Chapter 375: Team-Building Culture

"Absolutely not."

Chen Mo directly vetoed Tang Qiu's idea.

"Why go through the trouble of opening a small one now and expanding later? Wouldn't it be better to just open a large law firm directly?"

"Alright, it's settled. The office building must have an area of at least 2,000 square meters. As for the recruitment of interns, hire more—let's set it at around 50 for now."

"Ah!"

Tang Qiu couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"President Chen, wouldn't recruiting 50 interns be a bit too many? I think we could start by recruiting about 10. Once we've trained them, we can gradually expand and recruit new members."

"No, that expansion is too slow. Just recruit 50. Of course, you can recruit more—that's up to you—but 50 is the minimum quota."

Chen Mo glanced at Tang Qiu indifferently and suddenly realized that Tang Qiu was just like Wei Yan.

Whenever he gave an order, she liked to object.

It forced him to come up with excuses every single time.

"Very well, President Chen."

Seeing that President Chen's attitude was firm, Tang Qiu knew it couldn't be changed.

Although President Chen's approach carried significant risk, the returns would surely be immense if it succeeded.

If all 50 interns completed their training, they would be able to handle cases independently.

That would be a massive team of lawyers.

Looking back, every one of President Chen's investments seemed extremely risky.

But in the long run, they all concealed enormous returns.

Nanhe Coffee was the best example.

In the early stages of Nanhe Coffee, it had been in a state of constant loss.

But President Chen had never given up on the business; he kept pouring money into Nanhe Coffee, allowing it to continuously expand.

And now, due to a small reform, Nanhe Coffee had undergone tremendous changes.

Although it wasn't profitable yet, it wasn't far from reaching that state.

And Nanhe Coffee continued to expand. Based on President Chen's location requirements for Nanhe Coffee, she had roughly guessed his ambition for it.

That was to capture the market share from Starbucks.

Once this plan succeeded, Nanhe Coffee's future revenue would definitely be comparable to the current Cangxue Games.

It seems I need to work hard as well and train those 50 interns as quickly as possible.

Tang Qiu secretly made up her mind, picked up the plan that had been rejected by President Chen, and prepared to leave.

President Chen suddenly spoke again.

"Also, regarding the renovation of the law firm, you can ask Shen Rou; she will arrange it for you."

"I understand, President Chen."

Tang Qiu nodded, confirmed that President Chen had no other matters, and left the office.

…

In Kyoto, inside a five-star hotel, a waiter pushed a dining cart of abalone and lobster into a private room, followed by several other waiters pushing boxes of red wine.

"Director Luo, this red wine is terribly expensive. Why don't we switch to beer? It would save money, too."

A crew member looked at the boxes of red wine being pushed in and his mouth twitched.

At the same time, the other crew members looked at Luo Xiao with anticipation.

They still hadn't forgotten the scene from the last time they drank red wine.

The taste of the red wine was good, but the aftereffects were truly potent; it wasn't as refreshing as drinking beer.

"Brother Xiao, how about…"

Wang Bin also spoke tentatively; he, too, had been delayed by drinking this red wine last time, which had cost him a day of filming.

Feeling the gazes of everyone, Luo Xiao revealed a bitter smile.

He also wanted to switch the red wine to beer, but President Chen had already given the order, stating that red wine was the Group's team-building culture and that all company team-building events required it.

Since it was the Group's culture, as the company manager, he naturally couldn't break it.

"Since everyone wants to drink beer, I'll treat you all to some when we return to Jiangcheng. However, this team-building is the Group's culture, so we cannot break it. If you feel you can't drink too much, don't force yourselves; just drink as much as you can."

After Luo Xiao finished speaking, the crew members didn't say anything more and turned to eat the other Group culture: rice mixed with caviar.

"Have all the preparations for returning to the company tomorrow been handled?"

After soothing the crew members, Luo Xiao turned to look at Wang Bin. With today's team-building over, their filming in Kyoto was officially finished.

What remained was arranging the editing.

He wasn't very worried about the editing because there were still tens of millions of funds in the crew's account, and all of these funds would be invested into the editing and special effects.

He was very confident that the finished result would definitely surpass most movies currently in theaters.

Because while many movies today seem to have large investments, a significant portion goes toward recruiting actors or film promotion.

There was basically not much left that could actually be used for film production.

"Everything has been arranged. However, the students from the Shanghai Theater Academy are planning to return directly to Shanghai tomorrow instead of going to Jiangcheng."

Wang Bin said.

"Hmm!"

Luo Xiao nodded; the students from the Shanghai Theater Academy had discussed this matter with him.

Those students hadn't graduated yet, so they naturally needed to return to Shanghai to complete their studies.

Furthermore, there was nothing for them to do if they followed them to Jiangcheng; the next steps were the editor's work.

So he simply nodded and agreed.

"Director Luo, we'd like to toast you and thank you for taking care of us during this time."

Jiang Xue and Su Tang walked over with several students from the Shanghai Theater Academy, each holding a glass of red wine.

Luo Xiao looked at the students from the Shanghai Theater Academy who had come over and smiled faintly.

"Forget about the thanks; you were all very hardworking during the filming process. Besides, the person you should really be thanking is not me, but President Chen. Without the order President Chen gave, the people shooting this movie would definitely not have been you."

After saying this, he picked up the red wine on the table and took a sip.

What he had just said was the truth. If President Chen hadn't issued the order to only recruit amateur actors, he wouldn't have gone to the Shanghai Theater Academy to recruit these students who hadn't even graduated yet.

"We understand, Director Luo."

Jiang Xue and the others nodded slightly and downed the red wine in their hands.

They also knew that the order to only recruit amateur actors had come from that President Chen whom they had only met once.

That was why they had the opportunity to become the leads in this movie.

However, that President Chen was the Group's president, and they were just students who hadn't graduated yet; even if they wanted to thank him, they wouldn't be able to see President Chen in person.

Therefore, the only way they could express their gratitude was to work hard to improve their acting skills, strive to shoot better movies for Lanpian Film and Television, and make the film a box-office hit.

After finishing their drinks, Jiang Xue and the students from the Shanghai Theater Academy left, and several extras walked over.

Of course, "extras" was their previous status; now, they were formally signed actors of Lanpian Film and Television.

A short man with a goofy smile held a red wine glass and looked at Luo Xiao.

"Director Luo, I'm not very educated and can't say any words of thanks, so it's all in this drink."

Saying this, he downed the full glass of red wine.