Chapter 1520
Left and Right Brain Interaction
In the middle of the night, Zhang Yuan sat alone on the lawn in the backyard.
Sometimes he would gaze at the starry sky, and sometimes he would look at the twenty-odd stray cats that had been "officially registered".
With a soft thud, the backyard door was gently pushed open.
Hearing the noise, Zhang Yuan was in thought, so his reaction was noticeably slow, and he turned around before turning around.
Upon seeing Sisi, who was wearing pajamas with a blanket draped over her shoulders, he carried a chair, placed it next to her, and sat down.
Then she handed him a corner of the blanket.
"It's still a bit chilly outside in the middle of the night." Zhang Yuan took the cigarette from his lips and sniffed it.
“That’s why I took the blanket,” Little Dragon Girl replied.
The two sat in the courtyard, covered with the same blanket, and remained silent for a long time.
"What, you woke up and found me gone, so you came looking for me?"
“I knew something was wrong with you during dinner. I wanted to give you some time to see if you would take the initiative to tell me.”
“If you don’t tell me, I won’t ask anymore,” she replied gently.
"I wasn't asleep either. I'll know when you wake up."
"Then why did it take you so long to get here?"
"I have to put on clothes, get a blanket, and clean myself up." She rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuan, annoyed.
"Kitty, help your sister scratch this bad guy," she joked to a calico cat that was walking towards her.
"Tell me, are people happier, or are cats happier?" Zhang Yuan asked, noticing the cat circling around her legs, clearly wanting food.
"Of course it's people."
"We can control our own destiny."
"But I feel like cats live quite comfortably, with food and water, and people to play with them."
"Without working, there will be no worries."
Seeing his expression, Sisi turned to him and said.
"But they need to be sterilized."
Zhang Yuan: ...
What you're saying.
"It seems like it's better to be a good person."
"Right?" She leaned in slowly.
Whether you are happy or not depends on who you compare yourself to.
“I feel very happy because I can do anything I want, and my mom and everyone around me support me.”
"Of course, I will work hard myself."
"But the support of my family and friends gave me a lot of strength."
"So, what I want to tell you now."
"No matter what you want to do or what difficulties you encounter, I will support you."
The two looked into each other's eyes and then shared a light kiss.
"You support whatever I do." Zhang Yuan stared into her eyes.
"I only said I would support you, but I didn't say I would cooperate." She pursed her lips and gave a look that said, "Don't be a pervert."
"Your cooking is delicious, the fish and meat are both wonderful," she praised, resting her head on his shoulder.
Do you know the secret to making it delicious?
"You cook with your heart, with love in your cooking?" She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"No, I added lard."
Liu Qianqian: ...
Those bourgeois, idealistic things are useless; only pigs are useful.
"Cooking is like doing anything else." Zhang Yuan picked up a cigarette again, sniffed it to refresh himself.
"Sometimes the secret to success is very simple and even very mundane, and it's not good if people know it."
"You'd better not let me find out again." She smacked her lips a few times, thankfully she wasn't a vegetarian like her North American friends.
Do you want me to find you a lighter?
"You do dislike the smell of smoke."
"Seeing you looking worried, I'll give you a special treat." She reached out and pinched Zhang Yuan's nose: "But you're not allowed inside."
"Don't let the smell bother the cats."
"You have to brush your teeth first, or you can't kiss me."
"Then I'd better not smoke." Zhang Yuan put the cigarette back in the pack.
"I should have stopped smoking a long time ago; it's bad for my health."
After a long while, the two went upstairs. After coaxing her to sleep, Zhang Yuan closed his eyes to rest, but he didn't fall asleep much.
The following morning, after getting up and washing up, he prepared to leave.
"Going to run errands?"
"Yes, I do have something to take care of." He straightened his clothes.
Just as I was about to leave, the other person called me back.
"Wait a moment."
She turned around and rummaged through drawers and cabinets in the living room for a long time before rushing back.
"Here, this is for you."
Zhang Yuan took a key from her hand.
"So that I can ambush you tonight?"
"So that you can take care of my kittens when I'm not around."
"I'll take care of Big Cat." After kissing the other person on the cheek, he put away the door key, got into his car, and left.
Shortly after I left, I received a call from the film company on both sides of the strait, saying that the company's shareholders requested a remote meeting.
He then went directly to the company.
In the large office, a large group of shareholders were connected via video call.
Everyone asked Huayi about the announcement she made yesterday.
"I just found out too."
"I'm currently in talks with Legendary Pictures about a collaboration, and I don't know why Hua Yi suddenly held a press conference."
"And just a few days ago, their boss had dinner with me."
"We just agreed that we would make concessions on Chenlong's new film, and they would make concessions on their dealings with Legendary Pictures."
"Although it was a verbal agreement, I believe that a responsible leader of a large corporation should always keep his word."
"At least I would do that."
How could you believe them!
"Yeah, you're too naive."
Several people started complaining.
"Yes, so please don't make the same mistake I did, and don't cooperate with them in the future."
Zhang Yuan silenced them with his words.
He deliberately informed us of this so that he could first state his position internally.
We are on the side of justice, on the side of being deceived... although I have never believed them.
He just didn't expect the other party to act so quickly this time.
The situation changed drastically within a few days.
His focus is on Meituan, after all, it's a huge project that will be worth at least tens of billions in the future.
Before you know it, they've stamped it.
"So what do we do next?"
"I think we should stop talking. I've already said there's no point in cooperating with foreigners."
"They just want to scam us out of our money."
"It's better to just make domestic films."
Zhang Yuan let them talk.
He only spoke after everyone had finished talking and was tired of talking.
"I'll say it again, I'll handle it."
"What are you planning to do?"
"I have my own methods. I was the one who proposed the cooperation, and I will take full responsibility for it."
"I will bear all the consequences and costs."
"Because I am the company's president," he said calmly, but with an undeniable authority.
"I have to get back to work now, please wait for my reply, everyone."
After saying that, he adjourned the meeting and logged out of the meeting system.
But instead of leaving the office, he had his assistant bring him a cup of coffee and quietly pondered.
Last night, when he was thinking about this, he felt that something was wrong.
He now realized that those white guys were trying to have their cake and eat it too!
While I was discussing investment matters for "Pacific Rim," he was also discussing joint ventures with Huayi Brothers.
The other party is a listed company and has many partner cinema chains.
From this perspective, she is indeed better than me.
But precisely because of this, a problem arises.
Zhang Yuan discovered a key point.
He called the king first.
"Mr. Wang, I heard you held a press conference last night?" he said in his usual calm tone.
"That's true." The other party replied without any attempt to hide it or feel guilty.
"Didn't we agree that we would each compromise?"
"What does this mean now?"
"Oh well, I can't help it. I'll call a board meeting the day after we finish talking."
"As a result, the board meeting did not approve the matter, and everyone felt that we must cooperate with Legendary Pictures."
"I can only obey the shareholders' opinions."
Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes. This excuse was used on Stephen Chow in his past life; now it's being used on me.
“I always thought that you were the one who called the shots in the company.”
"According to you, your words at the company are as meaningless as farting."
This really put the other side in a bind.
"I wish you a pleasant cooperation."
"I hope you all take care of yourselves." Zhang Yuan said and then hung up.
He didn't make this call to complain.
At times like these, cursing or getting angry are very foolish behaviors.
Not only will it fail to solve the problem, it will also make the other party smug.
He made the call to reassure the other party.
They thought they had run out of ideas and had given up.
Actually it is not.
He refused to accept his fate because of the key point he discovered.
While reviewing this matter, he discovered a logical inconsistency.
If Legendary Pictures has reached a cooperation agreement with Huayi Brothers and held a press conference to announce it.
At the same time, Legendary wanted to pay for Pacific Rim himself.
Their goal was definitely to profit from both sides, making themselves believe that "Pacific Rim" was the beginning of a joint venture between the two parties.
But then there will be a problem.
I haven't signed a contract with Legendary Pictures yet, nor have I paid them any money.
After they do this, will I still send money?
I must be out of my mind to continue investing in Pacific Rim... Anyone else would have reacted the same way.
That would ruin Legendary Pictures' plan to profit from both sides.
This becomes a left-brain attacking a right-brain conflict, a pointy, aggressive behavior.
Who releases a preview before trying to trick someone?
So Zhang Yuan pondered for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
I feel that something is wrong with this.
After thinking it over, he felt there were only two possibilities for this to happen.
The first type is that everyone at Legendary Pictures is a complete idiot.
This conclusion is the most direct.
But he felt that there were more bad people than stupid people among foreigners.
Moreover, this act of profiting from both sides proves their evil.
A nation composed of robbers, thugs, and swindlers, with its army of thieves and convicts waging war and plundering everywhere—such evil is nothing to them.
The higher-ups are clearly robbers, so why don't the lower-ups follow suit?
Take Bitcoin for example, it's a tool the US uses to exploit the world.
They could use state machinery to crack your servers and directly steal your Bitcoin code.
If you can't hack into a computer, you can hack into the human brain.
I'll just grab you and give you a full set of memory recovery techniques. You'll remember everything, from passwords to mnemonic phrases.
Do you think that just because Commander Luo is dead, things like "I'm 95 out of 100" are gone with the wind?
Talking to them about morality and shame is completely unnecessary.
But the worse they are, the more it proves they're not stupid.
You can't make money by being both stupid and wicked.
Simply categorizing enemies as stupid is arrogance.
If Zhang Yuan puts away his arrogance, then there is only one other possibility.
This seemingly contradictory idea, which appears to be a battle between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, is actually not something that one brain could come up with!
The bandits and hooligans must be rounded up, but dealt with separately.
Therefore, separating bandits and hooligans in this matter is a reasonable explanation.
In other words, Huayi's decision to hold a press conference is just like the Japanese doing—it's a solo effort!
It makes sense if Legendary Pictures didn't know they were going to do this.
After having this idea, Zhang Yuan conducted repeated investigations and research.
Two more things were discovered.
At Huayi's press conference, there were no foreigners, only their own people.
The airline informed them that some of the foreigners on their list were coming to China.
He checked and confirmed that it was someone from the overseas investment department, but Smith wasn't there, nor were higher-level people like the boss, Tull.
If the senior executives aren't here, who will sign the contract with?
How could a squad leader sign such a big contract?
He thought it was impossible.
Based on the facts and his judgment, he felt that the two sides had reached an agreement.
However, there is a high probability that the contract has not been fully signed yet, but it has been confirmed that it will be signed.
Huayi's haste to announce this is not only because they want to win, but also because they are considering the stock price.
Even if a company goes public early, its stock price may not be as high as that of fiber optics, making it easy to fall behind in the competition.
Zhang Yuan glanced at Big A.
Sure enough, the stock price surged today after yesterday's press conference, almost hitting the daily limit.
By leveraging Legendary Pictures' reputation to elevate their own image and boost their stock price, they can give shareholders a satisfactory answer.
Then he remembered the letter that Director Feng had given him.
A board meeting was held.
He also said he wouldn't invest in "Pacific Rim".
All right, and all wrong.
You old bastard, you just wait and see.
He didn't believe the other person was completely unaware; they must have selectively revealed those details.
Anyway, I've already said it, you can't blame me.
He can also save himself.
That's why Zhang Yuan felt that being a cat was more comfortable than being a human.
At least tabby cats don't lie to other tabby cats, but Chinese people often lie to other Chinese people.
It's only because he has a strong mental fortitude that he would have cried while holding Xixi long ago.
Girl, we've been scammed!
Thinking about this, Zhang Yuan felt a little hungry.
I asked my assistant and Brother Long to buy some sesame seed cakes and duck blood vermicelli soup so we could eat together in the office.
We need to eat first; only when we're full do we have the energy.
After finishing his meal, he first called Jia Shikai over and gave him some instructions.
Then I made a call to the North American side.
"Hi, Smith."
"You gave me a surprise."
He gritted his teeth and said angrily.
I overacted so that the other person could feel it even over the phone.
"What's wrong, my friend?"
"Since you've already partnered with Huayi, let's cut ties and stop seeing each other in the future."
"I will not be investing in the film Pacific Rim."
"What?" he replied, quite surprised.
Judging from the voice, it seems like I really don't know.
There is an 8-hour time difference between Beijing and Los Angeles.
Speaking of which, China is still the best. No matter how vast our territory is, we use Beijing time as the standard.
Americans are different.
Chicago time, Los Angeles time, Washington time, New York time... they're all different.
Furthermore, daylight saving time is observed from March to November each year, so the time difference is one hour depending on the local time.
Not just time, but also various standards.
Fahrenheit is such a load of rubbish, and there are also ounces, pints, quarts, and gallons.
Inches, feet, miles.
Pounds, short tons, long tons.
Even the British don't use the imperial system; only the Americans still do.
After conversion to international standards, it has both whole and fractional parts.
And it's not the same in every state.
In this light, Qin Shi Huang was far too extreme.
With an 8-hour time difference in Los Angeles, when Huayi held her press conference, the foreigners were all asleep.
The internet is not as developed now as it is in later generations, otherwise there wouldn't have been the later Sino-US financial settlement.
It took Smith a long time to react, and he was already cursing in his mind.
This is not going to ruin my good plans!
"Zhang, please don't get too excited," he said, sounding unusually a little guilty.
"I have only one question for you now: have you signed a contract or not? Has an agreement been reached?"
"No, absolutely not!" Smith swore immediately.
It wasn't out of honesty, but rather because Zhang Yuan's question suggested there was still a chance for things to turn around.
"Alright, since you don't have one, I hope you can give me another chance."
"Let me introduce my company properly."
“We still have hope for cooperation, right?” he said, deliberately adopting a pleading tone at the end.
"Of course, we certainly have opportunities to cooperate."
"Then let's meet as soon as possible. I have a lot to show you."
"For example, is the skin of Asian women as silky smooth?"
"Oh!"
Hearing this, the foreigner was wide awake! (End of Chapter)