Age of Legends

Chapter 104 Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
Omi Hotel, the "Purple Bamboo" private room in the VIP building.

Zhang Zhonghua and Huang Huifen both wore their best and most decent clothes and brought Zhang Chen to the banquet.

Zhang Chen was also drunk, it seemed that parents these days simply couldn't refuse an invitation to dinner, if someone said they were going to treat them, they would definitely go. Come to think of it, the elders these days were not as tired of socializing as later generations, most of them hated this kind of drinking and dining, and would refuse it if they could.

But nowadays, employees have nothing to do but work, and the temptation of attending drinking parties to expand social circles and dinner parties is basically irresistible to the elders, just like when best friends make an appointment to go to the Internet cafe to play games. It is an absolute fight to the death today!

This private room is one of the best Sichuan cuisine rooms in the VIP building of Omi Hotel these days.

The room is medium-sized, suitable for small groups of people to gather. It is grand but not too spacious to make the atmosphere cold. The furnishings are elegant and luxurious, giving guests and hosts the right amount of space.

Sitting opposite were Zhuang Yanyue's parents. Zhuang Yanyue was dressed cutely, with a round-neck pink sweater on the upper body and a white pleated skirt on the lower body. With wavy curly hair hanging down to her chest, she looked like a sweet and well-behaved Disney princess on the run.

As soon as she saw Zhuang Yanyue, Huang Huifen's memory of Zhang Chen's love letter came back, and she kept looking at the girl. Zhuang Yanyue seemed very calm and even said "Uncle, please come this way" to her father Zhang Zhonghua when she greeted him, which made Zhang Zhonghua a little nervous.

In fact, when Zhuang Yanyue’s parents inquired about it at the parent-teacher meeting and approached Huang Huifen, Huang Huifen refused at first, but in the end she couldn’t avoid it when Zhuang Xuefeng said, “I heard from my daughter Yanyue that your family bought our company’s shop, the former Hexianju. It’s really fate. The property of the shop is also ours. If you have any problem in the future, just come to us…” Huang Huifen couldn’t refuse.

Zhang Chen didn't expect that when he originally wanted to avoid Liu Jun's invitation to the banquet, the other party simply bypassed him and took the upper-class parent route and intercepted him directly.

But it wasn't bad. He later found out that Zhuang Yanyue's mother Liu Jun was the deputy director of the Cultural Bureau, in charge of cultural inheritance and development, ideological propaganda and promotion, the Art Department and the Liaison Academy of Painting.

Zhuang Yanyue's father, Zhuang Xuefeng, is also the general manager of Zhongshan Investment Holdings, so now everything is complete.

If Wang Bowen's program had not been cancelled, Zhang Chen probably would not have wanted to attend the dinner, but after Wang Bowen's incident, Zhang Chen has been looking for a breakthrough.

It's very simple. Wang Bowen can't leave now. If he wants to leave, he can only resign, which Wang Bowen absolutely cannot accept. If he continues to do the program, Zhang Chen will certainly have a lot of references and ideas for the future, but the problem now is that Director Yu, the big backstage of the TV station, has shrunk again.

Wang Bowen is faced with a situation where no one supports him, and if he wants to produce a program, he is afraid that Liu Bingrong, who will take control of the TV station, will make things difficult for him and make it impossible for him to take a single step.

But this dinner seemed to give Zhang Chen an idea all of a sudden.

At the dinner, Zhuang Xuefeng and Liu Jun praised Zhang Chen again.

Zhuang Xuefeng could see that he really admired Zhang Chen. "To be honest, there are many boys who like my Yanyue, but I have never heard her praise any boy in front of me! Only Zhang Chen is an exception! I often hear Yanyue talk about you, and I am jealous. What do you think is going on! As an old man, I feel that girls really cannot be kept when they grow up!"

With just a few words from Zhuang Xuefeng, the atmosphere at the dinner table became lively. When Zhang Chen saw Zhuang Xuefeng and then looked at Liu Jun, he understood why he had a daughter like Zhuang Yanyue who had a very high emotional intelligence.

Looking at Zhuang Xuefeng's way of dealing with people and Liu Jun's skills, Zhuang Yanyue was influenced by them and also inherited her genes, so her rank was the ceiling for others from the beginning.

Zhang Chen felt that it was not unfair at all that he fell into the hands of Zhuang Yanyue in his previous life.

Of course Zhang Zhonghua and Huang Huifen found it difficult to respond to Zhuang Xuefeng's words, but to be honest, they both had a very good first impression of Zhuang Yanyue.

This meal made the two of them feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhuang Xuefeng came to the back and held Zhang Zhonghua's hand, saying, "Brother Zhang, we need to communicate well in the future! I like your character, you are practical and steady, I want to be friends with you! Let's have tea and get together often..."

Seeing that the drinking party had reached a certain level, Zhang Chen said to Liu Jun at the right time, "Aunt Liu, you are in charge of the cultural promotion of the Cultural Bureau, right?"

Liu Jun looked at Zhang Chen and nodded, "Why, do you have any good suggestions for our Cultural Bureau?"

"Hey, what suggestions can he make? Zhang Chen, why are you asking about this?" Huang Huifen spoke first. Liu Jun glanced at Huang Huifen. As a deputy director, Liu Jun saw through Huang Huifen at a glance. He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't say that. I think Zhang Chen must have some ideas to ask me. Zhang Chen, tell me."

"I just heard about Aunt Liu's position and asked for my godfather."

"Who is your godfather?"

"My name is Wang Bowen. He used to be a host at Rongcheng TV Station. Now he's his own producer."

"Oh, it's Teacher Wang Bowen. Of course I know him." Liu Jun said with a smile.

"It's like this. I saw that the Cultural Bureau has the task of promoting and developing the Western Forum this year. My godfather has always wanted to promote online culture. It just so happens that you also need publicity in this area. Rongcheng's culture can be promoted. I think the two sides can unite..."

What were the key words for Chengdu’s cultural promotion in 2000?
The Western Development, the Western Commercial and Trade Center, the Leisure Capital, and the Third Digital Entertainment City.

This was the first year that Rongcheng began to build its reputation and promote itself abroad.

The Cultural Bureau has a heavy workload and big plans at this time. There are many threads to be picked up this year and a lot of publicity tasks to be carried out.

If Wang Bowen and he had their own show before, Zhang Chen would not have planned to go that route. But now that the show was cancelled, and Zhuang Yanyue was the right person, everything seemed to go smoothly.

"Did Wang Bowen recently come up with a sensational program that broke the ratings record of Rongcheng TV station?" Zhuang Xuefeng asked.

Zhang Chen nodded.

Zhuang Xuefeng said, "Mr. Liu, that's fine. You should pay attention to such an important person in the Cultural Bureau and establish contact with Teacher Wang. With the cooperation of Teacher Wang, the quality of many tasks will definitely be guaranteed!"

"Then is your godfather free?" Liu Jun asked.

"Hey, he has a lot of projects, but there just happened to be a digital cultural festival recently to promote Rongcheng and make Rongcheng's business card known. So I'll ask about it for him when we have dinner today."

"Digital Culture Festival?" Liu Jun's eyes lit up slightly and he nodded. "Sure, can you contact Mr. Wang Bowen? Actually, we have always wanted to cooperate with the TV station. We are still discussing the plan and waiting for the TV station to give us a plan and provide a team. Now that there is a ready-made one and you proposed it, I think Mr. Wang Bowen is good. You can ask him to come to me, or I can contact him for further discussion..."

Come on.

Things have come to this point, and considering Liu Jun's identity, it is basically the same as it is.

Of course, Wang Bowen’s strength is definitely the priority.

Otherwise, if my godfather has no future and is still as decadent as before, it would be unreasonable for me to ask for it.

It sounds like the Cultural Bureau has actually been communicating with the TV station, but the TV station must be dividing up various interests internally. If this is successful, wouldn't it be like Party A directly appointing Wang Bowen and directly cutting off the TV station's internal factionalism?
And one more thing is why Zhang Chen went to the Cultural Bureau. Because once he got the project from the Cultural Bureau, it would become a political task.

These are the political tasks that the TV station has to undertake every year, and are directly supervised by the higher-level authorities. Liu Bingrong dare not interfere. If he interferes and something goes wrong, he will also be held responsible, so he has to make things easier.

This way, we can circumvent the current situation where the TV station has blocked Wang Bowen, which is simply cutting off the source of the problem.

Thinking that this move could catch Liu Bingrong off guard and make him speechless, Zhang Chen felt a sense of relief as if he had temporarily let out his anger.

(End of this chapter)