The eldest daughter became popular after appearing on a family variety show

Shen Zhu hung up on Wang Jing's call.

Shen Zhu also hoped that things could be as simple as Wang Jing said, but she always had a bad feeling in her mind.

Half a month later——

These days, Ji Chenxing is extremely busy.

With the company's affairs on track, Ji Chenxing had to keep track of the affairs of two companies all by himself.

Fortunately, the two companies have overlapping businesses.

In the past, due to mismanagement, Star Entertainment buried many promising artists.

In the past few days, Ji Chenxing has reviewed all their information and, based on their appearance and other criteria, placed them in suitable film crews.

Whether it's a minor role or a villain, for these artists who often struggle to get roles, it's like a long-awaited rain after a drought.

With these artists joining the production team, the task of casting has become much easier.

It can be said that Ji Chenxing's two studios complement each other's capabilities, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

In the modern world, the pre-release promotion for "The Eldest Daughter Becomes Empress" has also begun. In order not to delay the filming schedule, Ji Chenxing had the live streaming system upload the film to the ancient shop first.

Besides this TV series, the live-streaming store also offers many documentaries and educational films. From these films, viewers can learn about improving productivity or basic scientific knowledge related to production and daily life.

With these things as a material foundation, people in ancient times were more likely to pursue a spiritual life.

These videos include both free and paid content. For the paid content, you can watch one episode by consuming a fixed number of points, or you can choose a monthly membership plan.

The points consumed are enough to cover the expenses incurred by Ji Chenxing's crew when crossing the gate between the two worlds.

In early November, as the weather gradually turned colder, Ji Chenxing's short drama officially began filming.

Prior to this, the Shen family had consistently denied collaborating with Ji Chenxing, but when the media contacted Ji Chenxing, they never received a definitive response.

It's as if they're helping the Shen family cover something up, which makes them seem even more suspicious.

Therefore, the start of filming for Ji Chenxing's drama has attracted a lot of attention from people behind the scenes.

This also includes Shen Zhu and Wang Jing.

Shen Zhu owns a house near Shen's film and television city with an excellent view. From the balcony, one can see the small house that Ji Chenxing bought.

This little house used to be a small shop.

The owner of the convenience store was a classmate of Shen Zhu's father, Shen Fushan, and had some friendship with him. In addition, the convenience store itself was small and would not have much impact on the Shen family, so the convenience store was able to be preserved.

I just don't know why it ended up in Ji Chenxing's hands.

Behind the cabin was a grove of trees next to Shen's Film City. This grove had been growing for over ten years and was very lush. The leaves had not yet all fallen, obscuring the view. Even though Shen Zhu was upstairs, he could not see what was under the trees.

Meanwhile, inside the cabin, the system also sent Ji Chenxing an image of Shen Zhu.

[Host, someone is watching you from upstairs.]

In the video, Shen Zhu sounded anxious as she vouched for the person on the other end of the phone.

"Grandma, don't worry, I really have no cooperation with the Ji family."

"So what if their act is elaborate? First of all, there's such a thick wall between that building and our film studio, and secondly, I've also deployed security patrols inside the film studio."

"As soon as we discover the whereabouts of the Ji family, we will immediately call the police."

"Okay, Grandma, don't worry, nothing will happen. I guarantee they won't be able to make any videos."

"Yes, the other film studios have also arranged for people to keep an eye on things around here. I'm sure they'll notice something amiss eventually. Of course, I'll also record videos as evidence to prove that we didn't betray them."

"There are patrol teams and drones in the woods too. I'm all prepared, Grandma, don't worry."

...Ignoring the fatigue on Shen Zhu's face, Ji Chenxing waved away the image in front of him and focused his gaze on the small house where they were.

The small house is not big, with only three rooms. Besides the shop, the other two rooms are a bedroom and a bathroom, totaling less than 20 square meters, which can not accommodate many people.

However, on the wall opposite the shop's main entrance, there is a very old-fashioned door.

The door blends perfectly with the surrounding furnishings and looks quite old. On the other side of the door is Shen's film studio, and this door seems to have been specially opened some time ago for entering the film studio.

This is the time portal that Ji Chenxing had the system install.

Ji Chenxing had a screen placed inside the room, so that people outside could only see people coming in continuously, but could not see them entering the time portal.

It's easy to imagine that the film crew entered Shen's film studio.

Just as Ji Chenxing was making a final check of his surroundings to see if there was anything else he needed to add, the system spoke up again.

[Host, the weather has been cold lately, and Ji Xueyao froze to death on her way to exile.]

Having not heard Ji Xueyao's name for a long time, Ji Chenxing felt as if he had lived through another world.

If the system hadn't reminded her, she might have already forgotten about this person's existence.

However, she died, which was expected; she deserved it.

There were more important people and things in ancient times that required Ji Chenxing's attention, so she didn't have the energy to devote to Ji Xueyao anymore.

Ji Chenxing remained calm, simply turning her gaze away and starting to call Gao Yang.

"After confirming that there are no problems, let's have the whole crew come over. Shen Zhu is watching too, so let's openly play her this time."

In the office, after hanging up on Ji Chenxing, Gao Yang immediately dialed another number.

"The chairman has made all the preparations; you may depart now."

Because of thorough prior preparations and the small scale of short drama filming, a total of five production teams started filming simultaneously this time.

After making the same call four more times, Gao Yang finally put down his phone and started his work.

Soon, the crew members, who had been prepared, arrived at the small house where Ji Chenxing was.

Meanwhile, the informants who had been staking out the back gate of Zhang's Film City began reporting to their superiors.

“The Ji family has arrived. There are quite a few people here. I see several vans and buses.”

These informants came from several other film studios, and their mission here was to personally determine which side, the Shen family or the Ji family, was telling the truth and which was lying.

If the Shen family is really deceiving them, then they will definitely boycott the Shen family in the future, and may even never cooperate with the Shen family again.

Meanwhile, Shen Zhu, who was observing quietly upstairs, also received a call from her assistant.

"Mr. Shen, we've figured it out. There should be no fewer than four companies here gathering information. Should we kick them out?"

Shen Zhu squinted at the Ji family's nanny van and bus parked downstairs, with about a hundred people getting off.

"No need, let them see. It'll help us clarify things."

Rumors say that the Shen family gave the Ji family a back door, right there in that little house, there's a door that leads to the Shen family's film studio, and they even prepared special scenes for them.

Outsiders might not know, but Shen Zhu knew very well that behind that small house was just a grove of trees planted by Shen Fushan, and there was no scenery at all.

However, since we can't explain it clearly, we just need to let people from other companies see the facts before them.

After hanging up the phone with her assistant, Shen Zhu looked at the small house that Ji Chenxing had rented and muttered to herself.

"That little house is only so big. I don't believe that all those hundred or so people with their equipment could squeeze in."

(End of this chapter)