As the head of the Human Resources Department, Zhuang Li played these subtle tricks with ease, clearly discussing a six-month term with Song Xuejiao, yet she told Chen Yan it was a year.
Therefore, the six months she had cut became her favor to Chen Yan.
Unaware of the underlying reason, Chen Yan naturally thanked her profusely.
Back in the Artists Department office.
Luo Mengyun, who had been waiting for a long while, quickly came up and asked, “Chen, how did it go?”
“Training for half a year!”
Chen Yan shook his head gently.
“What?”
Luo Mengyun had anticipated possible retaliation but hadn’t expected it to come so swiftly and to be a “ban for half a year” right out of the gate.
This meant she could no longer participate in the variety show produced by Cao Zhiyang’s company.
“Chen, can’t you plead on my behalf again?”
“All my work for the following period was already arranged!”
Luo Mengyun’s face fell, and she adopted a pitiful look.
“This is already the result after I begged President Zhuang for leniency.”
“It was originally going to be a year of training.”
Chen Yan shook his head, then sat down at his desk and started to go through documents.
To him, Luo Mengyun, who had offended the Executive Director of the Chairman’s office, was already a “discardable piece,” especially since he had many artists like Luo Mengyun under him.
His initiative to intercede on her behalf was not only due to old times’ sake but also to gauge Director Song’s stance and see if this matter would affect him.
It seemed like Director Song had no intentions of aiming at him, so, for Chen Yan, the best course of action was naturally to turn the page on this matter straight away!
Hence, he had no interest in further entangling with Luo Mengyun over this issue.
“Chen, help me out once more.”
“You’re the only person I can rely on in the company!”
Luo Mengyun put on a vulnerable and helpless act, her voice weak as one of her hands landed on Chen Yan’s thigh, gently exploring toward the off-limits zone.
“Stop fucking teasing!!”
Chen Yan pushed Luo Mengyun’s hand away with a “smack,” and, unable to contain his annoyance, he scolded her, “If you hadn’t been so damn eager to cling onto Cao Zhiyang, would this have even happened?”
“I can’t help you, if you want to smooth this over, you need Director Song to speak for you!”
“I’m busy with work, you’d better leave now!”
With a stern face, Chen Yan delivered a clear command for her to leave.
“Chen…”
Staring at the unfeeling man before her, Luo Mengyun’s mouth twitched. She truly had no solid backing at Maetian Entertainment except for Chen Yan, and not even a robust pillar at that.
Clearly, he was no longer able to assist. Sighing in frustration, Luo Mengyun left the office dejectedly.
She truly regretted it now, if she had known just how formidable Cao Zhiyang’s ex-wife was, she wouldn’t have waded into these troubled waters for all the world.
Now look, just for the sake of a so-called “big leg,” she had gotten herself directly banned.
“Mengyun, what’s on your mind!”
“Feeling down?”
As Luo Mengyun was pondering her next steps, suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder.
She looked up to see Cao Zhiyang, the man who had surrendered in less than three minutes at the hotel last night. He was looking vibrant, with two assistants following behind him.
He was at Maetian Entertainment to sign a collaboration contract. Last night at the hotel, Cao Zhiyang had talked to Luo Mengyun about this.
His show “Chosen Musician” was to engage in an in-depth collaboration with Maetian Entertainment. Without Maetian Entertainment, the show would not be able to continue.
Seeing this “chief culprit,” Luo Mengyun’s already unpleasant face soured further.
If not for this guy, would she have been banned?
Although it was only for half a year, she originally didn’t have much popularity to begin with, and with her existing work gone, everything would have to start from scratch in six months.
If it were a normal fresh start, that would be one thing, but the problem was that she had offended the director of the chairman’s office, and even President Zhuang from the human resources department was very polite to them, who would dare to help her in the company in the future?
Luo Mengyun had wanted to vent her anger on Cao Zhiyang, but considering he was, after all, the owner of an entertainment company, she might need him in the future, so it was not a good idea to offend him.
So, she squeezed out a smile and said with a somewhat grievous tone, “I got banned just to save face for CEO Cao.”
“Shouldn’t CEO Cao compensate me somehow?”
Luo Mengyun quickly adjusted her attitude, thinking she had been banned because of Cao Zhiyang, and wondered if she could get some benefits from him.
“Banned?”
Cao Zhiyang looked at Luo Mengyun with a skeptical face, “Where is this coming from?”
“It’s all because of your ex-wife!”
Luo Mengyun took Cao Zhiyang’s arm and whispered, “CEO Cao, you didn’t even mention that she was working at Maetian Entertainment, let alone as the director of the chairman’s office. It would be so easy for her to deal with a small fry like me!”
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Luo Mengyun put on a look as if she’d endured all kinds of hardships for his sake.
And after hearing her words, Cao Zhiyang was utterly shocked, “Song Xuejiao is working at Maetian Entertainment?”
“As the director of the chairman’s office?”
“How can that be possible!!”
Although Cao Zhiyang acknowledged his ex-wife’s work abilities, Maetian Entertainment was a publicly-listed company and a top music company in the country; even if Song Xuejiao could get a job at Maetian Entertainment, she couldn’t be holding such a high position.
“CEO Cao, would I bother lying to you about something this significant?”
“Anyway, I got banned because of you.”
Luo Mengyun continued to speak pitifully.
“I’ll go talk to Chen.”
Cao Zhiyang shook off Luo Mengyun’s hand from his arm and then strode toward Chen Yan’s office.
At this moment, Chen Yan was pondering how to quickly distance himself from Cao Zhiyang since the latter was the ex-husband of Director Song. Judging from last night, their relationship was very poor, not the kind that would suggest an amicable breakup.
In this situation, as soon as Director Song made a move, the company would no longer be able to cooperate with Cao Zhiyang’s company. After all, there were many entertainment companies of the scale of Jiaoyang Entertainment in the industry, and they could be completely replaced.
Conversely, Jiaoyang Entertainment was highly reliant on Maetian Entertainment. If they lost such an important partner, the company would struggle, and if it couldn’t find other major music companies to collaborate with, it might even risk going bankrupt.
“Chen, Mengyun told me she’s been banned?”
“What’s going on!”
Once he entered Chen Yan’s office, Cao Zhiyang immediately asked impatiently.
“CEO Cao, I was just about to talk to you about this.”
“Our collaboration might have to be terminated.”
Chen Yan said solemnly, “Didn’t the company just get acquired? There has been a significant change in the upper management, and our project has gone into a re-evaluation process. Given the current situation, getting it approved will be extremely difficult!”
“Chen, we aren’t strangers here; just speak frankly.”
“Is it because of Song Xuejiao?”
“Is it true she’s working at Maetian Entertainment??” Cao Zhiyang asked, frowning.
“Yes!”
Chen Yan nodded, then said with a tone of complaint, “CEO Cao, you never mentioned before that your ex-wife was a senior executive at our Maetian Entertainment!”
“Had I known, I wouldn’t have dared to collaborate with your company, even if you gave me a few guts!”
As he spoke, Chen Yan shook his head, “CEO Cao, about the collaboration, you’d better go talk to Director Song first. If there’s no problem on her end, then we can proceed with the next steps!”
“This…”
Cao Zhiyang’s mouth twitched, and he was at a loss for words; he never imagined that one day his lifeline would be in the hands of his ex-wife, Song Xuejiao.