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Chapter 217 Women Should Rely on Themselves
Zheng Jing asked Jing Tian and Shu Chang to go back to the hotel to rest first, and he and Wu Zongxian went to Jiyuan Sichuan Restaurant in Da'an District.

This restaurant is also a long-established restaurant in Bay North and has been listed on the Michelin list for many years.

Their most distinctive dish is the casserole chicken soup, which is fresh and rich in flavor, with a clear color and not greasy at all.

This restaurant does good business and its prices are not expensive. It is considered to be a relatively cost-effective restaurant among Michelin restaurants.

Wu Zongxian chose this place as the venue for the banquet, which shows that his financial situation is really not good.

Even Hou Pei-chen was surprised and felt that the place where Wu Zongxian hosted the dinner was not of high quality.

To the dinner tonight, Wu Zongxian brought his personal assistant and lover Angela, and Zheng Jing also brought Hou Peichen to liven up the atmosphere.

The four of them sat in the private room and ordered the dishes first.

"Boss Zheng, I have white wine, red wine, and foreign wine here. They are all good. Which one do you want to drink?"

Zheng Jing looked at Hou Peichen and said, "Since there are beautiful women here, let's drink red wine."

Hearing this, Hou Peichen smiled happily and said gently, "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for your understanding."

Wu Zongxian took out a bottle of red wine and began to talk incessantly.

What is the French winery? It has a century-old heritage, a mellow and full-bodied wine, and a rich taste. Every bottle is handmade...

After Zheng Jing finished speaking, he asked directly, "Are you investing in a winery?"

Wu Zongxian smiled awkwardly and said, "It's just a small investment. It's my personal hobby."

Zheng Jing shook his head and said jokingly, "Then you have too many personal hobbies."

Wu Zongxian is a veritable investment black hole, investing in restaurants, gyms, wineries, foreign trade, and everything else.

The more they invest, the more they lose, and the more they lose, the more they invest, to the point where they are now deeply in debt crisis.

Zheng Jing didn't beat around the bush, he said directly: "You invited me to dinner, so you must have something to discuss.

Let me guess.

Do you want to sell your record label to ease your financial problems?

Wu Zongxian was stunned for a moment, then complimented: "Boss Zheng, you are really amazing. You saw through my purpose at a glance."

Zheng Jing did not accept the compliment, but said: "It's not that I'm great, it's that the news has been reported in the newspapers.

Do you really want to sell the record company to me, or are you using me to raise the price?"

After hearing Zheng Jing's question, Wu Zongxian finally realized how powerful Zheng Jing was.

This time when he invited Zheng Jing to dinner, he did not expect to sell Alpha Records to Zheng Jing, but wanted to create the impression that Alpha had no shortage of sellers and use Zheng Jing to raise the price of the company.

Just as Wu Zongxian said in front of the media a few days ago.

"I'm not going to sell Alpha Records for 100 million. That's absolutely impossible."

This statement was misunderstood by many people, who thought that Wu Zongxian would not sell Alpha Records. In fact, Wu Zongxian's meaning was very clear, one hundred million yuan was too low a price, and he was unwilling to sell it.

Wu Zongxian thought for a moment and said, "If Mr. Zheng offers a suitable price, I can sell it."

"What price are you going to sell it for?"

Wu Zongxian held up five fingers and asked for a sky-high price: "5 million New Taiwan dollars."

Zheng Jing smiled and said nothing.

The room fell silent.

Wu Zongxian's assistant Angela was opening the wine at this time, and Hou Pei-chen stood up and said, "Let me do it. You can't open the wine like this."

Hou Peichen took the red wine, opened the bottle skillfully, and began to decant it.

The whole set of movements is very skillful and elegant.

Obviously it was specially practiced.

Angela was completely outshined and could only stand aside awkwardly.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zongxian suddenly felt that his situation with Zheng Jing was the same as that of Hou Peichen and Angela.

People are more mad than people.

By the time all the dishes were served, the red wine was almost done.

Hou Peichen poured wine for Zheng Jing, poured herself a glass, and then returned the wine to Angela.

This action is just like Zheng Jing's exclusive female assistant.

Zheng Jing suddenly laughed. He felt that Hou Peichen was an interesting woman and it was very comfortable to get along with her.

No matter whether the person is real or fake, at least the service is impeccable.

Some of the traditions of Taiwan Island are also desirable.

After Angela poured the wine for Wu Zongxian, Zheng Jing raised his glass and said, "Let me taste this glass of red wine first to see how it tastes."

After taking a sip, Zheng Jing said, "This is a new wine with great potential for development, but if you want to package it into a famous brand, you will need to invest a lot of resources and there will be considerable risks."

Wu Zongxian also took a sip of the wine and said, "As long as it is good wine, it is precious and should be sold at a higher price."

Zheng Jing put down his wine, took a bite of food, and then said, "Your Alpha Records relies on Sony Music for its distribution channels, and it doesn't have any fixed assets.

The greatest value is the singer's contract.

But this piece is not valuable.

The record industry is on the decline now. The Rolling Stones and UFO are no longer in business, and neither is your Alpha."

What Zheng Jing said is the truth.

The current record industry has been hit hard by piracy.

Especially with the advent of the Internet, free song resources can be shared through the Internet, making it more difficult to sell genuine copies.

Take the record sales in Hong Kong for example. In the 1980s and 1990s, to win the sales championship, the sales had to exceed one million.

If you sell 300,000 or 400,000 copies now, you’ll be the champion.

It was precisely because the record industry was in decline and no big money could be made that Wu Zongxian wanted to sell Alpha Records to pay off his debts.

He did not have the third eye, so he did not know that a business called ringback tone had emerged in Korea after 02.

In the future, this business will sell well in China. Together with Mobile Dream Network, it will bring digital music into the limelight, support a large number of record companies, and make the copyright of songs more valuable.

Wu Zongxian deliberately smiled bitterly and said, "3 million New Taiwan dollars, this is my bottom price. I won't sell it for less than this price."

Zheng Jing smiled and said, “In my opinion, there are two types of artists in Taiwan.

One has a mainland market, and the other does not.

Artists with a presence in the mainland market will see their income and value increase, and have a certain market potential;

Artists without the mainland market have extremely limited value.

In the future, this gap will become more and more obvious.

Unfortunately, your company's singer, Landy Wen, has no fame in mainland China, and Zhou Jielun is almost the same."

Zheng Jing's analysis is too realistic, and even a bit harsh to the people of Taiwan Island, but this is the reality.

Wu Zongxian also admitted this.

Zheng Jing continued, “I want to buy your record company mainly because I am impressed by Zhou Jielun’s talent and want him to write songs for Jing Tian.

Let me put it this way, I am willing to pay NT$1.5 million to buy Alpha Records."

After hearing what Zheng Jing said, everyone had different reactions. Hou Pei-chen was envious and shocked. She didn't expect Zheng Jing to buy a record company just for Jing Tian and spend 1.5 million yuan without hesitation.

Wu Zongxian fell into deep thought.

He was a little moved.

Wu Zong is now in debt and urgently needs cash flow to alleviate the crisis.

In his previous life, he had negotiated several rounds with many companies and originally planned to sell the company at a low price.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jielun emerged as a rising star. His song "Nunchucks" became popular all over the country and he took off instantly.

In the end, Alpha Records was sold to KTV, and the price publicly advertised was NT$3 million.

The real price is definitely not that much.

After all, the most valuable thing about Alpha Records is Zhou Jielun’s record contract.

The most expensive signing fee in the music industry was created by Wang Fei in 1997, when she signed a contract with EMI for 6000 million yuan.

This price is also inflated, and it is the total contract price that includes the advance payment + royalty sharing + additional terms.

Zhou Jie Lun in 2002 was definitely not as good as Wang Fei at that time, not to mention that the record market environment had deteriorated sharply.

It was still 2001 and Zhou Jielun had not yet become popular in mainland China. Zheng Jing's acquisition price was indeed very sincere.

But Wu Zongxian was still greedy. He wanted to use Zheng Jing's offer to raise the price of other companies, so he said, "Let me think about it."

Zheng Jing nodded and said, "My offer is valid for three days. It will not be accepted after the expiration date."

As for the acquisition of Alpha Records, Zheng Jing just happened to come across it and did it casually.

This record company has the iron triangle of Yang Junrong, Zhou Jielun and Fang Wenshan, so it will definitely be a huge profit if it is acquired.

It can not only help Jing Tian market her rich and beautiful persona again, but also enhance the overall strength of Western Records.

But Zheng Jing is not bound to win.

He has a very casual mentality.

After talking about business, the meal became more casual. Wu Zongxian is very eloquent and knows a lot of gossip in the circle.

After chatting with him, Zheng Jing really learned a lot of interesting things.

Of course, it is difficult to tell whether these things are true or false.

Wu Zongxian is also a big mouth and dares to say anything.

After finishing his meal, Zheng Jing stood at the door of the restaurant and looked at Hou Peichen beside him.

After drinking the red wine, the beauty's face turned redder, which made her even more beautiful.

She is worthy of being the most beautiful female anchor in Bay Island.

Zheng Jing asked, "Where do you live? I'll take you back first."

Hou Pei-chen hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I live on Yongkang Street."

The driver drove the car over, Zheng Jing said hello to Wu Zongxian, and then took Hou Peichen into the car.

In the car, Hou Peichen looked at Zheng Jing's handsome profile and her heart beat faster.

She suddenly said, "Mr. Zheng, do you think women must rely on men?"

Zheng Jing looked at Hou Peichen's serious expression, thought for a moment, and asked back: "How do you define relying on a man or relying on yourself?
If you use your beauty or inner qualities to attract men, you will get help.

Is this relying on oneself or relying on men? "

Hou Peichen was stumped by Zheng Jing's question.

She received a double degree in communications and psychology from the University of Southern California and considered herself a top student in the industry.

Don't be fooled by the fact that she always smiles and is gentle to everyone, she is actually very strong inside and is very scheming and resourceful.

Hou Pei-chen is very good at using softness to overcome hardness.

This is also the fundamental reason why she and Zhou Jielun could not be together.

Zhou Jielun himself has a low level of education and has a very loser side. He needs a woman like Kun Ling who can humble herself and look up to him.

This is just like what happened when Aaron Kwok later found Fang Yuan.

Women with humble origins and low starting points are more likely to be humble and submissive.

Seeing that Hou Pei-chen was silent, Zheng Jing said, “In my opinion, whether a woman relies on herself or on a man depends on whether she has her own career.

If you have your own business, even if you have been helped by men, you still have to rely on yourself.

Look at the female artists in my company, Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Li Binbin and others, they are all good at making money.

They are all good women who rely on themselves.”

Hou Peichen: “…”

"Why do I feel that what you said is weird?" Hou Peichen said, "These women were all made famous by you, President Zheng."

They are also your lovers - Patty Hou muttered this in her heart but did not say it out loud.

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who made them famous. What matters is that they have high incomes and are financially secure.

They can make a lot of money on their own, so they don’t have to think about marrying into a wealthy family.”

Hearing this, Hou Peichen felt longing.

She then asked, "Mr. Zheng, do you think I will have a future as a host in mainland China?"

"Of course there is a future. The sponsorship fees for entertainment shows in mainland China can exceed 100 million yuan, the production costs are also high, and the hosts' income is not low.

If you have any ideas, you can join Western Entertainment. We are in need of hosts.”

West Entertainment will produce more variety shows in the future and is indeed in need of hosts.

Hou Pei-chen has a good image and speaks in a soft voice. If she develops in mainland China, she will definitely be very recognizable.

Hearing this, Hou Peichen looked at Zheng Jing's handsome face again and whispered, "Mr. Zheng, I don't want to go home tonight."

Zheng Jing pointed at the road outside the window and said, "Didn't you see that the driver was always driving to the hotel? I never thought of sending you home."

Hou Peichen naturally became shy when she heard this.

She raised her little pink fist, hit Zheng Jing lightly, and said coquettishly: "Hate~ I have no experience, Mr. Zheng, you have to teach me well~"

I have to say, Taiwanese girls are really charming and they are especially good at acting coquettishly.

Men love green tea and women love scumbags. This is an eternal truth.

Zheng Jing was no exception.

He took Patty Hou back to the hotel and taught her how to open a bottle of wine with her mouth.

When Hou Peichen was studying hard and sweating, her cell phone rang.

It was her mother Lin Yueyun who called.

"Why didn't you answer?"

"Woo~, I don't want to...answer it." Hou Peichen sighed and said, "My mother must be urging me to go home."

"It's okay, pick it up. She'll be worried if you don't answer the phone."

Hou Peichen nodded and answered the phone obediently...

(End of this chapter)