Huayu: It's normal for me, as a director, to mentor young actresses, right?

Chapter 89 My Foolish 'Younger Brother'

"Brother, I heard Wang Jinghua hired an assistant for that guy." Wang Zhonglei hurriedly pushed open the door to Wang Zhongjun's office. "Shouldn't we send one over too?"

Wang Zhongjun, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window pondering a problem, was interrupted by his younger brother's voice and turned around to glare at Wang Zhonglei.

He had always looked down on his younger brother, who was always making a fuss and acting recklessly. A couple of years ago, he even tried to seize power by joining forces with others. He wasn't very capable at doing anything productive, but he certainly had a lot of ambition.

I have no idea what's going on in his head.

"What's the rush?" Wang Zhongjun walked back to his desk and sat down in the boss's chair. "He's just an assistant, what's the big deal?"

"I heard that this assistant was chosen by that person himself." Wang Zhonglei lowered his voice, as if he were talking about some incredible secret.

Wang Zhongjun glanced at his "incompetent" younger brother with surprise.

I didn't expect someone who only knows how to eat and drink all day to be so well-informed.

"Where did you get this information?" Wang Zhongjun poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, his tone calm. "Don't be fooled."

In fact, Wang Zhongjun already knew about this.

Wang Jinghua had planted spies within Huayi Brothers, and Wang Zhongjun naturally also placed his own people around her. Especially after Lin Yu acquired a portion of Xinghe Culture's shares, Wang Zhongjun paid even closer attention to Wang Jinghua's activities.

He had been following this matter ever since Wang Jinghua arranged to meet Li Xue through a teacher from the Beijing Dance Academy. Li Xue's complete resume now lay quietly in his desk drawer.

If Wang Zhongjun only found out about this by waiting for Wang Zhonglei to report it, then he might as well quit the business.

"A friend told me," Wang Zhonglei said with a slightly awkward smile. "He certainly wouldn't be lying to me."

Although his attempt to seize power failed two years ago, Wang Zhongjun, out of consideration for his brother, only gave him a warning and did not completely eliminate him, leaving him with some channels and resources.

Wang Zhongjun shook his head. His younger brother was truly useless. Ever since he met Lin Yu, the other man had been focused on how to get close to Lin Yu and climb the social ladder, while his brother's mind was still stuck on how to instigate internal strife.

Back in the hospital... were we really not switched at birth?

"So what are you thinking?" Wang Zhongjun picked up his teacup and took a sip, wanting to see how he would perform next.

"Brother, I was thinking, why don't we find an assistant to deliver it too?" Wang Zhonglei said excitedly. "We're not as close to Wang Jinghua and that guy as we are to begin with. If even the confidant position is taken by Wang Jinghua's people, won't we be overshadowed by that woman in the future?"

"That makes a lot of sense." Wang Zhongjun nodded. "Do you have any candidates in mind?"

"If you don't have many people under your command..." Wang Zhonglei's smile was almost impossible to suppress, "I do have a few pretty good ones."

Wang Zhonglei is very excited.

This is the importance of being well-informed! If I could send my men over there, and then whisper in Young Master Lin's ear, wouldn't the day I become the King of Huayi be just around the corner?

"Tell me about it," Wang Zhongjun said, lighting a cigarette with a look of great interest.

Seeing Wang Zhonglei's smug look, he felt a little helpless. He couldn't hide his little thoughts no matter what.

"Didn't our company sign a new artist this June?" Wang Zhonglei said confidently. "It's that little model Xiaoming brought, named Yang Ying. She's good-looking and quite sensible."

When Wang Zhongjun heard this name, his vision went black.

Are you sending this to your assistant? You're sending it to make an enemy, aren't you?!

If things were done according to Wang Zhonglei's plan, the two brothers would probably be ready to go in tomorrow after the people were sent there today. The audit team hadn't even left yet, and with that pile of messy accounts at the company, Lin Yu wouldn't need to think of any other reason to deal with them.

Wang Zhonglei was still gloating over his "cleverness" when suddenly an ashtray flew past his ear, startling him into a cold sweat.

"I told you to deliver it to my assistant, not a chicken!" Wang Zhongjun's aim was still a bit off; he missed even at such close range. "If I had delivered that, we could have been paid for life!"

"Brother!" Wang Zhonglei was so frightened that he collapsed onto the sofa, trying his best to explain, "I'm doing this for the company's sake! We're already disliked by that guy, and if we don't act smart, how will we survive in this industry?"

"Be a little more quick-witted!" Wang Zhongjun glared at him. "If you had any brains at all, you wouldn't have said that name!"

Wang Zhonglei shrank back, not daring to speak, still unable to figure out what he had done wrong.

Seeing his expression, Wang Zhongjun opened his desk drawer with a look of exasperation, took out a file folder, and slammed it down in front of Wang Zhonglei.

"Take a good look at what kind of person we should choose!" Wang Zhongjun was still furious. "A clean background, a pure life, do you understand?"

Wang Zhonglei carefully opened the file folder and began to examine it closely.

Inside was Li Xue's detailed information—from her family background and education to her personality traits and social circle, everything was meticulously documented. Most importantly, this girl had a clean record, no messy scandals, a professional dance background, and excellent looks and temperament.

After reading it, Wang Zhonglei realized how absurd his previous idea had been.

"You're really amazing, bro." After reading the file, Wang Zhonglei carefully put it down and smiled ingratiatingly. "With my skill level, I'll never catch up to you in this lifetime."

Wang Zhongjun was so angry at Wang Zhonglei's appearance that he laughed. "You, in order to survive, you can even say such things?"

Seeing that Wang Zhongjun remained silent, Wang Zhonglei still wore a fawning smile, "Brother, since you've already made up your mind, I'll head back now."

"Where are you going? To find your cronies, eat and drink, and tell them how much they've suffered at my hands?" Wang Zhongjun snorted in dissatisfaction, then casually pulled out a tablet and handed it over. "Take this to Director Lin and ask if he needs us to arrange an assistant for him too."

"Should we just ask him directly?" Wang Zhonglei asked, a little alarmed. "Won't that man think we're prying into his privacy?"

"If we pretend not to know, it will only make us look incompetent!" Seeing Wang Zhonglei's expression, Wang Zhongjun's anger flared up again. "Checks and balances, do you understand? If we're blind and deaf, what use are we to him?"

"We only found out about this because Wang Jinghua found him an assistant, understand?" Wang Zhongjun stubbed out his cigarette and continued, "We need to know what we should know, and we need to express our opinions."

Wang Zhonglei nodded, seemingly understanding, "Okay, I'll go right now!"

"Wait a minute." Wang Zhongjun called out to him, "When you get there, tell them we heard that Wang Jinghua has assigned an assistant to Director Lin, and we'd like to ask if we need any help as well."

"Understood." Wang Zhonglei stood up, holding the tablet.

"One more thing," Wang Zhongjun added, "If Director Lin asks about the candidates, just say we've also looked at a few, but we'd like to hear his opinion first. Don't mention names, understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Wang Zhonglei nodded repeatedly.

After Wang Zhonglei left the office, Wang Zhongjun lit another cigarette and stood in front of the French windows.

How the hell can a company be run well when it's surrounded by these bastards!