Chapter 847: Starting a Company

The Department Head called Deputy Director Liu and Deputy Director Ma outside the classroom.

The three of them stood in the corridor and talked for a long time.

Suddenly, they even started arguing.

Although their voices were not loud, the air was quite thick with gunpowder.

The students all heard it vaguely.

In the end, neither Deputy Director Liu nor Deputy Director Ma returned.

Only the Department Head pushed the door open and entered the classroom alone.

He looked at the four students who had participated in the fight and smiled.

"I have discussed it with the two deputy directors; you four will not be punished this time. However, if there is any trouble in the future, I will punish you for both offenses combined."

He paused.

"But remember, it was Chen Jiadong who took the fall for you."

As soon as the few of them heard this, their eyes lit up.

They stood up immediately and bowed in unison to the Department Head.

"Thank you, Director!"

The Department Head waved his hand: "Don't be reckless in the future..."

He did not say anything more and let everyone go back.

Just as Ma Rui walked out of the classroom, Liu Wei approached him.

"Ma Rui, why have you been so cold to me lately?"

Ma Rui looked helpless: "Liu Wei, you should know that I have a girlfriend..."

Liu Wei interrupted him directly: "Stop talking, I didn't want to be your girlfriend anyway."

Upon hearing this, Ma Rui was happy: "That's great, then let's be study partners from now on."

Liu Wei smiled: "Okay! Okay!"

Ma Rui suddenly saw a faint anxiety in her eyes and asked: "Are you looking for me for something?"

Liu Wei hesitated for a moment: "I... I have encountered a very difficult matter. My mother works at the meat processing plant and hurt her back a while ago. Our county town cannot perform the surgery, and I heard you have connections at the Beijing hospitals. Can you help me?"

Ma Rui nodded: "As long as I can handle it, I will definitely help you. Tell me specifically what illness she has?"

Liu Wei said: "My mother has a lumbar disc herniation, and it is so severe that she must have surgery. I inquired about it, and it seems Jishuitan Hospital can do it. Do you have any connections there?"

Ma Rui smiled.

"Don't worry, this is a small matter."

He felt around in his trouser pocket—the mobile phone was not there; Yang Jing had taken it to Hong Kong.

"Let's go, let's go to the school phone booth to make a call and get this settled."

When they arrived at the dormitory building lobby, a bunch of students were gathered around watching soccer.

A young man in the phone booth was holding the receiver, chatting away for a long time without finishing.

Ma Rui could not wait any longer.

He took out one hundred yuan and handed it over: "Brother, I have an urgent matter. Let me make the call first; this is for you."

The young man glared at him: "What kind of person do you take me for? Am I someone who cares that much about money?"

Before he finished speaking, he laughed himself.

"I actually am the kind of person who is blinded by money."

He took the money and said into the receiver: "Honey, take a taxi over here; I'll reimburse your taxi fare."

After saying that, he gave the phone to Ma Rui.

Ma Rui dialed Jiang Mei's number.

After Jiang Mei heard the situation, she let Liu Wei explain the details.

Jiang Mei said: "Liu Wei, your mother's surgery is not difficult; I can do it. Have her come over immediately."

Ma Rui turned to explain to Liu Wei: "My Aunt Jiang is a top surgeon in Beijing; she is no worse than the doctors at Jishuitan Hospital."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Wei felt a bit embarrassed: "But... hospitalization must cost a lot of money, right? My family might not be able to scrape it together for a while."

Ma Rui smiled: "If you had plenty of money, would you still be looking for me? Leave it to me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Wei blushed and said: "I will earn the money to pay you back as soon as possible."

"Don't be so formal, hurry up and go buy a ticket for your mother!"

No. 95 Siheyuan.

As soon as He Yuzhu got home, he saw He Yushui waiting for him at home.

"Yushui, are you here to ask about that TV series, My Fair Princess?"

He Yushui nodded, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"I took it to the directors of the general editorial offices of several major TV stations to watch, but they don't think much of it; they feel it is overly entertainment-oriented."

He Yuzhu shook his head: "I think it's those program department people who don't favor this project, and they feel we can't film this kind of show well. Isn't Opera of Qianlong even less reliable? Isn't it also very popular? I think this project is better than that one."

He Yushui nodded: "Brother, you're right. What they don't recognize is our company. This time, I want to show them that we can also produce TV series with strong entertainment value."

He Yuzhu was very confident: "If these mainstream TV stations are unwilling to broadcast it, you can still earn the money back with this TV series in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia."

He Yushui breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I can rest easy."

"Can the script pass censorship?" He Yuzhu asked with some concern.

"I've talked to Xiao Xiao from the Shanghai TV station; it can be submitted for approval through her side, no problem."

He Yuzhu said: "Then for this show, you should let Zhang Shuying have more control. She has experience, and you should also hire more staff from Hong Kong and Taiwan; they are indeed better than us at filming this kind of production."

He Yushui's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll let Sister-in-law be the artistic director for this show."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment—in his previous life, this show probably aired in ninety-eight; in this life, it would likely air in ninety-four, four years earlier.

The audience's level of acceptance shouldn't be too bad, after all, they have already watched plenty of Hong Kong and Taiwan television dramas.

"Have you started selecting actors yet?"

He Yushui nodded: "We have already posted a notice for open auditions. For the other actors, Brother, do you have any recommendations?"

He Yuzhu wrote down the names of several actors from that show in his previous life and handed them to her.

He Yushui laughed: "Brother, I didn't expect you to even know these people?"

He Yuzhu also laughed: "Don't you know your brother has the ability to never forget what he sees?"

He Yushui said: "Ma Rui wants to let his Yang Jing play the female lead, don't you think that's just nonsense?"

He Yuzhu smiled: "You have to give people a chance, after all."

Only then did He Yushui nod: "Brother, did you give Ma Rui money again? He opened an advertising company and it's doing quite well. He even wants to buy equipment, saying he wants to rent it out to our production crew."

He Yuzhu laughed and said: "I am a person who values ability; as long as the project is good, I will invest, no matter who it is."

He Yushui secretly curled her lip and left.

Ma Rui's advertising company had already been established for over two months.

It had taken on several advertisements.

Currently, the staff included Zhao Hu, Chen Jiadong, Yu Zhiwei, and Zhao Weiguo, who had already recovered.

At first, when Chen Jiadong and Zhao Weiguo met, they ignored each other.

Ma Rui calculated and had them put on boxing gloves and have a brawl.

After the fight, the resentment was finally vented.

Ma Rui's thick-skinned nature was well-known.

He first went to find Lou Xiao'e and got a real estate advertisement.

Then he ran to the Liushi Trading Company to find He Mu and also obtained an advertisement.

That wasn't the end of it.

He dug through his business cards for those big shots who attended the Federation of Industry and Commerce and shamelessly called them.

With He Yuzhu's influence, those companies that had such needs all gave him a chance.

No one expected that a company established for only two months would film four or five advertisements.

The turnover reached 1.5 million.

The profit alone was over 500,000.

So, how was the quality of the advertisements?

Ma Rui was sharp.

At the beginning, he had no experience, so he went directly to find the teachers who understood advertising best to serve as instructors.

And the customer satisfaction?

Almost unanimously good—of course, He Yuzhu's influence was also a factor in that.

Ma Rui's advertising company became popular just like that.

More and more companies took the initiative to come to him to film advertisements.

Making money became a matter of course.

Yu Zhiwei no longer squeezed into the dormitory with them.

He rented an apartment directly in Beijing and even found a girlfriend.

But at this time, the classmates in Ma Rui's own class grew jealous.

They had originally thought that since Chen Jiadong was expelled from school, he would surely slink back to his hometown.

Who could have expected this?

This guy had transformed into the Deputy Manager of the Juxiantang Advertising Company, with a car to drive whenever he went out.

Office of the Deputy Department Head.

Li Xiang leaned toward Deputy Director Liu and whispered: "Cousin, Ma Rui opened an advertising company over at the Beijing Film Studio, I heard he made a lot of money, are you going to do anything about it?"

Deputy Director Liu sighed: "Do anything, my foot. I've known for a long time, and I mentioned it to the Department Head, who said that as long as the students don't neglect their classes, having more social practice is a good thing."

Li Xiang was anxious: "People in our class have started to suck up to Ma Rui, and the method of isolating him isn't working anymore."