We couldn't talk about this matter in the office, so Wen Mengran simply left without saying a word.
In the afternoon, Lu Beicen suddenly received a WeChat notification from Wen Mengran, asking for a gathering in the evening, and Zheng Wei also came.
Seeing this name, Lu Beicen immediately understood Wen Mengran's intention. This was her style, it was still the same, unchanged at all, crisp and straightforward, and she liked to keep everything clear and clear.
If there is indeed something wrong with the project, then the person who is most likely to know the problem is Zheng Wei. Even if she doesn’t know everything, she definitely knows something. More importantly, she herself must be
There is no problem. If there is a problem, she will not be affected in any way, and Mr. Yang is simply suspended.
Today is a gathering at Wen Mengran's house. This community is located in Tianshui Yijing, a high-rise lake view next to Binhu Garden. Originally, before Wen Mengran got married, he wanted to buy a house in the community where Lu Beicen lived.
They were neighbors, but it turned out that Qi Yuanlang had already bought this large flat on the fifteenth floor, and even decorated it, leaving only a few cosmetic touches.
Wen Mengran's character likes this kind of broad vision, so he immediately took over the rest of the decoration work. Sometimes several girlfriends get together and look at Wen Mengran's happy face, and they can't help but sigh.
, this little wild cat has finally met someone who can calm her down. The key is that this person is as if he was specially created for her by God. He can fit anywhere, which is quite enviable.
Lu Beicen originally thought that Wen Mengran would definitely call Wei Ye, but he didn't know that there were only three of them today, and even Qi Yuanlang was not at home.
Dinner was very simple, because Wen Mengran only knew a few things. He fried a few pieces of steak and cod, served some pasta and fruit salad, and opened a bottle of noble rot.
Recently, Wen Mengran is obsessed with this kind of fermented wine made from rotten grapes. It has a special aroma and sweetness. The amber liquid goes well into the throat. No matter how much Lu Beicen drinks, he still feels the sweetness, which is a bit like
The wine made by my adoptive mother is just that one is clear and the other is slightly turbid, one has the pulpy flavor of raisins, and the other has the aroma of rice.
I don't know if the wine was a bit stinging because of the sweetness of the wine. Zheng Wei hissed softly. Although the sound was slight, both Lu Beicen and Wen Mengran noticed something strange about Zheng Wei. The plate of food in front of her did not move much.
Wen Mengran's eyes swept from Zheng Wei's face to the table, and then looked at Lu Beicen. Their eyes met, and they instantly read each other's guesses. Wen Mengran did not hesitate, and his eyes returned to Zheng Wei.
On his face, he simply went straight to the point: "Sister Wei, your makeup skills are high enough, and there is no one else in this room. Is it because of your hesitation and unwillingness to go out today? Did your brother-in-law attack you?"
Zheng Wei subconsciously raised her hand to touch her cheek, then glanced at Lu Beicen and Wen Mengran. Tears began to well up in her eyes. Lu Beicen quickly handed her a tissue.
Zheng Wei covered her eyes with a tissue, but she silently acquiesced.
Seeing that Zheng Wei was silent, Wen Mengran continued to ask: "Isn't this the first time?"
Zheng Wei remained silent, while Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen sighed together.
Wen Mengran put down the wine glass in his hand with some irritation: "Sister Wei, why are you doing this? We all know everything about your family, why do you have to tolerate him so much? There are three kinds of things like this.
You are an independent woman with a job, ability and appearance, can you do this?"
Seeing Zheng Wei's shoulders starting to shrug, Lu Beicen quickly interrupted Wen Mengran and said, "Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite. Sister Wei, why don't we go wash our faces first?"
Some injuries can be covered up for a while, but they cannot withstand the impact of emotional collapse. Everything Zheng Wei carefully concealed was completely destroyed in just a few words in front of those who cared about her...
After crying hard and washing her face with hot water, Zheng Wei's mood calmed down. Wen Mengran took her own skin care products and watched her apply them on her face, which had a green tint at the corners of her eyes and mouth.
, the anger in his heart turned into a sigh.
They had never seen Zheng Wei like this. She was always bright and beautiful. No matter how busy she was, she was always in order and not messy at all. The most appropriate way to describe her was to be smart and capable. In fact, they all thought of Zheng Wei.
With a respectful and insensitive sense of scrutiny, I always felt that she was too shrewd. The reason why she could identify with Zheng Wei from the bottom of her heart was because Du Chengran had talked about some of her past events.
Among them, the most shocking thing was Zheng Wei's love affair.
More than ten years ago, Zheng Wei was actually a little flower on satellite TV, hosting a weekly youth variety show. At that time, some things were quite confusing. Zheng Wei was forcibly replaced because she offended a brand owner.
I have been sitting on the bench for a long time.
At that time, Zheng Wei's boyfriend was just an ordinary music teacher. The two fell in love in college. Zheng Wei cherished this relationship, and the two got married when her career was at its lowest.
During this time of sitting on the bench, Zheng Wei took on the hosting of some commercial activities outside, and gradually learned to plan. She began to take over events by herself, and helped her husband open a music training institution. Later, she worked under Mr. Yang and took the initiative to choose
I went behind the scenes and joined the planning department. I started from the most ordinary planning and slowly got to where I am today.
Zheng Wei's husband's music training institution has also grown bigger and bigger. Now it has become famous in Zhongjiang, with dozens of chain training institutions opened across the province.
It can be said that both Zheng Wei's own work and her husband's music training institution are full of her hard work and have built her into a proper professional elite.
But the woman in front of me, who had taken off her high heels and makeup, with a face full of hurt and exhaustion, looked particularly weak and pitiful at the moment.
This is when Yu Weishi fell in love, and for the sake of the person she loved, she gave up all the glitz and even endured hardship and hardship to start all over again. But now, time has used the cruelest way to slap her deeply.
"I didn't want to divorce before because my daughter was still young after all. Their family just kept forcing me to have another child, mainly to have a son, but neither of us met the situation to have a second child. I just wanted to have a second child."
If you are pregnant, you will definitely not be able to keep your job, at least not your current position." Zheng Wei looked sad and spoke very slowly.
"This time, he gave me an ultimatum because the woman he was with outside was already pregnant with his child. No matter whether I choose to divorce or not, that woman and child cannot be erased. So,
Now I just think that no matter what, I have to let my daughter live with me..."
Lu Beicen and Wen Mengran accidentally thought of Li Yang. Both of them were mature women who could control their own lives. However, the harm caused by love and marriage to them was so similar yet different.
Zheng Wei seemed to see something from the silence between the two of them, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I've said something about Li Yang. Although we are both very unfortunate, I still envy her. At least Du Chengran is with her.
She has always been single-minded, so she should have no regrets or regrets."
"As for me, although I have regrets and regrets, if I go back and deduce it again, I may still choose this way. Therefore, whoever takes which path is destined..."
At this time, Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen can only be listeners. They have seen and experienced things, which are so different. Besides, people with ideas like Zheng Wei probably only need a silent listener at this moment.
"I'm going too far. I know why you have to come to me today." Zheng Wei raised her head and forced a smile.
At this time, Wen Mengran felt a little guilty: "Sister Wei, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. I don't know you..."
"It's okay. I'm here already. I came out to chat with you. It's just a way to relax. I'm just sorry that you used to be a trash can. I want to say that I actually don't know what happened.
Do you believe it?" Zheng Wei spread her hands with a frank look on her face.
Lu Beicen frowned, and a trace of hesitation flashed across Wen Mengran's face. Seeing their expressions, Zheng Wei knew that they didn't believe it at all. A wry smile appeared on her face: "I handle all projects, not to mention outsourcing.
, the rest of the accounts are clear, and the process is also clear. During the year-end audit last year, all projects were reported, and there were no abnormalities."
"If, I mean if, if there is a problem, it should be an outsourced project, but this is also within the scope of the license, and normal profits are retained. The third-party company that is outsourced is also a company that I have cooperated with.
, I didn’t see anything fishy.”
Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen both knew that for the outsourcing projects Zheng Wei mentioned, sometimes they had to be outsourced to outside production companies due to manpower shortages, Party A's special needs in project production, or other reasons.
This is a very common situation. The so-called company that has been cooperating with us means that the other party's qualifications are qualified in all aspects and have a certain size.
There is really nothing questionable about this situation.
Lu Beicen pondered for a moment before asking: "Sister Wei, can we take a look at last year's report?"
Zheng Wei was a little confused, but nodded cooperatively: "This is not a secret. I have the original document in my mailbox. Xiaoran brings a computer over."
Wen Mengran looked at Lu Beicen and said with some confusion: "Sister Wei, this is the import and export end, but most of the execution is done by us. Do you want to check whether we are executing these outsourced films?
Sister Wei is outsourced?"
Lu Beicen nodded, but Zheng Wei shook her head and said: "This is unlikely. Every project you implement has production fees allocated according to the proportion of the contract. Unless there is a favor order from the advertising department, it will
It will be treated as a task to cooperate with, and you can only get a fixed contribution fee..."
As he spoke, Zheng Wei paused in his words, but Wen Mengran had already figured out the key points: "This is the key point. When we execute it, we don't actually ask too much about what the film is based on.
Proportional settlement is still based on basic tasks. Even if someone occasionally complains, it is still higher than the fee for making a program, so everyone will not have so much to do, not to mention that these things are basically handled by Mr. Yang himself.
Yes, who dares to ask?"
Lu Beicen nodded and added: "And because the progress of the projects we have at hand is not fixed, every time we get Party A's consent to receive the film, and then submit the order ourselves, then we can pay the royalties.
"
"Then, if you execute the contract that has been outsourced, does it mean that the outsourcing company just helped to settle the accounts?" Zheng Wei muttered softly.
Lu Beicen sighed softly. She really didn't want to believe that this guess was true, but everything in front of her made her have to think about it...
Wen Mengran seemed to be even more unwilling to think about it than she was, so she not only did not go to get the computer, but shook her head in denial: "Speaking of which, although what you said makes sense, it is just us guessing. Okay, why are we
If you don’t believe what you see, why should you believe your own guesses instead?”
Zheng Wei didn't say anything. She had worked under Mr. Yang for the longest time and understood Mr. Yang's work attitude best. She had always been very clear and clear, and there weren't that many fishy things.
"Xiao Bei, don't talk about it, just talk about the recent incident. Don't you understand? They are willing to pay 2 million to withdraw the article. No matter whether it is in private or in public, Mr. Yang just doesn't nod. That's the second time.
One million, how many projects do we have to do to make a net profit of two million? Isn't this the news you got?" Wen Mengran continued.
It was a weight-loss biscuit that was selling like crazy in a certain circle. Because of the court's decision, many complaints from viewers, and the death case of meal replacements on the Internet, Lu Beicen and the others simply made a plan and took a deep look at these cookies.
What is the core of biscuits disguised as weight loss?
After a joint investigation with the Ministry of Information, we discovered that the water inside is bottomless. There are some that have nothing added just to make money, some that have added certain ingredients to speed up metabolism, and some that are directly banned by orders.
, and even chemical compositions that have had big troubles in the past.
Many of these biscuits come from the same company that has many brands and found an OEM company to make them. During the interview, they found an inspection agency for testing, and also interviewed subjects from the National Key Laboratory of Food Engineering.
The leader, whether it is the test results or the professor's speech, is enough to tear apart the appearance of this scam. A box of 1,380 biscuits is not as good for weight loss as the 4 or 5 yuan gluten-free biscuits in the supermarket. Who dares to believe it?
And according to the professor, using biscuits as a meal replacement for weight loss is a joke in itself. No matter how low-fat and low-sugar it is, it always contains starch...
The film was broadcast jointly by the News Department and the Special Topic Department. The News Department used the portion of complaints from viewers, while the Special Topic Department covered the entire industry chain from production to fraudulent sales.
After it was aired, a storm quickly arose. Those brands sent lawyers letters and sent people to negotiate, and some worked privately. They just asked for two million to be removed from the Internet.
As the main planner of this matter, Lu Beicen actually felt the pressure from Mr. Yang. Before the broadcast, someone should have approached him, because she clearly remembered that when the filming was completed that day, she had already got off work.
Mr. Yang suddenly found her and asked her to tell her the overall situation.
When he heard that there was a court trial and personal injury involved, Mr. Yang was very decisive and said: "Since that's the case, let's broadcast it as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams!"
Afterwards, Lu Beicen learned from a lawyer he was familiar with that the company involved in the largest brand had even approached Mr. Yang, not only for the two million in private, but also for other legal and compliance fees from their company.
The brand advertised on urban channels, and as long as the video could be removed from the Internet, Mr. Yang refused.
At that time, Lu Beicen and others who participated in the planning and unannounced visits all felt a sense of accomplishment, and they also admired the leaders of the channel, especially Mr. Yang, who was willing to take on the trouble without being afraid of it.
But in today's situation, Lu Beicen couldn't help but sigh: "Are you trying to convince me or yourself? That's the bottom line. It's the bottom line for journalists and TV people. But right now..."
"Isn't this the same as the bottom line? The bottom line of being a human being and being a leader!" Wen Mengran scratched his head irritably, stood up resolutely, entered the room like a gust of wind, came out with a computer in a blink of an eye, and glared at Lu Beicen.
Lu Beicen was a little amused by Wen Mengran's childishness, but Zheng Wei looked at the computer in front of him and didn't move for a long time. After being silent for a long time, he said: "Actually, there is really no need. This matter has nothing to do with you.
It doesn’t matter much.”
Wen Mengran said angrily: "It does matter, why doesn't it matter? For us, this is a matter of belief."
Lu Beicen glanced at Wen Mengran and explained helplessly: "Strictly speaking, we people grew up under Mr. Yang. They told us what is right and what is wrong. As long as we
Once it comes into contact, there shouldn't be any gray area, but we actually all know the general direction of this matter, but..."
Zheng Wei opened her notebook and said: "Okay, I can understand. Although I have never worked in journalism or run into social circles, I understand what you are thinking. In fact, you are not trying to prove right and wrong, but professional habits.
I just want you to find out clearly."
Pulling out the original report from Zheng Wei's email, Wen Mengran started to compare it without saying a word. The more he looked at it, the more depressed he became. Finally, he signaled to Lu Beicen in a very low voice: "Two, the outsourcing amount is ten
Seventy thousand..."
The confirmed speculation made Lu Beicen feel extremely heavy. Compared to Wen Mengran, she only had many more projects. Sure enough, she quickly discovered five projects and the total outsourcing amount reached fifty.
Twenty thousand.
Lu Beicen compared the form, but what he was thinking in his mind was that since Mr. Tang knew that it was a project-related issue, why didn't he just let them ignore this part of the outsourced film and leave it alone?
So, did I make a mistake, or did Mr. Tang have other ideas?