Rebirth and Conquest

After the art exhibition came to an end, Chen Yan's company ushered in another big event: the release of Fu Mingxue's movie. This is Fu Mingxue's second movie, and compared to the previous one, this movie has made a great leap forward in terms of both investment and production team. Moreover, more importantly, Fu Mingxue has become more mature in filmmaking.

With perfect timing, favorable location, and harmonious relationships, this film had everything it needed to achieve great success. If the previous film allowed Fu Mingxue to make her mark in the film industry, then this one truly solidified her position within it.

The film swept the box office charts in just three days after its release, and continues to break records as time goes on.

During the film's release, Fu Mingxue took the actors to various places for promotion. Since it was a film produced by her own company, all four artists signed by Chen Yan's company, except for Li Yilang, participated in the film. However, only Ji Yunjiang was considered one of the main actors, while the other two were minor supporting characters with few appearances. As for the other main actors, they were people that Fu Mingxue hired from outside companies.

During a break from Fu Mingxue's promotional activities, Chen Yan threw him a celebration party. At the party, in addition to Fu Mingxue and the three actors who participated, Li Yilang was also invited, along with some other people from the company.

After everyone had arrived, Chen Yan inevitably had to offer some words of congratulations, and everyone present responded cheerfully. After Chen Yan finished speaking, he specially toasted Fu Mingxue to celebrate the success of his film, and Fu Mingxue happily drank the wine.

After toasting Fu Mingxue, Chen Yan did not sit down. Instead, she raised her glass to Ji Yunjiang. It must be said that, apart from Fu Mingxue, Ji Yunjiang was the biggest beneficiary of the film's release. With his superb acting skills and unique charm in the film, he became a rising star.

"This toast is for Yunjiang." Chen Yan looked at Ji Yunjiang and said with a smile, "Yunjiang deserves a lot of credit for the success of this film. Here, I wish Yunjiang all the best in his future endeavors."

Ji Yunjiang quickly stood up, somewhat flattered, and said, "Thank you, Chairman Chen. Actually, I should be the one toasting you. Without your guidance, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Ji Yunjiang is only in his early twenties. His rugged appearance still carries a hint of naivety, but he has a very calm and composed demeanor. Because he follows the image of a stylish man, he also exudes a mature charm.

"That's the result of your own hard work. If you didn't work hard, no matter how much I tried to cultivate you, you wouldn't be able to succeed," Chen Yan said. After finishing his drink, he sat down and looked around. He saw Li Yilang sitting opposite him. Compared to the smiling faces of the others, Li Yilang looked somewhat listless.

That makes sense. He was the only one in the company who didn't participate in this movie, and all the other artists had started their acting careers while he was still at school. It felt like he had been 'abandoned'.

Chen Yan smiled inwardly. He could completely understand Li Yilang's state. He looked at Li Yilang and said with a smile, "Yilang, you'll be graduating soon, right? After you graduate, the company will have another capable person."

Li Yilang suddenly looked up, not expecting Chen Yan to bring him up. He paused for a moment, then forced a smile and replied, "Yes, I will try my best."

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded. "It's perfect that Mr. Fu is here too. You should take the opportunity to learn from him in the future."

Upon hearing Chen Yan's words, Li Yilang was overjoyed. Chen Yan's words clearly indicated that she wanted Fu Mingxue to mentor him in the future. With Fu Mingxue's current fame and status, many people would not be able to curry favor with her even if they wanted to. Li Yilang quickly stood up, looked at Fu Mingxue, and said, "I will definitely learn from Director Fu and hope that Director Fu can give me more guidance in the future."

Fu Mingxue smiled and nodded, "Good, good, she's a promising talent."

When the party ended, Fu Mingxue left with his group; they had to rush to promote the movie the next day.

As Chen Yan was leaving his seat and about to walk out, Li Yilang walked towards him, as if he had something to say. But before he could reach Chen Yan's side, Di Wenjin came to Chen Yan first and said, "Young Master Chen, let me take you back. There are some things at the company that I need to discuss with you."

Upon seeing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in Li Yilang's eyes, and then he turned and walked away.

Chen Yan had already seen Li Yilang, but since Di Wenjin was standing in front of him, he had no choice but to speak to Di Wenjin first. “Mr. Di, it’s getting late. Let’s talk about company matters tomorrow. I’ll come to your place tomorrow and we can discuss everything in detail.”

"That's fine then." Di Wenjin nodded. "I'll head back now."

After Di Wenjin left, Chen Yan looked at Li Yilang again, but he was no longer there.

However, Chen Yan didn't plan to contact Li Yilang again. He called Feng Tong over and said, "Director Feng, don't leave yet. There's something I want to tell you."

"Yes, Chairman Chen." Feng Tong walked over to Chen Yan.

Since the celebration party was held at the company, Chen Yan went to Feng Tong's office after leaving there, intending to talk to her there.

Upon arriving at Feng Tong's office, Chen Yan asked, "Director Feng, Li Yilang is about to graduate, right?"

"Yes, I'll graduate next spring."

"Okay, has he started making plans for his schedule after graduation?"

“Well,” Feng Tong paused for a moment, then said somewhat guiltily, “Chairman Chen, we actually arranged this a long time ago, but you told him to talk about work after graduation, so we haven’t told you yet.”

Chen Yan smiled and said, "It's alright, it's better to make arrangements early. Now, tell me how they're arranged."

“Well, since he’s graduating soon, and he’ll definitely be debuting after graduation, we think it’s good for him to participate in some activities before his official debut to increase his exposure. This will be beneficial for his future debut.” Feng Tong said, taking a stack of documents from the table and handing them to Chen Yan. “This is a preliminary plan we’ve made. We’ve already secured an advertisement for him, for a mid-to-high-end brand of sports shoes. He’s currently positioned as a youthful and sunny idol. After this advertisement, there will be an idol drama specifically created for him. Although filming an idol drama has limited impact on improving his acting skills, it can quickly increase his fame. After the advertisement is finished, we’ll send him the script to read first…”

After Feng Tong finished speaking, she looked at Chen Yan and asked, "Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Yan listened and flipped through the documents the whole time. After Feng Tong asked the question, she handed the documents to Feng Tong and said, "Okay, let's arrange it like this."

The next day, Chen Yan went to the group headquarters and met with Di Wenjin.

Since moving the company headquarters to City B, Di Wenjin has focused most of his energy on real estate investment, one of the most important of which is building a movie theater.

Actually, the idea of ​​building a large number of cinemas was proposed by Chen Yan. On the one hand, they have their own entertainment company, and if they also have their own cinemas, it will be much more convenient for their company's films from production and distribution to filming and release. On the other hand, Chen Yan clearly knows that in the next few years, the domestic film industry will experience explosive growth, and people will soon usher in an era of great prosperity for the film industry. Therefore, the construction of cinemas is definitely a very good investment direction.

Di Wenjin sought out Chen Yan to discuss an investment. He had his eye on a piece of land and wanted to buy it, but several other companies were also interested, including the Yan Group. In fact, Di Wenjin didn't care about the other smaller companies at all; only the powerful Yan Group made him somewhat wary.

Di Wenjin and Yan Shi were already at odds, and they often fought each other openly and secretly. This time, because of this territory, they were even more determined to confront Yan Shi.

However, this time, the Yan family also attached great importance to this territory, showing a strong determination to acquire it.

Di Wenjin held several meetings with the group's senior management, but they couldn't come up with a good solution, so he called Chen Yan over as well. However, after hearing this, Chen Yan didn't offer any good ideas either, only telling Di Wenjin to wait and that she would think about it more when she got back.

After leaving Di Wenjin's place, Chen Yan did not go back, but went to see someone, his mother's assistant Tang Sijie.

Chen Yan called Tang Sijie and then waited for him in a coffee shop next to the Yan Group.

Tang Sijie arrived quickly. Upon seeing Chen Yan, he smiled and asked, "Young Master Chen, what brings you here? Are you here to see President Chen? Should I pass on your message?"

"No need, I came here specifically to see you," Chen Yan said, pointing to the seat next to her. "Please sit down, Assistant Tang."

Tang Sijie sat down next to Chen Yan. "What can I do for you, Young Master Chen?"

Chen Yan smiled and asked, "I wonder what you've thought about what I discussed with Assistant Tang last time?"

Tang Sijie was taken aback and did not answer Chen Yan's question.

“Assistant Tang, I believe you should know that if you don’t cooperate with me, you will never be able to turn things around at Yan’s, and your wish to be with my mother will remain just a wish.”

After Chen Yan finished speaking, she looked at Tang Sijie. Tang Sijie remained silent for a while before looking up at Chen Yan, sighing, and saying, "Okay, what do you want me to do?"

Chen Yan smiled slightly. "I'd like to ask Assistant Tang for a favor."

"Does Assistant Tang know that the Yan family is currently competing with a group called Haoran for a piece of land?"

"Of course I know. This Haoran Group hasn't been in B City for long, but it's developing very quickly and has been working against us all along."

"That's why I'm talking to Assistant Tang this time. I want you to help Haoran Group get that piece of land."

"Young Master Chen, are you joking?"

"Of course not, because this Haoran Group belongs to me."

"Yours." Assistant Tang looked at Chen Yan in surprise. How could this be? Although Haoran Group had just entered B City, it was financially powerful and involved in a variety of industries. It was no exaggeration to say that it was at its peak. However, their boss had always been very mysterious. All they knew was that the CEO in B City was Di Wenjin. They had always thought that its boss was a foreigner and that Di Wenjin had brought it in from outside to take revenge on the Yan family.

Tang Sijie did not immediately agree to Chen Yan's request, only saying that he needed to think about it.

Chen Yan didn't press the matter further, and after saying she would wait for his good news, she left.

Two days later, Chen Yan received a call from Tang Sijie. As soon as the call connected, Tang Sijie said, "I've made up my mind."

Chen Yan smiled slightly, said something to Tang Sijie, and then hung up the phone.

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