Chapter 2463 - 2255: I Have Something They Don’t_6
Chapter 2463: Chapter 2255: I Have Something They Don’t_6
"Director Zhou, don’t be mad. After all, they’re all company bosses, they move in the same circle. We and Mr. Song are outsiders to them. It’s perfectly normal that Wang Siqi doesn’t like the sight of us." Zhang Lijiao tried to talk Zhou Yuanzhi down.
"I know that. But just look at the way they act, listen to what they say—do they look anything like tech giants? How is that different from a bunch of boys in class getting into fights?" Director Zhou’s chest was heaving with anger as he turned back and pointed in the direction where Wang Siqi and the others had already disappeared.
"Forget about them, let’s go find Mr. Song!" Zhang Lijiao said to Zhao Yazhi.
"Okay, let’s go."
Zhou Yuanzhi called Song Xiaodong.
"Mr. Song? Where did you go? I’m coming to find you." Zhou Yuanzhi asked Song Xiaodong.
"I’m right here in the woods at the foot of the mountain."
"Okay."
Song Xiaodong was standing quietly in the woods at the foot of the mountain, eyes closed, listening to all kinds of birds calling in the forest.
"Mr. Song!" Zhang Lijiao called out sweetly.
"Why aren’t you two keeping CEO Wang company? What are you doing looking for me?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhang Lijiao and Zhou Yuanzhi with a smile.
"Mr. Song, those people are all internet tycoons, giants in the tech circle, big bosses, each one more full of himself than the last. I’m just a small-time director—when I’m with them I can’t even get a word in, so I came to look for you instead." Zhou Yuanzhi joked to Song Xiaodong with a grin.
"Exactly, you can tell they’re used to being the boss back at their own companies. The way they talk can choke a person to death." Zhang Lijiao chimed in.
"They’re all part of the same circle after all. What’s the point of throwing yourself at their cold asses with your warm face? Director Zhou, you’re looking for sponsors for your next film, aren’t you?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhou Yuanzhi.
"Yeah, hoping to pull in some product placement or endorsements or something. It was a perfectly good business talk, and they had to turn it into me begging them, like I’m some beggar they’re shooing away. Who needs that?" The more Zhou Yuanzhi thought about it, the more pissed off he got.
"If they won’t invest, I will. Then you can run some ads for our Su Corporation in the film." Song Xiaodong said to Zhou Yuanzhi.
"Seriously?" Zhou Yuanzhi’s eyes lit up.
"Of course. And you don’t have to beg me either. I’m not tossing coins at beggars." Song Xiaodong replied.
"That’s really fantastic!"
"Director Zhou, you’re thrilled. What about me?" Zhang Lijiao hooked her arm through Zhou Yuanzhi’s again.
"Forget about the female lead. I can line you up for a second female lead or a female villain." In his excitement, Zhou Yuanzhi agreed to her.
"Great, Director Zhou, you have to keep your word. You can’t lie to me in front of Mr. Song, okay?" Zhang Lijiao lifted her eyes to glance at Song Xiaodong as she spoke to Zhou Yuanzhi.
"Okay, okay, it’s settled!" Zhou Yuanzhi agreed over and over.
"Director Zhou, Miss Zhang, what’s the plan for later?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhou Yuanzhi and Zhang Lijiao.
"We’ll walk with you for a bit, then we can go attend the ritual together. If there’s a chance, I can talk some business with Boss Niu too." Zhou Yuanzhi answered.
"Didn’t you just say you’re not a businessman?" Zhang Lijiao exposed him on the spot.
"What happened?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhang Lijiao.
"Mr. Song, right after you left, Wang Siqi, that Boss Wang, started badmouthing you nonstop. Director Zhou couldn’t stand listening to it and argued back with Wang Siqi. Director Zhou got angry and finished with one line: ’I’m a director, not a businessman,’ then walked off just like that. It was so badass!" Zhang Lijiao said, patting Zhou Yuanzhi on the chest.
"Didn’t expect that. Director Zhou’s hardware may not be that great, but spiritually he’s still quite the man!" Song Xiaodong teased him.
"Thanks to you, Mr. Song, I’m not just a man in spirit now—physically I’m very much a man too!" Zhou Yuanzhi said proudly to Song Xiaodong and Zhang Lijiao.
"Hahahahaha."
"What exactly did CEO Wang say?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhang Lijiao and Zhou Yuanzhi.
"Don’t even get me started. I don’t know who pissed off Wang Siqi so much, but he’s got a huge chip on his shoulder about bosses who do traditional industry. He said a whole lot, but basically his point was that those doing real industry look down on the ones in internet, that he feels Mr. Song isn’t giving him face." Zhou Yuanzhi replied.
"I don’t even know the guy. What face am I supposed to give him? He saw me and didn’t ask who I was, didn’t shake my hand, just straight up asked what I do and how much money I have. I don’t work for him, so what’s with the attitude?" Song Xiaodong calmly listed out Wang Siqi’s faults.
"Wang Siqi also said he wouldn’t let you, Mr. Song, go up the mountain. Said because I stood up for you, Mr. Song, he wouldn’t let me go up either." Zhou Yuanzhi added.
"The mountain isn’t his, and he’s not the one organizing the ritual. If I want to go up, not even Boss Niu can stop me. Who the hell does he think he is, that just because he says we can’t go up, we can’t go up?" Song Xiaodong found Wang Siqi’s words utterly ridiculous.
Looked like the scene with Boss Niu yesterday was going to be replayed today.
"CEO Wang was strutting around, told me that everyone present was an internet big shot, tech company giant, and they all had to give Wang Siqi face. None of the bosses wanted to let me go, and even Boss Niu had no choice but to agree with him." Zhou Yuanzhi repeated what Wang Siqi had said to him.
"Hahahahaha." Song Xiaodong couldn’t help bursting out laughing.
"Then let’s go. If the internet big shots don’t welcome us, why should we throw ourselves at them? A melon forced off the vine won’t be sweet; business you chase after isn’t real business. Director Zhou, Miss Zhang, how about we skip the circus and I treat you two to dinner instead?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhou Yuanzhi and Zhang Lijiao.
"Oh no, Mr. Song, what are you doing? If anyone’s treating, it should be me treating you." Zhou Yuanzhi hurried to say to Song Xiaodong.
"I’m not treating you for nothing. I actually have a favor to ask." Song Xiaodong replied.
"Mr. Song, that’s an outsider’s way of putting it. Don’t talk about favors. If you need something, just say the word. As long as it’s something I can do and it’s in my line of work, for you it’s just one sentence." Zhou Yuanzhi said to Song Xiaodong.
"All right then, Director Zhou, you treat."
Song Xiaodong, Zhou Yuanzhi, and Zhang Lijiao went straight back to the city center. At a high-end hotel under the Su Corporation, Song Xiaodong arranged a meal for Zhou Yuanzhi and Zhang Lijiao.
"You two wait a moment, I need to make a call. I’ve got a few people who’d like to meet Director Zhou and Miss Zhang." Song Xiaodong said to Zhou Yuanzhi.