Chapter 0714: As Clever as I, Tan Kaixuan

Zheng Yao was naturally overjoyed to receive Zhao Fusheng's call.

It wasn't that she had any feelings for Zhao Fusheng—after all, the gap between them was too great, and Zheng Yao had no interest in younger men. Mainly, it was because if Zhao Fusheng made such a decision, it seemed he could devote more energy to company matters.

For a long time, Zheng Yao had felt that Zhao Fusheng was too laid-back. To be precise, he played the role of an absentee boss too comfortably. In General Manager Zheng's view, this was highly inappropriate.

Since he had the ability, he should make the best use of his talents. Someone like Zhao Fusheng, who worked in fits and starts, was simply too unreliable.

If Zhao Fusheng knew what Zheng Yao was thinking, he would have hung up the phone without a second thought. What kind of damned general manager was this, scheming against her own boss like that?

"Anyway, that's the gist. See if you can find someone to put in a word for me." Zhao Fusheng repeated his request and finally said seriously, "In short, as long as I don't fail any courses even if I don't attend classes, that's fine."

Zheng Yao nodded: "Alright, I understand."

If this had been ten years ago, she would have directly refused Zhao Fusheng, because it simply couldn't be done.

But nowadays, universities had also been influenced by certain social trends. Pulling strings and seeking connections had long become commonplace.

University professors are human too; they also need to eat.

Moreover, she already had some connections within the school, so it was just a matter of putting in a word for Zhao Fusheng.

Having settled this matter, Zhao Fusheng finally said to Zheng Yao, "Over in Beijing, you should consider appropriately expanding the company's scale and investment scope. Let's not focus solely on advertising. The development of film and television has great potential. If there's a good script, I think we can give it a try."

Zheng Yao was taken aback. Previously, Zhao Fusheng had been noncommittal about the company's involvement in the film and television industry. Occasionally helping to attract investment was just a matter of social courtesy. Now he was actually suggesting she venture into this field; she really hadn't expected that.

"You mean, we should follow Huayi's example?" Zheng Yao hesitated and asked Zhao Fusheng.

Huayi Brothers was originally an advertising company, founded by the Wang brothers in 1994. They ventured into the film and television industry in 1998 and quickly gained a foothold. By the time Zhao Fusheng was reborn, it had already become a large comprehensive entertainment group spanning multiple industries.

Even today, Huayi could be considered a giant in the advertising circle.

However, they had long ceased to care about the small money in advertising and had turned their attention to the film and television production industry. Especially after signing Wang Jinghua, they had gathered a large number of stars,俨然 becoming a powerful force in the domestic film and television circle.

"It's not about imitating Huayi; it's because this is an inevitable trend." Zhao Fusheng smiled and patiently explained to Zheng Yao, "In the end, the advertising industry will inevitably become related to film and television production. Rather than waiting for business to come to us, it's better for us to actively seek business. Understand?"

It's often said that greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant, but if one can actually swallow the elephant, that's also a skill. Although if one can't digest it afterward, it will certainly choke oneself to death, but that only means the person is too tragic.

Zheng Yao was certainly no fool. After thinking about Zhao Fusheng's words for a moment, she knew he must have other ideas. But regardless, first, this matter was beneficial to the company; second, Zhao Fusheng was the boss. Even if they lost money, it would be his own money, so Zheng Yao naturally had no objections.

Hanging up the phone, Zhao Fusheng sighed. Some things really couldn't be helped.

Under the current circumstances, the projects he knew he could make money from were actually very few. After all, he wasn't an encyclopedia, nor did he have that kind of super memory. Although his previous life had its heavy pages, the problem was that, as a middle-aged man, he was just an ordinary person.

What is the definition of an ordinary person?

No great ambitions, no great sorrows, plain and ordinary, with no access to high circles and no acquaintance with important figures.

That's the life of an ordinary person.

Now, suddenly finding himself needing to undergo a transformation in identity, Zhao Fusheng was actually uncertain inside.

His surname wasn't Bian, and he hadn't read that many newspapers and books. Nor was his surname Yang, and he hadn't been a top student in the past.

So what he could do was to make the most of what he knew from his previous life, strive to make himself stronger, and then, like a sponge, absorb new things. This way, at the very least, he could ensure that once his foresight lost its effect, he wouldn't become mediocre.

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Time passed quickly. Classmate Fan Baobao reluctantly left home, mainly because she couldn't bear to part with Zhao Fusheng.

But there was no help for it. Wang Jinghua had arranged several audition opportunities for her for advertising roles. Although her excuse was to avoid Li Yuan and Zhao's mother, in reality, she had no choice but to leave.

This was probably the greatest pain of being an actor or a star: time never belonged to oneself.

After seeing off his girlfriend, Zhao Fusheng's mood was low for several days, to the point that even the recently returned Tan Kaixuan and Wen Yu dared not provoke him.

"I say, you don't have to go that far. Your girl has been gone for a week, and you're still this down," Tan Kaixuan said, sitting in front of the computer playing a game with Wen Yu, while teasing Zhao Fusheng.

The game they were playing was called Counter-Strike, abbreviated as CS. It was the latest role-based shooting game, divided into two roles: police and terrorists. Players could choose their own阵营. Once released, it quickly became popular among young people.

Zhao Fusheng didn't feel much about it. After all, he had played this game in his previous life. He even remembered that Tencent later seemed to have copied it and created a game called CrossFire.

"I'm down your head." Rolling his eyes and glaring at Tan Kaixuan, Zhao Fusheng said irritably, "Instead of spending time playing games, you should think about how to attract investment."

Since he planned to sell the KFC agency rights, he naturally had to consider the issue of attracting investment. But Tan Kaixuan, that guy, either hung around the internet technology company all day or played games in the dormitory and went out to party at night. Zhao Fusheng even suspected whether this guy intended to waste his life until graduation.

Hearing his words, Tan Kaixuan shrugged and looked at Zhao Fusheng speechlessly: "I think you've gone stupid. Do I need to handle this personally?"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Fusheng asked, puzzled.

He really hadn't caught on. If Tan Kaixuan wasn't responsible for this, was he supposed to do it himself?

"Guess…" Tan Kaixuan didn't answer Zhao Fusheng's question but instead revealed a smile that said, 'I'm not telling you.'

Zhao Fusheng sneered and glared at him: "I'll give you a chance to rephrase that."

"Damn, are you threatening me?" Tan Kaixuan instantly lost his composure.

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "No, this isn't a threat. This is an admonition, a reminder, um, a friendly warning."

Hearing his words, Tan Kaixuan couldn't help but shiver. Even Wen Yu, who was nearby, shook his head like a rattle drum and said to Tan Kaixuan, "Just tell him. What he said is too damn scary."

Tan Kaixuan looked helpless and sighed, "Didn't you teach me that doing business on the internet is the most convenient nowadays?"

"So?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Thinking carefully, he had indeed told him that. But Zhao Fusheng was curious how Tan Kaixuan had connected attracting investment with the internet.

"So I went to Dong Guoxiang and asked him to help put an ad on your webpage," Tan Kaixuan said quite calmly.

Then, Zhao Fusheng was dumbfounded.

Yes, he was dumbfounded.

Not because Tan Kaixuan's method was particularly clever, but because Zhao Fusheng realized he was really stupid for not even thinking of such a simple thing.

Looking at Tan Kaixuan's smug face, Zhao Fusheng shook his head helplessly: "You're clever. I never thought of such an operation."

Tan Kaixuan laughed heartily. He had finally made Zhao Fusheng admire him for once.