“I’ve finally paid off all my debts for jumping from the tower to the supreme being!”

Lu Yajun put down the phone and sighed, He looked at Gaoleng with a trace of regret in his eyes. ‘”This circle is very small. The five headhunting companies can’t hide this from you. Everyone will know sooner or later. Of course, if they know, they can only send a few comments or praises or criticisms. Empire is not like foreign countries, where there are many situations. Everyone will not say anything, but Empire is very human. They are all in the same circle, and others will prick their bones.”

Abroad, there are many similar situations like Gaoleng, especially when it comes to robbing a project. Many companies use large sums of money to poach an important person or team from the other party at the most critical moment.

So many foreign companies now sign a breach of contract or add a penalty to their labor contracts: how much do you need to compensate the company if you leave early or disclose information about the company? So as to minimize the possibility of being poached by a large number of competitors.

The reason for the liquidated damages was because there had been a large number of cases of poaching the talents of the other party’s company, thus directly defeating the other party, and it was a large number of cases. This is not surprising in the history of economic development in western countries.

Domestically, although there are many labor contracts, Empire is not as flawed as developed countries. In Empire, more cooperation depends on favors. Gaoleng’s approach was clearly too inhumane.

‘”President Gao, you are still young now. Maybe you think I am pedantic, but there is one thing that is always true: social status is more important than money, and winning respect from society is more important than making a lot of money.” Lu Yajun continued seriously.

Gao Leng nodded. He agreed with President Lu.

“Especially at my age, status, social respect and so on are much more important than money.” President Lu sighed, “I hope you can understand.”

“I understand that social status is more important than money. Being respected is more important than money, but I don’t understand you.” Gaoleng got down from his desk and pointed at the sofa. President Lu walked to the sofa with him and sat down. Gaoleng poured a glass of water and handed it to Lu Yajun, “President Lu, can I ask you a few questions?”

“Tell me.”

“You just said that your ambition isn’t that big. The previous Xingsheng is fine. Now that the company is big, you have to worry about more things, right?” Gaoleng asked.

“Yes.” Lu Yajun nodded, “Now that we’re involved with Eastern Gang, we’re going to swallow up the company of our old friend, and in this way…”

Hahaha, Gao laughed coldly. He interrupted Lu Yajun and laughed louder and louder.

“What are you laughing at?” Lu Yajun’s face was ashen. Gaoleng’s smile was full of ridicule. He was very unhappy.

“I’m laughing, President Lu. Your idea is too ridiculous.”

“Absurd?”

“Right, ridiculous.” Gaoleng’s tone was a little heavier, “ridiculous.”

Lyu Yajun’s face was ashen and he endured the temptation to not explode. However, it was obvious that he could not help but feel that Gaoleng had never spoken to him like this. He had always treated him with utmost respect and respect.

However, Gaoleng’s next question left Lu Yajun speechless.

“I find it funny that you keep saying that you are pursuing social status and social respect, while you actually miss Xing Sheng from the past, Xing Sheng who only secretly photographs the bottom of a star’s skirt every day, and Xing Sheng who only reports on stars in a pure entertainment magazine.” Gaoleng looked at Lu Yajun. This time, his gaze was not like the previous student posture. Instead, it emitted an aggressive light. “Could it be that a pure celebrity reporter, Xingsheng Magazine, really has the social status you want? Is there really the social respect you want?”

Lu Yajun’s body stiffened.

“What did Xingsheng Magazine report in the past? Apart from secretly photographing the legs and scandals of celebrities, what else did he do other than participating in celebrity press conferences and waving flags and shouting for these artists with advertising money?”

“Did the former Xingsheng Magazine provide the reader with the correct three views? Did it report any news related to people’s livelihood? Or did it rescue even a poor person in need? Or did it report any financial news that could promote the social economy?”

Lu Yajun’s face was filled with shame under Gaoleng’s repeated questions.

“Apart from entertainment news, Xingsheng now has secret interviews that focus on people’s livelihood, financial reports that focus on the economy, philanthropy columns where celebrities invest their own money, and we are still doing financial summits. President Lu, aren’t these what you want? Aren’t these things more social status and more social respect than Xingsheng before?!”

Gaoleng stood up and walked to his desk to take out two documents. He quickly walked over to President Lu and handed them to him, “This year, our Starshine also won the State’s Tao Fen Award. This is the Tao Fen Award! The reporter’s highest award! Two of our Starshine have won!”

Lu Yajun took the document. He already knew about this honor. He remembered the day when he knew that his phone was about to explode by his old friends.

“Congratulations, President Lu. Aiyo, I’ve been a media outlet all my life. I’ve never seen anything like the Tao Fen Award.”

“President Lu, your subordinates are too powerful! The rotten meat case has been handled well! A trash enterprise like this needs a righteous media like you to overthrow it!”

Gaoleng is right, this is true social status and social respect.

“President Lu, when you were young, when you founded Xingsheng, you must have thought of using your own media one day to speak up for the people, to really do something for the people, not just for the entertainment industry, right?” Gaoleng’s voice softened. He looked at Lu Yajun and saw that Lu Yajun’s hand was repeatedly stroking the document of the winner of the Tao Fen Award sent by the country.

Lu Yajun naturally thought about it.

Everyone in the media industry had thought about it in the beginning. However, the vast majority of people were defeated by reality in the end.

“President Lu, in my opinion, the social status and social respect you want are too narrow. To be more precise, you only want a kind and refined evaluation of you from your friends. The real social status and social respect should be given by the common people, right?”

Gaoleng’s repeated questions left Lu Yajun speechless.

After a moment of silence, he raised his head and said, “You are right, but what I want to ask you is, does the growth of an enterprise necessarily harm the interests of other enterprises?” “Mergers should be about annexing a company that is about to go bankrupt, not destroying a business that is running smoothly. Do you know that if the financial media reports about this, your business in Empire will be spurned?”