Seeing Fu Zicong in such a towering rage, all the assistants and secretaries immediately fell silent, retreating as far as they could, and collectively turned their eyes toward their "boss" — Li Yi.
Meeting the many pairs of expectant, burning gazes, Li Yi had no choice but to steel himself and walk up to the furious Fu Zicong.
"President Fu, please don't be angry! Have a sip of coffee to calm down. This is your favorite Nanshan coffee."
As he spoke, Li Yi respectfully placed a freshly brewed cup of coffee on the desk.
However, Fu Zicong showed no appreciation for his deference or attentiveness. With a casual sweep of his hand, he knocked the cup straight to the floor. Coffee splashed everywhere, along with shards of the shattered porcelain.
"Ha, don't be angry? You make it sound so easy! Do you know how much money I lost this time? Two hundred million! A full two hundred million! If I weren't angry, that would be abnormal!"
Fu Zicong glared viciously at Li Yi, still fuming.
If he'd known this would happen, he might as well have spent those two hundred million at the auction to buy the Ming Xiaozong Dragon-and-Phoenix jade pendant — at least he could've shown off a bit.
But now?
Two hundred million, gone just like that.
The stock was completely trapped!
And it even hit the daily limit down.
He couldn't sell even if he wanted to!
It was simply…
The more Fu Zicong thought about it, the angrier he became.
Today, he had truly had the worst luck imaginable.
He'd clearly been in a position to make a huge profit.
Who would've thought that at the critical moment, both the company phone lines and his customized private phone would all fail him?
When bad luck strikes, even drinking cold water makes your teeth hurt!
At the same time—
Imperial CapitalRongguang Group, R&D Department Executive Office
Fu Zilan slowly stopped typing. The corners of her lips curled upward, a trace of cunning flashing through her beautiful eyes.
"Done."
This lesson should be more than enough to teach her useless younger brother a thing or two.
Knowing nothing, yet daring to imitate others and speculate in stocks?
Ridiculous!
If you don't lose money, who will?
Of course, in order to "educate" this useless brother, even if Fu Zicong could have made money from stock trading, she would still find a way to make him lose miserably.
Just like… right now.
Thinking of this, Fu Zilan's smile deepened, the sly glint in her eyes growing stronger.
"Fu Zicong, your unlucky days have only just begun. What I did was merely an appetizer. Eldest Sister and Second Sister haven't even started dealing with you yet. Tsk… just you wait."
It had to be said — Sixth Miss Fu of the Fu family, Fu Zilan, truly was a prophet… no, a prophet queen.
Because just as she had finished "educating" her useless younger brother, her eldest sister, Fu Zici, made her move.
Xincheng Entertainment Headquarters Building
Fu Zicong was still simmering with rage over losing two hundred million for nothing when someone who clearly didn't know better chose this moment to come and add fuel to the fire.
"President Fu, this is bad! President Fu, something big has happened! President Fu—"
Qi Lei, the Director of the Film and Television Department, had somehow arrived on the executive floor.
Before he even knocked or entered the CEO's office, he began shouting in rapid succession.
Hearing this, Fu Zicong, already in a foul mood, immediately frowned and unleashed a torrent of abuse at Director Qi.
"What the hell are you wailing about? Are you crying at a funeral? Everything was fine — why are you howling like that? Damn unlucky! All my good fortune gets scared away by jinxes like you!"
Under this sudden and brutal scolding, Qi Lei didn't even dare lift his head. He could only bow it and stammer:
"President Fu, I… I… I really do have an extremely urgent matter to report to you. I…"
Seeing this, Li Yi and the other assistants and secretaries secretly breathed a collective sigh of relief.
They admired Director Qi as a real man.
Daring to provoke President Fu when he was in a rage?
Wasn't that just walking straight into the line of fire?
Tsk, practically asking for death.
But still — this was good.
With this reckless Qi Lei taking the brunt of President Fu's anger, they could finally relax a bit.
As the saying goes, better a dead friend than a dead self.
Whew — thank goodness!
"Hmph. Fine then. Tell me — what exactly is so urgent?"
Fu Zicong snorted coldly, casting an icy glance at Qi Lei.
It was clear he was thinking: If you can't give me a convincing explanation, I'll deal with you later.
Meeting Fu Zicong's gaze and instantly understanding the threat behind it, Qi Lei shuddered, yet still hurriedly spoke:
"It's like this… just now, the Fu Group contacted me and informed me that the investment for 'A City-Toppling Love, Sweet as Honey' has been rejected. The Fu Group will withdraw its funding entirely. It's said that this decision came directly from President Fu… ah— that is, the President of Fu Group, Eldest Miss Fu Zici."
To have risen to the position of Director of Film and Television at Xincheng Entertainment, Qi Lei was naturally no fool.
If the situation weren't truly critical, he wouldn't have rushed over to touch Fu Zicong's sore spot.
Even now, though eager to speak, he still carefully weighed his wording and tone.
Even so, the moment Fu Zicong heard this, he completely exploded.
"What?! The investment for 'A City-Toppling Love, Sweet as Honey' has been rejected? And they're withdrawing funding outright?!"
Fu Zici — how dare you?!
Damn it!
His so-called good eldest sister actually dared to embarrass him like this, openly sabotaging him!
'A City-Toppling Love, Sweet as Honey' was Xincheng Entertainment's key annual investment project.
It was adapted from a super-popular web novel of the same name.
A guaranteed mega-IP.
Just acquiring the adaptation rights had already cost him a significant sum.
On top of that, it was a fantasy xianxia romance drama, packed with special effects and grand scenes.
Most importantly, to directly compete with this year's hit drama 'Immortal Blade Hero Legend', he had planned to use an all-star cast, determined to completely crush 'Immortal Blade Hero Legend' beneath its feet.
To that end, numerous top-tier celebrities in the entertainment industry had all been invited into the 'A City-Toppling Love, Sweet as Honey' production team.
To be blunt, this drama was absolutely star-studded.
Even the supporting roles were filled entirely with famous big-name actors.
With such a luxurious, all-star lineup, Fu Zicong refused to believe it couldn't utterly defeat 'Immortal Blade Hero Legend' — a show that, aside from the washed-up "national goddess" Xu Yifei, featured nothing but unknown newcomers.
Hmph!
However, there was a problem.
That was — such an all-star cast, combined with the cost of acquiring a massive IP, resulted in sky-high production expenses. Even for Xincheng Entertainment, the top capital force in the industry, it was difficult to gather that much capital and liquidity at once.
That was why Fu Zicong had reached out to the family.
After all, everything belonging to the Fu family — and the Fu Group — would eventually be his anyway.
Taking a bit in advance… what was the big deal?
Right?
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