Entertainment mogul: Starting his business with the internet

Chapter 207 Layout Planning
After saying goodbye to Hu Ge and the other two, Liu Shishi, along with her assistant, took the elevator straight to the 39th floor of the Tengda Technology Building.

The two got out of the elevator and found that the glass gate on the 39th floor was closed and they could not pass through.

This was her first time at Tengda Company's new workplace. Without an access card, she couldn't enter the nearby office area.

Jiang Yuanyuan pressed her round face against the cold glass door, straining to look inside. The office corridor was brightly lit, but completely empty.

It seemed that no one would be passing by to open the door anytime soon, so he turned around and suggested, "Shishi, why don't you call President Song and ask him to come out and greet you?"

"Okay!" Liu Shishi nodded. There was no point in just standing there waiting, so she took out her phone and called Mr. Song.

Unfortunately, the call didn't go through after waiting for a long time. The two looked at each other, both with helpless expressions, and stared at each other for a moment.

"Let's go, down one floor, let's find Sister Tiantian!" Liu Shishi called to her assistant and stepped into the elevator again.

The layout of the 38th floor is exactly the same as the top floor, and it is also blocked by a security gate.

Fortunately, you can see people coming and going inside through the glass, unlike the silent upstairs.

The two stood in front of the glass door, their figures conspicuous, and soon attracted the attention of a young woman passing by.

The young woman, carrying a document, hurried along. She glanced at Liu Shishi and Jiang Yuanyuan through the glass, hesitated briefly, then opened the glass door and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Liu Shishi's gaze fell on the name tag that the little girl was wearing around her neck. It read: "Human Resources Department, Zhang Jingxuan".

They were all soldiers under Mr. Song. Liu Shishi was gentle and had a smile on her face. She said politely, "Hello, I'm looking for Jiang Tiantian."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jingxuan asked in surprise, "You're looking for Director Jiang? Do you have an appointment?"

As they spoke, they sized up the two people in front of them. The chubby girl was quite ordinary-looking, but the one who spoke had an extraordinary temperament, was gentle and beautiful, and looked somewhat familiar.

Liu Shishi explained, "I didn't make an appointment. I'm her friend, and I need to talk to her about something."

The young girl looked puzzled and muttered, "Strange, we didn't make an appointment, so how did they let you up from the lobby on the first floor?"

"Never mind, I'll call Sister Tiantian." Seeing that the girl was dawdling for so long, and didn't seem like someone who could make the decision to let her in, Liu Shishi didn't want to waste any more words.

He took out his phone again and called Jiang Tiantian, asking her to come out and pick him up. Unfortunately, no one answered the phone again!

Seeing this, Zhang Jingxuan said softly, "You definitely can't get through. Director Jiang should be downstairs with the company leaders for a very important interview right now. His phone is probably off or on silent."

Just as Liu Shishi was racking her brains trying to remember who else she knew in the building, the three of them standing at the door attracted the attention of others.

"Xiao Zhang, are the documents I requested ready? Who are you talking to at the door?"

A familiar voice suddenly reached her ears. Liu Shishi looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old acquaintance. The speaker was Zhou Yu, the former HR director of Tengda Culture Company.

Jiang Yuanyuan, who was standing nearby, clearly recognized Zhou Yu as well and hurriedly called out, "President Zhou! President Zhou!"

Zhou Yu was waiting in his office for a colleague to deliver a document, but after waiting for a while without seeing anyone, he came out to check the situation.

As soon as he stepped out of the office, he saw his subordinate Zhang Jingxuan talking to someone at the access control.

She was quite surprised to hear someone call her name. She was just a section chief within the group, and calling her "General Manager Zhou" was a bit disrespectful to her.

So he went over to find out what was going on. As he got closer, he immediately saw the extraordinary Liu Shishi and his eyes widened in surprise. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Oh, Shishi, what brings you here?"

Although she didn't follow Song Ci around all day like Wang Jing and Jiang Tiantian, and didn't know the specifics of Liu Shishi's relationship with the chairman, she could roughly guess that it was nothing more than a story of a talented scholar and a beautiful woman.

"Sister Zhou, it's been a long time!" Liu Shishi smiled, her manners impeccable, and every move she made exuded elegance.

Jiang Yuanyuan couldn't help but mutter, "President Zhou, can we go in?"

Zhou Yu also noticed Jiang Yuanyuan behind Liu Shishi. Both were former employees of Tengda Culture. Understanding the situation, Zhou Yu warmly invited her, "Please come in. The leaders are busy with important matters today. Shishi, please have a seat with me first."

After saying that, he instructed his subordinate, "Xiao Zhang, give me the documents. These two are Director Jiang's friends. I'll receive them. You can go and get back to work."

Zhang Jingxuan handed the documents to the leader, but his eyes kept glancing at Liu Shishi. By this time, he had already recognized her identity after their conversation.

Filled with curiosity yet not daring to linger, I could only slowly move away, glancing back every three steps, while secretly wondering why this big star had come here today.

Zhou Yu led the two into her office, a small space containing a desk and a long sofa that occupied most of the living space.

She deftly took out a disposable paper cup, poured tea, and asked, "Shishi, why did you suddenly come to the group headquarters today?"

Liu Shishi took the tea and replied, "I just finished an interview with Toutiao Entertainment and was thinking of coming upstairs to check on things, but everyone was busy. Sister Zhou, when did you transfer here?"

Zhou Yu sat in her office chair, relaxed, and started chatting: "General Manager Wang transferred me here in January. I now belong to the Group's Human Resources Department and am specifically responsible for compensation and performance work."

Jiang Yuanyuan looked around and covered her mouth to chuckle: "President Zhou, this place is really small. It's not even half the size of your old office in the Zhongao Building."

Zhou Yu, on the other hand, was very open-minded and didn't care at all. He had a contented smile on his face: "That's natural. There are many leaders at headquarters who have higher positions and more power than me. It's only thanks to President Wang's kindness that I was able to get an office to settle down."

Speaking of this, I can't help but recall her time at Tengda Culture. Zhang Zhao was very dissatisfied with her work, which she did with great fear. Now that she has switched to working for the group, she feels much more at ease.

Taking a sip of tea, Liu Shishi's eyes revealed a hint of curiosity: "What important interview does Tengda have today?"
Zhou Yu didn't hide anything, revealing some information: "This morning, the chairman and senior management interviewed several important positions, including the group's chief financial officer and the president of the online payment platform YiPay. These are all important positions related to the group's future development."

Liu Shishi nodded slightly. Having been around Song Ci for a long time, she now had some knowledge of business matters and knew the importance of the chief financial officer to a large group company. No wonder Mr. Song didn't have time to answer her call.

At this time, the high-level job interviews personally presided over by Song Ci, the group's chairman, had ended. After layers of screening and careful consideration, the candidates for several important positions, including the group's CFO, the president of YiPay, and the vice president of Weibo, finally stood out.

In the spacious and bright conference room, Song Ci sat high in the main seat, his expression solemn. His gaze swept over the group of senior executives on either side of him, and his voice was deep and powerful:

"Everyone, the personnel adjustments for the first half of this year are now complete. We may have some new hires coming in later, but the existing leadership positions will remain largely unchanged." Following this personnel adjustment, Tengda Group will go all out to officially embrace the coming era of the mobile internet.

After a brief pause, he looked at Jiang Tiantian, who was sitting in the middle of the conference table: "The office should draft the appointment documents for the personnel who are starting work today as soon as possible, and then submit them to General Manager Wang for approval and my signature."

Jiang Tiantian quickly replied, "Yes, Chairman."

Zhang Yong had been observing Song Ci's expression. Seeing that he didn't intend to speak again, he cleared his throat and asked everyone present, "Does anyone else have anything else to say?"

The conference room fell silent, with no one responding. Zhang Yong then asked, "President Song, shall we call it a day?"

Song Ci nodded slightly, closed the delicate fountain pen in her hand, glanced at the Longines watch on her wrist, and announced crisply, "Meeting adjourned!"

As everyone filed out, Song Ci took out her phone from her pocket. A prominent missed call appeared on the screen, and she dialed it back without hesitation, her aloof expression instantly softening into a gentle one.

"Hey, Shishi. I just finished a meeting and I'm heading back to my office right away. Let's meet on the 39th floor."

In front of the elevator, Song Ci was staring at the constantly flashing floor display, while Wang Jing leaned slightly forward and whispered something beside her.

Aside from Zhang Yong, who stood calmly to the side, the other executives waiting for the elevator after the meeting all consciously kept a proper distance from these three giants. The hierarchical order of the large corporation was clearly evident in this small space in front of the elevator.

One of the building's eight passenger elevators quickly arrived at the floor, and Song Ci stepped in first, followed closely by Zhang Yong and Wang Jing.

"Does anyone else want to go up?" Zhang Yong turned around, pressing the button for the 39th floor as he asked the crowd outside the door.

Everyone shook their heads, preparing to wait for the elevator next door or the next one. They all tacitly understood this hierarchical distinction.

Leaving aside Chairman Song Ci, Zhang Yong and Wang Jing are both shareholders of the company, and the other senior executives are clearly inferior to the two. At this time, naturally no one would be ungrateful enough to take the elevator with the three giants who have extraordinary status.

As the alloy door slowly closed, Song Ci instructed, "Old Zhang, President Chen has just joined the company. Please take good care of him and guide him in his work so that he can adapt to the group's pace and integrate into the team as soon as possible."

"General Manager Chen" is an elite who just passed the interview today and won the position of CFO of the group. He is an outstanding and capable person who was hired from outside. He was originally a senior executive of Microsoft Greater China.

"I understand, Mr. Song, don't worry." Zhang Yong nodded readily.

The elevator went smoothly all the way to the 39th floor in the blink of an eye. As soon as the door opened, the three of them saw Liu Shishi standing gracefully in front of the door with a smile on her face.

Upon seeing Ms. Liu, Song Ci greeted her with a warm smile: "What time did your interview end?"

"Brother Yong, Sister Jing!" Liu Shishi greeted them politely, then smiled and said, "It ended more than half an hour ago. I was just on the 39th floor, but no one was there, so Yuanyuan and I went downstairs to sit for a while. I just got your call, so I told Yuanyuan to go back first."

"Shishi!" Zhang Yong smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

Wang Jing, on the other hand, was very enthusiastic. She stepped forward, took Liu's hand, and praised her, "Sister Shishi is even more beautiful now!"

The four walked and chatted as they went, their steps light as they entered. Zhang Yong took the lead, quickly walked a few steps to open the access control, and stepped aside to let the three of them into the office area.

It was Liu Shishi's first time there, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry as she looked around. She saw the Chief Marketing Officer, the Chief Information Officer... and rows of offices lining both sides of the corridor.

As she passed by the prominent sign that read "COO's Office," Wang Jing waved and said, "Shishi, come visit me sometime." She then chuckled and pushed open the door.

Song Ci and Zhang Yong's offices are opposite each other, at the end of the corridor.

As soon as Liu Shishi entered the chairman's office, she was amazed by the spacious, grand, and magnificent interior. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Yiyi, this is huge! It's even bigger than my old office in the Modern Building!"

"My office is also a kind of face of the company, so it's normal for it to be a bit bigger. We can't let Tengda Group lose face."

Song Ci closed the door behind him, strode into the tea room, and skillfully arranged the tea set to prepare tea for his girlfriend. His movements were fluid and graceful, revealing a rare touch of domestic warmth.

Liu Shishi explored the office thoroughly, sometimes bending down to gently caress the antique ornaments with her fingertips, and sometimes skipping over to the bookshelf, her slender fingers tracing the spines of the finely bound books like a curious child.

"Have some water, rest for a while, and I'll have someone bring your food up later."

Liu Shishi took the cup of water; the tea was just the right temperature, warming her palms.

With her eyes crinkling into crescents, she tiptoed and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek, then looked up and asked, "Are you busy this afternoon? If you are, I'll wait for you patiently in the office."

Song Ci pulled Miss Liu to sit down on the sofa, his arm naturally around her shoulder: "An important guest is coming to discuss some matters at 2 pm, and then there's nothing else to do. Then we'll pack up and go to the banquet."

His two offshore companies, Shanhai Capital and Shanhai Capital, will be managed by Lin Hao for the time being. In the future, they will focus on investing in some traditional industries, making steady progress and expanding their territory.

However, Zhongxin Investment still lacks a leader, and he has chosen Li Ying, the former general manager of Yunfeng Fund, to take over Zhongxin Investment.

Li Ying is a graduate of MIT, possessing exceptional abilities and a keen investment sense. She joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 06, where she was responsible for the equity investment business of the company's Chinese branch, achieving outstanding results.

After repeated and sincere invitations, Li Ying, seeing his sincerity, agreed to meet him at Tengda Group in the afternoon and take the opportunity to see what the largest internet company in China looks like.

Song Ci plans that if Li Ying is willing to join China-Singapore Investment Company, she can then focus on investment and development in areas such as internet technology and green energy, thereby expanding her influence in the business world.

"Who will I be having dinner with tonight? Should I go back and change into something more formal?" Liu Shishi wondered to herself whether she should go back and change into a formal dress.

The person who could get Mr. Song to come is clearly no ordinary person; I can't let my man lose face when we're out in public. The outfit I'm wearing today is a bit too casual and youthful, perhaps not quite suitable for a formal dinner party.

Song Ci gently squeezed Miss Liu's soft hand: "No need, I think this outfit is fine, it really brings out your temperament. We are at the age of youth and vitality, so there's no need to deliberately go for that dignified style."

The evening was a small gathering, with Mr. Lei and his wife, and an old friend and his girlfriend. Everyone was familiar with each other, so it was all relaxed and informal.

Upon hearing that she would be having dinner with her neighbors from Jingyuan that evening, Liu Shishi immediately relaxed, and a smile returned to her eyes: "Alright then, I'll listen to you and won't bother changing clothes, to avoid the trouble."

(End of this chapter)