Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 224: If the civilized path doesn't work, then let's take the unconventional path. (Second of three updates!)

"Do you even need to say that?" The fashionable woman glanced at the female secretary and sneered, "Mi Jing still wants to give me a client from Jingzhou? Are there any game companies in Jingzhou? The client from there must be looking for us to make a corporate video again. Those country bumpkins have a lot of problems, pay little, and like to give orders without permission."

"Let's stretch them first." The fashionable woman said as she pulled the mirror closer and carefully examined the lipstick on her lips.

"The supervisor is right." The female secretary smiled apologetically.

At ten o'clock, Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu came to Tianqing Animation Company again.

"Hello, we have an appointment with Manager Fu Min." Zhu Shanhu said with a smile.

"I'm really sorry. Manager Fu's secretary just came to inform me that Manager Fu Min is processing a very important document and asked you to come back at 11 o'clock." The lady at the front desk forced out a slightly apologetic smile.

"Are you kidding me?" Zhu Shanhu immediately got angry and said, "Aren't you kidding us?"

"Senior Brother Zhu, Senior Brother Zhu, calm down. He might just be really busy." Cheng Yi hurriedly grabbed Zhu Shanhu who was about to explode.

Zhu Shanhu tried hard to adjust his breathing, then turned and left.

Cheng Yi quickly caught up with him and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, calm down. Didn't you just say that? They just took on two big projects."

Zhu Shanhu said in a deep voice, "I've never seen such an outrageous company! Even if they're the number one in the animation industry, they wouldn't play tricks on us like this. If they were busy, they could just schedule another time with us. How could they play tricks on us like this?"

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "We can just come again, it's nothing."

Zhu Shanhu looked at Cheng Yi in surprise and asked in confusion, "Cheng Yi, how can you be so calm? Aren't you angry?"

"I need help from others, so how can I be angry?" Cheng Yi chuckled.

"Rare, rare." Zhu Shanhu said in amazement: "Your tolerant character is really like our President Lei."

After Cheng Yi's persuasion, Zhu Shanhu's anger finally subsided.

The two returned to the cafe again and ordered another cup of coffee each. The cafe waiter couldn't help but take a sip after grinding the coffee.

They wondered if the coffee today was ground too finely.

"How is it?" Fu Min asked the female secretary who pushed the door open in the art department office.

The female secretary said, "The older customer was very angry, but the younger customer was relatively calm and kept trying to persuade us."

"Hmph, I guessed it. I knew they were nouveau riche from the countryside." Fu Min sneered.

"Boss, are you going to meet them here at 11 o'clock or go to the conference room?" the female secretary asked in a low voice.

"Who told you I was going to meet them?" Fu Min frowned.

The female secretary was surprised and said, "Then...if they come over later..."

"You can just go for me," Fu Min said. "If it's a corporate video, just sign a contract with them and quote them 10. If they think it's too expensive, just let them go back to where they came from."

"What if they really are game artists?" asked the secretary.

Fu Min thought for a moment and said, "If he's looking to be a game artist, have him come to me at 2 p.m. with yuan in cash."

"Okay." The female secretary nodded quickly.

The female secretary understood very well why Fu Min was like this. Mi Jing used to be the deputy director under Fu Min, but in the past two years, Mi Jing helped the group climb into a new track of game art, so she skipped Fu Min and directly became the company's deputy general manager.

Mi Jing has always been in charge of the game art. Even if Fu Min takes over the business, it will be counted as Mi Jing's achievement.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to create some obstacles. Anyway, with her qualifications, as long as she doesn't make any mistakes, no one can touch her.

At 11 o'clock, Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu came to Tianqing Animation Company again.

Zhu Shanhu no longer had much patience. He opened his mouth and asked, "Can you see us now?"

Just as the receptionist was about to speak, a female secretary in a professional suit walked up to Cheng Yi and the others. The female secretary smiled and said, "Hello, leaders. I'm Director Fu Min's secretary. My name is Fang Lin. Our director's documents haven't been processed yet, so I was sent here to contact you two."

"You?" Zhu Shanhu felt like the volcano in his body was about to erupt completely.

Cheng Yi quickly stood in front of Zhu Shanhu and said with a smile: "I understand. Where should we talk?"

"Please follow me." Fang Lin made a gesture of invitation and brought Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu to a small meeting room.

Fang Lin brought two bottles of water to the two of them and said with a smile, "Excuse me, what business do you want to discuss?"

"I'm the vice president of Jingzhou Momo Group. Our group is the agent of an online game, and we would like to ask your company to help us redesign and produce the art resources." Cheng Yi said with a smile.

Fang Lin asked in surprise, "You guys still have a gaming company in Jingzhou?"

"Is this surprising?" Cheng Yi smiled brightly.

Fang Lin smiled and said, "It does seem a little unbelievable. I thought only coastal cities had online gaming companies."

Cheng Yi said: "I'll tell you what I need, can you give me a solution?"

Fang Lin said a little embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry, but my authority is only limited to discussing corporate videos. Our supervisor said that if you're here to discuss game art, please come back to see her at 2 pm with 60 yuan in cash."

"Snapped!"

Zhu Shanhu slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying, "Are you guys done yet? How can you be so arrogant? Do you, Tianqing, know how to respect people? Is this how you treat your customers? Is this what your CEO Mi ordered?"

"I'm really sorry, this is the rule of our group." Fang Lin had her signature smile on her face and looked at Zhu Shanhu with a smile.

Seeing Zhu Shanhu's excited look and then looking at Fang Lin's signature smile, Cheng Yi always felt that this scene was familiar.

He was really worried that Zhu Shanhu would not be able to help but slap himself.

"Brother Zhu, calm down." Cheng Yi quickly stood up to comfort Zhu Shanhu and said with a smile, "This matter has been moving forward. We can come back at 2 pm. Money is not a problem."

Zhu Shanhu gritted his teeth, raised his finger and pointed at Fang Lin, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, okay, you really broadened my horizons. I will remember this for the rest of my life!"

"Secretary Fang, we'll come back at 2 pm. You go ahead and get busy." Cheng Yi smiled at Fang Lin and coaxed and deceived Zhu Shanhu into leaving.

After leaving the Tianqing Animation building, Zhu Shanhu was still furious. He pulled out his phone and said, "I'm going to ask Mi Jing what's going on right now. Tianqing may be strong, but we at Jinshan are not weak either! Don't be so humiliating!" "Brother Zhu, don't be impulsive." Cheng Yi held Zhu Shanhu's phone and said, "I think we've run into some internal corporate strife."

"Internal fighting within the company?" Zhu Shanhu was stunned.

Cheng Yi nodded and said, "Well, that's just my guess. I suspect that Fu Min and Mi Jing don't get along, so this happened. This matter should have nothing to do with Vice President Mi."

"Are you so sure?" Zhu Shanhu was a little unconvinced.

"Almost right." Cheng Yi nodded confidently.

He has been in the IT industry for more than ten years and has seen too many things like this.

Wherever there are people, there will be struggle, and this struggle is even more severe in large companies.

For them, it doesn't matter if you visit the wrong temple. What they are most afraid of is that the gods in the temple are not in harmony with each other. If that happens, you will be the one who will be affected.

Zhu Shanhu said in a deep voice: "This is not our concern. I will directly ask Mi Jing how she plans to solve it."

"No, Brother Zhu, if you make that call, my business will be ruined." Cheng Yi hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Fu Min, the supervisor, has a lot of power. Her actual power should be no less than that of Mi Jing, the deputy general manager. If these two people don't get along, then this matter will be too complicated. Fu Min dares to disrespect Mi Jing, so she must have something to rely on. After all, they are still colleagues after all, and we are just outsiders. If this layer of window paper is exposed, I don't know what will happen between them, but my business is definitely over."

"Damn it, this is so frustrating." Zhu Shanhu muttered.

"Hey, after all, they're the largest game art company in the country," Cheng Yi said with a smile. "That's fine. Jingzhou City has Handong Commercial Bank anyway. I'll make an appointment to withdraw money now. We can just go back at 2pm. No one would be against money, right?"

"Alright." Zhu Shanhu sighed, "It's all your brother's fault for being incompetent, leaving you to suffer like this."

Cheng Yi said sternly, "Brother Zhu, you are really hurting me by saying this. If you can help me contact Tian Qing, this is a hard-won opportunity for me."

"Oh, let's not talk about it anymore." Zhu Shanhu was slightly touched and said, "Let's go eat first, then I'll help you get the money."

After lunch, the two took a taxi for more than ten kilometers to Handong Commercial Bank to withdraw 300,000 yuan.

At 1:50 p.m., Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu, each carrying a box of money, came to Tianqing Animation Company again.

"Hello, our supervisor Fu Min is waiting for you in the office. Please follow me." This time it went very smoothly. As soon as the receptionist saw Cheng Yi and the others, she immediately stood up and led the way.

Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu followed the receptionist to an office. The office was very upscale, with all mahogany furniture. Next to a gorgeous mahogany desk, a fashionable woman sat quietly in the boss chair, looking at them with sharp eyes.

"You are Manager Fu, right?" Cheng Yi said with a smile, "My name is Cheng Yi, and I'm from Jingzhou Momo Group..."

"You don't need to report your name. Have you brought the money?" Fu Min asked directly without even standing up or letting Cheng Yi and Zhu Shanhu sit down.

"I brought it." Cheng Yi smiled.

"What kind of game are you working on?" Fu Min asked. "Our quote for online game art resources is 600 million to 900 million, with a down payment of 60."

"This is the game represented by our company. We want to make the graphics of this game more refined." Cheng Yi immediately took out the information and photos from his bag and handed them to Fu Min.

Fu Min glanced at it casually and frowned, "Are you going to change all the art resources of the entire game?"

"Yes." Cheng Yi nodded and said, "I want to make it more textured, but the size of the game should not be increased."

"You're just an agent, and the copyright isn't in your hands." Fu Min frowned and said, "We still have to bear some risks. Let's just say 1200 million."

"1200 million?" Cheng Yi frowned and said, "Isn't this price too outrageous? I'm just changing the appearance. Even if it's an original game, the art design would only cost a few million at most, right?"

"I just said that you don't have the copyright. If something goes wrong, we will help you bear part of the responsibility." Fu Min said unhappily.

"You are only responsible for providing me with art resources. This matter has nothing to do with you. What responsibility do you need to bear?" Cheng Yi was also a little annoyed.

Fu Min frowned and said, "If you can't accept it, go ask other companies."

After saying that, Fu Min threw the information that Cheng Yi handed over to her directly to the ground.

"Fuck, what's your attitude?" Seeing Fu Min throw the information on the ground, Zhu Shanhu finally exploded.

He rushed forward in a few steps and pushed everything on Fu Min's desk to the ground.

"What do you want to do? Do you believe I will call the police to arrest you?" Fu Min glared at Zhu Shanhu angrily.

Zhu Shanhu angrily said, "Calling the police is great. Let them come and judge the situation. Why don't you call the reporters over as well? I've been in the IT industry for so many years, and I've never seen a woman as arrogant as you! Are you in menopause?"

The commotion here immediately attracted a lot of onlookers from other departments.

Seeing the chaotic scene, Fu Min angrily shouted, "Leave here immediately, or I'll call the police."

"Brother Zhu, let's go! There's no need to waste time talking to her." Cheng Yi resisted the urge to slap the woman and dragged Zhu Shanhu out of Tianqing Animation Company.

After walking out of the building, Zhu Shanhu took out the two stacks of money and sighed, "Cheng Yi, I'm sorry, I messed things up for you."

"How can we fail? Since civilized cooperation doesn't work, let's take a side path." Cheng Yi smiled happily.

"Take a shortcut? What do you mean?" Zhu Shanhu was stunned.

Cheng Yi asked, "Brother Zhu, can you help me find out who the most powerful core artists are at Tianqing Animation Company?"

"Core painters? There's no need to ask. They are all very famous in Yanjing City. Tianqing Animation Company has a total of 3 S-level painters and 17 A-level painters." Zhu Shanhu replied.

"S-level painter?" Cheng Yi asked curiously, "What's so special about this S-level painter?"

"Only those who have participated in the development of four major projects and received commissions are eligible to become S-level artists," Zhu Shanhu said. "It seems that we at Kingsoft are also going to make games, and we just hired several A-level artists with high salaries."

Cheng Yi then asked, "How much is the annual salary of an S-level painter?"

"Painters' salaries are generally not very high. I estimate that their annual salary is only about 100,000 yuan at most. The annual salary of a senior programmer in Yanjing City is only 70,000 to 80,000 yuan." Zhu Shanhu replied.

"So low? Then why the hell are we looking for outsourcing?" Cheng Yi laughed, "You're still asking me for 1200 million? I'll give them a small amount, and I don't believe those three S-level painters won't come with me!"

　That’s right, I owe another chapter, I’m so upset.

After finishing this chapter, I'll take a break from updating 8000 words a day for a few days...

　
(End of this chapter)