Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 698: Chapter 698, Exploded Orders (4/25)

Just a single evening of self-study didn’t require too much diligence; with some reading, the class passed just like that.

When Mei Mengzhen returned home again, she found Fan Tianyu sitting on the sofa waiting for her.

Mei Mengzhen asked, "Brother Tianyu, why haven’t you gone to sleep yet? Is there something wrong?"

Fan Tianyu replied, "Zhenzhen, I just got a call from Director An Fang. He asked if we could increase our investment. We’ve already put in quite a bit of money, and now he wants us to add more. What do you think? I kinda feel like this movie is just a scam to get money."

It wasn’t strange for Fan Tianyu to have such thoughts. The movie had been in production for so long that it was either looking for investments or on the road to find them, and they hadn’t seen a penny of profit in the meantime. No wonder he felt uneasy.

But as a person privy to the future, Mei Mengzhen actually had insight into the matter. This movie was definitely going to make money. She had mentioned before that the investment amount for this movie was indeed different from the amount in her previous life. She had thought An Fang would find someone else to fill the gap, but in the end, it turned out to be her who was approached.

Mei Mengzhen asked, "How much does Director An need us to invest?"

"Fifty million."

Fifty million, which added to the previous amount, would be exactly 120 million. Mei Mengzhen thought to herself with a chuckle, but on the surface, she simply said, "Okay, let’s invest."

Fan Tianyu seemed to have anticipated Mei Mengzhen’s decision, showing no surprise at all; still, he tried to advise her, "Are you sure? Don’t you want to think it over? Is it reliable? Is it really reliable?"

"I don’t know if it’s reliable, but my intuition tells me this movie is really going to make money." So the film investment was really going to happen, "Brother Tianyu, if you’re not too busy lately, let’s just get the Film and Television Company registered."

Fan Tianyu took a deep breath and asked, "Are you seriously planning to go in this direction?"

"We’ll see, let’s just get the company registered for now. Actually, Yiran and Keke already talked to me about this at the start of the school year. Let’s register our company separately, not as part of ours or Xiyuan’s. I’ll also ask if they want to invest. Since they brought it up, they’re obviously ready to go through with it."

And it wasn’t just the two of them; Yan Keke clearly intended to bring Tian Sha and Lai Xixi over as well.

No sooner had Mei Mengzhen finished speaking than Fan Tianyu immediately said, "That’s fine, but what are you waiting for? Ask now."

Mei Mengzhen was taken aback for a moment, but after checking the time she said, "It’s getting late now, I can ask tomorrow just the same."

"It’s early enough. How could those two be asleep right now? If you get it sorted out now, you can transfer the money to me tomorrow, I’ll get everything processed at once. Get things done sooner and you won’t have the chance to regret it later."

Upon hearing this, Mei Mengzhen agreed, "Okay."

After saying that, she took out her phone and made a call to each of them. After receiving replies that they were indeed interested in starting a venture and willing to invest, the new mission for Fan Tianyu unfolded as Mei Mengzhen said, "Looks like Brother Tianyu will not only need to manage the Xiyuan Restaurant, but you’ll also have to take care of the entertainment side."

It wasn’t a big deal, but Fan Tianyu asked with some concern, "We’re expanding into more and more areas. I wonder if the office building we constructed at the beginning will be enough."

"No worries, it will suffice. Our office takes up two floors. Do you know how many offices can be partitioned out of these two floors? It’s definitely enough—it’s just a matter of how to divide them up."

Although that’s what she said, Fan Tianyu now somewhat regretted, "Had I known we’d diversify so much, I really should have asked He Yiran to make the building a few stories taller."

Mei Mengzhen twisted her mouth, as that was not something they could have decided. Besides, hadn’t the building already been expanded by a few floors?

After finalizing their plans, Fan Tianyu immediately responded to An Fang so that he could stop worrying.

The next morning, An Fang received the money from Fan Tianyu. However, the name for the investment had to be changed, so Fan Tianyu made a careful call to remind him, "Zhenzhen is quite fond of this industry, so we’ve decided to start our own film and television company, production company, and economic company. No matter the type, I’ll register them all together. So, the previous investment and this one—when it’s time, you can just list the name of our new company. I guess it would be the production company, right?"

An Fang naturally had no objections. The movie production hadn’t even started yet. Even if it had, with the investor calling the shots, how could he refuse to make the change?

Moreover, An Fang was truly at a loss to describe how he felt at the moment. He had been just trying to cast an actor, and out of the blue, a golden goose had appeared. But then, An Fang was also grateful to have met this golden goose. He remembered their conversation, and they were planning to develop their investment in movies. Looming in his mind was the possibility of future projects with them.

Some things can’t be overthought, or else it starts to nag at you. And Ji Chengnan, who had witnessed everything, couldn’t help but say to An Fang, "You’re really lucky."

It was indeed a matter of good luck to encounter such an opportunity.

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As the National Day was drawing closer, the demand for Xiyuan’s mooncakes was spiking to the point of overwhelming orders. Thanks to the promotion by He Yiran and Jin Zhan, nearly all the attendees from the previous party who had bought wine placed orders for several hundred mooncakes each. Naturally, this was after the time had passed for accepting additional orders, otherwise, even with a few clicks to initiate production, there wouldn’t have been enough time.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Mei Mengzhen found herself increasingly busy. Of course, it wasn’t just her; Mei Mengcheng and Fan Tianyu were busy too. In fact, Mei Mengcheng wasn’t even dragging the merchandise anymore, focusing solely on overseeing the shipments from the warehouse.

It wasn’t that he was being lazy—there were simply too many goods to dispatch. For those who ordered in bulk on the Xiyuan APP, he would take a few people to pack the specified amount of goods and ship them directly from the warehouse.

But for those with larger orders, sorry, those weren’t easy to dispatch, so please arrange for collection by your own transport. And when their vehicles arrived, of course, someone had to supervise. One Mei Mengcheng wasn’t enough for the task, so naturally, Fan Tianyu joined in as well.

In truth, the experience of working with Fan Tianyu for so long left Mei Mengcheng feeling truly busy only recently. And working busily, he found that time seemed to fly by quicker.

While he and Fan Tianyu were in the warehouse, he couldn’t help but express his feelings, "Although it’s been busy lately, time seems to fly by quickly. A day goes by in the blink of an eye. It may be tiring, but it feels fulfilling."

Fan Tianyu said, "So you just can’t handle a comfortable life, huh? Five working days a week, and the two or three days you work, you still feel idle, right? Then perfect, don’t rest on the weekends either. I doubt you’ll get any break before the fifteenth."