Li Yan thought since he couldn't hide it from her, he might as well not hide it and instead said it exaggeratedly. "Hehe, you guessed right. In the entire business department, there are only two I have in mind. Besides Huang Ying, I also want to chat with you for a while. You don't need to deny it, everyone in the business department knows I'm more interested in you?"

"..."

Wen Qianyi was speechless and jokingly scolded, "Stop the nonsense, if you're not here specifically to see Huang Ying, then what do you want with me?"

"Can't I come see you without a reason? I'm going to engage in some underhanded tactics tonight, feeling a bit guilty, so I came specifically to confess to you." Li Yan took out a cigarette box.

"Don't smoke here. I don't care about your rules, it's none of my business, and I won't tattle to Yu Xiaodi." Wen Qianyi waved her hand, obviously not believing his excuse.

Li Yan had seen her last night, everything that needed to be said was already said. Just now, he specifically came to see Huang Ying, but since she mentioned it, admitting it would really make him look like he came to see a little lover. He had to make an excuse, "Do you remember the movie project we initially worked on? What do you think about that…"

Seeing him getting serious, Wen Qianyi finally believed he had something to discuss. She also got serious, "I say Old Li, now you're no longer in the business department, nor are you my assistant, you are the boss of a company. You need to learn to make decisions. You don't need to seek my opinion anymore, even if I used to understand those projects, now they're your responsibility. Also, your identity is different now, you need to make decisions based on other people's opinions, and if you have questions, you should ask your team."

"Just like what you're doing now, it's also different from before?"

"That's right, don't plan for positions you're not in. Be ready for the role of the position you hold, now I'm acting director, I have to do the director's work. You may feel that at the headquarters, many have higher positions than you, many have more power than you, and many have more followers than you, feeling that this general manager title is an empty name. But don't forget, this is in the context of Paradise Group. Externally, you are already the general manager of Heavenly Film, representing an emerging film investment company!

Considering the business scale and diversification of our company, a business partner with ten million doesn't even qualify to visit and tour the headquarters, in the film industry, ten million can already be considered a mid-sized investment. Also, President Zhang attaches great importance to the Heavenly Film project, it is a rapidly developing industry, as long as you plan well with the backing of the group company, are you afraid of not having funds? So you must remember, Heavenly Film is a new company, but not a small company, it doesn't need to develop slowly, it can grow big and strong at any time! And this depends on you."

Wen Qianyi assumed Li Yan wasn't very satisfied with the current situation and lacked confidence without independent external experience, so she encouraged him.

After listening to her, Li Yan couldn't help but applaud, praising with a smile, "Well said. Little Wen, you truly are worthy of being recruited by me, your capability is solid! You started as a supervisor and now are acting director, I won't be surprised if you become vice president in the future. Although I'm not a great talent scout, I still have the discerning eye of a good judge."

"..." Wen Qianyi was both amused and exasperated, this guy's face is getting thicker! "Oh, really? Then I should be grateful to you? If it hadn't been for you recruiting me, wouldn't I have been buried?"

"Well... hey, gold always shines, even if you hadn't met me, you'd eventually shine brightly one day. Of course, if you insist on thanking me, I won't be modest, just casually promising yourself to me would be enough."

Li Yan was obviously boasting, although Wen Qianyi was prioritized for recruitment by him and Sun Hui. However, the final decision was made by the HR director, and Zhang Yurong was the one who decided to heavily utilize her, even Ye Jiahong knew Wen Qianyi's capability, having nothing to do with him.

"Promise you my head!" Wen Qianyi joked and threw a crumpled paper ball at Li Yan.

Sitting across from her, Li Yan exaggeratedly caught the incoming ball and snickered.

"What are you laughing at? Hurry up and get out, do your work, next time I'll throw… this!" Wen Qianyi feigned anger and glared at him, picking up the mouse from the table.

"Hehe…" Li Yan continued to laugh, shaking the paper ball in his hand, "One love token is enough, this one can't be more, I've already caught the love token you threw, you know what to do!"

After saying that, he winked and left the director's office before she could react.

...

After leaving the business department, Li Yan wandered around. Among the colleagues and friends he was familiar with, Xu Ping, Liu Feng, and Fan Siwen were all in the administration department. With Hai Fu overseeing it, no one dared to chat with him during work hours anyway. Wang Lei was in the planning department, although not in his previous group, he had said goodbye to him alongside Jiang Lele in the morning. Even Sun Hui had chatted during formalities in the morning. So the place he could wander now was only on the first floor.

He was somewhat familiar with the security team on the first floor, even though he was no longer the deputy team leader, he still got along well with the captain Yang Dalong from Jie Rui. Going over to smoke and chat could still pass the time.

Besides the security team, there was also Chen Xiaoen at the front desk whom he knew. However, after chatting with the front desk ladies for a bit, he found out Chen Xiaoen had left the company a few days ago. A front desk lady even joked that Chen Xiaoen came to Paradise for him, and because he ignored her, she left heartbroken.

This surprised him a bit, because back when Chen Xiaoen was at the Prince Hotel, she was also working front desk, and transferring to the headquarters front desk would relatively improve benefits in all aspects. It's been less than six months, so why did she quit? Of course, he didn't believe Chen Xiaoen came for him, because when he met her at the Prince Hotel, he was using a false identity. She later learned he worked at Paradise Group.

However, his connection with Chen Xiaoen was mainly during the Prince Hotel days where, to calm her nerves, he kissed her once, and later ran into her at a movie. After joining the company, they just greeted each other and occasionally chatted without deep interactions, even though he had brought her gifts when he returned from Beihai, but to his memory, he didn't have her phone number, and now she was gone, he didn't dwell on it.

After hanging around until after work, Li Yan contacted Chu Yi.

It's unusual for others to rush to banquets or leisure activities this eagerly or early. Going too early might seem too eager to eat. Normally, the more prestigious one's status, the later they intentionally show up. And dinner is just the first activity, after which the second activity begins at a nightclub, and after enough fun there, the third would be at a bathhouse or sauna, going till midnight.

This didn't suit Li Yan, he hadn't even thought about the subsequent entertainments, just waiting for Yurong to get off work to visit Yue Yao at the hospital, eating dinner then returning. His aim was not too indecent, just using dinner as a chance to communicate more with Chu Yi, being a newcomer, he needed people in the industry to spread the word. As Wen Qianyi said, outwardly he is the general manager of Heavenly Film, with the Paradise Group as backing, he certainly shouldn't lower himself to contact people one by one, but should let the word out, letting others come to him.

Since the preparation until now had been basically completed, several months had passed, but the headquarters didn't mean to publicize greatly, so it wasn't fitting to widely invite reporters for a press conference. Spreading by word of mouth through industry insiders was the best route.

This time, Li Yan's status was now distinctly different. Last time, Li Yan was merely an assistant to a project leader; now it was the real Heavenly Film Company established by Paradise Group, and he was already the person responsible. Hence, Chu Yi's reception for him was also not of the previous standard.

Upon receiving Li Yan's call, Chu Yi indicated that he had already arranged a dining venue and asked if he needed to pick up Li Yan. Upon learning it wasn't necessary, he notified the hotel address.

The chosen place was an upscale hotel, capable of comprehensively hosting a series of entertainments without changing venues. Merely the dinner included abalone rice and braised shark fin per person, along with various liquors and wines, and other dishes amounting to nearly ten thousand per table.

It's not that Chu Yi was too indulgent, but Li Yan now represented the investor. If it were directors or big celebrities, their hospitality would differ since they are public figures. Investors are different; it follows ordinary entertainment hosting steps, and he's also a man, not believing a fellow man like Li Yan would merely want dinner. Moreover, Li Yan proactively contacted him first and insisted on an early time; all of this looked to Chu Yi like a newly empowered upstart eager for experiences. Of course, he arranged everything perfectly.

...

Just as he arrived at the hotel, Li Yan's phone rang, and it was last night's missed appointment, Qiao Huanxuan. He answered in a not-so-enthusiastic tone, "Qiao Huanxuan, I'm still working…"

"You're something else! You stood me up, and not even a call to explain all day!" Qiao Huanxuan's voice was full of anger on the phone.

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