How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 387 Utilizing Connections
Zhang Wen left Sister Hong's house with a wealth of gains, now holding the resources of fashion magazines and Youdou Video, and would no longer have to worry about Zhao Tong and others' jobs.

If Sister Su and Sister Bei hadn't brought it up, he wouldn't have known that these wealthy women had such extensive connections, capable of not only standing alone in their own industries but also wielding considerable influence in other sectors.

Just as Zhang Wen was feeling grateful that the wealthy women were thinking what he thought and were anxious about what he was anxious about, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

The sisters have such extensive networks, so how about the brothers' networks?
You've built up your network over so long, if you don't use it now, when will you?

Thinking of this, he unconsciously stepped on the gas pedal hard, eager to meet the remaining clients.

Since the evening rush hour had passed, the roads were not congested, and we soon arrived at the villa of coal boss Wu Defa in Beijing.

Just as Zhang Wen parked his car, a young girl walked out of the villa.

The woman appeared to be in her early twenties, wearing a gray, tight-fitting halter-neck mini-dress. She had a curvaceous figure, was very hot, and had exquisite features, with Bingbing's eyes, Yang Mi's nose, round lips, and Shi Shi's chin. It was obvious that she had spent a lot of money on her face.

Zhang Wen looked at the villa behind the girl with a puzzled expression, and then looked at the villas around him, wondering if he had gone to the wrong villa.
That shouldn't be the case; it was here last time.

"Are you Mr. Zhang Wen?" the girl asked with a charming smile.

“It’s me.” Zhang Wen nodded.

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am Mr. Wu's secretary. Mr. Wu is taking a shower and asked me to come out and meet you. Please follow me." After saying this, the girl pointed to the villa gate and then led the way.

Zhang Wen looked at the girl's swaying peach-shaped buttocks and a sense of doubt arose in his heart.

Isn't Wu Defa's secretary Liu Ziting? Does he have several secretaries?
Zhang Wen walked into the villa and, seeing the familiar furnishings, finally confirmed that he hadn't gone to the wrong place.

The girl came to the tea table in the living room, knelt down on the floor and began to make tea. Her movements looked slow, unlike Liu Ziting's skillful movements.

"Brother Zhang, you've arrived."

Suddenly a loud voice rang out.

Zhang Wen turned his head and saw Wu Defa. Wu's hair was wet and he was only wearing a white bathrobe, so he must have just taken a shower.

“Brother Wu, you look even younger than I did a month ago,” Zhang Wen said.

"Haha, this is all thanks to Brother Zhang," Wu Defa said with a smile, then sat down at the other end of the tea table, pointed to the freshly brewed tea, and said, "Come on, have some tea."

Zhang Wen took a small, symbolic sip, said "Good tea," then put down the teacup and handed over the black plastic bag behind him.

Upon seeing it, Wu Defa's eyes immediately lit up with excitement, even more so than when he saw money.

He took the plastic bag with both hands, took out the bottle from it, and carefully held it in his hands, looking at it as if he were admiring a work of art.

“Brother Zhang, I’m becoming more and more dependent on this thing. Without it, I don’t know how I would live the rest of my life,” Wu Defa said with emotion.

Since drinking this life essence, his back no longer aches, his legs no longer hurt, his head no longer spins after drinking alcohol, and he doesn't even need to take medicine when traveling on business with his secretary anymore.

"Brother Wu is joking. Even without it, Brother Wu's life would be just as wonderful. It's just the icing on the cake," Zhang Wen said.

“No, it’s not icing on the cake, it’s a timely help.” Wu Defa said seriously, “Brother Zhang, you’re still young and can’t understand the feeling of a middle-aged man who is willing but unable to do so.”

Zhang Wen glanced at the female secretary who was still kneeling beside the tea table. Although he had not experienced the situation she described, he still understood her perfectly.

"Brother Wu, let me ask you something. Do you know anyone at the TV station?" Zhang Wen asked.

“Yes, I know them. Those leaders from our provincial TV station are all my friends. Why are you asking this?” Wu Defa asked curiously.

"Brother Wu, there are no outsiders here, so I'll get straight to the point. I'm currently working on a five-member girl group and want them to appear on TV and participate in a variety show or something. I wonder if you have any connections in that area? Could you introduce me to someone?" Zhang Wen stated his purpose directly.

"Oh, I see." Wu Defa looked enlightened, then smiled and said, "It's just going to be on TV, right? No problem, I can arrange it with just one phone call. But as you know, our Shanxi TV station doesn't have high ratings and doesn't have any decent variety shows. If you don't mind, I can arrange it for you right away."

Because of the life essence, he had always wanted to get closer to Brother Zhang, but he was troubled by not knowing what the other party liked and didn't know where to start.

Now that the other party has taken the initiative to ask for help, he naturally will not refuse, and he will do his best to help the other party solve this problem, otherwise how can they get along in the future?
Money relationships are the strongest relationships in the world, but they are also the most fragile.

To maintain a relationship with Brother Zhang, money alone is far from enough; we must invest more personal connections.

After being reminded by the other party, Zhang Wen realized that Shanxi TV did not have any famous variety shows, at least he had never heard of them.

Oh, I forgot.

Wu Defa noticed Zhang's disappointment and thought for a moment before saying, "Brother Zhang, although our Shanxi TV station doesn't have many variety shows, we Jincheng businessmen are rich. Which variety show do you want this group to be on? I'll throw money at it and get them in."

Zhang Wen waved his hand repeatedly after hearing this.

He has money, but who pays to appear on a variety show out of their own pocket?

Wu Defa frowned deeply, feeling frustrated that he couldn't help Brother Zhang. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked at Brother Zhang sitting opposite him, asking, "Brother Zhang, is it only variety shows? Can't we make movies and TV dramas?"

"Film and television dramas?" Zhang Wen was slightly taken aback. He only wanted the future girl group to pursue a singing career and had not considered pursuing acting.

"Well, a director contacted me a while ago, wanting me to invest in his film. The project proposal has been sitting in my drawer, I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. If any of your artists want to act, I'll invest immediately, from the lead actress to the fifth lead, they'll all be yours," Wu Defa said earnestly.

Zhang Wen was speechless after hearing this, thinking to himself: No wonder he's a coal mine owner, he's really rich and powerful.

But putting aside the quality of the script, if Zhao Tong and others play the roles from the first to the fifth female lead, who will play the lead role? Who will play the fifth female lead? The screen time for the lead and fifth female leads is vastly different; wouldn't they end up fighting?

"Brother, my group is for singing, not acting in movies, so thank you for your kind offer," Zhang Wen said.

Wu Defa picked up his cup, took a sip of tea, sighed, and said, "Brother Zhang, we've known each other for so long, and you've never asked me for a favor. Now that you've asked, I can't help you. I'm really useless."

"Brother, I was just asking casually, why are you taking it so seriously? If any of the group members want to make a movie in the future, I'll definitely contact you first," Zhang Wen comforted him.

“Okay, brother, I don’t have any great skills, but I have a lot of spare money,” Wu Defa said.

"Okay." Zhang Wen nodded, then stood up and said, "It's getting late, I won't disturb your rest any longer, brother."

"Brother Zhang, sit down for a while longer." Wu Defa also stood up.

"No, there are still a few places waiting for me, it wouldn't be appropriate to go too late," Zhang Wen said as he walked towards the door.

Wu Defa saw the man off at the villa gate, and only looked away when the car disappeared at the end of the road.

Ugh!
He sighed heavily. He hadn't been able to help Brother Zhang this time, and he didn't know if the other party was angry. What would he do if the supply of the Life Essence was cut off? Without the Life Essence, life would lose its joy.

"Mr. Wu, who is he?" the female secretary beside her asked curiously. She felt that her boss seemed very eager to get closer to that young man, otherwise why would he be so eager to help him?

“A very talented young man, in some ways you could call him a genius,” Wu Defa said.

In his view, the life essence is a divine medicine, so the person who makes the divine medicine must be a god.

He had visited many famous doctors, but none of them knew about the life essence, nor could they produce it.

They can't even make a weaker version.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have tried so hard to get closer to Brother Zhang.

"A miracle worker?" The female secretary smiled upon hearing this and said dismissively, "Boss, although I don't know any miracle workers, I do know many miracle doctors, but 99% of them are frauds."

“He’s not some kind of conman.” After saying that, Wu Defa’s face suddenly turned cold, and he stared intently at his female secretary, asking, “Before I came out of the shower, you didn’t say anything you shouldn’t have to him, did you?”

The female secretary's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately shook her head, saying, "Oh, no, boss. I've always been very polite to him."

"That's good."

Wu Defa breathed a sigh of relief.

After leaving Mr. Wu's house, Zhang Wen went to the houses of Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Li. These men were all coal mine owners from Jincheng, so he didn't ask that question again.

Of the four coal bosses, Wu Defa had the largest business and the most substantial assets. If even Wu Defa couldn't handle it, asking the other three would be pointless.

Soon, Zhang Wen arrived at the last house, the Zhou family.

As the car slowly drove into the manor gate, Zhou Siyi, the daughter of Old Mrs. Zhou, could be seen standing outside the villa, gazing towards the gate like a waiting-for-husband stone. Only after seeing the license plate clearly did she step forward, her eyes filled with joy.

"Crack!"

Zhang Wen opened the car door and got out. As soon as he closed the door, Zhou Siyi came over, stretched out a hand, and stared intently at the plastic bag in his hand.

They were so eager, it was as if they were about to reach out and snatch it.

Zhang Wen took a bottle of life essence out of the plastic bag and handed it over. The other person reached out to take it, but Zhang Wen took the life essence back.

Zhou Siyi frowned and looked at the man in front of her with a puzzled expression. She had prepaid 100 million yuan, which should not have been used up yet.

Will the price go up again?
However, upon closer examination, given the efficacy of the Life Essence, a price increase is quite normal.

Since she took the Life Essence, her skin has improved, her physical strength has increased, and even her energy is more abundant than before, greatly improving her work efficiency.

Let alone ten million a bottle, if it were put at an auction, it would fetch twenty million and people would still bid for it.

Zhou Siyi didn't say anything, but took out a check from her pocket, wrote a string of numbers on it, and handed it over.

"Give."

For her, anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem.

Zhang Wen glanced at the banknotes and realized that the other party had misunderstood him, so he said, "Sister Siyi, you've misunderstood. I wanted to ask you something."

Zhou Siyi was taken aback for a moment, then asked curiously, "What is it?"

"Do you know anyone at the TV station? I recently created a girl group and want them to appear on TV, but I don't know anyone. Do you have any friends in that field?" Zhang Wen asked.

The Zhou family is large and powerful, and they are locals. Wu Defa knows the leaders of Shanxi TV Station, so it's impossible for the Zhou family not to know the leaders of Beijing TV Station.

Speaking of which, the variety shows on Beijing TV have very high viewership ratings.

"Is that all?" Zhou Siyi asked.

"Mm." Zhang Wen nodded.

Zhou Siyi reached out and snatched the life essence, saying casually, "I thought something big had happened. I know a few leaders from China TV, I'll introduce them to you tomorrow."

what?
Zhang Wen was startled and stood frozen in place.

He thought it would be great to have the opportunity to appear on Beijing TV, but he didn't expect the other party to immediately mention China TV.

As expected of the Zhou family.

However, it seems that Huaxia TV doesn't have many good entertainment variety shows. If it does, they are all talent shows, which are not suitable for the current Future Girls Group.

In contrast, some variety shows on Beijing TV would be more suitable.

"Sister Siyi, let's forget about China TV. With this group's fame, they're not good enough for us right now. Beijing TV will do," Zhang Wen quickly said.

“Look at your guts. If you’re going to go on TV, you should go for the biggest one.” Zhou Siyi said, “How about this, I’ll ask around for you on both sides. I know a few people at Hunan TV. Come out in a bit and I’ll give you an answer.”

Zhang Wen's eyes lit up.

Hunan Provincial Television Station?
It's worth noting that Hunan TV's entertainment and variety shows are among the best in the country, with viewership ratings far surpassing other variety shows.

"Thank you, Sister Siyi. I'm sorry to have troubled you," Zhang Wen said gratefully. He then opened the car door, took out another bottle of Life Essence from the storage compartment, and handed it to her as a thank you gift.

Of course, the money comes from the customer's prepayment; it's just that the customer is getting it earlier.

Zhou Siyi's face lit up with joy. She wouldn't have been interested in jewelry or anything like that, but the life essence was exactly what she wanted.

"Dr. Zhang, I promise I'll get you a chance to shine," Zhou Siyi said confidently, then reached out to receive the life essence.

At this point, the check in her hand became a bit of a hindrance, so she simply stuffed the check into the other person's pocket before happily accepting the life essence.

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(End of this chapter)