SAG -Chapter 163 Heavenly King Fang’s Concert

At noon, over at Kangshilan Company, Zhang Siyan had already begun taking preliminary control of the entire project team that morning.

With Huo Zhiyuan personally stepping forward to support her, and with rumors spreading over the past two days that this newly appeared project manager had a frighteningly powerful background, who would dare cause trouble for Zhang Siyan?

After all, just because two senior executives had said a few bad things about her, they had been fired from above. With such a background, who would dare make things difficult for her?

Of course, it was not that there was truly no one at all.

There really was one person who seemed proud and arrogant. Even with Huo Zhiyuan present at the time, he still refused to give Zhang Siyan any face.

But the result was obvious. Zhang Siyan had already received hints from Zhang Ran, as well as clear instructions from Zhao Jingyu, so she fired that person on the spot and immediately promoted someone else.

Huo Zhiyuan simply stood to the side, smiling without saying a word. Her silence was support for Zhang Siyan’s decision, once again strengthening Zhang Siyan’s authority.

Only then did Zhang Siyan understand Zhang Ran’s painstaking intentions that day.

Originally, she had thought that since she was new and had been parachuted directly into the position, many people might refuse to accept her and outwardly obey while secretly defying her orders.

But in reality, aside from one troublemaker at the beginning, no one dared say a single “no” to her opinions. Not only that, quite a few people even came over to curry favor with her.

This was reality!

Although many people were still unconvinced deep down, they could only keep that dissatisfaction buried in their hearts.

“Manager, our main tasks right now are to finalize the publicity strategy and the matter of the spokesperson. How do you think we should handle this?” someone asked during the meeting.

They had now reached a cooperation agreement with Prince Haiman’s team. The product was ready, and Kangshilan had no shortage of sales channels. Overseas, they also had Prince Haiman’s full support.

It could be said that everything was ready. All they lacked was the final push.

This was also why everyone believed Zhang Siyan had an extremely powerful background.

This was clearly an opportunity to hand her credit on a silver platter. Everything had already been prepared for her, and there was basically no great difficulty involved.

Zhang Siyan had now adapted to her role somewhat. After thinking for a moment, she said, “What are everyone’s thoughts on this? If you have any ideas, speak up. Sister Min—no, Zhou Min, tell us your thoughts.”

Zhang Siyan subconsciously misspoke.

Everyone’s gaze turned toward a woman around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. She had short hair and looked very capable.

This Zhou Min was the person Zhang Siyan had just promoted. Her previous superior 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 had not fully recovered.

“Well, for our current publicity approach, I think we should focus on television advertisements. If the project team has sufficient funds, we could sponsor a variety show and then invite a popular celebrity as the spokesperson,” Zhou Min said, explaining her idea.

Zhang Siyan looked at Zhou Min with a faint smile, then nodded without saying much. She turned to the others and said, “Does anyone else have any ideas? Say whatever you think. If this project is done well, it will benefit everyone. I can give everyone a guarantee. If the project succeeds, everyone’s bonuses definitely won’t be small. I’ve already discussed this with President Huo in advance.”

Zhang Siyan truly did not understand management very deeply, but she understood one principle: as long as you gave people enough money, they would become motivated.

Sure enough, after Zhang Siyan said this, the originally somewhat stiff atmosphere immediately became much more lively.

Since these words came from Zhang Siyan herself, everyone felt reassured. After all, setting aside Zhang Siyan’s almost legendary background, Huo Zhiyuan’s attitude that morning had already made everything clear.

The discussion continued until two o’clock in the afternoon.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Siyan let everyone leave first. Then she looked at Zhou Min and said, “Zhou Min, come to my office.”

…

“Manager Zhang, how was it? Was anyone disobedient?” Zhao Jingyu had been standing outside the meeting room waiting for Zhang Siyan. This could also be considered another form of support.

Zhang Siyan smiled and said, “Thank you, Assistant Zhao. Everything’s fine. Everyone was very cooperative.”

“That’s good. If anything happens, you must tell me. President Huo specifically instructed me on this,” Zhao Jingyu said.

“Assistant Zhao, please thank President Huo for me,” Zhang Siyan said.

After chatting briefly, Zhang Siyan returned to her office and sat down.

She did not look at anything else. Instead, she gazed outside.

Although she had mentally prepared herself for a long time, even now, her heart was still pounding wildly.

“Manager Zhang!”

At that moment, a somewhat hesitant voice came from the doorway.

“Sister Min, long time no see!” Zhang Siyan said with a smile when she saw the person standing there. She stepped forward and hugged her.

Only then did Zhou Min truly recover.

“Siyan, it really is you. I kept thinking everything I saw earlier was an illusion.”

Zhou Min had been Zhang Siyan’s university classmate and roommate. They had been very close friends.

But after graduating from university—no, it should be said that after Zhang Siyan got married—their contact gradually became less frequent.

It was not that Zhou Min and the others stopped contacting Zhang Siyan. It was because of Sun Ermin’s parents.

In the past, the people from Zhou Min’s dormitory had visited several times, but they had never been treated kindly by that couple. They had even been mocked in roundabout ways. After that, they no longer wanted to visit.

“It’s not an illusion. It’s really me. By the way, Sister Min, why didn’t I hear that you’d come to Shanghai for work?” Zhang Siyan asked.

“Uh… I’ve been quite busy, so I didn’t tell you,” Zhou Min said, not knowing how to explain.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Siyan immediately understood what had happened. She felt somewhat helpless inside.

She really should have ended things sooner. She should not have persisted for the sake of a faint illusion, causing even her good sisters to distance themselves from her.

“By the way, Siyan, how did you suddenly become a project manager? These past few days, I kept hearing that the new project manager had an incredible background and was fierce and powerful. I really didn’t expect it to be you,” Zhou Min said, changing the topic. These were also her true thoughts.

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

“Uh… You’re so busy. Maybe forget it?” Zhou Min said hesitantly.

She still did not want to see Zhang Siyan’s bizarre in-laws, and she especially did not want Zhang Siyan to suffer more grievances because of her.

Zhang Siyan smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I’m already divorced.”

“Really? That’s wonderful!” Zhou Min blurted out instinctively.

Then she immediately realized what she had said and hurriedly tried to explain, but Zhang Siyan stopped her.

“I also think it’s wonderful. Back then, I was too stubborn.”

Yes. If she had not been so stubborn about wanting Susu to have a complete family, things would not have ended up like this. So many people had suffered unnecessary grievances because of her.

“By the way, Siyan, did you know that Heavenly King Fang is coming to Shanghai for a concert?” Zhou Min said, changing the topic again.

Zhang Siyan froze for a moment after hearing this.

“I really didn’t know. I’ve been too busy lately. When is it?”

Heavenly King Fang was a Hong Kong celebrity, a superstar-level singer, and one of the favorite stars of those born in the 1990s. Zhang Siyan was no exception.

“It’s on the tenth of next month. Do you want to go? I’m getting ready to fight for tickets,” Zhou Min said.

“Of course I want to go. Wait, are you still in contact with Hua’er and the others? I want to invite all of you to watch the concert together. This is something I owe you from back then,” Zhang Siyan said seriously.

Back then, when Heavenly King Fang held a concert, she had not had the money to go. It was her three roommates who had saved up by scrimping on food and expenses to buy her a ticket.

Hearing Zhang Siyan’s words, Zhou Min immediately said, “Of course. Anyway, you’re a rich tycoon now. Tonight, when we drink, we’ll video call them and tell them to come over. The four of us sisters will reunite once again!”

“Mm!”

“Siyan, what do you think if Heavenly King Fang became the spokesperson for our project? If that happened…” As Zhou Min spoke, her train of thought somehow returned to work.

“All right, stop dreaming. That’s Heavenly King Fang. How many years has it been since he accepted an advertisement? This is no longer a matter of money,” Zhang Siyan said helplessly.

“That’s true.” Zhou Min also put away her unrealistic fantasy.