Chen Yiyang never expected that the person Peng Fei connected him with was someone he already knew, the current person in charge of Tengxu Entertainment.

It was only now that Chen Yiyang learned this person's full name was Wu Changxun, and in terms of status, he was one of the 'Emperor Candidates' of the current Tengxu. Once the old general manager of Tengxu steps down, his age would also be just enough for succession.

Of course, all of this is contingent on his ability to compete against other Emperor Candidates.

After finishing the conversation with Peng Fei, Chen Yiyang directly returned to the hotel and called Wu Changxun; the two began their formal conversation.

"Tengxu places a high emphasis on partners that have a long-term cooperative history," Wu Changxun began, "So in some aspects, we will also look after their interests."

"Then I'm not considered a long-term partner of Tengxu?" Chen Yiyang replied, "For the show Produce 101, I've supported the production with quite a bit of advertising fees. Our company invested genuine money into various activities to promote Tengxu."

"After all, they are old friends."

"If Tengxu can ensure that Song Xi and Yang Jinlu maintain their rankings, I am willing to relinquish part of the investment share in Happy Mahua's project to Tengxu," Chen Yiyang proposed his terms.

"What Tengxu lacks is not money but stable business partners," Wu Changxun did not relent.

This amount of money really means nothing to Tengxu. To put it bluntly,

even if Tengxu invested in the entire Mahua team's movie, and the box office exploded to three to four billion, the earned money would only be equivalent to a few hours of profit from Tengxu's game department.

"We've known each other for a while, so just speak your mind and don't beat around the bush," Chen Yiyang couldn't help but directly ask what Wu Changxun wanted.

"I'm quite interested in the news you told Zheng Zhiming," Wu Changxun pointed out his motive.

"The Tengxu internal corruption case?"

"I'm not responsible for internal anti-corruption in Tengxu. This matter cannot be exposed by Tengxu insiders."

"Are you suggesting I contact external media to expose this?"

"I never said that," Wu Changxun immediately denied it.

The reason for Wu Changxun's denial is simple—keeping family scandals within the family.

If Tengxu's internal corruption case were exposed by insiders, it would likely be quietly handled.

Fire whoever needs to be fired, plug any loopholes.

Then by the end of the year, Tengxu's boss would make a few statements, criticize some departments,

and the matter would be considered over.

The outside world, especially those not particularly concerned about Tengxu, would have no idea what happened internally.

But if this issue were exposed by outsiders, its significance would be different.

This would mean the external world would question whether Tengxu's top management still has control over their subordinates.

If internal corruption is so severe, how could the top management have missed it?

At that point, several top management figures at Tengxu would lose face.

Even if the direct leaders in the game department aren't immediately sacked, they would probably see their prospects dashed.

And these people's friends and colleagues would naturally blame the person who exposed the issue.

If they find out it was Chen Yiyang who brought this to light,

he would likely offend the entire Tengxu game department.

An individual project team at Tengxu might not be significant, and even offending them wouldn't matter much.

But offending the entire game department would make things very difficult for Chen Yiyang.

He's gotten himself involved in Tengxu's internal power struggles.

Rationally speaking, a third-place position in a talent show for someone like Yang Jinlu isn't worth getting involved in such huge corporate internal conflicts.

But giving up just like that also leaves him feeling unwilling.

Stuck in this dilemma, Chen Yiyang decided to play some games and went to sleep.

The next morning, he checked his phone.

There was a missed call and several messages.

Upon checking, he found it was a message from Gao Ye, saying she passed the audition and would soon join the filming of Happy Mahua's movie, expressing her gratitude to Chen Yiyang for the recommendation.

Of course, after the audition, Gao Ye also inquired about Chen Yiyang's whereabouts, saying she wanted to thank him in person. But by then, Chen Yiyang was already asleep.

Chen Yiyang wasn't particularly interested in actresses, so he messaged Gao Ye to focus on acting well and not embarrass him.

Then he called Cao Dong to request a leave of absence for Gao Ye.

After all, Gao Ye still had to attend The Longest Day In Chang'an pre-shooting training, and leaving would surely delay progress there.

"No worries, Gao Ye doesn't have many scenes in the drama anyway, so having her train later when filming starts isn't urgent,"

Cao Dong, upon understanding the reason, appeared very lenient, showing no anger over Gao Ye's potential schedule conflicts.

He had no reason to be upset.

After chatting briefly with Chen Yiyang, Cao Dong couldn't help but ask, "I've heard that the Happy Mahua team has already shot more than half of the movie, and all the early investments have been secured.

How did you suddenly get involved and manage to insert a lead actress?"

Cao Dong, although not a gossip enthusiast,

had tried asking around after hearing from Gao Ye, only to find out nothing about how Chen Yiyang managed to suddenly get involved in the Happy Mahua movie project.

It's worth noting that once the project was set, it had immediately attracted numerous suitors.

Unfortunately, the project was entirely handled by Happy Mahua, and they chose their own people as actors.

The only exception was the lead actress, supposedly from an investor from Wan Island.

Now that the movie project was nearly done, Chen Yiyang had abruptly stepped in to replace the lead actress, pushing out the original investor.

This surely doesn't fear them taking legal action according to the contract?

"Oh, it was just a coincidence on my side; I happened to have the opportunity and invested decisively," Chen Yiyang naturally did not disclose the underlying complexities to Cao Dong.

Although there might be some news leaked after the movie's release,

"Well, Mr. Chen, if I ever have a good project in the future, you'll be the first investor I approach," Cao Dong said before hanging up.

He genuinely meant those words.

You can't afford not to bring Chen Yiyang in as an investor, even if it's a small share, you'd have to give him some.

Otherwise, who knows what method he would use to step in, change the lead actress when your movie is almost done?

Better safe than sorry, just consider it protection money.

After finishing the call with Cao Dong, Chen Yiyang glanced at today's bargain intelligence.

Today's intel, is this really not a bottle cap? In a junk market in the Imperial Capital, two Ming Dynasty Silver Incense Boxes are for sale. Buy for under 1,000 yuan to snag a bargain.

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