This director is vindictive.

Chapter 428 A Modern-Day King You of Zhou? Chen Mo's "Underwater Beacon Fire Play with the Feudal Lords"!
After Zhang Yuqi came up, she excitedly said, "The gap is wider than I imagined! Tsk tsk, the script of 'The Vanished Her' is really imaginative. This shark cage is really quite interesting."

"Oh, right, Chen Mo!" Zhang Yuqi suddenly hugged Chen Mo's arm affectionately.

"What is it now?" Chen Mo asked helplessly.

"I want to see the underwater starry sky scene in 'The Vanished She,' the visuals in the movie are so beautiful," Zhang Yuqi said with longing.

Chen Mo was immediately dumbfounded.

"The underwater starry sky in 'The Vanished She' is artificially created, not real."

"The underwater starry sky in the movie is actually an artistic representation; it wasn't formed by a real school of fish. After being abandoned at sea, the female protagonist, Li Muzi, was filled with despair, and the starry sky she saw was actually a hallucination caused by poisoning," Chen Mo patiently explained.

"Man-made? That's perfect! Is it possible to do that now?" Zhang Yuqi asked happily.

"It can be created using artificial special effects, but it can only be seen in video productions," Chen Mo explained earnestly.

"Huh?" Zhang Yuqi immediately felt a little disappointed.

Chen Mo looked at Zhang Yuqi's drooping lips and suddenly pinched the back of her neck: "We can't build an artificial starry sky, but we can certainly create an upgraded version with our money—"

Although the underwater starry sky in "The Vanished She" was a final special effects composite, do you think it's even possible to achieve that?
It is technically possible to do this, but it costs money and the results cannot be guaranteed.

However, this was not a problem for Chen Mo.

It's just about money, right? He has that!
"Really? Isn't that too expensive? Too wasteful?" Zhang Yuqi looked conflicted, and Chen Mo was speechless at this drama queen.

They clearly looked like they really wanted to see it, but they deliberately acted like they were in a dilemma.

"Alright, stop acting. We're not short of money, but... never mind! Your happiness is the most important thing!" Chen Mo reached out and gently pinched her nose.

"Hehe! Slap, slap!" Zhang Yuqi beamed and gave Chen Mo a few kisses.

After letting go, his eyes were already glazed over, and Chen Mo naturally understood what he needed to do at this moment.

In the dead of night, moonlight spills across the dark waters of the Maldives, creating shimmering, silvery reflections.

Chen Mo gently blindfolded Zhang Yuqi and led her step by step towards the modified shark cage. She walked barefoot on the slippery deck, the sea breeze blowing through her hair, and the only sound was the gentle lapping of the waves against the hull.

"We've arrived." Chen Mo's voice rang in her ear, and then he reached out and removed her blindfold.

In that instant—the entire seabed suddenly lit up!
Countless fluorescent plankton, precisely manipulated by artificial water currents, converge into a giant vortex like a galaxy, flowing slowly in the deep blue sea. They shimmer with a ghostly blue and pale purple light, making it feel as if one is truly under a starry sky.

At the same time, the 4D projection system above the shark cage is activated, and a realistic nebula map unfolds overhead. The dazzling Milky Way, twinkling meteors, and the interplay of light and shadow with plankton perfectly replicate the illusory "underwater starry sky" from "The Vanished She".

But this time, it wasn't a desperate hallucination of death, but a grand underwater romance that Chen Mo had created for her.

Zhang Yuqi stood frozen in place, her lips slightly parted beneath the oxygen mask, her pupils reflecting the artificial, dreamlike galaxy. She instinctively reached out, as if to touch the flowing points of light, only to find them gently veered away by the water, as unreachable as real starlight.

"Do you like it?" Chen Mo's voice came through the communication device, tinged with laughter.

She turned her head and saw Chen Mo standing outside the shark cage, holding a remote control in his hand. Clearly, this was the result of his careful manipulation.

"You..." She was speechless for a moment, but her eyes welled up with tears.

"The underwater starry sky in the movie is fake, but yours is real."

Chen Mo laughed and said, "Although it was built with money."

This was truly built with money; these arrangements alone cost a fortune, including the bioluminescent jellyfish swarm and the custom-made equipment.

That's not all; their technical team had rehearsed the drills several times beforehand.

In addition, there are security measures and a team responsible for the safe implementation of this project. All these factors combined have cost more than seven figures.

Zhang Yuqi couldn't help but laugh out loud, her mask instantly fogging up. She reached out and tapped the steel bars of the shark cage; the cold touch of the metal reminded her—this wasn't a dream.

"Do you think if this gets posted out, people will say I'm a modern-day Daji? In ancient times, there was King You of Zhou who played with the feudal lords by lighting the beacon fires, and now Chen Mo has the ability to create an underwater starry sky?"

Although that's what they said, Zhang Yuqi's oxygen mask fogged up, but Chen Mo clearly saw her smiling.

He tapped on the steel bars of the cage: "How can this compare to King You of Zhou's beacon fire play with the feudal lords? However, the underwater hotel here is probably going to have another lucrative business. Remember to tag 'Special thanks to Boss Chen for his financial power' when you post on Weibo, which will save you money on advertising for 'Ocean Wedding'." But that wasn't all. After all, this special "show" cost nearly ten million to create was about to be unveiled. Soon, three whale sharks attracted by special sonar slowly swam over from afar, their massive black shadows appearing and disappearing in the deep blue water.

As they swam through the artificial light strip, their silvery-gray skin shimmered in the light, and their massive tail fins swayed gently, stirring the water and creating a string of tiny bubbles.

Zhang Yuqi was speechless. Although the romance was created by money, the scene was indeed unique and, to some extent, truly one of a kind.

As she was speechless with amazement, a group of bioluminescent jellyfish drifted over, guided by the sound waves. Their translucent bodies glowed with a pale blue fluorescence, and their tentacles swayed gently with the current, like floating little lanterns.

These jellyfish swam slowly past the shark cage where Zhang Yuqi and Chen Mo were. A few even brushed against the steel bars, leaving a fleeting streak of light in front of their glass masks.

Their lights scattered and then converged in the seawater, like sequins scattered at a wedding, bringing a perfect end to this multi-million dollar "underwater starry sky" performance.

After emerging from the shark cage, Zhang Yuqi ripped off her oxygen mask, her eyes red-rimmed, and threw herself into Chen Mo's arms. Her fingers gripped the collar of his soaked wetsuit tightly, and her voice muffled against his chest, "Chen Mo, do you know what this looks like?"

Chen Mo looked down at the stray hairs sticking up on the top of her head and teased her deliberately, "Like the sequel to 'The Vanished'—the survivor's story?"

She looked up at him, her eyelashes still damp with moisture, but suddenly burst out laughing: "I hate you so much! It was supposed to be romantic, but you had to ruin the mood!"

Suddenly she became smug: "Hahaha, if they find out, won't they be green with envy? But, sir, you're probably in for a rough time."

Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't thought that much about it, but he could imagine that if those women knew that he had meticulously arranged all of this for Zhang Yuqi, they would probably all come to kill him immediately.

The saying goes, "It's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality." Especially for Fan Binbin, who played the venomous woman in "The Vanished," even she never truly experienced the romance of the underwater starry sky. Seeing this, she could probably kill Chen Mo with her eyes.

"All you do is gloat! What are we going to do? It's all because of you!" Chen Mo said helplessly.

"I don't care, hehe, the master of impartiality must keep things balanced, it's time to show your skills!" Zhang Yuqi was gloating.

Chen Mo was genuinely having a headache, while Zhang Yuqi, that tiger woman, seemed to thrive on chaos.

I immediately organized all the footage I had shot and then posted a video in the "We Are a Loving Family" group. Basically, I was showing off!
Then, excitedly, they arranged the photos into a nine-grid layout.

Then I posted it on Weibo.

Caption: "Underwater Stargazing Experience in progress! Special thanks to Director Chen for his 'money power'!"

She had barely posted it, and before netizens could even react, the girls in the group chat went wild.

Fan Binbin: [Audio 60s]
(After clicking, there is a ten-second silence followed by a sudden rise in tone.)

"Zhang Yuqi, are you doing this on purpose?! I didn't even soak in real seawater while filming 'The Vanished She'! Chen Mo, come out here! When I asked you about the underwater starry sky scene, you said the special effects were more realistic, but now you've given her a multi-million dollar real-life set?! @ChenMo, if you don't give me an explanation tonight, don't blame us sisters for storming over and staging a real 'The Vanished He'!"

Yang Mi also posted the same thing [audio 60s].
"Chen Mo, you bastard, you're so biased! Back when we were filming 'The Shallows,' I spent dozens of days in the pool and got nothing. I don't care, I want it too! You, the master of impartiality, what happened to your promise to treat everyone equally? Sisters, didn't you?"

Liu Tianxian also immediately posted an emoji, a kitten pouting.JPG, with the caption: I second that!

Zhao Liying: I second that!

Gao Yuanyuan: I second that!

Jing Tian exclaimed curiously, "Wow, it's so beautiful and romantic! Chen Mo, let's book our tickets right away and get ready!"

But Zhang Yuqi, that tiger-like woman, is still courting death.

Zhang Yuqi: [Shark cage selfie.jpg] (The background is a 4D projector being tested)
"Oops, I accidentally sent this to the wrong group~ Actually, this is behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of 'Ocean Wedding'! @FanBinbinbinbin, don't be mad, next time it's your birthday, we'll have Chen Mo bring the beacon tower over (sticks out tongue)"

Fan Binbin: "Screenshot as proof! Sisters, let's crowdfund and stuff him into a shark cage and sink him! (knife) (knife) (knife)"

"Hahaha! You're doomed! They'll probably be here soon, so how about you put on a real-life version of 'The Vanished'?" Zhang Yuqi said to Chen Mo teasingly.

Chen Mo slapped her hard on the buttocks, annoyed, and said, "All you do is cause me trouble!"

However, Chen Mo didn't care too much. Let them come, it's just a matter of them coming a few more times.

However, at this time, Zhang Yuqi's Weibo post also completely went viral online.

(End of this chapter)