Return of the King, Dominating the City

Chapter 1691 - 1585: Doubts

The next morning when Chen Mengjie woke up, Song Yun’s figure was already missing from the bedside. There was only a glass of milk and a piece of bread on the nightstand, with steam still rising from the milk.

Chen Mengjie sighed and got up to walk into the bathroom nearby.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Song Yun had already appeared at the entrance of the Huaxia Film Company. Standing at the company entrance was a young man, none other than Huang Rui, someone from the Hongxing Sect whom Song Yun had encountered previously.

"Brother Li said something came up today, so he won’t be here to help you take over this company. He sent me to assist you," Huang Rui said with a smile.

"Haha, for such a small matter, I could actually handle it on my own," Song Yun replied with a smile. "If I can’t even manage to take over a company, then I might as well quit."

"That’s true, I’ve often heard of Boss Song’s methods, hehe. Brother Song, let’s go. From today onwards, this Huaxia Film Company is yours. You could call this an inspection of your own company," Huang Rui said as he turned and walked inside.

Song Yun followed behind, looking up at the huge sign of Huaxia Film Company, feeling a bit emotional.

This Huaxia Film Company was the largest under Xiang Rong’s command and considered the flagship company of his film group. The company had nearly fifty signed A-list stars, not to mention countless B and C-listers. In a year, the movies it produced nearly accounted for half of the total output of the Hong Kong and Macao film industry.

Although nowadays Hong Kong and Macao films are becoming increasingly nonsensical, many movies still make money, or should I say, manage to squeeze out even more funds. That’s why the film industry remains evergreen, even if some movies are as worthless as dog crap.

According to Song Yun’s understanding, every year, Xiang Rong would easily transfer at least one billion from this film company. It’s a simple calculation; isn’t it easy to make thirty movies a year? And each movie bringing in a box office of forty million? Easy enough, right? A quick calculation shows it to be over a billion, and even after deducting miscellaneous expenses, one billion a year is really a minor issue.

Of course, these billions still have to be divided among many others, so what Xiang Rong actually gets is only about a tenth.

There weren’t many people on the ground floor lobby of Huaxia Film Company, and many faces looked somewhat cautious, as they had all heard a piece of news today that their boss had been taken out as an act of someone else’s revenge.

Before they could digest this news, they got another notice that the boss had handed over the company to a good friend and brother before his death. However, the name of this good friend and brother was not something those lingering in the ground floor lobby were privileged to know.

On any normal day, someone would have come forward to inquire about the identities of those entering like Song Yun and Huang Rui, since this was a film company and there were many film industry secrets inside, such as unreleased films. However, today, as the two entered, no one paid any attention to them, and under Huang Rui’s guidance, Song Yun easily went upstairs.

Outside the office on the top floor.

Huang Rui smiled at Song Yun and said, "All the managers and directors and such from Huaxia Film Company are waiting inside for you. Once you tame these people, the Huaxia Film Company will truly be yours."

"Haha, thank you," Song Yun nodded slightly to Huang Rui in gratitude, and Huang Rui shook his head without saying anything.

Song Yun turned and pushed open the office door, walking inside.

The slightly noisy office fell silent the moment Song Yun stepped in through the door.

Silence without a sound.

There were about ten people in the office, and in the middle of the office was a large round table, leaving plenty of room for these ten or so people to sit around it.

"It’s you!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Many faces were painted with surprise because they all recognized Song Yun. To be precise, they had all come to know him only a few days ago, mostly through television, since a recent attack case had been headline news throughout the Hong Kong and Macao regions, particularly as it involved movie stars, thereby having extraordinary influence.

"Hello, everyone!" Song Yun smiled, walked to the table on his own, and found an empty seat to sit down.

"You are Song Yun!"

A middle-aged man looked at Song Yun, surprised, and said, "You... why are you here?"

"Seems like I’m quite famous," Song Yun laughed and said, "Didn’t anyone notify you I’m here to take over this company?"

With Song Yun’s words, the people around once again fell silent.

A few seconds later, the middle-aged man looked at Song Yun with slightly stiff expression and said, "So, Song Yun, you say you’re here to take over the company?"

"Yes, didn’t anyone tell you? I thought you were all gathered here to welcome me! Seems like that’s not the case!" Song Yun laughed.

"No, no, no." The middle-aged man quickly shook his head and extended his hand, "I’m Rui Changsheng, the general manager of Huaxia Film Company."

"Nice to meet you." Song Yun shook hands with the man named Rui Changsheng and then said, "My arrival might have been sudden, perhaps making it a bit uncomfortable for all of you."

"Not at all, not at all, how could that be?" Rui Changsheng said with a full smile, "We’re just here waiting for our new boss, just didn’t expect our new boss to be you!"

"Haha, your Mr. Xiang and I have been through life and death together!" Song Yun said with a hint of sadness, "It’s just a pity that he was ambushed and is no longer with us!"

"Alas, who can predict such things!" Rui Changsheng gave Song Yun an odd look and said, "I’m just a bit puzzled; why did Mr. Xiang leave the company to you? Of course, I don’t mean anything by it, I’m just curious. After all, Mr. Xiang couldn’t have known he’d be ambushed!"

"This is just a backup plan Xiang Rong left for himself," Song Yun said somewhat sorrowfully, "He once told me that in this line of work, one may meet their end any day, might end up reporting to King Yama unexpectedly, so to prevent the company from falling into leaderlessness due to his sudden departure, he preemptively selected someone and prepared a will. Should he meet an unfortunate fate, I would manage some of his assets."

"Oh! Then why not let his wife manage?" Rui Changsheng continued to ask, "After all these years, a lot of Mr. Xiang’s affairs have actually been managed by his wife, and... Mr. Xiang never seemed to mention you to us."

Song Yun’s expression remained unchanged, but he thought to himself that this general manager likely has issues with his takeover!