The details of the collaboration project with Qianzhang Entertainment were personally handled by Shen Nanyue and Li Che.
Thanks to Zhou Yushen secretly pulling strings behind the scenes, Li Che ultimately reached an agreement with Shen Nanyue at only fifty percent of the partnership fee that Qianzhang Entertainment usually charged other companies.
Mainly because of Shen An’an—and because the Shen family had taken Li Che in during this period—Shen Nanyue happily signed the contract.
“President Li, happy cooperation.”
“Happy cooperation.”
The two shook hands amicably before Li Che said, “It won’t be long before the other boss of Qianzhang Entertainment comes to Fengcheng as well. I’ll introduce you two then.”
“The other boss?” Shen Nanyue asked in surprise.
“I remember Qianzhang Entertainment publicly announced that it only had one boss—you. Don’t tell me your company does that hidden-and-public CEO setup?”
Li Che frowned as he thought about how to answer before finally saying, “You could say that. That boss has a special identity… not exactly someone who can show his face openly.”
Shen Nanyue: …
She could also choose not to meet him.
But since they had just finalized the contract, refusing outright wouldn’t be appropriate.
So she could only respond politely, “Alright then. I’ll trouble President Li to make the introduction when the time comes.”
The next day—
Shen Nanyue brought the cooperation project documents to the company.
Shen Tong was still seated near the front of the conference room.
The moment he saw the contract Shen Nanyue had signed with Qianzhang Entertainment, his expression changed drastically.
“Shen Nanyue, you actually signed a contract with Qianzhang Entertainment? How much money did you spend? This is exactly why a company shouldn’t be handed over to someone young like you! You’ve spent most of the company’s funds in one go—how is the company supposed to operate in the second half of the year?”
Before even looking at the contract, Shen Tong had already started berating Shen Nanyue.
Shen Nanyue didn’t get angry.
She simply waited quietly for his lecture to finish.
Hearing Shen Tong’s words, the shareholders beside him instinctively assumed that Shen Nanyue had spent an enormous amount of money to secure the collaboration with Qianzhang Entertainment.
One after another, they voiced their dissatisfaction.
“President Shen, you’re the old chairman’s granddaughter. We originally trusted you greatly, but how can you make us lose money like this?”
“Exactly! If we pour everything into cooperating with Qianzhang Entertainment in the second half of the year, are we just abandoning all our other projects? Are you treating our livelihoods like a joke?”
“President Shen, how could you act so impulsively?”
“…”
Countless accusations filled the conference room.
Shen Tong suddenly stood up and pointed at Shen Nanyue.
“Shen Nanyue, you were the one who said that if this cooperation with Qianzhang Entertainment affected the company’s operations in the second half of the year, you would voluntarily step down as chairman of the Shen Group. Now it’s time for you to fulfill your promise!”
“That’s right! A little girl really thinks this company is some kind of child’s game?”
“…”
Some shareholders who had long disliked Shen Nanyue eagerly seized the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction.
Meanwhile, the more composed individuals remained seated in silence.
These people hadn’t even looked at the contract yet, but they were already trying to force her out so openly.
It was hard to tell where their confidence came from.
Choosing to protect themselves wisely, they decided to let the situation play out first.
Only after the noisy chatter in the room finally died down did Shen Nanyue speak calmly.
“Are you all finished?”
The room instantly fell silent.
Only Shen Tong snorted coldly.
“Stop pretending here! Shen Nanyue, it’s time for you to step down from the chairman’s position!”
Shen Nanyue sneered.
“Uncle, I just brought over the cooperation contract with Qianzhang Entertainment. You haven’t even read it yet, and you’re already convicting me? Does the law know you’re this arrogant?”
“You—!”
Shen Tong couldn’t match Shen Nanyue’s sharp tongue.
He could only point at her angrily before finally squeezing out one sentence.
“Then just wait to get slapped in the face!”
No one knew whose face would actually end up getting slapped.
Rolling her eyes, Shen Nanyue instructed Assistant Xu to distribute copies of the contract documents.
When the shareholders saw that the cooperation price stated in the contract was clearly less than half the market valuation, their eyes nearly popped out in shock.
“Th-This… has Qianzhang Entertainment started doing charity work?”
One shareholder asked the question sincerely.
The others were equally astonished.
“It has Qianzhang Entertainment’s official seal on it. It really is their contract. But why is the endorsement fee so low?”
“Exactly! With this amount of money spent, the company’s progress for the second half of the year won’t be affected at all. And with just this one partnership with Qianzhang Entertainment, our profits for the latter half of the year might even double!”
“…”
The room instantly shifted into endless praise for Shen Nanyue.
“As expected of President Shen. She actually managed to secure a partnership with Qianzhang Entertainment at this price.”
“I told you President Shen couldn’t possibly be someone who only knows how to show off.”
Hearing that remark, Shen Nanyue felt utterly speechless.
Meanwhile, Shen Tong’s face had turned dark as he checked the contract over and over again.
In the end, after confirming the contract was genuine, he completely lost composure.
“You cheated! Your sister knows the president of Qianzhang Entertainment. You only got this collaboration through connections!”
Hearing that, Shen Nanyue laughed.
“Uncle, in business only the result matters. The process isn’t important. Even if the president of Qianzhang Entertainment happens to know my sister, and I benefited from my sister’s connections to secure this contract, does that make it wrong?”
Shen Tong was instantly rendered speechless.
Shen Nanyue then turned her gaze toward the other shareholders.
“Do the rest of you also think I’m in the wrong?”
Everyone shook their heads.
Securing the contract was what mattered—who cared about the process?
Besides, Shen An’an was Shen Nanyue’s sister.
There was nothing wrong with making use of such a connection.
“Since no one thinks it’s wrong, then the cooperation with Qianzhang Entertainment is officially finalized. From now on, I hope everyone will focus more on doing real work for the company and less on scheming against each other. Then our company can truly prosper sooner.”
After saying that, Shen Nanyue adjourned the meeting.
Only Shen Tong remained behind, indirectly targeted by Shen Nanyue’s final remarks and bombarded by criticism from the other shareholders.
As soon as Shen Nanyue returned to her office, she received a call from Xu Ping.
“Miss Shen, the agreement severing the mother-daughter relationship that you asked me to draft last time has been completed. I’ve sent it to your email—please take a look.”
“Alright. Thank you for your hard work.”
Shen Nanyue opened the email and looked at the dense, cold legal wording that severed the bond between mother and daughter.
Yet her heart felt nothing once again—numb to the point of emptiness.
After printing out the agreement and handing her remaining simple tasks over to Assistant Lin, she headed straight for the Lin family residence.
Zhou Yu was extremely surprised when she saw Shen Nanyue arrive.
After all, Shen Nanyue had never come to the Lin family home before.
Because Zhou Yu had used her connections, Lin Siwan had already been released on bail.
Zhou Yu thought Shen Nanyue had come to cause trouble for Lin Siwan again, so she blocked the doorway with her body, guarding against Shen Nanyue as though facing a great enemy.
“What are you here for?”
Shen Nanyue held the agreement out in front of Zhou Yu.
“I came to have you sign the agreement severing our mother-daughter relationship.”
Zhou Yu’s expression changed drastically.
She had long forgotten about the matter and thought Shen Nanyue had only been joking before.
She never expected Shen Nanyue to actually mean it!
Furious, she snapped, “Shen Nanyue, you unfilial daughter! You really want to cut ties with me? I’m your biological mother!”
“Once we sever the relationship, you won’t be anymore. You were the one who proposed cutting ties in the first place—I’m simply following your wishes. What? Now you don’t want to anymore?”
— The end of the Chapter–
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