Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 157 There are not many people to be honest

At Beijing International Airport, a white Mercedes-Benz SUV slowly drove into the garage.

The car didn't seem to be in a hurry to park and drove past several vacant parking spaces in succession.

After turning left and right for a long time, I finally stopped in front of a black Cayenne.

Then, a slender figure got out of the SUV. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He said a few words to the people in the car, then turned around and got into the Cayenne next to him.

"Is anyone following?"

"No, don't worry."

"That's good, huh—"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Qin Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief and took off the hat, sunglasses and mask he had been wearing for half a day.

Seeing her flustered look, Meng Bai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister, we are not an underground liaison. Do we have to be so cautious?"

"You're just talking nonsense." Qin Lan rolled his eyes at him. "Fans and netizens nowadays are so smart. They can recognize you even if you show your chin."

"If I recognize you, I recognize you." Meng Bai said with a nonchalant expression, "You are not married and I am not married. We are both single, so what are we afraid of?"

"Oh, really?" Qin Lan looked at him teasingly, "Aren't you afraid that your girlfriends will see it and cause trouble for you?"

"What little girlfriend do you have?" Meng Bai reached out and gently pinched Qin Lan's chin, turning her face around. "Isn't this just an older friend in front of me?"

As he spoke, he leaned forward and kissed the other's soft lips.

"Well--"

Qin Lan closed his eyes and a series of soft hums came from his throat.

After a while, until she felt a pair of hands touching her chest through her clothes, she woke up from her pleasure and slapped away the "evil" hands.

"Don't do it here, it's too conspicuous." Qin Lan bit her lips lightly, her eyes burning with passion, "Let's go to my place."

Although Meng Bai really wanted to test the quality of the Cayenne's shock absorption system, what Qin Lan said made sense. With so many people coming and going at the airport, it was indeed quite eye-catching.

"Okay, then sit down."

Meng Bai gave a warning, then stepped on the accelerator and drove at the maximum speed limit all the way to Qin Lan's neighborhood.

Going upstairs and closing the door, Meng Bai reached out and embraced the woman beside him, intending to continue his unfinished work.

"Wait a minute." Qin Lan gently pushed him: "I just got off the plane and I stink. I'm going to take a shower first."

"Where does it stink?" Meng Bai bit her fair neck gently: "It's obviously sweet."

"Hate it, it's itchy." Qin Lan patted him lightly, then raised her hand and pushed him to sit on the sofa in the living room: "Sit down obediently, sister will come to pamper you later."

Seeing Qin Lan taking clothes into the bathroom, Meng Bai got up and walked to the bathroom door.

Hearing the sound of continuous water flowing from inside, he took off his clothes and threw them aside, then opened the door and walked in.

"ah!"

Qin Lan was washing with her eyes closed when she suddenly felt someone approaching from behind. She screamed and turned around to see that it was indeed Meng Bai.

"I knew you wouldn't wait outside obediently." Qin Lan rolled his eyes at him unhappily.

Meng Bai chuckled, turned off the shower, then put his arm around the woman's waist, picked her up and placed her in front of the mirror on the sink.

"Don't do it here, it's too cold... Don't, don't look at the mirror... Then hurry up... Um——"

……

It goes on from day till night.

The battle finally came to an end only when Qin Lan's originally clear voice gradually began to become hoarse.

"I now kind of believe that you really don't have any girlfriend." Qin Lan leaned on Meng Bai's shoulder and said weakly.

I remember that the last time the two of them were almost evenly matched. After not seeing each other for half a year, I thought their fighting abilities were about the same.

As a result, when the battle started, I found that the opponent's first health bar had not been used up yet, but my third health bar had been emptied, and I had no power to fight back at all.

Meng Bai smiled silently when he heard this.

Originally, he had planned to take advantage of the "quarrel" with Song Zhi to revisit the old place.

Unexpectedly, due to an accident and cast replacement on the crew, Li Qin also joined the crew.

Under the mutual "supervision" of the two girls, Meng Bai didn't get any chance to break through.

After months of accumulation, today's battle is just in time.

After all, my sister is still more fragrant.

He reached out and embraced the exhausted Qin Lan. The physical part was over, and sometimes we had to have some fun with our hearts.

"By the way, didn't you tell me before that you were going to be on the Spring Festival Gala?" Meng Bai asked, "I watched the whole show on New Year's Day, but I didn't see you."

"I get angry when I talk about this." Qin Lan said with some dissatisfaction: "Our program was originally supposed to be on the Spring Festival Gala, but in the last few days, we were suddenly told that it was not suitable, and then it was taken down."

Before the Chinese New Year last year, Qin Lan received an invitation from the Spring Festival Gala program team to participate in a dance called "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance".

The theme of the dance is "Four Beauties", Qin Lan plays Xi Shi, and there are Tong Liya, Wang Likun and Ma Su in the other dances.

Although the influence and popularity of the Spring Festival Gala has been declining in recent years, for actors, being able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala still represents a high degree of recognition. So when Qin Lan received the invitation, she immediately agreed to participate and even turned down a play specifically for rehearsal.

As it was almost the last round of rehearsals, the Spring Festival Gala director team suddenly told us that the quality of the program was not high. It was first moved to after midnight and then directly cancelled.

I prepared for several months with full confidence, but in the end I was told that it was not possible and no one would be happy no matter who I replaced him.

Fortunately, this program was later moved to the Lantern Festival Gala.

But despite the high ratings, the audience did not give it a high rating. Among the four actors, only one and a half could dance, so the difficulty was greatly reduced, and the effect was greatly reduced.

Many comments online are saying that it’s no wonder that the dance was eliminated from the Spring Festival Gala, what the hell was that dance?

Qin Lan, who was already unhappy, felt even worse. So after finishing the work at hand, she ran to Hong Kong to buy things to vent her emotions, and did not come back until today.

"You've been shopping for half a month? Rich lady, please take me with you and support me."

"How dare you say that?" Qin Lan glanced at him and said, "Just the money we invested before, how much has it increased now?"

At this point, she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, speaking of investment, have you heard that Leshi Films is planning to raise another 'B+ round' of financing recently?"

Meng Bai nodded: "Leshi mentioned it before and asked me if I want to make additional investments."

Talking about his little money, Qin Lan regained his strength.

She got up from the bed, pulled the quilt over her exposed body, looked at Meng Bai and asked, "What do you think? Are you planning to add another one?"

Meng Bai shook his head: "Leshi and I said we need to think about it, but I don't really want to add any more. Even now, I am hesitating whether to sell the ones we have in our hands."

"Why?" Qin Lan asked in surprise, "Leshi.com's stock price has risen very well, and its financial situation is also very good. Why are they selling it?"

Meng Bai frowned and said, "It's because it's growing so well that I feel something is wrong."

To put it bluntly, financing is exchanging future earnings such as shares for current resources.

If it is a startup that is growing rapidly and short of money, it is normal to frequently start new rounds of financing.

But for a company like Leshi Pictures, which has already developed to a certain stage and is in the process of merging and restructuring with Leshi.com, why did it start two rounds of financing in less than half a year?

The share price of Leshi.com has now risen to nearly 100 yuan, and the growth rate has not slowed down. You will make a profit if you buy it.

Continuing to issue additional shares for financing at this time is equivalent to giving away money for nothing.

Boss Jia is a pure businessman and it is impossible for him to do business at a loss.

Therefore, there are only two possibilities for this situation. Either, Leshi Group has some special strategic plans that require a large amount of funds;

Or, Leshi’s financial situation is far from as good as external data shows.

Relatively speaking, Meng Bai prefers the latter.

Because if there really was some major strategic plan, even Liu Jun, a senior executive at the group headquarters, wouldn't have been completely unaware of it.

“But don’t all listed companies undergo financial audits? If there really is a problem, shouldn’t it be shown in the financial report?” Qin Lan asked.

Meng Bai also asked Chen Jing this question. The annual audit of Leshi.com's external financial reports has always been rated as "excellent".

However, Chen Jing told him that auditing is something that can be done with great potential.

With a variety of financial means, it is possible to cover up the truth as long as the cash flow of major companies has not collapsed.

What's more, there is a very effective method for these listed companies, which is to directly bribe the auditing companies and let them give positive reviews with their eyes closed.

"Maybe you're overthinking it." Qin Lan said hesitantly, "If it's really so obvious, why haven't I seen anyone else mention these things?"

Although she felt that what Meng Bai said made sense, she was reluctant to give up the great opportunity to make money right before her.

Meng Bai smiled. He actually understood Qin Lan's thoughts.

"Most of what I said is indeed my speculation, but I am not the only one who has this idea."

In fact, since 2012, various financial media and related practitioners have been constantly questioning the financial situation of Leshi.com.

However, these doubts were basically overshadowed by the rapid development of Leshi.com.

But covering up does not mean that it does not exist. Ordinary investors may not pay attention to the details, but professional investment institutions and capital parties will inevitably notice some "clues".

It's just that they all made a tacit choice and didn't say it out loud.

Not only will they not say anything, they will also take the initiative to help cover it up and then continue to rush in.

"Why is this?" Qin Lan asked puzzledly.

"It's a game of passing the parcel." Meng Bai said, "The greater fool game. Everyone thinks they won't be the last fool."

"Well, why don't we also..."

Meng Bai shook his head: "I am an honest man and don't like to gamble on luck."

"You, an honest man?" Qin Lan had a "shame on you" expression on his face, "Please don't tarnish the word 'honest man'."

"What's wrong with me? Since I was a kid, people have always said I'm a 'honest person who doesn't talk much'."

"hehe."

(End of this chapter)