Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 489 - 475 Happy New Year, babies

Chapter 489: 475 Happy New Year, babies

Turn into reality?

This sounded as absurd as if they had made a low-budget web series and President Yue waved her hand, "I want to take it to the Oscars,"!

It was too exaggerated, really too exaggerated!

Ouyang Long couldn’t help but remind her, "President Yue... even the most profitable artist in our company can only earn a few tens of millions for the company in a year, a hundred million... I’m afraid even Si Younian would find it difficult to achieve..."

Zhou Jue thought about it and added, "President Yue comes from Zhongxing, where the company has a large family business and certainly has artists with that capability, but Xingyue..."

Yan Yueqing smiled slightly, her eyes revealing a cunning look, "In plain terms, you feel in your hearts that we are inferior to Zhongxing, inferior to Soaring Sky Studio, and even to many other entertainment companies of the same type, right?"

The three of them said nothing.

This wasn’t a matter of feeling or not...

It was a fact!

The boss couldn’t say, "We’ll get the company listed tomorrow!"

And they immediately flatter and say sure, sure, right?

If the boss draws a pie in the sky, you don’t actually expect it to be your staple food, do you?

Ouyang Long wanted to advise further when Yan Yueqing suddenly asked, "I ask you, what was President Jiang’s original intention when he established Xingyue?"

Ouyang Long was shaken.

Zhou Jue looked at Ouyang Long, not understanding.

The only one left in the company from President Jiang’s time was Ouyang Long, and naturally, only he knew about the founding intent of Xingyue, right?

Yan Yueqing watched Ouyang Long turn pale, neither speaking up nor making a sound, sitting quietly as if she did not exist.

It was Xue Yi who spoke up, "I’ve heard President Ou mention that President Jiang... he wanted to make Xingyue a top entertainment company."

Yan Yueqing flicked away the froth on the surface of her tea, the epitome of a high-powered executive, "Aren’t you curious why President Jiang stopped managing Xingyue afterwards?"

Xue Yi bowed his head, "President Jiang has many businesses, and the affairs of the elite are time-consuming."

"No matter how many businesses there are, would he ignore you as if you were exiled?"

Yan Yueqing’s question was sharp.

It pierced straight into Ouyang Long’s heart.

Indeed, he had asked himself many times, why? Why had President Jiang stopped dealing with Xingyue’s affairs?

Everyone had been working so hard, even if policies had changed, even if they had accepted financing, even if there were new shareholders and new voices... she couldn’t just forget Xingyue as if it never existed, could she?

But Ouyang Long didn’t dare to ask.

He was very clear about how strong President Jiang was!

The formidable Jiang Family, the formidable President Jiang, were like a juggernaut charging ahead, and they were just a small island where the giant ship occasionally stopped for rest.

Seeing the island was not bad, they left some supplies for them to develop on their own.

And if they... couldn’t keep up with the pace of the juggernaut, they would only be left behind without even the chance to complain.

Over the years, Ouyang Long had been working diligently in Xingyue, aware that President Jiang’s heart wouldn’t spare a fraction of attention for Xingyue, and he dared not harbor any presumptuous thoughts.

Watching Feng Long’s power steadily grow, he tried his best, but in the end, it remained as it was.

Gradually... he had become a cunning old fox.

Maintaining neutrality among all, he waited for the day President Jiang would suddenly come to her senses and look down at the dirty and despicable Xingyue...

Yueqing asked bluntly, "President Ou, do you really think that you’ve been diligent over the years?"

"Me?" Ouyang Long murmured, "Haven’t I been diligent enough?"

If he hadn’t been diligent, Feng Long would have taken over the entire company long ago, so how could there still be factional strife?

"Really?" Yueqing took a deep breath, "Since you were diligent, why did you hesitate when President Jiang gave you free rein for the first time?"

Ouyang Long’s pupils shook!

The first time...

President Jiang allowed him... to take charge?!

Yan Yueqing spoke slowly, "Since we are all our own people here, I will not hide anything."

Zhou Jue realized that President Yue seemed about to reveal some major secret, and he sat up straight, excited.

Xue Yi was even more stunned, with the phrase echoing in his head, "One of our own... One of our own!!! President Yue considers me one of our own!"

Yan Yueqing began, "At the founding of Xingyue, President Jiang said she hoped that in the future Xingyue could become one of the top companies in the industry. Not just in Spring City, not just in this province or city, but throughout the entirety of Hua Country!

Not long after that, policies changed, and President Jiang, due to her identity, couldn’t stay in Hua Country for long. The company also had to accept some local financing according to regulations, and thus Feng Long and several other directors later emerged.

Feng Long’s ambition was not apparent from the first day, but rather, it surfaced gradually after several years of lying in wait. At that time, President Jiang told President Ou that if there was a chance, to take back the company, to go ahead without hesitation, for she would cover for him if anything went wrong! Yet... what did President Ou do?"

Ouyang Long’s face turned deathly pale, as if someone had brushed a layer of white ash over it.

"I... understood what President Jiang meant and also... tried to deal with Feng Long..."

"But you got scared, didn’t you?" Yueqing said bluntly, "You knew Feng Long’s power in Spring City was formidable, and you were worried that a clash between the two sides would put Feng Long in a corner and harm the company? You were concerned that hundreds of employees from the company would become the victims of this strife! You wanted to protect the company and every single employee. Such thinking is not wrong, but in actuality, you had to sacrifice one for the other! In the end, the one who was sacrificed was President Jiang, wasn’t it?"

"I! I didn’t!" Ouyang Long shook his head, "I didn’t want to sacrifice President Jiang!"

"If she gave you carte blanche, you shouldn’t have been so timid. The struggle between factions is endless; do you really think employees have a comfortable life amidst this prolonged seesaw battle? If it were me, I would rather sacrifice those hundreds of employees to regain control of the company. I could compensate them, I could invite them back with a higher salary once things stabilized. There are many solutions, so what was your choice?

When you discovered the power behind Feng Long, were you not sure if President Jiang would make a serious move for a small industry? Did you try, and upon hitting a snag, did you choose to protect the weak employees instead of following President Jiang’s wishes? Did you think that was noble?"

Yan Yueqing pointed at Xue Yi, "Now, the employees are here, and you can directly ask them: would they rather be sacrificed in that struggle, or choose to stay in such a gloomy Xingyue?"

Xue Yi suddenly understood the real reason President Yue had called him here today.

He was a sacrifice to power.

It was not the factional strife...

But the presumptuous good intentions of Ouyang Long, who compromised to protect the employees of the entire company.

Such kind-hearted surrender without a fight actually made everyone suffer for many years...

Xue Yi’s lips trembled, and he opened his mouth. After a long time, a shivery sentence came out, "President Ou, I know your good intentions... That year, the economic crisis nearly brought Spring City to its knees, and it was challenging for everyone to keep their jobs... It just happened to coincide with Feng Long’s matter... You chose to bear a lot for the sake of protecting everyone... But... But... I would rather... President Ou, I’m sorry... I’d rather have been sacrificed in that battle..."

Yan Yueqing was ruthless, "President Ou, actually, to put it bluntly, you didn’t have faith in President Jiang’s ability to protect the employees. Between her and the employees, you chose the latter."

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