"I'm curious, why is Yang Meng targeting you, boss? You shouldn't have any dealings with each other!"
"Preemptive strike, perhaps? Killing danger in its cradle?" Lin Yan revealed a smile tinged with mockery.
"It seems you pose a great threat to her, boss, otherwise she wouldn't be so persistent."
Fang Zhou was very relaxed now. Although her current boss was very generous, she was also difficult to please. She had done many favors for him.
As for everything concerning Lin Yan, it was almost entirely handled by her. And many things about Yang Meng as well.
"But boss, are you going to deal with this contract of being kept?"
Fang Zhou inquired. After all, she knew that Miss Lin in front of her was not short of money and wouldn't care about any liquidated damages.
"Let's put it aside for now! After all, this contract is the best disguise." Lin Yan casually placed her water cup on the table.
"But this might require Miss Fang's help to cover it up for the time being. After all, I'm just a good-for-nothing substitute!"
"Yes, after all, a fake can never compare to the genuine article."
After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled, both knowing who the genuine and fake were in this context.
When Fang Zhou returned, she badmouthed Lin Yan to Zhao Xin Yu. At this moment, Zhao Xin Yu's attention was entirely on Yang Meng and he wasn't very concerned about the substitute.
Seeing Zhao Xin Yu's impatient look, Fang Zhou felt even more at ease.
Not long after, Fang Zhou submitted her resignation. Although Zhao Xin Yu was reluctant to let go of such a capable assistant, he agreed when he saw how determined she was.
While he didn't feel he had mistreated the assistant, since she didn't want to continue, he didn't force her.
After all, with the high salary he offered, it would be easy to find another assistant.
After Fang Zhou submitted her resignation, some inconspicuous employees at the Zhao family's company also quietly submitted their resignations.
However, because these people held less important positions, no one paid attention to their departure.
But with the presence of these people, Fang Zhou's makeshift team was initially established.
Renting office buildings and recruiting employees, an entertainment company named "Xin Chuang" was quietly established.
Even their own employees felt that their company was like a shell company.
However, Lin Yan and Fang Zhou knew that they were newcomers in this circle and thus set their sights low.
Their first choice was the newly emerging short video platforms, as the influencer route was something that Yang Meng, a superstar, would disdain.
They recruited a group of attractive ordinary people and then began to package them, providing them with different positioning, copywriting, planning, and editing services.
Singers, beauties, gamers, and livestreamers were all packaged to boost the company's reputation.
Fang Zhou specifically negotiated cooperation and profit-sharing agreements with the short video platforms.
With a professional team managing operations, the videos posted by the company's employees were all exquisite, attracting many fans and bringing the company its first revenue.
Fang Zhou then poached some promising celebrities, many of whom had had their resources snatched away by Yang Meng.
Of course, Fang Zhou wasn't entirely aware of this, but Lin Yan, who knew the plot, did. She specifically marked these individuals.
Sometimes, opportunity is like this: grasp it and you might soar; fail to grasp it, and you might fade into obscurity forever.
The opportunities for these individuals were crucial for their rise to fame, but for Yang Meng, they were merely insignificant embellishments.
Yet Yang Meng still snatched their opportunities. This was the protagonist of a transmigration novel, so greedy and selfish.
Of course, she might not have intended to snatch others' resources, but rather treated this transmigration as a game.
With the cheat of knowing the plot and effortless success,
it filled her with contempt for the people in this world, treating ordinary people as tools, NPCs, and targets for conquest, brimming with a sense of superiority.
However, effortless success also meant that this success could be effortlessly replicated or destroyed. She relied too much on her cheat and charm.
But nothing in life remains unchanged; she would eventually pay for her arrogance. It was just unknown whether she, who had always enjoyed smooth sailing, could bear such consequences.
Lin's Food Products were relisted, but this time they avoided the cities where the protagonist was located and places she frequented.
They were fully stocked in major supermarkets, with new varieties and flavors available, and online purchasing was more convenient and faster.
Direct from the manufacturer, no middlemen taking a cut, all flavors available.
Lin's did not choose any celebrity endorsements this time either, opting for a low-key approach.
Although not being envied means one is mediocre, being envied could lead to direct suppression.
Lin's products were promoted by the influencers from Xin Chuang, and the results were quite good. The key was that the cost was much lower than hiring celebrity endorsements.
Moreover, Lin's had moved to a small county town, bringing significant revenue to the local finances and solving employment issues for many people.
Therefore, Lin's enjoyed a good reputation locally, and working at Lin's became a matter of prestige for the locals.
The county government now treated Lin's as a treasure, fearing that Lin's would move away again.
Lin's father's spirits were getting better and better, showing no signs of his previous serious illness. Indeed, career was the best tonic for a man.
Although the scale of the factory and company was not as large as before, it was built by Lin's father bit by bit. Compared to the previous family business, his emotional attachment was no less.
Lin's mother was not idle either. She had studied economics before, but she had gradually faded from public view while focusing on her husband and children.
However, before that, she was the chief assistant of Lin's Group. Now, she was in charge of Lin's external sales matters.
Lin's Food Products covered pastries, instant noodles, beverages, puffed snacks, and various other snacks.
And these recipes had always been kept by Lin's father, which was the foundation of Lin's.
As long as the recipes were not leaked, even if Lin's collapsed, they could always rise again.
Now, Lin's father was leading some local people to research local specialties, preparing to add other products to Lin's.
After Lin's father and mother took over, Wang Yang completely retreated to the second line, but he was not greedy for power.
After all, he was able to stay until now mainly because of the kindness of Lin's.
In fact, many employees of Lin's had stayed, which was why Lin's was able to reopen so quickly in a new location.
This also strengthened Lin's father and mother's resolve to do good deeds, preparing to continue sponsoring orphans without families once they started to profit.
However, this time, their sponsorship scope was larger, covering several provinces, not just one city.
They would conduct preliminary research on the conditions of these orphanages and ensure that the money and goods were used effectively.
They firmly believed that good deeds would be rewarded, and doing more good deeds was also accumulating blessings for their family.
However, Wang Yang did not remain idle for long. Lin Yan soon assigned him other tasks, unrelated to Lin's industry.
But this task made him even more astonished by the capabilities of their young lady!