This director is vindictive.

Chapter 587 After retiring from the entertainment industry, seven wives became seven mothers-in-law!

Because he has already decided to retire from the entertainment industry, and the countdown has already begun.

So, during this time, several women have been working on the cutting procedure, and it's almost finished now.

It can be said that, apart from the official announcement, it has essentially already become a de facto semi-retirement.

Aside from some projects that cannot be immediately cut off, such as film and television works that are currently being filmed, or contracts that are about to expire but have not yet fully expired, etc.

So, the girls ended up having some free time.

For men, once women have free time, men have a lot more to do.

For example, Chen Mo is like that.

In the past, Chen Mo was able to maintain a fair and impartial image and successfully preserve his persona as a time management master. This was not only due to his good physical condition, but also because of the unique nature of the entertainment industry.

Despite being called the modern-day Wei Xiaobao by many, Chen Mo has as many as seven confidantes.

But in reality, Chen Mo didn't party every night as the outside world imagined. On the contrary, most of the time, he only needed to accompany one of them.

Take Yang Mi for example, this woman is simply a "workaholic" in the entertainment industry. In her early years, she could take on more than a dozen film and television projects a year, and her schedule was packed with advertising endorsements, commercial activities, and publicity announcements.

In total, I spent less than a month with Chen Mo throughout the entire year, and sometimes I wouldn't see him for months at a time. This is not an exaggeration; it's the reality of my workload.

While Zhao Liying isn't as frantic as Yang Mi, she's still working non-stop 365 days a year. She finishes filming a drama series and immediately jumps into a variety show, then flies to Fashion Week, squeezing in commercials in between. If Chen Mo wants to see her? He'd probably have to book his appointment three months in advance. Okay, that's a joke, but it's pretty close.

Take Zhang Yuqi for example, this fierce woman, she's a movie star.

It seems that compared to Yang Mi and Zhao Liying, she produces far fewer works, perhaps only participating in one or two movies a year.

However, she is not idle at all. After all, she has to make movies, prepare, experience the role, and study the script. Once she joins the crew, she will stay on set most of the time unless there is really no other way.

They might stay for several months at a time, and with other business activities added on, the actual amount of free time is actually quite limited.

In the entertainment industry, if a celebrity is bored out of their mind, it only means one thing: they're not famous at all!
To put it bluntly, in the entertainment industry, the more popular a star is, the busier they are, like a spinning top. If an artist is idle all day long, it can only mean one thing—they've completely faded from the spotlight and can't get any work at all!

Therefore, to some extent, it's not that Chen Mo's methods are particularly sophisticated, his energy is abundant, or his physical condition is excellent; it's purely due to objective reasons.

Even though he had seven women, his workload was not as heavy as that of some ordinary couples who worked from home.

Chen Mo's decision to retire at the peak of his career was naturally based on deep-seated practical considerations.

On the one hand, as a reborn individual, he successfully built a business empire thanks to his accurate predictions of the development of the cultural and entertainment industry between 2010 and 2025. However, as the timeline moves past the memory point before his rebirth (2025), he loses his greatest advantage: the ability to "predict the future."

Like a race car driver who has lost his GPS, continuing to race in the fast-paced entertainment industry carries a much higher risk of crashing than of overtaking.

Meanwhile, through fifteen years of foresight and strategic planning, Chen Mo has built a trillion-yuan-level cultural and entertainment ecosystem spanning film and television production, artist management, and streaming media platforms.

The industry has reached its ceiling, and further expansion will face diminishing marginal returns—a new project with an investment of 300 million yuan may not have the same return rate as a project with an investment of 30 million yuan in the past.

Of course, this refers to individual projects, not the company's earning power.

Furthermore, Chen Mo's own wealth gives him confidence, ensuring that even if he retires from the entertainment industry, his status will not decline.

He himself doesn't have a very complete or detailed concept of his personal assets.

It's safe to say that if this were to be exposed, his assets would definitely surpass those of the publicly known richest people in China.

Putting aside everything else, just take Shengshi Pictures as an example; the value of the shares he holds exceeds 100 billion.

And this is only what's on the surface; there's also Huayun, China's leading traditional Chinese clothing brand.

The biggest part actually lies in his investment companies at home and abroad, which hold a large number of shares in high-quality domestic companies, as well as shares in leading overseas companies, and so on.

It's fair to say that at his current position, such a wealth allocation renders conventional business practices meaningless.

At the same time, the complex relationships between the seven partners require an extremely high time cost to maintain.

Chen Mo remembers one New Year's Eve when Yang Mi was on set, Zhao Liying was on the Spring Festival Gala, and Zhang Yuqi was at an overseas fashion week. Chen Mo, who was eating New Year's Eve dinner alone, suddenly realized: "I have seven lovers, but I live like a bachelor in seven time zones."

This fragmented intimate relationship runs counter to the "real life" he seeks.

This clear self-awareness ultimately led to his decision to "exit at the peak."

As the saying goes, the hardest part after winning money at a casino is leaving the table with your chips. But true winners understand—never wait until your luck runs out.

So when his women also wanted to retire gracefully, he didn't stop them; instead, he was happy to see it happen.

However, sometimes things are not what you think they are, but what they really are.

For Yang Mi and her colleagues, after so many years of being busy, they've actually gotten used to that kind of hectic lifestyle. Perhaps they enjoy the glamour of being in the spotlight, or perhaps being busy has simply become a habit.

Suddenly having so much free time, it would be a miracle if they could get used to staying home to be wives and mothers in a short period of time.

Men and women are different in many ways.

If a woman has no worries about her career or finances, she will start to turn her attention to her family and focus on her partner.

When Chen Mo watched "Flirting Scholar" back then, he felt the same way as many ordinary viewers: Tang Bohu had eight wives, but he wasn't happy at all. At that time, he just thought the scene was very funny.

But now, looking back, one can't help but sigh with regret.

Of course, reality is often much harsher than ideals.

Women like Yang Mi have been in the entertainment industry for over a decade, seasoned by the spotlight and demanding schedules. Suddenly transforming them from "workaholics" into "virtuous wives and loving mothers" is like putting a wild Siberian tiger in a pet cage—they may look docile on the surface, but their claws have already scratched the sofa into a fringed mess.

During the day, they can pass the time with spas and shopping, but once night falls and everything is quiet, seven women and fifteen eyes (Yang Mi's fox-like eyes count as three) are all fixed on Chen Mo. Before, when filming, they wished they could tear 24 hours into 48 hours to use, but now, they're so idle that they can count the number of gray hairs on the back of Chen Mo's head.

Another crucial point is that although the women were aware of each other's existence and were even quite familiar with each other, they were still quite close.

We've slept in the same bed before, but our relationship has always been okay; at least on the surface, we're definitely good sisters.

But in reality, when they all focused their attention on Chen Mo...

Many contradictions began to emerge.

In the past, they didn't mind who took up more of Chen Mo's time, because they had their own things to do, so they were willing but unable to.

So, I didn't pay much attention to it or care about it that much. But things are different now.

Especially when they all live under one roof.

The screen appears:

"Mo Mo!~"

Yang Mi's fingers, painted with scarlet nail polish, were twirling around the buttons of the man's pajamas: "Last time you said you'd go with me to revisit the filming locations of 'The Shallows'."

Then another voice suddenly rang out.

"husband!"

Zhao Liying peeked out from the media room, holding the script: "You haven't given your feedback on the revised ending yet."

Zhang Yuqi suddenly kicked open the bathroom door, and a long, snow-white leg emerged from the steaming water: "My rose essential oil for bathing is gone!"

Chen Mo slumped on the sofa, feeling like a butterfly being stalked by seven mother spiders.

Previously, when they were busy with their schedules, they could manage their time. Now, however, these seven financially independent female celebrities have turned "checking up on each other" into a 24/7 relay race—Yang Mi had just finished reporting the lunch menu when Zhang Yuqi video-called her at the gym, and even when he was on the toilet, they could hear footsteps "casually passing by" outside the door.

When seven financially independent female celebrities simultaneously treat their husbands as KPIs, all time management techniques become meaningless. Looking at the calendar marked with different shades of lipstick for their "couples' schedules," Chen Mo finally understood the netizens' prophetic remark: "Seven women aren't a harem, they're seven mothers-in-law—each thinking their son-in-law is too idle!"

So Chen Mo finally couldn't hold back any longer.

In Professor Gao Yuliang's words, "How can this be allowed?"

Therefore, Chen Mo thought he had to find something for them to do. Although they didn't have to be as busy as before, he didn't want them to be idle!
Chen Mo had previously thought that even if they retired from the entertainment industry, they could still work, such as behind the scenes, but he had clearly underestimated them.

Or perhaps they underestimated their ambition.

Even a workaholic like Yang Mi doesn't seem to have much interest in company matters.

She basically left everything to the company's professional managers, but what about herself? She was more interested in Chen Mo.

He even went so far as to say that he was too busy before and didn't have much time to spend with Chen Mo, so he wanted to make up for it now.

This wasn't just her idea; can you imagine?
Even Chen Mo thought that by going to the film set, he could temporarily escape the spider demons' siege, but as it turned out, he was wrong.

They actually said they wanted to go to the film set to help out.
Therefore, Chen Mo felt that this was unacceptable; how could it be allowed?

We must, we must, we absolutely must find them something to do.

Otherwise, this wouldn't be life; he'd have a serious problem surviving!

Three women make a drama, let alone seven women. Besides, as the saying goes, distance makes things better, and closeness makes things worse!
They're together all the time, let alone them, even Chen Mo thinks he might not be able to avoid the seven-year itch!

(End of this chapter)