To become a top manager that personally raised two movie kings, an international actress, and three global musicians in the entertainment circle.. someone must have a vicious vision.
Linzhi's award-winning acting was seen through.
She shrugged her shoulders and smiled generously: "Cousin, I heard you have just graduated from graduate school, and it is difficult to find a domestic job. Do you want to start a business?"
Zhang Yunxi found that her analysis of this little cousin was still too superficial. She didn't know much about Nie's family; she only heard a few words from her aunt occasionally. The uncle and aunt always have the attitude of saying enough when talking about the child of the Youngest Lady Nie, but one thing for sure was the uncle always uses the words of a willful and delicate little princess.
Her change of attitude was too fast; she either learned acting or her years of princess syndrome had turned into a manipulative trait.
Linzhi unlocked her iPad, and Yunxi took it.
"I want to make an entertainment company in the capital city; that was the rough plan. I need a CEO because I still need to get my degree. I'll pay your salary during your solo operation; once I graduate, I'll run it with you."
Yunxi was actually shaken; the girl came up to her out of nowhere and bluntly showed her the asset portfolio and her exact business plan. She had no idea if this little cousin was bold or confident.
After a momentary shock, she re-analyzed the business plan. IP adaptation, streaming license, star training system. It was all aligned with her market research before. This cousin got quite an appetite; she also had a solid overall view and was forward-looking.
"Investing in a survival show to make a boy group? Where did you get this information? Is it reliable? Your portfolio will be out of shape if you make the slightest mistake calculating this."
"Trust me; I can vouch for my informant with my life."
Zhang Yunxi's outstanding achievements in the future have a lot to do with the fact that she never sees people with colored glasses and can seize every opportunity. She was entirely on board, but there was only one problem.
"With your status and resources, you can find another reliable partner. So why me?"
"Well, you're the only person that can lend me money without question now."
"What?"
"You have full access to my asset Sister Yunxi; you can lend me a few thousand."
"What for?"
"No question, remember?"
As abruptly as it appeared, they signed an NDA, an asset authorization permit, and a bunch of other electronic legal documents with the help of Yunxi's trusted lawyer.
After making all the preparations, the two parted ways at the school gate. One headed to the airport while Yunxi was going to Nie Mansion.
Zhang Yunxi suddenly realized that this plan was a bit dangerous, "Do you really can go on your own? At least tell me where exactly in the capital city you're going."
"You don't have to worry about me, Sister Yunxi. You should be worried if I provoked others."
Remembering her foresight yet eccentric style, Yunxi actually agrees with her statement.
"Just go already; Grandpa hates an untimely person."
Airfare, accommodation, and meals are a lot of money for her now.
Her previous self wouldn't believe that she was struggling for less than 5000 a month.
The high and mighty, number one little fairy in the entertainment industry was struggling to take out even 5000 from her wallet.
After tasting the freedom of having her own money and spending it however you want, she realized that her mother's way of only giving her a card was inconvenient. Whenever she spends money on the supplementary card, her mother will receive a text message and will expose her location.
The only cash she has at her disposal is her weekly pocket money.
After counting and counting, she was short-funded, and that's why she strike when the iron is hot with Zhan Yunxi. Besides, it's not like she can't pay it back or something.
The annoying part of this trip was the long drive from her school to city hall, then the airport. Not to mention they were still manually queueing at the departure gate because online checking wasn't available yet.
Capital City was so far away, and air tickets were so expensive!
Their capital city was Angon, and Linzhi has been living here since she turned 20 to start her career. Although different from what she remembered, everything was familiar. She bought a new metro card and fully charged it.
She was going to meet Patrick, yeah, her driver from her original timeline. Before they ended up as her driver, Patrick was a petty thief caught in a gambling house raid.
She's going to meet him at the internet café he usually hangs out around.
Beside her driver, Patrick was her digital security guy. He was a reliable hacker and programmer. Depending on her instruction, he can be the programmer of her writing platform or the cyber security guard for her artists.
Anyhow she's not making lose money.
Nie Linzhi had just sat down and didn't react at all when he saw the person he was thinking about day and night walking past him with indifference.
There was a faint smell of tobacco in the cold wind, sweeping across the tip of her nose, passing by for a moment.
She forced Patrick out of his nicotine addiction, but she never knew he started so young. This is why people said the environment someone grew up in was important.
Patrick stood on the side of the street and waited for the traffic light.
Nie Linzhi didn't dare to approach and stopped ten meters behind him.
At this time, Patrick was already very tall, but he looked a little thin. The sweater was loosely covering his body, and he stood indifferently with his hands in his pockets, like a boy who walked out of a cartoon.
She followed him to the internet cafe. The challenging part of this mission wasn't finding Patrick but convincing him to follow her and be loyal to her. If Patrick was honest, this time, he hadn't hung out with a bad crowd. He was just a midnight internet cafe guard.
She went back to her hotel and got a good night's sleep.
While Linzhi was planning how to bring Patrick to her side, Nie Mansion was in deep water.
Nie Hexuan made a ruckus because his proposal to bid for a government project was rejected by the Chairman, aka his father. He already talked to the old man; it didn't make sense that he suddenly changed his mind.
"Secretary Cheng, what happened? Why didn't my father approve the budget for the construction bidding?"
Chairman Nie was old and occasionally needed intensive medical care, he was still overseeing the outlook of the group, but he worked from home, and his secretary was his foot soldier - among them was Cheng Jiang, the Chief Secretary of the Chairman.
"There's reliable information that the project will fall out."
"What nonsense! This project would work; a hundred percent would work! Hasn't my father's long-time dream been to expand the business to the capital city? Succeeding in a government project would strengthen our group's image and smoothen our path to expand there! We need reliable backing, after all!"
"I'm sorry, Director Nie, that's all the Chairman told me. He gives a strict order not to bother him for this matter. Excuse me."
Cheng Jiang left the Nie Mansion with his car.
Director Nie Hexuan wasn't the only one wondering what was on the Chairman's mind. There was no problem with the project, and everyone couldn't wait to profit from it. Yet the Chairman changed his decision and aborted the project's bid plan. Most board directors and investors weren't pleased, but the Chairman's prestige as the highest authority in Nie Group never wavered. They could only sit obediently while cursing internally.
*****
It was the third day of her staying in Angon, she was asking for a week's leave at school, and she still didn't know how to get Patrick to her camp.
She followed him as usual; at this rate, she could be a certified stalker.
It was just this time his route changed. Instead of heading to the internet cafe, Patrick turned left in the intersection and sat on a park bench. He was suspicious, all fidgety and impatient.
Ni Linzhi played enough dumb girl characters to know that having a police number in speed dial was the best option. Clutching her muted phone in her pocket, Linzhi stopped in front of an opened guitar case. In front of her was the musician, and from here, she could see Patrick while the musician covered her from his sight.
Turning her gaze from Patrick, she watched the musician tuning his guitar. Humming a song and tuning the guitar again.
As thanks for covering her, Linzhi squatted to put her appreciation money.
He nodded slightly as a thank you.
Linzhi's smile froze when her eyes caught a trio headed to Patrick.