I Have the Halo of Overbearing President - chapter 10

The meeting was the Pre-A round of financing negotiations between Yinda Investment and Laughing.

Chu Chu came late and stepped into the meeting room. Director Han, CEO of Culture, got up with a warm smile on his face. 

He stretched out his hand and said, “President Chu, it’s been a long time.”

Chu Chu glanced at him and found that Director Han didn’t even have a halo, which meant that he hadn’t been mentioned in the novel. She shook his hand politely. 

The book’s world was so real that even the villain had to hold meetings every day.

Zhang Jianian asked in a low voice, “President Chu, shall we start now?”

Chu Chu nodded. She sat calmly at the conference table while listening to the negotiation between Zhang Jianian and Director Han. She listened diligently for two minutes and then she fell into a state of confusion. It was like listening to a math class in high school. These unfamiliar professional vocabulary made her dizzy at the negotiating table. Her upper and lower eyelids were about to meet and she couldn’t control her sleepiness.

Chu Chu: Who am I, where am I, what are you talking about?

Chu Chu was in the film and television field. She had no knowledge of financial investment and didn’t understand anything. She had worked as a film and television planner and producer. Although she also managed projects, she had never been exposed to investment and company management.

To be honest, no reader cared about the work content of the villian. Everyone thought of her as “a stumbling block between the male and female lead”, so readers didn’t care about how the domineering presidents became one. They just envied their money and dominance.

Chu Chu figured this out and immediately lost her spirit. Her face was paralysed throughout the entire process and tried to understand the information in a serious manner.

After a round of negotiations between the two sides, Director Han touched the sweat on his forehead. Zhang Jianian put a lot of pressure on him, but President Chu didn’t speak at all, making Director Han feel at a loss.

Initially, Yinda Investment actually had differences on whether to invest in Laughing Culture. President Chu tried her best to disagree and lead the matter, but Zhang Jianian was an opposition party at that time which made President Chu furious. She almost fired him.

Zhang Jianian was an assistant. Although he was called that, he was actually at the Deputy General Manager level. All Yinda investment cases were handled by Zhang Jianian. He was appointed by Chu Yanyin to be the princess’s companion. 

Although Princess Chu was very upset about Zhang Jianian’s existence, she couldn’t kick him out.

The reason why Laughing Culture conducted the Pre-A round of financing negotiations was precisely because it was in an embarrassing position. It hadn’t reached the A round and wasn’t reconciled. This was the main point of dispute between President Chu and Zhang Jianian.

While negotiating, Director Han dared not make big claims and pinned all his hopes on President Chu. Who would have thought that she suddenly stopped talking?

After a short break between the two sides, Director Han took the initiative to say, “Is President Chu a little tired? What do you think?”

Chu Chu felt like she was called in the class for not paying attention. She pretended to be calm and said, “Well, I think you and Zhang Jianian had a good conversation.”

Director Han: “…”

Zhang Jianian was drinking water to moisturize his throat. He almost choked to death when he heard that and he was also speechless. A month ago, he and President Chu disagreed on the investment of Laughing Culture. The furious President Chu said she wanted to replace him. What happened in the past was still fresh in his mind, but now President Chu said that?

Director Han rubbed his hands anxiously and offered, “Why don’t I introduce you to our company’s key project Happy Smile? This is a comedy reality show that is still under planning.”

When Chu Chu heard the words, her eyes lit up. 

Director Han saw that she was very interested and ordered, “Show the trailer to President Chu.”

Chu Chu was excited, but after watching the trailer, she became disappointed. 

“Happy Smile” was a well-deserved comedy show. 

Although it was a comedy reality show, it didn’t impress her that much. 

Chu Chu, who transmigrated into the book, had watched too many excellent programs, so to her, it was nothing special.

She didn’t understand the company’s valuation and equity negotiations, but she was good at content judgment. She opened the information at hand and carefully checked several programs made by Laughing Culture. The more she watched, the more she frowned. Laughing Culture was a program content production company. The styles of the programs created were all humorous, but the format was a bit old.

Chu Chu stretched out her hand to talk to Zhang Jianian. Avoiding Director Han’s sight, she asked in a low voice, “This company’s programs aren’t doing very well. Why should we invest?”

Zhang Jianian stared into her eyes and reminded her bluntly, “You insisted on it and voted for it at that time.”

Chu Chu hesitated for a moment, then blinked, “Oh, I forgot.”

How could she know that the original owner had made such a decision? She didn’t have any guide to inform her after she transmigrated into the book!

Chu Chu touched her head. She didn’t want to spend money on wrong things and asked, “Then can I go back on my word now?”

Zhang Jianian nodded, “Of course you can. Wait for Director Han to leave before discussing.”

Laughing Culture’s people who came were still in the company. If President Chu immediately turned her back on him, it would be a bit too much.

Director Han came over with expectations. 

She hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, “How much do they want us to invest?”

Zhang Jianian reported, “20 million.”

Chu Chu didn’t understand the concept of this amount of money.

She simply asked, “How much money does our company have? How much do we use for investment.”