Chapter 25 (1/2)

Translator: Shunraiki

Editor: Naeda

Chapter 25: Yuhe Film City's brotherhood.

After Yan Mu came over, he didn't say anything. Instead, he just picked up a few pieces of beef and lettuce before sitting down at a nearby table. Evidently, he was already used to seeing his secretary and a.s.sistant getting along. As the boss, he didn't bother asking what they were talking about.

Many company secretaries have delicate relations.h.i.+ps with their boss' a.s.sistants. Obviously, both of Yan Mu's right and left-hand men handled these problems very well and didn't need Yan Mu's worry. However, it would be better if these two people were a little bit farther away.

Lu Chengyu and Cao Jingshen sat down with their boss. As he drank a mouthful of red wine to suppress the taste of scallops, Lu Chengyu said. “Boss, what kind of mooncake is our company going to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival?”

Yan Mu looked at Cao Jingshen. It's obvious that this matter was under the responsibility of the Logistics Department, which was none of his business, so he didn't care about it.

Cao Jingshen shook his head. “I don't know. We might decide according to the old rules. Are there any problems?”

”Since boss just took office this year, it's better to launch a voting system in the company's forum to let everyone choose for themselves,”  Lu Chengyu smiled. “Although it's only a small matter, at least it would let them understand that the new boss is different from the previous boss.”

Yan Mu, as president, really didn't pay attention to these trivial matters. However, although they might seem small, these little things go a long way.

As an a.s.sistant, Lu Chengyu putting forwards these ideas showed that he was a very careful person and experienced in his work. Yan Mu nodded and softly said, “Good.”

“Then, I'll prepare the voting process when I get back.” Seeing that Yan Mu agreed, Lu Chengyu wrote it down.

But no one knows, Chengyu actually didn't take note and problems arises later on.

“You three look happy, do you mind adding two more people?” Without waiting for an answer, Sheng Shaoyuan sat down with his tray, “This morning's bid was interesting. Mr. Yan is indeed a business elite.”

“Mr. Sheng overpraised. The real winner today is that young man from Liang s.h.i.+,” Yan Mu raised his cup of red wine to Sheng Shaoyuan. “We were only accompanying the young master as sidekicks this time.”

“Yes,” sighed Sheng Shaoyuan. “This trip can be considered as chasing a wild-goose[1].”

[1]   白跑一趟 [báipǎoyītàng]: to go on an errand for nothing.

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Lu Chengyu listened to Sheng Shaoyuan with a smile, but from Cao Jingshen's att.i.tude, he could tell that there was something strange going on. This Sheng Shaoyuan's heart was much more complicated than what he showed on the surface.

“Is this young man Mr. Yan's a.s.sistant?” Sheng Shaoyuan suddenly looked at Lu Chengyu and said with a laugh, “He looks young. Nowadays, young people are getting more and more fierce.”

Lu Chengyu laughed and said, “Mr. Sheng is also young and promising. I just learned a little from Secretary Cao.”

After Sheng Shaoyuan heard what Lu Chengyu said, he slowly smiled and cut the steak on his plate. Turning to Yan Mu, he said, “This steak is a little bit old. There are some things that will be more delicious if it's tender.”

Yan Mu nodded: “That's true. Even old cows like to eat tender gra.s.s[2].”

[2]  老牛吃嫩草 [lǎoniúchīnèncǎo]: a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

Sheng Shaoyuan's secretary silently thought, 'Isn't ‘old cows like to eat tender gra.s.s' a phrase to curse others?'

“Haha,” Sheng Shaoyuan's face changed slightly, then he smiled and got up, “I've been disturbing Mr. Yan for so long, I should return to my seat.” After that, he picked up his plate and left the table.

The secretary following him whispered, “Boss, are you interested in that a.s.sistant?”

“That little a.s.sistant is not a simple person,” said Sheng Shaoyuan, frowning and shaking his head. “And Yan Mu obviously intends to protect him. I prefer mutual consent, and it's better not to provoke such decent people.”

The secretary was silent. So boss, you do realize that you did bad things.

After lunch, they drove with the organizer to see the landmarks of M County. After dinner, when they returned to the hotel, it was already more than 11 p.m.

Once Lu Chengyu returned to his room, he took a bath and went to bed. As for other things, all of them were temporarily forgotten.

Sheng Shaoyuan actually didn't give up, he went to organizer and ask for chengyu's num

After returning to the capital, Lu Chengyu made a small voting poll and posted it on the forum. Judging from the votes the following days, the most popular mooncakes were egg yolk mooncakes [3], lotus seed paste mooncakes[4] and etc.; the most disliked one was probably Wuren mooncakes[5].

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Some colleagues even left a message below saying how they wanted Wuren mooncakes to roll out of the mooncake circle, showing how bitter and disgusting this mooncake tasted.

So, at the end, Chengyu used his right as ceo a.s.sistant and choose wuren mooncake

While everyone was fighting over the mooncakes in the forum,《Soaring Birds》had just been audited. Now, all they needed to do was contact a theatre chain and win a slot to release this movie on National Day. This step was crucial; each year, who knew how many movies failed to appear in front of the audience because of there being no contacts with the theatre.

Because this year's Mid-Autumn Festival coincided with National Day, many upcoming movies took this as an excellent opportunity to be released, and many cinemas had already started introducing films with famous actors. It's already hard to say if a movie like《Soaring Birds》could be released, let alone being released during this holiday.

Therefore, when he left work Friday afternoon, Lu Chengyu thickened his face and went to find Yan Mu. He had prepared his speech and persuasion, but as soon as he finished talking about the film, Yan Mu asked, “Is this the movie you made with your friends?”

Maybe it's because the other party's att.i.tude was too casual, but Lu Chengyu got a little embarra.s.sed. He nodded: “I have some money in hand, so I went to invest in a small-cost film.”

Yan Mu frowned, obviously thinking of the box office war, “How about Yuhe Film City?”