He exclaimed incredulously, "Why me?!"
All the company's artists can be borrowed at will, so why do you have to specify the boss of the partner company, or your boss's younger brother?
Are you so audacious as to plot a rebellion?
Assistant Chen was also surprised: "Because you are popular, generate a lot of buzz, and are handsome."
Your Majesty, rest assured, everyone is after money. With Li Ye setting an example, no monkey will dare to challenge your authority again!
However, Assistant Chen still very considerately asked, "If you don't want to, would you like me to cancel it?"
If Mr. Zhang really feels embarrassed, he can just come up with any of those reasons.
Zhang Chaohe hesitated for a moment: "Never mind."
Anyway, he had already agreed, and he was very confident in himself—"My beauty is of course unmatched!"
Another important reason is that he was also very curious about the work of a model.
Since there's a chance to make a cameo appearance, there's no need to refuse anymore, Zhang Chaohe thought. I'll reluctantly step forward!
Assistant Chen was completely baffled and was about to leave when Zhang Chaohe called out hesitantly, "Could you let me hold Chengzai for a while?"
Orange Boy is Assistant Chen's Ragdoll kitten. After returning from his trip, Zhang Chaohe became very envious of Assistant Chen's cat. He used a combination of threats, inducements, and pleading to finally get Assistant Chen to agree to bring Orange Boy to the company.
So this morning when everyone arrived at work, they saw that the tall and burly Assistant Chen was carrying a small, exquisite cat carrier on his back... and a curious little black face was sticking out of the window.
Assistant: "Wow!"
Zhang Chaohe has been busy since morning, which allowed the ladies in the secretariat to take advantage of the situation and happily pet the cats for a long time.
After all, Orange was very bold. After hiding in a cardboard box for a while to get used to the environment when it first arrived at the company, it started to act like a bully and tried to trick people into giving it snacks.
Unfortunately, the cunning humans were also deceiving him—Assistant Chen specifically instructed him not to feed the cat human snacks. When Orange tried to charm and please him, he only received a loving smile from the cunning humans, which made him so angry that he almost slapped them!
So Zhang Chaohe tried the same trick again, but was ruthlessly exposed by Chengzai, whose heart was as cold as someone who had been killing fish at RT-Mart for ten years. He didn't even get a chance to observe before he was slapped by a soft cat's paw!
Assistant Chen was terrified, fearing that Young Master Zhang might throw Chengzai out in a fit of anger... However, Young Master Zhang not only showed no anger, but instead revealed a rather perverted smile, and buried his face in Chengzai's soft little belly again...
Assistant Chen: I'm sorry, Orange, but I have to sell my eldest son's innocence to secure my position as his father!
He finally understood: with Chengzai around, the title of "Demon Consort" was about to change hands!
The next second, the emperor announced, "The Demon Consort has arrived!" The former Demon Consort gracefully and calmly came forward, requesting an audience with His Majesty.
Assistant Chen smiled very sincerely and even opened the office door for him. Cheng Jixue felt something was wrong, and sure enough, she found out that Zhang Chaohe was holding a sweet and adorable fur ball.
A sense of crisis instantly swept over Cheng Jixue. No matter how pitiful and gentle he was, he was definitely no weaker than a kitten!
His Majesty's heart had been stolen, and even his question was unusually cold and ruthless: "Why haven't you joined the crew yet?"
Cheng Jixue sneered inwardly—"You only see the new cat laughing, but not the old one crying, huh?"
He sighed softly, "I'm leaving soon... Mr. Zhang, did you watch 'National Collection' last night?"
Zhang Chaohe froze!
Oh no—he seemed to have seen Cheng Jixue send him a message last night, and then… it seemed that he replied to it with his mind for some reason, and then he forgot about it!
Tormented by his conscience, Zhang Chaohe raised his head with a contrite attitude—although two cat hairs still clung to his gray-and-gold suit jacket: "I forgot."
Orange Cub proudly patted its tail, looking down at the former demon queen with disdain, displaying the arrogant demeanor of a favored concubine!
Zhang Chaohe realized his tone had been too harsh and immediately added an apology: "I'm sorry."
Cheng Jixue's beautiful eyes were filled with sorrow and sadness. She lowered her head with a hint of disappointment, and her tone was as light as if she had been betrayed by a heartless man: "It's okay, after all, you are usually very busy."
Yes, I saw your WeChat Moments post from yesterday—you were busy playing parent-child games with Caiye and sneaking around with the cat!
They just don't have time to watch the shows I recorded!
"National Collection" is, after all, a program backed by CCTV, and its audience spans all sectors of society, not just casual internet users. Furthermore, there aren't many true Peking Opera enthusiasts who have in-depth knowledge and can speak eloquently about it…
Therefore, in this episode, Cheng Jixue did not try to grab the trending topics or other news that could attract Zhang Chaohe's attention.
Therefore, Zhang Chaohe did not pay special attention to it.
But seeing Cheng Jixue's disappointed and sad appearance, Zhang Chaohe had a feeling that his old problem was about to flare up again... He couldn't help but blurt out, "I'll look right away!"
He unconsciously loosened his grip on Orange Cub—but Orange Cub wouldn't allow the human-shaped cushion to lose focus. It stared at Cheng Jixue for a while, then suddenly let out a long, soft "meow"!
Zhang Chaohe's slightly tilted scales immediately tipped back to normal! He hugged Chengzai even tighter!
This heavy, sweet burden!
Cheng Jixue: What a cunning little kitten with a tea-like air about him!
Fortunately, Jiang Wei is now working at a venture capital firm, otherwise she would probably burst out laughing—"Those who are good at tea are always the ones who get teaed!"
You vixen, you've finally met your match?
Cheng Jixue thought to himself, "Luckily, I can talk. No matter how sweet your meow is, it can't match the racial advantage of me being able to speak." He adjusted his strategy and took the initiative: "President Zhang, I'm starting on set tomorrow. Shall we go walk the dog together tonight?"
Zhang Chaohe was completely unaware that he had fallen into the trap as soon as he heard about walking geese, and nodded enthusiastically.
However, what he was thinking was... "Don't worry, little brother, I'll come work on the set right away!"
Cheng Jixue smiled slightly, looking at Chengzai with a half-smile: You can't be here after get off work, can you?
As the empress, one must be tolerant—it's perfectly normal for His Majesty to have a cat or dog outside!
Orange Cub, completely unaware of what this cunning human was thinking, continued to blink its large, bright eyes and act coquettishly towards Zhang Chaohe. Zhang Chaohe always kept his promises, and after Cheng Jixue left, he turned on the computer that Assistant Jiang had specially provided for him and found the latest issue of "National Collection" to play.
However, he was unaware that Zhang Yinshan was right downstairs at the company. His sugar daddy had found another excuse to visit his brother, and was currently adjusting his tie and checking his appearance, preparing for a surprise inspection of his brother's work!
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The receptionist knew General Manager Zhang as well as he knew his protégé. Zhang Yinshan took the elevator directly to the president's office without any hindrance, without disturbing anyone. However, he seemed to notice a pet travel carrier and a cat food bowl next to the pile of documents in the secretariat?
Zhang Yinshan wondered if he was seeing things—why would such a thing appear in the Secretariat? This was almost impossible in Shengjing!
Work is work. Shengjing is like a perfectly functioning machine; there is absolutely no way such an unstable factor could occur!
He glanced discreetly at his young assistant. Not wanting to put the girl in a difficult position, Zhang Yinshan decided to speak directly to Dian Dian and let her handle it. So he quickly stepped forward, knocked on the door, and entered Dian Dian's office with a smile.
Today, Dian Dian's office was very clean, without any of those treacherous and dangerous women. Zhang Chaohe was working on his computer when he saw him and greeted him with surprise, "Big Brother!"
Just as Zhang Yinshan was about to praise Diandian, a sweet meow suddenly rang out in the spacious office—a small black cat with pointed markings poked its head out from the collar of Diandian's suit jacket as she sat upright!
Zhang Yinshan, who was just about to complain, was speechless.
Zhang Chaohe, who was trying to hide the cat from his older brother, found the kitten comfortably kneading his five-figure custom-made suit with its paws, creating an awkward scene. Zhang Yinshan, however, was not distracted by the cat.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully observing Zhang Chaohe's posture, facing direction, and expression, while his mind raced with thoughts—
Then he touched the cooling fan vent of the black-screen computer next to DianDian.
Zhang Chaohe froze completely.
Zhang Yinshan looked at his younger brother's expression with amusement, his face showing a doting look that said, "You can fool me." He then turned on the screen.
However, it took him an entire afternoon to recover from the injury he suffered.
Because on the monitor was the beautiful, made-up face of the wicked concubine. As soon as the monitor screen turned on, the playback software automatically woke up from sleep mode and excitedly began playing "National Collection," which Zhang Chaohe had just abruptly paused.
On the screen, Cheng Jixue is still bitterly accusing the unfaithful Xu Xian: "How could you bear to deceive me? You made a vow to the Twin Stars, and then you followed Fahai into the meditation hall!"
Zhang Fahai's expression was complicated: "Dian Dian...sigh!!"
Zhang Chaohe looked like a primary school student caught secretly playing computer games at home, immediately bowing his head in shame, trying to express his remorse for slacking off at work through his actions.
Zhang Yinshan pondered with worry why the bewitching concubine was omnipresent, bewitching His Majesty's mind.
Zhang Chaohe was thinking, "Oh no, I'm doomed! My sugar daddy found out I was slacking off. This is so wrong of me!"
Fortunately, Zhang Yinshan skipped the topic and kindly asked, "Dian Dian, wasn't your previous collaboration ruined? How about another collaboration?"
Zhang Yinshan: Joint action is a small matter, but looking at the details is a big one!
Since it was an invitation directly from his elder brother, Zhang Chaohe was very interested: "Is it also a collaboration with some game?"
However, it seems that there were clauses regarding exclusivity and non-exclusivity when the contract was signed with Youjie, but Zhang Chaohe does not have relevant knowledge and may have to consult the legal department on-site.
Zhang Yinshan smiled and sat down on the sofa—the two brothers sat in almost the same posture, and were the same height and leg length. Apart from their different appearances and temperaments, they looked like they were cut from the same mold.
Zhang Yinshan said, "I've already consulted the legal department, and there won't be any contract disputes involved... Have you ever played 'Rebel Lightyear'?"
"Rebel Lightyear" is a classic rhythm game produced by a game studio under Shengjing. It not only has a strong sense of rhythm and impact, but also has excellent charts and catchy songs, and has always been well received by players.
Although many well-known IPs have extended collaboration offers to "Rebel Lightyear," the studio has only chosen a handful of IPs for collaborations. Furthermore, each bonus music pack released is of exceptional quality, further solidifying the trust players have in the collaborations.
So even though Rebel Lightyear's player base isn't as large as Game World Studios', it's still a pretty good collaboration option.
Zhang Chaohe was very tempted, but he was worried that his older brother was trying to secure resources for him to avoid being affected by the Li Ye incident, so he still acted a little coy: "Brother, you're not abusing your power for personal gain, are you?"
Zhang Chaohe: We must resolutely prevent Mr. Zhang Yinshan from making a fundamental mistake!
Zhang Yinshan chuckled: "No, it's not that. The main thing is that 'Rebellious Light Year' has not only never collaborated with any ancient-style martial arts IPs, but also doesn't have any songs of that type in its music library. The studio also hopes to make a new attempt by collaborating with Drunken Blade, so they asked me to sound out your side."
The typical cycle for delivering and replying to work emails can be as long as three weeks or even more than a month. Zhang Yinshan does indeed seem to be abusing his power for personal gain—after all, he mainly wanted to use this as an excuse to happily visit his younger brother.
Zhang Chaohe was even more excited. If the collaboration with Youjie was a momentary sensation, then the collaboration with Rebel Lightyear was a steady and long-term win, both of which were sure-fire deals!
So he immediately called the project team and asked the person in charge to come up.
When He Guangyin entered the office, he felt it was all too surreal—after all, he had personally witnessed Zhang Yinshan's aura and ruthless, smiling demeanor when he dealt with the He family. However, as the younger Zhang shook hands and made peace with the He family, it seemed that the sinister and terrifying older Zhang from that day had also vanished.
The eldest general manager's smile was as warm and pleasant as a spring breeze in March. He repeated what he had just said in a businesslike manner. He Guangyin shed tears of envy in his heart and looked at the young general manager as if seeking his opinion.
Zhang Chaohe's face clearly said, "A fool wouldn't take advantage of a good deal," as if he was wondering why he was still hesitating.
He Guangyin was numb: What's the point of calling me up here? Just to show off to me?
As soon as he left, Zhang Yinshan asked in confusion, "Why use He Guangyin?"
I've never heard of any young master going to work for a rival company. What else could this be but a conspiracy!
Zhang Chaohe said seriously, "The tools for making money don't care about their origins. Whether they're right or wrong, as long as they can make money, they're good tools!"
Not to mention that he wasn't completely unguarded against He Guangyin, He Guangyin wasn't stupid either; he couldn't possibly come here personally to act as a commercial spy.
Surely no one is unaware of his iron fist in the law? To confidently cross Mr. Zhang's bottom line at a time like this is tantamount to courting arrest!
Zhang Yinshan was rendered speechless by his naive and carefree younger brother's question: "Dad, Mom, did you pour too much handsomeness potion when you created Dian Dian, and forgot to add intelligence powder?"
The eldest brother glanced one last time at the screen where the demoness was frozen—debauched and unrestrained—and then looked at the ragdoll cat nestled comfortably in Dian Dian's arms—indulging in pleasure!
Then, feeling disappointed and frustrated, he left Jiasheng.