Chapter 864 - 258: [Immortal Official, Save Me]
Zhao Shanhe was enthusiastically explaining his business strategies along the way, even planning to take Chen Yan back to the company for a look.
"As the second-largest shareholder, you definitely need to check the books!"
Chen Yan smiled and politely declined—he appreciated Zhao Shanhe’s sincerity, but Chen Yan didn’t care about the money. His initial investment in Zhao Shanhe was purely to support his brother’s entrepreneurship, without any expectations of making money from it.
"Anyway, we’ll be profitable by the end of the year and can offset all previous initial investment costs. In the future, we’ll gradually reduce promotional fees on internet platforms. Mainly, we’ll phase out promotional steps instead of the initial all-out flood policy. We’ll target more specific promotions and reduce promotional costs.
I also need to negotiate with the platforms to strive for some discounts and a tilt in resources..."
Watching Zhao Shanhe speak eloquently, the last bit of student-like innocence in him had almost completely faded away—if back in school days, calling him "President Zhao" was somewhat teasing, now it genuinely felt like he owned the title.
Zhao Shanhe talked all the way, and Chen Yan barely interrupted, just smiling while watching his brother speak animatedly.
At the end, Zhao Shanhe noticed Chen Yan’s silence, turned his head to glance at him, and found him merely smiling and looking at himself. Zhao Shanhe felt a bit embarrassed and smiled, "Bro, why aren’t you saying anything?"
"Hmm, you’ve changed a lot." Chen Yan sighed, "You look so youthful and energetic now! Unlike before when you were in Jinling Prefecture, with a heart full of sorrow."
Zhao Shanhe fell silent, pondering for a while, then said softly, "Bro, in this life, I’m most grateful to you! If I hadn’t met you those years in Jinling Prefecture, I’d have died in the river long ago. If you hadn’t knocked sense into me in the end, I’d have been ruined by that lousy woman too."
Chen Yan took a deep breath, "Then live well! Live a wonderful life."
"...Yes, that’s for sure!"
The car finally arrived at the film city.
Chen Yan had never been to this place, but he had seen some short videos online before. It was said that entering the film city required some sort of documentation or procedure.
But Zhao Shanhe, being a local bigwig, directly greeted someone, got some kind of document, draped it around Chen Yan’s neck, wrapped an arm around his shoulder, and swaggered into the film city.
"Bro, shall we first check out our own ’crew’? Our company currently has two crews in, one of them is shooting the drama Princess Pearl not far from here, want to visit the crew? See the empire your brother built for you!"
Chen Yan smiled and waved it off, speaking calmly, "No need, just take me to find Lin Xianyu’s crew."
Zhao Shanhe widened his eyes, "Really, bro? You’re really here to see Lin Xianyu?"
"Yeah."
But Zhao Shanhe stood still, hesitated a moment, then seemed somewhat conflicted but still bit his lip, gently patting Chen Yan’s shoulder, "Bro, don’t blame me for talking too much. Because of my family’s business, I’ve been mingling around Hengdian since I was young. I’ve seen many of these female celebrities and actresses... The various gossips and scandals circulating privately in Hengdian, I’ve seen since I was a kid.
The entertainment industry’s female celebrities, best not to get involved if you can. That circle is chaotic, the waters are deep, and ordinary people can’t handle it.
I know you’re wealthy, but... actresses, well, it’s best just to look, never dive headfirst.
And besides, I think Lu Sisi is quite good to you. I can tell, Lu Sisi is genuinely devoted to you, bro, I think..."
Chen Yan laughed.
He knew that for Zhao Shanhe to say such words, only a true brother and good friend would express this concern.
"You’re overthinking it, I’m not here to hook up with actresses. I genuinely have business and need to talk to Lin Xianyu—I know her, and we’ve arranged to meet."
Zhao Shanhe was stunned for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and smiled, "Bro, are you planning to find Lin Xianyu to collaborate on some charity project?"
Chen Yan laughed...
It’s indeed about a charity project, but the key is to retain Lin Xianyu as this Merit-generating tool person first.
But since Zhao Shanhe misunderstood, it actually saved Chen Yan some effort, so he just went along with it, "Sort of, hurry and take me there."
Zhao Shanhe, familiar with the territory, quickly found out the location of Lin Xianyu’s crew.
It’s said that they were filming an interior scene today, in one of the studios.
Zhao Shanhe led Chen Yan there, and after Chen Yan sent another message to Lin Xianyu, Zhao Shanhe was reluctant to leave, as if still a bit worried about Chen Yan, decided to stay with him.
Soon after, a clever-looking young girl, likely an assistant or something, came rushing out of the studio. Recognizing Chen Yan, she bowed repeatedly and greeted, "Are you Mr. Chen Yan? Well... Sister Xianyu is filming right now, she can’t come out to greet you, so she asked me to invite you in."
Saying so, she glanced at Zhao Shanhe, "And this is...?"
"Shanhe Media, Content Business Department Director, my surname is Zhao." Zhao Shanhe replied with a dignified air.
"Yes, this is my friend, we’re together." Chen Yan added with a suppressed smile, watching Zhao Shanhe introduce himself so formally.