Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 499 - 483 DLRS is whose property

Chapter 499: 483 DLRS is whose property

Honestly, Yan Yueqing was tempted. "Uncle Chen, isn’t this spot way too precious?"

An antique vase might fetch several million at auction, but a spot like this couldn’t be bought for just several million!

Chen Xian insisted, "Ah! Not at all precious, not at all! You can’t put a price on a favorite treasure! Besides, you’ve just taken over Xingyue, and merely establishing authority might not be enough. You need to give them some incentives to work their hardest! The DLRS contract would be perfect for you!"

It’s like being offered a pillow just as you’re about to nod off!

Yan Yueqing was truly grateful. "Uncle Chen, you’re too kind! How about I offer you a share of Xingyue’s stock—"

"Hey, hey, hey! I’m gifting my little niece something, how could I take your shares? If you keep talking like that, Uncle Chen is going to get angry!" Chen Xian pretended to be stern, "Yueqing, the domestic entertainment industry is a mess. I’ve mainly focused on overseas these past few years, and I’ve not paid much attention to domestic affairs. However, I’m aware that it’s been declining day by day!

This time when I returned, I was both happy and worried to hear about Zhongxing’s reform. I only hope it can follow a path that’s longer and more enduring than ours was. Today, when I visited your grandfather, he said you want to build Xingyue into a second Zhongxing. Uncle Chen felt both joy and concern. Giving you the DLRS endorsement deal is meant to ease your burden a bit, so you could a little more quickly mold Xingyue into the company of my dreams!"

Yan Yueqing was truly moved.

She thought this industry was beyond saving.

Even with Zhongxing’s effort, maintaining its own existence was a stretch, and truly changing the toxic culture of the entertainment industry seemed impossible.

But today, Uncle Chen’s words reminded her—some dreams aren’t just about the effort of one or two individuals, or even a group of people. They carry... the hopes of two generations, maybe even more!

The once disenchanted Yan Yueqing suddenly felt ignited. "Uncle Chen, thank you! I will definitely strive to transform Xingyue into the company we all want to see!"

Chen Xian laughed heartily. "Good, good, good! I will send you the contact for the president of DLRS. Once you’ve chosen a spokesperson, just tell him directly, I have already notified them! Oh yes, I heard the Executive Director of DLRS has gone to Hua Country. If you happen to encounter him, don’t bother with him. He’s notoriously perverse in the industry! He can’t make decisions about the spokesperson anyway, it needs to be approved by the president, so don’t let him fool you~"

"Got it, I understand."

"Okay then~ You get back to what you were doing. I’m off to your place to move the vase with Steward Yan~~"

Chen Xian hung up the phone gleefully.

Yan Yueqing smiled, glanced at her phone, calculated the time difference between Hua Country and Country Y, and dialed the president of DLRS’s phone number.

The other party answered quickly, and upon hearing her surname was Yan, their tone grew even more respectful.

At that moment, on the distant continent of M.

Inside the Jiang Family Manor.

Jiang Yu rested her chin in her hands, looking utterly troubled.

Jiang Ming brought over a plate of fruit and saw her frowns. Instinctively, he smoothed his wife’s brow. "What’s wrong?"

"Do you think she’ll suspect anything about me getting Xingxing the DLRS endorsement deal through Old Chen?"

"Eventually she might," Jiang Ming consoled with good intentions, "but not now. She’s not very familiar with overseas brands and doesn’t know that DLRS is a subsidiary of the Jiang Family."

Jiang Yu looked dejected. "That’s awful. With Xingxing’s character, once she finds out, who knows how she’ll react with me."

"It won’t come to that."

"Don’t you know what kind of person your own daughter is? To get away from the label of the Jiang Family, she would do anything without revealing her identity as the Jiang Family heiress..."

"Being young is like that, always believing that the sky is the limit and that one can forge a new world without relying on the power of one’s family. Now she should understand that having a good family is not something to be ashamed of."

"That’s true, but I always feel..."

"Alright, don’t worry anymore. Xingxing has grown up. Didn’t you also not want to inherit everything from the Jiang Family in the past? After having Xingxing, your thoughts gradually changed. Xingxing has now become a mother, and even if not for herself, for the sake of her two children, she wouldn’t easily give up."

Jiang Yu thought about it and felt relieved, "Mhm, once Xingxing takes over the businesses in Hua Country, I will also slowly start handing over the matters of the Jiang Family to her..."

That night.

Si Younian sat dispiritedly next to the hotel window, and under his messy hair, those pitiable doe eyes looked even more downcast.

He looked like someone who had his soul sucked out, pathetic and helpless.

Behind him, Guan Chun paced back and forth like a madman, talking non-stop like a machine gun.

"Si Younian, I think you’ve been in the business too long, grown too famous, and your temper has gotten the better of you, hasn’t it? Before coming here, I warned you over and over again that the Executive Director of DLRS is not someone you can afford to offend! It was one thing to show attitude during the shoot, but after it ended and you were taken to a dinner to apologize, you actually dared to throw wine in the Executive Director’s face?! Have you lost your mind?

Now look what’s happened, the Executive Director has kicked us out! Forget the DLRS contract, aspiring to enter the fashion circle after this? I’m telling you—dream on!

Your fans say you’re untainted by the mortal world, and you actually took their words to heart, huh? If you’re untainted by the mortal world, then can you live without eating or drinking?! Do you understand how tonight’s incident is going to impact your career, the company, and our employees?"

In Si Younian’s despondent eyes, there was a flicker of annoyance, "Sister Guan, are you really clueless or just pretending? He already had those thoughts about me in the studio. Against my wishes, you forced me to finish the shoot and then sent me to that drinking session..."

Thinking back to what had just happened, Si Younian still felt a chill down his spine.

In the studio, the Executive Director’s gaze had already been greasy enough.

That predatory look in his eyes made Si Younian evade him time and again.

Having been in the entertainment industry for five years, he had seen many similar gazes, but one so blatantly nauseating was almost a first!

Otherwise, with his professional ethics, he would not have left the studio mid-shoot in a fit of anger.

He hadn’t expected to be soft-hearted after listening to Sister Guan, thinking he’d just get the job done and avoid meeting him in the future? But reality always proved to be contrary to his wishes.

Guan Chun, thinking she had him in her grasp, cajoled and coaxed him onto the dining table.

The Executive Director sent everyone else away, leaving only them and Guan Chun...

His eyes, like a leopard stalking its prey, each glance carried a strong suggestive force.

The words he spoke were like a serpent, hissing by his ear, drilling low into the deep recesses of his brain, bringing with it a strong sense of fear.

When the Executive Director’s hand touched his thigh, the smile on Guan Chun’s face was like that of a madam whose Oiran had fetched a high price.

Si Younian felt extremely alienated!

The person who, a few years ago, had bashfully looked down in front of him with a work pass, and then solemnly promised, "No matter what happens, I will protect you like Sister Zhu did"... had completely disappeared!

Si Younian didn’t know what had changed Guan Chun, but reflexively, he threw a glass of red wine at the Executive Director.