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In the meeting room of the courtyard house, Zhang Yuqi felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

She instinctively wanted to jump up and curse, a surge of heat flowing from her chest to her brain, her veins throbbing.

If it were anyone else, she would have already exploded by now.

Fighting with her boyfriend is common, and she has also fought with staff members before.

But she wasn't a completely brainless shrew; she suppressed her anger and didn't dare to move.

Especially after seeing Zhang Yuan's icy gaze, her feverish mind calmed down considerably.

But deep down, he was still unconvinced.

"Are you thinking about something?" Zhang Yuan asked at this moment.

"My personal matters are my own business; why should the company interfere?"

Zhang Yuqi's gaze faltered for a moment, then she shook her head.

Actually, the fact that her thoughts had been guessed made her a little scared.

The boss saw right through him.

Zhang Yuan was quite disdainful. Her personality and her current defiant behavior were quite predictable.

Overall, this woman's intelligence isn't very high, far inferior to Cheng Hao's.

She was ambitious, willing to make sacrifices, and had long since figured out the rules of the market.

Like many nouveau riche in the early days of reform and opening up, their education and brainpower were so-so, but the key was that they dared to take risks and understood the routines of social operation. With these two things, they could succeed in a special era.

However, such people can develop path dependence and easily go astray.

Just like the owner of Xibeijia proudly said, his catchphrase is "If soft methods don't work, use hard ones; if fists don't work, use knives."

This is something an entrepreneur dared to say publicly, and he most likely meant it literally, and has been putting it into practice for years.

“If you and Wang Quan are together, I don’t care what your taste is, you’re attracted to his talent, ability, and appearance.”

"Part of the reason is that they are attracted by his title as a famous director and his resources."

"Ultimately, you're after money."

Cheng Hao, who was standing to the side, frowned when she heard him say that.

It doesn't sound like a compliment, but it's the truth.

"And you used tricks to force Yu Nan to abort the child, which is tantamount to murder."

"So what you did was murder for money."

"It's far more than just a matter of feelings."

Zhang Yuqi blinked, not daring to speak. Was it really that serious...?

How come it sounds like I should be executed when my boss says it?

"I won't interfere in matters of the heart."

"With so many men and women in the company, I never interfere with their normal romantic relationships," Zhang Yuan said calmly, though his voice was trembling with anger.

"Your problem right now isn't a relationship problem."

"Don't be too clever for your own good."

"Do you think Yu Nan is like you, thinking of using a child to tie a man down?"

"Let me tell you this: people are disappointed in Wang Quan'an."

"Whether you get involved or not, there's a high chance they won't keep the child."

"But now that you've gotten involved, the consequences are now falling on your head."

"This is called karmic retribution, and you will have to pay it back someday."

"I'm giving you time to wake up." Zhang Yuan raised his hand and pointed at her forcefully.

"So now answer me, are you satisfied with my suspension?"

"I……"

"You dare hesitate?!"

"I'm convinced, I'm convinced..." the man quickly replied.

“You better remember this: if you’re not satisfied, like I said before, you can sue me and we can terminate our agency contract.”

"But you have to be prepared to pay the price."

"Anyway, you're just herding one sheep or two sheep."

"There's already one Yao Cheng, one more won't make a difference."

Upon hearing this name, Zhang Yuqi tightened her posture considerably.

"And you need to understand," Zhang Yuan sighed and closed his eyes, "I'm not punishing you, I'm saving you."

"When you understand this principle someday, you won't be sitting here being dealt with like you are today."

After saying that, he waved his hand.

"Get lost."

Zhang Yuqi quickly grabbed her bag, stood up, and walked out with a pale face.

"and many more!"

Zhang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and stopped him.

"Don't you have any manners or politeness?"

"Ah... goodbye, boss."

Goodbye, Sister Cheng Hao.

"I'll see you off." The kind older sister got up and accompanied her as she left.

"You should take a break recently. You're usually very busy. You don't look well. You must be tired from filming."

Cheng Hao spoke in a warm tone, as if she were talking to a close sister, and put her arm around the other person's shoulder as they walked and talked.

"He's been busy lately, with a lot on his plate, so he's in a bad mood."

"You know he's all bark and no bite."

I'll try to talk to him about it in a while.

"If you and Director Wang get married, don't forget to send me a wedding invitation. I promise I'll give you a big red envelope."

"Thank you." Zhang Yuqi's complexion improved slightly after her encouragement.

"Take care, come visit sometime." Cheng Hao waited at the door until the other person got into their car before leaving.

He then closed the courtyard gate and returned to the reception room.

"What, you've finished singing the white-faced role?" Zhang Yuan teased.

"She's an adult, and a woman at that. You can't be so disrespectful."

"People will react negatively."

“If I didn’t want to give her face, I wouldn’t have invited her to my house to discuss this privately,” Zhang Yuan replied with a serious expression.

"Instead, they will take her directly to Yu Nan's place."

"I've already been very kind to her."

Cheng Hao shook her head, not entirely agreeing.

“That’s why you can’t be a boss, a leader.” Zhang Yuan finally relaxed his expression, stood up and pulled her over.

"Come take a walk with me in the yard, I have something to tell you."

The two went into the courtyard and took a walk in the moonlight.

"The other day, Brother Qian told me something."

"He was driving out for fun when he saw a monkey performer on the roadside."

These kinds of traditional crafts have always existed in the capital, and even in the suburbs, you can still find livestock harnessing for carts.

There really isn't such a thing in Shanghai or Shenzhen.

"The monkey trainer used a small whip to whip the monkey, which grimaced and dodged as it was hit."

"Brother Qian is a kind-hearted person and can't stand seeing this."

He stopped the car and asked the monkey trainer how much the monkey cost.

The monkey trainer hesitated for a moment and said he wouldn't sell it.

But Yu Qian, being a shrewd person, immediately understood when the other party hesitated that it wasn't that they weren't willing to sell, but that the price was right.

If they really won't sell, then I won't hesitate.

Anyway, in the end, the monkey was taken back to the animal park in Lixian.

It's a place of natural beauty and abundance; Brother Qian got a "Wildlife Breeding and Propagation License" for that place, so they can raise monkeys.

With this certificate, you can raise not only monkeys, but even Sun Yue (a famous Chinese poet).

"So Brother Qian keeps monkeys?" Cheng Hao didn't really like these animals; they were a bit odd.

That's her; if Little Dragon Girl knew, she would be excited for half a day.

"Hehe, still raising them?" Zhang Yuan chuckled.

"Brother Qian bought the monkey out of pity, and he would never beat it up again after buying it."

"When he first arrived, you fed him, and he was very close to you. He would even do somersaults to make you laugh."

"Brother Qian always takes it with him when he goes out."

"But it was only a week later, that day I was driving with the monkey in the passenger seat."

Brother Qian is quite a character. Sister-in-law Qian and Yu Siyang sat in the back, while Monkey sat in the front passenger seat.

"When we stopped at the traffic light, Brother Qian glanced at the monkey."

"She immediately bared her teeth and pounced on him, scratching him!"

"Ouch." The older sister frowned; it sounded painful.

"It was good at first, because it was like training a monkey, plus it was in an unfamiliar environment."

"Monkeys are smarter than most animals and have more tricks up their sleeves. Once they get to know you, they start to use their brains and become resentful. They don't recognize their owner and want to have a showdown with you to see who is better."

That's why the protagonist of "Journey to the West" is the Monkey King, and it wasn't any other animal that wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Because monkeys are truly rebellious; they're not just mischievous, they're also prone to doing bad things.

Unlike other clever animals that are simple-minded, monkeys are very cunning.

"After being scratched, Brother Qian was afraid that the monkey would hurt his wife and children, so he dared not keep it anymore."

"Did you throw it away?" Cheng Hao asked.

"No, I gave it to Teacher Guo."

Cheng Hao had something she wanted to say, but she didn't say it.

The ticklish monkey was given to Teacher Guo; Brother Qian is truly "kind-hearted".

"There's more to it. Teacher Guo used to have a dog breeding base, and now he also raises pigeons, pheasants, and peacocks."

"Knowing that it could scratch people, they put the monkey in a cage."

"The cage has two layers, with peacocks on top and monkeys on the bottom."

"In just a few days, all of Teacher Guo's peacocks turned into bald-tailed chickens."

"It's like a monkey plucking meat."

"Not only do they pluck peacocks, but if anyone walks past this cage, the monkeys will reach out and scratch them."

"This thing is just unruly and incompetent."

Now you know how the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother felt when they saw Bi Ma Wen (a lowly stable boy).

"Even when they brought in Fatty Sun, who used to work at the zoo, they couldn't manage it well, and he almost got scratched."

"So what's wrong with this monkey now?" Cheng Hao thought it best to stay away from it.

"Now, hehe." He chuckled again and continued.

"This monkey has a terrible reputation; six or seven people in the group have been scratched by it."

"Until one day, a boy in the troupe named Gao Yue, whose family had practiced martial arts for three generations."

The child later became Luan Yunping's apprentice and later became Guo Qilin's personal assistant after Guo Qilin debuted.

"The monkey tried to scratch the child, but he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child and his reaction was extremely fast."

"It was grabbed by the claws in one go."

"The monkey stretched out its other arm, and that was also caught."

"This guy found a rope, tied the monkey's two paws to the outside of the cage, and made the monkey stand as punishment for a whole day, wearing 'handcuffs'."

"After that, the monkey would still scratch other people it saw."

"But whenever this child passes by, the monkey immediately bares its teeth and grins at him, and even puts its hands together in a prayer-like gesture."

"So effective?" Cheng Hao thought to herself that it was better than throwing it away or killing it.

"That's just how monkeys are. Even though Sun Wukong is so powerful, after being suppressed for five hundred years, he still obediently protected Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West."

"Being punished by making this monkey stand in the corner for a day is essentially the same thing."

"Actually, it's not just monkeys, it's the same for humans!"

After Zhang Yuan stood still, he looked up at the sky.

In fact, from another perspective, "Journey to the West" is a novel about officialdom and the workplace.

Why was it Tang Sanzang who went on the pilgrimage? If he hadn't been the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the chief disciple of Buddha, would he have been chosen for such a lucrative post?
The monkey was so powerful, so after giving it a good beating and sending it to jail, we recruited it.

The White Dragon Horse, as the third prince of the West Sea Dragon King, seemed to be punished and did nothing significant as a mount, but ended up becoming one of the Eight Heavenly Dragons.

Pigsy is greedy, lazy, and lustful, and he always shirks his responsibilities, but Tang Sanzang, as the team leader, likes him.

Once you bring these roles into the workplace, you'll understand what's going on.

Zhang Yuan patted Cheng Hao's hand: "Training a monkey only requires two moves."

"First, there's hunger; second, there's beatings."

"Eagles, such fierce and unruly animals, need to be toughened up."

"But monkeys are cunning creatures, and enduring them won't work."

"The artists under my management are more cunning than monkeys."

"Even if you make a mistake, you have to use the same tricks you use to deal with monkeys."

"Hunger or a beating."

"Stop Zhang Yuqi from work because she's hungry."

"If she didn't want to go hungry, she shouldn't have scratched people."

"If you experience hunger, you'll remember it and remember the feeling when you make the same mistake again."

“I understand what you mean.” Cheng Hao placed her palm on his.

Even if a child is just an embryo that is only one or two months old, it is still a human life.

"It's understandable that you're angry about this; I agree with you."

Cheng Hao felt that Zhang Yuan's anger at least showed that his values ​​were sound and that he still had humanity.

It's much better than those who don't even recognize their wives and children, and unfortunately, there are quite a few people like that in the industry.

She was also angry after hearing about Zhang Yuqi's behavior.

But Zhang Yuan is already in this state, she can't add fuel to the fire, otherwise something terrible will happen.

“But there’s one thing I don’t agree with. You acted impulsively just now. What were you going to do with that raised hand?” Cheng Hao glared at him.

"Doesn't someone like her deserve a beating?"

"Whether you deserve a beating or not, you shouldn't have laid a hand on me."

"Tell me, what's the deal with that new guy, Jia Shikai, at the company?" The good sister glanced at him sideways.

"Isn't it good? Fat... Yang Siwei and Zeng Jia both said they were too busy."

“I’ll find someone to help with the artists’ publicity and business, which will reduce their workload.”

The two of them are much more relaxed now, and their faces have regained some color.

"I didn't ask you that. What happened to the cut on his mouth?" Cheng Hao pinched his cheek with her hand.

"I already told you, there are only two tricks to training monkeys, especially cunning ones."

"Screw you!"

"These are people, not monkeys."

"Besides, there are laws."

"You're doing really well now, but don't get carried away and think you're invincible."

"It could easily cause big trouble."

"And I can't accept your behavior; it's vulgar and barbaric."

"Then tell me how I should deal with this scoundrel?" Zhang Yuan spread his hands, looking helpless.

"If our values ​​don't align, we simply won't cooperate."

"Can't we just smile and wish each other well?"

“So you can’t be a boss.” Zhang Yuan repeated his words: “Your methods are only suitable for dealing with students.”

"If you can teach well, then teach; if you can't, then give up."

"Doing business is not like hosting a dinner party."

"Where could I... oh dear?"

Cheng Hao grabbed his ear and spun him around.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

"I try to reason with people and talk less about physics."

He understood that the other person was being kind.

Kind words only work on good people.

But good people often end up with guns pointed at them; that's just the kind of bullshit the world is full of.

The next day, when he arrived at the film set, he still sought out Huang Jianxin and asked him to help him contact the people at the General Armament Department.

"I'll treat you to a meal."

Let's have a chat.

"You could say I don't care about this, but ultimately she's one of my people."

"At least greet them."

Huang Jianxin thought that the person Lao Han had chosen was capable of handling things, so he agreed.

Just as he was about to start working, Brother Long came to his side and whispered something in his ear.

"A message came from a security company."

"What's wrong?" He immediately became nervous.

"Fengxing Studio is open for business again."

"Zhuowei, huh." He calculated that after digging a pit for the other party last time, it had been sealed off for several months, and it was time to lift the seal.

"I see."

"It's not just opening for business," Brother Long said gravely. "There's more to it than that."

"I've been quite busy lately."

"Everyone, go out and get busy."

"It's normal to be busy since it's just opened; people need to eat too," he said, but inwardly he became more wary.

"Are the previous staff still there?"

"It's a message from the person who left the surveillance footage."

"Then add some more people, to keep an eye on things for at least 3, no, 6 months."

"I'd rather spend some money to make sure the other party doesn't forget the lesson they learned."

Brother Long nodded silently and went to make the arrangements… (End of Chapter)