Chapter 166: 163. Prince's Concert (Bonus for 1400 Monthly Votes!)

At noon, over at Kangshilan Company, Zhang Siyan had already begun to tentatively take over the entire project team since the morning.

With Huo Zhiyuan personally stepping forward to show her support, coupled with the rumors circulating over these past two days that this project manager who appeared out of thin air had an intimidatingly powerful background.

Just because someone spoke two bad words about her, the higher-ups fired two senior executives; with a background like that, who would dare to cause trouble for Zhang Siyan?

Of course, it wasn't that there wasn't a single one; there really was someone who seemed arrogant and high-minded, and even with Huo Zhiyuan present at the time, they didn't give Zhang Siyan any face.

But the result was predictable; Zhang Siyan had long since received hints from Zhang Ran and explicit instructions from Zhao Jingyu, so she fired that person on the spot and immediately promoted someone else.

And Huo Zhiyuan just stood on the sidelines watching with a smile, her silence serving as support for Zhang Siyan's decision, further solidifying Zhang Siyan's authority.

Zhang Siyan also came to understand the painstaking efforts Zhang Ran had made that day.

Originally, she thought that since she was a newcomer and had been parachuted in, many people might not be convinced and would pay lip service to her orders while defying them in private.

But in reality, apart from one troublemaker at the beginning, no one dared to say a single word against her opinions; not only that, but quite a few people ran over to curry favor.

This is reality!

Although there were still many people who were unconvinced in their hearts, they could only suppress that dissatisfaction!

"Manager, our main tasks now are to finalize the promotional strategy and the matter of the spokesperson. How do you think we should handle this?" someone asked at the meeting.

Now that a partnership had been reached with Prince Haiman's team, the product was ready, Kangshilan Company was not lacking in sales channels, and they had the full support of Prince Haiman overseas; it could be said that everything was ready, and they were just waiting for the east wind.

This was also the reason why everyone believed Zhang Siyan had a deep background; this was clearly a merit-delivery mission where everything had been prepared for her, and there was basically no great difficulty.

Zhang Siyan had now adapted slightly to her identity and, after thinking for a moment, said, "Does everyone have any thoughts on this? If you have ideas, bring them up. Brother Min—no, Zhou Min, tell us your thoughts."

Zhang Siyan had subconsciously said the wrong thing, and everyone's gaze turned toward a woman of twenty-seven or twenty-eight with short hair who looked very capable.

This Zhou Min was the person Zhang Siyan had just promoted; her leader had been used by Zhang Siyan that morning as an example to warn the others!

When Zhou Min heard Zhang Siyan's words, although she had spent the whole morning adjusting, she still hadn't quite recovered her senses.

"Well, for our current promotional method, we should focus on television commercials. If the project team has sufficient funds, we could title-sponsor a variety show and then hire a popular celebrity as a spokesperson," Zhou Min said, sharing her thoughts.

Zhang Siyan looked at Zhou Min with a slight smile, then nodded without saying much, and looked at the others, saying, "Does anyone else have any other ideas? Say whatever is on your mind. If this project is done well, it will be good for everyone."

"I can give everyone a guarantee: if the project is done well, everyone's bonuses will definitely not be small. I have already discussed this with President Huo in advance."

Zhang Siyan really didn't understand much about management, but she understood one principle: as long as you give enough money, everyone will have motivation.

Sure enough, after Zhang Siyan finished saying this, the atmosphere, which had been a bit stiff, suddenly became lively.

With Zhang Siyan being the one to say this, everyone felt confident; after all, not to mention Zhang Siyan's background, which was rumored to be god-like, Huo Zhiyuan's attitude in the morning had already made everything clear.

The discussion lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon. After the meeting ended, Zhang Siyan let everyone disperse, then looked at Zhou Min and said, "Zhou Min, come to my office for a moment!"

"Manager Zhang, how was it? Was there anyone disobedient?" Zhao Jingyu had been standing outside the meeting room door waiting for Zhang Siyan, which could be considered another form of showing support.

Zhang Siyan said with a smile, "Thank you, Assistant Zhao, it's fine, everyone is very good."

"That's good. If there is anything, you must tell me; this is what President Huo ordered," Zhao Jingyu said.

"Please thank President Huo for me, Assistant Zhao," Zhang Siyan said.

After chatting for a bit, Zhang Siyan returned to her office and sat down. She didn't look at anything else but cast her gaze outside. Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, her heart was still thumping wildly even now.

"Manager Zhang!" At this moment, a somewhat hesitant voice came from the doorway.

"Brother Min, long time no see!" Seeing who it was, Zhang Siyan smiled and stepped forward to hug her.

Only then did Zhou Min truly recover her senses. "Siyan, it really is you. I kept thinking I was hallucinating before."

Zhou Min was Zhang Siyan's college classmate and roommate, and a very close friend, but ever since they graduated from college—no, it should be said ever since Zhang Siyan got married—their contact had decreased.

It wasn't that Zhou Min and the others didn't want to contact Zhang Siyan, but because of her parents-in-law, Sun Ermin and his wife.

In the past, people from Zhou Min's dormitory had come a few times, but they never received a good look from the two, and were even mocked in roundabout ways, which made them never want to come again.

"It's not a hallucination, it's me. By the way, Brother Min, how come I didn't hear you say you came to work in Shanghai?" Zhang Siyan said.

"Uh... I've been quite busy, so I didn't notify you." Zhou Min didn't know how to put it.

As soon as Zhang Siyan saw her like this, she knew what was going on. She felt a bit helpless in her heart; she really should have made a clean break earlier and shouldn't have persisted for the sake of a fantasy, causing her good sister to distance herself.

"By the way, Siyan, how did you suddenly become a project manager? I've been hearing for the past few days that the project manager has a very big background and is very fierce and powerful. I really didn't expect it to be you," Zhou Min said, changing the subject; this was also what was on her mind.

"That's a long story. I'll tell you in detail when we eat together tonight," Zhang Siyan said.

"Uh... you're so busy, why don't we forget it?" Zhou Min said with some hesitation.

She still didn't want to see Zhang Siyan's eccentric parents-in-law, and even less did she want Zhang Siyan to suffer grievances because of her.

Zhang Siyan said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm already divorced."

"Really? That's great!" Zhou Min said subconsciously, then realized and hurriedly wanted to explain, but was stopped by Zhang Siyan. "I also think it's great. I was too stubborn back then."

Yes, if she hadn't been too stubborn in wanting Susu to have a complete home, she wouldn't have ended up like this, causing many people to suffer a lot of unnecessary grievances for her.

"By the way, Siyan, do you know that Prince is coming to Shanghai for a concert?" Zhou Min changed the subject again.

Zhang Siyan was stunned for a moment after hearing this and said, "I really didn't know about this. I've been quite busy lately. When is it?"

Prince was a star from Hong Kong, a superstar, and one of the favorite stars of those born in the 90s; Zhang Siyan was no exception.

"It's on the tenth of next month. Do you want to go see it? I'm just about to grab tickets," Zhou Min said.

"Of course I want to go. Wait, are you still in touch with Hua'er and the others? I want to invite you all to watch the concert together. This is something I owe you all from back then," Zhang Siyan said earnestly.

Back then, for Prince's concert, she didn't have the money to go, and it was her three roommates who scrimped and saved to buy her a ticket.

Hearing Zhang Siyan's words, Zhou Min immediately said, "Sure, anyway, you're a big tycoon now. When we drink tonight, we'll video call them and have them come over. The four of us sisters will reunite!"

"Mm!"

"Siyan, what do you think if Prince could become the spokesperson for our project? If that were the case..." As she spoke, Zhou Min's train of thought turned back to work.

"Alright, stop dreaming. That's Prince. He hasn't taken any advertisements in how many years? This isn't even a matter of money anymore," Zhang Siyan said helplessly.

"That's true." Zhou Min also put away her unrealistic fantasy.