After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 288 Snatching a Spot?
"Qingmei, what are you doing?"

Zhou Haoran lay lazily on the floor mat with the electric blanket on.

"what happened?"

Qiao Suiqing poked half her body out of the bathroom, wearing cotton pajamas and with a face mask on.

"My back hurts, can you give me a massage?"

Zhou Haoran pointed to his left waist.

A short while later, Qiao Suiqing came out after brushing her teeth and said in surprise, "Why does your back hurt at such a young age?"

"The work is too hard."

Zhou Haoran was embarrassed to tell the truth, but actually he went to Aunt Wan's place that night. Because the positions were too challenging, his lower back became deformed after a long time. He didn't feel anything at the time, but then it started to ache.

Qiao Suiqing came over, sat down next to him, and gently pressed her slightly cold hand on his waist. "We're so rich now, you don't need to work so hard. Why are you so tired?"

Zhou Haoran laughed and asked, "How much money do we have?"

"A lot!" Qiao Suiqing exclaimed excitedly. "I bought 80 yuan worth of stocks back then, and now they've gone up 43%, making me hundreds of thousands. The stock market is truly amazing. And with your sales commissions, it's over 130 million yuan in total!"

Zhou Haoran asked, "How do you plan to spend this money?"

"Buy a house first."

Qiao Suiqing's pretty face flushed slightly.

Zhou Haoran pretended not to see it and said with a laugh, "The company's subsidized housing will be issued to me soon."

"But……"

Qiao Suiqing hesitated for a moment.

"what happened?"

Zhou Haoran didn't understand.

Qiao Suiqing said, "We have a new host joining our program team. She will be working with the director. Her name is Zhao Qiaoqiao."

"Yes, I know." Zhou Haoran nodded. "Just accept Editor-in-Chief Lin's leadership."

Qiao Suiqing whispered, "They're always finding fault and causing trouble for Teacher Tang."

"No way? Editor-in-Chief Lin?"

Zhou Haoran felt that even if Editor-in-Chief Lin was vying for power, she didn't need to be in such a hurry.

Today, the surface of the water at Hongxingtai is calm, but the water beneath is turbulent.

There will be significant personnel changes in the next month or two.

Even minor characters have to keep their tails between their legs.

Qiao Suiqing shook her head slightly. "It's not Editor-in-Chief Lin. It's the same as before, the new host Zhao Qiaoqiao. She's very outgoing and confronted Teacher Tang directly. We're all very angry."

Zhou Haoran sensed something amiss. "This Zhao Qiaoqiao, does she have some kind of background?"

“She was transferred from the city channel.” Qiao Suiqing was a little disappointed. “Editor-in-Chief Lin once secretly told me not to provoke her and to be as accommodating as possible.”

"She has powerful connections!" Zhou Haoran sneered. "This Lin Guiyan is quite interesting! Making my childhood sweetheart give way to a newcomer? Does she think I'm easy to bully?"

"Editor-in-Chief Lin meant well!"

Qiao Suiqing slapped him in annoyance.

Zhou Haoran snorted, "I don't care who it is, no one can bully my Qingmei! It's fine, you can do whatever you want in the program team. You're just a host, what can you do about it?"

Qiao Suiqing hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "That Zhao Qiaoqiao seems to have quite a connection; she even came to see me today."

"Looking for you?" Zhou Haoran's expression turned serious. "Did I cause you trouble?"

"It's not that I'm in a difficult position, but I'm just talking about you."

"I don't know her."

"She told me to tell you to voluntarily give up your eligibility for subsidized housing."

Qiao Suiqing was very unwilling, and a look of worry appeared between her brows.

"What?" Zhou Haoran sat up abruptly, thinking he had misheard. "What is she trying to do? Compete with me for a subsidized housing spot?" Qiao Suiqing sighed softly. "Judging from her tone, that's probably what she means."

Zhou Haoran snorted, "This is ridiculous. This is a quota from the Lifestyle Channel, a special contribution award. She just transferred from the Urban Channel and already wants to use this quota to compete for subsidized housing?"

“She seems to have connections.” Qiao Suiqing didn’t want him to get into an unnecessary disaster. “How about we forget it? We have money, let’s buy our own house.”

Zhou Haoran said calmly, "A house is no big deal, but bullying people at their doorstep is absolutely unacceptable."

the next day.

Zhou Haoran went to his workplace and found Zhan Yushan.

"Director, we have a new host for the 'Family Matters' program, Zhao Qiaoqiao, you know her, right?"

Zhou Haoran got straight to the point.

Zhan Yushan couldn't help but chuckle, "About the welfare housing, right?"

"Huh? You know what?"

Zhou Haoran was much more at ease now.

Zhan Yushan said calmly, "Indeed, someone contacted me, wanting me to give her the welfare housing quota. I didn't agree. I said, as long as you can persuade Yi Changping, the welfare housing is yours."

"Who?"

Zhou Haoran didn't believe that Zhao Qiaoqiao's family background was anything special.

If someone truly had a prominent background, they wouldn't be a TV host, much less struggle over a subsidized apartment.

"The leaders at the station."

Zhan Yushan mumbled something.

Zhou Haoran seemed to have guessed something, "A mistress?"

Zhan Yushan glared at him irritably, but didn't refute him. "Just keep it in mind, and try not to offend irrelevant people."

"She works in the 'Family Gossip' program..." Zhou Haoran snorted coldly, "If she dares to bully my sister, I won't let her off the hook."

"Your sister is Tang Shiyi?"

Zhan Yushan still remembers that she came over and said she wanted him to interview a guy named "Zhou Haoran" and asked him to make some exceptions.

"Qiao Suiqing".

Zhou Haoran twitched the corners of his mouth.

This is from a different generation!

Tang Shiyi is my eldest niece!

"Try not to provoke them." Zhan Yushan seemed unwilling to get involved in any trouble. "You don't need to worry about the welfare housing. It's been discussed in the meeting and reported to the station."

Zhou Haoran said firmly, "If Zhao Qiaoqiao behaves herself, then so be it. But if she dares to mess with my sister, I'll definitely slap her across the face."

"Can't you be a little more mature?"

Zhan Yushan could be driven mad by him.

Zhou Haoran asked, "Director, if I hit someone, can you protect me?"

"Don't hit anyone!"

Zhan Yushan's eyes widened.

Zhou Haoran was relieved and said with a smile, "By the way, 'People's Livelihood Investigation' has been moved to the general channel. What should we do with the freed-up time slot? Should we launch a new program? If there is a new program, I'll arrange someone to help."

Zhan Yushan said, "Move one of the programs from the general channel over here."

"Throw junk into the lifestyle channel?" Zhou Haoran was immediately worried. "Director, this won't do. The ratings won't go up, and the sales team won't be able to explain it to the clients! This year's sales target is 800 million, which is a lot of pressure!"

Zhan Yushan laughed and said, "You sound like a sales manager."

Zhou Haoran asserted without hesitation, "This is my territory."

“That won’t do.” Zhan Yushan couldn’t just watch him get stuck in the sales field. “Go… after the Spring Festival! After the Spring Festival, you can intern at ‘Family Matters,’ since your sister is there. You can continue your sales work and learn from the program team. In a TV station, if you don’t know how to make TV programs, you won’t be able to get into the core team.”

(End of this chapter)