Chapter 54 - Tyrannical CEO, Chu Tianye~
Chapter 54: Tyrannical CEO, Chu Tianye~
Translator: Lordbluefire
Hence, he stopped moving and waved his hands to Jing Zhen. “Grandpa, let me meet with my staff first before I look for you later haha~”
Jing Zhen nodded and indicated that he understood. After that, he saw Jin Chi`en who was standing before him, also waving his hands back and nodding amiably.
Jing Zhen: “?”
Shen Qianhui: “?”
After Jin Chi`en greeted the boss, he turned and saw the shocked looks on their faces. Hence, he coughed and laughed. “The terms of address used by young people nowadays are all very strange. Many female fans called me daddy, and their children would naturally call me grandpa. However, this also indicated that the new boss’s mother is one of my fans…”
After he explained, he saw the expressions of Shen Qianhui and Jing Zhen growing even more unsightly.
Jin Chi`en snorted. “Your fanbase is so small, so you naturally won’t know of the differences between fans. No wonder you look so shocked at the mention of this.”
Jing Zhen: “…”
He suddenly laughed. He wondered how ugly Jin Chi`en’s expression would be later when Little Ye rushed over.
Brother Li’s original name was Li Zhuo, a top-tier manager of the company. One could say that other than Jin Chi`en who had a high status in the entertainment industry, even the other heavenly kings and queens and popular movie stars had to give him face.
Other than the boss, he could be considered the person with the most authority in the company.
He led a group of staff and was currently respectfully bowing to Shen Ruojing. “There are currently only so many staff. The artists are upstairs and will meet with you later.”
After speaking, Brother Li glanced at Jin Chi`en and laughed. “Heavenly King Jin rushed over when he heard that you would be coming over here to inspect the company today. Boss, do you want to go and greet him to indicate that you value him?”
Not every entertainment company would have a heavenly king or queen. Hence, the existence of Jin Chi`en was like the trump card of their company.
Shen Ruojing was surprised when she heard this.
She had paid attention to Jing Zhen’s career path before.
Jing Zhen could always make ‘splashes’ when he acted as an extra. This was because he was too good-looking, and the entertainment industry lacked someone so good-looking yet versatile enough to act in other roles.
The reason why his career was bumpy was that every time he made ‘splashes’, news about him would be covered up by other news.
After that, Shen Ruojing discovered that this was caused by Jin Chi`en.
He was a singing king that debuted together with her father, but he was clearly jealous of Jing Zhen’s looks, so he had been trying to suppress Jing Zhen. This was why Jin Zhen wasn’t popular despite having been in the industry for so many years.
Shen Ruojing asked Jing Zhen before if he wanted to become popular.
At that time, Jing Zhen’s reply was that he didn’t care if he was popular or not. It was good enough as long as he had roles to act in.
Also, he loved to act as extras. The term of employment for extras wasn’t long and he could experience many characters.
Hence, Shen Ruojing didn’t interfere in this matter. After all, she had too many identities and had long since retired. It was better for her family members to be low-profile.
However, being low-profile didn’t mean that one had to endure being bullied.
She looked over and calmly spoke, “The person beside him is…?”
Bro Li didn’t wait for her to finish speaking. He quickly explained, “Oh, he is Jing Zhen. He is just an insignificant small-time actor in the company that doesn’t have any representative works under his name. Other than being good-looking, his acting skills are bad and he doesn’t have the fate to become popular.”
After speaking, Bro Li winked. “Boss, recently he refused to comply with the company’s rules and acted like a big-shot, thinking that he is now extremely popular after playing a few roles. Now, he is even here to dissolve his contract with the company. He is really shameless. If it wasn’t for the fact that he is good-looking, I would have long since sealed his career path.”
He lowered his voice again and moved closer to Shen Ruojing. “Oh right, Jin Chi`en hates him a lot. Boss, if you want to do Jin Chi`en a favor, you can simply suppress Jing Zhen.”
The boss of an entertainment company had to co-exist peacefully with their heavenly king-level celebrity. This was the hidden rule of the entertainment industry.
For singers of such popularity, most of them would have dissolved their contracts with their companies and set up their individual studios or even began to groom singers of the next generation.
The reason why Jin Chi`en remained in the company was because of the Yun Family’s resources. He was giving them face.
Shen Ruojing shot a cold look at Li Zhuo. After that, she brought Chu Tianye and went to Jing Zhen.
Chu Tianye seemed to understand something. His eyes brightened as he ran toward Jing Zhen.
Jin Chi`en had a smile on his face.
Seeing that they were about to arrive, he took the initiative to bend down and was preparing to chat with the child. However, the child simply ran past him…
Jin Chi`en: “?”
He turned around in puzzlement and saw the child hugging Jing Zhen’s leg before asking in a bewildered voice, “Grandpa, why are you here?”
Jin Chi`en: “??”
Could this boy be a fan of Jing Zhen?
He also had kids as his fans?
As he pondered, he saw Shen Ruojing walking over to Jing Zhen. “Dad, Mom, you guys came here to dissolve the contract?”
Jin Chi`en: “!!”
Li Zhuo: “!!”
The two of them stared at Jing Zhen with complete disbelief.
If it was a female fan, it would still be understandable if she called Jing Zhen ‘dad’ or ‘daddy’, but why would she call Shen Qinhui ‘mother’?
They stared in astonishment at Jing Zhen before turning to look at Shen Ruojing and Chu Tianye again. Li Zhuo couldn’t help but ask, “Boss…Is he your father?”
Shen Ruojing narrowed her eyes.
Chu Tianye placed his arms at the side of his waist and spoke to Li Zhuo, “Listen carefully, he is my biological grandfather. Earlier, what did you say about my grandpa? A small-time actor?”
Li Zhuo’s countenance drastically changed. “This, this…”
Chu Tianye stretched his hand out and didn’t give him a chance to explain. He then pointed to Li Zhuo. “You are fired!”
These three words were spoken with the demeanor of a tyrannical boss.
Everyone in the department heard it!
Hearing this, Li Zhuo turned ashen.
Jin Chi`en who was beside them narrowed his eyes. He suddenly spoke, “Bro Li has worked for this company for decades and has been very professional. Why is boss firing him?”
“Are you doubting my decision?”
Chu Tianye lifted his head and looked at Jin Chi`en. He suddenly discovered that this person was taller than him and had a stronger aura, so he glanced around before running to the side and coming back with a chair. After that, he stood on the chair, looking down at Jin Chi`en while pointing at him. “You are also fired!”
Jin Chi`en’s eyes flashed with a hint of panic. His face turned gloomy as he looked at Chu Tianye. “You…”
“Pak! Pak! Pak!”
Suddenly, the sound of applause rang out.
The few of them turned and saw a man of around forty years old walking in.
He was slightly plump and his features resembled Yun Zhengyang. Upon entering, his eyes immediately fell onto Shen Qianhui, and he smiled.
“You must be aunt’s daughter? Let me introduce myself, I’m Yun Zhengze from the third house. I’ve always been the one managing this company. I came here this time to tell you guys that both Li Zhuo and Jin Chi`en cannot be fired!”
As he said this, Li Zhuo and Jin Chi`en both heaved a huge sigh of relief.
Yun Zhengze was from the third house of the Yun Family. With him here, nothing would happen to them…