Chapter 298: Cinema Buyout

Not long after, a knock sounded at the office door.

Soon, Wei Yan walked in with two young men, who were looking toward him with curiosity.

"President Chen, this is President Chen Cong of Tiange Club, and this is President Du Ziteng."

Wei Yan stepped forward to introduce them.

"Mm, please, sit."

Chen Mo gestured toward the sofa in the lounge area by the floor-to-ceiling window and led the way.

"Would you like tea or coffee?"

"Tea is fine, no need to go to any trouble."

Chen Cong smiled and sat on the sofa, looking around the office layout, unable to help but exclaim in admiration.

When he had just entered the office, he had been shocked by the environment.

The first impression was that it was huge; the second was that it was expensive.

Even when he went to his father's office, it was no better than this.

"I wonder, what brings the two of you to Cangxue Games?"

Chen Mo asked casually as he watched the two sit down.

Meanwhile, Wei Yan had prepared the tea and poured a cup for each of them.

Chen Cong took the tea and said with a smile.

"We did come here to take care of some business. Our Tiange Club is hosting an offline tournament for [Extreme Survival], and we've chosen Jiang City as the venue."

"To increase the official nature of the tournament, we've collaborated with Cangxue Games, and we're here today to film a short video."

"Once the offline tournament begins, I will play the short video during breaks in the broadcast. This way, the audience can use this video to pay attention to Cangxue Games, understand the daily work routine of the Cangxue Games staff, and know what kind of work environment [Extreme Survival] was created in."

"And we can also use this to let the many viewers know that this offline tournament is officially recognized."

Listening to Chen Cong's words, Chen Mo's hand on the teacup paused.

He had known that these two coming over definitely meant nothing good.

Offline tournament, filming a short video, promotion.

He cast a calm glance at the two sitting opposite him.

They really wouldn't let him have a moment of peace. He had just resolved the issue with Nanhe Coffee, and now a problem had appeared at Cangxue Games.

If this tournament kept going, the number of players for [Extreme Survival] would probably skyrocket again.

He had to stop it!

But Cangxue Games had previously signed a contract with Tiange Club, and Tian Ge had the right to host tournaments for games under Cangxue Games.

If he wanted to stop it, he would have to unilaterally terminate the contract.

Moreover, unilateral breach of contract required paying a penalty fee.

This penalty fee would be another expense!

At this thought, Chen Mo's eyes suddenly lit up; he seemed to have found a loophole.

As long as he kept signing people and then breaching the contracts, he could pay penalty fees indefinitely.

He could completely use this method to spend the System Funds.

This was much simpler than trying every way to spend money every day.

But just as this thought emerged, the voice of the dog system rang in his mind.

[Reminder to host: The prerequisite for unilateral termination is that the contract violates the law, harms the company's interests, contains unreasonable terms, etc.]

[Detected that the contract currently intended for unilateral termination does not meet any of the above conditions; termination not granted.]

Chen Mo: … The dog system!

This system really wouldn't let him exploit any loopholes at all.

Since he couldn't terminate the contract, he could only let the other party continue to host the tournament.

Thinking that the number of [Extreme Survival] players would likely skyrocket after the tournament, his head started to ache.

Consequently, he felt very unhappy looking at Chen Cong and Du Ziteng opposite him.

No, he was even more unhappy. Why couldn't they just be good rich second generations instead of coming out here to start a business!

Isn't inheriting the family property good enough?

He complained inwardly, but kept a calm expression on his face and spoke indifferently.

"When does this tournament start? Are there many participants?"

"We are here now to set up the competition venue. The tournament dates are from April 15th, with the final on April 30th. We will hold the final at the Jiang City Gymnasium. If President Chen is interested, you can go and take a look; we will give you the best viewing spot."

"As for the people, with the game being so popular right now, there are naturally many participants, not to mention that the first-place prize is one million."

Chen Cong said slowly.

1 million in prize money!

Upon hearing that there was such a large prize for first place, Chen Mo's heart suddenly became active.

Could he also host a tournament? If the scale were larger and the prize money higher, wouldn't that be a way to consume funds?

Chen Mo nodded inwardly, deciding to record this in his spending manual later.

However, hosting a tournament also carried certain risks; it would very likely increase the popularity of the game once again, so this method could only be kept as a backup plan, to be used when there was no other choice.

After thinking of this, Chen Mo's depressed mood finally eased a bit.

Afterward, they chatted simply for a while longer.

Chen Cong and Du Ziteng proposed to leave. Before that, they had intended to invite him to dinner, but he had declined.

How could he possibly eat with them?

Back downstairs, the short video filming here had already concluded.

"President Chen, General Manager Wei, we have other things to attend to, so we won't stay any longer."

Chen Cong gathered all the club members together.

They left the Mingri Group and went outside.

Chen Cong said, rubbing his chin.

"That President Chen doesn't seem to like us very much; he was very cold during our conversation."

"Group bosses are all like that. Anyway, when I go home and see my dad, he has the same expression, keeping a straight face as if someone owes him money."

Du Ziteng said indifferently.

"That does seem to be the case."

Chen Cong nodded, not taking the matter to heart, and turned to look at the people behind him.

"Notify those who didn't come along and have them meet us at Tianda Plaza."

At Tianda Plaza, the members of Tiange Club gathered together; there were over a dozen of them in total.

Chen Cong looked at the club members and spoke slowly.

"Today, I'm taking you all out to relax. Tomorrow, those who need to train will train, and those responsible for other tasks will also need to get busy."

The club members cheered.

He took everyone to a barbecue restaurant in the mall.

At this time, the line outside this barbecue restaurant was already full.

Chen Cong led everyone past it, ignoring the line.

He went straight to the person in charge of the restaurant and gave his name.

Soon, the person in charge brought Chen Cong and his Group into a private room that had been prepared in advance.

After eating and drinking, they went straight into a cinema.

Tianda Cinema. "Holy crap, a private buyout?"

Looking at the empty screening hall, one of the club members exclaimed.

"What's there to be surprised about? Don't you know that our President Chen's father is the boss of Tianda? What's the big deal about buying out a hall?"

Jiang Jiu glanced at the club member who had exclaimed beside him. As a club member, not knowing the identity of their own boss was too much of a failure.