Entertainment: Starting with a complete collapse

Chapter 129 Old Classmates Part 3

If he succeeds, even investors will treat him like royalty, because the commercial value of a director who combines three elements is unimaginable.

Billions are considered low.

If it's high, it could be as high as 10 or 20 billion.

Yang Dong had heard that Huang Min's "Memories of Murder" was of exceptionally high quality before filming even began.

If it weren't for the fact that during the filming of "The Terror Live," in order to keep Mr. Zhou in line, we promised him a share of the box office revenue from his previous film as his salary for his next film, the total production cost of this movie wouldn't have even reached 30 million.

In today's film and television industry.

No one understands better than Yang Dong how rare it is to find a director who can make a critically and commercially successful film with just a few million or twenty or thirty million yuan. He just took a look at the filming locations for "Memories of Murder" and found them to be excellent choices.

Shot on location.

There will definitely be no problem with the texture.

After driving for a while, Yang Dong took out his phone and called Lin Wan again. As soon as the call connected, Lin Wan's voice came through: "I've already said, it's impossible for me to publicly apologize to Huang Min and admit to slandering him. Yang Dong, we're old classmates, please don't make things difficult for me."

"Have you considered this?!"

Yang Dong didn't answer, but instead brought up another question: "What if you regret it later!?"

"Impossible"

Lin Wan answered without hesitation: "Even if I die, I won't regret it. If I have to say what I regret most, it's marrying him."

"Have you forgotten how happy you were when you married Huang Min?!"

Yang Dong countered with a question, and before Lin Wan could speak, he continued, "I could tell you genuinely liked him back then. Later, when you found out you were pregnant with Xiaobai and it was a son, you were extremely excited and even hoped Xiaobai would look more like his father. You said you wouldn't regret it, so let me ask you, do you regret being with Wang Zhi now?!"

A series of rhetorical questions followed.

This caused Lin Wan on the other end of the phone to remain silent for a long time.

If someone else had said this to her, even her former manager Zhang Xiaohua, she would definitely have gotten angry and might have even yelled back. But Yang Dong was her old classmate, and the two had maintained a good relationship since graduation.

Besides, Yang Dong was the first person to stand up for her when she slandered Huang Min, so no matter how unhappy Lin Wan was, she couldn't possibly take it out on her old classmate.

"Why aren't you saying anything!?"

Yang Dong's voice came again: "Based on my understanding of you, you should regret being with Wang Zhi now, so Lin Wan, let's not act on our emotions anymore, okay?"

As the car drove onto a smooth road, Yang Dong's tone also softened considerably.

His voice softened: "Do you remember what you wrote in my graduation yearbook when we graduated?"

You may have forgotten, but I still remember. You wrote, "My original intention remains unchanged." I feel that I haven't changed much over the years, but you have changed so much. You've forgotten your original intention, Lin Wan. I don't know what caused you to become like this, and I don't want to know, because I can blame Huang Min for making you like this. But I want to see you go back to the way you were before. Take my advice and reconcile with Huang Min! Even if there's no possibility of remarriage, and you've developed some irreconcilable conflicts, as long as you stop now, you can still have a decent relationship in the future because of Xiao Bai.

"I will never let him see Xiaobai, not in this lifetime."

Lin Wan angrily said, "He hit his son."

"I've hit your son too. Do you want to cut all ties with me for the rest of your life?"

Yang Dong had a headache.

"This is different."

Lin Wan replied.

"What's the difference?"

Yang Dong said irritably, "Given Huang Min's previous personality, I don't believe he would really beat Xiao Bai to death without a second thought. At most, he'd slap him on the butt. What kind of beating is that?"

Anyway, he hit him.

Lin Wan insisted.

"Lin Wan"

Yang Dong took a deep breath and said, "My agent, Li Yan, has always wanted me to stay out of your and Huang Min's business. I came here behind her back, and she probably knows that I had my studio help you clear your name. I don't know what she'll say about me when we get back. Listen to my advice; everything I've done is worth it. If you don't listen—I won't care about your affairs anymore."

This was the first time Yang Dong had bluntly stated that he would no longer help Lin Wan. He then continued, "To be honest, Lin Wan, as your old classmate, I'm genuinely worried that if you continue to mess around with Huang Min, you'll regret it someday. Not long ago, I went to the set of 'Memories of Murder' and saw Huang Min. He's changed a lot. He was watching a playback of the scenes he was filming. I watched it, and I think the success of 'The Terror Live' might not have been accidental."

Having said all that, Yang Dong stopped hiding it.

He spoke his mind directly: "I have a feeling that his film will be successful, and besides that, I also think you might want to remarry him in the future."

"You've started joking around now, haven't you!?"

Lin Wan's mocking laughter came through: "Don't worry, I won't even think that way. I'm hanging up, Xiao Bai is calling me. Drive carefully on the road."

Lin Wan hung up the phone on her own initiative.

Yang Dong held his phone and sighed softly.

If Yang Dong hadn't seen Huang Min tonight and glimpsed the content of his surveillance footage, he wouldn't have thought Lin Wan would consider remarrying him in the future. But after seeing it, he really felt that way.

The person is still the same person.

But her temperament has changed a lot.

No longer as gentle as before, his eyes held a sharper edge, and as he sat there, he exuded the aura of a true director in complete control.

His speech and demeanor also appeared calm and composed.

Even he, an outsider, felt it so clearly; when Lin Wan sees it with her own eyes, she might feel it even more clearly. Whether she will regret it then is really hard to say.

About two hours later, Yang Dong returned home and saw his agent, Li Yan, sitting on the sofa in his living room. When she saw him come back, she turned around and looked at him with a gloomy expression.

"This is the last time I'll help her."

Yang Dong spoke first.

"You think you're so capable, huh!?"

Li Yan asked back angrily.

"If I don't help, I'll always feel like I haven't done my best as an old classmate."

Yang Dong replied, "As for whether Lin Wan accepts my help or not, it's up to her. I've done everything I can, and I've analyzed everything I can for her. If she still won't listen to my advice, there's nothing I can do. Anyway, I have to do what I believe is right. Also, I saw Huang Min tonight, and he's really changed a lot. So much so that—as soon as I saw him, I felt that Lin Wan would be thinking about remarrying him in the future."

"What do you mean!?"

Li Yan paused, then instantly became interested.

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