However, constrained by the moral pressure from those around them, they had just found it difficult to express themselves.
Now that Zhou Wang revealed his identity, they could finally express themselves freely.
In the VIP section, apart from three girls who had guessed, more or less, and weren’t too surprised, simply captivated by Zhou Wang’s demeanor at the moment, the other social media influencers were all stunned.
Lin Dantong was also a bit dumbfounded. Although she had guessed Zhou Wang’s identity wasn’t simple, she hadn’t imagined it went to the level of "shareholder."
Zhou Wang’s appearance and age were truly deceptive...
Meanwhile, the Qian Yu and Qian Xun sisters, and Miss Xiao Cheng, who hadn’t been too friendly with Zhou Wang before, felt as though they were sitting on pins and needles, figuratively having thorns on their backs, choking on their words...
"Regarding Mr. Zhang’s absence from tonight’s event, Wuyou Media will issue an official statement soon. I indeed wasn’t too courteous to him, but everything has a cause. You can make comments after reading our report. I will face all reasonable voices..."
After the commotion at the scene slightly subsided, Zhou Wang spoke sternly.
This statement triggered a lot of discussion again, but even a fool could tell that Zhou Wang was confident, believing the fault was not on his side.
After Zhou Wang finished speaking, Zhang Shihao finally smiled and said, "In principle, I support Mr. Zhou’s handling of this matter. Everyone, please await the company’s notification... So, I announce that the Perfect Night of Wuyou 2024 has come to a perfect close!"
Amidst the soaring fireworks and flashing lights, Wuyou Media’s social media influencers with five million followers, along with contracted celebrity guests, all took the stage to join the company’s two shareholders for a final bow and a group photo.
Once the process was more or less complete, Zhang Shihao gave Zhou Wang a look, hinting that they could slip away.
Next were photo ops with some lucky fans, but those had nothing to do with the two of them.
However, Zhang Shihao waited a moment, only to see no sign of Zhou Wang moving, and asked in surprise, "What’s up, you want to take a photo too?"
"Photo my ass, I’m feeling a bit numb, can’t move yet, let me take a breather..."
"Pfft!"
Zhang Shihao was taken aback, then reacted and laughed out loud, "Crap, bro, seeing you looking all calm, I thought you weren’t nervous!"
"There’s always a bit of emotional ups and downs..."
Zhou Wang simply rolled his eyes at Zhang Shihao’s mockery.
I’m only 22, isn’t being a bit nervous normal?
Apart from the tens of thousands in the audience, there were at least a million online viewers in the live stream; being watched by so many eyes, and being his first time experiencing such a grand scene, if Zhou Wang were totally calm, that would be crazy...
He wasn’t someone like Zhang Shihao, a seasoned pro!
...
The event was over, and the audience began to leave gradually, but in a lounge backstage, one person was still feeling on edge.
He didn’t quite understand why Mr. Zhou asked him to wait here, as he was the event manager; theoretically, he should be outside overseeing the finale.
This gave Zheng Shifeng an uneasy feeling, though he didn’t want to believe it.
He didn’t know how long it was until the sound of a "click" came, and Zhou Wang walked in, carrying a document folder.
"Got a cigarette?"
Zheng Shifeng rose with a smile, only to hear Zhou Wang ask.
"Yes, yes..."
Zheng Shifeng quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for Zhou Wang.
"Have a seat."
Zhou Wang smiled and pointed to the sofa.
Seeing Zhou Wang’s friendly attitude, Zheng Shifeng instinctively thought Zhou Wang wanted to take the opportunity to talk; after all, having just taken office, he would want to win people’s hearts, and since he’d just offended Zhou Wang, he was the perfect target to win over...
Thinking so, Zheng Shifeng relaxed, but just after he got himself a cigarette that he hadn’t even lit, he heard Zhou Wang say with a smile,
"Mr. Zheng..."
"Ah!"
"Return all the benefits you’ve misappropriated over the years, and then resign by yourself."
Zheng Shifeng’s hand shook, causing the cigarette in his mouth to drop.
"Mr. Zhou, what did you say?"
With a slightly pale face, Zheng Shifeng asked.
"You heard me."
"No... Mr. Zhou, could there be some misunderstanding here?"
Zheng Shifeng asked eagerly.
Zhou Wang said nothing, merely threw the document folder onto the table.
Realizing something, Zheng Shifeng flipped through the contents of the folder and froze.
"Mr. Zhou, can’t you give me one more chance? Mr. Zhang..."
A few minutes later, thinking of something, Zheng Shifeng straightened up, with a hopeful look.
"It’s for Mr. Zhang’s sake that I’m allowing you to bow out gracefully. You should know that if we pursued this to the end, it wouldn’t be me knocking at your door."
Zhou Wang said softly, "If you want to stay in this industry, don’t say any more pointless nonsense."
Hearing this, Zheng Shifeng slumped back into the sofa as if all his strength had been drained. "I understand... Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
...
After the expressionless Zheng Shifeng left, a few minutes later, Zhang Shihao came in.
He sat beside Zhou Wang, picked up the cigarette case Zheng Shifeng left on the table, took one out but didn’t light it, just held it to his nose for a sniff.