Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

After finally wrapping up the filming, Zhuzhu finally ended such a miserable life.

The whole team ate the wrap-up dinner together. It was called a wrap-up dinner, but it was actually just a cake that everyone shared, and each person could only get a little bit. It was a ceremony.

The director also smiled, a rare occurrence, and laughed with everyone.

Just then, Ergou came over to visit the set, and the producer, director and others immediately came forward to greet him.

They thought the boss came to urge progress, but Ergou came in, looked around and asked, "Where's Zhuzhu?"

The director was slightly stunned. After his assistant reminded him, he realized that "Zhuzhu" referred to Li Baozhu. He looked around and said, "She was here just now. Maybe she went to the dressing room?"

The assistant director immediately went to call for help.

The director finally realized at this moment that he seemed to have scolded Li Baozhu quite harshly during the filming. Since the boss attached so much importance to his sister, would Li Baozhu report him?

Just then, the assistant director finally brought Zhuzhu out.

When Zhuzhu saw Ergou, a smile appeared on her face.

Ergou also walked over with a smile on his face. When the director saw this, he followed closely and tried to explain that he was trying to catch up with the progress and was not targeting Li Baozhu intentionally.

But just as he walked over, he saw the boss walked past Li Baozhu and shook hands with the middle-aged woman behind Li Baozhu. The woman had a good temperament and a good figure, but she looked very ordinary. Could this be the invisible boss?

The director looked at his assistant, his eyes asking, "Who is that?"

The assistant thought for a moment and explained in a low voice, "It seems to be Li Baozhu's assistant."

It is normal for the director to have no impression of an actor's assistant, but the assistant director knows everything about the crew and naturally recognizes her.

The director was just wondering when he saw the boss helping the aunt out, "Godmother, I have reserved a table at the hotel, let's go eat together."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, and when she saw the director, she smiled and said, "Please invite the director to eat together. Zhuzhu's acting skills have improved a lot in this play, and the director has also made a lot of efforts."

The director's forehead was already dripping with sweat. He wanted to refuse, but refusing would more easily offend his boss, so he explained, "I was a little impatient during the filming. Please forgive me, Auntie!"

Zhang Xiuhua shook her head. "I understand! I heard from Zhuzhu that you guys have to catch up on the progress. It's not easy."

It was only when she became Zhuzhu's assistant that she realized there were so many tricks involved in filming. Before filming, the staff had to prepare the set. There were also props and clothes... They were extremely busy. As an assistant, she was actually a rare idle person on the set.

Ergou glanced at the director and had no impression of him. He now handed over the entire power of the entertainment company to Zheng Yingcan. He himself was busy with the clothing factory, brewery and instant noodle factory and did not care much about the entertainment company.

He patted the director on the shoulder and said, "Let's go! Let's eat together."

The director breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the boss's godmother did not blame him.

Er Gou waved his hand at the others and said, "I have reserved a table at the Yangtze River Hotel. You can come too!"

The staff jumped for joy.

So everyone took taxis, buses, and bikes, and set off in a mighty procession to the Changsha Hotel.

When they arrived at the hotel, the staff had their meal in the lobby outside, while Ergou and the others went to a private room. Cold dishes were already on the table, and the hot dishes were slowly being served.

There was also wine on the table.

Ergou didn't order any wine because Zhang Xiuhua didn't drink. The director wanted to toast her to show his respect, but it turned out that it was unnecessary.

Ergou invited them to eat, and then discussed with Zhang Xiuhua, "I asked Sister Huang, Zhuzhu's next notice is three days later. She won't be returning to the capital for classes for the time being. Godmother, can I take you to play around nearby?"

Zhang Xiuhua waved her hand, "You are busy with work, we don't need you to accompany us. I will just accompany Zhuzhu to walk around the neighborhood."

Ergou nodded.

Zhang Xiuhua saw that Ergou was only talking to him and ignored the director and producer, "They work very hard."

Ergou understood what his godmother meant and asked the producer when the play would be released.

The producer laughed and said, "This is a costume drama, so the review time is relatively short, only three months. We plan to air it during the Chinese New Year."

Zhang Xiuhua suddenly realized, no wonder the director was so anxious. Excluding the three months of review time, wouldn't the post-production only have one month? Isn't this time too tight?

Ergou never asks about the agency's affairs, and he doesn't have that much time, "Then you should arrange it as soon as possible."

He looked at Zhuzhu, "Has your acting regressed? Why did godmother ask me to find a teacher for you?"

Zhuzhu was so embarrassed. Could she say that she was scolded by the director on the set? Didn't she have any face?

The director finally found an opportunity to interrupt, "Mr. Li, I'm asking too much."

Zhang Xiuhua raised her hand to interrupt, "It's a good thing to have high standards. Zhuzhu's acting skills have indeed improved. She has become an adult too early. If she becomes arrogant now and doesn't improve her acting skills to become a professional actor, how many years can she enjoy her youth?"

You have to know that an actress's career is very short. If her acting skills are not up to par, when she gets old, no one will hire her to act.

Ergou felt that his godmother was right, so he looked at Zhuzhu and said, "Then I have to continue to hire teachers. You can't slack off!"

Zhuzhu cried, "Second brother, you are too cruel. I stay up late every day to film, and I have to act with the teacher. I feel dizzy recently, and I am about to explode."

Ergou sighed helplessly after hearing her exaggeration, "You have finished filming. You don't need to stay up late to film. Just figure out how to act with your teacher."

Zhuzhu saw that her second brother was determined, so she glared at him fiercely and muttered, "Be careful or I'll complain to Sister Baolin!"

Ergou, who had just acted like a domineering president, immediately changed his face to a pitiful one, "Godmother, Zhuzhu doesn't want to learn?"

Zhang Xiuhua glared at Zhuzhu and said, "Why are you blaming your second brother? If you want to blame someone, blame mom!"

Zhuzhu didn't dare to blame Zhang Xiuhua, she smiled awkwardly, "Mom, I was just joking with my second brother."

He said this, but when Zhang Xiuhua was drinking tea, he slashed Ergou. Isn't it shameful for a grown man to complain? !

Ergou pretended he saw nothing. What's wrong with complaining? It's because his godmother is on his side.

The director and producer watched the three of them interacting and felt that they had a really good relationship, just like siblings.

Seeing that Ergou was fond of Zhang Xiuhua, the director immediately served her rice and soup, not forgetting to praise Zhuzhu for her rapid progress and for not bullying others.

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect that "not bullying others" is already a virtue. Isn't this as it should be? But seeing how he was on pins and needles just now, she guessed that he was under a lot of pressure, so she smiled and said, "Just do your job well. Zhuzhu's poor acting is her fault. I stand on the side of reason."

The director was really relieved now. No wonder the boss was so respectful to her. It turned out that he was a reasonable person.

After eating, Zhang Xiuhua went to the company with Ergou to check the latest performance.

Zhuzhu stayed in the hotel to have a farewell dinner with everyone and record some behind-the-scenes footage.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at the report and said, "Our beer factory and instant noodle factory are fully operational. However, the expansion of the clothing factory is a bit slow. The number of domestic clothing brands is also gradually increasing."

Ergou nodded, "I also plan to set up a clothing brand. Then I will compete with Niu Hongyun."

Zhang Xiuhua was a little worried. "You should put the company first. I can understand that you were betrayed by your brother, but we must distinguish between public and private matters. Last time, you almost caused the garment factory to close down because you were too sentimental. Don't make the same mistake twice."

She could understand Ergou's resentment at being betrayed by his good brother. But understanding did not mean that she would support him in the business war with Niu Hongyun. If he could not learn from his mistakes, he would be swayed by his emotions sooner or later and fall again. When people are angry, they are easily tricked.

Ergou understood his godmother's concerns, "Don't worry. I don't need to deliberately trip him up. He is already at the end of his rope."

Zhang Xiuhua was a little surprised. "How could that be? Isn't their factory very big? You said before that many domestic brands are looking for them to work."

"Yes. But the brand has set up its own factory and doesn't plan to hire them for OEM." Ergou showed sarcasm on his face. "In order to compete with me for foreign orders, they took orders at a low price! They took away a lot of my customers. But the money they made was too little, and the requirements of foreign orders were high. Many clothes were not up to standard. In order to retain customers, they had to redo them. There were a lot of unsold goods left. If they sold them cheaply, they couldn't even get back the cost, so they kept the brand logo, and foreigners found out and sued them. Not only did they lose customers, but they also lost a lot of money. Domestic brands don't dare to hire them anymore."

When their factories receive orders, they usually leave unqualified goods. These can be sold to foreign countries, but they cannot use the brand name to avoid disrupting the market. They think that foreigners are not in the country and will not know. In fact, this idea is stupid. Foreign brands are sold in domestic shopping malls, and they have agents in the Chinese region.

Their factory had so many leftovers that the real goods in the mall could not be sold. The person in charge of the Chinese region followed the clues and traced the source to the factory. How could he not hold them accountable?

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect Niu Hongyun to be so stupid. Didn't he know that these requirements were written into the contract?

She thought so and asked. Ergou shook his head, "It's not Niu Hongyun. He is a genuine businessman and would never do such a stupid thing. It was Ma Xuenong's idea. He deliberately sent Niu Hongyun to jail in order to fight for the sovereignty of the factory. In this way, as the second largest shareholder, he can have full power."

Niu Hongyun is the legal person of the factory. If the money cannot be repaid, the legal person will have to bear the blame.

Zhang Xiuhua was surprised, "He Tingting didn't tell Niu Hongyun?"

"She is together with Ma Xuenong. They are in cahoots with each other." Ergou sighed, "He Tingting also embezzled a lot of money from the factory. After Niu Hongyun went to jail, the factory resumed production. But its reputation was ruined, so it couldn't get any business."

Perhaps Niu Hongyun didn't expect these two people to be so stupid. After hunting geese all day, he was finally blinded by geese! I don't know if he regretted accepting these two people.

Zhang Xiuhua stroked her forehead, "A dishonest businessman deserves a fool. These three are birds of a feather."

She asked curiously, "What is the relationship between He Tingting and Ma Xuenong?"

"He Tingting wants to save the factory, but she and Ma Xuenong have different ideas, and the two often quarrel. I heard that Ma Xuenong is very dissatisfied with the fact that He Tingting gave money to her parents." Ergou looked strange, "The factory was already half dead, and it might not be possible to save it even if the two worked together. Now the two leaders disagree and change their orders every day. The people below don't know who to listen to. Business is getting worse and worse. Anyway, it won't be long before they go bankrupt."

Zhang Xiuhua felt relieved when she heard the ending. "This is what they deserve."

Ergou poured a glass of water for Zhang Xiuhua and presented it to her respectfully. "Godmother, if they sell the factory, should I take over?"

"If it's cost-effective, of course I'll take it. It's business after all." Zhang Xiuhua took the water and said as a matter of course.

Ergou smiled like a fox, "Okay!"