"Waiter, go and open me another private room, it can be smaller, and get me two more decks of playing cards. ”

"Chinatown" is not a chess and card room, and it seems a little strange to play cards in this kind of place. But what's so strange about something strange happening in a place like a nightclub? Requests like playing cards are quite normal.

"Okay Chen Sheng, please wait. "The little brother of the nightclub is respectful to Lao Chen.

You must be respectful, this person in front of you is not only a frequent visitor here, but even a distinguished guest of the entire "China Town". Which person who begs for a living in a nightclub has no eyesight? The waiters here basically know that the person in front of him is the general manager of the "Golden Princess" shadow line, dragging the big man in the entertainment industry. Especially with the vigorous development of the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang in recent years, the local film market has become hot, it cannot be said that Lao Chen can call the wind and rain in the entertainment industry, but it is not too much to describe it as "hot".

You must know that in the entire entertainment industry, shadowing business is a special existence. In terms of fame, it may not be as good as being a star or making movies, but the actual authority in the circle is not bad at all.

Especially in the current situation of the Hong Kong film circle, in addition to the big mountains of "Shaw Brothers" and "Golden Harvest", how many independent film production companies or independent producers are there? If the films made by these people want to be released, how can they be done without a film line?

If it's those big casts with big stars and big directors participating, forget it, such movies may not worry about screening, but then again, such big casts are a minority after all, and there may not be a few all year round. As for most of the other films, whether they can be released or what kind of box office they can achieve depends largely on whether they can get the support of the film line.

This is the reason why the little brother here does not dare to snub Lao Chen, a feature of this place in Xiangjiang, most of the bigwigs who run nightclubs are actually inextricably linked with the entertainment industry. So from this point of view, everyone actually belongs to the same circle.

And when the waiter here sees Lao Chen, it is actually equivalent to the low-level brother in a certain circle, meeting the big man in the same circle. Can such a character be neglected? Therefore, not to mention that Lao Chen just proposed to play cards here, even if it was more excessive and outrageous, the little brother here did not dare not agree.

The waiter didn't ask too much, and after listening to Lao Chen's request, he hurriedly arranged to go. And the reason why the waiter didn't dare to ask, in addition to the above reasons, more importantly, he found that Lao Chen's state today seemed to be a little wrong.

Lao Chen has not been to "Chinatown" in the past, and when he appeared here in the past, most of the time he was like a star-like existence holding the moon, surrounded by all kinds of smuggling and sycophants. But today's Lao Chen looks absent-minded, and the waiter even feels that he is a little preoccupied.

What is on the big guy's mind? This is something that the younger brothers cannot guess. However, seeing that the big guy is in a bad mood, he talks less and works more, and tries to stay away from him if he can, which is the only way to be a little brother.

The younger brothers were far away from Lao Chen, but Lao Chen was still standing in place in a daze.

It should be said that Lao Chen does have a heart, and his heart has actually existed a long time ago, from the moment the "Golden Princess" shadow line was acquired.

Our manager Chen has a sense of crisis, he has worked hard in the workplace for so many years, and Lao Chen still understands the truth of the so-called "once a son of heaven and a courtier". Therefore, he has always had this concern, that is, he is worried about the position under his ass.

It should be said that Lao Chen is not mentally prepared for this, he has been mentally prepared for this as soon as he changed owners. It's just that the progress of things is a little beyond Lao Chen's expectations, since the Lin family and the Hu family joined forces to acquire this shadow line, at least so far, they have really fulfilled the promise they made to the original boss Lao Lei at the time of the acquisition, treat his old brothers well, and not engage in the same way as a son of heaven and a courtier, and still let themselves control the management of the entire shadow line.

Lao Chen even felt that since the change of owner, his power seems to be greater than before, after all, when Lao Lei was the boss, he would ask about many specific matters of the film line, such as which films can be on which films can be on which films can be released, as well as the arrangement of certain movie schedules, etc.

But now, the new owners have handed over all these powers to themselves, whether it is the Lin family or the Hu family, and they seem to be most interested in only one thing now, and that is to renovate these movie theaters.

This approach of the new owner gave Lao Chen a taste of power, making him more and more sought after in the entertainment industry, and he was unlimited.

However, human nature is like this, the more beautiful it is now, the heavier Lao Chen's heart becomes, or the uneasiness in his heart is intensifying, because he doesn't know when he will suddenly lose all this.

According to Lao Chen's understanding, the new owner's current approach is only an expedient measure to ensure a smooth transition of the company. After all, after many companies are acquired, the new owner usually adopts this approach: keep the original organizational personnel structure unchanged for a period of time, wait for everything to be on the right track, and then replace it with their own cronies.

That's right, this is where Lao Chen's heart disease lies. Because before the "Golden Princess" was acquired, he was neither familiar with nor had any friendship with the new owner, whether it was the Lin family or the Hu family, this was the first time to set foot in the entertainment industry, and Lao Chen had never dealt with these two people before this.

If you haven't dealt with each other, then naturally you can't talk about any friendship, and if you don't have any friendship, then naturally you can't talk about any "cronies". This is one of Lao Chen's worries.

Lao Chen's second worry is that he also sees that the new owner is transforming the entire shadow line. What did Lao Chen see with the new owner's move? What he saw was the importance that the new owner attached to this industry, and saw the determination of the new owner to take root in this industry for a long time.

It must be pointed out that Lao Chen welcomes this move of the new owner, after all, it is better to manage a luxury movie line than to manage some dilapidated movie theaters.

It must also be pointed out that this move by the new owner made Lao Chen more and more uneasy, because he was not a cronie after all, since the new owner attached so much importance to this piece, how could it be possible for a non-cronie to sit in such an important position as the general manager of the shadow line.

So in the face of this situation, what should Lao Chen do? It should be said that Lao Chen's thoughts are in line with most people's habitual thinking:

First, if I am still the general manager, then I will try to become a close confidant of the new owner, so that I can keep this position.

Second, if you can't do the first point, then retreat to the second, pay attention to who may be the cronies of the new owner, and then try to have a good relationship with him, and then guarantee your own interests through him.

It should be said that it is very normal for Lao Chen to have this kind of thought, and such thoughts are beyond reproach.

It's a pity that although Lao Chen's idea is good, he has encountered difficulties in the specific operation. Especially the first one, so there are two new owners this time, and the style of these two new owners simply makes Lao Chen a little crying and laughing, Lao Chen doesn't know what the Lin family and the Hu family are thinking about, in addition to being busy with the transformation of the shadow line, and they are still busy with their own messes, and they actually ignore the core business of the shadow line, that is, the things they are in charge.

Lao Chen really had never touched such a proprietor, which also caused him great confusion. Lao Chen's confusion is mainly two, first: between the Lin family and the Hu family, he can't distinguish between the priority and the priority. Second, because of the Lin family and the Hu family's style, Lao Chen has nowhere to go if he wants to make friends.

Just when Lao Chen felt hesitant and helpless, the appearance of a person made Lao Chen's eyes light up, and this person, of course, was Li Huayong's cheap brother-in-law Lin Kai.

Since Lin Kai walked into Lao Chen's eyes after returning from the mainland, Lao Chen was very sure after analysis: This should be his future boss, and he needs to find a way to have a good relationship with him.

Although Lin Kai was very low-key when he first came back, he was even only arranged to sell movie tickets. However, is there anything wrong with this? Aren't many big families arranged to start at the grassroots level when cultivating their heirs? Even from a certain point of view, this practice is the most normal, which also reflects the importance that the family attaches to him. Otherwise, do you need to take such painstaking measures?

In addition to this, Lao Chen became more and more convinced of his judgment through his understanding of the Lin family.

Although Lin Kai is young, he is less than 20 this year, but after the Lin family arrived in Lin Kai's generation, the men in his family were already scarce, and Lao Chen learned that Lin Kai was his grandfather's favorite grandson. After all, the eldest of their family has only one daughter, and although the second has a son, he stays abroad all the year round. Only this grandson grew up in Xiangjiang since he was a child, and he was very close to his grandfather.

Not only that, Lao Chen even learned that in addition to Lin Xiaotian, the current head of the Lin Group, their boss Lin Yinglong, actually likes this little nephew very much, after all, Lin Yinglong himself has no son, so he has always regarded this youngest nephew as his own.

In addition, through this period of contact with Lin Kai, Lao Chen found that Lin Kai was really interested in this industry, and he really wanted to mix in the entertainment industry, so Lao Chen felt that the Lin family sent Lin Kai to work in the shadow line company, which was definitely not done randomly, it must be out of some consideration.

The above analysis, coupled with various previous rumors, said that the Lin family and the Hu family were about to get married, which made Lao Chen very sure of his judgment: he felt that it was very likely that Lin Kai would be the general manager of the shadow line in the future, after all, this is a figure that can be accepted by all parties, maybe the Lin family and the Hu family have reached an agreement.

"It's just that mainland boy, who is he? Why is the character I want to stammer, but in front of him, he seems to be very close to him. So today I have this arrangement......."

Lao Chen was a little uneasy for a while, and his uneasiness was intensifying, because he suddenly wanted to go to the pun that Li Huayong had just told him.

"Chen Sheng, it's all arranged, please here. ”

At this time, it was the younger brother of the nightclub who came over, and he interrupted Lao Chen's thoughts.

"Oh, okay. ”