From Wage Slave to Tycoon

Seeing Su Chen’s glance, Chen Fei grinned sheepishly and said with some embarrassment, "This place’s salted duck is just too good. I couldn’t help myself."

Su Chen was a bit speechless. ’Honestly... am I the kind of person who gets angry easily?’

With a grand wave of his hand, he had the waiter bring another salted duck to see just how good it really was.

Half an hour later, when Su Chen and Chen Fei walked out of the restaurant, both were clutching their bulging stomachs, looking completely stuffed.

You had to admit, the food at this roadside eatery was genuinely excellent. Whether it was the duck blood soup with vermicelli, the soup dumplings, or the signature Jinling salted duck, Su Chen found it all delicious.

The two of them had managed to devour two whole salted ducks, four bowls of duck blood soup with vermicelli, and six soup dumplings. They were utterly satisfied.

"Sir, should we head back to the hotel or walk around a bit?" Chen Fei leaned against a tree trunk by the road, too full to even want to move.

Without a second thought, Su Chen replied, "Back to the hotel. We still haven’t handled Wu Jing’s matter."

It was already late April, just a few days before the movie’s release. The sooner they made arrangements, the sooner they could start building hype.

Hearing this, Chen Fei immediately hailed an empty taxi. Their location wasn’t far from the hotel, only a three-to-five-minute drive.

After returning to the hotel, Su Chen flopped onto the sofa, pulled his phone from his pocket, and called Zhang Yiming. He planned to use the Douyin platform for some serious promotion.

As for why he didn’t just have Wu Jing contact Zhang Yiming directly, the reason was... quite simple. It was a matter of perceived importance. If Wu Jing made the call, Zhang Yiming would just see it as a friendly favor, a simple gesture.

But a call from Su Chen carried a different weight. Zhang Yiming would definitely give it his all, maybe even use some technical tricks to boost traffic for *Wolf Warrior 2*.

That was the difference.

The call connected quickly.

"Mr. Su~" Zhang Yiming answered respectfully the moment the call connected, his tone even more humble than before.

Ever since the acquisition matter had been resolved, he had come to truly understand Su Chen’s power in the Imperial Capital and realized he had latched onto a powerful backer.

Even his company had been experiencing rapid growth lately. Many official government accounts had set up on Douyin, which was essentially a huge wave of free advertising for Byte.

"I hope I’m not disturbing you," Su Chen said with a hint of a smile.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Not at all, Mr. Su. I always have time for your calls," Zhang Yiming replied with a laugh, assuming Su Chen was calling to ask about the McDonald’s incident.

He quickly added, "The incident from this morning has already caused a huge stir online. It’s one of the top three trending topics. Many netizens are jokingly calling it the ’Battle to Defend McDonald’s’!"

Zhang Yiming couldn’t help but chuckle as he said this.

Hearing this, the corners of Su Chen’s mouth turned up slightly. "Keep an eye on this. In the future, give more traffic to similar content. I trust you understand the responsibility Douyin shoulders."

"Mr. Su, you can rest assured on that!" Zhang Yiming’s resolute voice came from the other end of the line.

"Good. I called because there’s something I wanted to discuss with you." Su Chen briefly explained the movie situation, sent him Wu Jing’s contact info, and added a few specific instructions.

Although Su Chen hadn’t seen the final cut of *Wolf Warrior 2*, he had read the script. He knew what the plot was about and figured the movie Wu Jing made wouldn’t disappoint him.

After arranging everything, he asked a bit about company matters before hanging up.

Su Chen closed his eyes in thought for a moment, then opened WeChat. When he saw the time and location Wu Jing had sent for the premiere, his brow furrowed slightly.

It was nothing major... Wu Jing had chosen the Imperial Capital for the movie premiere. It made sense, really. The media influence there was a cut above other regions.

’The timing seems a bit tight!’ Su Chen calculated. The premiere was on April 30th, which was only four or five days away. If he spent another day sightseeing in Jinling, he might not make it in time.

After all, once he got back to Shanghai, there were still a lot of things he needed to discuss with Pei Rang.

After some thought, Su Chen sent a message to Chen Fei. He planned to rest for two or three hours in the afternoon, then set off for Shanghai.

He also opened up that small group chat with Sicong and the others, quickly tapping out a few words...

"Yo~ Something’s up. Everyone surface!"