Chapter 74: Sima Zhongda's Heart
After playing in Xiangyang Island for a day and a half, Cao Yuqin drove everyone back to her friend at 3 pm on Sunday.
For students and office workers, the topic of September is always inseparable from the "National Day Golden Week". After discussing it with Ning Qingzhou, Jiang Hanxue decided to advance global travel by one week to avoid peak travel, which means that Jiang Hanxue's Golden Week will start on September 23 (Saturday).
After buying the air ticket to London on the 25th, Ning Qingzhou continued his previous life as a otakus. Everything was as usual two days ago. On the 20th, the eldest brother Ning Lang called the new number and told him about his pig factory. Ning Lang meant to set up a company and asked Ning Qingzhou to help him think about the company's name. However, Ning Qingzhou mentioned several things like "Tianpeng Group" and "Jingtan Co., Ltd." that were rejected by Ning Lang, and felt that it was not down-to-earth enough.
"How about you give me a condition, such as what route do you want this name to take?" Ning Qingzhou asked at the end.
Ning Lang thought about it and limited two conditions: "First, the company must reflect my name, otherwise they would not know who opened the company;
Second, you should be smooth and not be difficult to pronounce."
"Langlang Shangkou Breeding Co., Ltd.?" Ning Qingzhou blurted out.
"This is a good name, it's useless to study in college." Ning Lang praised.
Ning Qingzhou: "..." That's right, I just studied this in four years of college, but he made up this name out of joking.
It was like brothers were connected to each other, that night, Ning Pingfeng called again, asking about singing, asking when he could come back, and then scolded Jian'an for being domineering.
Whether it was Ning Lang or Ning Pingfeng, they were ordinary events in ordinary daily life. Until the night of the 22nd, a group of six people came to the "Long time no see" party, and an uninvited guest came to the store.
At that time, Ning Qingzhou and Jiang Hanxue were sitting on the sofa and talking to everyone about their global travel. They asked everyone what they needed to buy on behalf of others. Huang Li was about to answer when she was interrupted by a man who suddenly appeared: "Excuse me, can you chat with Mr. Ning Qingzhou alone?"
Everyone turned their heads together and found that the person who was talking was a young man in his thirties. The young man had a burly and tall figure, with a wide and shiny forehead, and his whole head was like a back-planted gourd. His face seemed a bit asymmetrical with his shoulders, but the face of Gu Jing Bubo made people feel unpredictable.
If this person appears in a film and television drama, he must be the kind of key character who plays a role in reversing the plot.
Ning Qingzhou pointed at himself who had already disguised himself with an octagonal hat and round-frame glasses and asked, "Are you talking about me?"
The young man smiled and said, "Although Mr. Ning wears a hat, I still recognize it at a glance, because I have been waiting for you in this shop for three days."
Cao Yuqin looked at the man again, but she had no impression.
The man smiled and explained, "I have also changed my image, but I just don't want to attract attention."
Ning Qingzhou asked: "Then what are you going to talk about? Because I am going back with my friend soon."
The man hurriedly said, "Oh Mr. Ning, don't worry, I'm not a paparazzi, nor a reporter from the entertainment tabloid. Let me introduce myself. My name is Sima Zhongda, the assistant to the general manager of Jian'an..."
"Jian'an?" Cao Yuqin heard this and cut off: "Jian'an Pictures?"
Sima Zhongda nodded at her and replied, "Yes, right." It seemed that he did not notice the dissatisfaction on Cao Yuqin's face.
"Aren't you going to ban Zhou - Ning Qingzhou?" Cao Yuqin cursed Jian'an behind her back, but now she has the opportunity to scold her in person, so why can't she resist saying a few words?
Sima Zhongda shook his head and said, "It's all misunderstandings. Jian'an never thought of banning Mr. Xiaoning. He has always been seeking the possibility of cooperation with the most sincere attitude."
Cao Yuqin didn't know what Ning Qingzhou's attitude was, and it was hard to say too extreme. She sneered and stopped responding. She turned to look at Ning Qingzhou. Ning Qingzhou said, "You should already know that I am devoted to writing now and will not come out to sing for the time being, so Mr. Sima..."
Sima Zhongda said: "I came here today to talk about writing with Mr. Xiaoning, not singing."
"oh?"
"It took about fifteen minutes, I wonder if it's OK?"
Ning Qingzhou was also curious, and he found that continuing to refuse might be a waste of time, so he stood up and said, "Then it's better to obey your duty than respect." Then he turned around and pointed to a remote empty seat, "Go over there."
Ning Qingzhou said as he first nodded to Jiang Hanxue, Cao Yuqin and the others, then walked to the empty seat with Sima Zhongda, each sitting down on the single sofa, looking at each other through the low table.
"Because time is tight, I just talk a little, speak out for the key topics." Sima Zhongda's tone was filled with indescribable confidence, and a sense of superiority of "a horse will succeed when it comes."
Ning Qingzhou nodded, feeling a little disgusted.
"You probably have learned the news that Jian'an has invested in the book and sword? "
"Um."
"This is a new business that the group is preparing to develop. The main purpose is to dig out works suitable for games, animation and film adaptations from online novels, cultivate and select representative writers. If it is more prominent, the company will give additional bonuses ranging from fifty to one million. You should know that this bonus is not included in royalties and royalties, and is completely independent rewards."
"It's a big deal." Ning Qingzhou said.
"Talent is the most expensive." Sima Zhongda smiled and continued: "And since the group wants to do this business, it must be the best. The talents we like can ignore them and create freely, because creating excellent works requires enough time and conditions to support, and these time and conditions require money to guarantee. Therefore, from this level, money is the greatest guarantee for free creation."
Ning Qingzhou didn't comment.
"Of course, excellent works and talents are worth investing so much, and those free time is definitely the most expensive thing money can buy."
Ning Qingzhou said: "Time is sometimes very subjective. If you don't want to sell it, you can't buy it for much."
"That's right." Sima Zhongda continued without hesitation: "But if you waste your talent on emotional time or spend it on meaningless daily life, it is difficult to have good results. Not only is it wasteful of natural resources, personal value will be buried forever, making people feel unbearable."
"Is there any meaning, what is meaningful, what is meaningful, what is meaningful? It is difficult for others to define these things. Mr. Sima's words are inevitably a bit arbitrary."
"Don't call me Mr. Sima, I'm just a horse." Sima Zhongda smiled slightly, turned his head to look at a few friends, and then his head slowly turned around, his eyes browsing the decoration and layout of the cafe. He looked as if he was estimating the value of the cafe. Finally, his eyes returned to Ning Qingzhou and said, "Mr. Xiaoning's girlfriend is competing for work?"
"Why did you suddenly ask about this?" Ning Qingzhou asked back.
Sima Zhongda hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Oh, don't get me wrong. I have no malice in asking this. I will not disclose such information to the media, so it is absolutely confidential." Sima Zhongda shook his head as if he was still scared, "I know those people too well, they are all a bunch of guys who are pestering."
Ning Qingzhou narrowed his eyes and stared at Sima Zhongda's face without saying a word.
Sima Zhongda didn't care and said, "After saying so much, I'm actually just asking Mr. Xiaoning what you think. We respect your decision to quit the music industry, but is it possible to achieve cooperation in the field of writing?"
"I'm very happy to win the title now, and I just signed the contract."
Sima Zhongda disagreed: "In terms of contracts, you don't have to worry. Money can buy time, and naturally you can buy a contract."
"But I don't want to breach the contract. I'm very happy to cooperate with Mr. Sima. Well, I have a great chat with Mr. Sima, but the time has come." Ning Qingzhou said, taking out his cell phone and signaling Sima Zhongda.
"Mr. Xiaoning is a very stubborn person." Sima Zhongda's kind expression was completely curled up, and he looked at Ning Qingzhou with a burning look: "However, even if Mr. Xiaoning doesn't think about it for himself, he should think about it for your girlfriend. If the cooperation is reached, Miss Jiang Hanxue can return to Shujian and hold a higher position. As for the potential troubles I just mentioned, it will no longer exist."
Ning Qingzhou asked: "That is to say, if I don't agree to the cooperation, will you arrange for reporters or paparazzi to disturb my girlfriend?"
Sima Zhongda shook his head: "It's not our arrangement. It's just because of your relationship that this cafe is already famous. If there is a little topic, they will easily come to you."
Ning Qingzhou nodded, pondered for a long time, and then said, "I wonder if Mr. Sima has ever heard a saying, "The whole world belongs to Sima"?"
"I haven't heard of it, is this allusion?"
Ning Qingzhou nodded and said, "It's not a story. I don't remember a post that analyzed the entertainment industry. The post predicted that although the entertainment industry is now full of disputes and the ending is unpredictable, it will eventually fall into the hands of Mr. Sima."
Sima Zhongda smiled and said, "What ridiculous remark is this?"
Ning Qingzhou said: "The post says that the dispute between Xiong'an and Jian'an will definitely be the final winner. After Jian'an takes over the Han Dynasty, there will inevitably be a life-and-death war with Zhonghan. When Jian'an wins Zhonghan again, he will become the well-deserved leader in the circle."
"That's also the Cao family. What's the relationship with my Sima family?"
"The future successor of Jian'an is undoubtedly Cao Zihuan. Mr. Sima is Cao Zihuan's chief think tank, and your eldest son Sima Ziyuan also holds an important position in Jian'an. When your second son Sima Zi, who is studying in the United States, graduated from Jian'an, will Jian'an become the world of your Sima family? Then, you father and son will join forces to deal with the Taoyuan brothers and Dongwu, but will the whole world be returned to Sima?"
Sima Zhongda's face changed slightly, and finally showed a trace of real emotion, saying, "This kind of provocation and smear is not worth mentioning."
"Is that so many people believe me when I stepped on the slander of the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people?"
"What do you mean?"
"Donald Zhou was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and not usurped the times. Oh, by the way, you probably don't know who Wang Mang was. Wang Mang was also a historical figure who usurped the throne. When he did not usurp the throne, he was humble and cautious, and could be called a wise man of a generation."
"What does it mean to be "a usurper"? You are going to be labeled. Why haven't I seen the post where you saw it before?"
Sima Zhongda is well aware of the power of online rumors. The words of the crowd make gold, and three of them become tigers. Once the words Ning Qingzhou said just now are spread, not only may he be suspected, but Ziyuan, the eldest son who is the director of Jian'an, may also have a difficult position. As for arranging his son to advance to Jian'an in the future, it will be even more difficult.
Chairman Cao Mengde and General Manager Cao Zihuan have suspicious factors in their personalities, so they must be guarded against it. The posts have revealed his second son Sima Zi, who is studying in the United States, which shows that the other party also has a certain background and strength.
"Mr. Sima just mentioned that paparazzi and reporters harassing my friend happened a few days after the end of the Voice of China. Now it has basically dispersed. Look, there are no paparazzi in the store or outside the store."
Ning Qingzhou’s meaning is very clear. If someone does not offend me, I will not offend others. If someone offends me, I will offend others.
Sima Zhongda was silent for a moment, then finally stood up, took out his business card from his pocket, and said, "You should consider the matter of cooperation. If you change your mind, make a phone call on the business card at any time."
Ning Qingzhou got up and took the business card.
"I'm here this time to discuss the possibility of cooperation with Mr. Xiaoning, according to the rules of business negotiations, I will definitely keep my mouth shut." Sima Zhongda said.
Ning Qingzhou said: "I believe in Mr. Sima's character, but I really don't remember where I saw that post for a while. I guess Mr. Sima will never see it."
Sima Zhongda nodded, looked at Ning Qingzhou again, said "Goodbye", and turned around and left the coffee shop.
Ning Qingzhou stood for a while and remembered the sentence he said, "The whole world belongs to Sima." The original sentence was actually "The whole world belongs to Sima family". However, that was just history, and the history on the earth. Since I came here, of course I hope to see some differences, otherwise why did I come?
So, the last sentence he said to Sima Zhongda was actually a pun.
"I guess Mr. Sima will never see it."
Chapter completed!