Chapter 55

  The next morning, before Mr. Li Yiheng arrived at the office, Li Jin quickly completed the discharge procedures and sat down at his desk half an hour later, typing away on his keyboard to modify the plan book.

  After that, it was a period of topsy-turvy days, with countless drinking and dinner gatherings, numerous revisions and re-submissions of plans, haggling over details and repeated confirmations. Even Li Jin participated in the other party's planning team, working overtime to come up with ideas, and devising strategies for their promotion, being more diligent than the other party's staff.

  Countless times, Li Jin calmly got up from the wine table, maintained his demeanor as he walked into the bathroom, and then desperately leaned against the sink, almost vomiting out bile. At that time, his face was twitching with laughter, but he was physically and mentally exhausted, and even at every moment, there was a feeling that perhaps in the next second, others would turn away from him with a stern expression.

  Even once he served the other party until they were full of wine and food, and the service was so thoughtful that he called a designated driver to send them home one by one. The previous second still had a smile on his face, asking the other party to call himself after arriving home to report safety, and the next second sent off the other party walking away, turned around and vomited violently in the flower bed. When vomiting almost fainted, someone nearby couldn't bear to look at him, handed him a bottle of mineral water, he didn't even have time to say thank you, opened it and drank it, until after drinking it all, he raised his head, only to find that the so-called kind-hearted person was actually Mr. Li.

  Li Yiheng's eyes were complex, without asking him why he was here or why he vomited, only asked: "Why don't you take good care of your illness?"

  Li Jin sat down on the ground with his hands supporting himself, looked up and smiled: "Boss, I want to make money."

  Li Yi Heng drove him home himself, and he sat in the passenger seat, falling asleep halfway. The next day when he woke up, he was lying softly on his own bed, with a warm breakfast laid out on the kitchen table, and Mr. Li had already left without knowing when.

  He ate breakfast while texting a thank-you message, and Mr. Li replied with only four words.

  "Take care of your body."

  It was only later that he found out Li Yi Heng had attended a banquet at the same hotel that day and left his seat but never returned.

  It's been a long time since Bei Fengming was puzzled, at that time every day was like fighting a war, step by step it was so hard to walk, how come there wasn't even a hint of retreat.

  Yes, not only did Li Jin work hard, but so did Ruo Fei. When the other party criticized Ruo Fei for being overweight and unphotogenic, Ruo Fei tightened his belt and went on a diet, losing 10 pounds in a week; when they criticized Ruo Fei's wooden expression in front of the camera, Ruo Fei spent his free time studying silent films, and within a week he could freely switch between extreme joy and anger in just one second. Later on, the person in charge even said to Li Jin while drunk, patting him on the shoulder, that apart from not getting approval from above, they couldn't find any reason to reject Art Song Company.

  At that time, Shu Mu's side had already been alerted and directly contacted the high-level executives of SG Company. For Shu Mu, this endorsement not only brought in a substantial endorsement fee but also represented high exposure. Shu Mu's entertainment career has been stagnant for over a year, but his popularity remains undiminished, largely due to several high-exposure advertisements. As long as everyone can see him from time to time, they will think of him from time to time. So even if he attends the Paris Fashion Week dinner and international fashion party in a more casual manner, he doesn't have to worry about damaging his domestic market.

  In response, Li Jin had no choice but to take a more down-to-earth attitude, get along with the staff, and even make concessions to SG company without compromising his bottom line. However, at that time, nobody knew whether their efforts would pay off in the end.

  A month later, SG company broke out shocking news, the high-level reorganization of the company went smoothly. The newly appointed president is a representative of the people's faction, and the first thing he did after taking office was to completely withdraw from the luxury goods e-commerce market that didn't look good. And the vice president in charge of brand marketing business suddenly became cold, originally the manager of the public relations department took over. Unfortunately, this new vice president was the one who had previously promised Li Jin that as long as the leadership agreed, he would have no problem on his side.

  Originally insignificant little white vegetable turned overlord, the first thing is to announce that SG's new spokesperson has changed hands, with newcomer Luo Fei taking over.

  This explosive news rocked the headlines of the entertainment section and as a supplementary news to SG's change of high-level leadership team, it occupied both financial and current affairs sections for two weeks.

  Li Jin browsed through the homepages of various portal websites and could almost imagine Shu Mu's pouting face in the office.

  A decade-long superstar was robbed of an endorsement by a rookie who hasn't even won a championship, what a slap in the face.

  Riding on the east wind of this matter, China Star Voice's new revival match successfully created a ratings myth, becoming the highest-rated talent show in history, ranking third in the overall variety show ratings chart. Meanwhile, China Star Voice also completed eight to six, six to five, five to four and four revival matches in this month, selecting the national top five.

  Among them, Lai Jin's Ruo Fei topped the fan popularity chart, followed by Qi Yi Chen, Xiao Su Su, and two other trainees under the remaining two agents.

  After the revival match, Qin Yige held a celebration banquet at Haino Building, on the one hand to celebrate the ratings reaching new highs again, and on the other hand to celebrate Luo Fei successfully taking down the endorsement of SG company. Li Jin also found out after getting the endorsement that Qin Yige had played a crucial role in helping them smoothly obtain the endorsement when he privately met with the then marketing director of SG company's old and new management team, seeing their progress was difficult.

  In the company of Art Song, Qin Yige has always been like a calm observer rather than a leader who makes plans from behind the scenes. He rarely intervenes in the specific operations of the company and always gives full trust to the person in charge of each department. But strangely, no one looks down on his existence because of this, and even secretly feels that it is precisely because they know he will always clean up the mess for them behind their backs, so everyone can move forward with confidence.

  As soon as the celebration banquet began, Li Jin drank three cups in a row to thank Qin Yige for his help. Qin Yige was always careless and saw him pouring wine into his cup, he was so surprised that he was stunned, just after filling himself up, planning to return the three cups, the wine cup in his hand was snatched away by someone else.

  The man standing beside him was dressed in a suit, his face cold and stern, with thick and dense eyebrows that seemed to carry a murderous aura. His thin lips were pursed, and his face was not angry but authoritative. He nodded at Li Jin, raised his neck, and helped Qin Yige down three cups in one go, before putting the cup back on the table.

  For a moment, everyone at the table fell silent.

  Qin Yige was extremely embarrassed, but he pushed the person to his back without leaving any trace and introduced him to everyone: "This is our financial controller, one of the three bosses, Ji Yan."

  Ji Yan curled up the corners of his lips and revealed a smile with little warmth: "Hello everyone."

  The wine table was silent for a whole minute.

  Until Li Jin broke the silence: "I've long heard of your great name! Everyone, if it weren't for Director Ji taking care of us, I'm afraid that according to Director Qin's temperament, this audition wouldn't have become the highest-rated in history, but rather the most expensive. Come on, everyone, thank you Director Ji."

  "It is also one of the most expensive in history."

  Ji Yan's icy words were drowned out by the applause of everyone trying to curry favor.

  Everyone loves to have fun and break the awkward atmosphere, naturally restoring their true nature. However, although everyone dares to tease, no one dares to tease Ji Yan's poker face. But Director Ji also ignores others, quietly sitting next to Qin Yige, whoever dares to come over to toast him would receive a deadly stare, so in the end, not a single drop of wine was touched by Qin, who loves drinking as if it were his lifeblood.

  Li Jin had a slightly drunken look, joking that he came uninvited and was blocking others from drinking. Ji Yan only faintly raised an eyebrow, saying that Qin Yige had invited him before, and he had agreed, but Qin Yige never took his words to heart, so he forgot.

  Li Jin listened with amazement, looking at his expression, and found that it seemed to have a hint of desolation, but he blinked his eyes again, and the man's face returned to its usual calmness.

  "Someone asked me to pass a message to you," Ji Yan said to him, "Don't drink too much."

  Li Jing's ears turned red, pretending not to hear, and walked away with a wine cup in hand.

  But anyway, it's not that bad after all.

  After three rounds of wine, everyone had completely let loose. Some were hugging and singing together, while others were holding their heads in tears. Two big men even had their heads together, whispering to each other with a look of mutual admiration. Li Jin was not bad at drinking, but by this time he was also feeling a bit tipsy, so he went alone to the courtyard to get some fresh air.

  The courtyard of the Haino Building is an open-air garden, with plenty of sunlight during the day and a beautiful night view in the evening. Tonight, just at midnight, there was a full moon on the horizon, casting a silver glow over the grass and trees, making everything bright and clear. Li Jin had been steaming hot from drinking too much wine, so he came out wearing only one sweater to stand in the courtyard for a while, feeling the cool breeze blow against him for a moment, and felt extremely comfortable.

  Just then, there was an incoming call.

  Li Jin took out his mobile phone, and on the screen were the four big words "Unknown Call" flashing. Not even the phone number was displayed. He checked the time, it was already past 11 o'clock, and even the most diligent telemarketing calls wouldn't come at this hour.

  His nerves tensed up in an instant, he narrowed his eyes and pressed the answer button.

  "Hello..."

  "The recording you wanted," the voice on the phone said shrilly, "has been found."