In the small conference room of the presidential suite, Zhang An and others were reporting to Yu Heng.

"General Manager Yu, Lü Ziju, Yang Bin, Wen Qianying, and others have been taken away by the police for crimes such as embezzlement of public funds, self-dealing, and infringement of the studio's trade secrets."

Zhang An took the documents from his subordinate and handed them to Yu Heng: "Lu Ziju's wife is planning to sell Lu Ziqiao's 10% stake in Huimeng Studio to raise money to pay the fine. Should we buy back these shares?"

The shareholding structure of Huimeng Animation Studio is as follows: "Ben" holds 80%, Zhou Jun holds 10%, and Lü Ziju holds 10%.

Although "Ben" held a large share, he did not manage affairs, and Zhou Jun, the person in charge, was also incapable of fulfilling his responsibilities. As a result, Lu Ziqiao gradually became the sole dominant figure in the studio.

Yu Heng took the document and looked at it. The amount of money that Lü Ziju and others had embezzled from Huimeng Studio over the past few years was huge, enough to warrant a heavy sentence.

Perhaps in the first few years they were indeed striving for their dreams, but year after year, without anyone to guide them, they eventually forgot their original aspirations and were consumed by desires.

After reading the document, Yu Heng closed it and said, "Let's buy back the shares. Also, let the studio hire a professional manager, and let Zhou Jun go back to being a director."

"Okay, also, Mr. Yu, regarding your personal investment in animation production at the studio, several projects have already been submitted. Now that the studio's public accounts are cleared, do you need to transfer them to public accounts for investment?"

"No need. I'll have Gao Zhiyuan transfer the money to the studio tomorrow; it'll be my personal investment." Since it was a personal investment, there was no need to transfer it to the studio. Although it wouldn't make much difference to Heng, he mainly wanted to complete some tasks.

"Has the company's first clinical trial started?" Yu Heng thought that it should be in the clinical testing phase of the bionic prosthesis by now.

"Yes, there are already ten volunteers undergoing surgery. We are cooperating with C City People's Hospital, and we should know the results in about half a month."

Although clinical data takes at least three months to develop, as long as the first batch of patients who underwent surgery do not have any problems, the situation will be stable for the rest of the patients.

However, compared to traditional prostheses, they require an additional internal surgery, so a recovery period is necessary.

Moreover, each person's prosthesis is custom-made, which determines the limitations of that prosthesis.

"No rush. Are you sure the company is okay with you coming here?" Yu Heng originally planned to have Zhang An send a few people from the finance and legal departments to handle it, but Zhang An came in person instead.

“The company isn’t too busy right now, and Li Peibo has pretty much got the hang of my job.” Zhang An was also a little happy when he said this. His junior brother was very capable, and if it weren’t for a bit of bad luck, he wouldn’t have ended up in his hands.

However, it can't be said that he was unlucky. After all, to become a "founding" veteran employee of 09 Technology, one really needs both ability and luck.

After discussing some plans for the Huimeng Studio, Yu Heng ended the meeting.

"You guys go and handle this first, I'll go back with you tomorrow." He's been here for several days now, and if he doesn't go back to the company soon, Dong Senyao will come after him.

"Alright, Mr. Yu, we'll take our leave now." Everyone put away the documents they had on hand.

Zhang An and the others got up to say goodbye, and Gao Zhiyuan saw them to the door.

"Mr. Yu, shall we go to Wansheng Restaurant now?" Gao Zhiyuan asked Yu Heng after seeing Zhang An and the others off and returning to the conference room.

Yu Heng raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Let's go."

He got up and grabbed his coat from the back of the chair.

He's going back to City C tomorrow, so today Mu Qiao told Chu Anlan that he wanted to treat Yu Heng to dinner to thank him for the resources Yu Heng had given him.

Yes, Director Zhuang Furong personally auditioned Mu Qiao and confirmed that he would become the male lead in her new drama.

As promised, Yu Heng invested 200 million yuan.

As an art film, the huge amount of funding required is also the reason why Director Zhuang has had a hard time securing investment.

She loves shooting on location, and sometimes when she can't find a suitable location, she'll build one herself.

Therefore, although investors all know that Director Zhuang's films are very likely to win awards, the large investment still makes many people avoid them.

Arriving at this antique-style restaurant again, Yu Heng, now quite familiar with the place, found the "Listening to the Rain Pavilion" that Chu Anlan had told him about.

Pushing open the door, Chu Anlan, Mu Qiao, and Zhou Lin were already waiting.

"President Yu," Zhou Lin greeted first.

"Am I late?" Yu Heng sat down next to Chu Anlan and asked after they had ordered all the dishes.

"No, we just finished work early today." Chu Anlan's face lit up when she saw Yu Heng: "Look, I ordered crispy duck again. I thought it was pretty good last time."

"Great, I love it too." Yu Heng gently pinched Chu Anlan's nose affectionately.

"Hehe, let's eat first, otherwise the food will get cold." Chu Anlan pulled Yu Heng's hands off him with both hands.

As everyone started eating, he quickly picked up a relatively whole duck leg for Yu Heng, which was Chu Anlan's favorite dish.

Yu Heng also placed another duck leg on Chu Anlan's plate, knowing that Chu Anlan loved to eat it.

Mu Qiao was enjoying her meal, but when she saw the two people opposite her putting food on each other's plates, she suddenly felt jealous.

He pushed the bowl towards Zhou Lin and looked at Zhou Lin.

Helpless, Zhou Lin placed a piece of fish maw, Mu Qiao's favorite food, on his plate. Only then did Mu Qiao happily continue eating.

The four of them didn't talk about work during the meal, except for Chu Anlan and Mu Qiao who occasionally exchanged a few words to discuss the dishes. Yu Heng and Zhou Lin ate quietly the entire time, except for serving food to their boyfriends or pouring them a glass of water.

After they had almost finished eating, Chu Anlan brought up the matter of Mu Qiao joining Zhuang Dao's new drama.

"I still want to thank President Yu, otherwise I wouldn't have had this opportunity." Mu Qiao offered Yu Heng a cup of tea instead of wine, and said earnestly.

"I'm just investing, and helping you out on the side." Yu Heng also raised his teacup.

"Not at all. If it weren't for President Yu's recommendation, I wouldn't even have had the chance to meet Director Zhuang. I owe President Yu a huge favor this time. An Lan, if you ever need anything, just come to me." Mu Qiao was deeply moved, her voice trembling with emotion.

Although he and Chu Anlan were classmates, their paths to stardom were different.

Chu Anlan at least played a leading role when she debuted, although it was in a small production.

However, he has yet to even land a supporting role in a big-budget production.

He has been playing minor supporting roles since his debut, but he is currently content with it and even aims to become a top-tier supporting actor in the future.

But now that he has the opportunity to play a leading role, even a leading role in a film by a famous director, you can imagine how excited he is.

Zhou Lin felt sorry for him and wanted to comfort him, but when he thought about how he got this opportunity, he felt annoyed.

"Oh, you're just lucky. I hope you'll help me out when you win an award in the future!" Chu Anlan quickly comforted him.

"Hey, winning an award isn't that easy! But don't worry, I won't forget you." Mu Qiao's emotions came and went quickly: "When I become the best actor, the first person I'll thank on stage is you!"

"I've got it all figured out!" Chu Anlan took out his phone, indicating that he wanted to write it down.

"Don't worry, I will never go back on my word!" Mu Qiao said, patting his chest twice.

"Will Assistant Director Zhou still be following Director Zhou to different film sets?" Yu Heng asked Zhou Lin.

"Well, I'm currently learning under my uncle. Does Mr. Yu have any instructions?"

"I'd like to ask you to be the producer of Director Zhuang's new drama. I wonder if Assistant Director Zhou is available?" Yu Heng felt that Mu Qiao should stay with her boyfriend.

"Producer? Me, me?" Zhou Lin stammered excitedly. Not only was Yu Heng giving him the title of producer, but he also didn't have to be separated from his boyfriend and could go with him to greet Mu Qiao.

“Of course I’m free! I’m very free!” Zhou Lin replied repeatedly.

“Yes, yes, Zhou Lin is still learning in Director Zhou’s crew, but he has a lot of experience.” Mu Qiao couldn’t help but look at Yu Heng excitedly.

"Really?" Chu Anlan tugged at Yu Heng's arm, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

"Yes, I've already spoken to Director Zhuang. Gao Zhiyuan will be in charge of you then." Yu Heng still enjoyed her boyfriend's admiring gaze.

"Thank you, Mr. Yu, I won't let you down!" Zhou Lin excitedly assured Yu Heng.

Upon hearing Yu Heng's words, the atmosphere in the private room instantly became cheerful, and Chu Anlan and Mu Qiao started chattering away.

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