Chapter 319: Urban Card-Drawing System (25)

Song Xi practically fled in a panic; the sea breeze carried his muffled reply: "I don't even like those people."

Xie Yang chuckled.

Well then, it turns out Second Brother Song is a pure-hearted man; she would be quite happy to play matchmaker for the two of them, though it mainly depends on what Jiani thinks.

But there is no rush for this matter. However, regarding the mines contracted by Uncle Song, Xie Yang thought for a moment and still called out to Second Brother Song to offer a few words of warning.

After hearing this, Song Xi couldn't help but overthink: Could it be that little Yang is hinting at something? The Song family built their fortune on mining; if the mines ran into trouble, it would mean losing the better part of their family assets, and then he wouldn't be worthy of Chen Jiani.

Thinking of this, how could he sit still? He hurriedly told the captain to speed up, rushing to Yingkou without stopping to return to his hometown, diligently taking over the family business and guarding the mining industry that had landed the Lao Song family on the Forbes list.

……

A few days later—

"Yang Yang, thanks to you, your second brother is willing to come home and help me!"

Song Bokang called, his hearty laughter revealing his excellent mood at the moment.

How could he not be in a good mood?

He had almost given up all hope on his two unfilial sons.

He never expected that this time, his youngest son would suddenly take the initiative to come home, even saying he wanted to properly help him manage the mines and standardize mine safety to prevent the Lao Song family's foundation from being destroyed overnight, and also because it affected his pursuit of a wife.

Song Bokang found this last reason both annoying and funny, but regardless, his son had finally figured things out and was willing to come home to help him; that was enough!

Xie Yang felt ashamed after hearing the first few sentences, thinking to herself that Second Brother Song being willing to come home to take over the family business seemingly had nothing to do with her; she had only given a few warnings about mine safety that day and hadn't said anything else.

Until she finished hearing the powerful reason of "pursuing a wife," Xie Yang: "……"

Good heavens!

She exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

So he decided to come home to inherit the multi-billion family fortune just to pursue Jiani?

On the other end of the phone, Uncle Song was already talking about how to thank her: "……Your aunt originally wanted to send you a few outfits, but she was worried the sizes wouldn't be right. Hearing from your dad that you've been into collecting gold lately, she just bought you gold instead. Remember to check for it."

"……"

Xie Yang had the feeling that she hadn't even started playing matchmaker yet, but was already receiving a "matchmaker's fee."

Speaking of which, just how many people know she is hoarding gold?

No! She isn't hoarding gold!

She had only mentioned it in passing when Comrade Lao Xie asked her what gift she wanted him to bring back from his business trip abroad.

How come even her university classmates don't forget to @ her when chatting about rising gold prices in the class group now?

【@Xie Yang, have you bought any gold? The gold price has risen so ridiculously lately! It even makes me tempted.】

【Being tempted means you have money; if you have money, then buy it! Unlike me, I don't even have the qualifications to be tempted.】

【You guys still have the mood to buy gold? Did you receive the acceptance letter from the Museum of Cultural Relics?】

【……】

【I beg you! Don't bring up painful subjects……】

After browsing through the 999 chat messages, Xie Yang learned that only two of the classmates who applied to the museum were hired, while the others returned in defeat.

Xie Yang asked them: 【I remember you all passed the written exam; did you stumble at the interview stage?】

【Xie Yang, you're here? Yeah, didn't pass the interview.】

【The interview was too rigged. I heard that for the position I applied for, three children of staff members were competing against us.】

【Sigh, there's no helping it. Who told their parents to work at the museum? Even without leaking the questions, just showing their faces is better than us.】

【If only we had nepotism too!】

【In your dreams! In our major, besides the archaeology department and museums, what other units are willing to take us?】

【There are still quite a few, auction houses, galleries…… Oh right, and "Appraisal Conference." Aren't the appraisal experts sitting in the judge's seats also big shots who came from our major?】

【You also said they are industry big shots; we are just noobs who are unemployed upon graduation. Wake up, brother!】

【……】

Yet, from everyone's gloomy conversation, a spark of inspiration suddenly struck Xie Yang.

She is now the boss of an entertainment company, managing over a dozen artist employees, and she has some spare cash on hand. With money, time, and manpower, she could totally start a program related to cultural relic appraisal and restoration, digging up some work for her university classmates and, incidentally, letting her own artists get some exposure.

But the specific content needs careful thought…… Xie Yang stroked her chin and pondered.

It can't be too serious; if it's too serious, not many people will like to watch it.

But it can't be not serious either; after all, these are cultural relics, things that carry historical information and contain the essence of Chinese civilization; it should be serious where it needs to be.

With something to do, Xie Yang stopped slacking off and went to the company to clock in every day, looking more like an employee than her own artist employees.

Artists don't need to work office hours; they rush to appointments when they have them, and when they don't, although they might stop by the company every day so the company doesn't forget they exist, they definitely can't manage to clock in on time from nine to five like regular office workers.

Chen Jiani was bored at home, and hearing that Xie Yang had come to Galaxy Entertainment, she simply ran over to keep her company at work, offering ideas and suggestions along the way. When it was time to eat, they would go to the revamped Canteen to dine together, which was quite fulfilling.

Xie Yang spent a week finally putting together a complete program proposal and prepared to select people for recording.

The small artists under the company were all teary-eyed: the new boss finally remembered them!

Xie Yang took the artist profiles organized by her secretary, and after careful consideration, selected six artists, including Han Yu.

Han Yu's manager, Chen Mu, received this news and couldn't help but frown: "I was originally counting on the new boss having acquired our company because she discovered your creative and singing/dancing talents, but I didn't expect her to start with such a weird variety show. Linking variety shows with cultural relics, is this even a variety show? She even specifically named you to go; isn't this just wasting your time?"

Han Yu didn't have any objections: "It's fine, just treat it as a break; I don't really want to write songs lately."

"I'm just afraid the fans won't buy it. If any small accidents happen during the program, it will hurt your popularity instead."

"It doesn't matter, I'll just listen to the company's arrangements."

Chen Mu: "……"

What could he do if he didn't listen?

He didn't have any say.

He was just a third-rate manager comparable to being in exile.

Sigh... I hope the new boss is a good one and will exploit Han Yu a little less.

Apart from Han Yu, the other five selected artists were actually quite happy.

They had been sitting on the bench for a long time; now that they had a new boss and immediate job offers, how could they not be happy?

They made up their minds to perform well and not let the new boss down.

"I heard it has to do with Appraising Treasures of cultural relics; shouldn't we find some relevant information to prepare?"

"Didn't they say the boss would find people to train us?"

"Training is training, but we should find some information to study ourselves; let's not be completely clueless when the time comes, get on the show, and smear the boss's reputation."

"Right, right, right! We finally waited for this job offer, we can't embarrass the company!"

After passing by the pantry and unintentionally hearing the declarations of a few young artists waving their arms, full of passion, and swearing to win glory for their boss, Chen Mu: "..."

After thinking for a moment, he turned back to the office: "Han Yu, uh, you should also find some information related to Appraising Treasures of cultural relics to look at, don't let that bunch of kids outshine you!"

"..."