NOVEL NEXT Chapter 288 Regretting One's Foolishness
"What happened at the company earlier?"
President Yang pulled at his tie, frowned, and asked, "What, does it have something to do with that Li Jing?"
"Yes..."
The man on the phone cautiously reported, "We just received news that all the follow-up cooperation projects originally signed by President Wei with Director Wen Lan and President Li have been canceled by the other party.
This includes the production and distribution of Director Wen's next movie, and the follow-up cooperation with several of their actors..."
"Cancel cooperation?"
President Yang's eyes slightly narrowed, his expression gradually darkened, and he sneered, "Heh, I see, it's probably that kid Li Jing playing tricks.
Wei Jia and Li Jing, along with Wen Lan, have a good relationship, and now that Wen Lan has been pushed out by me, they're trying to pressure me this way."
Upon hearing this, the man on the phone chose silence, not daring to express too many opinions to company leadership.
President Yang then chuckled lightly, "Let them cancel then. Although the cooperation with Wen Lan was originally a key project for the company, I had anticipated from the moment I took over Wei Jia's position, that her resources wouldn't all be left for me."
At this moment, President Yang displayed the composure and confidence expected of a company manager: "Movie investment is just one part of the company's business. Aside from movies, wasn't there also the social media influencer development?"
"Speaking of influencers..."
The man's voice on the phone now sounded even more uneasy.
President Yang's face turned slightly grim upon hearing this: "What, is there a problem with the influencer plan too? Just spit it out, don't dilly-dally!"
"Y-yes."
The man on the phone quickly reported, "The company's top influencer, Xu Tuantuan, she's not planning to cooperate with the company anymore. It seems she wants to develop independently."
"Xu Tuantuan doesn't want to continue?!"
President Yang was startled and immediately asked, "Who approved this?! How come I didn't know? Is her contract expired? Doesn't she have to pay a huge breach penalty for unilaterally breaking the contract?!"
"Actually, this was already handled before President Wei stepped down, but she always suppressed the news and didn't release it, so we're only finding out now..."
The voice on the phone sounded a bit troubled: "Besides, Xu Tuantuan was nurtured by President Wei single-handedly, so with President Wei gone, she definitely doesn't plan to stay here."
"Wei Jia... Hehehe, alright, as expected she wouldn't let go so easily."
President Yang laughed bitterly with anger: "Turns out she left me with such a surprise."
Given the impact of the broader environment, the company's various businesses have been experiencing a decline to some extent.
Therefore, over these years, under Wei Jia's leadership, the company opened up influencer development and movie investment as two new business segments, which were doing quite well and brought considerable profits to the company.
Now, with key channels for movie cooperation severed and the top influencer leaving, this presents President Yang, who has just taken over, with a significant blow.
After some emotional ups and downs, President Yang took several deep breaths to calm down, then spoke again in a subdued tone:
"It's alright, the other segments will continue to operate. Losing these businesses is just a loss, but we can start them up anew on our own.
Didn't we cultivate a new influencer last year, called... 'Huang Jun Fitness,' right?
We can focus on building him as a key IP. Not just fitness, but he can venture into the culinary scene, entertainment path, or even get involved in conflicts and clashes with other influencers and then arrange MMA fights.
Whatever's trending, we need to have him involved in it, quickly boost his fan base, and then fill the gap left by Xu Tuantuan's departures..."
"That Huang Jun seems to also have some issues..."
"He has issues too?!"
President Yang, who had finally managed to suppress his emotions, couldn't contain his anger upon hearing this, and erupted: "Could you finish speaking in one breath!?
Tell me, Huang Jun's a newcomer, what issues could he possibly have?!
Isn't he from the fitness domain?! Could he possibly be connected to Wei Jia too?!!"
"We've investigated, and Huang Jun doesn't have any direct connection with President Wei."
The man was startled by President Yang's fury and quickly explained on the phone: "But Huang Jun seems to have a good relationship with Li Jing, so his contract was specially tailored to be only one year long.
Moreover, there are no clauses forcing him to continue to cooperate or anything like that, so once it expires this month under the contract, he's free to leave."
After hearing this, President Yang gripped the phone tightly, his chest heaving, and his breathing grew heavier.
The driver glanced at President Yang through the rearview mirror, noticing his bloodshot eyes and fierce gaze, and was frightened into slowing down instinctively to prevent any accidents.
"Why are you slowing down?! Speed up! Drive faster, I want to get back to the company as quickly as possible!!"
The driver had just slowed down when he heard President Yang's angry roar from the back, which startled him into quickly slamming on the accelerator.
And President Yang, holding the phone, gritted his teeth and muttered, "Li Jing, is that it, alright, very well.
Initially, I hadn't planned on breaking off with him, but now he's stepped over me like I'm nothing, so let's see what else he has up his sleeve..."
"President Yang, there's actually one last thing."
Hearing the tense voice on the phone, President Yang's rage nearly hit its peak, and he growled with clenched teeth like a beast:
"Speak!"
"Th-the branch company you personally organized and established in Tianhai..."
Upon hearing about the branch company, President Yang was surprised internally.
This branch company was two years in the making by him and is his biggest trump card, with people and resources all planted by him.
Initially, after taking over the group's management, he planned to tilt the business and resources entirely into this company and then leverage it to make money personally.