Hearing Jiang Cheng's response, Xu Jiayin's face instantly turned gloomy.
Jiang Cheng's words were undoubtedly an insult to him.
What kind of people were gathered here?
Although they were all real estate tycoons,
In terms of status, not many could catch his eye.
Now he was actually being asked to sing in front of these people?
This was simply preposterous!
Naturally, Xu Jiayin would not agree to such a request.
Even Xu Zhi, sitting across the round table, had a trace of ruthlessness reappear on his face, which had originally regained its calm, upon hearing this.
Xu Zhi was different from Xu Jiayin.
Although his work ability was decent among his peers,
He was young and arrogant after all, and still needed to hone his emotional management.
Regardless of whether Jiang Cheng's words just now were just a joke,
Was it not a blatant humiliation to publicly ask an industry giant to perform for entertainment?
Seeing this, Xu Jiayin gave him another reassuring look, signaling him not to be nervous.
Xu Jiayin felt that he was no soft persimmon to be squeezed at will; he had his own confidence and methods.
He forced a stiff smile, a hint of craftiness flashing in his eyes.
Then, he began to put on airs, crossing his legs and adopting the relaxed posture of a big shot.
Looking at Jiang Cheng, he spoke with a slight upward curve of his lips and a hint of provocation.
"President Jiang, you really love to joke. My art troupe costs at least tens of millions a year just to maintain those people. I personally interviewed over two hundred of the dancing girls alone, and with the logistics department, stage crew, and so on, the total number of people is as high as over three hundred... These people are all professionals. I'm just the boss; I just take a look at them. How would I know any of that stuff?"
Xu Jiayin's words revealed a sense of confidence and arrogance, as if indicating to Jiang Cheng that he was not someone to be bullied.
Xu Zhi, sitting to the side, also chimed in with a hint of smugness in his tone: "Exactly, President Jiang. If you really want to see dancing, Company welcomes you at any time. They are one of the top art troupes in the country, and their appearance fee alone is as high as 500,000 per dance."
Seeing Xu Zhi putting on a wealthy and overbearing air again, Wang Congcong couldn't help but retort: "Tsk, a bunch of women twisting around—do you really think everyone wants to see that kind of thing? In my opinion, only that sucker Jack Ma would spend 1.2 billion to go there and whistle."
Hearing this, Xu Zhi looked at Wang Congcong and snorted coldly: "Young Master Wang, don't look at them through colored lenses. Our Company Art Troupe is the corporate cultural troupe that participates in the most major Chinese Galas. They perform proper dances. If you don't know how to appreciate it, then don't talk nonsense."
Wang Congcong waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "If you hadn't said so, I really wouldn't have known they were 'proper.' After all, those promotional videos on TikTok actually look a bit like platform models, hahaha. By the way, tell me honestly, after performing on stage, do they have to go to a room for an 'interview' performance?"
Seeing that Xu Zhi was about to speak again, Richest Man Wang quickly interrupted Wang Congcong.
"Sigh, you're just a kid. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."
Richest Man Wang's words seemed to be a lecture for Wang Congcong, but in reality, they shielded Wang Congcong from the Xu father and son's response.
After all, if he really didn't want Wang Congcong to speak, he would have stopped him directly long ago.
Why wait until now, when Wang Congcong had said just about everything, to speak up?
And it was such a trivial remark.
But even so, since Richest Man Wang had spoken, Xu Zhi could only snort coldly and didn't feel comfortable speaking further.
Wang Congcong wasn't afraid of Xu Zhi either. He rolled his eyes at him and then picked up his phone to start scrolling again.
Seeing Xu Jiayin drop his previous fawning attitude, Jiang Cheng only gave a cold smile.
Company's decline did not happen overnight; it required the passage of time.
Even by next year, they would still maintain an upward trend.
Whether it was completed housing or off-plan housing, they were all very sought after, and a single unit was hard to come by.
Furthermore, their current enterprise was still in a positive state for the market.
Looking solely at job creation, they were not inferior to Company at all.
This was one of the reasons why Company was able to become a leader among Chinese business entrepreneurs this year.
A Daheng Group not only boosted much domestic economic demand but also solved a large number of employment issues.
To be honest, if it weren't for the impact of the special illness in the coming three years, Company's collapse might have been delayed for several more years.
Although there was no need for Jiang Cheng to offend him, due to the stereotypes from his past life, he couldn't help but give the other party a cold face.
"You two talk so extravagantly, but I don't think this Company Art Troupe is all that great. It's been established for so long, yet President Xu hasn't been influenced by art at all. Instead of wasting this money, it would be better to save it and put it on the Company's accounts for collections to make them look a bit better, wouldn't it?"
As soon as Jiang Cheng said this, Xu Jiayin was secretly startled.
The airs he had been putting on instantly collapsed, as if the castle he had carefully built was destroyed in an instant.
His face was as pale as paper, and his eyes revealed alertness and unease.
He stared straight at Jiang Cheng, seemingly wanting to see through his thoughts.
Xu Zhi's face was equally unsightly.
The father and son quickly exchanged a look, that brief eye contact filled with tension and doubt.
Although it was only for a moment, it was keenly captured by Jiang Cheng.
Others present might not know the reason behind this.
But Jiang Cheng, with his foresight from his past life, directly saw through everything.
Company had been investigated many times for financial fraud, which was something everyone knew.
To make the Company's annual reports look stable, the management adopted some improper financial methods.
One of the methods was early revenue recognition.
This practice made the Company's revenue and profits appear higher than they actually were.
In this way, they produced a fraudulent annual report.
Misleading consumers and investors, giving them a false perception of the Company.
Furthermore, this fake annual report could help the Company reassure shareholders and obtain loan support from banks.
Although he knew Company often engaged in such deceptive operations, Jiang Cheng didn't know exactly when it began.
But looking at the expressions of the Xu father and son, could it be that Company's real-time annual reports were already showing problems from now on?