Chapter 2021: Deng Changli Personally Welcomes

Silence, the conference room fell into deathly silence again, even the old devil with a toothbrush mustache closed his mouth.

By now, no one knew what to do next, because all this had become a settled fact.

Zhou Andong successfully acquired Sony's shares and leaped to become Sony's fourth-largest shareholder. His entry into the board of directors was unstoppable.

Watanabe Yasuto and Yoshioka Kunihiko knew very well in their hearts that things had developed to this point, and they were powerless to stop Zhou Andong from entering the board of directors.

Therefore, this board meeting, which lasted for more than two hours, eventually ended up with nothing.

They could only wait for Zhou Andong's arrival, and then act according to the actual situation.

Jiangzhou!

At the music festival site, a T-shaped stage 40 meters long in the south and 15 meters long on the east and west sides had been built, and the sound equipment and lighting had also reached the final debugging stage.

The reason why the stage was built so big was because there were no high-definition electronic screens in this era. If there were too many audiences at the scene, they wouldn't be able to see anything if the stage was small.

Even so, if three or four thousand people really come, those in the back probably won't see much. As for listening to the songs, there's definitely no problem; although the sound equipment is all domestic, the effect absolutely doesn't lose to high-end imported goods, and there are over eighty speakers.

And it was all personally overseen by Gu Bing; the arrangement and debugging of the sound and lighting were all handled by professional teams. The construction of the entire stage cost over three million; this guy really dares to spend money.

At this moment, Gu Bing stood on the east side of the stage with his hands behind his back, watching a group of people busy debugging the sound equipment. Regardless of whether they understood it or not, as long as he stood there, everyone had to work carefully, not daring to be the least bit sloppy.

"General Manager Gu, the sound debugging will be finished by noon."

Gu Bing nodded: "What about the lighting?"

"You'll have to ask Han Dahai about that." The literary youth shouted at a middle-aged man: "Old Han!"

The middle-aged man turned his head and saw the literary youth standing beside Gu Bing, waving at him. Just assuming the boss was looking for him, he trotted over.

"General Manager Gu!"

Han Dahai was built like a bull, yet he wore nearsighted glasses; no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit incongruous.

Gu Bing asked: "Can the lighting work be finished today?"

"No problem." Han Dahai said: "It's just that after the debugging is finished, we have to wait until night to test the effects."

"As long as it doesn't delay tomorrow's main business, it's fine." Gu Bing smiled: "After the work is done, I'll treat you all to a big meal."

"Thank you, General Manager Gu." The literary youth said with a fawning smile.

People always say that intellectuals are arrogant, but you couldn't see that at all in the literary youth; instead, you could see the worldly sophistication of a businessman in this guy.

At this time, on a train traveling from Jingcheng to Dahushan, passing through Jiangzhou, several young men and women were discussing the Jiangzhou Music Festival in the carriage.

"This is our first time holding a music festival; to be honest, we still have to thank Kong Xinghua."

The one speaking was a young man, not tall, and not particularly good-looking, but among these people, he still seemed to be the core.

If Zhou Andong were on the train, he would definitely be able to recognize that this guy was exactly Aida Jin.

And the other few people, some were already famous, and some would become very popular in the future.

For example, "You at the Same Table"; although this single had only been released for a few months, that wolf had already begun to show his talent.

"I really can't understand." A short-haired girl said very puzzled: "Doesn't Kong Xinghua know that the boss behind Future Culture is Zhou Andong?"

This girl was Chen Lin; the "Your Tenderness I Will Never Understand" released last year sold 1.5 million copies, and at this time, she could be said to be very popular.

"He knows."

A slightly dark-skinned, chubby, and plain-looking young man smiled with great disdain.

"The reason Kong Xinghua dares to reach out to Future Culture and doesn't put Zhou Andong in his eyes is because his older brother is backing him."

This person was Xiao Jian, who sang "Friends"; although the song "Friends" would only be released next year, he had already released his debut work "Prayer of the Heart" back in '84.

Aida Jin smiled and said: "Kong Xingzhong is the president of Zhongbao; his status and position are placed right there. Moreover, he has the support of several big families like the Liu family and the Feng family behind him. We descendants of the big courtyards all have to give him some face."

Because of this, Kong Xingzhong gradually became inflated and more and more arrogant, to the point that he didn't even put us descendants of the big courtyards in his eyes. Naturally, he wouldn't take Zhou Andong to heart even more.

But in reality, Zhou Andong's background was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface. Kong Xingzhong's excessive inflation eventually led him to hit an iron plate; his brains were knocked out, and he even lost his little life. It could be said that he reaped what he sowed.

"Even if Zhou Andong didn't have any background, do you think Kong Xingzhong could do anything to him?" Xiao Jian sneered: "In the last two years, Zhou Andong has been doing charity, and the amount of his donations is astonishing."

As he spoke, he pointed to the newspaper on the dining table, which was bought at a newsstand outside the train station before boarding: "Now, he has donated another one billion US dollars to the country and successfully acquired part of Sony's shares, becoming the company's fourth-largest shareholder."

"Facing such immense financial power and influence, let alone Kong Xingzhong personally, even the families behind him have to weigh whether they can oppose Zhou Andong."

"That's true!" Aida Jin nodded in agreement: "I have never admired anyone, but Zhou Andong is definitely the only one."

Besides this carriage, in the few carriages behind him, there were also many people from the music circle gathered together, heading to Jiangzhou to watch the music festival.

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After six o'clock in the evening, Zhou Andong and his group entered Jiangzhou and went directly to the municipal guesthouse.

What Zhou Andong didn't expect was that Deng Zhangli and the Minister of the Propaganda Department, Jiang Mingsheng, were actually there, and were personally standing at the guesthouse entrance to welcome them.

"Leader!" Zhou Andong said with a smile: "You doing this puts a lot of pressure on me. If this music festival doesn't go well, wouldn't I become a sinner of Jiangzhou?"

"Not to that extent!" Deng Zhangli laughed heartily: "Besides, I'm not here to welcome you, but to welcome all the singers."

"It seems I've fallen out of favor with the leader."

Zhou Andong made a joke, then introduced Ma Xiaotong and the others to Deng Zhangli and Jiang Mingsheng.

After the introductions, everyone entered the guesthouse; the banquet was already prepared, just waiting for them to arrive.

The staff first took the Future Culture people to their rooms, and only after they put away their luggage did they go to the banquet hall.

"Dongzi!"

As soon as Zhou Andong entered the banquet hall, Zhou Xianyong saw him and walked over quickly.

"I just received notification that my cooperation application with Future Culture has been approved."

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(These past few days, Twelve has been out playing with his wife and children, so there have been fewer updates. I'll be home tomorrow and will resume updates. Brothers, please forgive me.)