Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 81 It's time to start the film project.
"Hey, Sister Meng, are you home yet?"

"I just got off the plane and I'm on my way to meet up with Sister Qian. We're going to buy New Year's goods later..."

Chen Xiu listened quietly to Meng Ziyi's Spring Festival arrangements on her phone, occasionally chiming in with her own opinions.

The crew of "God of War Zhao Zilong" is still filming in Xiangshan, and they are not taking a break during the Spring Festival. The main actors have all stayed with the crew.

However, Meng Ziyi doesn't have many scenes; he's a minor supporting character who wouldn't be a problem if he were absent for a few days.

Considering Chen Xiu's situation, Yongle's boss, Cheng Lidong, also showed great consideration for his employees by giving Meng Ziyi three days off so she could go home for the Chinese New Year...

After rambling on for a while, Meng Ziyi finally asked about Chen Xiu: "Brother Xiu, have you arrived home yet?"

"I arrived a while ago. My parents are preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen. I'll take a picture of it for you later."

"Hehe, I'll take a picture for you later too."

When Meng Ziyi got to this point, he paused for a moment, as if he was hesitating about something.

Chen Xiu waited for a while, and then all she heard was a "hmm" sound from the other end of the phone. "Is there something you want to tell me, but you don't know how to start?"

"Um, Sister Qian asked me to ask you, should I terminate my contract with Yongle?"

Do you want to terminate the contract?

"I don't want to. The company treats me very well. After you had drinks with President Cheng and President Dong last time, they arranged an assistant for me and also assigned a personal agent to take care of my work."

Meng Ziyi said frankly, "To be honest, the treatment Yongle gave her was truly exceptional."

Chen Xiu guessed what the silly beauty was thinking, but he pretended not to know and continued to ask leading questions.

"From this perspective, it's reasonable that you don't want to terminate the contract. So why do you want to?"

"You started a film and television company, right? I want to stay with you..."

I want to be with you too.

While comforting Meng Ziyi, Chen Xiu shared her thoughts with her.

"I think we can combine these two options."

How to combine them?

"Given the current situation, it's more suitable for you to stay at Yongle and complete the process of leveling up as a newcomer. By next year, when you've gained some fame and my company is on track, I'll go to Cheng Lidong to help you negotiate the termination of your contract. What do you think?"

"This arrangement seems better."

Meng Ziyi agreed, saying that she could sense that Chen Xiu's proposed solution was indeed the best option at present.

Although she really wanted to be with her boyfriend, Meng Ziyi still knew how to respect the reality of the situation.

She's still a novice, and even if Chen Xiu could find a way to contact her, she wouldn't be able to take on many high-quality projects.

In fact, this situation had already occurred once a few days ago.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Chen Xiu received a call from Fang Ying, who invited him to play the male lead in "Love O2O".

Chen Xiu's first reaction was to accept the invitation, kick out the original female lead, and let Sister Meng, whose figure matched the original character, take the role!

However, the idea only lasted a second before he realized he could only complete the first half.

The male and female leads in film and television works still need a certain level of fame. Let alone Meng Ziyi, even the currently popular actresses like R&B couldn't carry the role of the female lead in "Love O2O"...

After discussing the career path of the "dumb beauty," Chen Xiu shifted the topic to her personal life.

"Sister Meng, I'm looking to buy an apartment in Beijing. Do you have any you like?"

"Huh? You want to buy a house?"

"Yes, the place we were living in isn't suitable anymore, so we need to find another place to live permanently."

"Last time, didn't you say that the shares you held were all valued and that you didn't have much cash on hand?"

These words were actually said by Chen Xiu to comfort Meng Ziyi and prevent her from overthinking and causing internal strife. The truth is, even if Chen Xiu didn't touch the shares in Didi, Tencent, and ByteDance, the cash flow from his all-in investment in A-shares last September has already increased to nearly three small goals.

"Although it's not much, it's still enough to buy a house. Do you have any dream homes in mind?"

"Hmm~"

After a moment of contemplation on the phone, Meng Ziyi suddenly said something surprising: "If you really want to buy, I have more than 200 million yuan that I can provide. Try not to sell those shares at a low price."

"Huh?! Your salary is that high?"

Chen Xiu knew that Meng Ziyi's family was well-off, but she didn't know that Meng Ziyi herself was also quite wealthy.

"No! The pay is only tens of thousands of yuan. This is my New Year's money from when I was a child. My dad took it and invested it in financial products. It has never been touched. Over the past ten years, it has grown to this much."

"Is this all you have left?"

Chen Xiu's tone unconsciously became serious.

His personality is completely different from that of a kept man, and of course, he doesn't need to be one.

However, it felt a bit strange that Meng Ziyi suddenly took out all his savings and asked him to use it to buy a house.

"Yes! This is almost all the money I have. You asked me what kind of house I want, so I'd like to contribute as well!"

"It hasn't reached that point; my cash flow is still very healthy..."

Chen Xiu's own cash flow was already enough to cover the cost of buying a house, so there was no need for him to take Meng Ziyi's money, but he also didn't want to disappoint the silly beauty's feelings.

Looking at the sycamore tree in the front yard that she planted during her primary school years, Chen Xiu continued, "I want to plant something in the house in the future. Why don't you prepare this?"

"Great! What do you want to plant?"

"Let's discuss it."

"..."

Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi chatted casually until the silly beauty met up with Wang Qian and then hung up.

Putting away her phone, listening to the lively commotion coming from next door, Chen Xiu glanced at the gray sky, her thoughts beginning to wander.

After the Spring Festival, it will be March soon.

After filming for "Diamond Lover" wraps up, I'll go to Beijing to start preparing for the "Detective Chinatown" movie, and then I'll act in "Love O2O"...

Film and television companies still need to find management talent, and they also need to sign some of the rising stars and top celebrities in the future. This way, they can maximize profits and prevent their intellectual property from being given away to others for nothing.

It seems that Wang Jianlin, the richest man in China, really enjoys playing golf. Looks like we need to practice beforehand to find some common ground for our conversations…
"Xiao Xiu, dinner's ready!"

"Okay! Coming right away."

After speaking with his father, Chen Xiu was about to step into the house when his phone started beeping incessantly.

I took it out to check, and after excluding messages from people in the entertainment industry, the remaining WeChat messages with blessings were all from Didi employees.

Scrolling down, there are no fewer than twenty messages, each with different content, and none of them are mass-sent messages.

Chen Xiu replied to each person individually, along with their names and corresponding blessings for each of their different circumstances.

After finishing all this and returning inside, Chen Xiu was the first to encounter Su Xiao and Su Yu, who were holding their phones and coming to greet him.

"What happened?"

"Cheng Wei has made his move. He just announced the news in the group chat: Lü Chuanwei is estimated to resign next month and leave the new Didi..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiu reached out and took their phones, locked the screens, and handed them back.

"Let Cheng Wei have some fun during the New Year! We should eat now."

(End of this chapter)