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Chapter 176 The Great Injustice: Yang Mi

Nighttime, the hotel where the "Three Lives Three Worlds" film crew was staying.

Reba lay on the bed, adjusting her breathing with a slight smile, her limbs limp and powerless.

Once she regained some strength, she turned to the side and nudged Chen Xiu with her hand: "Brother Xiu, what did Yang Mi talk to you about on set just now?"

Chen Xiu raised her finger, slid it over Reba's shoulder, and stopped in front of her eyes.

"Take a guess."

"They can't be talking about me, can they?"

After speaking, Dilraba pursed her lips, pretending to be nervous.

A smile appeared in Chen Xiu's eyes: "If she wants you to go back to Jiaxing, will you go back?"

"I'm not going back! I'd rather die than go back!"

Reba shook her head firmly, then hugged Chen Xiu's arm and blinked expectantly: "Yang Mi made this request to you, so did you scare her away like last time?"

"Ha, you and she both remember this very clearly."

Seeing that Reba was no longer as anxious as before, Chen Xiu stopped teasing her.

"She wanted to treat me to dinner on set to apologize, but I was busy and declined."

"It's a pity, I wanted to see Yang Mi toast you again."

"What's so interesting about this kind of thing?"

"Well... she is, after all, a top female star in China, and we don't usually see her toasting people."

Dilraba's face was full of regret, feeling that the show she had been looking forward to for so long had ended before it even started.

Chen Xiu could understand her perverse sense of humor, but she simply shook her head dismissively.

"If you haven't left Jiaxing yet, you've probably seen a lot of her toasting, and you might even see her being plied with alcohol."

“When Yang Mi went to social events in the past, she would bring her husband instead of Zeng Jia, so she usually wouldn’t get drunk.”

"hehe."

Chen Xiu smiled meaningfully and didn't explain.

This kind of gossip, which doesn't go into the details, is fine to start with; there's no need to delve into it. It's better to focus on your own affairs.

Extending his index finger and waving it between Dilraba's eyes, Chen Xiu said, "Stop talking about Yang Mi. After you finish filming here, go to Africa. Remember to take good care of yourself."

"I'm a little scared to go to Africa to film."

"If anything happens, let Xiaolin go to Daxiong, he'll handle it."

"oh oh."

Reba nodded obediently, only then realizing why Chen Xiu had said she didn't have time to have dinner with Yang Mi.

"Brother Xiu, you invited Xiaolin and Daxiong to dinner with us just to explain this matter, right?"

"Yes, Da Xiong is the producer of 'Wolf Warrior 2,' he'll take care of you two."

Hearing that Chen Xiu was considering things for her, Reba chuckled three times with a smirk, then stepped forward and sat up.

Lowering her eyes, Reba looked down at Chen Xiu with a smile on her lips, then began to sway her body, showing him a dance of her hometown's upper body, passionate and unrestrained yet graceful and beautiful.

Looking at Reba, who had transformed into a beautiful snake, Chen Xiu's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and her voice became a little hoarse as she asked the question.

"Don't you have filming tomorrow morning?"

Reba stopped what she was doing, her breath coming in short gasps as she said, "I can skip sleep tonight and make up for it with a nap tomorrow."

"Then why aren't you coming down?"

"Brother Xiu, you can just lie down..."

……

The next morning, Chen Xiu woke up and found a handwritten note left for him by Reba on his bedside table.

"Brother Xiu~, I'm going to film now. Don't be sad that you didn't see me!"

This handwritten note was a habit Chen Xiu learned from his father, Chen Mingjie, when he was young.

He wrote a lot, and he also started writing Reba and Meng Ziyi, but his handwriting wasn't very good.

Chen Xiu waved the note, found a ballpoint pen nearby, and left a reply under Reba's post.

"Baba~, I'm going to work in Hangzhou after I finish eating. Don't be sad if you don't see me when you come back!"

"Ah."

Looking at her own handwriting, Chen Xiu couldn't help but smile.

He would never use such wording in his daily work.

These playful little moments only happen when I'm communicating with Sister Meng and Reba.

After finding something to secure the note, Chen Xiucai dressed neatly and went out. He then sent a message to Xiong Ben, asking him to meet him at the hotel restaurant.

The restaurant's breakfast is a buffet, served until 10:30 am.

Chen Xiu arrived just in time and selected some items before the chef finished packing up.

While he was choosing a seat with his tray, Xiong Ben arrived with his laptop.

"Boss, I've compiled the information on Pinduoduo and Pinduoduo."

"Hmm, you didn't stay up late, did you?" "It's alright, I just woke up late..."

"Then let's eat together."

The two chose a table and sat down. Chen Xiu ate breakfast while looking at the information that Xiong Ben had collected.

Pinduoduo was founded in April last year and launched its official WeChat account in September. Within two weeks, it had gained over a million followers. It has only completed one round of angel investment so far and is still a very young company.

In February of this year, Pinduoduo's monthly transaction volume exceeded 10 million yuan, and its number of paying users exceeded 20 million...

It's hard to say whether these figures are inflated or not; information scraped from the internet will always be somewhat distorted.

However, Chen Xiu knew that Pinduoduo was a company worth investing in.

Moreover, unlike Mobike, which requires finding opportunities to cash out by buying low and selling high, Pinduoduo is a high-quality company that can be held until its IPO.

After all, it did manage to stage a comeback in the future, crushing Ali's online shopping business.

A young company has managed to surpass the former industry leader.

The logic behind this, aside from the occasional lapses in judgment by Ali (the Ali Fox) leading to an overabundance of merchants and giving Pinduoduo the opportunity to take over and develop the business, is as follows:

Another important reason is that Pinduoduo is backed by Sun Tongyu, the former father of Taobao.

As the man who single-handedly brought Taobao to its peak, Sun Tongyu knows all too well about online shopping.

Chen Xiu was even certain that Pinduoduo's strategic deployment was orchestrated by Sun Tongyu.

If he wanted to get on Pinduoduo, the best way was through Sun Tongyu, which is why he asked Xiong Ben to help him arrange a meeting with Sun Tongyu...

"Boss, Yang Mi is here!"

Xiong Ben's sudden prompt made Chen Xiu stop browsing the information and look up at Yang Mi, who was walking gracefully towards her.

After saving and closing the file, Chen Xiu looked at Yang Mi, who had come up to her, and asked, "Is something the matter?"

"Mr. Chen, would you be available to speak with me for a few minutes now?"

"What shall we talk about?"

"Regarding work, I'd like to discuss with you the possibility of a collaboration between Jaywalk Studio and Datang Pictures."

Yang Mi pursed her lips and widened her eyes slightly to make herself appear more sincere.

Yesterday, Chen Xiu's attitude on set made Yang Mi feel that there was a possibility of reconciliation and cooperation between the two parties. She knew that Dilraba had a scene to shoot this morning, so she came to the restaurant to wait for Chen Xiu.

We waited and waited, and it was almost noon, but no one came.

Just when she was about to give up and return to the film set, Chen Xiu suddenly appeared again and started frantically getting trays and breakfast, leaving Yang Mi no chance to talk to him.

After he got his breakfast, Xiong Ben came over again... In the end, Yang Mi could only come over to talk to Chen Xiu while he was eating.

"Is there a possibility of a collaboration between Jaywalk Studio and Datang Pictures?"

Chen Xiu repeated the sentence, then gave Yang Mi a strange look. His attitude was indeed not as resolute as last time, but he also had no intention of talking to Yang Mi.

“You’re neither a major shareholder nor a senior executive at Jaywalk Studio. In terms of position, you’re just an artist who holds shares. Let alone the possibility of us working together, even if it were possible, it shouldn’t be you coming to me to discuss it.”

Upon hearing these words, Yang Mi not only failed to detect any problem, but also became quite confident.

"President Chen, I can represent Jiaxing on behalf of everyone. You don't need to worry about Jiajie and Ruoyao..."

"You didn't understand what I said."

"What don't you understand? Mr. Chen, don't worry, Jiaxing will do everything I promise."

Chen Xiu shook her head, closed the laptop, and planned to study it later while on the road.

Looking at Yang Mi, who looked like a complete shrew, Chen Xiu said, "Although you are a few years older than me, calling you Sister Mi is a bit too intimate, and I'm not used to it. So I'll just call you by your name from now on, is that alright?"

"Sure! No problem."

Yang Mi nodded, wondering why Chen Xiu had suddenly become serious.

Chen Xiu said, "Yang Mi, if it's a business cooperation negotiation, today's occasion is not appropriate. If we really want to talk about cooperation, Zeng Jia should go to Zhong Lifang, or Zhao Ruoyao should go to Wei Feng. It's definitely not you who should come to me."

"Why... why?"

Yang Mi looked at Chen Xiu with hesitation, feeling that some details she had overlooked were being brought up by the other party.

"Because your request to talk to me is going over my head."

After sorting out the relationship between the two parties, Chen Xiu helped Yang Mi find her true position: "Although you have shares in Jiaxing, in terms of your position, you are actually working for the major shareholder, do you understand?"

"Am I working for Zeng Jia?"

Yang Mi looked at Chen Xiu with a surprised expression, as if she had just realized her true status.

Chen Xiu paused for a moment, then said directly, "Based on your current job duties and your actual influence within Jiaxing, isn't that the case?"

"But... I can decide which roles to take and which not to take. For me, Jiaxing is just a bigger studio. How can you say I'm just working for someone else?"

"If Jaywalk Studio helps you get a role in a drama, can you refuse to act in it?"

Yang Mi was speechless. Judging from her gradually dimming expression, the answer to this question did not seem to satisfy her.

Chen Xiu glanced at her, knowing that he had made his meaning clear and should stop there.

"I hope that next time we meet, you won't try to discuss cooperation with me again. If you haven't had breakfast yet, we can have some together."

"No, thank you."

Yang Mi forced a smile, then turned and left. At that moment, she felt she had a lot to talk about with Zeng Jia.

(End of this chapter)