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Yang Hao looked at Chen Haiou and felt that this job was quite suitable for her.
As he had said, Chen Haiou used to be part of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, so she should be fairly familiar with them, and since she’d been with the Troupe for so many years, she was acquainted with the mentality of those people.
However, what Yang Hao didn’t know was that Chen Haiou and the leaders of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, as well as some employees, had personal grudges.
So when Chen Haiou heard that she was to handle the aftermath of the acquisition of the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe, she was initially surprised, not expecting to be “entrusted with an important task” just after joining the company.
But what she felt more now was joy. Back when the biological father of “Little White Flower” Chen Ruohan had an incident and she left the Troupe, certain leaders and colleagues had been more than willing to kick her while she was down.
Now the fate of these people was about to be in her hands, and the thrill of revenge began to grow from the bottom of her heart.
This was truly, thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west!
Chen Haiou had never expected to have the chance to regain her face from those days!
“Ou, no problem?”
Seeing Chen Haiou not responding, Yang Hao turned his head and asked.
“Um, no problem!”
“I don’t think anyone in the company knows the Hucheng Cultural Work Troupe better than I do!”
Chen Haiou quickly nodded her head.
“Good, then it’s settled!”
Yang Hao then turned his gaze to Wu Dehai: “Director Wu, if there’s nothing else, you can go ahead and take care of your things!”
“Oh, alright!”
Wu Dehai was slightly stunned, then nodded and left the office.
However, Wu Dehai’s feelings were quite complicated at the moment. Clearly, his earlier probe had failed, and the new boss had directly assigned the tasks to Chen Haiou, his “own person.”
Moreover, he had been given a dismissal order, and closed the door to “conspire” with two confidants. In Wu Dehai’s view, these were not good signals.
His role as general manager seemed to be on the edge of marginalization, and it was very likely he would be replaced.
The thought made Wu Dehai even more anxious. He was quite attached to Maetian Entertainment, mainly because he had a comfortable life there, and the messy relationships had been straightened out. Switching companies would mean starting from scratch, and there was no guarantee he would hold a position as high as he did now.
But whether the new boss used him or not was not his decision to make, all he could do was his best to show himself, to make the new boss believe he was a competent general manager. Yet, after contact, he felt the new boss didn’t seem too enthusiastic about him.
“Mr. Yang, I’ve already gathered some information about the mid and senior management of Maetian Entertainment through the connections from before, during these two days I came early…”
Liu Cui, who had arrived in Hucheng early, began her work report. As a seasoned agent, she naturally knew quite a few people at Maetian Entertainment. Although the connections might not be deep, getting someone out for a meal wasn’t difficult.
After all, everyone is from the same circle, seeing each other often, and there could still be business intersections.
Hence, Liu Cui did manage to glean some information from these people—not any secrets, but enough to gain a rough understanding of the current operational state and internal factions within Maetian Entertainment.
Now, Liu Cui reported in detail to Yang Hao, also a way to showcase her abilities.
“This Director Wu Dehai does have strong capabilities, but he is quite lecherous. It’s said that many of the female artists at Maetian have had improper relationships with him, and he has even blacklisted some female artists for not giving in!”
“For instance, Zhou Ziqing who had begun to make a name for herself…”
Liu Cui deliberately brought up Zhou Ziqing’s issue, as Xiao Yinqiu had asked her to, hoping her friend could, like her, be released from being frozen out and return to the stage.
Yang Hao merely listened silently to Liu Cui’s report without commenting, and only after she had finished did he indifferently say, “Go call that Zhou Ziqing over, I want to understand the situation.”
Yang Hao didn’t have a good impression of Wu Dehai and was considering whether to replace the general manager, but there was no suitable candidate at the moment.
“Yes, Mr. Yang!”
Liu Cui agreed and left the office with a brisk stride.
After she left, only Yang Hao and Chen Haiou were left in the office.
“Mr. Yang, I’ve never been a leader at the Cultural Work Troupe before, isn’t the position you’re giving me a bit too high?” Explore hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire
Before coming, Yang Hao had not mentioned the specific position, and when it was announced, Chen Haiou was naturally quite surprised. General Manager of Corporate Culture and Deputy Manager of Human Resources, she had gone from being just an ordinary member of the Cultural Work Troupe to “Madam Chen,” and the role change and promotion in status were quite unsettling for her.
Especially when others called her “Madam Chen,” Chen Haiou felt both vanity satisfaction and a surreal sense of unreality.
“Maetian Entertainment is a company I’ve just acquired, I don’t have many people of my own, and I’m hoping Ou can help me keep an eye on things.”
Yang Hao spoke frankly, he really didn’t expect Chen Haiou to achieve anything substantial in her work.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given her the nominal role of General Manager of Corporate Culture, which is somewhat like a political consultative conference within a large enterprise, and Chen Haiou’s manager role was akin to that of the chairman of such a conference: high in rank, but without much actual power.
Her deputy position in the HR department meant she would have a relatively high standing and say within the group but would not have much to do in reality, allowing her to better perform the role of “overseeing the officials.”
After hearing Yang Hao’s words, Chen Haiou nodded slightly. He obviously didn’t consider her an outsider.
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