Chapter 378 – “What do you think my odds are?” (2)

After her morning sickness had finally subsided, Ye Zhen’s stomach had become bigger and her appetite had gone up. Mother Lu sent nutritious food into her room like they were free and Ye Zhen had gained quite a bit of weight. Granted, Ye Zhen had been forbidden to go out and her range of activities had been limited to just within the mansion. All she could do day after day was to read some magazines and watch some television for entertainment. She would also call up Qin Zhiyun from time to time to stay up to date on the current state of the company.

“Mrs. Lu, there is nothing that you need to worry about at the company. You just focus on resting and staying healthy for the baby. What is it, hmm? Are you worried that I’ll embezzle all of your money?”

Ye Zhen was not bothered by Qin Zhiyun’s joke.

“If you have the ability to embezzle money then all the more reasons that I need to keep you. Alright, all jokes aside, I just watched the entertainment news. You’ve snatched Shen Weiyin’s endorsement?”

“Yeah, so? I can’t snatch her endorsements?”

“I seem to recall that… Shen Weiyin seems to be…”

“Oh, Mrs. Lu, even when you are staying home for the baby, you need to keep up with the news. The Shen family announced that they had gone bankrupt a while ago already. Haven’t you heard?”

“Bankrupt?” Ye Zhen was taken aback. She was plagued with morning sickness a while back and couldn’t really eat very well. As a result, she couldn’t summon up energy to do anything else. It made sense that she had missed out on some news. “When did that happen?”

“About two weeks ago. The announcement came out on the 7th.”

“What happened to Old Mr. Shen then?”

Qin Zhiyun sighed. “It was said that his health had diminished a lot ever since his heart attack and he had been resting at a hospital since. His family kept the news of bankruptcy from him. His sons had been the ones running the company for a while now. If I may say so, Shen Weiyin’s ability is much better than any of Old Mr. Shen’s sons.”

Even though Shen Weiyin was a competitor of theirs of sorts, she had also proven herself by being able to reign in the entertainment circle. It was a waste that she did not apply herself in what really mattered.

Qin Zhiyun smiled and said, “Without the backing of the Shen family, her status had diminished from what it was before. I’ve heard that the boss of a certain entertainment company had expressed interest in her, but she had turned him down. The boss was upset. I wouldn’t say he had gone as far as killing her career but he did explicitly state that he will not work with her anymore in the future. She had lost a lot of her endorsements that way. That being said, this Shen Weiyin surely has a lot of resources on hand. Almost as much as our company.”

Ye Zhen had no intention of learning too much about Shen Weiyin.

She had viewed Shen Weiyin as a strong competitor in the past because of Shen Weiyin’s background, her status in the entertainment circle, and her looks. As a woman who possessed so many wonderful factors, Shen Weiyin’s life should be a walk in the park.

Any man would naturally find such a woman attractive.

Now that Ye Zhen’s life had settled down, Zhouzhou was getting older, and her family life harmonious, she no longer perceived Shen Weiyin as a competition.

What was there to be petty about after all?

“Miss Qin, are you saying that our company doesn’t measure up?”

“Mrs. Lu, we had signed a lot of stars as of late and we need resources to appeal to them, am I right? We don’t want to become the laughingstock of others.”

“You can just reach out to Beichuan for resources, no?”

Qin Zhiyun was still joking around with her. “Are you kidding? I don’t dare to reach out to Boss Lu. I think he probably regretted starting an entertainment company by now and wish for us to go belly up.”

“Subtle.” Ye Zhen smiled and said, “Alright. I’ll go talk to him about it.”

“Thank you, Miss Lu. Oh right. There is something else that I want to talk to you about.”

“What is it?”