Chapter 189 Are you satisfied with the hush money?
Xia Group.

Xia Jianjun had just finished reviewing the documents Xia Yuqin brought over. He looked up at her and asked casually:

"I heard that a lot of people left Xin Ruo Entertainment recently?"

"A vice president took away several executives and pillars. You are well-informed. How could you find out so quickly?" Xia Yuqin took back the document, looked at it, put it away and said.

"With such a big personnel change, it would be hard not to know about it." Xia Jianjun laughed.

Xia Yuqin looked at her elder brother.

She knew that Xia Jianjun must have someone at Xinruo Entertainment keeping an eye on Chu Ze's every move and reporting to him. She estimated that he now cared more about Xinruo Entertainment than she did.

"It's all because of you that you insisted on letting Xiao Chu take charge of the company. My company was doing well before, but now it's a headache." Xia Yuqin felt tired when she thought about this. It was already annoying enough to take care of the affairs of the group headquarters, and now she had to worry about the entertainment company's affairs, which was adding insult to injury.

"Are you still having a headache? I haven't seen you take care of it normally. Just leave it to Xiao Chu." Xia Jianjun said nonchalantly.

"Are you sure? How can Xiao Chu handle this kind of thing? Do you really want my company to go bankrupt?" Xia Yuqin stared at Xia Jianjun unhappily.

"Don't be anxious, let's see what Xiao Chu will do first." Xia Jianjun was very calm.

"Are you still expecting Xiao Chu to have any solution?" Xia Yuqin frowned.

"Give the young man a chance to perform. If he really can't do it, you can deal with it later. I just want to see how he performs in the face of these things." Xia Jianjun said that this is also a test for his son-in-law.

If Chu Ze's performance this time can satisfy him, he doesn't mind agreeing to what Chu Ze and Ruoruo are doing.

……

At this time, Xinruo Entertainment was in uproar due to the resignation of Jiang Bo and the departure of two popular pillars.

Employees were discussing privately:
"Have you heard? He Wen and Cui Hao, two of the most popular pillars of the station, have changed jobs."

"I heard that Mr. Jiang was asked to take him away."

"You said, it wasn't long since Mr. Shi left, how come Mr. Jiang left all of a sudden too?"

"Don't you know? Originally, when Mr. Shi left, Mr. Jiang was supposed to take over, but Mr. Chu took his place. He must have left because he was so angry."

"Not that much."

"Look at Mr. Chu now. He is so young. He doesn't look experienced at all. He is obviously a relative. Are you happy that your position has been taken away by a relative?"

"Boss Shi might have been transferred because of Boss Chu."

"What does President Xia mean by this arrangement? He is forcing a relative to be the general manager. Even if the young master wants to gain experience, can't he be made the deputy general manager as a token of appreciation?"

"Who knows? Now that CEO Jiang is gone, He Wen and Cui Hao are gone too. I'm afraid our company is finished."

"A good company is about to be ruined by people with connections."

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense. If it gets to Mr. Chu's ears, will you quit your job?"

Many people in the company apparently believed that it was Chu Ze who used his connections to get promoted and that was why Jiang Bo drove away.

Chu Ze: Don’t say that. Don’t say that…

Can't refute.

This is indeed true.

However, regarding such high-level personnel changes, the employees just watch the fun and use it as a topic of conversation after dinner. Whether it is a vice president or a general manager, it is none of their business who leaves or who takes over, and they will not receive a pay raise.

What the employees are concerned about is that the two popular singers have left, and the new CEO Chu is obviously a rookie who has relied on connections to get promoted. If the company's performance is not good at that time, this will have a real impact on their bonuses.

Now they just hope Chu Ze can do something good and not ruin the company.

Chu Ze said that it was just a few people leaving, it was a small matter and not a big problem.

Now that things have come to this, let’s have a meeting first.

As the general manager, we still have to listen to advice, give full play to the subjective initiative of our subordinates, and listen to the opinions of other senior executives.

I have learned the essence of being a boss.

Hope it doesn't get bigger.

In fact, it is quite common to encounter singers jumping ship in entertainment companies. The way to deal with it is simply to allocate company resources to other singers.

If a company can make one company popular, it can naturally make a second one popular. It’s just a matter of cost and time.

Another solution is to poach people from other companies.

However, it is not so easy to poach people. Not to mention whether those popular singers are willing to come, and if they want to switch jobs, you have to give them attractive enough conditions, and the penalty for breach of contract is also a considerable amount.

So Chu Ze decided to let the artistic director Chen Liang pick a suitable candidate from his singers first and spend resources to try out the effect.

In addition to the two first-tier singers He Wen and Cui Hao who left, Xinruo Entertainment also had some ordinary second- and third-tier singers who were not very famous.

This time, we chose Pei Jian, the second-tier male singer with the most experience in the company, to test the waters.

"This is the demo of Pei Jiansan's new song. Mr. Chu, please give it a listen." Chen Liang took the song demo to Chu Ze for review.

"These songs...are there no better ones?" Chu Ze frowned after listening to them, not very satisfied.

"This is the best song we have received so far." said Chen Liang.

"We are such a big company, but we can't even invite a high-quality song?"

"Originally, our company had several stable songwriters, and the high-quality songs for He Wen and Cui Hao were basically written by those people, but... President Jiang was in charge of the coordination before..." Chen Liang stopped talking here.

But Chu Ze also understood.

I can only say that Jiang Bo is a really smart guy. Anyone who can become a vice president must be something.

With all these important resources and connections in his hands, it's no wonder he was so confident in running away.

When Jiang Bo ran away, he took all these connections with him, leaving them helpless.

"Let's try these songs first, promote them more vigorously and see the results." Chu Ze thought for a moment.

These songs are not bad, they are just not amazing enough. However, no one can predict the market, and no one can tell whether these songs will be popular.

Chen Liang nodded when he heard that, took the demo and left to prepare for the release of the new song.

Half a month later, Pei Jian’s three new songs were released.

Xinruo has directly invested huge resources this time, and the intensity of various advertising and promotional activities in the early stage has been maximized, which is similar to the promotional treatment given to the main pillars of the station in the past.

But even so, only two of Pei Jian's three new songs entered the top ten, one ranked ninth and one ranked tenth.

Totally a keeper.

This result is obviously unsatisfactory. After investing so many huge resources, we can't even make back the cost.

River Entertainment.

Jiang Bo laughed as he looked at the ranking of Pei Jian's new song: "Xin Ruo is desperate now and has tried all means to save the situation. They even brought someone of Pei Jian's level out to help them look good. It's a pity that they are a hopeless case. With so much resources invested, they still have such little success."

"Pei Jian's level is still okay, but these songs are too ordinary. It's hard to say if he can sing some better songs." Cui Hao said.

“Then they have to get good songs too.” Jiang Bo said proudly, leaning back in his boss chair.

He has taken away the connections of several powerful songwriters, so how can Xinruo Entertainment get any good songs now?

Jobs can be filled, singers can be filled, but things like connections and resources cannot be replenished overnight.

"The new song I asked Teacher Yan to write for you has been written. You should prepare it and try to release it this month to let the people of Xinruo see who has helped Xinruo Entertainment to become what it is today." Jiang Bo said.

"Okay." Cui Hao nodded.

Watching Cui Hao leave, Jiang Bo smiled crookedly.

It's time for the Dragon King to return!

At the end of the month, Cui Hao’s new song was released and quickly topped the new song charts.

"Cui Hao is still amazing."

"It's a pity that it's no longer owned by our company."

"I heard that the company spent a lot of resources to promote Pei Jian last month, but in the end it didn't work out and they lost a lot."

"Mr. Jiang is still in charge of operations. Mr. Chu is too poor at the moment and doesn't know how to operate anything."

"What do you expect from a relative? It's good enough that he doesn't cause any trouble. What else do you want?" "I'm afraid that in a few months, the company will lose money due to this CEO Chu and will have to lay off employees. Maybe we will be the ones to be laid off."

"Then we can switch to Mr. Jiang's company. Isn't it much better than this company with no future?"

Comparing the brilliant performance of Jiang Bo's side with the dismal results of their own company, many employees began to have some thoughts, and even some supervisors considered changing jobs.

After all, performance and bonuses are closely related. If the company's performance is not good, they will get less money. It is better for them to switch to a more promising company.

And just at this time, news came out from somewhere that Jiang Bo's Jianghe Entertainment was short of people.

Suddenly many people were ready to take action.

The army's morale is unstable.

Chu Ze was in the general manager's office at this time, scratching his head as he looked at the financial statements for last month, and saw that the profit had dropped by nearly half compared to the same period last year.

This is the rhythm of a business that is about to collapse halfway.

Someone come and rescue me!

Just thinking about it...

Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door, and then the secretary Ding Jie walked in.

"Boss Chu, someone wants to see you."

"Who?" Chu Ze asked without raising his head.

"An, An Ruo." Ding Jie's tone was obviously a little uneasy.

"Oh...who?!"

Chu Ze looked up suddenly, and then saw a familiar, slender, and beautiful figure walking in from the door.

Who else could it be but Xia Anruo?

"How did you..."

Chu Ze was a little excited. He asked subconsciously halfway when he suddenly realized that Ding Jie was still there. He restrained his emotions and waved to Ding Jie: "Well, you go out first."

Ding Jie looked at Xia Anruo and Chu Ze curiously, then respectfully left the office.

Chu Ze stood up and locked the door, then his face regained its excitement and he came over: "Why are you here?"

"What? You don't welcome me?" Xia Anruo smiled.

"How dare you?" Chu Ze laughed, then took Xia Anruo's hand, sat on the sofa, and poured her a cup of tea.

"Your secretary is quite pretty." Xia Anruo said suddenly.

Chu Ze's hand shook as he poured the tea, and the tea almost spilled onto Xia Anruo's legs.

"Why are you so nervous? I don't mean anything else." Xia Anruo said with a smile when she saw Chu Ze's reaction.

"Nonsense, anyone would tremble when you suddenly say that." Chu Ze rolled his eyes at her and handed her the teacup.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to catch you cheating." Xia Anruo took the teacup and took a sip, looking at Chu Ze jokingly.

"I didn't commit adultery for you to catch." Chu Ze muttered, and then saw Xia Anruo coming over without any cover, and was a little surprised, "Why did you come over so openly? Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

"What are you afraid of? I'm here to talk about serious business." Xia Anruo said.

"Business? What business?" Chu Ze was stunned.

"My contract with Xinghua will expire next month. I wonder if Mr. Chu is willing to take me in?" Xia Anruo leaned close to Chu Ze's ear and whispered.

"Yes, of course." Chu Ze was overjoyed when he heard that and hugged her immediately.

"Then what conditions does Mr. Chu plan to give me? My signing fee is very expensive." Xia Anruo blinked and drew circles on Chu Ze's chest with her fingers.

Chu Ze straightened his back and asked, "Are a few hundred million enough?"

Xia Anruo looked down and understood instantly. Her face turned red and she spat, "Bah, who wants that thing of yours?"

"If this doesn't work, then I can only change the payment method..." Chu Ze rubbed his chin.

"What is that...hmm."

Xia Anruo was stunned. Before she could finish her words, Chu Ze suddenly hugged Xia Anruo's waist and put his mouth close to hers. Their soft lips touched, and Xia Anruo's rosy lips were instantly blocked.

After a long time, the two separated.

"How is it, is that enough?" Chu Ze looked at Xia Anruo's rosy cheeks and licked his lips.

Xia Anruo covered her face in Chu Ze's arms and cried, "Wow, I've been taken advantage of. You, the general manager of an entertainment company, are taking advantage of a little singer like me. I'm going to find the media to expose you."

Chu Ze looked at Xia Anruo's weird look and found it both cute and a little funny.

You even acted.

In that case, he has to cooperate with your performance.

"You can't expose it if you want to. It seems I can only give you some more hush money." Chu Ze laughed evilly, pried her hands apart and lowered his head again.

They kissed again, this time for even longer, and fell directly on the sofa. Their tongues were numb and their lips were almost swollen from kissing before they separated.

The two of them were panting. Chu Ze looked at Xia Anruo's red and tender earlobe and whispered in her ear:
"Are you satisfied with this hush money, Miss An Ruo?"

Xia Anruo was a little exhausted from the kiss, and it took her a while to recover. She rolled her eyes at him and bit Chu Ze's neck: "You are obviously taking advantage of me, and you still have the nerve to ask me?"

"Hey, isn't this just cooperating with you in acting?" Chu Ze said aggrievedly, covering his neck.

Xia Anruo chuckled when she heard this, and hooked her arms around Chu Ze's neck, and asked with seductive eyes: "Then what does Mr. Chu plan to do with me?"

"Beauty, just listen to me and serve me well in the future, and I will make you a big star." Chu Ze held Xia Anruo on his lap, hooked her delicate chin, and laughed lewdly.

"Go to hell." Xia Anruo pinched his waist.

The two flirted for a while before Xia Anruo got back to business.

"By the way, I've already reached an agreement with Xinghua. After my contract expires next month, Sister Liao should come with me. Remember to make arrangements for her." She instructed.

"Ok." Chu Ze nodded and made a gesture.

"Okay, I'll go first." Xia Anruo stood up.

"So soon?" Chu Ze was still a little reluctant. After all, they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Seeing this, Xia Anruo touched Chu Ze's face with her jade hand and said with a smile: "Otherwise, Mr. Chu, do you want to do something else?"

"Is it okay?" Chu Ze was delighted.

"It's a beautiful thought."

Xia Anruo instantly stopped smiling, gave him a blank look, kicked him, and turned around to leave.

Not even two steps...

"Thanks."

From behind, Chu Ze's voice came.

"do you need?"

Xia Anruo paused, turned around and asked.

The two looked at each other and then smiled knowingly.

Given their relationship, how could Xia Anruo really come here just for something like this? It was obvious that she was doing it for show.

Now the morale of Xinruo Entertainment is low and they urgently need a reassurance to stabilize the soldiers' spirit.

And Xia Anruo came here without any concealment, obviously for this purpose.

"Can you handle other things by yourself?" Xia Anruo asked, tilting her head.

Chu Ze grinned: "Are you kidding? Who do you think I am?"

I am a reborn person.

(End of this chapter)