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Chapter 78 Acquisition

After taking her own wrap-up photo, Jiang Yuan shared cake with the crew.

"We'll have the opportunity to collaborate again in the future," Lin Yufen said with a smile as she shook hands with Jiang Yuan.

"Of course, Director Lin, if the opportunity arises."

After shaking hands with Lin Yufen, Jiang Yuan shook hands with the other directors and producers in turn, saying, "Thank you for taking care of the three directors and producers during this time."

Tang Lijun laughed and said, "It's all thanks to Brother Jiang for taking care of her, otherwise I would have a headache just looking after Yueyue."

Jiang Yuan smiled. Yueyue really did like to stick close to him when she came to the film set.

As the daughter of a big boss, Yueyue was being used by Tang Lijun, who was receiving funds and managing the team, so Tang Lijun didn't dare to be too strict with Yueyue.

"Yueyue is quite well-behaved," Jiang Yuan said.

He also expressed his gratitude to the other behind-the-scenes staff.

After it ended.

Zhao Liying stood beside Jiang Yuan and asked softly, "Filming's wrapped up, what are you going to do next?"

"Going to the next film set to shoot a movie."

Jiang Yuan looked at her strangely, "Didn't I tell you this before?"

"Are you sure you told me that?" Zhao Liying sneered.

"No?"

"No!"

Zhao Liying could no longer maintain her composure and revealed a defeated expression.

"Oh, alright then, it's not too late for you to know now."

Seeing Zhao Liying's setback, Jiang Xin felt slightly comforted and immediately joined in the attack: "That's so unethical! We've been filming together for so long, and Jiang Yuan, you didn't even tell us! We didn't know at all. You have to treat us to a meal to apologize!"

Jiang Yuan looked at Jiang Xin and asked, "You really don't know?"

Jiang Xin initially wanted to say she didn't know, but when she looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes, she felt guilty and finally gave up, saying, "I know, okay?"

"You know it, yet you say you don't. You're lying."

Jiang Yuan said, "As an apology, next time I finish my meal, I'll send you the bill, and you'll remember to pay it."

Jiang Xin looked at Jiang Yuan with a puzzled expression and a shocked gaze.

How did she end up treating everyone to dinner?

"Any objections?" Jiang Yuan asked her.

"Jiang Yuan, you're amazing! You're awesome!"

Jiang Xin gave a thumbs up, laughed in exasperation, and resigned herself to her fate, "I can pay your bill, but I'll only pay for the food I ate while I was there."

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The implication was that they would only settle the bill for the meal they had with Jiang Yuan.

"I have no objection."

Jiang Yuan nodded and handed the flowers in her hand to Meng Ziyi, asking her to hold them for her.

He also said to Sister Meng, "Next time I have time, I'll take you to eat Jiang Xin up really badly."

Meng Ziyi was initially reluctant, but she wasn't short of money and didn't need another woman to pay the bill.

Jiang Xin just wanted to have dinner with Jiang Yuan; it was probably the same thing at the barbecue last time.

However, her reluctance changed when she heard Jiang Yuan say that he would take her with him.

Mencius felt as if his heart were a blooming sunflower, facing the sun and feeling warm.

"Okay, I'll go again next time after I've gone hungry for two days."

Meng Ziyi's fair and delicate face was hidden in her long, ink-black hair. She shrugged as she suppressed a laugh.

Upon hearing that Jiang Yuan was going to bring Meng Ziyi, Jiang Xin felt inexplicably displeased, and her fiery temper flared up: "You two really have a good relationship, huh? When are you going to invite me to your wedding?"

Zhao Liying frowned: "Alright, Sister Jiang Xin, stop joking. We can have the wrap party today, can't we?"

Zhao Liying cleverly changed the concept of the wedding banquet that Jiang Xin mentioned.

Even she herself didn't know whether it was to avoid conflict between the two of them or simply because she disliked the way it was said.

When Mencius heard Jiang Xin's words, his earlobes turned pink.

She glanced at Jiang Yuan furtively, but not wanting to lose face, she snorted and said, "Of course we're good friends. We even started out as extras together. As for the wedding banquet, we'll have to wait until Sister Jiang Xin is willing to pay. I'll definitely let you pay the bill then."

Seeing that the two were about to argue, Zhao Liying tugged at Jiang Yuan and said irritably, "Aren't you going to stop us? You've finished filming, but we still have to keep shooting."

"Oh." Jiang Yuan nodded, then said to Jiang Xin and Meng Ziyi, "Let's stop for a moment."

Meng Ziyi obediently stood back next to Jiang Yuan, while Jiang Xin turned her head away.

Zhao Liying shook her head, then, remembering that Huo Jianhua had also paid for Jiang Yuan's bill, couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to send me a bill from now on?"

"Is the bone going to pay for my meal?"

Jiang Yuan scratched his head. Why would someone bring this up on their own initiative?

"Okay, I'll put this on your tab, and I'll send you the bills for reimbursement in the future."

"You have to give me a reason."

Zhao Liying's gaze was playful, wanting to see what reason Jiang Yuan could come up with.

"What reason do you need?"

Jiang Yuanqi said, "We are friends. If you want to pay the bill, I will naturally comply and fulfill your wish."

"Right?" Jiang Yuan nudged Meng Ziyi's hand.

Meng Ziyi nodded slightly: "If you want to pay, then pay. It doesn't matter if Sister Liying pays or not."

Sister Meng didn't care anymore. Whoever paid the bill was going to be the sucker anyway, so why not take advantage of it?

Just like Gulnazar.

The only pity is that Sister Xue, Chaoyue, and Xiaotian weren't there, otherwise they could have given these guys who wanted to pay a good beating.

"I didn't ask any more questions."

Zhao Liying smiled, her round face beaming. "But when it's my turn to pay, you call me a 'bone'? Dongfang, do you have to be so materialistic?"

"That's right, I'm just that kind of realistic man."

Jiang Yuan recalled Mencius's words that night, "I am such a fickle woman," and happily borrowed them.

Standing beside him, Meng Ziyi, holding flowers, smiled. See? Jiang Yuan just likes to imitate her.

She said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Jiang Yuan is a shrewd scholar."

Jiang Yuan glanced at her and whispered, "I want to eat chocolate later."

After saying that, he went to deal with Zhao Liying and Jiang Xin.

Meng Ziyi raised an eyebrow and noticed that Jiang Yuan's lips were moving as he spoke, so he couldn't help but squeeze the chocolate in his pocket.

Xu Yiruo has been in a good mood lately.

Because she signed two promising artists, Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi.

After transitioning from actress to agent, Xu Yiruo joined Feibao Media.

Why not go it alone?

Because opening an independent business studio is costly, requires incomplete qualifications, and is difficult to connect with platforms.

Most importantly, her funds do not allow her to do this.

Joining a mature, large company would mean losing autonomy, which doesn't align with Xu Yiruo's plans.

Feibao Media is still quite small, just a startup with only a dozen or so employees.

Feibao Media's owner, Zheng Mingdong, started his business in film and television investment, accumulating some initial capital before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey.

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However, the team is lacking, and we need industry insiders who understand film crews, actors, and have connections to build the talent agency section.

The two hit it off immediately and decided to collaborate.

Feibao provides company qualifications, contractual parties, and, most importantly, film and television funding.

Xu Yiruo provides resources for film crews and has the ability to discover talented individuals.

Zheng Mingdong delegated all authority over the artist management department he established to Xu Yiruo.

Xu Yiruo was fully responsible for Feibao's artist contracts, acting contracts, and business dealings.

That's why Xu Yiruo was able to sign Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi on her own.

Of course, Xu Yiruo's hard work is not only due to her ability to manage her own agency and control the artists' voices.

After all, Fei Bao can't provide much film and television resources; they're all her own, which is essentially a subsidy for the company's lack of resources.

The reason she worked so hard was because Zheng Mingdong and she had an internal cooperation agreement.

In future company financing, a partner share will be reserved for her.

Although Xu Yiruo had a vague feeling that it was a bit unreliable, after all, if Zheng Mingdong really didn't leave her any funds for future financing after the business grew bigger and stronger, there was nothing she could do.

But she didn't just swallow her pride and endure it in order to gain more power in small and micro enterprises.

Instead, they were also careful and planted traps in the artist contracts they controlled.

He also told Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi about his idea of ​​going solo, leaving room for him to appeal to their emotions later.

For candidates like Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi, whom she favored, Xu Yiruo set short contract terms and low penalties for breach of contract.

If she doesn't think a certain artist is good, she'll tell Feibao Media when signing the contract that the artist is good and set a higher penalty for breach of contract.

Zheng Mingdong couldn't tell which artists had potential to begin with, and with so many different kinds of people, he was even less able to tell.

Xu Yiruo is not afraid of the uneven distribution of resources among artists later on.

After all, potential is a very mysterious thing.

Some promising stocks with high penalty clauses fail to become popular, while some unpromising stocks with low penalty clauses do become popular. Nobody can predict that.

Her resources and company funds will naturally be directed towards those who are popular.

The contract has been signed, and the artist is unwilling to renegotiate it before it expires.

In any case, Xu Yiruo had made complete preparations for both possibilities.

If, a few years later, Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi become famous, leading to a steady increase in Feibao Media's revenue and successful financing, then...

If Zheng Mingdong reserves a partner share for her according to their agreement, then she will stay at Feibao as a partner.

If Zheng Mingdong wants to use her and then dump her, he'll treat her like a fool.

Xu Yiruo would then take advantage of the low penalty clause in the contract she set to leave with the artist and go solo.

Let's teach Zheng Mingdong a lesson; if you're ruthless, don't blame me for being unjust.

And in fact.

A few years later, Feibao Media will indeed develop smoothly due to the emergence of its top female star, Li Yitong.

The successful financing not only attracted investment from institutions such as Alibaba Pictures and Perfect World.

Back in 2017, Zhang Ziyi was brought in to invest in the partnership, bringing her resources and connections.

But Xu Yiruo was excluded.

Ultimately, in 2018, Xu Yiruo chose to leave Shanyu and, by appealing to emotions, took away Li Yitong, the company's top female star.

As for the remaining artists from Feibao Media, they were basically all flops, and no one had ever even heard of them.

After that, Feibao became most popular because Zhang Xinyu joined the company after Zhang Ziyi invested in it, and she was drawn to Zhang Ziyi's resources.

But Xu Yiruo is unaware of these things at the moment.

Just when she thought she had made two preparations, she received news of a change in the company.

"It's a real shame that we can't cooperate anymore because we're weaker."

Zheng Mingdong, the owner of Feibao Media, shook his head with a look of regret.

"Mr. Zheng, what do you mean?" Xu Yiruo asked, frowning.

"You don't need to call me General Manager Zheng anymore."

Zheng Mingdong waved his hand and explained, "The company has been acquired, and you will have a new boss, but don't worry, the new boss will fully support your agent's work and won't interfere."

"As for the partnership agreement we signed, don't worry. The new boss said he will draft a new contract with you, which will be legally binding."

Xu Yiruo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that her work would not be significantly affected.

After all, Zheng Mingdong had no resources at all; they were all brought by herself, and the company only needed to provide funding.

With a new boss, all that matters is money.

Not to mention that this boss was willing to turn the internal agreement she had previously made with Zheng Mingdong into a legally binding contract.

This is a great show of sincerity.

Mentioning this, Xu Yiruo gave Zheng Mingdong another displeased look: "Heh, Mr. Zheng also knows that our previous internal agreement has no legal effect."

"Although it has no legal effect, it's guaranteed by my integrity!"

Zheng Mingdong showed no embarrassment whatsoever, and instead shamelessly said...

Xu Yiruo didn't want to waste time talking to Zheng Mingdong, so she asked directly, "So, Mr. Zheng, you've sold the whole company?"

"I didn't want to sell it originally. You know me, Yiruo. I've worked so hard to start this company. I've put in so much effort."

Xu Yiruo scoffed, "What are you trying to achieve?"

"But there's nothing we can do, they gave us too much."

Zheng Mingdong sighed.

Feibao Media was founded last year with only a dozen or so employees.

In 2014, the company's registered capital was only three million yuan. It couldn't even afford to support any of the big or small artists under its management, let alone any artists who were considered insignificant in the entertainment industry.

The industry market estimates the acquired assets to be under ten million.

Zheng Mingdong has gone from being full of ambition and grand plans last year to just drifting along and doing nothing this year.

That's why we chose to cooperate with Xu Yiruo this year and give her the reins of power.

Zheng Mingdong never thought highly of Xu Yiruo's abilities.

But even with such a makeshift operation, someone actually offered 20 million to buy his company.

In just over a year, he earned more than ten million?

Zheng Mingdong acted decisively.

Ring ring ring!

Zheng Mingdong's phone rang. After answering it, he went out again and brought back a young woman.

"Yi Ruo, this will be your boss from now on, President Su."

After Zheng Mingdong finished his introduction, he introduced Xu Yiruo to President Su, saying, "President Su, you've already met all the other employees in the company. This is Xu Yiruo, who is in charge of our company's artist management department. You can ask her to bring the artists she has signed to you for a look if you have the chance."

Xu Yiruo was impressed by the new boss's youth and quickly greeted him, "Hello, President Su."

"Hello, I look forward to working with you in the future."

"No, no, I wouldn't dare."

Xu Yiruo was flattered; the new boss seemed quite easy to talk to.

President Su nodded, then said calmly to Zheng Mingdong, "The people I brought are outside. President Zheng, would you please take the time to hand over the work and employee contracts? Should we also notify the shareholders of a meeting?"

Zheng Mingdong readily agreed: "No problem, President Su, don't worry. Our company is very small, all the shares are in my hands, there are no other shareholders, and the business registration change and handover can be completed quickly."

"That's good."

Mr. Su nodded, said a few words, and then left.

After going downstairs.

I got back into my car.

Mr. Su took out his phone and connected to the video call.

The man in the video looks somewhat like her; his name is Su Xin.

"Qingqing, how did things go?"

Su Xin asked, "This is your first mission, you didn't mess it up, did you?"

Su Qing pouted, displeased, and said, "Dad, can't you say something nicer? How could your daughter possibly mess this up?"

"I've taken care of everything Uncle Jiang asked me to do!"

Su Qing revealed a smug expression.

Unexpectedly, Su Xin said seriously, "When you're at work, you should refer to your job title."

"Yes, yes, Manager Su is right."

Su Qing reported on the work progress: "I have diligently completed the tasks assigned by the company, reached an acquisition agreement with Feibao Media, and signed a contract. It is just waiting for the procedures to be completed."

After finishing the business, Su Qing was unhappy that her father was scolding her, and said, "Hmph, Manager Su, just wait for me to complain to Brother Yuan and have the company's young master fire you as manager."