Chapter 241

Beicheng Garden residential complex.

"Click—" Shen Yu Yan opened a cold drink and gently handed it to Tang Song's side.

"The number of micro-short dramas filed for filming this year has exceeded 2,200, and the annual short drama market scale is expected to reach 37 billion..."

"The rapid development of the market has attracted a large influx of capital, and many listed companies are actively laying out micro-short drama businesses..."

Under Shen Yu Yan's intentional guidance, the topic gradually shifted to "micro-short dramas."

Tang Song listened quietly, chiming in from time to time.

He had also briefly learned about the short dramas that had recently become popular; they were a new form of drama.

Short duration, tight plot, diverse themes, satisfying the audience's demand for fast-food cultural consumption—it really had great market prospects.

Xu Qing also showed considerable enthusiasm, discussing the recently popular short dramas with them. After all, she was about to join a new company, and she had seriously checked the information in this regard, speaking quite articulately.

Occasionally, she would act spoiled and cute, or help Tang Song serve dishes, acting as the atmosphere setter.

The atmosphere at the dining table was very pleasant, with constant laughter.

Approaching 9 o'clock in the evening.

Tang Song took a sip of his iced drink, looked at the two young and beautiful alumni opposite, and smiled: "Today's dinner was very much to my taste, I'm quite full. Let's talk about the investment now."

He was very satisfied with the performance of these two alumni today.

And this matter also involved his own growth tasks; it was time to move forward.

Shen Yu Yan nodded and gently put down her chopsticks.

After a moment of silence, she looked into Tang Song's eyes and said: "Tang Song, first I have to say sorry to you. A new investor has appeared for Youjie Housekeeping; it's a smart home enterprise from the Imperial Capital that can complement our platform. The other shareholders are more inclined to accept this company's investment, so... sorry, today is mainly to apologize to you for this."

Her foot under the table nudged her best friend, her bright, clear peach-blossom eyes revealing deep apologies.

Xu Qing hurriedly swallowed the braised pork in her mouth, suddenly bent down, and lowered her head: "Sorry!"

Her twin tails flew up, looking very sincere.

Tang Song raised his eyebrows, thinking through the key point after a slight reflection: "Is it because the other partners have opinions about me, right?"

This wasn't hard to guess.

He had learned about Shen Yu Yan's entrepreneurial process from Xu Qing, and through the business plan and Juqing Juqing Hui Jin's research, he was very clear about Youjie Housekeeping's internal equity structure and personnel relationships.

For example, the college class monitor Wang Ning, although only a small shareholder, had a certain right to speak as the technical lead.

Or that seed-round investor, the rich second-generation alumnus Hou Shaoyuan, who definitely had ideas about the school belle Shen.

Now that there were other choices, they would definitely reject him.

Shen Yu Yan bit her lip and said earnestly: "In short, this matter is my fault, I'm very sorry, I let you down."

As one of the two founders of Youjie Housekeeping, she could actually persuade Zhang Tianqi to support her and take Tang Song's investment.

However, for the sake of the team's stability and the bright future promised by Gongying Technology, she ultimately gave up this opportunity.

Tang Song smiled and shook his head, his tone firm: "It doesn't matter, investment itself is meant to appreciate in value along with the company's growth and profitability. If the invested company's founding team has opinions, that's also a huge operational risk. Even if you let me invest, I would refuse."

【3 Capital Upstart】 in the 【Second Stage Growth Plan Task】 was to let him improve himself and complete 3 effective venture capital investments externally.

Tang Song had seen Youjie Housekeeping's roadshow at the investment exchange meeting before, and only decided to invest after investigating and finding no errors.

He also wanted to use this project as a training for his personal abilities.

After all, it was his first time operating it himself; he hoped this investment could achieve a certain return and constantly receive positive feedback.

This would also make him more confident in himself and better improve himself.

Since Youjie Housekeeping's founding team didn't welcome him, why wade into these muddy waters?

Even for the sake of this pair of best friends, Xu Qing and Shen Yu Yan, there was no need to lower his own stance.

Hearing his words, Shen Yu Yan felt relieved, but for some reason, she felt a sense of loss.

Perhaps it was because the confidence, composure, and frankness displayed by the Tang Song in front of her were truly too moving.

If she had such a partner, it would be a very happy thing.

Pinching her thigh to dispel the distracting thoughts in her heart, Shen Yu Yan sat up straight.

Things were already like this; what she needed to do next was to complete Youjie Housekeeping's angel round as soon as possible.

Only when the funds were in place could they rapidly expand their scale and spread their business.

Raising the company's valuation, she could consider exiting when the right opportunity came.

"Actually, the potential in the housekeeping field is limited. I chose it at the beginning because Zhang Tianqi had ready-made business on hand. If you are interested in investment, I can introduce you to a project with very good prospects."

"Oh? Tell me." Tang Song sat up straight, looking at her curiously.

Shen Yu Yan grabbed Xu Qing's arm and whispered: "It's the micro-short dramas I just talked to you about. The company's shareholder and general manager is my college classmate. Qingqing has already decided to jump ship to this company and is currently doing the resignation handover."

Feeling the force on her arm, Xu Qing said "Mm," and hurriedly took a business card out of her pocket and handed it over: "She's also our alumnus from the same year, she's a very good person."

Tang Song reached out and took it.

【Fanfu Suzi Cultural Media Co., Ltd., General Manager, Guo Liyuan】

Next, Shen Yu Yan began to earnestly describe the situation of this company.

The headquarters was located at Huancheng International in Qiaoxi District, mainly providing one-stop integrated marketing services and media agency for clients.

Starting from the beginning of this year, they entered the boutique micro-short drama field, on one hand to lay out the content industry, and on the other hand to expand more display channels for advertisers.

They were currently actively docking for Series A financing.

It could be seen that Shen Yu Yan was very attentive to this matter and had put in the effort.

She had conducted a detailed understanding of this media company and the entire micro-short drama market.

She spoke clearly and explicitly, without mixing in too many subjective judgments.

Time ticked away.

Tang Song's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

After narrating the prepared things, Shen Yu Yan said: "How about it? Do you want to consider it? To be honest, it's just that I don't have money now, otherwise I would most likely participate in it, the probability of making money is very high."

Tang Song was silent for a moment, then nodded: "It is indeed a field with very good prospects, and I am also very optimistic about the future of the short drama market. Shen Yu Yan, later you pull a group, and I will have a good chat with Guo Liyuan. I need to do due diligence first, and if there are no problems, I will participate in this Series A round of Fanfu Suzi Media."

"Okay, I wish you a happy cooperation." Shen Yu Yan smiled and raised her drink bottle.

"Thank you."

The two lightly touched them and took a sip.

Xu Qing, who realized it later, was stunned and said unhappily: "Hey, hey, hey! I am the most important person in this cooperation, okay? How could you leave me out?"

Tang Song laughed "pfft," and took the initiative to raise his drink bottle and shake it at her.

Xu Qing instantly turned from cloudy to sunny, happily raising her own mug.

Shen Yu Yan reached out and patted her best friend's head, looking speechless as she touched it again.

They chatted a few more words about the alumnus Guo Liyuan.

Tang Song checked the time and proposed to say goodbye.

After all, it was his first time coming to their home today; since the goal had been achieved, it was time to go back.

"Sister Yan Yan, I'll go see Tang Song off."

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"Take care on the road."

"Bye-bye~" "Bye-bye~"

Watching the two figures disappear, the door was gently closed.

Shen Yu Yan let out a long breath, her heart suddenly feeling empty.

There was a faint, bad intuition, as if she had lost something precious.

"Tap-tap-tap—"

She stepped on her slippers listlessly and came to the balcony, opened the window, and let the summer night wind blow on her face.

Through the reflection in the window, she saw her expressionless self and the empty room.

She couldn't understand why she had suddenly become sentimental.

Suddenly, she became anxious and upset.

Just thinking like this, two familiar figures appeared in her line of sight.

Tang Song and Xu Qing were walking shoulder to shoulder toward the east gate of the residential complex.

The two patted each other on the head from time to time, looking exceptionally intimate and natural.

Shen Yu Yan's gaze was slightly lost.

Could it be that she was unhappy because she saw that Qingqing had someone she liked?

This seemed to be the most likely possibility, right?

She and Xu Qing had known each other since junior high, watching anime together, studying together, getting into the same high school and college...

For more than ten years, they had been almost inseparable.

However, Tang Song was indeed very outstanding; his appearance, temperament, and ability were all considered top-notch among his peers.

At least he was much more reliable than Zhang Tianqi and Hou Shaoyuan.

She also hoped that his investment this time could get a good return.

She bit her lip, not knowing why, this irritability became even stronger.

"Let's stop here, my car is parked right in front."

"Sorry, Tang Song." Xu Qing hung her hands in front of her and said obediently: "I asked you to invest before, and then went back on my word later. Regardless of the reason, it can be considered as betraying your good intentions."

Tang Song suddenly stopped his steps and said expressionlessly: "What if I don't accept your apology, Qingqing."

Xu Qing was stunned and stammered: "This... this... then what do I have to do for you to accept it?"

She secretly looked at Tang Song's expression, wondering if he wanted her to send sexy cosplay photos again to forgive her.

Tang Song smiled, took a step forward, and looked at Xu Qing's cute face.

The fresh body fragrance mixed with the smell of skincare products and cosmetics smelled very good.

"How about this, when we take photos, let's have a few more cosplay outfits, and let me practice my photography skills properly, like those game characters you often cosplayed when you were in school."

Xu Qing's face instantly turned pink, and she closed her eyes and shook her head: "Change clothes? Wouldn't that mean we have to get a hotel room? No... not allowed..."

Damn little Song Zi! You already have a lovesick girl like Xiao Jing! And you still want to drag me to a hotel to open a room!

No way! Absolutely not agreeing!

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Hearing the words "open a room," Tang Song's eyes lit up; that was really a good suggestion.

"Qingqing, you'd better think it through. In a while, I might become a shareholder of Fanfu Suzi Cultural Media Co., Ltd. You wouldn't want to lose the job you just got, would you?"

After speaking, Tang Song looked at this coser alumnus with a smile.

He signaled with his eyes: Please start your performance!

Every time he was with Xu Qing, he couldn't help but want to tease her.

Perhaps it was because she was indeed very interesting, fun, and especially easy to bully.

He now understood very well why so many college classmates regarded her as their white moonlight.

Xu Qing pouted, looked up at Tang Song with some grievance, but her eyes gradually became unfocused.

His face was very, very close to her.

A high, straight nose bridge, thin lips, and a clear, smooth jawline.

His body leaned forward slightly, his sharp, spirited eyes staring into her eyes.

The evening breeze made their hair drift, dancing wantonly in the dim lights.

This scene was just like the male and female leads in a novel, romantic and beautiful.

Xu Qing's mouth opened wider, and unconsciously, she projected herself into the novel character.

Looking at the handsome and dashing male lead in front of her, she said in a gentle and shy voice: "Okay, I promise you."

Not seeing the performance of the drama queen Xu Qing, Tang Song was still a bit unaccustomed to it.

Feeling somewhat bored, he said: "That's good, later when you join the company, we'll set a time."

"Mm, I'll listen to you." Xu Qing raised her head slightly, her eyes very gentle.

Tang Song blinked, feeling that Xu Qing at this moment was strange, as if she had become a different person.

Could it be that she was possessed?

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Song reached out and patted her perky little butt, "Qingqing, are you okay?"

Feeling her butt being attacked, Xu Qing shuddered violently, instantly breaking free from her fantasy.

Covering her flushed face with both hands, she said in a flustered and exasperated manner: "How could you do this, you are molesting me! You have to know, I am a legal professional with a license, be careful I..."

Damn it, little Song Zi! You actually hit my butt! Ahhhhhhh!

Don't I, Xu Qing, have any face to save?

Before she could finish her words, she saw Tang Song holding two pieces of paper and shaking them in front of her.

Xu Qing's mouth gradually stopped, and her pitch-black eyes looked over subconsciously.

Immediately after, she saw keywords like "Yu With You" and "Concert Invitation," and her eyes instantly grew another circle.

She swallowed her saliva and said incredulously: "This is a ticket to Su Yu's Yancheng concert? June 20th?"

"Mm, I remember you are a fan of Su Yu, there are two tickets here, do you want them?"

"I want them, I want them! Give them to me! Tang Song, give them all to me!" Xu Qing nodded vigorously, directly reaching out both hands to pinch the tickets.

Tang Song smiled, didn't tease her anymore, and let go of his fingers, "Thank you for the hospitality tonight, Qingqing, good night."

"Good night! Drive carefully on the road! Later when I open a room, I'll contact you!" Xu Qing bowed, very sincere.

Watching Tang Song's figure disappear, Xu Qing excitedly kissed the concert tickets, jumping and shouting.

Hmph hmph! Little Song Zi! For the sake of Su Yu, this young lady will temporarily forgive you!

Sister Yan Yan! Your best friend has made it! I can take you to see Su Yu's concert!