Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 518 The Top Boss of Thirteen Cities
Huang Wenrong is practically the group's financial guardian. Even if Cheng Yi wants to execute a project that doesn't seem to have a profit margin, Huang Wenrong will point it out without hesitation.

However, Jiang Yuxi and the others also understood that if Momo Group didn't have Huang Wenrong as its guardian, it would have fallen apart long ago.

In recent years, Huang Wenrong has suppressed all projects that have harmed the group's interests.

The only thing he couldn't control was Cheng Yi's participation in the Blizzard Cup World Esports Championship.

Jiang Yuxi smacked her lips. Although she felt it was a bit tricky, she still said, "Okay, I'll go talk to Uncle Huang myself. I'll give you one last suggestion: let's ask the group to help us upgrade the satellite dish's positioning. At least make this project a public welfare project."

After Jiang Yuxi finished giving her suggestions, Zhao Gang and the others immediately began to discuss these three points in conjunction with the "Draft Cooperation Framework" provided by Huang Wenrong's team.

The next day, Jiang Yuxi looked at the "Framework Plan for the Transformation of the Twelve Cities Cable Network Group of Handong Province into the Global Vision Joint Operation Center," which she had rushed out overnight. Her beautiful eyes sparkled with excitement mixed with a hint of calculation.

"They get 70% of the revenue. In addition, we charge a monthly service fee of 10 yuan for our satellite dishes. This service fee is also given to the joint operation center, which receives 50% of the revenue from value-added services such as on-demand, advertising, and interactive features. All user data and terminal control must be in our hands. The installation standards and service procedures are uniformly formulated and evaluated by Huanyu..."

"This plan, in short, is the Global Alliance Cooperation Plan!"

After carefully reviewing the information and confirming that everything was correct, she immediately picked up the phone and dialed Qiu Shuiyun's number.

She discussed Huanyu's intentions with Qiu Shuiyun and then sent her an electronic version of the plan.

As the executive vice president of the Information Industry Association, Qiu Shuiyun is very familiar with the industry. He also gave Jiang Yuxi some suggestions, which Jiang Yuxi immediately included in the contract.

Everything is ready now except for negotiations.

Three days later, in the VIP room of Zhuolu City Cable Information Network Group.

Liu Mingyuan, accompanied by several deputies, looked at Zhu Yuyu, the special envoy from Huanyu Vision, sitting opposite him, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

In their view, this was a final ultimatum from Universal Vision.

Zhu Yuyu was also feeling uneasy. In the past two years, she had only dealt with suppliers for TV shopping and had never had any contact with a local tycoon like Liu Mingyuan.

She steadied herself and pushed the brand-new "Global Alliance Cooperation Plan" over, saying, "Chairman Liu, distinguished leaders, this is a new cooperation plan personally drafted by our Director Jiang. Please take a look. Global Alliance is very sincere this time and wants to do some truly long-term business with you all."

Liu Mingyuan didn't have much hope for this cooperation agreement.

After all, Cheng Yi, the president of Momo Group, personally intervened, which completely overwhelmed them.

A true alliance is one where both sides are evenly matched.

When the two sides are vastly different in strength, it's called incorporation!

He casually flipped through the proposal, and after reading just two pages, his droopy eyelids suddenly lifted. As he continued reading, his fingers gripped the paper tightly, and his breathing became heavier. An assistant beside him couldn't resist leaning closer to look, his eyes widening in disbelief.

When I saw the bolded words about local governments sharing 50% of the revenue from value-added services such as on-demand, advertising, and interactive content, and about joint management by a joint operations center…

Liu Mingyuan's hand trembled slightly.

He suddenly looked up, staring intently at Zhu Yuyu, his voice trembling slightly: "President Zhu? This, this 50% split, is it really true?"

Zhu Yuyu revealed a sincere yet knowing smile and said, "Chairman Liu, it's all in black and white, the contract is the proof! Our Director Jiang said that Huanyu's vision is the stars and the sea, not just these pots and pans right now. The future profits lie in value-added services. If you have hundreds of thousands of Huanyu users in Zhuolu, that's a gold mine. We provide the platform, technology, and content, and you provide the channels, manpower, and local connections. We'll partner up to mine it, splitting the profits 50/50."

Liu Mingyuan and his deputies exchanged glances, their previous resistance and wariness now replaced by immense excitement and unbelievable elation.

How can this be considered a loss of sovereignty and humiliation of the nation?
This is like a diamond-encrusted golden bowl falling from the sky!

"Slap!" This time, Liu Mingyuan didn't slap his thigh, but excitedly slapped the proposal, making the teacup jump.

"Sign! Sign it now!" He shouted, his voice booming, his face beaming with joy, all traces of his previous gloom gone.

In fact, their cable industry has now developed into a very awkward situation.

High cable infrastructure costs lead to high account opening fees, which in turn result in fewer users willing to use cable services. Fewer users mean even higher cable infrastructure costs.

This is a vicious cycle.

Only Cheng Yi knew that it was this vicious cycle that led to the complete destruction of the cable industry by the set-top box business, leaving them with not even a drop of soup.

"Manager Su, please tell Director Jiang that I, Lao Liu, am completely convinced. From now on, Zhuolu Cable will work for Huanyu and Director Jiang."

Momo Group, President's Office.

Li Weiwei gently pushed open the door and said, "President Cheng, Director Jiang is here."

Cheng Yi put down his pen and said, "Let her in."

Jiang Yuxi walked in with an air of composure, trying her best to maintain a professional poker face, but the corners of her eyes couldn't quite hide the smugness in them.

Her slightly raised chin betrayed her smugness.

She placed a thick stack of signed agreements and the "Global Alliance Plan" on Cheng Yi's desk, and said in as calm a tone as possible, "President Cheng, the cooperation agreements for the twelve cities have all been signed, following your plan. Please take a look."

Cheng Yi didn't look at the document; his eyes were immediately fixed on Jiang Yuxi.

His gaze lingered for a moment on her slightly tired eyes, which were etched from staying up all night. A few seconds later, he suddenly smiled.

It wasn't a deep, enigmatic smile, nor a playful chuckle, but rather a wide, upturned smile, carrying a rare hint of admiration.

"Jiang Yuxi." He called out Jiang Yuxi's full name and said, "I've already seen the plan. You did a great job."

Jiang Yuxi's heart skipped a beat, and a surge of heat rushed from her chest to her cheeks.

Her feigned composure crumbled instantly, two red clouds rose to her cheeks, and her eyes darted around for a moment.

She quickly lowered her head, pretending to straighten the perfectly wrinkle-free hem of her clothes, and muttered softly, "It's...it's alright, mainly because they themselves wanted to find a way out, and we just happened to hand them a ladder..."

Cheng Yi stood up, walked around the large desk, and approached step by step.

He was taller than Jiang Yuxi, which brought an invisible sense of oppression, as well as a faint scent of cedar.

“More than just a ladder?” He stopped in front of her, lowered his head slightly, and looked directly into her sparkling eyes. “You’ve turned hostility into friendship and obstacles into support. If you maintain this mindset, your path will become wider and wider.”

His voice was deep, and every word struck Jiang Yuxi’s heart.

That undisguised admiration made her ears burn.

The two were so close that Jiang Yuxi could see the curve of his eyelashes.

He leaned slightly forward, lowering his voice to an even softer tone, conveying an intimacy that only the two of them could understand.

"So..." His smile deepened, tinged with familiar teasing, as he chuckled, "You've done a great service this time, what reward do you want?"

award?

This "reward," tinged with a hint of teasing and ambiguity, made Jiang Yuxi's face turn completely red, even her neck turning pink.

Cheng Yi looked at Jiang Yuxi, whose face was full of shyness, and couldn't help but tease her, "I didn't realize before, but our Yuxi has really grown up." "Shut up!" Jiang Yuxi stomped her foot in embarrassment and anger, grabbed her folder, and tried to run away.

"Downstairs in half an hour," Cheng Yi's voice came from downstairs. "I'll treat you to KFC."

Jiang Yuxi paused, but without turning around, she angrily opened the door and rushed out like a gust of wind.

In the hallway, you could still faintly hear her growl: "You childish brat, I haven't eaten KFC in ages, you can go eat it yourself!"

The door to the CEO's office slammed shut, shutting out the figure of that annoying guy inside and his damned cedar smell.

She leaned against the cold wooden door, her hand covering her still pounding heart, her cheeks burning hot enough to fry an egg.

"Damn it." She grinned silently at the air, her feigned composure and slight smugness completely shattered by Cheng Yi's last words, "KFC and our Yuxi has grown up."

What does it mean to have grown up? And he looked at her with that kind of gaze.

And then there's KFC. Do they still think they can fool her like a child? She's now the head of the thirteen-city cable TV alliance.

KFC? That was something she only really liked in high school.

She's a junior in college now!
"What a childish brat!" she muttered angrily, then stomped downstairs in her high heels as if she wanted to stomp through the floor to vent her anger.

Back in the office, Zhu Yuyu was holding a stack of documents waiting for her to sign. When she saw Jiang's flushed face and hair that looked like it was about to steam, she was immediately startled and hurriedly asked, "President Jiang? Did the meeting not go well? Did President Cheng yell at someone again?"

"Everything went very smoothly." Jiang Yuxi plopped down in the boss's chair, grabbed the water glass on the table, and took a big gulp, but she choked and coughed because she used too much force.

Zhu Yuyu quickly handed over a tissue, asking with a blank look, "Then what are you doing...?"

"It's nothing!" Jiang Yuxi slapped the tissue on the table, trying to calm her breathing and regain her director's authority. She said, "He praised the plan and approved the agreement, but... but this guy is so annoying. He talks in a sarcastic way."

"Oh..." Zhu Yuyu seemed to understand, but seeing that although Jiang Yuxi was sulking, there was no real anger in her eyes. Instead, she looked like a cat with its fur standing on end, so she felt relieved.

He asked, "Did President Cheng say what to do next?"

"He then said he'd wait for me downstairs in half an hour and treat me to KFC." Jiang Yuxi replied irritably, rolling her eyes and saying angrily, "Who cares? Let him go eat his fried chicken leg himself. Yuyu, order me a light salad; I'll eat it in the office for lunch."

"Yes, Mr. Jiang." Zhu Yuyu suppressed a laugh, quickly agreed, and left.

Only Director Cheng could make Director Jiang, who is usually decisive and efficient at work, so angry.

Jiang Yuxi was the only one left in the office.

She leaned back in her chair, staring at the ceiling, but the scene from earlier kept replaying in her mind.

The appreciative smile on Cheng Yi's lips, and the strange feeling emanating from his tall figure as he approached.

"Ugh! This is so annoying!" She scratched her head, trying to shake off the images.

Left with no other choice, Jiang Yuxi could only think about the BMW Mini she had just bought, which immediately lifted her spirits and even made the sunshine outside the window seem brighter.

She hummed a little tune as she turned on her computer to prepare to process emails.

But out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently caught sight of the clock on the table.

Twenty minutes have passed since that childish guy said half an hour.

The KFC downstairs from Momo Group?

She pursed her lips, picked up her phone, and, as if possessed, found Cheng Yi's number.

Her finger hovered over the dial key for a few seconds before she finally pressed the lock screen button in a huff.

"Hmph, who cares about you? Go eat your junk food!"

However, ten minutes later.

After Jiang Yuxi finished processing an email, her stomach rumbled loudly.

I was busy looking at plans this morning, so I just ate a cold bread.

I was so busy being angry that I didn't realize anything was wrong.

But right now, I'm really hungry.

Golden, crispy fried chicken, ice-cold cola, and that new strawberry sundae involuntarily popped into her mind.
"Gulp." She couldn't help but swallow.

No way! Jiang Yuxi, you can't be so spineless! You said you wouldn't eat it and you still won't!
She's a career woman, how could she be tempted by just fried chicken?

But I really want to eat it.

She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, picked up the landline, dialed Zhu Yuyu's number, and said, "Yuyu, my salad..."

Before she could finish speaking, her phone suddenly chimed with a notification—it was a multimedia message (MMS) that the telecommunications company had just launched not long ago.

Sender: Cheng Yi.

Jiang Yuxi's fingers paused, her mind in turmoil.

To look or not to look?

She knew without even thinking that this was definitely that childish brat showing off his fried chicken.

Curiosity ultimately triumphed over backbone.

Her fingers clicked on the MMS message involuntarily.

a photo.

The photo was taken at the window seat of the KFC downstairs in the Momo Technology Building.

On the table were two huge buckets of fried chicken, a glass of iced cola with a straw and water droplets clinging to it, and next to it was a beautifully packaged little box containing her favorite strawberry sundae.

A line of text was attached below the photo:

[Director Jiang's special lunch is ready. The strawberry sundae is already a fifth melted; if it doesn't come soon, it'll turn into a Jiang milkshake.]

An indescribable warm current, mixed with the embarrassment of being seen through and a hint of sweetness, instantly surged into her heart.

The little bit of persistence I had just held on crumbled instantly.

"Hmph! I'll give you face since you're already in the past!" Jiang Yuxi tried to save face, but the drool at the corner of her mouth betrayed her.

(End of this chapter)