A person in Wuha: The whole internet is urging me to get back together with my ex!

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, the suite fell silent.

Only the air conditioner emitted a soft whooshing sound.

Deng Chao was holding a thermos, about to drink some water, when his hand froze in mid-air.

He slowly put the cup down.

A sly glint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"Fun!" Deng Chao sprang up from the sofa.

He slapped his thigh, his voice rising eight octaves.

"Yezi, you really dare to dream big!"

"Live in the same neighborhood? That's an absolutely brilliant suggestion!"

Deng Chao paced back and forth in front of the coffee table, gesturing rapidly with his hands.

"Think about it! At home, I wouldn't dare touch a single drop of alcohol!"

"Every time I want a beer, I have to pretend to go downstairs to throw out the trash, and sneakily down a can while squatting in front of the convenience store, feeling like a thief!"

Deng Chao's voice grew louder and louder as he spoke.

"If the four of us lived in a townhouse and were neighbors!"

"I just need to tell the Empress, 'Wife, I'm going to Yezi's house next door to check the records, or I'm going to Chen He's house to borrow some soy sauce.'"

"Let's close the door and drink however we want, for as long as we want!"

"This isn't just buying a house! This is practically building a men's sanctuary for us brothers!"

Chen Ye sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and looked at Deng Chao.

In this old man's eyes, the most important use of the multi-million dollar mansion is to store alcohol and evade inspections.

Chen He also sat up completely from his limp state.

He rubbed his hands together, a signature sly grin spreading across his chubby face.

"Brilliant!"

"Townhouses are great! Townhouses are fantastic!"

"Let's not even build the wall too high, just leave a small gate to open it up."

Chen He has already begun planning for the future.

"Whenever someone is cooking, I just take my bowl and go over to mooch some food."

"I can even save money on takeout!"

Chen He turned and stared at Chen Ye.

"Yezi, with your cooking skills, I won't even need to buy pots and pans anymore; I can just turn the kitchen into a gaming room!"

"After we've eaten our fill, we'll play games together—it'll be heavenly!"

Chen Ye rolled his eyes.

This guy's mind is only on eating and playing; he even lost his abacus beads in the Huangpu River.

If he wants to be the neighborhood's biggest glutton, he'll definitely have to buy four Tibetan mastiffs and chain them up in the yard.

Lu Han, who hadn't spoken until now, nodded repeatedly.

The smile in his eyes was impossible to hide.

He originally moved to Shanghai to take advantage of the proximity to the city.

After Dilraba signed with Chen Ye's company, we'll definitely get together often.

Living nearby, you can easily find an excuse like "Chen Ye invited everyone to eat hot pot" to call Dilraba over.

It's practically a top-of-the-line wingman formation!

"I have no objection." Lu Han cleared her throat, trying her best to appear nonchalant.

"Living in the same neighborhood is indeed convenient; you can look out for each other."

"From now on, if I want to drink late at night, I can just shout it out in the group chat and I can go over in my slippers."

Chen Ye patted the sofa armrest and made the decision immediately.

"Then it's settled."

"Once we finish filming this show and return to Shanghai, let's go straight to the villa area."

"No need for separate detached houses, just buy a whole row of four connected houses and create a private yard."

Chen Ye raised his chin.

"If there aren't any townhouses available, you can buy them separately. If you have money tied up in the bank, I can help you pay it off first."

Anyway, there are over a billion dollars in cash in the account, which is more than enough to spend.

Living nearby and being able to watch Old Deng outwit Sun Li is definitely worth the fun.

After his excitement subsided a little, Deng Chao sat back down on the sofa.

He picked up his thermos, took a sip of water, and then started worrying again.

"Oh, right, Noko."

Deng Chao smacked his lips. "Our company now consists of Xiao Lu, me, He'er, you and Yu Qi, plus Reba, whom you just poached."

"To put it bluntly, right now, it's all one of our own people."

"Should we invite some more friends we're close to?"

Deng Chao made his famous hand gesture.

"After all, it's a big company. It needs more artists to make the show look better. And if there are any big productions in the future, the profits won't go to outsiders."

Before Chen Ye could speak, Chen He immediately retorted.

"Old Deng, why can't you think straight right now?"

"These old foxes in the industry now, who among them with even a little fame isn't running their own studio and being their own boss?"

"Who wants to come to someone else's company, be controlled, and have their cut taken?"

Chen He slapped his thigh, his tone serious.

"Reba is an exception."

"They were driven to the brink by their former company, and it just so happened that Yezi knew a powerful weapon like Zhang San, so he wiped them out without bloodshed."

"That's an amazing bargain!"

Chen He spread his hands.

"You can still go around grabbing your friends and leeching off them?"

"If someone doesn't want to terminate their contract, or their former company is clinging on, we can't just snatch them away every time we see them, can we? That would be like being a bandit!"

Deng Chao frowned.

He didn't argue, because Chen He's words made perfect sense.

The landscape of the Chinese entertainment industry has become solidified, with established artists rarely moving to new locations.

Trying to attract a few more top-tier influencers with their own built-in fanbase is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Unless they actually sign a bunch of trainees and train them from scratch.

But this doesn't fit Chen Ye's rhythm.

Chen Ye tapped his fingers lightly on his knee.

He didn't continue the conversation following Chen He's words.

His gaze swept over the three brothers in front of him.

"Actually," Chen Ye raised an eyebrow, "there's a ready-made candidate."

"And this person has an excellent relationship with us."

The three of them turned to look at Chen Ye.

"Who?" Lu Han asked.

Chen Ye twitched the corner of his mouth and uttered a name.

"Sister Baby."

The suite fell silent again.

Deng Chao, Chen He, and Lu Han looked at each other in bewilderment.

Seeing the expressions on the three people's faces, Chen Ye made his point clear.

"You haven't forgotten about that Bohe PR incident from a while back, have you?"

Chen Ye's tone turned cold as he mocked the ruthless capitalists in the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Because of that fabricated incident, Sister Baby was smeared by her colleagues who joined forces to spread rumors."

"What is the current situation?"

"She's lost all her endorsements, her film and television resources have been snatched away, and apart from our show 'Five Ha' which is produced by our own people, which other variety show would dare to give her a gig?"

Chen Ye leaned back on the sofa and snorted coldly.

"When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Those capitalists are just paper tigers; they'll kick anyone who's weak."

After listening, all three fell silent.

As friends who have been with Running Man all along, everyone knows that Baby has had a tough six months.

She has to force a smile on the show, and her team behind her is about to give up.

Even though Deng Chao and Chen He had privately tried to make connections with many resources, the results were minimal.

Capital is afraid of taking risks, and no one wants to use a female celebrity who is in the spotlight.

Deng Chao put down his thermos.

He stopped smiling, his gaze turning somber.

"Yezi, you're right."

Deng Chao sat up straight. "Baby has been with us for many years. She's going through so much hardship now, and if we just stand by and do nothing, that's not what brothers do."

"But," Chen He hesitated for a moment, "her mess is very troublesome to manage in terms of public relations, and there are all sorts of breach of contract penalties..."

"Bullshit."

Chen Ye interrupted Chen He directly.

He leaned forward, his tone fierce.

"The penalty for breach of contract? I'll pay it."

"Public relations? If an online troll dares to post anything, my legal department will sue them until they have nothing left to wear."

Chen Ye stared at the three of them.

"I only have one sentence."

"Should we do this or not?"

"I not only want to bring her on board, but if something like this happens, I also want to show the entire Chinese entertainment industry that our company is not something to be taken lightly."

Lu Han suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Let's do it!" Lu Han gritted her teeth. "Ye Zi is right. Why should we let others bully our own people?"

Chen He also put away his usual smirk and nodded emphatically.

"Agreed." Chen He rubbed his chin. "When the contract comes out, we'll take the lowest percentage of the commission. Just a token amount will do. We're not short of money; the main thing is to help the girl out."

Deng Chao didn't say a word.

He immediately took out his phone, found the number, and dialed it.

The call was answered quickly.

"Hey, Chao Ge? What's wrong?" Baby's slightly tired voice came from the other end of the phone.

Deng Chao spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Come to my room for a moment, I need to talk to you about something."

"He'er, Xiaolu, and Xiaoye are all here."

There was a noticeable pause on the other end of the phone.

Baby immediately agreed.

"Okay, Brother Chao, I'll be right there."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

The four men chatted idly in the room, none of them mentioning the heavy topic they had just discussed, and continued to tease each other about buying a house.

A few minutes later.

"Knock knock knock".

There was a gentle knock on the door.

Baby, dressed in a simple short-sleeved shirt, stood in front of Deng Chao's suite.

She was in her room, looking at several extremely glaring WeChat messages on her phone screen.

All the news was about being politely rejected by investors for auditions for new dramas.

Even a previously agreed-upon endorsement deal was forcibly terminated by the other party due to unfounded risks.

From being the center of attention to now being trampled on by everyone, this dramatic change is almost suffocating her.

She was somewhat lost in thought when she received Deng Chao's call.

The four men got together during their break.

She also learned during the name tag ripping game today that Chen Ye had just used violent methods to help Dilraba terminate her contract and crushed Golden Harvest Media.

Call her over now.

Could it be... that they want to sign me?

"Impossible," she laughed self-deprecatingly.

With so much trouble on her own, the public relations risks were extremely high. Although Chen Ye was a friend, running a company was a business, and who would willingly take on a hot potato for no reason?

Maybe they were just discussing the show.

The baby stopped in front of the door.

She raised her hand, her fingertips trembling slightly, and knocked on the door.

"Little Deer went to open the door."

Chen He's signature voice came from inside.

Lu Han got up and opened the door.