My wife is in my arms

Chapter 1293 Doing Business Part 2
"Where's Zhang You!?"

After rubbing her temples for a while, Lin Bao'er finally felt much better.

With this incident this morning, her dominance in the company will immediately decrease significantly, while Zhang Xiaoyou's image in the eyes of the company's employees will be elevated once again.

The main problem is that this matter can't be hidden even if you want to.

Once the $43.5 million production rights fee arrived, the company only took a small portion. The lower-level employees might not know, but the higher-ups certainly did.

"Took the two girls to dinner with staff from a foreign TV station."

Song Lan replied.

"He was very polite."

Lin Bao'er gave a helpless laugh.

They flipped the table in the morning, and after reaching an agreement, they immediately set up a new table. Judging from the foreigner's phone call to ask for instructions, the 33 million US dollars negotiated yesterday morning was not the foreigner's bottom line; it was at least around 37 million.

Zhang Xiaoyou's price has probably already crossed the psychological barrier of foreign TV stations. Since things have come to this point, there's no use in being envious. In the future, if we encounter something like this, we should listen to Zhang Xiaoyou.

This guy is ruthless.

The key is that they are willing to go all out; they would rather not sell than sell at a low price.

Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Bao'er got up and walked towards the restaurant. This was the only money that Zhang Xiaoyou had earned, and besides, he was still her man, so he was better off than her. Lin Bao'er felt sorry for him, but not so badly that she couldn't eat.

If it were someone else… she could have just bitten her back molars to pieces.

Upon seeing her, some of her colleagues who were chatting about Zhang Youhe's negotiations with foreigners in the Ministry of Commerce that morning immediately fell silent.

Lin Bao'er didn't need to guess to know that, thanks to the hype from the company employees, Zhang Xiaoyou would be incredibly powerful, which in turn highlighted her incompetence as the boss.

After all that has happened, Lin Bao'er already knows that Zhang Xiaoyou is the only one who doesn't have shares in the company. Otherwise, even if he didn't have any ideas himself, someone would have encouraged him to take over.

Thinking of this, Lin Bao'er felt like laughing.

The company is just like the imperial court in ancient times; everyone wants to be a loyal subject who serves the emperor.

The weather was nice today. After getting her food, Lin Bao'er found a seat near the window, where half of her body was bathed in sunlight. As the boss of Tianyu Entertainment, no one came over to chat with her while she ate.

Lin Bao'er noticed the quiet woman halfway through her meal. She was sitting a little to the east and seemed to be quite popular. She was chatting and laughing with two or three female employees.

Lin Bao'er knew that those female employees were all colleagues in Zhang Xiaoyou's department.

Lin Bao'er knew that the music department had been leaving get off work half an hour earlier than usual these past two days, but she didn't say anything.

Since Zhang Xiaoyou did this, he must have had a deeper meaning. Moreover, we should wait and see the effect after a while. If leaving get off work early does not affect the work, then the whole company can implement it.

This way, we won't have to slack off one by one.

So let's just consider the music department as a model example.

Lin Bao'er left after lunch. As long as Zhang Xiaoyou wasn't around, she just ate to fill her stomach. As for Min Jing, she was indeed quite pretty.

It looks even better than the photos in the documents.

She lacks acting and singing skills; otherwise, she certainly has the potential to debut as an artist.

However, society is not lacking in beautiful women, and the company has more than just Min-jung as a beautiful woman; there are several other female employees who are no less beautiful than celebrities.

It mainly depends on one's personal development direction.

And the so-called "fate." Beautiful women aren't necessarily in the entertainment industry, but those who become famous in the entertainment industry are almost always beautiful women; the more beautiful they are, the more famous they become.

Shortly after returning to her office, Lin Bao'er received a phone call.

"Have you eaten yet!?"

Her father, Lin Shirong, came through the phone.

"I just ate."

Lin Bao'er said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly decide to call me at this time? You didn't hear about the negotiations this morning, are you planning to make fun of your eldest daughter too?!"

"What's so funny about that?"

Lin Shirong laughed twice and said, "I'm just advising you not to take it to heart. You need to understand that there are differences between people, and 12.5 million US dollars is not a small amount. Don't feel unbalanced."

"Why should I have any sense of balance?!"

Facing her father, Lin Bao'er was no longer as composed as she had been that morning. She spoke with a resentful tone, "It's obvious that Zhang Xiaoyou lied to me. The fact that he dared to ask for such a price proves that he has information channels I don't know about. Otherwise, why would he dare to ask for so much and be so certain that the foreign TV station would want it?"

"Does this require information channels?!"

Lin Shirong smiled and asked in return.

Without waiting for his eldest daughter to speak, he said directly, "Have you heard of 'Special Voices' from abroad? Since its first season, it has won the Best Competitive Reality Show award overseas, with an average viewership rating of around 1.5. It has also secured sponsorships from several top-tier shoe and clothing brands, earning over 300 million US dollars in sponsorship fees alone. Honey, I'm not trying to be mean, but as the boss of a company, we need to be more aware of macro-level information."

Realizing he might have been a bit harsh, Lin Shirong quickly changed his tone, saying, "Of course, it's not your fault. The TV station sold the production rights to 'Special Voices' for only three million US dollars! You've already done much better than them."

"Dad, are you comparing me to an idiot?!"

Lin Bao'er said irritably.

"Of course not!"

Lin Shirong hurriedly explained, "They're really stupid... well, not really stupid. If it weren't for the overseas viewership of 'Special Voice,' 'The Voice of China' wouldn't have sold so well. It's kind of like the saying 'one generation plants the trees, another enjoys the shade.' Anyway, what your dad wants to tell you is that you've already done very well. There's no need to dwell on this anymore. Also... since you agreed on how much to give Zhang You, then give him that amount. Failing in business isn't terrible; what's terrible is losing credibility. Once you lose credibility, no one will want to cooperate with you anymore. Ultimately, doing business isn't about buying and selling, but about building a reputation. The better your reputation, the bigger your business can grow; the worse your reputation, even if you're currently riding high, it can crumble in an instant."

"understood"

hang up the phone.

Lin Bao'er placed her phone on her desk. She knew why her father had called: first, to comfort his eldest daughter, and second, to remind her not to renege on her debt.

Even if it was just a verbal agreement with Zhang You, since a promise has already been made, don't use the fact that "The Voice of China" is a joint investment agreement between the company and him to make him act according to the contract.

Her father was mainly worried that seeing how much money Zhang Xiaoyou was making might make her act irrationally, such as becoming greedy for money.

Lin Bao'er felt that her father's worries were unnecessary; how could she dare to do that! If she really did that, Zhang Xiaoyou would kill her. Thinking of this, Lin Bao'er's expression instantly became somewhat unnatural.

Then, she sighed softly.

I recorded a song yesterday, and I'm recording again today. It looks like it'll take several more days. I wonder what the school will be doing during winter break!?

Xiao Zishan and Li Ran should stay at school, so they don't have to run around with Zhang Xiaoyou.

This made it so that she didn't even have a chance to chat with Zhang Xiaoyou.

"A run-down school".

(End of this chapter)