All-rounder Artist-Chapter 710 - 676: Free Shares_1

The game has started its review process?

Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel excited.

With the numerous challenges that he will face from the Zhong Continent in the future, Lin Yuan is determined to exchange for many classic works with the system, and all these require significant financial support. He really hopes that Plants vs. Zombies can bring in a substantial profit.

At this moment.

Ol’ Zhou arrived.

After Gu Dong made a cup of tea for both of them, he left the office. Ol’ Zhou took a gentle sip, then suddenly smiled at Lin Yuan, "The company’s executive meeting passed a decision today..."

"Does it concern me?"

Lin Yuan knew that Ol’ Zhou had the personality of not visiting without a reason. Whenever Ol’ Zhou appeared in his office, there had to be some company matter, and it seemed that these issues were always communicated between Ol’ Zhou and Lin Yuan.

"It matters a lot."

Ol’ Zhou seriously looked at Lin Yuan, his eyes filled with a hint of admiration, then solemnly said, "The company has decided to upgrade your contract terms again. You will soon own ten percent of Starlight Entertainment’s shares!"

"Shares?"

Lin Yuan was aghast.

Jin Mu had always discussed with Lin Yuan the possibility of buying equity in Starlight, even planning to negotiate with Starlight personally. Yet before the plan had even started to roll out, Starlight had already offered him shares, and astonishingly, it was directly ten percent - double what Silver Blue Books had given him under the pseudonym Chu Kuang!

"Yes!"

Ol’ Zhou, "The company had long been considering this, but because the specific amount of shares hadn’t been agreed on, it was dragged until today. A ten percent share is a ratio that all shareholders can accept..."

"What conditions?"

Lin Yuan, of course, knew that there was a deeper intention behind Starlight’s arrangement. He wanted to see the conditions the company proposed first. If the conditions were too harsh, Lin Yuan wouldn’t impulsively agree.

"There are no conditions."

Ol’ Zhou said with a strange expression.

This time, Lin Yuan was not just surprised, he was somewhat shocked. Even when Silver Blue Books was trying to win over Chu Kuang, it still proposed a few conventional conditions. Starlight was offering him ten percent of its shares with no conditions attached?

You’re giving them to me for free?

Ol’ Zhou was watching Lin Yuan’s reaction, feeling somewhat nostalgic. This was the first time he had seen Lin Yuan express shock, resembling the expressions of the company’s senior executives when they learned of the chairman’s resolution.

"What is your opinion?"

Lin Yuan suddenly asked.

Ol’ Zhou was taken aback, before breaking into a light chuckle, a touch of warmth in his eyes. "I thought you’d agree without any hesitation. After all, you were the first to dare bring a calculator to a Music Department meeting to calculate royalties."

Lin Yuan stayed silent.

Ol’ Zhou looked at Lin Yuan and said in an unusual tone, "I know you’re asking for my personal opinion, not the opinion of a Starlight executive. But whether as a person or as an executive of Starlight, I suggest you accept. There is indeed no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

Even this unconditional offer of shares is actually a form of emotional entanglement, but it appears before you in the most gentle form, making it hard for anyone to feel resistant."

Lin Yuan didn’t respond.

The company didn’t say that once Lin Yuan took these shares, he would have to serve Starlight for life. But Lin Yuan knew that once he accepted these shares, he would never consider leaving. Otherwise, his conscience wouldn’t let him.

"The company is gambling."

Ol’ Zhou’s voice dropped, "To be exact, it’s the chairman who’s gambling. He’s betting that you won’t leave or go solo without feeling a shred of guilt after taking ten percent of the company’s shares."

"He won."

Lin Yuan suddenly laughed.

Ol’ Zhou also started to chuckle, "That’s probably why the chairman could lead Starlight to where it is today. I can’t think of any other company leader who dares have such boldness to make such a decision. If you were to leave Starlight with ten percent of its shares, at most you would endure some condemnation of conscience. But for Starlight, that would be a debilitating loss."

...

Somewhere else.

Starlight’s Chairman, Li Songhua, looked into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the eighteenth floor of Starlight Tower. A voice, laced with worry and tension, sounded from behind him, "Do you know how bold your decision today was?"

"Of course."

Li Songhua laughed, saying, "I admit that there’s a gamble involved. This might be the boldest decision I ever made in my life, staking everything on so-called human nature. If I lose this gamble, all I’ll lose is ten percent of the shares. But if I win, what I’ll win will be Starlight’s future.

You think Xian Yu is being faced with an unprecedented temptation, but the temptation facing me is much bigger. Ten percent of the shares is trivial compared to his influence!"

"What if you lose?"

"No one can win all the time. But if you think I’m gambling recklessly based on instinct, then you would be greatly mistaken. If you knew the terms those external companies have offered Xian Yu…"

"What terms?"

The voice from behind vibrated.

Li Songhua said, "So far, more than twenty entertainment companies of the same tier or even bigger than Starlight wish to poach Xian Yu. Their terms are even more tempting than what we offer Xian Yu, but he has always stayed. My ears haven’t failed in hearing these things." Discover more stories at novelbuddy

"An emotional bond?"

"Why not think of this as an emotional investment? When you give yourself fully to someone, don’t you hope that they’d treat you well in return? You can say that my actions have a purpose, but this purpose does not harm anyone. Whether it’s indulging or pampering, as long as he is willing to stay at Starlight, I would dare to hand over the entire Starlight to him as a playground.

He possesses a value that makes me willing to give everything. Forget ten percent of the shares, even if I gave him twenty percent or more, what does it matter? You only see me giving away a bit of shares, but I see a future for Starlight that it wouldn’t have without him."

"Your motives are not pure."

"I think my motives are pure to the point of being muddled. From now on, Starlight will follow one rule - if I can afford it, I’ll give Xian Yu anything he wants, because what I want, only he can give me!"

"You still want to challenge Zhong Continent?"

"I’ve given up before, but then he appeared. He gave me hope. I’ve seen so many stormy years and countless so-called geniuses. Only he gives me a different feeling. Also, only he makes me feel that Zhong Continent is not invincible. Think about all these years, how many people managed to catch Zhong Continent’s attention?"

"Is Zhong Continent paying him a lot of attention?"

"Recently, Zhong Continent has only been focusing on two people. One is the novelist Chu Kuang, and the other is right here in our company. I never thought that the phrase ’Xian Yu to the South, Chu Kuang to the North’ would spread throughout Zhong Continent..."

Ding.

Li Songhua’s cell phone rang. He glanced at it, and a smile spread across his face, "From now on, the direction of Xian Yu will be the direction of all of Starlight. I’ll be responsible for steering."

"..."

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