Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 389 Internal Affairs

Let's get back to Tianjin.

No sooner had the investigation team left than news of Zhang Yan being commended by the municipal government quickly made headlines on television and in newspapers.

The overwhelming scale of the event left ordinary people completely baffled.

It's just that he received the honor of being an outstanding entrepreneur in the city. Mr. Zhang has received similar honors before. What's the big deal about this?
But those who know the inside story react differently.

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This morning.

Ren Xianqi returned to his apartment after having breakfast outside. As he was walking upstairs, he bumped into Wang Feng, who was coming downstairs.

Wang Feng asked excitedly, "Brother Ren, have you heard about what happened?"

What are you talking about?

Ren Xianqi asked a question that seemed completely out of the ordinary.

"It's just something inside."

Wang Feng glanced behind him furtively before covering half his mouth and saying, "These past few days, hasn't there been an investigation team investigating our Yuanmeng project? Because of this, so-and-so's grandson is going to be exiled abroad!"

Ren Xianqi still looked confused and asked, "What does that person you're talking about do?"

"You don't even know who that is?!"

Wang Feng's eyes widened: "Back in the Liberation War, well... why am I telling you this, you silly goose? It's just a waste of time!"

Halfway through his sentence, Wang Feng realized that this topic wasn't suitable for discussing with Ren Xianqi, so he changed his tune, saying, "Anyway, you know it's a good thing! I'm not going to keep you rambling on, I have to go play football, Gao Feng, Xie Xiaodong and the others are waiting for me."

After saying that, he rushed downstairs.

After thinking about it for a while, Ren Xianqi roughly guessed that the mastermind behind it must have paid the price, and that the other party must be someone of high status.

He continued walking upstairs, but was stopped by Han Lei at the top of the stairs: "Old Ren, have you been informed of the inside matter?"

"I just heard it from Wang Feng."

Upon hearing this, Ren Xianqi immediately said, "So-and-so's grandson is going to be exiled abroad."

"It's not an internal matter."

Han Lei said, "I meant that we should get together tonight, a few of us who sing karaoke. I have something to discuss with you all then."

It's common for singers to get together; they'll treat everyone who releases a new album, not to mention that this time it's the company's top artist, Han Lei, who's hosting.

So Ren Xianqi readily agreed without hesitation, "Sure, have you decided on a place yet?"

"Not yet, I still need to discuss it with Wang Luyao and Tian Zhen—I'll let you know by phone later."

As Han Lei spoke, he walked downstairs. When he reached the top of the stairs, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and praised, "Old Ren, your Mandarin has improved a lot."

"Yeah?!"

Richie Jen seemed very happy. Ever since he decided to take on the second male lead role in "Three No-Man's Land", he had put a lot of effort into improving his Mandarin pronunciation, and now it seems that the results are quite obvious.

Han Lei gave him a thumbs up, then hurriedly went downstairs, got into the Jetta that his assistant had parked in advance by the roadside, and soon arrived at the Dream Garden.

Although the office has moved to the Yuanmeng Building, the karaoke rooms and dance studios are still here, and a new recording studio has recently been set up, so the singers still come to the compound more often.

After getting out of the car, Han Lei went straight to Wang Luyao's regimental commander's office—the same office that Chen Hong had originally used. After Chen Hong moved to the building, Wang Luyao took over the office.

Han Lei raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times, but no one answered. He subconsciously pushed the door, which was ajar.

Han Lei was hesitating whether to push open the door and take a look when he heard someone behind him ask, "Brother Han, is there something you need from Sister Lu Yao?"

Han Lei looked in the direction of the voice and found it was Sun Yue.

So he nodded and said, "There's something I'd like to discuss with Luyao."

"Sister Lu Yao went to the building."

Sun Yue pointed to the gate and said, "There was an audition to be held over there this morning. Sister Lu Yao took the dance troupe there, and those actresses also went."

"Oh~"

Han Lei nodded, then hesitated whether to go to the building to talk to him in person or just contact him by phone.

At this moment, Sun Yue lowered her voice and asked, "Brother Han, did we invite Xu Wei to our party tonight?"

"Ok?"

Han Lei looked at Sun Yue in surprise. Because he hadn't lent Xu Wei money before, Xu Wei had become obsessed with the idea. Although Han Lei didn't think he had done anything wrong, his relationship with Xu Wei had still soured. Furthermore, since this was a big event requiring everyone to contribute, he was even less inclined to invite Xu Wei.

Sun Yue was well aware of this, so why would she ask such a question on her own initiative?

Her relationship with Xu Wei wasn't very good, was it?

Back then, after Xu Wei got into a fight with Gao Feng and Teng Ge'er at the dinner table because he was too proud to admit it, Sun Yue spread a lot of rumors about Xu Wei.

Seeing Han Lei looking at her suspiciously, Sun Yue quickly explained, "Brother Han, I heard that Xu Wei has recently benefited from misfortune and is getting along well with our CEO Zhang's father. They often go out for drives together..."

Han Lei then understood what Sun Yue meant, and he nodded gratefully: "I understand, thank you for telling me this."

"Brother Han, why are you being so polite with me? We're brothers." Sun Yue said in a very generous manner, putting on an attitude of being all buddies.

Han Lei, somewhat speechless, advised, "You're a young lady, don't learn everything from Teng Ge'er and the others."

As he spoke, he prepared to return to his car.

Sun Yue watched him walk a few steps, then suddenly remembered something and hurriedly caught up with him, asking mysteriously, "Brother Han, have you heard about what happened?"

"Exile your grandson?"

"Yes, yes, do you think this is true or not? If it is, our CEO Zhang is amazing!"

"Whether the exile is true or not is hard to say, but judging from yesterday's news, it's clear that Boss Zhang won."

Leaving behind a smug Sun Yue, Han Lei once again took a car to the Dream Building.

When I got downstairs, I saw seven or eight cars parked outside, including two 21-seater Iveco vans. Wasn't one of the Iveco vans lent to the inspection team from Shanghai? Why is it parked here too?

Han Lei paused briefly on the steps when three girls jogged over from the opposite side. He recognized one of them; she was the assistant the company had recommended to Chen Daoming, her name was something like Li.

"Hello, Brother Han!"

At this moment, Li Xue also saw Han Lei and quickly went up to greet him.

Li Bingbing and Niu Li lagged behind by half a step, curiously observing this dream-fulfilling champion.

"It's Assistant Li."

Han Lei asked with a familiar smile, "Why aren't you serving Brother Chen? What brings you to the office building?"

"Uh~"

Li Xue glanced back and stammered, "Actually, we heard there was an interview today, so we wanted to join in the fun."

Actually, Niu Li had this idea and wanted to come and give it a try. Even if she didn't get a chance to participate in the audition, it would be good to get acquainted with the management of Yuanmeng.

The Ice and Snow Sisters also had their own agenda. Since that day when they flew away together, they had never seen Zhang Yan and Chen Hong again.

The previous investigation team incident was one thing, but after hearing yesterday that the investigation team had been withdrawn, they couldn't wait to post it and see the feedback.

At this moment, Niu Li took the initiative to plead, which gave them a suitable reason.

Han Lei asked casually, and when he heard that the three girls were also there for interviews, he didn't say anything more and went into the office building with the three girls.

"Leizi~!"

As soon as I entered, I heard Xu Zhenghui's loud voice. Old Xu excitedly approached and asked in a strained voice, "Have you heard about the inside story?"

Although Han Lei was recommended by Liu Weidong, he later became closer to Xu Zhenghui, which was the reason why Liu Weidong lost power for a time.

"You mean the matter of exiling your grandson?"

Han Lei said speechlessly, "Who spread this rumor? Is there anyone in our company who doesn't know?"

Apparently there is.

At least the two unofficial members, the Ice and Snow Sisters, have not yet received any news.

After Han Lei and Xu Zhenghui walked away whispering to each other, Li Xue quietly asked, "Sister, what did they mean by 'exiling the grandson'?"

"How could I know that?"

Li Bingbing asked absentmindedly, "Should we call General Manager Chen, or... or contact General Manager Zhang directly?"

She actually wanted to try the latter, but she was worried that doing so would upset Chen Hong.

"Let's contact Assistant Lin first."

Li Xue pointed to the receptionist and said, "I've gotten to know her pretty well, so contacting her won't be a mistake."

(End of this chapter)