Chapter 527 The Ignorant and the Sensible
Because of the information revealed by Jiang Fan, the atmosphere at the dinner table became a little awkward.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jiang Shiyu organized the dinner party tonight in order to act as a middleman and bring some business to her friend Zhang Bo's company.
It was a very simple matter, there was no need to even treat anyone.
Precisely because of their age and their status as relatives, they were forced to show generosity and politeness while maintaining a certain reserve.
In Luo Yang's opinion, this is a bit like making money without doing anything.
If it were someone like Qiao Zhiyuan or Cai Fujun, they would have clearly revolved around Luo Yang from the beginning of the dinner. No matter how high their status was, they would have let it go. Unlike Zhang Bo and the others, they were hesitant and pretentious, and even embarrassed.
It was not until Jiang Fan briefly revealed the information about Luo Yang's investment in a project worth hundreds of millions that they realized that one should have the right attitude when asking for help.
"Brother-in-law, you own a lot of companies, so you must have a lot of publicity business in the local area. Can you give some to Zhang Bo?"
In the end, it was Jiang Shiyu who spoke up and eased the atmosphere using her status.
In fact, before she asked, Luo Yang had already thought through it all in his mind.
But no matter how much I thought about it, I still couldn't come up with any result.
Although he has set up several businesses in Yang City, there is really no need for advertising or promotion in the local area.
But after Jiang Shiyu opened his mouth, Luo Yang couldn't help but look at Jiang Fan.
"I just thought it over for you."
Jiang Fan certainly understood the meaning of Luo Yang's eyes: "Zhengyang Group's men's and women's clothing brands are all nationwide, and the advertising business is handed over to 5A-level companies; Guangfan Electronics and Sunshine Electronics use China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and specialty stores to sell their products; premixed cement mortar is a monopoly business."
These are all operating companies.
In addition, wind energy has just started infrastructure construction, and cultural and tourism projects have not even acquired land.
We don’t really have any local advertising business at the moment.
"Sister, I just checked several companies in Luoyang. Either they are not suitable or their projects are still in the initial stage."
Jiang Fan sighed and said, "Why don't I look for suitable business in Yuanfan Group, or wait a little while with your friend. In the second half of this year or next year, Luo Yang may have some suitable business."
If these words came from Luo Yang's mouth, Jiang Shiyu would most likely suspect that he was making excuses.
But the meaning of Jiang Fan's words was different.
"Zhang Bo, what do you think?"
Jiang Shiyu turned her gaze to Zhang Bo: "Should we take on some of Yuanfan Group's business first or wait and see?"
"Wait a moment. If the cultural tourism project that Mr. Luo invested in Xishu Town takes off, there should be a lot of business."
Before replying, Zhang Bo had obviously thought about it and felt that there was nothing special about cutting out a piece of the Yuanfan Group, but the cultural and tourism projects invested by Luo Yang would have a lot of potential.
"It's up to you. Just make up your mind."
Jiang Shiyu shrugged her shoulders, then raised her glass to Luo Yang and said, "Brother-in-law, thank you for your help!"
Luo Yang didn't say anything, but smiled and raised his glass in response.
Jiang Fan, who was sitting next to him, turned cold when he saw that Zhang Bo did not raise his glass to toast.
So the dinner was a bit sloppy.
Even the plan to sit in the bar in the second half of the game was canceled.
After returning home, Jiang Fan immediately apologized to Luo Yang.
"Hubby, I'm sorry. If I had known this would happen, I would never have agreed to take you to Jiang Shiyu's dinner party today."
At this moment, she didn't even call her cousin, but addressed her by her name when speaking.
"Even if my dad came to you to talk about something, he would have discussed it with you. But she acted like she had the final say just to save face in front of her friends."
Jiang Fan said with an unhappy look on his face: "This is really too much. What do you think of us?"
"Yeah, this is like not taking Party A's father seriously at all."
Luo Yang was originally feeling uncomfortable, but Jiang Fan showed an attitude of standing on his side from the start and verbally showed his intention to protect him, and he immediately dissipated most of his anger.
There was a hint of smile in his words as he spoke: "Wife, they actually dared to make you unhappy and take business from me. What the hell are they dreaming of!"
"That's right, we can't let Jiang Shiyu have it too easy."
Jiang Fan walked up to Luo Yang, kissed him on the cheek and said, "At that time, I will give you a small piece of business at most, as a reward for her dinner tonight, and the rest will be tendered as required."
"Are you stupid? In Yang City, there is still a bidding job?"
Luo Yang stretched out his finger and scratched Jiang Fan's nose: "Except for public construction projects of public institutions, which must go through an open bidding process, more than 90% of the engineering business of private enterprises like ours will be done by people with connections."
When he said this, he couldn't help but think of the civil engineering and maintenance business in the old factory of Yuanfan Group.
At the beginning, I also relied on Jiang Fan to enjoy the benefits of being a relative.
"That's right. All the work in my factory is done by people with connections. The remaining repairs are the private domain of the engineering department. The bidding and so on are just to deal with the procedures above. My father knows it very well. He doesn't want to go into details because there are no fish in clear water."
As he was talking, he probably thought of what happened back then.
Jiang Fan stopped, looked up at Luo Yang, and then met his fiery eyes.
"Woo."
The little mouth was suddenly grabbed, and the passion was instantly ignited.
It was several minutes before they let go. By then, Jiang Fan had collapsed in Luo Yang's arms, his eyes blurry and his breathing rapid.
"The start-up capital for Kunpeng Technology was obtained by you helping me sell blueprints."
Luo Yang said nostalgically: "And my cell phone and computer were also bought by you. At that time, something happened at home, and I was determined to go out and work part-time to make money. I really don't know what I was thinking. I had a ready-made gig and refused to eat it."
"Hehe, you know you're wrong, right?"
Jiang Fan was also happy when talking about the past, but his nose wrinkled when he thought about how they almost broke up.
She gently hit Luo Yang on the chest: "You also said that you almost lost me at that time."
"Yeah, it's not too late to wake up now."
Luo Yang chuckled and continued, "I guarantee you'll lose a few times tonight."
The blush on Jiang Fan's face suddenly spread to his neck.
The unhappiness caused by Jiang Shiyu quickly disappeared without a trace.
Luo Yang originally planned to stay in his hometown until Wednesday, but because of a phone call, he rushed back to Shanghai after dinner the next afternoon.
Speaking of which, it’s still something that was left over from last week.
I had originally planned to meet Zhou Yifen last Friday, but she had to fly to Guangzhou to deal with an emergency, so she postponed her trip to Shanghai.
She made Luo Yang wait for four more days, and to express her apology, she waited at Songjiang Chedun Film and Television City early on Tuesday afternoon.
When Luo Yang's car arrived, it was already a little after three-thirty.
At this moment Zhou Yifen had already met Tan Ying and was sitting in his office drinking tea and chatting.
"Mr. Luo, I'm so sorry."
The moment she saw Luo Yang, the woman stood up and walked towards him quickly.
After approaching, he apologized sincerely: "Because my artist got into trouble, I was in a hurry to put out the fire, so I was delayed in the meeting time originally agreed with you. I am really sorry."
As the saying goes, don’t hit someone with a smiling face.
Luo Yang could only put aside his frustration at being stood up and smiled back, "Sister Zhou, that's too harsh. We are all bosses, so of course we should focus on the company's business. By the way, have you dealt with the matter in Yangcheng?"
"It cannot be said that it has been completely dealt with, it can only be said that it has been temporarily suppressed."
Zhou Yifen said with a wry smile: "We have worked so hard to cultivate an artist with potential. We can't just watch him fail. We can only spend money and use our connections to support him." Luo Yang did not pay attention to information in this area, so he had no impression of the recent hot events in the entertainment industry.
But he thought Zhou Yifen would not lie to him.
"If it's worth saving, then save it. It's just a matter of spending some money."
Although I don’t know the specific people and events, I will always say something polite: “I will make the money back from him later.”
"That's why Mr. Luo is so successful in business. His words are so sharp."
Zhou Yifen agreed with Luo Yang's point of view: "After this storm is over, we must keep a close eye on him. We can't let him be idle. When he has time, he should go to film movies, take commercials, and accept announcements. If he can't make back his investment, I will skin him alive!"
Half joke, half truth.
When a woman gets angry, she can be very dangerous.
After exchanging pleasantries, the two walked to the tea table and sat down.
In addition to Tan Ying, there was also Zhou Yifen's assistant Huang Yufei in the office, but the person making tea was Shen Jinglan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
"I never thought that Mr. Luo is actually the main investor of Love Is Not Blind. His vision is amazing."
Zhou Yifen spoke very smoothly: "The return on investment is dozens of times, and everyone in the industry is envious. And I just heard from Mr. Tan that you have invested in two TV series, one of which, "Capital Love Story", has shown the potential to be a hit, and it is definitely a phenomenal urban emotional drama. Mr. Luo, you have such a keen eye, do you have the chance to take me to make some money together?"
"I do have some ideas to make money, but I am just a hobbyist in the film and entertainment industry and lack the key connections."
Luo Yang smiled faintly and said, "Just like my company, we have no shortage of funds, but we can only make low-budget movies of 10 or 20 million yuan. Sister Zhou should know that this circle is not something you can play in just because you have money."
"Haha, isn't this a coincidence?"
Zhou Yifen threw a charming look at Luo Yang: "Mr. Luo has no shortage of funds, and I have no shortage of connections. Isn't this a match made in heaven?"
Ha ha.
How can you climb up the ladder so easily?
The two sides don't even have the slightest bit of basic cooperation, and suddenly they're getting together to make a movie?
This is not a joke!
Tan Ying quickly interrupted at this time: "Mr. Zhou mentioned cooperation. Now there is an opportunity. Our chairman specially invited you to the Magic City to discuss cooperation matters."
"Oh?"
Talking about cooperation, Zhou Yifen's expression became serious: "Mr. Luo, the cooperation you are talking about is the low-budget movie you mentioned on the phone before?"
The reason for doubt is uncertainty.
Before coming to Shanghai, she had done some work, including the movie "Love Is Not Blind" which was invested by Luo Yang. At that time, not only Luo Yang was involved, but also Hengdian Film and Television Group joined in.
The relationship of Mr. Luo in front of him is not as weak as he said.
Just listen to what I said just now. Anyone who believes it is a fool.
"There are already several investors in the film."
"So Young" is bound to make money, and Luo Yang doesn't want to just share the profits like that.
So he used He Maosong and three other people as an excuse: "Several bosses from Zhejiang Province participated in the investment. They have a good relationship with Hengdian Film and Television Group. They have cooperated in "Love Is Not Blind" before, and it was quite pleasant."
Sure enough, Luo Yang has connections with Hengdian.
Zhou Yifen didn't rush to speak. She took a sip of tea and waited quietly for him to continue.
"A few brothers invested in this film because they believed in me. Although the cost was not high, I couldn't embarrass them, so I thought of various ways."
Luo Yang continued to lie, "After the beginning of the year, I found a friend who wrote a theme song for this movie. I wanted to find a famous singer to perform it to boost the popularity of the movie before it is released."
"Mr. Luo, do you want me to help you contact a singer?"
Zhou Yifen understood what Luo Yang meant, so she asked with a little surprise: "I'm curious, what kind of singer is it that made Mr. Luo specifically ask me to contact Jay Chou, or Eason Chan, or a foreign singer?"
"Faye Wong!"
Luo Yang gave the answer with a smile.
"is her?"
This answer was a little unexpected for Zhou Yifen.
Is Faye Wong popular?
Of course she was popular. She was the queen of the Chinese music scene and was once extremely famous.
But her most popular years were probably from 98 to 10. After that, she was no longer at the top.
"If you want to hire her five years ago, you either have to spend a lot of money or use connections, but it shouldn't be necessary now, right?"
Zhou Yifen raised her own questions.
"She is married to Li Yapeng, but I heard that their relationship has been a little strained recently, so I guess she is not in a very happy mood."
As far as Luo Yang could remember, the two were going to divorce the next year, and the relationship between the couple was not very good at the moment. Women were always emotional at this stage, and unless she was short of money, it was hard to say whether she would be willing to come out and sing.
"Forehead"
Hearing this reason, Zhou Yifen was a little amused.
But on second thought, this concern is logically reasonable.
"I don't have a direct relationship with Faye Wong."
She replied to Luo Yang: "But as you said, they are all people in the same circle. I can find someone who has a good relationship with her to invite her."
The conversation ended here.
This is the first time we meet, you can't just say you will help me, right?
Just state the conditions.
"I have just started to assemble the crew for this nostalgic youth romance film. So far, only the director, the leading actress and the leading actor have been decided, and the rest of the roles are still to be determined."
Luo Yang liked this direct exchange, and said to Zhou Yifen with a smile: "Sister Zhou, if you are interested, you can arrange a few characters to go in."
As soon as she finished speaking, a smile appeared on Zhou Yifen's face.
She held up two fingers: "Two roles, one male and one female, at least the third male and third female positions, okay?"
"Sure, either the second female lead or the second male lead is fine."
Luo Yang readily agreed, and then said: "But there is a prerequisite, at least handsome men and beautiful women or those with acting skills, can't be..."
"This can't be done."
Zhou Yifen immediately said: "I still understand the rules of the industry. If you are not an investor, who would do this?"
Well.
Luo Yang felt a little embarrassed because he was the one who inserted the role of female lead Yu Fang.
Fortunately, Zhou Yifen couldn't tell what Luo Yang was thinking.
"Then it's settled."
Luo Yang collected his thoughts and stretched out his hand, saying, "Regarding the subsequent specific business, whether it is inviting Faye Wong to perform the theme song of this movie, or Sister Zhou's actors joining the crew, you can directly contact Mr. Tan."
“It’s definitely a pleasure to work with someone as straightforward as Mr. Luo.”
Zhou Yifen also extended her hand and shook hands with Luo Yang: "I hope this is a good start. I will have the opportunity to discuss cooperation with Mr. Luo in the future."
If Cai Fujun hadn't exposed her secrets, Luo Yang would have really regarded her as a good person.
If you just hang out in the circle, you're bound to get to know a few people like this, right?
There's always a time when it's useful.
(End of this chapter)
