My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 186 Honey Confidence

Song Chuang arriving early to ease the company’s anxiety was indeed a good thing.

Therefore, Chen Yan responded readily, "Okay. No problem. I’ll arrange a car to pick you up."

"Alright, Mr. Chen," Song Chuang agreed, then added, "I’m going to board now. See you on Qin Island."

Chen Yan grunted in affirmation.

After hanging up, Chen Yan immediately picked up the phone and called the company’s driver to pick up Song Chuang from the airport.

Chen Yan himself stayed busy in his office for over an hour before he got ready and headed to the film company in advance.

In recent days, the atmosphere at the film company had been restless, with staff from various departments becoming somewhat distracted from work.

They felt this way simply because "23 Days of Heartbreak" couldn’t be released.

It was important to note that Chenlu Film Company was still a startup, and all the employees had transitioned from various companies, having worked at this new company for only two or three months, which hadn’t instilled much confidence in them yet.

Generally speaking, such situations could be resolved over time or through a resounding "victory" to boost everyone’s confidence.

But before victory could arrive, "adversity" struck first.

The company had worked hard for months on a film that was completely shot, but then it was suddenly blocked from release by major distribution companies in a politely indirect manner.

The occurrence of such a significant setback immediately caused panic within the company.

Thus, when Chen Yan arrived at the film company, there were incessant murmurs around, similar to a swarm of buzzing mosquitoes.

Chen Yan listened for a moment and heard several worrisome comments about the company,

"What’s going to happen to our company? The movie we finally finished can’t be released."

"I don’t know. Alas. If this project fails, jumping to another job won’t be easy."

"I really didn’t expect the Xu brothers to be so determined to block us. Does our company really have such big grievances with them?"

Upon seeing Chen Yan enter, the quiet murmurs throughout the company gradually disappeared as everyone lowered their heads, fearful of letting Chen Yan see their worries.

Chen Yan, however, didn’t mind; he looked around the company, smiled confidently, and said, "If you guys aren’t in the mood to work, take a break first. In twenty minutes, let’s gather in the conference room for a meeting."

Having said that, Chen Yan didn’t wait for the employees’ reactions, and headed straight to Yang Rou’s office instead.

After knocking and hearing a clear "Come in" from inside, Chen Yan pushed the door open.

Upon entering, his eyes immediately fell on Yang Rou, who was busy writing something with her head down.

Yang Rou always exuded an air of solemnity, complemented by her mature charm, attractive face and figure that made one believe that the kind of stunning female boss often depicted in dramas might actually exist.

Observing Yang Rou, Chen Yan asked, "Busy?"

Yang Rou looked up and upon seeing it was Chen Yan, she shook her head, "No. Did you need me, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Yan replied, "Yes. In twenty minutes, I want to have a meeting to discuss some recent matters."

Yang Rou nodded, "Okay."

Then she added, "Actually, I have something to report to you as well."

Chen Yan glanced at the documents on her desk and asked, "What is it?"

Yang Rou replied, "Recently, I received an interesting proposal for a variety program. I’ve refined it these past few days and thought I’d show it to you."

Chen Yan looked at her somewhat surprised.

Although he understood this woman’s capabilities thorough ’**Instant Camera**’, seeing her unaffected by the company’s crisis, and still having time and energy to plan for the company’s future, Chen Yan was still a bit shocked.

Chen Yan straightforwardly asked, "Haven’t you been worried about the distribution issue these few days?"

Yang Rou shook her head, "No."

"I remember you mentioned before that there’s a reliable distribution company on your side."

"From that time, I knew our distribution wouldn’t be a problem."

"The contingency distribution plans the company is working on are merely supplementing your distribution plan, for understanding and comparison, not that significant."

Chen Yan was truly surprised this time.

This woman... this inexplicable confidence she had... What’s the deal with that?

Could she also have a system?

Or... could her "intuition" for film projects apply to people as well?

While hesitating, Chen Yan chatted with Yang Rou for a few moments and also glanced through the proposed variety show plan.

Fifteen minutes later, he stood up and they both went to the conference room together.

Soon, all the employees gathered in the conference room, including Lu Man and Mei Li, who usually did not come to the office.

Upon their arrival, Yang Rou whispered an explanation to Chen Yan.

She mentioned that ever since the film was banned by the distribution companies, Lu Man and Mei Li had frequently come in to check on progress or discuss other possible solutions.

They probably just happened to be in the office, found out there was a meeting, and decided to join.

Chen Yan nodded slightly after hearing her explanation.

Once everyone had assembled, Chen Yan cleared his throat and said, "The reason I’ve called this meeting is that there are a few things I need to discuss."

"Everyone has been a bit restless these days, which I understand. After all, the most crucial thing after filming a movie is its release."

Hearing Chen Yan mention distribution, everyone in the company instinctively focused their attention on him.

Especially people like Lu Man, Mei Li, and Yang Nuannuan, who were particularly concerned about this issue, stared intently at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan surveyed the room before continuing,

"But don’t worry, our company’s distribution deal has actually already been confirmed, and the release date is set."

"It will premiere on November 11th, Singles’ Day."

Upon hearing Chen Yan’s words, the conference room fell silent for a moment, followed immediately by a buzzing of discussions.

"The distribution deal is already settled? Which company? Which department handled it?"

"I don’t know. I never heard about this being finalized."

"Isn’t it a small company? Or did we accept the terms from those major companies?"

"I don’t know... No news came out."

The people whispered among themselves quietly, and the senior managers looked at each other in confusion.

The head of the marketing department directly asked, "Mr. Chen, which distribution company did we settle with? We... seem to have never received any news about this."

Hearing the director’s question, the room gradually fell silent.

Everyone looked intently at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan glanced at him and smiled, saying, "It’s normal that you don’t know. Because I found the company myself."

"It’s called Tiandu Distribution."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, people in the conference room first got puzzled looks, then exchanged glances with their colleagues or familiar contacts, all showing signs of confusion in their eyes.

There are only so many well-known distribution companies in the industry, and they had truly never heard of this one.

The shrewder ones immediately took out their phones and searched online.

Wanting to see the background of this company and what movies it had distributed before.

However, when they looked it up, they were stunned.

Because... to date, this company had only distributed three or four low-budget films, and even those had bombed at the box office. It wasn’t even clear if they had made a loss.

Also, possibly aware of its poor management, this company hadn’t even engaged in distribution in recent years and had dropped off the radar entirely.

Seeing this company’s profile, those who searched felt their hearts sink.

This couldn’t even be considered a small company, right?

It was completely a shell company!

Our Mr. Chen... wasn’t he conned, was he...?

Since everyone was in the same conference room, news spread with no barriers, so it wasn’t long before the employees in the back rows were almost all aware of this company’s status.

For a moment, everyone looked at Chen Yan with a bit of embarrassment...

The news gradually traveled forward, reaching the front rows. After Mei Li heard about this company from someone next to her, she was also dumbfounded.

She stayed silent for a while, then quietly tugged at Lu Man’s arm, informing her of the news.

Lu Man, after hearing it, was equally astonished.

She looked at Chen Yan.

After Chen Yan finished discussing the matter, he started talking about Yang Rou’s new variety show.

She bit her lip and quietly sent a message to Chen Yan, [Chen Yan... this company, have you looked into it? From what I see, it doesn’t seem very promising. Don’t stress yourself for my sake, we can think of other solutions later.]

Unfortunately, since Chen Yan’s phone was on silent during the meeting, she sent the message but received no response.

At the same time, Yang Nuannuan, sitting in the back row, also looked worriedly at Chen Yan and sent a message to her mother, [Mom, here’s the information about this company. You should take a look.]

Yang Rou’s phone was on vibrate.

Feeling the vibration, she picked it up and glanced at it.

After reading the information sent by Yang Nuannuan, her face showed no emotion.

She read through the details in a flash, a moment of deep thought crossing her eyes, then a flicker of understanding.

She briefly replied, [It’s an acquisition, don’t worry.], put down the phone after sending the message, and continued to participate in the variety show discussion.

Yang Rou’s new variety show was actually quite promising, but unfortunately, the company was truly not interested in it at the moment...

So, even though Chen Yan, Yang Rou, and a few senior managers were enthusiastically discussing it, the people below weren’t listening, instead quietly exchanging messages through their phones.

Meanwhile, after receiving the message, Yang Nuannuan’s brows furrowed even more.