141: How could you say that?

Almost all of Emperor Entertainment Group's industries and capital encountered major problems.

The newly purchased Macau gambling hotel was beyond their power to integrate.

Due to disputes over borrowed funds, Albert Yeung was sued in court and required to make repayments.

Breach of contract in retail industry orders required the payment of liquidated damages.

Gillian Chung from the entertainment company was causing a stir to terminate her contract, and a gold-medal manager was poached.

The private collection of Photographer Chen, a young actor within the company, was exposed.

This series of events led to damage to Emperor Entertainment Group's overall reputation. Albert Yeung borrowed funds everywhere but received no response; those old friends were all very busy and had no time to pay him any mind.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Albert Yeung had provoked a 'crossing-river dragon.' Businessmen are cold-blooded; before getting specific inside information, no one was willing to take action, fearing they might be dealt with as well.

Albert Yeung spun around like a headless fly for a long time before someone reminded him: seeing Wang Cheng in Hong Kong, could it be the work of Golden Culture?

Only then did he have someone contact Li Xiuwu, hoping for another meeting. Even if he had to pay a price, he had to protect his core industries.

He couldn't see Li Xiuwu at all, so he went to the capital to find Bureau Chief Zhao Changhe of SARFT.

Bureau Chief Zhao ignored him entirely, only saying that commercial behavior was not under their jurisdiction.

He pondered and thought of Jackie Chan; Jackie Chan's influence in the mainland was also very significant.

Additionally, there was China Film. Emperor Entertainment Group and China Film had close cooperation. China Film sent a vice president to act as a lobbyist for him.

Jackie Chan and Han Sanping did not approach Li Xiuwu directly. Almost simultaneously, they thought of having Li Xiuwu's teacher, Wang Jinsong, convey the message.

Taking a detour made it easier to discuss things... Inside Golden Culture, Li Xiuwu finished listening to Lin Qian's narration of what Qiu Wanjun and the others had done.

He nodded with satisfaction.

The two had done well, setting a trap by exploiting Emperor Entertainment Group's own developmental loopholes, delivering a fatal blow.

"Wang Cheng and the others estimate that the acquisition of Emperor Entertainment Group can be completed in another two months. They are asking the boss to what extent they should take it."

What Wang Cheng did this time finally made Lin Qian look at him with more respect. Previously, he had always felt Wang Cheng's actions were too conservative; now it seemed Golden Culture had restricted him, leaving him no room to display his talents.

This time, Wang Cheng commanded from behind the scenes while Qiu Wanjun executed at the front. The plan was very meticulously crafted.

"Let them decide for themselves to what extent to take it," Li Xiuwu gave a vague answer.

Lin Qian glanced at the boss; this was an intent to drive them to total ruin.

The thought just crossed his mind, and he stopped considering it. He wouldn't participate in this matter. Perhaps those industries were better off in the boss's hands than in Albert Yeung's.

Lin Qian shifted the topic to Liu Yifei: "Regarding Liu Yifei's management contract, negotiations with Chen Jinfei are finished. How should the new management contract be signed?"

"The same as Shu Chang's," Li Xiuwu said. No real restrictions, but no real promises either.

"By the way, how is that album Xu Muyang is working on?" Li Xiuwu was thinking of writing some music today and suddenly remembered Xu Muyang, who was producing the album for Phoenix Legend.

"He created some songs himself and collected others. The album production requirements are very high, and it's been polished for a long time. It's estimated that the new album will be released at the end of this year."

When Lin Qian spoke of Xu Muyang's album, he only had a general understanding. He couldn't say for sure exactly when it would be released.

The next day, Pan Lei drove, and Lin Qian came along. The three went directly to the scheduled hotel.

Not long after Li Xiuwu and the others arrived, Jackie Chan and Han Sanping arrived together.

"Mr. Chan, President Han, I've heard much about you," Li Xiuwu stood up and went to greet them.

Seeing Li Xiuwu, despite knowing his age, they couldn't help but marvel at his youth upon meeting.

Neither of them dared to look down on him because of his youth: "We're late. We've kept Mr. Li waiting."

"I just arrived myself. Please, have a seat," Li Xiuwu invited them to sit.

Lin Qian went to tell the waiter to serve the food and then sat down as well.

Han Sanping said to Li Xiuwu, "Many people must have told you that heroes emerge from the youth. Seeing you now, I must praise that those words are not false."

Being within the system, he knew some news and had been reminded by the Chairman of China Film before coming not to offend him.

"President Han overpraises me; luck played a large part," Li Xiuwu said modestly. He turned his head to look at Jackie Chan.

"It's my first time meeting Big Brother Jackie Chan. I grew up watching Big Brother's movies."

"Haha, if you say that, I'll call you whenever I come to the capital in the future," Jackie Chan laughed heartily.

He had great achievements in film and television, but he didn't dare to be too arrogant in front of Li Xiuwu.

Through two events, the capability Li Xiuwu had shown was far too oppressive.

Especially this time, after Albert Yeung found him, he looked into it. The capital mobilized behind the scenes was definitely no less than one billion.

Keep in mind, that's one billion in liquid capital. If you ask a company with a market value of ten billion if they can produce one billion in liquid capital, they might struggle.

Emperor Entertainment Group had a market value of 1.5 billion and could at most produce 200 million in liquid capital. The remaining funds were borrowed from banks by mortgaging company assets, and in the end, they had to repay the 300 million borrowed from Richard Li.

"Sure, if there's an opportunity in the future, I'll invite Big Brother Jackie Chan to the company to give everyone a lecture."

The three exchanged pleasantries, testing each other's intentions.

Han Sanping brought up movies: "Xiuwu, do you have any thoughts about acting in a movie? If you've taken a fancy to any production crew, we can go talk to them together."

"I'm still in school. In the future, I'll definitely have to trouble President Han," Li Xiuwu declined.

"Xiuwu, if you want to make a movie, we can also cooperate," Jackie Chan also spoke up.

"Sure, if there's a good project, we can cooperate," Li Xiuwu's answer was very vague.

Han Sanping and Jackie Chan couldn't help but look at each other. This kid was so young yet so slippery; he hadn't given a single definitive answer.

The indirect approach was useless, so Han Sanping simply gave up. He was just there to go through the motions. Li Xiuwu's refusal to yield had, to a certain extent, already stated his attitude.

Jackie Chan frowned. He was in deep cooperation with Emperor Entertainment Group; if they were damaged, his interests would actually be damaged along with them.

He thought about it and spoke up: "Is there some misunderstanding with the Emperor Entertainment Group side? Everyone can discuss it together; perhaps we can cooperate."

"There's no misunderstanding. I've heard about the situation at Emperor Entertainment Group; isn't it all normal commercial behavior?"

"Emperor Entertainment Group is also an established company. If problems arise, it would be a loss for the country as well," Jackie Chan considered his words, bringing Han Sanping into it.

"The meat is still rotting in the same pot; there's no real loss," Li Xiuwu spoke before Han Sanping could state his position.

He wore a serious expression: "I've heard about the things going on with Emperor Entertainment Group lately. It's too much of a mess. It's one thing if the artists in his company have messy private lives—those are private matters—but for it to be exposed like this is just scandalous."

Han Sanping and Jackie Chan were both a bit speechless. You dare to say those explicit photos weren't released by your people?

How do you have the nerve to say that?