Chapter 527 Planning (please support for monthly votes in the third update!)
"Director Lu, you come here today. To be honest, I, Lao Peng, are really grateful."
Director Peng took Lu Rui's hand and said enthusiastically.
Lu Rui originally had a bad impression of this person. After all, the hundreds of thousands of dollars in Haixing Entertainment Company were swallowed up by the Cultural Affairs Department. However, now looking at the appearance of Director Peng, it is somewhat different from what he imagined.
Haha, Lu Rui said, "Public is public, private is private, you can't confuse it. I just arrived at the inspection room. There are some things, Director Peng, you have to understand me."
Director Peng nodded: "I understand, I understand, you can come today to give me face. Let's sit down and chat, and I will definitely be drunk and never return home."
Lu Rui smiled and said, "It's okay for us to both of us. Let's forget Brother Chen, I'm afraid that Han*** will cause us trouble tomorrow."
"Hahaha..." Director Peng also laughed.
Since everyone is all, they naturally start serving the dishes. Because three people eat, they don’t order a few dishes. Many times, talking at the table is more comfortable than talking in the office.
After the waiter served the dishes, he stepped out. Director Peng personally poured a glass of wine for Lu Rui, picked up the glass and said, "I met for the first time today. No matter what, thank Director Lu for giving me the face of Lao Peng, and thank Director Chen for helping me invite Director Lu." After that, he picked up the glass in his hand and raised his neck and drank it all.
Lu Rui and Chen Yang looked at each other, Chen Yang nodded, Lu Rui was not polite, raised his neck to fuck the wine in his hand, and then smiled and said, "Director Peng is polite. Since I'm here, let's not make any false things. If you have anything to say, I will help you, and you will never refuse, how about it?"
"Good!" Director Peng put the cup in his hand on the table and sighed to Lu Rui, "Director Lu, I don't tell you lies. The money for Haixing Entertainment was indeed deducted by my old Peng. However, I, Lao Peng, used my party principles as a guarantee. I didn't give myself a penny of this money. You can go and inquire about who I am, Lao Peng, and some people know how much I am. This time I really have no choice. The Department of Culture is originally a Qingshui Yamen, and there is little financial allocation, so our work is difficult to do. For example, the Cultural Relics Administration Bureau in the province does not even have money to maintain cultural relics, and the little things from my ancestors can only be destroyed. The last time it was because a batch of precious rare books was about to be destroyed, and a large amount of money was needed for maintenance. I was in a hurry and thought of deducting the money."
When Lu Rui saw his appearance, he frowned, but did not speak, but turned his eyes to Chen Yang on the side.
Chen Yang naturally knew what Lu Rui meant. He was asking himself whether what Director Peng said was true or false. He smiled bitterly and nodded, "Indeed, the province's finances are not abundant, so the allocation for cultural undertakings is naturally relatively less. I still know Lao Peng."
Nodded slightly, Lu Rui turned to Director Peng and said, "Since Director Peng told me the truth, he did not treat me, Lu Rui as an outsider, I also said to myself, you are older than me, I will call you brother, brother, you do this, I think it is two different things to deduct other people's Haixing Entertainment's money. At least, you can't make things difficult for a private enterprise because of the financial difficulties of our government."
Director Peng's face suddenly became awkward, and after a while, nodded, "Brother, I understand everything you said, yes, but I really had no choice at that time. You don't know the difficulties of the Cultural Department. Don't think that I am a director, but I'm not as comfortable as a director in some places!"
Lu Rui was silent. Director Peng's words might be a bit exaggerated, but Lu Rui knew that he had not lie to him, as he said himself, not all the government departments in China are as rich as oil and water. Many times, people just see the bright and beautiful side of the government departments, but not the happy side of some departments. For example, the Cultural Department where Director Peng is located now has many places to take care of, but in fact there is not much real power and has to bear very heavy tasks. In addition, the state invests less funds. Many times, the cultural departments and education departments in various places are the kind of Qingshui yamen that are a bit more difficult.
Although he sighed in his heart, Lu Rui did not think that Director Peng could deduct money from Haixing Entertainment with such a reason.
"Brother Peng, listen to me and return the money to Haixing Company." After pondering for a while, Lu Rui said slowly.
Director Peng smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, all the money has been spent. Where can I find it? Besides, the person surnamed Yang is unauthorized and I deserve the money I deducted from using our Cultural Bureau as a gun!"
When Lu Rui heard this, he was slightly stunned and asked in surprise: "What's going on?"
After Director Peng explained to Lu Rui, Lu Rui's face also looked a little ugly.
It seems that Yang Shou didn't tell the truth to him.
At that time, Haixing Entertainment Company was indeed the organizer. At that time, it was originally planned to make Haixing Entertainment's own artist performances purely to make the International Tourism Festival more lively. However, Yang Shou hid his mind. When he signed an agreement with the Cultural Department, he stated that the ticket revenue for the performance belonged to Haixing Entertainment, because the Cultural Department also thought that the number of artists in Haixing Company was not worth much, so he didn't think much about it. But after the contract was signed, after the Cultural Department completed all the venues and various procedures that needed to be prepared, Haixing Company actually invited a group of big names to come over, and the tickets suddenly increased. When the Cultural Department saw it, it became popular at that time. Isn't you Yang Shou the leader of the Cultural Department not sure about it?
Lu Rui also understood what was going on. To put it bluntly, Yang Shou was really brave. He actually dared to use the Cultural Affairs Department as a gun to make profits for himself.
This plan is really good. Taking advantage of the advantages of the Cultural Department, the Cultural Department will take charge of all the project procedures that need to be run for a concert. Then he only needs to be responsible for hiring celebrities and selling tickets to collect money, and he can make a lot of money inside and outside. However, Yang Shou did not expect that Director Peng really dared to make up his mind to deduct the ticket money, so he has reached this point now.
After thinking about it, Lu Rui smiled and said, "Brother Peng, are you familiar with the TV station? Or are you familiar with the Radio and Television Bureau?"
Director Peng was stunned for a moment: "It's familiar, but what does this have to do with them?"
He smiled with a hilarious smile, Lu Rui said, "Why do you think of a way to return the hundreds of thousands to Haixing Company first, and then I will give you an idea to ensure that the future funding of your Cultural Department will not be a problem. Not only that, you can also enjoy the feeling of money in your pocket."
As soon as he said this, Director Peng was stunned. It was the first time he had heard such a statement after being the Director for so many years.
Looking at Lu Rui, Director Peng said decisively: "As long as your method is easy to use, I will give back the money to Haixing Entertainment first. But what is your method?"
Lu Rui smiled mysteriously and said to Chen Yang: "If this matter is done well, our province will probably become popular all over the country again. Of course, it is a good thing!"
Even Chen Yang became interested now. He was very curious about what kind of way Lu Rui could make the Provincial Department of Culture turn losses into profits.
"Brother Peng, do you have a media company under your Culture Department?" Lu Rui asked.
Frowning and thinking for a while, Director Peng shook his head and said, "Where is this in our Cultural Department?"
Lu Rui nodded: "Then let me ask you, if you hold any literary and artistic programs, such as programs like Happy Girls, does it require approval from the Department of Culture?"
Director Peng laughed: "Of course, as the department in charge of cultural work in the province, major cultural activities in the province must be reviewed by our Cultural Department." After saying that, he looked at Lu Rui with some confusion and said: "Brother, what do you mean?"
He smiled slightly, and Lu Rui said: "I mean, the Provincial Department of Culture and several Korean performing arts companies jointly held a talent show. The goal is naturally to become a star packaged by foreign performing arts companies. What do you think will happen?"
Chen Yang looked puzzled. He really didn't understand what was going on here, but Director Peng's face became serious. Unlike an outsider like Chen Yang, Director Peng understood Lu Rui's meaning somewhat. If he really started such an event as he said, then he would probably be famous all over the country. If this event was really done, just advertising costs would be a lot of money.
"Brother, this is not a joke. Could you contact the Korean entertainment company?" Director Peng asked with a hesitation.
Lu Rui nodded slowly: "I have a friend who has some connections there and can contact you. But the TV station will see you Brother Peng."
After pondering for a while, Director Peng said: "It's easy to deal with the TV station. I shouldn't have a big problem when I go around. However, since this matter involves foreign performing arts companies, I have to apply to the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department."
With his hands spread, Lu Rui said, "I can't help you with this."
With a smile, Chen Yang said, "I think you can ask Han *** for help from the Propaganda Department. Lao Peng, please come up with a plan and hand it over to Governor Wang, and ask him to hand it to Han *** for a look. Please ask him to say hello to Minister Zhao of the Propaganda Department. It should be no problem."
Director Peng said silently. Lu Rui knew very well that he was calculating his own gains and losses.
Lu Rui was not in a hurry. He had already found the stairs for him. If Director Peng didn't pay it back, don't blame Lu Rui for being ruthless. Just embezzling private enterprises' property is enough to make him step down in shame.
"Director Peng, please think about it first, I'm just a suggestion." Lu Ruiyouran said.
Director Peng's eyes flashed. He knew that his decision was equivalent to agreeing to Chen Yang to tie Wang Zhou to Han Dingbang's ship. Thinking of what Wang Zhou said to him in a few days, Director Peng gritted his teeth and nodded, "Brother Lu, then I'm not polite, thank you."