though it wouldn't have been as perfect, and it would have just allowed Mango TV to earn more money.

This small amount of profit is naturally important to others, as it symbolizes company revenue, influence over the television station, and so on.

But for Li Shuo, it wasn't a big deal. Even if the project failed, Li Shuo could just invest some more money in Shuoguo Culture and continue developing new projects. In short, the original intention of establishing Shuoguo Culture was to build a harem so that the fish would have something they liked to do! This was an inspiration he learned from Yang Kangcheng in his previous life!

Back in the main hall of Shuoguo Manor, Li Shuo saw Yang Xiaomi sprawled on the long bench by the back door. Hearing the voices behind her, she turned around and lazily greeted Li Shuo, "Hi, welcome home..."

"Tsk, Sister Mi, compared to you, I'm really living a life of suffering~"

Li Shuo stepped forward and squatted down next to Yang Xiaomi. Seeing her fair and smooth shoulders and her long, beautiful legs peeking out from under the blanket, his large hand unconsciously reached into the blanket...

Feeling a bit greasy, Yang Xiaomi rolled her eyes at him and said reproachfully, "Give me your hands, I just put some oil on them, I'm going to massage you later..."

As they were talking, a middle-aged woman peeked out from the side hall. She had been there the whole time, but had kept quiet until the manor owner returned.

In order to make the manor more vibrant and Li Shuo's life more luxurious, Zhang Yuyan had previously told Li Shuo that she wanted to recruit some people. Li Shuo rejected some of them, but still recruited these honest and reliable service staff who he knew well.

"Sister Chen, come here... He's not some kind of superhuman, what's there to be afraid of?" Yang Xiaomi beckoned the middle-aged woman over, while also complaining about Li Shuo.

Li Shuo touched his nose, gave the middle-aged woman a kind smile, but did not greet her.

To be honest, there are at least 15 service staff at Shuoguo Manor every day, but apart from the head chef Yan Zi, Li Shuo hardly communicates with even the ordinary secretarial staff. This is because when these people first entered Shuoguo Manor and saw its vast space and luxurious decor, they all understood that they and Li Shuo weren't even of the same species. Especially recently, after the famous actress Yang Xiaomi moved in…

"How did things go?" "Not bad. Wei Ni's song is very popular online, she's become an instant hit. Now it's up to you to do the rest..."

"Me? Shouldn't I be communicating with Li Shaohong? When 'Palace' will air depends entirely on her..."

"Before I talk to her, I have to ask for your opinion first. Do you accept a plan similar to Wei Ni's? That is, releasing the single 'The Power of Love' before the release of 'Palace'?"

"No, if we're going to release it, we should release it all at once. I don't want to sing it separately!"

"Um, okay, is there anything else? After 'Palace' is released, you should at least sing the theme song at some promotional events, right?"

"Well, we'll talk about that later..."

Originally, the two were just chatting idly at home, and Li Shuo was just taking advantage of the big star.

However, Yang Xiaomi's tone seemed unusually guilty, and she kept making excuses about singing, speaking very softly. Seeing this, Li Shuo suddenly remembered some rumors from his past life:
"The Offering of Love" requires listening to the non-Mi version, electronic music offering, first-generation sound card demonstration, all-day electronic music queen... etc. A series of keywords flashed through Li Shuo's mind, and he realized something. He looked at Yang Xiaomi and asked her:
"By the way, I haven't listened to the original soundtrack of the movie version of 'The Power of Love' yet. Do you have it? Let's go to the audiovisual room and listen to it later..."

"No, why would I need that thing!" Yang Xiaomi turned her head away from him.

Li Shuo asked curiously, "Weren't you quite interested in music before? Besides, 'The Power of Love' was your first song, and I wrote it for you. Didn't you ever think about keeping the original soundtrack?"

"Of course we should keep it, but it hasn't been released yet, you know. Oh, stop rambling on and on, you're getting in the way of Sister Chen giving me a massage, go away, go away..."

Li Shuo stood up, but didn't give up. He said with a smile, "Alright then, I happen to have some inspiration. Come to the KTV room when you're done..."

"Huh? Where are you going?"

"You'll see when you get here..."

Yang Xiaomi knew that these things couldn't be hidden any longer, so about ten minutes later, she followed them into the manor's karaoke room.

Because Li Shuo has requirements for writing and recording songs, the karaoke room in the manor is not in the main building area, but on the second floor of another auxiliary building, and it occupies a large area. In addition to being used for karaoke entertainment, it is also connected to a recording studio and workspace.

"Come on, sing me 'The Offering of Love,' let me hear how it goes..."

Li Shuo picked up the microphone and handed it to Yang Xiaomi. The latter looked at the large TV and discovered that it was showing clips from the TV series "Palace." She was immediately surprised and asked, "Where did you get this from?"

“I was just chatting with Li Shaohong, and she said the opening sequence for the TV series has been completed, and it's perfect for comparing with ‘The Power of Love,’ so she asked me to take a look…”

"Okay, fine, I'll sing for you..."

Yang Xiaomi was completely defeated and had no choice but to pick up the microphone and start singing "The Power of Love".

Just by listening to her sing, Li Shuo could tell that Yang Xiaomi was indeed not suited for singing. It wasn't that she was tone-deaf or had an unpleasant voice, but rather that her voice had a somewhat affected, coquettish quality, especially when she sang! Moreover, Yang Xiaomi wasn't a professional singer; she had only received some musical training. Overall, she could only be considered to have barely managed to finish singing "The Power of Love."

Of course, given Yang Xiaomi's status as a big star, it's not bad that she sang "The Power of Love" to this extent; at least her fans can accept it.

"How about it?"

After finishing the song, Yang Xiaomi looked at Li Shuo expectantly, hoping for her beloved man's evaluation.

Unfortunately, she had just finished a massage and was only wearing a smooth silk nightgown with a plunging front, revealing large expanses of her fair, smooth skin that looked more like two large knives than "scars"! Moreover, her skin was shiny with oil, giving the impression of a high-end computer running a 3D color game…

"Fantastic! I've never heard such a beautiful song before. Although I wrote it, it still depends on who sings it... Xiao Mi, your voice is the most beautiful female voice I've ever heard. Come, let me savor it. What kind of mouth can sing such a wonderful song..."

In this situation, Li Shuo naturally reached out and hugged her, showering her with extremely cheesy compliments...

The story of Yang Xiaomi being the "first-generation sound card warrior" and the "Queen of Electronic Music" was quickly forgotten by Li Shuo amidst her endless charm.

However, their good news was slightly disrupted: Xu Xiaosa came over at 5 pm, originally to run errands—to deliver news from the "Palace" production team.

"Director Li has decided to cooperate with Shuoguo Culture's operations and promotion. 'Palace' will be released after the hype surrounding 'The Temptation of Returning Home' begins to subside. In addition, Director Li plans to follow the template of 'The Temptation of Returning Home' and launch the first promotional campaign with Xiao Mi releasing the official music video for 'The Power of Love'!"

However, Li Shuo's combat prowess was overwhelming, and Xu Xiaosa was quickly drawn into the battle. Thus, none of the three realized that having Yang Xiaomi fire the first shot meant everyone's attention was focused on Yang Xiaomi and her first song. If she sang well, she would naturally be hailed as a goddess, a multi-talented star in film, television, and music! If she sang poorly, then…

Of course, this happened before the release of "Palace" and has no impact on the current lewd scene. Only Li Shuo's current high level allows him to learn about and participate in the publicity and operation of such a major project. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably only hear about it a month later when the media intensively promotes Li Shaohong and Yang Xiaomi's new project, and only then would they hear Yang Xiaomi's first performance... (End of this chapter)