Chapter 703: Chapter 87: Classmate, Bringing Up the Wrong Topic
"Let’s not disturb you, Boss He. See you in the evening. Where? You’re the big boss, you know more than us little people."
He Zhexia thought for a moment and then said, "I’ll contact a few of them first. Depending on the number of people, we’ll decide. If there are more people, we can go to a lively place for fun. If there are fewer, we can find a quiet place to chat. I’ll call you after work!"
"OK, you contact them, so I won’t call."
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After confirming the evening plans, Li Yan threw himself back into work. Luo Ling was extremely busy these days, and Li Yan also called Zeng Zixi to come back and follow Luo Ling around. She’s articulate and might be able to help. More importantly, it’s an opportunity for her to get some training.
However, securing embedded advertising is not so easy. The "Springtime Leaked" project hasn’t been going for long, and there wasn’t a massive news campaign before production commenced. The only publicity event was the launch ceremony. Convincing clients to trust in placing embedded ads is very challenging.
But Luo Ling, who works in marketing, is well aware of a lot of advertising information. She has also specifically researched the changes in the TV advertising market over the past year, targeting companies that spend at least tens of millions on advertising on national and local TV every month. For companies with such significant advertising expenditure, persuading them to invest in a movie won’t be cheap, as long as you can convince them there’s an advertising effect.
According to the latest information, Luo Ling has secured an ad that’s quite suitable for embedding in the movie, but the price is only in the hundreds of thousands. Relying on ads like this to break even or recover half the cost would require ten to twenty of them, which is impossible. Big advertisers are still needed. Nonetheless, it’s a good start, and he has informed Qiao Pan and the others about it.
As for Jie Rui Security Guard Company, Li Yan personally talked with Qiao Pan, saying that this was his personal friendship advertisement, so there’s no money, but if there are big scenes in the movie that require a lot of people, they could help. Qiao Pan readily agreed.
Jie Rui’s manager Zhao Chengyao also felt bitterly tricked by Li Yan. He had painstakingly secured a business deal, but due to Li Yan’s influence, he had to give it up and humbly plead with another large security company to take over. That company was already a competitor, and now he had to speak well of them, which really frustrated him. His impression of Li Yan, which started well, dropped to the lowest point. But since he was new and Li Jie trusted Li Yan more, he had no say and could only continue his work, trying to improve his authority and capability.
Li Jie didn’t explain anything, just like Li Yan couldn’t tell her where his information came from, she also couldn’t reveal Li Yan’s confidential news to Zhao Chengyao. She could only enforce it in a somewhat helpless way.
The matter was finally resolved with Zhao Chengyao’s efforts, but it also dampened his enthusiasm for work. He would likely remain somewhat passive about work for a week or two.
Having gained an understanding of various aspects of the work, Li Yan’s enthusiasm was recognized by Jiang Xueyin, who felt that her cousin-in-law was no longer as lazy as before and was starting to become a qualified manager. She also gave this feedback to Zhang Yurong.
Knowing that Li Yan was diligently and earnestly working, Zhang Yurong felt somewhat gratified, yet more skeptical. It didn’t fit his character. Did he really have no other motives? Could it be that he wanted to improve the company and then leave? Li Yan’s idea of completely leaving and severing all ties with her wasn’t over, so she didn’t tell Jiang Xueyin anything, just said that it was what he should have been doing.
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When it was finally time to get off work, He Zhexia had already called to inform Li Yan to go to a place to eat, chat, and then sing karaoke together in the evening.
This arrangement was also satisfactory to Li Yan. He didn’t want to wander around alone; going back, Duan Haibo and Lv Jiajing were a couple, Han Jinlong and Lv Lijun were another, and it would disrupt them if he went back alone.
So for him, going out to eat, chat, and sing with people was a good way to spend the evening. Coming back later when everyone was asleep was better. He could just sleep and get to work without having much time alone.
Since it was still early, and He Zhexia and the others needed time to get there, Li Yan lingered in the office a bit longer.
When everyone else had left, and he was the only one in the office, he started to feel bored. So he packed up his things and left the company.
By this time, most of the people in the company had left, but, compared to so many departments at headquarters, there were still some who left a bit late. When Li Yan pressed the elevator on the eighth floor, it was just coming down from above.
When the elevator doors opened, Li Yan was about to step in but froze at the sight inside!
He never expected that after delaying for so long, he would coincidentally run into Zhang Yurong! But then he remembered that Zhang Yurong always arrived a bit earlier in the mornings and, unless there was something special, often left a bit later, never showing up in the elevator during peak hours, knowing that her presence would make others hesitate to get in, disrupting their departure.
It was just his luck today, whether good or bad, to bump into Zhang Yurong taking an elevator among several.
"Are you coming in or not?" Next to Zhang Yurong was her special assistant, Ke Yunyun.
Zhang Yurong was also taken aback to see Li Yan, not expecting him to leave work at this hour. She was momentarily unsure how to face him, even a bit panicked, fearing he was waiting here specifically for her to discuss resigning... Seeing him hesitating, she really wanted to close the elevator doors, but Ke Yunyun spoke first.
Ke Yunyun didn’t have a good impression of Li Yan. Her position as the president’s special assistant allowed her to manage many things closely for Zhang Yurong. Though she had a sense of a grand steward, she also felt a bit like the right hand of power, with various executives treating her with respect. She idolized Zhang Yurong and learned her style, maintaining a cold and authoritative attitude toward ordinary people.
Seeing Li Yan wanting to come in but hesitating, how could she know the emotional entanglements between him and her boss? She just assumed, like others, that he coveted their (mainly Zhang Yurong’s, and indirectly her own) beauty, but only dared to observe from afar, not daring to approach, which made her a bit disdainful.
"Oh, I’m going down too. Hello, President, hello, Assistant Ke." Li Yan nodded, stepped in, and greeted them. Once inside, he stood back against the furthest wall.
Zhang Yurong noticed his cold, almost subordinate-like greeting and felt somewhat uneasy, but this was the company, and Ke Yunyun was present, so she couldn’t say he had other motives. Since he was already like this, she couldn’t just ignore him, so she simply responded with an "Mm," acknowledging him.
This was her usual style in the company, and Ke Yunyun didn’t mind. In fact, she saw herself as the spokesperson for the president, and when Zhang Yurong didn’t want to bother with someone, it was Yunyun’s time to speak. So, she probed further...
"Manager Li, I heard you were looking for the president earlier. Is there something you need?"
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