Chapter 212 I still hold a grudge
Sun Amy understood what Xu Chen meant. This was considered a private "project invitation."
In the cultural and creative industries, "taking private orders" is also very common. That’s why there are many so-called “freelance designers” and “freelance writers”.
The salaries of lower-level employees in the advertising industry are very low, not to mention that in first-tier cities like Yangcheng, many excellent designers are still willing to make some extra money.
However, some companies still have strict restrictions on on-duty employees, prohibiting employees from taking on private work outside.
The same is true for Heijue Marketing. Although many people still occasionally take some outside orders to make some extra money, they still dare not let the company know blatantly.
With Chen Xiaolong from the same company present, Sun Amy was still a little wary.
What's more, Chen Xiaolong especially listened to Mr. Li's words...
Sun Amy did not want to take the order given by "Teacher Xu Chen", but she was already a little afraid that Chen Xiaolong would go to Li Fengfeng to complain.
Xu Chen smiled. In fact, he knew it already, and then said:
"I wonder if Teacher Amy has time...
When the time comes, I'll help you take a look and give me some advice. ”
Amy Sun looked relieved and said with a smile:
“It’s okay to give opinions, just contact me online when the time comes!”
If it's just an opinion, there won't be any trouble.
Xu Chen: "Thank you in advance, Teacher Amy!"
What he was thinking about was to ask Amy Sun to help with the logo and visual design of "Morning Wind Technology" and "Morning Wind Ice Power".
After all, Xu Chen was aware of Sun Amy's professional abilities.
At the same time, I also hope that through this simple design work, Sun Amy will know the "Dongchen Shares" behind Dongchen's advertising, so as to pave the way for poaching her in the future.
Xu Chen thought about it in the past two days and found out that if he could recruit Sun Amy, it would be of great help in the future.
The promotion of Chenfeng electric vehicles, the new projects of Dongchen Advertising, and the future promotion of "Burning Ice Sports" still require a professional and reliable designer.
The current Sun Amy is young and has potential, so she is indeed a good choice.
The key is that she has not yet been promoted to director, her salary is not tens of millions, and the price-performance ratio is still extremely high.
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Shortly after Sun Amy left, Li Fengfeng knocked on the door and entered the conference room.
He held several signed photos in his hand:
"I asked the spokesperson's agent for this. He said he just signed it last night."
"Thank you, Mr. Li." Xu Chen took it with a smile.
In fact, I know in my heart that many of the signed photos of celebrities are not signed by themselves.
Those who are more attentive will find a staff member with similar handwriting, while those who are not careful may just find someone to write it at random.
Xu Chen casually handed a stack of signed photos to Teacher Fang Jun beside him. After all, she asked for them by name.
He picked up the two quotations on the table and handed them to Li Fengfeng.
Li Fengfeng glanced at Xu Chen's signature on the "Producer Review" column, said "Thank you, Teacher Xu Chen" and quickly put it away.
“There are still four sets of shots, and we’re almost done with it.
The two teachers will go directly to the airport later, right? Let Chen Xiaolong drive you there. ”
Xu Chen thought for a while: "Thank you so much."
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Around four o'clock in the afternoon, all the shots were taken.
The two spokespersons have left the scene, but the director team is still busy, and there are a few empty scenes that need to be reshot.
Xu Chen looked at the time and said to Chen Xiaolong:
"Let's rush to the airport, but on the way we have to go near Dongshan Pass first, where we can buy some souvenirs..."
"Okay!" Chen Xiaolong replied.
When Xu Chen and Fang Jun came out of the conference room, they went to say polite words to the director and Li Fengfeng, and then followed Chen Xiaolong downstairs.
The White Odyssey quickly drove out of the creative park and headed towards Yuexiu East Pass...
Fang Jun flipped through his phone and said:
"Feifei and the others are still playing outside. They will go directly to the airport after having something to eat."
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Twenty minutes later, Odyssey came to an alley near Dongshan Pass.
Chen Xiaolong stepped down from the cockpit and helped open the rear door.
"My car is parked in the parking lot in front. The two teachers can just call me when they are done shopping," Chen Xiaolong said.
Xu Chen and Fang Jun have already stepped out of the car:
"Thank you, Teacher Xiao Chen!"
Chen Xiaolong drove away in his car.
Fang Jun flipped through his phone and pointed to the fork in the road ahead:
"Turn right ahead."
The two walked forward, and Xu Chen couldn't help laughing:
"We are really like an underground party."
Fang Jun still looked serious and led the way.
Xu Chen turned around and took a look and found that there was actually a "ruin of a great man's former residence" next to him.
Dongshankou is also a famous boundary of Laoyang City. Since the late Qing Dynasty, there has been a saying of "Miss Xiguan and Young Master Dongshan".
While walking forward, Fang Jun said smoothly:
"I just looked through the quotations and bills in the car, and there is indeed something wrong with them."
Xu Chen: "What is the specific problem?"
Fang Jun: "About one-third of the entries in yesterday's and today's documents overlap, and there are some differences in amounts, but the amounts are not large."
Xu Chen: "The amount is not large?"
Fang Jun: "I haven't looked carefully yet, but it's probably about two or three thousand...
This is indeed only a small discrepancy in a bill of several million. If the final total is fine, the finance department will usually not be too demanding.
After all, those items are already very detailed, and some are even made of materials worth less than 100 yuan..."
Xu Chen thought about it and said:
"Maybe it's a test for me."
Fang Jun: "Testing?"
Xu Chen: "Test whether I will carefully review those two bills!"
He paused, "In this case...let's put the matter aside for now and pretend we didn't notice it.
The fox's tail will show itself. ”
Fang Jun: "You seem to be very convinced that Mr. Li is doing something."
Xu Chen: "I have heard some rumors in the circle and want to verify them.
In addition, after all, we have been entrusted by Party A's customers and collected the customer's service fees. Of course, we have the obligation to help the customers keep an eye on it.
Although the filming and execution of this commercial is relatively simple, the overall cost is still very high because it involves a celebrity spokesperson.
It is impossible not to be remembered..."
Xu Chen had been Li Fengfeng's subordinate in his previous life. He was almost 100% sure that Mr. Li would definitely do something.
This project itself has a huge order volume, but Party A’s client didn’t even have anyone to shoot the commercial. Instead, they sent a “supervisor” like Xu Chen.
As the coordinator of the project, Li Fengfeng has too much room for maneuver.
Heijue Marketing is the unit responsible for this project, but it is only equivalent to a "general contracting unit". Specific spokesperson signing, photography, materials, etc. can be split up to various third-party suppliers.
These matters are managed by Li Fengfeng, the project leader.
Based on Xu Chen's understanding of Li Fengfeng in his previous life, it was impossible for him to resist the temptation.
In the past two days, Li Fengfeng's superficial politeness to Xu Chen actually made Xu Chen more convinced.
With Mr. Li's headstrong and sarcastic personality, he didn't embarrass "Teacher Xiao Xu", so he must have something on his mind.
The "loophole" that Fang Jun discovered today was obviously too small. This is probably Li Fengfeng's test of Xu Chen to see if he, as the "supervisor", has carefully reviewed the quotations and bills.
Perhaps in Li Fengfeng's opinion, clients definitely don't understand the various trivial quotations for commercial film production, and they are more concerned about the total budget.
The only one who might see something wrong might be this "Teacher Xu Chen", so he first used a small loophole of two to three thousand yuan to test Xu Chen.
If Xu Chen pointed out the problem of the two or three thousand, it would actually be harmless, and it would be easy to find some excuses to excuse it.
And if Xu Chen doesn't find the problem, Li Fengfeng will most likely have follow-up operations...
Xu Chen thought about it again and said:
"Every item in the bill has a note about the company that purchased or executed it. Can these companies be checked?"
Fang Jun: "You can check it. Industrial and commercial registration has public inquiry channels. In addition, I have other channels and methods."
Xu Chen: "Then please ask the all-powerful teacher Fang Jun to help you check, especially the suppliers involved in the amount change."
Fang Jun: "No problem..."
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After walking a few more steps, Fang Jun stopped and reached out to grab Xu Chen.
She pointed with her eyes: "That's the one..."
Xu Chenchao took a step back and hid behind the pillars of the arcade next to him with Fang Jun.
Across the street, there is a small storefront with a signboard of "Northern Dumplings".
There were several tables set up in the store, and two customers were eating inside.
Fang Jun turned to look at Xu Chen: "Can you see anything?"
Xu Chen shook his head: "I can't tell."
Fang Jun: "Li Rui said the boss is a woman."
Xu Chen: "Then we can only wait a moment. The female boss comes out to see if I know her."
The two stood on the side of the road for a while, and sure enough they saw a middle-aged woman walking out and cleaning the table with a rag.
Xu Chen looked at it carefully and said to Fang Jun:
"Let's go... nothing happens."
Fang Jun looked puzzled: "Know?"
Xu Chen thought for a while and said to Fang Jun: "That's my third aunt, my father's younger brother and sister."
"Brother and sister?" Fang Jun was stunned, as if this was not enough to dispel her doubts, and even made her more doubtful.
Xu Chen turned his head and looked at Fang Jun, and smiled helplessly:
"Teacher Fang Jun looks serious. Do you usually watch bloody family ethics dramas at home?"
Fang Jun: "..."
Xu Chen gave Fang Jun a rough explanation.
Of course, it is mainly about the situation with the third uncle, including his debt, and also the past between him and the Xu Zhiquan brothers earlier...
Fang Jun thought for a while: "I seem to have heard you talk about it a little bit."
After the order from the machinery factory was lost, various creditors of the third uncle Xu Zhihai came to collect debts, and even resorted to extreme actions such as throwing paint and breaking windows with wine bottles.
Based on the previous grievances and grievances, Xu Zhiquan didn't want to take care of it at the time.
At that time, the seedling company also invested a lot of money, and Xu Zhiquan couldn't control it even if he wanted to.
But Xu Zhiquan did not completely ignore the situation. He found several of Xu Zhihai's big creditors and tried to find a way to help push back the debt.
The third child, Xu Zhihai, finally regained his breath and resold the factory equipment in his hands. Together with a compensation payment from Guangming Factory at that time, he was able to pay off all his debts one after another.
But all his savings over the past few decades have been lost, and there is almost no possibility of a "comeback" in the short term.
Xu Zhihai is also a somewhat headstrong, arrogant person, and he feels unable to hold his head up even when he is in trouble.
The news that Xu Chen heard at that time was that his third uncle took his wife and children south, but where exactly they went and what they did was unknown.
Now it seems that Xu Zhihai came to Yangcheng with his wife and children.
The third aunt opened this dumpling restaurant, but I don’t know that the third uncle is also in the store, or he is busy with other things...
Father Xu Zhiquan came to Yangcheng this time. It seemed that he had heard the news a long time ago, so he came to look for it, visited, and left tens of thousands of dollars to the third aunt.
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Fang Jun said:
"The things your third uncle did when we broke up the family were indeed insidious and adding insult to injury.
Your dad can repay kindness with kindness and come to visit, which can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous..."
Xu Chen: "No harm will come to my wife and children...
My dad is very principled in his approach to the company and business, but after all, he is also a member of the family.
He is different from me. My dad has always had a generous and kind side. ”
Fang Jun turned to look at Xu Chen: "Aren't you generous?"
Xu Chen: "I'm not generous, I still hold a grudge."
Fang Jun: "It's good to hold grudges, otherwise the world will belong to bad people."
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The two walked towards the parking lot. Xu Chen turned around and saw that there was a "Lianxianglou" nearby, a local souvenir snack shop in Yangcheng.
He went in and picked out a few items and bought a lot.
After paying the bill, he reached out and handed it to Fang Jun.
"I borrowed two boxes of black tea cakes from you, and this is what I'm paying back to you."
Fang Jun took it expressionlessly and said:
"You not only remember grudges, but also the favors you owe others."
Xu Chen smiled: "That's natural."
Fang Jun hesitated and said:
"Actually, you can treat me as one of your own after being in contact with me for so long.
Anyway, I already regard you and your father as one of my own..."
Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"I will tell my dad when I get back and ask him to open a bar for you in the factory area."
Fang Jun: "What's the name of the wine your dad likes to drink? I drank it twice, and it seems he likes it too."
Xu Chen: "He likes to drink strong aromas, such as Guojiao and Luzhou. He has to drink Jiangxiang because of social activities, and he rarely drinks light aromatics..."
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When walking back to the parking lot, Chen Xiaolong was half-lying in the car to rest.
When he saw Xu Chen and Fang Jun coming back, he was so frightened that he quickly sat up and almost hit his head.
"Teacher Xu Chen, just call me. I can drive over to pick you up."
Xu Chen smiled and got into the car without saying anything.
Chen Xiaolong started the car and drove straight towards Baiyun Airport.
Soon we were on the highway, and the traffic was smooth.
Xu Chen was thinking about things, suddenly thought of something, and said to Chen Xiaolong:
"Mr. Li, your real name is not Li Fengfeng, right?"
Chen Xiaolong was stunned for a moment, seemingly a little surprised:
"This...how did Teacher Xu Chen know?"
There is no more tonight. I am suffering from laziness and feel uncomfortable all over. My adoptive fathers will allow me to fall for a while. .
(End of chapter)