Buy them all back

"The intended use?"

"I'm planning to use it as an employee dormitory."

Chen Mo replied casually upon hearing this; there was no need for him to hide such matters, as it would be known sooner or later anyway.

Employee dormitory!

Mei Yun was completely stunned. He had thought of many possibilities, but never once imagined it would be an employee dormitory.

Spending 80 million to buy an apartment building just to use as an employee dormitory, and then having to renovate it on top of that—this was simply too extravagant.

It was too good for the employees.

However, when Luo Xiao from Lanpian Film and Television came to East City Apartments to arrange for those impoverished elderly people, he had learned some things about General Manager Chen from Luo Xiao at that time.

He did charitable deeds and was very good to his company's employees.

Now, spending 80 million to buy an apartment building to use as an employee dormitory—this was more than just being good to his employees.

After realizing this, Mei Yun looked up at Chen Mo with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"General Manager Chen, you really are good to your subordinates!"

"Since that's the case, the matter of the apartment is settled. I will get the paperwork and contracts ready as soon as possible in the next two days, and I will also arrange for the current tenants in the apartment to move out as quickly as possible."

"That's good. Happy cooperation!"

Chen Mo nodded with a smile and reached out to shake hands with Mei Yun lightly.

"General Manager Chen, if there's nothing else, I'll head back to take care of the apartment matters."

Mei Yun was full of excitement; East City Apartments, which had troubled him for many years, was finally resolved at this moment.

"I'll see you out."

Chen Mo stood up, then suddenly thought of something and called out to Shen Rou, who had been waiting not far away.

"Xiao Rou, bring over two boxes of that dragon well tea from just now."

Very quickly, Shen Rou took two boxes of tea leaves from the tea cabinet and placed them into a gift bag.

Chen Mo took the gift bag containing the tea leaves and handed it to Mei Yun, who was standing to the side.

"General Manager Mei, I noticed you quite like this tea, and I happen to have plenty here."

"Then… thank you, General Manager Chen."

Mei Yun looked at the tea leaves handed over by General Manager Chen, hesitated for a moment, and then accepted them.

Since a president as big as General Manager Chen was gifting him tea, it would be too disrespectful to refuse.

He secretly marveled at how generous General Manager Chen was; these two boxes of tea must weigh at least a catty.

That was worth tens of thousands of yuan!

But thinking about it, a few tens of thousands of yuan probably didn't amount to much in the eyes of a president like General Manager Chen.

Mei Yun felt touched. Regardless of what these two boxes of tea were worth to General Manager Chen, he accepted this favor and would just find an opportunity to return it in the future.

Chen Mo saw Mei Yun to the elevator and then returned to his office.

Looking at Shen Rou, who was standing in front of the tea cabinet, he asked casually.

"How much tea is left?"

"General Manager Chen, there are only 15 boxes left."

Shen Rou spoke softly. She knew the price of this tea; each box weighed half a catty and cost 20,000 yuan.

They had purchased over 60 boxes back then, but only a little over a month had passed, and only 15 boxes remained. This rate of consumption was simply too fast.

However, there was a reason for it being so fast; whoever came to the office to discuss business would be gifted one or two boxes of tea upon leaving.

"Only 15 boxes left? Contact the owner of that boutique tea shop again and see if they have any new dragon well tea in stock. If they do, buy them all back."

Chen Mo waved his hand and said casually.

Although gifting two boxes of tea only cost a few tens of thousands of yuan, it was nothing compared to the tens of millions or hundreds of millions in System Funds he dealt with constantly now.

But if one box wasn't enough, he would just give a few more. Small amounts added up, and it was still a significant expense.

"Understood, General Manager Chen."

Shen Rou nodded and then returned to her office.

Chen Mo returned to his desk and leaned back into his boss chair, his eyes filled with contemplation.

The matter of East City Apartments was mostly arranged now; once Mei Yun finished the paperwork, he just needed to sign and pay.

What needed the most attention now was the box office for [demon subduing record].

Soon, the second day arrived, and the box office for [demon subduing record] finally appeared. Compared to the previous 800,000, it had increased slightly.

The second day's box office for [demon subduing record] was 1.4 million.

Then came the third day, which still showed an increasing trend compared to the previous day's box office.

The third day for [demon subduing record] was 2.1 million.

Chen Mo sat in his boss chair, looking at the box office figures for the second and third days, and let out a slight sigh of relief.

The growth of this box office was within his acceptable range.

An average daily growth of 600,000 to 700,000—this growth trend was acceptable to him.

If this growth trend continued, he might not need to use the plan to invest in a second new movie.

Chen Mo thought to himself, then set the box office report in his hand aside.

At least for now, the box office was growing within his expectations, but with 11 days left until the settlement, he could not let his guard down.

He had to keep a constant watch on the changes in the box office so he could ensure the funds were accurately spent.

Logically speaking, normal box office revenue is only calculated and deposited into the company's account after the film is taken out of theaters, so he shouldn't have to worry for now.

But the System, that bastard, simply didn't play by human rules.

In order to synchronize the funds, it had actually gone ahead and topped up the funds in advance.

In other words, if he had 1 million in box office revenue today, although the theaters hadn't deposited that money into his account yet, the System had already deposited the funds from this box office into the System Funds account.

Of course, what was deposited into the funds account wasn't 1 million; the theater's share and taxes had already been deducted.

When the funds from the theaters finally arrived, the System would directly reclaim these funds.

…

At Mingri Group, Lanpian Film and Television, Luo Xiao and Wang Bin looked at the box office report in their hands and frowned slightly.

This box office revenue was far from what they had expected.

According to their expectations, with the promotion from Tiger Head Livestream and the quality of the movie itself, [demon subduing record] should definitely have seen its box office increase exponentially.

"Brother Xiao, the speed of this box office growth is a bit slow!"

Wang Bin looked at the box office data and said with some concern.

"Yeah, it's indeed a bit slow. But Tiger Head Livestream has been promoting it constantly; logically, it shouldn't be growing this slowly."

Luo Xiao also frowned slightly, feeling puzzled.

The two sat in the office for a long time without speaking, not knowing what was going on with the box office.

After a while, Luo Xiao snapped out of it, checked his phone, and realized it was already 12 o'clock—time for lunch.

"Let's go eat. Wasn't Wei Yan in sales before? Perhaps he understands these kinds of things better."

"Hmm! Discussing it with everyone is never a bad idea."

Wang Bin nodded. He and Luo Xiao hadn't been managers for very long, so their handling and judgment of certain matters weren't very intuitive.

But Wei Yan was different; he was a veteran in sales for many years, and his judgment on certain matters was definitely more far-sighted than theirs.

The two looked at each other, then stood up and walked out together.

Soon, the two arrived at Tomorrow Cafeteria, got their food, and found Wei Yan and the others, walking over to them.

"General Manager Wei, I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"Go ahead."

Wei Yan put down his chopsticks and looked up at Luo Xiao.

"It's like this…" Luo Xiao explained the doubts he had in his mind.

"Is that so!" Wei Yan shook his head and smiled upon hearing this, then continued.

"This problem is very simple. It's not that the promotion hasn't been effective."