Like the president's wife, Jiang Cuo walked and inspected the area.
She sat on the sofa in the VIP reception room, her long legs crossed, waiting for Su Qianqian's secretary to make her tea.
Jiang Cuo opened her phone, glanced at the time, and smiled slightly.
Jiang Cuo thought that Su Qianqian would only dawdle for five minutes at most before she would be eager to see her.
The reception room has transparent glass windows and two doors, with corridors on either side. You can walk through the reception room from one corridor to the other.
Jiang Cuo leaned back on the sofa, feeling a little bored, and raised her hand. For the first time, she felt that a few minutes had passed in an incredibly long time. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone she had been imagining in her mind for two years.
Surrounded by her three secretaries, Su Qianqian seemed to be giving instructions. She had become thinner and now exuded the aura of a CEO, a far cry from her previous innocent, cute, and carefree self.
Jiang Cuo was somewhat stunned. When Su Qianqian and her secretaries were about to pass by her door, her heart started racing. She thought Su Qianqian had come to see her. She hurriedly picked up the newspaper on the table, opened it, and pretended to be engrossed in reading it.
The tips of her ears slowly turned red, and she strained her eyes to glance at the doorway out of the corner of her eye.
Jiang Cuo's fingers trembled slightly involuntarily. He deliberately shook the newspaper, making a sound, as if trying to attract attention.
The secretary opened the door for Su Qianqian, but Su Qianqian didn't even look up or glance in the direction she was sitting. She walked straight out through another door. Jiang Cuo hurriedly put down her newspaper, not even having time to get up. She only managed to reach out and utter a "hello," but Su Qianqian was already far away.
At this moment, the secretary prepared tea and placed it in front of Jiang Cuo. "President Jiang, please have some tea first. President Su is still busy. He will come to talk to you as soon as he has time."
Even the teacups are printed with the company's name.
Jiang Cuo paused as he picked up the teacup, and just as he brought it to his lips, he caught a glimpse of a few words out of the corner of his eye. He then put the teacup back on the saucer.
Jiang Cuo narrowed his phoenix eyes and turned his teacup. "Weicuo Entertainment?"
Just then, the receptionist rushed in, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Jiang, I forgot to reserve a number for you, Mr. Su. You are number 18."
"The 18th...?"
A note from the author:
Jiang Huhu: Why is it so cold when the weather is 28 degrees Celsius? Why is my wife, with a body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, doing such a cold thing?
Su Qianqian: Reservation? Get in line. Full of domineering aura, she doesn't care about anyone.
Hint: Jiu Cuo is the female lead in the original book. She's the most successful one in the entertainment industry. The reason is that she has the halo of a female lead. Su Qianqian is doing her best to promote her and make money.
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Chapter Sixty-Six
"President Su, the five trainees are ready. Would you like to go up to the second floor to take a look?"
A sudden, abrupt sound broke the silence of the corridor.
The company has strict rules: each floor is for different artists with different identities, while the top three floors are for the highest-level managers and leaders.
Without applying to and receiving special approval from Su Qianqian's two secretaries, one cannot enter without permission.
Simply put, each floor of the elevator has a special key; you can't get in without the corresponding key.
Su Qianqian was still looking down at a contract that had already been prepared.
A plump woman walked up to Su Qianqian, rubbing her hands together, her eyes narrowed to slits, and looked at Su Qianqian with a smile.
Su Qianqian finally had a moment to look up and saw that it seemed to be the supervisor in charge of trainees.
It seems the company's management is somewhat lax.
Su Qianqian didn't speak, but her secretary stood in front of her.
"President Su's schedule is very busy every day. The company has a rule that President Su must make an appointment with the front desk or Secretary Yu in advance."
The implication is that she's been breaking the rules.
The speaker was Yan Qinghuan, one of Su Qianqian's two secretaries; the other was Yu Siyu.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Su, but they've been training for a month and are waiting for your inspection."
Su Qianqian closed the contract she was holding and placed it in her secretary's hand. Her expression remained unchanged, but she didn't reprimand him. Instead, she gave the manager a way out.
"Since you put it that way, then I'll go take a look."
The fat supervisor's face contorted with embarrassment as soon as Su Qianqian agreed, and he smiled obsequiously, "President Su, please come with me. Don't worry, I've been keeping a close eye on these kids' training. They've been working non-stop these past few days. I also heard that a big shot has returned to the entertainment industry, holding a lot of idol resources. The show is about to start, and these kids will definitely bring honor to President Su."
Su Qianqian gave a forced smile and did not respond.
After Jiang Cuo left, all the preferential treatment she received from the system disappeared during that semester. She was penniless and had nothing. She struggled to survive that month before encountering Jiu Cuo when school started.
That is, the female protagonist of the original book.
Tokoro and her mother are related, and her parents have a strained relationship. In this world obsessed with romance, Tokoro stands out as a rare woman who remains clear-headed about her career. She's portrayed as someone pursuing her dream in the entertainment industry, aiming to establish herself there. Starting as an idol and debuting as a trainee, she receives a constant stream of resources. Industry bigwigs are moved by her relentless dedication to her career. Tokoro's protagonist-like charisma attracts many powerful figures, all of whom are smitten with her. However, Tokoro only cares about her career, but doesn't reject love. In short, she tries to have it both ways, even pursuing men she doesn't want to miss. She's a typical example of a protagonist with an overly naive and innocent personality, ultimately reaching the pinnacle of her career and winning the Best Actress award.
The original book's description of Jiang Cuo is a complete mystery. Her parents' identities are unknown, and the most tragic part is that she was suppressed by the cannon fodder female supporting character who was the original owner of the body. Later, she returned as a female villain with great power and resources.
Su Qianqian gave a cold laugh. Now she knew why Jiang Cuo was the main villain from the start and held a pivotal position in the entertainment industry—it was because she had been abroad for two years.
Although we don't know what benefactor Jiang Cuo encountered abroad that caused his sudden transformation, this is, after all, a world within a book.
The female lead has her protagonist halo, and the female villain has her villain halo. Don't ask, the setting is just that absurd. Even if she has a transmigration system, she will still be a stepping stone for the female lead and the female villain.
From the time Su Qianqian met the female lead in her sophomore year, she made the female lead sign a contract of servitude for five years.
Why should romance be involved when doing tasks?
After the system was restored immediately upon meeting the female lead, she had plenty of money, so she started showering the female lead with it.
Su Qianqian knew that after Jiang Cuo went abroad, although she knew about the six months of plot memory that had been skipped, she still couldn't let go of it. So she spent her energy and time on Jiu Cuo in revenge. But six months, a year, a year and a half, two years have passed, and she has slowly let go and is at peace.
The moment the useless system disappeared, she felt that being a lazy bum was meaningless and that she might as well live well in this new world. After all, she had no parents and no ties in the original world, so what difference did it make to her if this was the system world in the book?
She bought the building and renovated it before she was about to graduate from university.
Although Jiuyou forbade Jiucuo from getting involved in the entertainment industry during their university years, Jiucuo was, after all, the female lead in the original novel with a strong aura.
So she helped Jiu Cuo build up a lot of popularity and secretly debut as an idol. By the time Jiu Cuo graduated from university, he had accumulated enough popularity to directly act in dramas. She was also able to earn her first pot of gold and start training new talents. Although she was rich, in the entertainment industry, money is not the most important thing; resources and status are also important.
Given her current status, she naturally knew about Jiang Cuo's return to China.
If it were in the past, she would definitely have investigated why Jiang Cuo suddenly became a female villain after only two years abroad.
But now, she's too lazy to waste her energy on useless things.
She feared that she had been misled by the useless system and gone down a path of no return, but all the feelings she had given were genuine. Jiang Cuo had made his own choices, and she respected and understood them. She wasn't some saintly, white lotus, or great saint who could just smile indifferently and forget everything after being hurt. She had loved so sincerely before, and even though they had separated, she could truly let go. Although she didn't hate him, she didn't intend to forgive Jiang Cuo either.
The company building has 28 floors.
Since she has decided to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, she will take it seriously to the end.
Although it's a world obsessed with romance, the hierarchy in the entertainment industry is still very clear.
Although idols are currently the most popular and a hot industry, they are only used to make money and have very low status within the industry. Most of them are young people who use this industry as a stepping stone to become actors and singers.
Su Qianqian reviewed the development trends and internal management of entertainment companies over the past few decades.
Among the established companies that have persisted to this day, only YunKong Film & Television remains.
The others, however, went from their peak to their decline in just a few years.
The biggest reason is that the current social atmosphere is too chaotic.
After all, this world is dominated by love. Anyone who is crazy in love will be sought after. Although love is an emotion in human nature, some people inevitably use it as a gimmick to do things. Moreover, using love as a selling point is too common.
Everyone finds it fun when they're really into it, but as soon as something new comes along, they immediately switch gears, so they don't last very long.
Su Qianqian felt that this was also one of the better aspects of the original book's setting: Jiu Cuo focused on his career and took love as a secondary thing, which made his fans call her "wife" while also feeling that she was amazing and refreshing.
Her company's founding principle is to prevent her employees from being immersed in love and thinking that love makes them invincible.
Instead, she maintains her true nature while working hard. So the company has about 27 floors. The higher you climb, the higher your floor will be, and the lower your status, the lower your floor will be. She also forbids dating within the company, but not that dating is forbidden. You can date someone from another company.
Meanwhile, the supervisor on the second floor who was in charge of the trainees saw that Su Qianqian had actually put down what she was doing and followed her to see the trainees.
I knew the trainee industry was booming, and they only recruited five new trainees recently, all of whom are under her supervision. It seems Su Qianqian takes this matter very seriously.
She's almost forty and has been in the industry for nearly 18 years, while Su Qianqian just graduated from university and immediately founded a company and became its president—she's still very inexperienced.
In other words, they were lucky and their family was wealthy.
These little brats all think they're so great, but they're actually useless at everything. The fat female manager decided to muster up her courage and continue, "President Su, you have no idea how difficult it is to manage kids these days. Those girls, when they first came, were all unruly. They would cry and whine if they had to do a little dance, saying they were tired and wanted to quit and go home. I had to persuade them with all my heart and soul to keep them here."
Su Qianqian raised her eyelids slightly and immediately understood that this was someone trying to curry favor with her.
Not only did he break the rules, but the seasoned veteran even demanded a reward from her.
Be wary of this kind of person; don't directly rebuke them to their face. If they hold a grudge, they might turn around and bite you back.
This manager looks unfamiliar; I guess the HR department poached him from somewhere else.
The company has just dealt with a lot of things, and she cannot handle them all personally.
Su Qianqian glanced at Yan Qinghuan.
Yan Qinghuan immediately understood and blocked it for Su Qianqian.
"Knowing how hard you've worked, that's why President Su put aside such an important contract to come and see the trainees' progress. You jumped ship from a small company that was almost bankrupt two months ago, right? I remember the HR department offered you 1.5 times your previous salary. Our company has a rule that the first three months are a probationary period, and you're officially hired after three months. President Su has seen all your hard work and will highlight it at your official hiring evaluation meeting in a month."
After Yan Qinghuan finished speaking, a faint smile appeared on Su Qianqian's stern face, as if she was acquiescing.
The fat woman wanted to say something, but the elevator had already arrived. "President Su... let me explain, that's not what I meant."
Yan Qinghuan: "Please keep a certain distance."
As soon as Su Qianqian stepped out of the elevator, she saw the deer antler in front of her.
Lu Rong is also very dutiful within the company. Although she and Su Qianqian were college classmates, they are now in a boss-subordinate relationship, and she treats Su Qianqian with great respect.
Su Qianqian's current appearance is completely different from that in college. In fact, after Jiang Cuo went abroad in her sophomore year, Su Qianqian changed a lot. She went from being lively, innocent, cheerful and cute to being aloof and indifferent. Her eyes have a faint aura of coldness that seems to come from afar, and when she smiles, the smile never reaches her eyes, making her seem unfathomable.