Chapter 1333: The Opening of the Art Festival
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Liu Jifei did not urge him, just quietly waiting for Xu Xiaobin to speak.
Xu Xiaobin also saw that Liu Jifei had been waiting for him to speak, so he felt somewhat embarra.s.sed. “Brother Fei, things are almost done. The other side is very interested in this cooperation.”
“En, that’s good.” This was also Liu Jifei’s expectation. After all, this cooperation was very attractive. Unless Bao Sanli didn’t want to earn money, he would agree to this proposal. “Right, did Bao Sanli personally come?”
“Yes, President Bao personally came to the meal, and he also brought the company’s Vice President Jing.” Xu Xiaobin said, “I can see that they have paid enough attention to our cooperation.”
“Vice President Jing?” Liu Jifei’s eyes almost bulged out; he was displeased as he heard the surname Jing. If it weren’t for Jing Xiaolu, would he do so many things? Would he get slapped by Yang Ming?
“Yes, it’s Jing Xiaolu. She’s not very old; she should be about twenty years old.” When Xu Xiaobin thought of Jing Xiaolu’s appearance, he couldn’t help but sigh. “You can’t really judge a book by its cover. She is already a vice president at such a young age.”
“What? Jing Xiaolu?” When Liu Jifei heard the name, his face immediately became ugly; both of his eyes almost popped out. “You said that bi… No, that girl is only twenty, and she became a vice president?”
Liu Jifei said the word “b*tch” smoothly, and then he quickly changed his words. He still couldn’t let Xu Xiaobin discover the resentment between him, Yang Ming, and Jing Xiaolu. Otherwise, Xu Xiaobin would definitely not continue to help him.
“Yeah, she’s really young, but she is a very calm person. She isn’t as impetuous as a young man.” This was Xu Xiaobin’s first impression of Jing Xiaolu. Jing Xiaolu’s reticence was what made Xu Xiaobin have an inscrutable opinion of her.
Calm? Liu Jifei was so angry that he wanted to curse. If she’s calm, then there will be no lively people in the world! Liu Jifei was furious as he thought of the situation where he was cheated. He could be sure that this Jing Xiaolu was the one he knew. Although there were too many coincidences in this world, Liu Jifei didn’t think that this would be a coincidence.
Around the age of twenty, and she is related to Yang Ming, then this Vice President Jing is definitely the b*ch from last night. However, she can actually sit on the vice president’s position. It seems that the person named Yang Ming’s capability is not too small. At the very least, it can be enough to instruct Bao Sanli to move.
This also confirms Chief Yan’s words. Could it be that Yang Ming is the big boss behind this Ming Yang Security Company?
“Right, the man named Yang Ming. What is his ident.i.ty? Did you ask about him?” Liu Jifei asked.
“I have asked about him.” Xu Xiaobin’s face was stern. “Yang Ming is the boss of Bao Sanli. He calls Yang Ming as Chairman Yang. The Song Jiang International Hotel we ate at is also Chairman Yang’s a.s.set.”
“Chairman Yang—” Liu Jifei was dumbstruck when he heard these two words; his whole person was like it was. .h.i.t by a hammer, and his face became ferocious. How is that kid Chairman Yang? The Song Jiang International Hotel is also his a.s.set? It seems that he is doing well in Song Jiang.
Liu Jifei was not stupid. For a person like him who could run such a big hotel, it was impossible to have no background, and he couldn’t be a dim-witted person who didn’t know how to run a business. The petty tricks that he previously thought of to intimidate them into offering the company were unlikely to be successful.
This time, he had to use a little strategy. Liu Jifei’s mood was heavy. He took it too simply previously. He wanted to use the name of the Liu Family to pressure Bao Sanli. Then the Liu Family could become a shareholder of Bao Sanli’s Ming Yang Security Company without paying a single penny. However, now it seemed that it was unlikely. Yang Ming, who was behind Bao Sanli, was very powerful!
“In addition to the Song Jiang International Hotel, what a.s.sets does he still have in his hand?” Liu Jifei asked with a sullen face. He really underestimated his opponent’s power this time.
“I’m not sure about this. I can’t ask these questions at the meal table.” Xu Xiaobin shook his head. “After all, this is our first contact. These things can only be asked when we really reach the consensus to have the intention to cooperate, right?”
Liu Jifei also knew that Xu Xiaobin was telling the truth. Now that cooperation had not started, he was already asking about the background of the group. This obviously showed that he had a bad intention.
However, Liu Jifei did not expect that Yang Ming, who was behind Bao Sanli, was so powerful. He initially thought that Yang Ming was just a prodigal young master who relied on Bao Sanli, but this was not the case at all!
Yang Ming became the big behind-the-scenes boss, and Bao Sanli was just working under him. Moreover, Yang Ming not only had a security company, but he also had the Song Jiang International Hotel, and maybe even some other companies.
In this way, it was much more difficult to make a move on him. Liu Jifei was not that kind of reckless person. He looked at Xu Xiaobin and said, “Who paid the money for this meal?”
“It was in their territory. How can they ask me to spend money?” Xu Xiaobin shrugged.
After listening to Xu Xiaobin, Liu Jifei was not happy at all. He wanted to let Bao Sanli treat him initially to make him waste money. This meal was not cheap.
However, listening to Xu Xiaobin say that this Song Jiang International Hotel was Bao Sanli and Yang Ming’s business, he didn’t have the pleasure of wasting their money. It was no big deal for them to treat.
“Go check for me! Spend money to investigate the companies and find out the companies behind Bao Sanli and Yang Ming!” Liu Jifei thought about it and informed Xu Xiaobin. “Know yourself and know each other; you can win every battle.”
Xu Xiaobin didn’t think too much. Liu Jifei’s order was normal. Investigating the business information of the collaborators was originally an understandable matter.
“Okay, leave it to me.” Xu Xiaobin nodded.
On the other side, Bao Sanli called to report the results of the meal to Yang Ming. Yang Ming heard that the other party really wanted to cooperate, so he asked Bao Sanli and Jing Xiaolu to follow up.
Yang Ming couldn’t do anything by himself. That would exhaust him to death. Moreover, he would not doubt his subordinates. Since he gave them power, then he wouldn’t interfere with them. He just had to appear when they encountered something that they couldn’t solve.
For example, at the betrayal of Liu Chan and Qu Daming last time, Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan couldn’t manage these things, so Yang Ming could only solve it himself.
“However, be careful. In business, it’s dog eat dog. The conditions that we deserve cannot be less.” Yang Ming reminded Bao Sanli, “Don’t sacrifice your own interests just for cooperation.”
“I understand that cooperation is for a win-win situation,” Bao Sanli said, “If the conditions of the other party are truly harsh, we can just give up on this market. If the other party is capable, then they can do it themselves.”
“It’s good that you can understand this. I will hand it over to you and Jing Xiaolu. Just tell me the results,” said Yang Ming.
In these two days, Yang Ming was very busy. On the one hand, he was busy with the art festival. On the other hand, he was busy with Fang Tian to cancel the engagement in Europe. Honestly, Yang Ming felt it was somewhat inappropriate. He borrowed other people’s facilities to train for half a month, and then he went to cancel the engagement. This was really shameless.
But since the other party also had this intention, Yang Ming didn’t have any psychological burden. Be together when they had a good relations.h.i.+p, and separate when they had a dispute; this was a very normal matter.
The annual school art festival finally started. The art festival was like a sports meeting at the university; it was one of the major activities in the whole campus life. It was also the moment when students showed their talents.
Many handsome men and women found their life partners through the stage of the art festival. There were precedents in all previous years, so everyone was still very enthusiastic about the school art festival!
Who said that college students were not willing to partic.i.p.ate in group activities? That was because there was a lack of handsome guys and pretty girls in the event. With this, wouldn’t they rush to partic.i.p.ate?
Of course, the handsome guy this year was Yang Ming. It was not that Yang Ming was super handsome. Yang Ming didn’t consider himself ugly, but he wasn’t the kind of pretty boy who could make women fantasize with just one glance.
The reason why Yang Ming’s popularity was so high was that of the compet.i.tion he had with the school’s Taekwondo Club president, Ren Jianren when school started last semester! People were inclined to have sympathy for the weak. If Ren Jianren won in that game, they would definitely not have a good impression of Ren Jianren. Instead, they would think that it was usual for the President of the Taekwondo Club to win against an ordinary student. It was no big deal. Moreover, everyone would think that Ren Jianren bullied Yang Ming using his ident.i.ty. You are the president of the Taekwondo Club, but you are fighting against an ordinary cla.s.smate. Are you very capable if you win?
However, it was different if Yang Ming beat Ren Jianren. Yang Ming won against the Taekwondo Club president, Ren Jianren, as an ordinary student, and he suddenly became a hero in everyone’s mind.
The way Yang Ming appeared on the stage was quite unique, and it was quite cool. Therefore, Yang Ming became an idol-level figure. This time, everyone wanted to see the scene of Yang Ming punis.h.i.+ng Ren Jianren!
A few days before the opening of the art festival, someone posted on the campus online forum: “Taekwondo Club president, Ren Jianren, once again challenges the new winning popular Yang Ming. Will he get his revenge or ask for trouble for himself?”
This post quickly became a hot post on the campus forum, and the number of clicks skyrocketed, rising to the top of the forum’s click list. After the post, there was a big “hot post” logo that proved the number of followers for this post was very high.
Of course, this could also be proved from the number of replies. The latest responses appeared almost every second, and the replies were sharper than ever before. Many points. .h.i.t the nail on the head!
“I see that most probably, Ren Jianren wants to gain back his face after he lost last time.”
“Does he feel ashamed? A president of the Taekwondo Club is trying to gain back his face after losing once?”
“It’s not shame. It means that he is prepared to rechallenge Yang Ming, but it brings no honor to the victor!”
“Extra! Extra! It is said that this time, Ren Jianren took the initiative to challenge Yang Ming, but Yang Ming didn’t bother with him! He almost kneeled down to beg Yang Ming to partic.i.p.ate, so Yang Ming reluctantly agreed! I am Yang Ming’s cla.s.smate; I dare to swear that everything I said is true.”
Looking at the one-sided posts on the Internet, Ren Jianren was furious. Can these students distinguish right from wrong? The Taekwondo Club is also an official club of the school. These people are actually biased toward an ordinary student?
However, Ren Jianren already knew the true face of these people on the Internet when he challenged Yang Ming last semester. The public opinion was often biased toward the underdog. He couldn’t be helped. Ren Jianren couldn’t register ten thousand new accounts to stand up for himself, right? One the one hand, he didn’t have the time; one the other hand, even if he registered, everyone would notice it was a new account. No one would be so stupid to believe that. Ren Jianren obviously did this. It would be even uglier when it was exposed, so he might as well pretend not to see it. Out of sight, out of mind.
At 4:00 pm on Sat.u.r.day, the school art festival’s Gala opening ceremony was at the ten thousand seat auditorium of Song Jiang Industry University. The auditorium was full, and there were no empty seats. At this time, several staff members of the Student Union shuffled into the auditorium, holding light sticks, laser flashlights, mineral water, snacks, and the like to sell to the seated students.
This was extra income for the Student Union, and the funds of the Student Union treasury came from this extra income. Generally speaking, the Student Union had two sets of accounts and two treasuries. One was from the school’s appropriation. This money couldn’t be arbitrarily moved. It could only be used after the approval of the school committee, and it was used to organize regular activities.
Of course, the Student Union also had a private vault which was the internal account of the Student Union. The usual sponsors.h.i.+ps, the introduction of tuition fees for students, and the income from selling some items to students belonged to this category.
The Student Union president, Xu Qianxing, could use this freely, such as treating Yang Ming. Of course, to have more money, Xu Qianxing would naturally not miss any opportunity to make money.
For example, now, selling these light sticks, small foods, etc. to students, it would give the feeling of being in a concert. However, most students were also very willing to buy. After all, sitting there and watching the show was boring. Of course, they had to buy some food and drinks. As for the light sticks and laser pointers, these things must be purchased. Wasn’t it cool to wave them during the show?
The most important thing was that these things were not expensive. The students could afford them. Otherwise, no one would buy these useless things.
Of course, Xu Qianxing had his own ideas. These kinds of light sticks, laser pens, and the like were basically sold at cost. The students would certainly feel they were cheap! His profit points were those drinks and snacks. The prices of these things were sold at almost the same price as supermarkets, and the profit was good.
There was also a reason why the light sticks and laser pens were sold at cost. These things were cheap, and basically, all students could afford it. In that way, the atmosphere would be livelier. How lively would the scene be if everyone were waving a light stick and a laser pointer?
This was the first large-scale event he had organized since he was the Student Union president. He wanted to become famous from this event to establish his position in the school. Initially, he also wanted to attract the girls’ attention to find a future partner for himself, but now, he felt that he no longer needed it. He had already set his target on Lin Zhiyun.
After the school leaders stepped down in the front row, Xu Qianxing made a gesture to his committees, indicating that the party could start.
The lights in the auditorium gradually dimmed. The male emcee in a black suit and the female emcee in a red evening gown walked onstage from behind the stage. This male emcee and female emcee were also considered to be the campus belle and campus hunk. Although the girl was not as famous as the few people on the campus belle list, and the male emcee wasn’t as stylish as Yang Ming, their appearance also drew enthusiastic applause and cheers.
Yang Ming and those beautiful campus belles were too illusory. For most of the students, they were too elusive. It was hard for someone to see them in school usually. The emcees in front of them were more relevant to their lives.
“Honorable leaders, teachers, and students, good evening, everyone.” The male emcee bowed and said, “I am the emcee, Lai Mingxu.”
Lai Mingxu’s words brought forth a burst of screams. It seemed that this Lai Mingxu was also a celebrity in college.
“I am the emcee, Ning Chen.” The female emcee also bowed together with the male emcee. “I hope everyone will have an unforgettable and enjoyable evening together.”
“The twenty-eighth campus art festival’s evening party of Song Jiang Industry University is now starting!” Lai Mingxu and Ning Chen announced together loudly.
The audience also gave warm applause, and the art festival program officially started. The first performance was a group dance, which was a national dance, brought by the school dance club. Of course, this dance was not that attractive to young people nowadays, but it matched the taste of those school leaders. The first row of leaders and guests nodded one after another, praising that this opening was good.
However, it didn’t matter if young people didn’t understand dance, they could see beautiful women. The girls in the dance club which are all top-notch and good-looking, so the wolves below stage straightened their eyes watching the performance.
Xu Qianxing stood behind the stage, and he was satisfied with the opening. He was able to win the leaders’ favors, and the students weren’t bored. He, indeed, put in a lot of thought to this art festival.
When screening the programs, Xu Qianxing did not dare to brush off all the orthodox songs and dances. After all, he had to take care of some of the leaders’ emotions, and it was impossible to satisfy the students’ tastes fully. However, while Xu Qianxing retained the orthodox programs, he also found programs that met the modern students’ liking.
For example, this dance, although it was a national dance, from the lighting effects and the dress of the dancers, it showed a kind of s.e.xy beauty which let the students who couldn’t understand the dance appreciate the other aspects of the show.