"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, thank you so much for taking the time to attend this gathering!" The two Mr. Wangs greeted him with smiles all over their faces.
Zhang Cheng quickly responded with a smile, "Not at all, not at all, you two are being too polite."
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Xu Zheng, who was standing to the side, and greeted him politely, "Mr. Xu is here too, long time no see."
Xu Zheng nodded quickly in acknowledgment, "Hello, hello."
After the group exchanged pleasantries for a while, I finally began to converse with Shen Teng, who was standing nearby.
After sitting down, Zhang Cheng was the first to ask, "Is Feng Gan really blacklisted??"
Wang Jun nodded with a bitter expression upon hearing this. "You should all know how important Feng Gan is to the Company. If it weren't for special reasons, we would never have given up on him. After all, he's an old partner we've worked with for many years!"
Wang Lei immediately chimed in, "That's right, the two of us have done our best, but the person Old Feng offended this time has a background that is simply too deep; we were truly powerless. Moreover, in order to protect him, the Company paid a huge price. I'm sure you've all heard something about that."
Even though the Wang Brothers were filled with resentment and annoyance toward Feng Gan deep down in their hearts,
On the surface, they put on a show of being heartbroken and deeply regretful.
After all, their Company was currently facing a difficult period of hardship.
Without Feng Gan, they needed to win over more people, so at this moment, they had to project an image of being loyal and cherishing talent.
The people present naturally knew the truth behind their words.
As for this news, those industry peers who were in competition with the Company more or less had a mindset of watching a show, and might even be secretly rejoicing and feeling smug.
These matters had already attracted widespread attention within the industry, and everyone knew a bit of the relevant information.
It could be said that the Company had recently been struck so hard they had practically lost a layer of skin.
"Isn't the person Feng Gan offended just the boss of Xingchen Entertainment? What kind of background does he actually have?" Zhang Cheng asked with a face full of curiosity.
Wang Jun shook his head and said slowly, "We aren't actually clear on the specific background, and we don't dare to inquire too much..."
As soon as Wang Jun finished speaking, Zhang Cheng and the others couldn't help but hold their breath.
A background one doesn't dare to know about—that could only be the kind of background that gets things censored.
And it might be an extremely powerful background at that!
Although Zhang Cheng was also from Kyoto, his family didn't have any special background; he just came from an ordinary middle-class family.
As for Xu Zheng and Shen Teng, there was even less to say; they were actors themselves, having clawed their way through the entertainment industry to reach their current positions.
Faced with such an unfathomable background, they would naturally be even more cautious.
Xu Zheng followed up with a question, "Mr. Wang, is the reason you invited us today related to that person?"
Wang Jun nodded and replied with a somewhat helpless tone, "A few days ago, I originally brought Feng Gan along to host a banquet and apologize to him..."
Then, Wang Jun explained the whole sequence of events in detail.
After listening, everyone remained silent.
"So, Xingchen wants to invest in our movies?" After a while, Xu Zheng broke the silence.
Wang Jun nodded again and continued, "Yes, when he mentioned it back then, I just replied directly, telling him that these two movies were just small investments, just playing around. But who knew, he actually said he was very interested in the scripts. I had no choice, so I had to call you all here."
Seeing Wang Jun still putting on the air of a big brother, the people present felt some dissatisfaction in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces.
After all, everyone knew that although the Company had been struck, it hadn't truly fallen yet.
It wasn't time to openly fall out with them yet.
Thus, everyone had no choice but to stand up one after another and follow the Wang Brothers to the entrance to wait for Jiang Cheng's arrival.
While they were standing at the entrance, just as everyone was discussing recent trends in the industry, a magnificent rolls-royce slowly came to a stop.
The car door opened, and they saw a young man step out.
The gazes of the other few people shifted away immediately, and their feet didn't move an inch.
Only Wang Jun and Wang Lei, like dogs catching the scent of a meat bone, quickly rushed forward.
"Mr. Jiang, you've finally arrived! Quick, quick, please come this way!" the Wang Brothers said with fawning smiles, gesturing in the direction they should go.
Following the Wang Brothers' actions, the others seemed to snap out of a dream and immediately followed suit.
Faced with the excessive enthusiasm of the Wang Brothers, Jiang Cheng appeared exceptionally calm this time, accepting their attentiveness with a composed expression.
Surrounded by the crowd like the moon among stars, Jiang Cheng walked straight to the center position and then headed toward the private room inside without hesitation.
The commotion drew curious looks from many people who had come to dine, and they began to whisper among themselves.
"Who is that young man in the middle?"
"I don't know, but I do recognize Xu Zheng, yet he and Shen Teng are actually at the very end of the group..."
"It seems this young man must be the son of some big boss; otherwise, why would there be such a grand display?"
After entering the private room, Jiang Cheng said very casually to everyone, "Thank you all for the warm welcome. Sit, sit, sit."
Once everyone was seated, Jiang Cheng's gaze involuntarily swept across Xu Zheng and Shen Teng.
Initially, he had thought that when he met these big-name stars from his past memories, his heart would be more or less stirred.
However, to his surprise, other than a slight sense of novelty, he didn't experience any other special feelings.