Chapter 141: Chapter 125: Finally Finished Shooting

Chen Pingsheng’s family attended Han Fei’s funeral.

In the city unlike the countryside, cremation was the only option, followed by the burial of the urn beneath a small tombstone.

Aunt Liu Xiu’ai plainly fainted, later revived, but fainted again after officiating her son’s funeral.

In the path of shared economy entrepreneurship, Han Fei was neither the first nor the last to fall.

No one knew who would ultimately prevail.

Overall, Chen Pingsheng’s mood had been relatively heavy these past few days.

Once they had sorted everything out here, everyone returned to their usual activities.

On August 9, five Tengsheng Fresh Supermarkets opened on the same day.

All exceeding five hundred square meters in area, Chen Pingsheng was quite satisfied with them.

The overall layout was clear and tidy, not at all affected by the addition of vegetables, fish, and meat.

Mainly it was because he hired many people; previously, a fruit store including the cashiers had about twelve people, which was quite enough.

Now each store had over thirty employees.

This was necessary, as the supermarket opened from six in the morning till ten at night.

They had to split the shifts into morning and evening.

The employees’ working hours were still set at eight hours, no overtime required, not too exhausting.

Shorter hours certainly allowed for personal lives.

He had several meetings about the fresh supermarket in the days following the opening.

Mainly to tweak some details, it was foreseeable that, with the addition of everyday necessities like vegetables, fish, and meat,

and pricing set significantly lower than the market, along with a full range of products, his customer traffic was destined to rise several notches.

As he anticipated, combining fruits with vegetables and other fresh goods, although it required a large investment, truly exploded in terms of customer traffic.

Supermarket business, vegetables, fish, and meat have always been the biggest traffic drivers.

After all, these are items that need to be bought daily, far more frequently consumed than other categories.

After his visit, he then went to Tengying Entertainment.

People said that Tengying was nearly on the brink of closure, but Chen Pingsheng knew that good times for Tengying were near.

The series “Hua Qiangu,” which had been shot for nearly a year, was officially completed.

Chen Pingsheng specifically held a grand wrap-up party at the Tengying Entertainment headquarters.

Since last year, he had known it was the most profitable drama group ever launched by Tengying.

It was also set to propel Tengying into the ranks of top domestic entertainment and film companies with this super-hit series.

Once it aired, Zhao Liying was also very likely to become the new top trendsetter among the Eighty-Five Flowers.

Formally rivaling Yang Mi.

After being out of sight for half a year, Tengying Entertainment was about to embrace its glory.

At the wrap party, Chen Pingsheng stood up and said:

“A year’s time, not too long and not too short, but fortunately, we’ve finally completed our drama smoothly.”

“Many people outside said our Tengying was going under, even facing bankruptcy; today, on this special day, I officially dispel this rumor.”

“Last year, when we started shooting this drama, the female lead’s salary was set at twelve million. This year, regardless of the selling price Hua Qiangu eventually secures, I will personally reward Zhao Liying with twenty million in cash.”

Who said he was out of money? He just hadn’t found a good drama crew to invest in.

Secretary Bai Xin was stunned, and not just her, everyone else was shocked as well.

They hadn’t even secured a good price yet, and here he was, handing out money.

Was this too audacious?

Directly handing out twenty million in cash as a reward, could Big Sister herself even carry it?

Should she help her carry a bit? Bai Xin foolishly thought.

Zhao Liying, who had not received any prior notice, was also dumbfounded.

She had never heard of such a practice in the entertainment industry, where money was awarded before a drama had even sold.

Especially considering that post-production editing also took some time, who knew what price it would fetch?

The applause was huge, and Zhao Liying, going up to receive her reward, was so excited she nearly cried.

Of course, Chen Pingsheng wasn’t just rewarding her alone, the whole company also had to be rewarded.

“Bai Xin, roughly how many people are in the company excluding you?”

“Reporting, boss.”

Bai Xin saluted formally, her expression serious, “Seven in the legal department, twenty-one in online marketing, eighteen in logistics, plus the chefs, security, and Big Sister’s personal team, in total we have one hundred and six employees.”

“Okay, give everyone except you fifty thousand each.”

“What?”

Why exclude her, had she done something wrong?

Bai Xin was embarrassed.

To those earning over a million a year, fifty thousand might not be much, but to the chefs, security, cleaning ladies, and ordinary staff,

fifty thousand was a lot.

Chen Pingsheng was only responsible for awarding the money, the rest of the celebration was for them to conduct on their own.

Having the boss around could make people somewhat restrained.

“Are you leaving already, boss?”

“What else, should I stay and drink with you?”

“No, just wondering why I’m still getting fifty thousand when I’ve been so idle.”

“You silly girl, if you have to ask, go ask him by yourself, don’t drag us into it.”

“Our boss has been generous, not just for a day or two.”

“Besides, look at Big Sister, she got twenty million all by herself, what’s our share compared to that?”

“Are you envious? Why don’t you go and act with Big Sister?”

“I don’t have that talent.”

Tengying Entertainment had little work and no competition, so everyone got along very joyfully.

However, they had truly worried that the boss might shut down the company, but instead of closing, he directly awarded them a large bonus.

This was truly a blessing from the sky.

Utterly unexpected.

The top floor.

The President’s office.

Zhao Liying didn’t linger downstairs; she had been busy filming all year and half, hardly finding time to meet Chen Pingsheng properly.