I am a Big Player
Chapter 603 - 597, Banquet (Third Update)_1

Chapter 603: 597, Banquet (Third Update)_1

Zhang Ming was still eating when he finished talking about the screenplay and happily picked up his food while observing the dubious looks around him: What’s this? There’s already another screenplay ready for shooting?

"Zhang, don’t kid us, I can’t believe this thing was written by a kid, you didn’t take a hush money from someone, did you?"

"Hush money?" Zhang Ming chuckled: "Let me tell you something you don’t know, do you guys know where Zhou Wumeng is now?"

"Which Zhou?" Someone was confused for a moment.

"Who else could it be? Who else named Zhou around me is worth mentioning?" Zhang Ming said with a smile.

"Zhou Wumeng, of course!" Someone smacked their forehead: "Didn’t he go into charity work?"

"What’s his charity fund called?" Zhang Ming asked with a mysterious smile.

"Damn! The Qinghe Fund?" someone exclaimed in surprise: "Are you suggesting that the big boss of Qinghe had roped Zhou in a long time ago?"

When Zhou Wumeng resigned, it was national news, and everyone was shocked, wondering what kind of person could be Zhou Wumeng’s boss!

Now it all became clear, looking at the way Zhang Ming was talking, it turned out to be the Qinghe Group!

Back then, Ren He was almost completely exposed, but then a wave of misdirection appeared online, no one believed any of it, and the media lost interest...

After that, it wasn’t about whether to investigate or not, the speed at which Qinghe started acquiring shares in mainstream media was just too damn fast, and now the cooperation agreements specify that any public opinion involving Qinghe Group must be vetted by Qinghe’s PR department...

Now, it’s nearly impossible to find news about Ren He online or in newspapers, as if he’s gone invisible.

It’s not that Ren He can really go invisible, but he’s just too ruthless, using money to blind everyone!

Ren He is no longer afraid of exposure, as long as his image doesn’t appear on the internet causing him to be mobbed by fans when he’s out.

So Zhang Ming continued: "You guys know where the funding for Qinghe Fund comes from, right?"

"Of course, the whole earth knows how popular Harry Potter is, and you directed ’Kunlun’, which seems to have transferred its rights to the Qinghe Fund as well, including ’The Kite Runner’..." The speaker paused: "Wait a minute... These works have always been anonymous, Zhou Wumeng has been unwilling to disclose who wrote them, but judging by what you’re implying..."

Zhang Ming laughed: "I was shocked initially, Zhou told me he wanted to introduce the author of ’Kunlun’ to me, and guess what? A 16-year-old boy was standing in front of me!"

"You probably don’t realize why Zhou resigned so resolutely to turn to charity work, all of Qinghe Fund’s funding is self-supported, the global book sales of Harry Potter alone have reached 5.73 billion yuan, and it’s only up to the third book, not to mention the future," Zhang Ming reflected: "You saw how tough Qinghe Fund was when dealing with internet trolls, they have the backbone, and they don’t rely on you, so say whatever you want, I’m not listening!"

"I’m just envious of Zhou’s carefree days, that’s why I willingly embraced Qinghe, you guys think because he’s a businessman he can’t write a good script, so let me ask you, who among you can write something like Harry Potter?" Zhang Ming shook his head.

Indeed, if someone could write Harry Potter, who the hell would still be here envying others?

"Speaking of which, Harry Potter is filled with foreign charm, and ’The Kite Runner’ doesn’t quite seem like it was written by a Chinese person," someone curiously said.

"And yet they were exactly written by a Chinese person, if you say Harry Potter was bought, who would be willing to sell such a thing? And with the book being this popular, why has no one come forward to dispute the rights?" Zhang Ming explained logically: "Think about it, even if Ren He had bought all the copyrights and the right to attribution, if the author came out now and claimed a share of the money, despite not winning in court, have you thought about how much economic gain just the reputation of being the original author of Harry Potter would bring? Yet no one is making any trouble now. So guys, at least in my heart, I’m convinced he wrote all these things. No matter what you guys think, I believe it. Plus, the two new screenplays that came out, they really gave me a lot of surprises!"

Everyone exchanged glances, feeling somewhat toothache-inducing revelation: not only does he do good business, but he’s also quietly written so much stuff, he’s a literary author whose talents were wasted on the internet...

Furthermore, how many people have the courage to use super bestsellers like ’The Kite Runner’ and Harry Potter for charity work? Certainly, they wouldn’t bring themselves to do it.

"He is a remarkable person," Zhang Ming laughed: "The more I get to know him, the more I find him incredible, even if news comes out later that he has special powers or whatever, I wouldn’t find it surprising at all."

Zhang Ming was indeed a little out of the loop here, speaking of special powers, Ren He truly had some... Emetic Water and Tear Potion, while both sounded and felt painful to use, they truly counted as special powers!

Speaking of which, Ren He still held onto a chance to use high-level Emetic Water but had yet to find an opportunity to use it, and it was uncertain who it would fall upon. Anyway, if people knew that Ren He held such a thing, whether it’s scientific or not... they definitely wouldn’t dare mess with him casually.

"If you look at it this way, Zhou really got what he asked for," someone said reflectively.

"Forget the futile talk, I just want to know if Qinghe Film and Television is hiring..."

"I want to go too!"

Zhang Ming chuckled: "Drink up, drink up, I don’t have the final say on this matter."

In fact, he did have control over hiring, but what would these people do at Qinghe, retire? What Qinghe needs now are people who can get things done! He cherishes the company more than anyone else.

Since he didn’t want to offend anyone himself, he put Ren He in the spotlight, knowing that these people wouldn’t dare to provoke Ren He. With so many wanting to get into Qinghe, Zhang Ming was too astute to offend anyone, so he pushed it all onto Ren He, pretending he was just a Qinghe-affiliated director.

In Zhang Ming’s words, although he was the president, Ren He was the chairman!

Zhang Ming never kept it a secret from Ren He, and though Ren He felt a bit amused and helpless upon learning about it, he didn’t mind, it didn’t bother him.

Just then, Zhang Ming suddenly received a call from someone, and after listening for a while, he dialed Ren He with a strange look on his face: "Jiang Wensheng sent someone to tell me he wants to invite you to dinner."