In the end, Chen Minhao still troubled Chen Qiang to drive the group to the office.
After the group took the elevator to the 19th floor, Father Chen praised: "The decoration style here is good, but it uses a lot of wooden materials, which can catch fire easily. Please prepare more fire extinguishers here."
As Dad Chen walked inside, he asked, "Is this the recently popular shared office? Which office do you rent?"
Chen Minhao was stunned for a moment and said, "I rented these."
Father Chen smiled and shook his head: "You are still bragging to your father. There are only a few people in your studio. Do you really need to rent such a big office?"
Chen Qiang said: "Brother Hao really rented these 580 square meters."
Father Chen looked at Chen Minhao and asked, "Are you paying for it yourself?"
Chen Minhao nodded and said, "Well, 220,000 per month."
Mother Chen stared at Chen Minhao and said, "You can't even sit half of the table now, right? Even if you have easy money, you have to save some money."
"Don't listen to your mother. Your office and car are your best business cards when negotiating contracts with people. The money is worth spending." Dad Chen tapped the table with his hand, as if to identify what kind of wood it was made of: "I Hey, how many buns do I need to sell to earn 220,000?"
Mother Chen asked: "Aren't you still in that brokerage company now? Didn't you say that the boss was okay last time? Why are you in such a hurry to rent an office? And renting one is so expensive."
Chen Minhao thought for a while and said: "Since I will open my own studio in the future, some employees can come to work now and separate from the agency. When I really want to leave, the impact can be minimized."
Father Chen thought for a while and said: "We support you if you want to be your own boss, but if you want to open a studio by yourself, you actually have more things to worry about. In fact, money is endless. In order to make more money, It’s not worth the hard work!”
"In fact, money is secondary. I can only say that what I want to do may be unprecedented in the global entertainment industry and unprecedented. For some choices, I may choose risky choices. If I sign with a brokerage company, the company You may not support every decision. But if you are your own boss, you will have a lot of freedom." Chen Minhao paused and said: "And in order to achieve this goal, I may recruit a variety of talents, and it will be better if I have my own studio. convenient."
"Okay, you are an adult now. Just think about it yourself." Dad Chen smiled and said, "What is your goal, son?"
Chen Minhao thought for a moment and said, "Become a world-famous superstar."
Father Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "What a good boy, he is ambitious."
At this moment, Chen Qiang's phone suddenly rang.
After Chen Qiang picked up the phone, after listening to a few sentences, he handed the phone to Chen Minhao and said, "Brother Hao, Director Zhang is looking for your phone number."
As soon as Chen Minhao took the phone, he heard Zhang Xushan's voice: "Why didn't you answer my call for a long time? Fortunately, I saved your assistant's phone number."
Before Chen Minhao could explain, Zhang Xushan's excited voice came from the receiver again.
"The ratings for the Spring Festival Gala are out, what do you think they are?"
"Guess" was the question Chen Minhao was least willing to answer, but he also didn't want to dampen Zhang Xushan's interest.
Chen Minhao recalled the ratings of previous years, excluding broadcasts: 13%, 8.3%, 8.9%, and he casually said a number: "15%."
Zhang Xushan said cheerfully: "I originally thought that burning high incense would not reach 15%. After all, last year's ratings were less than 9%. As a result, this year's ratings were 18%. The ratings reached their peak when you sang "Blue and White Porcelain" , with 21.388%.”
Chen Minhao immediately took over the conversation and said: "Congratulations, congratulations, Director Zhang, you have turned around the decline of the Spring Festival Gala."
Zhang Xushan: "Hahaha, now several leaders in the station have asked me to continue directing the Spring Festival Gala next year."
Chen Minhao asked: Director Zhang, will you continue to direct the Spring Festival Gala next year
Zhang Xushan said categorically: "Of course not. I'm old and can't take the trouble anymore. More importantly, I have to know how to give up when things get good. Being a director of the Spring Festival Gala is actually the same as being a salesperson.
The goal they set for me this year was 12%, and I accomplished it. When they see that I have done well this year, they can set a goal of 25% for next year. "
Chen Minhao sighed and said: "The figure of 25% is not easy."
Zhang Xushan agreed and said, "That's right. Instead of achieving an impossible goal, it would be better to change the director next year and come to me when others can't handle it. Then their expectations will be lowered."
Zhang Xushan may have said a little too much because he was excited.
But the scheming revealed in his few words made Chen Minhao have to praise him from the bottom of his heart: "Old and cunning."
However, Chen Minhao does not rule out that he intends to bring the relationship closer between the two by revealing his inner feelings in this way. After all, the two were more interested in each other before.
After thinking of this, Chen Minhao felt that a curse word should be added before the four words "Old and cunning" - "Too damn old and cunning".
After the ratings came out, many news media reported one after another.
"Spring Festival Gala ratings are out!" 》
"Shock! The performer of the Spring Festival Gala finale show "Blue and White Porcelain" turned out to be him"
"A brief analysis of the reasons for the increase in ratings of this year's Spring Festival Gala"
"Director Zhang Xushan is the best Spring Festival Gala director in the past seven years! 》
"Spring Festival Gala Unveiling--Why Director Zhang Xushan Keeps "Blue and White Porcelain" Strictly Secret"
"Spring Festival Gala Director Zhang Xushan, please cheer for him!" 》
"He single-handedly led a genre. Will this be the first year of Chinese style?" 》
At this time, Chen Minhao knew nothing about it. He was being clearly arranged by Father Chen.
He took Chen Qiang and called Kang Hui under the supervision of Chen's father.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently active."
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently active."
Chen Minhao called three times in a row but no one answered. It was not until the fourth time that he finally got through.
Before Chen Minhao could speak, he heard Kang Hui's extremely fast voice: "Xiaoqiang, what can you do? I'm a little busy here. If you don't have anything important to do, just talk later."
"Sister Kang, it's me, Chen Minhao."
When Kang Hui heard Chen Minhao's voice, a volcano erupted:
"Chen Minhao! Do you want to go to heaven if you don't answer a call all morning? Do you know how many people have called me after they couldn't contact you? I only had two bites of lunch."
Chen Minhao smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry, I didn't think carefully. I didn't like too many phone calls, so I silenced my phone. You can also learn from me and give yourself a holiday."
Kang Hui refused decisively and said angrily: "You can be lazy, but I can't. If you miss any opportunity because of your willfulness and mine, there will be no place to cry. Tell me, what do you want to do with me?"
Chen Minhao said: "I want to learn to drive. Can you arrange a coach to teach me tomorrow?"
Kang Hui asked in surprise: "It's rare for you to take a break. Don't you plan to spend time with your parents?"
Chen Minhao curled his lips and said angrily: "My dad asked me to learn it tomorrow."
Kang Hui's hearty laughter came from the phone.
She smiled and said: "I will ask the coach to find Chen Qiang when I contact him. You can learn the various driving techniques first, and then you can arrange the test."
The next day, Chen Minhao met his coach, Zhang Shuai, at a driving school in the suburbs.
He is relatively tall and has good facial features, but his skin is very dark.
Chen Minhao said apologetically: "I'm usually very busy, so I can only learn to drive at this time. I'm sorry."
Zhang Shuai waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "It's okay. I get three times the salary for overtime work, and our boss also sent me a big red envelope. Besides, if I don't come out, I have to go on a blind date at home. I might as well come out and make money."
Zhang Shuai was impatient and said, "It's quite cold outside, let's get in the car and talk."
Zhang Shuai directly asked Chen Minhao to sit in the driver's seat, while he himself sat in the passenger seat.
Zhang Shuai said directly: "I know you are quite busy, so I will mainly teach you some practical things these days. You can look back at the theoretical content yourself.
By the way, driving is very simple. Learning to drive is no easier than singing or performing. You have to remember what I say carefully. "
Three hours later, coach Zhang Shuai said in surprise: "Have you really never learned to drive? You picked up too quickly."
Chen Minhao originally wanted to say: Really not, but I have been faster at things since elementary school.
But then he thought about it, it might not be good for someone to show off like this during the Chinese New Year, so he smiled and said, "It turns out that I have been exposed to it a little bit."
Zhang Shuai showed an expression that was indeed the case.
Chen Minhao spent three days in the second, third and fourth grade of junior high school learning to drive.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Minhao originally thought he could rest, but he forgot a life motto: remember not to set a flag in life.
Chen Minhao once said to his parents during the New Year's Eve dinner: The Spring Festival Gala is over, and I can finally rest for a while.
As a result, I took my parents to visit the office in the first grade of junior high school, and learned to drive from the second to fourth grade of junior high school.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Kang Hui called Chen Minhao early in the morning and asked him to prepare for the company's annual meeting.
(End of chapter)