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Chapter 83 Investment: A whopping 2.6 billion

"Ningning, why don't you help me choose? Which of these two movies should I pick?" Shen Xingyi handed the two scripts he was looking at to Song Zhining.

Shen Xingyi thought both movies were good, but he could only choose one to film at the moment due to his free time.

He was finding it difficult to make a decision.

Song Zhi Ning took it, somewhat amused and exasperated. "You trust me that much? What if I make the wrong choice and you lose money? What if I choose something bad?"

"It's nothing, why would we blame you?" Shen Xingyi and Li Jing quickly replied.

Song Zhi Ning felt relieved and said confidently, "Don't worry, I'm confident. I think that my choice, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should be correct."

After saying that, Song Zhining looked at the two notebooks in her hand.

When Song Zhining saw that one of the books was called "Swift Wind" and the other had an unfamiliar name, she immediately knew the answer.

However, Song Zhining still carefully reviewed it before giving the answer she already had.

"If it were me, I would choose this one."

Song Zhining placed her hand on the script of "The Gale".

Shen Xingyi slowly picked up the script for "Swift Wind" and said, "Okay, then I'll film this one."

Neither Shen Xingyi nor Li Jing had any objections. Perhaps because of what happened last time, Song Zhining was like their lucky star in their hearts.

Fuxing's opinions are definitely better than those of ordinary people like them.

If we don't listen to Fuxing, who should we listen to?

Now that the decision was made, Li Jing let Chen Ming come and take it.

When Li Jing handed Chen Ming the list of selected items and mentioned that Song Zhi Ning also wanted to invest, Chen Ming was stunned.

Chen Ming wasn't just an assistant Li Jing hired casually. He came from the Li Group; Li Jing's brother sent him to Xingyao Entertainment to assist Li Jing for a year.

Let him return to the Li Group a year later.

Therefore, although Chen Ming was only an assistant, he was exceptionally capable and experienced.

In the less than six months since Xingyao was founded, Chen Ming has been of great help to Li Jing and to the development of Xingyao Entertainment.

Li Jing has also been working hard to learn how to manage a company.

Li Jing had been doing a good job before.

but now……

Chen Ming had no objection to Ms. Song's desire to invest.

Looking at the projects that were filtered out, quite a few were still checked off, even more than the good ones that were filtered out.

Chen Ming couldn't understand it at all.

"Mr. Li, may I ask why you selected those that were filtered out?" Chen Ming asked.

Li Jing didn't say that Song Zhi Ning had chosen it, because she was afraid that Chen Ming would have a bad impression of Song Zhi Ning and think that she was interfering in his decision-making. "Because I think these will also become popular."

Chen Ming: ...But why do I feel like it won't be popular?

They've all been filtered out, so the chances of them becoming popular are extremely slim. Investing in these is less worthwhile than choosing the ones that have already been filtered out.

"Assistant Chen, do you have any brilliant ideas?" Li Jing asked, blinking her innocent eyes.

Chen Ming: "...No."

You are the president, and I am just an assistant. How could I dare to have any opinions?

Remembering Li Chen's instructions before he came not to investigate or interfere with Li Jing's decisions, Chen Ming didn't say anything more. He just muttered that the people in charge of those projects that were originally going to fail to secure investment and be rejected were now in luck.

I encountered one, no, two spendthrifts.

As for Shen Xingyi choosing "Swift Wind" from the two scripts, Chen Ming had no objection.

So he went down, and soon came back, bringing Song Zhining the amount she might need to invest in 13 projects. The smallest project required an investment of 200 million, while the largest required tens of millions. In total, the amount would be more than 2.6 million.

2.6 million doesn't seem like a lot.

Song Zhining originally thought that she didn't have enough money in her bank account.

“Okay, that’s settled then,” Song Zhining said.

Li Jing also followed Song Zhi Ning's investment, so it was also 2.6 million, which is...

"President Li, Xingyao doesn't have that much cash flow right now; we're still short 1 million." Chen Ming also works part-time as the company's accountant, so he was aware of these things.

"It's okay, I'll call my older brother later and have him call me. He should agree."

Chen Ming: ...

Your older brother is a total brother-lover and owns the Li Group, which is worth over 100 billion. He would definitely agree to your request. It's just a small goal, not even as important as his younger brother.

"Okay, then I'll contact the project managers now, draft the contracts, and sign them tomorrow?"

"Okay," both Li Jing and Song Zhining agreed.

Chen Ming returned to his office and first called the director of "Swift Wind" and the heads of the projects that had been selected earlier, telling them that Xingyao Entertainment and Ms. Song planned to invest, and also indicating the amount, and asking them to come to Xingyao Entertainment the next day to sign the contract.

Then, his gaze fell on the projects that were originally going to be eliminated.

It's a bit upsetting, I don't want to contact them personally.

Thinking about how these projects that were screened out were very likely destined to lose money, Chen Ming covered his chest with his hand.

No, I can't think about it, otherwise Chen Ming, who is known by outsiders as a miserly person who only takes in money and never gives it out, will be heartbroken.

So he beckoned to his subordinate, “I’m not feeling well and need to rest. Contact the people in charge of these projects and tell them that Xingyao and Ms. Song are going to invest. Tell them the specific amounts and have them come to the company tomorrow to sign the contracts.”

"Yes, Assistant Chen."

So, Chen Ming left clutching his chest. His subordinates, seeing this, realized that the workaholic Assistant Chen was genuinely unwell; otherwise, they wouldn't have asked him to share the burden.

He didn't dare delay and immediately started making contacts.

"Hello, is this Mr. Ni Yong, the person in charge of 'Youthful and Beautiful Trainees'? Xingyao and Ms. Song Zhining are planning to invest in your project..."

……

Ni Yongzheng is the person in charge of the "Youthful and Beautiful Trainees" project. He works for Orange TV. This talent show project was written by him after countless days and nights of hard work. He believed that as long as it was launched, it would definitely become a hit.

However, when he actually went to seek investment, because it was too innovative, no one was optimistic about it, and no company or individual was willing to invest.

He submitted the project proposal, but didn't receive a single call from anyone willing to invest.

Ni Yong was afraid they had forgotten, so he took the initiative to call and ask. The answer he got was: they hadn't forgotten, but they were unwilling to invest, feeling it was worthless and that investing might be a waste of money with no return.

"How could it be a waste? My show is sure to be a hit."

"Really, believe me, my show doesn't require much investment."

"Mr. Ni Yong, that's the same excuse people give when submitting projects, but our company has its own evaluation system. I'm sorry, your project doesn't meet our investment criteria." The call was then disconnected.

(End of this chapter)