Chapter 2245

The night was deep and everything was silent. The hour hand quietly pointed past two in the morning, yet Zhou Andong was still hunched over his desk, writing furiously.

It wasn't until the east was white and the morning light was revealed that he put down his pen, yawned and climbed onto the bed, thinking that there was nothing to do today, and it would be fine to sleep until night.

However, things went against his wishes. Not long after he fell asleep, he was dragged out of his beautiful dream by Jian Qiu.

"Wife, can you still do it? I just fell asleep."

Zhou Andong opened his eyes extremely reluctantly. Between his sleepy eyes, he only felt his head was dizzy.

Jian Qiu had just finished feeding the little feather. She naturally knew that Zhou Andong had just fallen asleep, and a look of heartache appeared on her face.

"Huilin called me yesterday, they are taking the 6:50 train to Beijing."

Zhou Andong yawned while reaching out to grope for the watch on the bedside table. It was almost nine o'clock.

"The train at 6:50 last night, even if they were two hours late, they should have arrived."

"Then don't dawdle, get up quickly, hurry up and tidy up, don't wait for them to arrive at the door before you rush to put on clothes."

Jian Qiu urged, and at the same time pulled Zhou Andong, who was lying on the bed and refused to get up, mercilessly.

"Wait for them to leave, then you can sleep."

Zhou Andong was pulled up, got out of bed listlessly, put on his clothes slowly, then swayed into the bathroom, then turned on the faucet, scooped up a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face, making himself a little more awake.

Then he picked up the toothbrush and squeezed the toothpaste. Before he finished brushing his teeth, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Pfft!"

Zhou Andong spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth, rinsed his mouth, then grabbed a towel and wiped his mouth, then went out to open the door.

Just as he pushed the door open lightly, the scene in front of him made him slightly startled. He saw a large group of women standing outside the door.

In addition to Wu Huilin, Gu Qing, Aunt, Old Aunt, Zhou Yu, and Old Aunt Yang Xiujie, Man Hongshan's wife, Qian Zhen's wife, and Du Chunlai's wife.

In addition, there were many strange faces standing behind. These women seemed to be a little bit unable to let go, and their expressions were quite cautious.

"Boss, congratulations, congratulations!"

Wu Huilin clasped her fists very heroically.

Zhou Andong laughed loudly; "You also get married quickly, and when you have a child, I will give you a big red envelope."

"It's a deal."

"You're all here, come in quickly!"

Zhou Andong hurriedly stepped aside to make way, greeting with a kind smile on his face.

As his voice fell, a group of women filed in, and the originally spacious room suddenly became a little crowded.

"Hello Chairman!"

"Chairman, congratulations!"

"Uncle, congratulations!"

"Brother Dong, congratulations on having a daughter."

"Old classmate, congratulations on your promotion to father."

"......"

The calls one after another intertwined. Among them, the one calling uncle was Dai Xiaomin, the one calling old classmate was naturally Sun Xiaohui, and the one calling Brother Dong was Tang Wenjuan and Bai Ying, the wife of good brother Chen Weimin.

And what surprised Zhou Andong was that Bai Ying's belly was slightly bulging at this moment, looking like she was pregnant, and it had been four or five months.

Wu Huilin smiled and walked towards Jian Qiu lightly, and hugged her.

"Congratulations to the boss's wife for having a daughter!"

Jian Qiu pushed Wu Huilin away gently and said with a smile: "Go see your niece quickly."

Wu Huilin promised with a smile, and couldn't wait to walk to the crib, bent down and stared at the baby in the bed, lowered her voice and said softly.

"This little guy looks so likable, what is her name?"

Jian Qiu heard this, her face was full of happiness, and she answered softly: "Her name is Zhou Yu, and her nickname is Feather."

"It's homophonic with my name!" Zhou Yu also excitedly stood on the other side of the crib, her eyes flashing with curiosity and love. She carefully stretched out her slender fingers and gently poked the little guy's pink and fleshy little face, as if she was afraid of breaking this cute little baby.

"Little Feather, call Auntie quickly!"

Then, others also gathered around, talking about it. The little guy had a big sleep, and didn't even mean to wake up, sleeping soundly.

Zhou Andong asked: "Bai Ying, how many months have you been?"

Bai Ying touched her belly with a smile and answered softly: "It's been more than five months."

Her originally round face was even more rich at this moment because of pregnancy, exuding a kind of maternal brilliance.

Zhou Andong hurriedly said: "Don't stand all the time, come over here and sit down and rest."

At this time, the crib was surrounded by a group of women, and everyone stretched their necks to look at this new life.

However, Bai Ying, Tang Wenjuan, Dai Xiaomin, and more than a dozen unfamiliar women did not squeeze to the front of the crowd.

Zhou Andong noticed it and greeted them very politely: "Come, come, come, don't stand either, hurry up and find a place to sit."

After arranging everyone, Zhou Andong told Jian Qiu a few words and left the room, came to the third courtyard, and a large group of men were smoking and chatting in the courtyard.

Man Hongshan, Qian Zhen, Du Chunlai, Liu Qingjun, Yao Jun, Chen Weimin, and the factory directors of each branch factory all came, and then there were Aunt Li Xianghui, Old Aunt Duan Chunsheng, and Old Uncle Zhou Xiaoli.

Others were Zhang Jianquan, the general manager of Yijian, who is now the general manager of Yuxi Real Estate Construction Company, and Li Zhonghai, the general manager of Erjian, also came, although a large number of talents in the company were dug away by Yuxi Real Estate.

But now Erjian can live comfortably, thanks to the projects given to them by Yuxi Real Estate. So, even if he didn't receive an invitation, Zhou Andong had a daughter, such a big thing, he had to follow with a thick skin.

In addition, there was a young man, who was thirty-one or thirty-two years old, fair and clean, wearing myopia glasses, looking gentle.

He was Gao Yan, the former deputy general manager of Brave the World Beer Factory, who now succeeded Gu Bing and was promoted to general manager.

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"......"

Seeing Zhou Andong coming, everyone greeted him.

Zhou Andong waved his hand with a smile: "What time did you get off the train?"

"More than an hour late." Yao Jun said: "When we got off the train, it was already past seven o'clock. After leaving the station, we had breakfast in front of the station before coming over."

Zhou Andong nodded: "Come, come in and chat!"

"Don't go in." Man Hongshan said: "There are mountains, water and trees in the courtyard, which is cooler than in the house."

Others followed suit, and Zhou Andong could only ask people to move the restaurant chairs over, and then notify the kitchen to cook.

"So many people!" Just when Zhou Andong and the others were chatting, Tang Lin and Nie Wen came.

Zhou Andong stood up and asked Nie Wen with a smile: "When did you come back?"

"I came back the day before yesterday." Nie Wen said: "I wanted to come over yesterday, but something was delayed."

"It's all my own people, it doesn't matter if you come or not."

Zhou Andong personally led Nie Wen to the back cover building. When he came back, Tang Lin had already met everyone in the courtyard and chatted enthusiastically.

After one o'clock at noon, Sister Liu came to call them to eat. Men and women sat at six tables in total. Fortunately, the restaurant was big enough, otherwise these people would really not be able to fit.

After eating, Zhou Andong asked Wang Wentian and the others to drive and send people to the Jinwan Hotel. Although it was a bit far, it was opened by his own family, so the fat water didn't flow to outsiders.

After everyone was sent away, Zhou Andong wanted to sleep for a while, but couldn't sleep at all, so he could only go to the study, and then took out the manuscript paper and started writing the script.

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Japan, Sony Headquarters, Conference Room 1!

With General Manager Qiu Dongfang as the head of the delegation, Yuan Wanqi as the head, including lawyers and financial personnel, more than 50 people in the large-scale negotiation team sat on one side of the conference room.

Sony also sent a negotiation team roughly equivalent to the head of the delegation, Sakai Toshio, the executive director and financial minister, sitting on the other side.

The focus of this negotiation is to replace Sony Music Entertainment through Sony shares. This does not seem to involve direct capital flow, but what is involved is extremely complex legal procedures, financial procedures, and complex matters covering all aspects of the company's assets, personnel, etc. Therefore, every detail must be discussed and agreed upon strictly and meticulously.

Before this, Zhou Andong had already initially finalized the basic framework of the negotiation with Sony on behalf of his side. And this formal negotiation started on June 30 and lasted until today—July 30, a full month.

Looking back on the past month, whether it was the Chinese team led by Qiu Dongfang or the Sony negotiation staff, everyone was tense at first, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

However, as the negotiation process continued to advance, both sides gradually found a fit point, and the situation gradually became clear. As of today, everyone's face showed a relaxed and happy smile.

Even those little devils who were dissatisfied might still be holding a breath in their hearts, but things have come to this point, facing the reality that cannot be changed, they can only choose to accept it helplessly.

Yuan Wanqi smiled, stood up from her seat, then raised her right hand slightly, her palm spread out gently, and stretched her hand towards Sakai Toshio opposite in a very elegant posture.

Sakai Toshio hurriedly stood up when he saw this, bent over, leaned forward, stretched out his right hand, shook hands with Yuan Wanqi, and said in slightly stiff but very sincere Chinese.

"Miss Yuan, I must express my respect to you. During this negotiation process, you showed extraordinary wisdom, calmness and excellent communication skills. I really admire outstanding elite women like you."

Yuan Wanqi raised her mouth and showed a charming smile, responding: "Mr. Sakai Toshio is over-praised. It is also my honor to be able to complete this negotiation with an experienced and elegant partner like you."

"This negotiation, although there were many unpleasant things, through the efforts of both of us, finally reached a result that we are very satisfied with each other, achieving a win-win situation."

"At the same time, I also sincerely hope that in the days to come, we can have more cooperation opportunities and work together to create more brilliant achievements."

This negotiation lasted for a full month, and finally on July 30, 1994, after countless fierce confrontations, repeated consultations, and the weighing of the interests of all parties, both sides reached an agreement.

And Zhou Andong successfully took Sony Music Entertainment, which has a wide influence in more than 40 countries around the world, including record business and film and television business, into his pocket.

Among them, there is a most critical core clause, that is, when Sony transfers the company, it must ensure that the management team of the entire company remains relatively stable and no serious personnel changes occur.

More importantly, the music works and film and television works that are in the process of recording and filming are not allowed to have even a trace of problems.

Because the potential commercial value of these unfinished music works and film and television works is very huge. If there is any mistake, the loss is immeasurable.

Therefore, it can be said without exaggeration that this key clause is of very important significance for whether this negotiation can be pushed forward smoothly. It is also because of the existence of this clause that the negotiation between the two sides was deadlocked for three full days. During this period, Sony always gritted its teeth and firmly refused to make any concessions.

The reason they gave sounded high-sounding. As an enterprise that advocates the concept of openness and freedom, Sony's employees naturally have the right to decide their own stay, that is, to choose to resign.

Moreover, the copyrights of all music works and film and television works in the process of recording and filming will be transferred to the relevant parties completely and without any shortage.

As for whether the artists participating in the recording of music works and filming of film and television works are willing to continue to perform the contracts signed before, it depends entirely on their own wishes, which is also the freedom they should enjoy.

To put it bluntly, the little devils made it clear that they wanted to pit Zhou Andong. But Yuan Wanqi didn't get used to these little devils' bad habits at all. She issued a stern warning on the spot, saying that if an agreement could not be reached on this regulation, she would not hesitate to terminate this negotiation immediately and turn to find Mitsui to discuss matters related to the acquisition of Sony shares.

This move really worked. The little devils who were still struggling and resisting there instantly became honest. After some symbolic resistance, they finally nodded and agreed to this key clause. After that, the progress of the subsequent negotiation went much smoother.

But it was only a draft agreement. The reason why the formal agreement was not signed was that once the formal signing was done, the bargaining chip of using the shares in the hands of the Mitsui family to threaten Sony would be lost.

Because next, it is the negotiation about the VCD whole machine patent fee. Before this, the boss had clearly issued instructions that the bottom line of the VCD whole machine patent fee is 15 US dollars.

For this number, in Yuan Wanqi's view, it is simply a lion's mouth, so retaining the existing bargaining chips in hand is more favorable for subsequent negotiations and can also increase the possibility of achieving the goal.

And for the negotiation of VCD patent fees, Yuan Wanqi's opponent will be Sony Vice President Yoshioka Kunihiko. Originally, the pressure in her heart was still very great, but after Sony Music Entertainment was successfully taken down, her confidence was still very sufficient. ===== CHAPTER 2246 =====