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Chapter 691 Jing Tian: If Liu Yifei's name is on it, then I want it too.

“FBTV’s development focus is in South Korea, not in China,” Li Mingyang said.

“The Korean stock market is Wall Street’s backyard, lacking even basic protection. Listing in Hong Kong and the US together is the best solution,” Chen Fang said.

"Mom, please continue."

Li Mingyang smoked a cigar while listening to Chen Fang's advice.

Most people don't have that much life experience, and they just feel that Chen Fang's advice is comprehensive and considerate of her son in every way.

But the more Uncle Zhou listened, the more awkward he felt.

If Chen Fang truly cared for her son, she would have changed his nationality long ago.

Uncle Zhou looked at the composed Li Mingyang, finding him hard to understand.

But one thing is for sure.

Li Mingyang must understand that Chen Fang's suggestion was not for his sake, but for her own.

“Mom, your suggestion is very good and has dispelled many of my concerns.” Li Mingyang stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray and opened the option agreement he had prepared for his mother and godmother. “How about this, Aunt Xia thinks this gift is too valuable, so why don’t you sign it? From now on, Bouquet Hotel will be yours.”

"You absolutely have to switch?" Chen Fang asked, frowning.

"Ah."

Seeing this, Chen Fang turned to Liu Yifei and said, "Since you absolutely have to switch, then let Qianqian sign it."

Liu Yifei, who was just watching the drama unfold, was stunned. She had become the subject of this gossip herself.

She quickly waved her hand: "Auntie, this is your family matter, it has nothing to do with me."

"Sign it, then sign it," Chen Fang said coldly in a deep voice.

Looking at the somewhat unfamiliar Aunt Chen, Liu Yifei felt a little scared. "I...I'll think about it."

The "celestial beauty" was just making an excuse; she never intended to sign.

Chen Fang, however, was eager for Tianxian to sign the contract and had the lawyer revise it on the spot.

Since Xia Yuhe and Li Mingyang are not related by blood, this option agreement only requires changing the name, which is very simple.

"Liu Yifei and Mingyang are just friends at most. Why should she sign anything? Why should she get the signature?" Xia Yuhe glanced at Jing Tian beside her.

Jing Tian blinked, mistakenly thinking that Xia Yuhe was asking her to take the hotel room, and straightened her back, ready to take it.

I had already prepared my polite excuses, but Xia Yuhe made a feint and didn't mention it!

“Sisi and I hit it off immediately, and she took the same thing as me,” Chen Fang said.

Xia Yuhe glanced at Jing Tian again, but ultimately did not suggest that Jing Tian take it.

She suddenly realized a problem: Chen Fang was the general manager, and nobody knew exactly how many agreements she had signed.

The flower bouquet hotel's business is so good, it didn't just happen by chance.

"You're all going back and forth like this... why don't you just sell the hotel? I think there are plenty of people willing to take it over."

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly complicated, Uncle Zhou suddenly spoke up.

"Sell it?" Li Mingyang asked his mother.

“The flower shop business is so good, we can’t sell it,” Chen Fang said.

"I offered you a hotel, but you refused; I didn't agree to cash out at a high price either..." Li Mingyang paused, then frowned and asked, "Mom, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"The Bouquet Hotel and the Three-Body Problem Film City were both built by you. Are you willing to hand them over to others?"

"I do!"

"..."

Chen Fang was speechless after being retorted by Li Mingyang. Suddenly, she looked at Xia Yuhe across from her and said, "I'm just concerned about you... If you don't believe me, I have nothing to say... If you want to give the Bouquet Hotel to me and Sister Xia, we won't accept it, right?"

Xia Yuhe nodded subconsciously.

"I prefer Liu Yifei as my daughter-in-law. You give me the hotel, and I'll give it to Liu Yifei. Is there any problem with that?"

Chen Fang went straight to the point, making no attempt to hide her affection for Liu Yifei.

Xia Yuhe and Uncle Zhou both looked at Jing Tian at the same time.

Jing Tian silently put on her sunglasses and rolled her eyes at Chen Fang.

"Auntie, there's nothing between me and Li Mingyang."

Liu Yifei quickly tried to distance herself from the situation, but Chen Fang was convinced of her identity and instructed her lawyer to revise the contract.

Several lawyers looked at Li Mingyang, but seeing that he didn't speak, they didn't dare to move either.

The situation had reached a stalemate.

Uncle Zhou spoke up and asked the lawyer to revise the contract.

The lawyers still didn't dare to make a move. Li Mingyang had been firing people like crazy lately, and they were all worried about losing their jobs.

“Go ahead and change it,” Li Mingyang said.

Jing Tian was displeased. Why should her man's things be given to outsiders, especially the Bouquet Hotel, which she quite liked? "If Liu Yifei's name is on it, then I want it too!"

Liu Yifei was extremely embarrassed, so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into a crack. "You guys...you should at least ask for my opinion...I don't want it. I just came here with my aunt today, I didn't think about wanting a hotel."

"Your mother is downstairs. Do you want me to call her?" Chen Fang whispered in Liu Yifei's ear.

Liu Yifei felt like dying. She had lied to her mother about marrying Li Mingyang in exchange for her freedom...

……

With Uncle Zhou's back-and-forth tugging and suggestions, the final agreement included the names of four people: Jing Tian, ​​Liu Yifei, her mother, and her godmother.

It was quite a bumpy road, but we still managed to exceed our goals.

"Honey, is there something wrong with this hotel?"

Everyone else left, leaving only Li Mingyang and Jing Tian in the conference room.

"Regret it?"

"If it doesn't work out, just sell it. I think a lot of people would be willing to take it."

“Actually… the person who understands the whole situation best is still Uncle Zhou!” Li Mingyang closed the agreement, picked up his wine glass, and drank his Romanée-Conti with satisfaction.

"Your mom likes Liu Yifei so much, and she even wants to set you two up. Aren't you happy? Hmm?" Jing Tian said jealously.

Just as Li Mingyang was about to explain, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Uncle Zhou walked in.

Jing Tian turned around, stood up, and smiled sweetly, "Uncle Zhou."

“My wife always says you have a good face, and it is indeed a good face. You will be very wealthy and prosperous, and you will also bring good fortune to your husband.”

Uncle Zhou's words made Jing Tian very happy. She diligently pulled out a chair for Uncle Zhou and tactfully went out to give the two of them some space.

"Uncle Zhou, do you think my mother has any ulterior motives?" Li Mingyang asked.

"If a person isn't after money, then it's after power."

Uncle Zhou succinctly stated the essence of the matter.

"I used to suspect that my mother had sold me... Now I'm even more certain."

"It's not that bad. She understands perfectly well that she can't achieve her goals without you." Uncle Zhou took out a cigarette from his pocket, held it to his nose, and sniffed it lightly. "Instead of being so wary of her, why don't you let her go back to America and help you expand your business and network?"

"If she wanted to go back to America, she would have gone back long ago."

"Have you talked to her?"

Li Mingyang shook his head. "After all, she's my biological mother, so I can still understand her way of thinking to some extent."

"Chen Fang's suggestions are correct in some aspects. It is impossible for you to go it alone. You need not only overseas capital but also domestic support. From a macro perspective, based on the domestic market, Sino-foreign joint ventures are the right way."

Li Mingyang nodded and asked Uncle Zhou why he had come.

Uncle Zhou smiled and succinctly explained the power struggle between Bouquet Hotel and Trisolaris Hotel.

The Three-Body Hotel is more luxurious, has a better positioning, and is reasonably priced.

Behind them are LeEco and Wanda.

But in the competition, they have no advantage whatsoever.

With the help of overseas capital, Bouquet Hotel has secured many orders from the government, state-owned enterprises, and private companies.

In terms of public opinion and public relations, the Three-Body Hotel suffered a complete defeat, with terrible online reviews... In contrast, the Bouquet Hotel received rave reviews.

"The Three-Body Hotel has been hacked?" Li Mingyang said.

"It's not that we're bad, it's just that we lack experience in themed hotels, which led to a lot of embarrassing situations," Uncle Zhou laughed. "Bouquet Hotel has professional overseas consultants and an operations team. Outsiders see us as a family business, but in reality, most of the operations are done by foreigners."

That's true; there's no experience with makeshift stages in China.

Foreign countries have a wealth of experience in themed hotels.

Wanda is building a theme park to directly compete with Disney, vowing to make Shanghai Disney unable to make a profit for twenty years.

In the end, it became a joke.

“When I handed the hotel over to my mom and Aunt Xia to manage, I was already thinking about giving it to them.” Li Mingyang smiled. “I checked the accounts not because I didn’t trust them, but because I knew there must be a problem.”

"Wall Street capital wants me to kneel... My mother is a Western worshipper and puts profit first, so she would be more than happy for me to kneel."

"Judging from the reactions these past few days, my mom must have sold me out."

Uncle Zhou smiled wryly and said, "Yangyang, don't be so suspicious. No one can sell you out except yourself."

Li Mingyang shrugged, ending the chat.

When only Li Mingyang remained in the conference room.

He wearily took off his sunglasses, placed his hands on the conference room floor, stared blankly ahead, his gaze falling on the Three-Body Hotel across the street through the floor-to-ceiling windows, his mind racing.

After a long silence, he sighed softly. Through repeated deductions, Li Mingyang confirmed one thing.

That's my mom's real goal – to become the CEO of FBTV!

Only this reason can explain Mom's motives.

Even if the flower-themed hotel is worth 500 million, splitting it 50/50 would still be 250 million.

"Mom, your ambitions are way too big..."

……

When Li Mingyang arrived at the rest hall, his mood had calmed down. He chatted and laughed with his friends in the industry, joking around and speaking to people in a way that suited them.

The dinner will not be held at the Bouquet Hotel.

Instead, they went to the Three-Body Hotel next door.

The Bouquet Hotel is doing so well that the restaurant's banquet hall is fully booked.

I had no choice but to go next door.

At the dinner, Li Mingyang sat at a table with Wang Changtian, Boss Zhao, Zhang Zhao, and Old Wang from Wanda.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhang Zhao and Lao Wang proposed selling the Three-Body Hotel to Li Mingyang.

Selling for 700 million...

The two did the math and realized they couldn't outlast the Bouquet Hotel.

Old Wang and Zhang Zhao even came up with the concept of twin flowers for Li Mingyang, just to sell the Three-Body Hotel.

Li Mingyang refused, citing a lack of money.

Then, Lao Wang used the excuse of it being a birthday gift to reduce the price by 50 million, selling it for 650 million, but only in cash.

Li Mingyang still refused.

"Director Li, how about this? I'll reduce the price by 6 million, 6 million it is, this is the lowest price. If you're willing to buy, let's sign the contract today."

"I really don't have any money." Li Mingyang still refused. He had already given up on Shanghai and was even willing to give away the Bouquet Hotel. Why would he buy the Three-Body Hotel?

Li Mingyang's repeated refusals created an awkward atmosphere.

An investment of 800 million, sold for 600 million, is already 200 million cheaper.

Zhang Zhao winked at Wang Changtian, implying that the hotel was something they wanted to buy, and the price was already this low; what did it mean if they didn't buy it?

Before Wang Changtian could even speak, Li Mingyang grabbed his wine glass and ran off to another table to brag.

Wang Changtian chased after him, but unfortunately he didn't find a chance to speak until Li Mingyang went to the restroom, at which point he had the opportunity to ask Li Mingyang why he was unwilling to buy the Three-Body Hotel.

After all, they were willing to spend 5 billion to buy the Roppongi T-CUBE, so spending 600 million for the Three-Body Hotel is perfectly acceptable.

Although they hadn't communicated, Wang Changtian figured out Li Mingyang's tactics.

A vertical film and television industry is built using high-rise buildings.

The pinnacle of fame and entertainment.

The Oriental Building features floral technology and Pangu special effects.

The Three-Body Building prepared for the Three-Body Film Studio.

Japan's T-CUBE is also buying buildings in Thailand.

This is no coincidence.

"Shanghai is not a suitable place for film and television production, so I plan to leave."

“You’ve offended most of the Beijing and Hong Kong/Taiwan circles. If you don’t cooperate with the Shanghai circle, who else can you cooperate with?” Wang Changtian advised, “Don’t act impulsively. Think long-term.”

"Let's collaborate with Hengdian."

"Nobody wants to offend anyone in Hengdian. It's better to rely on yourself than on Hengdian."

"Anyway, I don't plan to develop in Shanghai. If you want to buy, you can pay for it yourself."

After Li Mingyang finished speaking, he hummed a song and left, leaving Wang Changtian conflicted.

Buying the Three-Body Hotel for 600 million and merging it with the Bouquet Hotel would be a sure-fire way to make money, avoiding direct competition and internal conflicts.

Wang Changtian really wanted to buy it.

Just as he made up his mind to buy it, he turned around and saw Liu Yifei. "It's Qianqian! Mingyang is ahead."

Wang Changtian assumed Liu Yifei was looking for Li Mingyang, and after saying that, he hurriedly headed towards the banquet hall.

"Um... Godfather, I have something to tell you."

"What is it? If it's not urgent, we can talk about it later."

Wang Changtian's mind was entirely on the Three-Body Hotel, so he spoke casually.

"I'm so anxious! I'm dying of worry!"

Liu Yifei was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.

Wang Changtian thought for a moment, then stopped and let Liu Yifei speak.

Liu Yifei looked around, then looked back, gesturing for Wang Changtian to bend down.

Wang Changtian bent down with a strange expression.

Liu Yifei bent her fingers into a tube shape and whispered in Wang Changtian's ear.

"What? How is that possible!"

Wang Changtian was astonished as soon as Liu Yifei finished speaking her first sentence.

"It's true... they've all signed it, Godfather. Do you think they set me up together...?"

"Where's the contract?" Wang Changtian asked.

Liu Yifei unzipped her coat and pulled a crumpled agreement from under her arm.

Wang Changtian flipped through the crumpled agreement, sweat beading on his forehead. He was glad he hadn't bought the Three-Body Hotel.

Li Mingyang's mother and Li Mingyang are not on the same page.

Li Mingyang was most wary of his mother, followed by his father.

If he buys the Three-Body Hotel, he'll definitely be the next one to suffer!

"so close……"

"What good risk?"

"It's nothing, there's no problem with this agreement. According to the agreement, the shares of Bouquet Hotel can be distributed to the four of you within two years."

“The Bouquet Hotel is valued at 500 million... Such a big gift, I don’t feel comfortable accepting it. Godfather, could you help me return it to Li Mingyang?” Liu Yifei said awkwardly.

Wang Changtian smiled and said, "This agreement... if it were an ordinary person, they would really be getting a great deal. But you and Jing Tian are different. You are celebrities. If you receive such an expensive gift without knowing why, and her mother sues you, would you dare to fight back? You would have no choice but to obediently give it back."

Liu Yifei's eyes widened. "So they never intended to give it to me!"

"Why don't you just ask him?" Wang Changtian handed the agreement back to Liu Yifei and pointed to Li Mingyang, who was walking towards them.

Liu Yifei bit her pink lips, mustered her courage, and walked towards Li Mingyang.

"I can't accept these shares." Liu Yifei grabbed Li Mingyang's hand, placed the agreement in his hand, and turned to run away.

Li Mingyang didn't pursue them. He walked to Wang Changtian's side and waved the agreement in his hand. "Have you read it?"

"I've looked at it... these shares couldn't have been given to her by you, could they?"

Li Mingyang briefly recounted what happened to Wang Changtian.

Wang Changtian's teeth ached as he listened. "Your mother is incredible! She managed to swindle both LeEco and Wanda right here in Shanghai..."

"It's only because they were too greedy."

The two hotels are across the street from each other; a fight is inevitable.

LeEco and Wanda just didn't expect their mother to be so fierce!
Underestimating your mother will lead to big trouble.

“You want to have the best of both worlds… Your mother is using this to find allies to pressure you.” Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses and took the agreement from Li Mingyang’s hand. “Your mother must have a powerful backer; it’s not that simple.”

"So now you understand why I don't want to stay in Shanghai."

Wang Changtian smiled and nodded.

“The mother and son are not of one mind. Shanghai is practically your mother’s home turf. It’s too dangerous for you to stay here.”

Li Mingyang shrugged and walked towards the banquet hall.

Wang Changtian stood there, looking at the agreement in his hand, and suddenly let out a long sigh. There were too many people who wanted Li Mingyang to kneel down.

Foreign internet giants like BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), Xiaomi, Sohu, Youku, and Perfect World are all putting pressure on Li Mingyang.

More than 80% of the people here today invested in Bouquet CJ for various reasons and are now stuck with their investments. They all wish Li Mingyang would kneel down so they could get out of their predicament, revive their businesses, secure funding, and complete the Asian streaming media plan as soon as possible.

Including himself.

Li Mingyang is exceptionally talented, so what?

The entertainment industry in China is tough these days, with fierce internal competition and various capital groups clustering and colluding.

Everyone is wary of Li Mingyang.

They ran away without telling anyone, and returned without telling anyone.

If Li Mingyang dares to register and make movies in China now, he will be the first one to be suppressed by the authorities.

……

(End of this chapter)