Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jing Xuan asked the female staff member to arrange for the artist and his agent to wait in another conference room. After the female staff left, both of them quickly cleaned up their appearance.
Jiang Shining was fine. But Jing Xuan’s once handsome side-swept hair had been messed up by her, and his high-end custom-made suit had some wrinkles. Men didn’t carry combs, but thankfully Jiang Shining’s bag had everything he needed.
Jing Xuan tidied up his suit, and Jiang Shining asked him to sit down and combed his hair. Jing Xuan’s nose felt sore. It felt so good to have a mother!
Then, he heard his mother say, “Don’t call me mother, mother, or anything like that when you go out. You’ll scare people. Besides, I’m so young, just call me by my name.”
Unexpectedly, his mother refused to be his mother outside.
Jing Xuan, who had lived in modern society for so many years and turned into an ancient person whenever he met his biological mother, stuttered when he heard her say this, “But this this this this… this is extremely disrespectful!”
“How can you be even more pedantic than Chu Haoli? You need to learn to adapt.” Jiang Shining consoled him. “Besides, we’re not related by blood in this lifetime. What will people think if you say such nonsense?”
Jing Xuan’s focus immediately fell on a sensitive spot.
“How do you know? Have you met the late emperor?”
Jiang Shining suddenly wanted to laugh. This was a good title. Although Chu Haoli was reborn, naming him like this made it seem as if he was buried again.
She decided to use this name to annoy him when they met again.
“Why rush? I’ll tell you later.” Jiang Shining said, “Go and call all the core employees and management of the company, as well as all the other artists in the company, and have them all go to that conference room.”
“No problem.”
Jing Xuan was extremely happy to be ordered around by Jiang Shining. In his previous life, she and Jing Yuan treated him like a child and never asked him for anything. In this life, Jing Yuan was still somewhere in a coma, and Jing Xuan was happy to show his ability to act to prove himself and earn some face in front of his mother.
So, Gu Haotian, the most popular artist in Ninglu Media who was poached by Longteng “father”, was originally sitting in the conference room with his new agent, waiting for Vice President Wang to show up. Unexpectedly, the Vice President did not come first, but a large group of people came, including all kinds of people.
Gu Haotian knew some of the people, trainees at the company. He also saw his old agent and several other agents, practically glaring at him. But who were the people who showed up next? People from the event planning department, advertising and marketing, the company’s online operations, even programmers and the receptionist?
“What the hell is this?” Gu Haotian’s new agent had never seen such a scene before. He raised his glasses and stammered, “Is your company really going to beat someone up just because of a minor contract issue?”
“It’s not impossible.” One of the agents said coldly.
Gu Haotian was an artist Ninglu Company had been supporting for years. Even though the company was on the verge of collapse, the company’s reputation was there. It could be said that Ninglu had plundered every resource it could to help Gu Haotian rise to the top. Jing Xuan had actually been paying the company back in some ways. Now that Gu Haotian had finally become famous, with a reputation that could finally lead the company, he’d actually jumped ship after taking advantage of everything. While people tend to strive for higher positions, it’s understandable that people are more vulnerable to personal relationships.
Without Ninglu Media, there would be no Gu Haotian today.
Gu Haotian hadn’t expected so many people to show up, and even though he didn’t know most of them, most of the staff knew him. He was the artist on stage, and they were the people behind the scenes helping and supporting him. Gu Haotian probably understood this, and he started to feel a little timid.
The staff members sat down at the extra-long conference table one after another. However, what embarrassed Gu Haotian was that only the two of them were sitting in the first two chairs on the right side of the main seat. However, these staff members would rather squeeze in and sit on the left side than sit with them.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside again. Because it was a large conference room, the door felt quite heavy. It opened, and Jing Xuan, dressed in a tailored suit and looking very elegant, appeared. Some of the female employees present couldn’t help but shyly glance at him.
Everyone thought Vice President Wang was handsome, polite, approachable, and possessed inner qualities. They all firmly believed that their vice president was even more handsome than other CEOs! Vice President Wang simply had a unique aura!
Jing Xuan was a prince in his previous life after all, and royal children were required to have both literary talent and military strategy, so of course they had an extraordinary temperament.
Many employees stood up to greet him, their eyes sparkling, but Jing Xuan didn’t go in. Instead he held the door open, even the pleats of his suit seeming beautiful and profound. Then, he looked behind him and pointed inside with his palm— a gesture of invitation, a sign of respect.
Jiang Shining happened to be dressed stylishly today, with her hair in a bun, which made her look even more impressive. She wore sunglasses and walked straight into the conference room. Looking at the number of people in the room, it seemed like almost everyone except those guarding the gate had arrived.
Jiang Shining looked at the employees, and they were also looking at her. They had no idea who she was. Could she be a new actress that Vice President Wang had recruited to show off to young and handsome Gu Haotian?
Then, they saw Vice President Wang, who had just held the door, walk over to the main seat at the long table. Then instead of sitting down, he pulled out a chair. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiang Shining, in her high heels, unceremoniously took the main seat. Vice President Wang then helped her move it forward.
Jiang Shining sat down, and Jing Xuan saw that there was no place to sit, so he simply stood behind her.
While everyone was stunned by this scene, someone clever enough, a girl from an unknown department, immediately stood up and asked the people in front of her to move. Everyone then came to their senses and quickly gave up the first seat on the left to Vice President Wang.
The strange woman sitting in the main seat attracted all the attention, and even Gu Haotian might have forgotten his own business for the day.
“Let me introduce this to you all. This is…Ms. Jiang Shining.” Vice President Wang’s voice seemed to fluctuate strangely before he spoke in his calm, magnetic voice, “She is the real boss of Ninglu Media. This is her first public appearance at the company.”
As soon as the news came out, the entire conference room exploded. The employees were talking about it, and Gu Haotian even opened his eyes wide.
Jiang Shining… Ninglu Media… It certainly sounded like that. There were always rumors that the CEO was a woman, but everyone had imagined a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. But even though the person in front of him was wearing sunglasses, she looked very young!
Everyone was talking in disbelief, but Jiang Shining was wearing sunglasses and didn’t show anything. From her thin lips to her chin to her neck, there was a beautiful and tight curve.
Only when the sound gradually faded away did Jiang Shining take off her sunglasses and put them on the table.
Great! Originally, it was the female employees who were staring at the vice president with stars in their eyes, but now it was the male employees’ turn to burst into surprise. Holy crap, their president is so beautiful! This aura, this elegance, and those slightly peach blossom eyes, they are all so beautiful!
But the next second, Jiang Shining swept across the entire audience. Her beautiful eyes were not stern but still had a magical power that could calm everyone down.
“Hello everyone, I’m Jiang Shining,” she began. “Due to personal reasons, I haven’t been very active with the company over the years. It’s Vice President Wang and everyone here who have been working hard to keep it running. I owe you an apology, and even more so, a thank you. I won’t be leaving this room—together, we’ll make Ninglu Company the number one in the entertainment and media industry! Let all the dragons in the world understand that not all water is suitable for that dragon to splash around in!”
Everyone laughed, while Gu Haotian and his Longteng agent began to feel awkward. This was too much of a waste of time. They were here to deal with contracts, and yet this CEO Jiang started a mobilization meeting straight away?
“The company will be undergoing a major change in direction in the future. It’s truly remarkable that all of you have remained at your posts throughout Ninglu Media’s decline,” Jiang Shining said. “So let’s be practical. Starting this month, everyone will receive a raise, starting with half of your current salary. Is that acceptable?”
Raise the salary by half? This time the cheers, applause and cheers were much louder than before, and many people were expressing their inner joy by clapping their hands on the table.
“Boss, I have a question!” At this moment, a young trainee raised his hand, “Are we getting a raise?”
Normally, large companies would pay trainees 2,000 to 3,000 yuan a month, including food and accommodation, and no training fees or training. However, their situation was quite different from that of ordinary employees.
Jiang Shining looked at him and smiled slightly – her peach blossom eyes were charming when she smiled, and she was in a very good mood when she met Jing Xuan again. This smile thus made the trainee blush.
“You’re not like regular employees. You’re more like students studying hard on a grant,” Jiang Shining said. “Everything depends on your ability. I’ll be launching some new programs to give each of you the chance to appear on screen and showcase yourselves. This will be much more practical than increasing your salaries. If you really wanted to live on a salary, I don’t think you would have chosen to be an artist.”
The young trainees were embarrassed to laugh, but when they heard Jiang Shining say there would be a new plan, they were already very happy. This was an opportunity.
Jiang Shining paused for a moment before she remembered.
“Oh, yes. I have a villa in a wealthy area. I don’t plan to live there anymore, but I still have plenty of rooms.” She said, “Starting this month, the trainees who pass the monthly assessments will be able to stay there, and they’ll be picked up and dropped off by a special car.”
The trainees screamed uncontrollably.
——This is not the boss at all, this is a fairy descending to earth!
The author has something to say:
Mr. Jiang: I won’t talk about feelings with you, I’ll give you a raise! Let you live in a big villa! You’re so jealous!
Vice President Wang: President Jiang is right!
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