Chapter 628 - 322: King to King! The First Phone Call
’Seems like none of us "Miss Chengs" can escape the boss’s clutches.’
Zhang Ao’ai sat down next to Li Muchen. The moment she did, Li Muchen sent her a message. "Sister Ai, how was it? Is the boss amazing? Did he leave you completely satisfied?"
Zhang Ao’ai read the message and rolled her eyes at Li Muchen before quickly replying, "Mu Chen, the boss is *very* amazing. Do you want to experience that kind of satisfaction for yourself? I can help arrange it for you. I just tested the waters with him, and his reaction was telling. I’m sure he wants you too."
"..." Li Muchen was stunned.
’Of course she knew the boss was amazing. She certainly didn’t need anyone to arrange things for her.’
’Then it dawned on her. Sister Ai was trying to turn the tables.’
’She had been agonizing over how to break the news to Sister Ai, worried it would be too much of a shock. But who would have thought...’
With that thought, she replied to the message, "Sister Ai, actually... I was with him before you!"
"What?!" Zhang Ao’ai couldn’t help but gasp as she read the message. She was completely stunned, staring blankly at Li Muchen.
"What’s wrong?" Chen Jincheng asked, confused.
"N-nothing!" Zhang Ao’ai said hurriedly, then couldn’t stop herself from meeting Li Muchen’s gaze.
’This girl is really something else. I was played for a fool and even offered to help her!’
Just then, Sister Hong turned to Chen Jincheng to report, "Boss, I have something to tell you. Tiao Yin just contacted me. They made up an excuse, but the bottom line is they’re going to give Second-Life Star promotional traffic, including twenty S-Class live streaming packages. Everything is going exactly as you predicted. We can also start arranging for the people from Black Cat TV to move over to Tiao Yin."
’She was truly in awe of her boss. Really. Huge platforms like Tiao Yin and Kuaishou were being led around by the nose, just as he’d planned.’
’Now she was certain that the grand promise of stock options the boss had made wasn’t just empty words. She felt it might be time to start scouting out luxury villas in Coastal City to see which had the best view.’
Chen Jincheng wasn’t surprised by this at all. He just smiled and said, "Sister Hong, please contact Tiao Yin for me. Tell them I’d like to have a call with President Han. I imagine he’s already working on creating a ’National Style’ category because of that document."
"They’ve offered us resources, so we’ll treat the ’Hanfu Outing Day’ event as a grand gift in return. It will make our stance clear—that we’re not going to Kuaishou—and it will also be a perfect chance to showcase our capabilities. And while we’re at it, we’ll use it to boost Xiaoju’s popularity."
"Understood." Sister Hong nodded and took out her phone to contact Tiao Yin.
「Tiao Yin.」
Han Shangyou was already back in his office, looking over three proposals the operations department had sent over. They were all in response to the document from on high.
All three proposals were closely tied to the theme of cultural heritage.
However, the one he favored most was the proposal to create a National Style category. Hanfu was slowly becoming a trend, and many of the traditional garments were quite beautiful.
’If they launched this category, getting people to pay attention to, learn about, and experience the beauty of Hanfu... wouldn’t that be the perfect response to the directive from on high?’
’Making this traditional style popular would be the best possible outcome.’
The only problem was that he had no idea how to promote the new category. Time was too short, and the operations department hadn’t come up with a detailed plan.
Just then, his assistant rushed in to report, "President Han, we’ve been contacted by Second-Life Star. Chen Jincheng wants to have a call with you."
"Chen Jincheng?" Han Shangyou was taken aback.
’Even though he’s Tiao Yin’s top star, this is the first time he’s ever proactively requested to speak with me.’