NOVEL NEXT Chapter 368: All Present!
"After all, when I asked for your help, I didn't give you nothing; I gave you a substantial benefit."
"Heh."
Upon hearing Zhou Guangcheng's words, Wan Cheng let out a few cold laughs, then continued to speak, "It's precisely these benefits you gave that almost directly cost me my position."
Wan Cheng's words sent a shock through Zhou Guangcheng's heart, prompting him to ask, "What happened?"
Indistinctly, Zhou Guangcheng had a bad premonition.
Usually, even if the tasks they entrusted to Wan Cheng weren't completed, he wouldn't get so agitated, but this time, Wan Cheng's behavior was unreasonably volatile.
"What happened? You told me Wang Ye, aside from having a connection with Suye Group, didn't have any other background. I believed your bullshit, only to find out that just because I had him brought to Yun City Official Guard, even the general from Zheng District intervened!"
"The general from Zheng District?"
Zhou Guangcheng, listening to Wan Cheng on the phone, could guess the gist of the matter, even though Wan Cheng didn't go into the details.
No wonder Wan Cheng was so angry.
Wang Ye wasn't without background.
On the contrary, Wang Ye's background was very substantial, so much so that Wang Ye himself could very possibly be a person from the military.
Otherwise, why would the general from Zheng District have come personally to find Wang Ye, arguing that Wang Ye was capable of carrying arms privately, just after Wan Cheng had called him over on charges of illegal gun possession?
"Brother Wan Cheng, I'm wrong about this matter. While Wang Ye tended to be high-profile in other respects, he really kept a low profile in this area. I never imagined that he would have..."
After that, Zhou Guangcheng earnestly apologized to Wan Cheng, which somewhat reduced Wan Cheng's anger.
"Additionally."
Wan Cheng spoke with a heavy voice, "That Wang Ye directly demanded a billion from me. You need to come up with that billion."
A billion was not a small sum, and since it was Zhou Guangcheng he was helping, Wan Cheng naturally couldn't be the one to pay.
Instead, he would have Zhou Guangcheng cover this expense.
"Fine, a billion it is. You'll have the billion," Zhou Guangcheng agreed, although losing a billion made his teeth hurt. At this point, he had no choice but to pay up.
Otherwise, if he didn't provide this billion, the notion of asking Wan Cheng for help in the future would be out of the question.
Upon hearing Zhou Guangcheng agree to the billion, Wan Cheng's boiling anger subsided somewhat. After a moment, Wan Cheng continued to warn Zhou Guangcheng, "Additionally, there's something I need to remind you of."
"What?"
"If I remember correctly, your Zhou Family has a spokesperson agreement with Jiang Yuanke, right? You should cancel that as soon as possible. The billion I just mentioned was the first condition Wang Ye brought up, and investigating Jiang Yuanke is the second condition. According to Wang Ye, Jiang Yuanke is suspected of harassing minors. I'm already investigating it, and from the current situation, it seems the conditions Wang Ye asked me to investigate aren't unfounded."
Having said that,
Wan Cheng immediately hung up the phone.
"Jiang Yuanke..."
On the Zhou Family's end, Zhou Guangcheng repeated the name to himself. He did have some recollection of the celebrity.
However, he wasn't too familiar, as big businessmen like him didn't really care for such celebrities, and they wouldn't be bothered with matters like celebrity endorsements; that was handled by their publicity department.
Zhou Guangcheng called his secretary to look into Jiang Yuanke's situation. If there was indeed something amiss with Jiang Yuanke, even just a hint of it, he would cancel the endorsement deal between Zhou Family and Jiang Yuanke in the future.
After the call, Zhou Guangcheng turned his attention to Zhou Kunyu.
The expression on Zhou Kunyu's face was very displeased; he had naturally heard all the content of Zhou Guangcheng's phone conversation with Wan Cheng.
"You heard everything on the phone just now, so you should know what kind of strength Wang Ye possesses."
Zhou Guangcheng spoke with deep significance; although he was protective of his own, he knew better than to offend someone like Wang Ye lightly.
"I know." Zhou Kunyu responded, begrudging but accepting, knowing that the matter with Wang Ye was likely settled, and seeking revenge now was an impossibility.
"Mm."
Seeing that Zhou Kunyu was still rational about right and wrong, Zhou Guangcheng sighed, "I don't expect you to ingratiate yourself with Wang Ye in the future. Just don't look for trouble with him, and later, let's go to the Ke Family and make an apology."
...
The casting crew of "My Parasitic Husband" had all been found and settled down in Fang's Hotel.
After giving the crew a day to rest, the following evening, Wang Ye gathered some of them together, with all the main cast members dining together in a large hotel banquet room, while less important characters were assigned to other smaller rooms within the hotel.
In the banquet hall.
Wang Ye sat in the seat of honor, with Fang Feifei, Su Wanqing, Xia Qingxin, and the others sitting beside him.
Lang Ren looked around at the full seats of the people he had selected, admiring and satisfied by the sight of Wang Ye.
Lang Ren spoke to Wang Ye, "I never expected you to gather exactly the people I listed, without missing a single one. I'm truly surprised."
"Even before, when I wished for those people to gather all the characters, they couldn't do it, and it wasn't just because they wanted to push their own people. Sometimes, because of the connections they had, they only had those."
Listening to Lang Ren, Su Wanqing's face lit up with pride, and she spoke with her head held high: "Of course, my man is quite impressive!"
Next to her, Fang Feifei smiled modestly, but her eyes also held deep pride when looking at Wang Ye.