The Mightiest Little Peasant

Chapter 562: Too Capricious

Three days later, Tang Hao met Liu Yan in a private room in New Magical Kitchen.

Next to her was a man in his forties with a refined face.

“Nice to meet you, Chairman Tang! I have admired you for a long time!”

Seeing Tang Hao, the man hurriedly stood up and extended his hand.

Although the boy in front of him was young, he was a legend in the business world. He built Haotian Group from scratch just over a year ago.

Haotian Group’s previous quarter financial report had shocked many people.

The net profit exceeded one billion!

That was an unimaginable achievement for a new group of companies.

The man himself was a loyal user of many of Haotian Group’s products.

‘The young man is truly an extraordinary person!’ He sized up Tang Hao and thought to himself.

“Chairman Tang, this is Zhuo Hong, whom I mentioned to you before. Mr. Zhuo has worked in the film and television industry for many years and is quite famous.” Liu Yan stood from her seat and introduced the man to Tang Hao.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Zhuo!” Tang Hao smiled and shook hands with him.

“It’s my honor to be a member of the Haotian Group!” Zhuo Hong bowed slightly to Tang Hao and said excitedly.

“Now that we’re acquainted, let’s take a seat!” Tang Hao said.

“We’ve already gathered enough human resources for the company, Chairman Tang. After that will be the registration and other official procedures,” Zhuo Hong said.

“Procedures? That’s easy. I’ll make a call later and get it approved immediately!” Tang Hao said.

Zhuo Hong was stunned.

‘Wow! How arrogant can he be?

‘Haha! He must be joking!’

Liu Yan leaned over and whispered into his ear.

His entire body trembled, and he sucked in a mouthful of cold air. He was quite terrified of the young man in front of him.

‘What? You mean he has connections with the province leaders and high-ranking officials? And he knows some of the VIPs in the Capital too?

‘What a terrifying background!’

He was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. He wiped his cold sweat and stammered, “Then... then... there’s no problem.”

‘With such a powerful background, there won’t be a problem!’ He thought to himself. He glanced at Tang Hao and was even more in awe of him.

‘What else don’t we know about Chairman Tang?’

He thought for a while and said, “Well... Chairman Tang, after the company is operational, we’ll have to make a good first impression with our first work.”

“That’s already in the works. Take a look at this script.”

Tang Hao placed a script on the table and pushed it toward Zhuo Hong.

Zhuo Hong furrowed his brows when he took it and looked at it. “Mao Mountain Taoist Master?”

Then, he briefly browsed through the script. As he read, he could not help but nod and exclaim, “Wonderful! This is quite wonderful! It’s the typical style of whimsical comedy.

“Comedy movies are the mainstream nowadays. Everyone likes to watch them. They’re relaxing and enjoyable!

“What’s rare is that there’s quite a bit of action and some moving scenes. This is amazing! Hmm, there are quite a few fighting scenes. If they can be filmed well, it’ll be even more wonderful.

“Wouldn’t the ratings board have an issue with ghosts and superstitions?”

Tang Hao said, “I’ll try my best. I’ll rely on my connections. If it doesn’t work out, we can make slight changes. That won’t affect the general plot.”

“That’s true! Right, who wrote this script? It’s quite excellent!”

“It’s a friend of mine. Look at this pen name. Ever heard of it?”

“Mr. Ghost? Hmm... that name is familiar. Oh, right! Isn’t that the famous blogger? I’ve heard of him before. So that’s how it is!” Zhuo Hong suddenly understood.

Tang Hao smiled and said, “So the script is ready. I’ve also chosen the director. Once the company is operational, we’ll pull the production team together and start shooting! We’ll try to finish this movie in about three months and release it in time for the Lunar New Year.”

“Huh? Three months?”

Zhuo Hong was stunned. His face was replete with disbelief.

“You must be joking, Chairman Tang! Three months might be enough for a romance movie, but it’s not possible to shoot an action movie with special effects! Even half a year isn’t enough.”

“Special effects? We don’t really need special effects!” Tang Hao said.

“But...”

‘If we don’t use special effects, how should we shoot the fight scenes?’ Zhuo Hong was worried.

‘This is a fantasy movie, not a realistic movie!’

Beside him, Liu Yan held her forehead helplessly.

‘It looks like Chairman Tang isn’t serious about this. Even I know that we can’t shoot an action movie in three months. Does he think that we don’t need special effects too? That’s even more ridiculous!’

‘Also, which director did Chairman Tang hire? It shouldn’t be some random, third-rate director, right?

‘Otherwise, why would he think that we can shoot an action movie with no special effects in three months?

‘This might ruin Haotian’s brand!’

She did not dare to think about how horrible the box office and the ratings of the movie might be.

‘What kind of negative comments would it attract? What kind of impact would it have on the reputation of Haotian Group?

‘Right now, Haotian is in the limelight. Many people are looking at what we’ll do next!

‘If our first venture into the film industry is a bad movie, the negative reviews would be enough to drown us.

‘I bet there are many people who can’t wait to see us go up in flames too.

‘That’s not even considering the financial impact on the group...’

Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

‘Chairman Tang is indeed still young. He’s too impulsive and capricious!’

“How much do you plan to invest in this movie, Chairman Tang?” Liu Yan asked.

“Well, I haven’t thought about it, but I’m sure it’ll need tens of millions!” Tang Hao said.

Liu Yan facepalmed, thinking that all that money would go down the drain.

Zhuo Hong sat there with an awkward look on his face.

He was beginning to think that something was amiss.

He had thought that Chairman Tang was sincere in his venture into the film industry, but it seemed that he was only fooling around.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he eventually did not.

After all, he was only an employee. Who was he to tell his boss how to spend money?

Besides, it was inevitable for a young and successful person like Chairman Tang to be ambitious.

However, Haotian Group had stable financial resources, so it was fine for Chairman Tang to mess around a little. He might even learn a lesson if the venture failed.

At that moment, the two of them stopped talking.

“That settles it! You can go and get the company set up as soon as possible. I’ll be leaving first.”

After saying that, Tang Hao got up and left.

It was the National Day holiday period, and Tang Hao did not have to attend classes. He accompanied Yan’er and toured around Provincial City.

At the same time, he paid close attention to Tianze Entertainment.

Liu Bingyao might still be in training, but the company had been preparing for her eventual debut.

She had uploaded several of her covers of well-known love songs on Weibo, and they had caused quite a stir.

The popularity of those videos skyrocketed when Tianze’s marketing account promoted them. She was poised to be an Internet celebrity.

“Oh my god! She’s so beautiful, like a fairy!”

That was what many people commented about her.

“She’s so beautiful, and her voice is heavenly! Can anyone tell me what her name is? I’m falling in love with her!”

Her popularity continued to increase. Very soon, she would be a trending topic.

Her official, company-managed account appeared. In one day, it gained about a hundred thousand followers.