I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

"Then what do you take me for? A mistress you can order around?" Li Xiaoran said unhappily.

“You’re not a mistress, you’re my beloved Xiaoran. Being a girlfriend is just a title; as long as we love each other, that’s enough.”

Cheng Sheng coaxed him, but inwardly he was filled with emotion.

Little three?

In another world, Li Xiaoran was wrongly accused of being a "mistress" for 10 years.

Because she interfered in the relationship between Mei Ting and Yan Po, many people say that she was the mistress between this man and Mei Ting.

But this is somewhat unfair to Li Xiaoran.

She and Yanpo got together after Yanpo and Meiting divorced.

And so, Li Xiaoran was labeled a mistress, a label she wore for many years.

She endured a lot of pain that she shouldn't have had to bear, but none of that prompted her to step forward and explain to everyone.

The matter only ended when Mei Ting personally intervened to seek justice for her.

Now that Li Xiaoran wants to break up with Zeng Li, if the matter gets out, her status as a "homewrecker" will definitely be confirmed.

Although Li Xiaoran was unhappy that Cheng Sheng wanted to hug her from both sides, she loved Cheng Sheng's talent too much and truly couldn't bear to leave him.

To prevent Li Xiaoran from continuing the topic, Cheng Sheng resorted to some tactics.

While Li Xiaoran was lost in her own world, Cheng Sheng took action.

More than an hour passed quickly.

Li Xiaoran no longer had the energy to think about Cheng Sheng and Zeng Li breaking up.

Seeing Li Xiaoran asleep from exhaustion, Cheng Sheng wiped the white stuff from the corner of her mouth with a tissue and then covered her with a blanket.

Cheng Sheng felt like a scoundrel, falling in love with every woman he met.

But there are just too many beautiful women in the entertainment industry, and he really can't resist the temptation.

The entertainment industry is not a place for good men; so many good men have been ruined by it.

Before making movies, Cheng Sheng only thought about 'the only one', but when faced with beautiful women in the entertainment industry, men often fall into depravity.

Cheng Sheng wasn't a true 'gentleman' either; he couldn't resist the temptation either.

If someone can resist, then that person is either not a real man, or they have truly high moral character and ethical standards.

This wasn't Cheng Sheng trying to explain himself; rather, in his view, it was an instinctive reaction for men to be tempted by beautiful women.

In the course of human evolution, pleasing physical features have often been seen as signs of better health and reproductive ability.

Therefore, it is somewhat natural for men to be attracted to beautiful women.

No matter how upright a man is, even if he is as saintly as a saint, he cannot resist the temptation of "beauty", unless the woman is not beautiful enough.

In real life, as long as a man has a little spare money, he will always have fantasies about beautiful women.

Men are inherently driven by their lower instincts; once they're satisfied, all they think about is sex.

No matter how proper a person may seem, he is either indulging in lust or desperately running towards the path that grants him the right to satisfy his lust.

Men are born to conquer.

With a beautiful woman by his side, his actions would unconsciously tend to gravitate towards perfection.

For example, being helpful, patient, and generous.

Therefore, we often hear people say in our lives that being beautiful is the most useful passport.

...The next morning, Cheng Sheng saw Li Xiaoran off.

Cheng Sheng then left the hotel.

In the days that followed, Cheng Sheng became very busy.

He's either busy with company matters or with the "Zheng He's Voyages to the West" film crew.

Of course, he would often meet up with Chen Hong, and they would shed tired 'tears' together in hotels, deserted forests, cars, deserted mountains, parks, and other places.

Chen Hong seemed to enjoy this immensely, probably because of Chen Kaige's relationship with Gillian Chung. When Chen Hong was with him, she felt less restrained and could fully express herself.

He even shouted that he wanted to take revenge on Chen Kaige.

Cheng Sheng was happy to accept this, since he was the one who would enjoy this 'revenge'.

Cheng Sheng felt so comfortable that he wanted to tell Chen Kai that Sister Hong was really radiant.

Besides dating Chen Hong, Cheng Sheng also frequently spent time with Li Xiaoran.

The two went to even more places: hotels, Cheng Sheng's house, Li Xiaoran's villa in Kyoto, mountains, forests, parks, fields, deserted alleys, and so on.

They did whatever was most provocative.

Li Xiaoran also did her best to satisfy Cheng Sheng.

Seeing Li Xiaoran becoming increasingly bold, Cheng Sheng suspected that Li Xiaoran wanted to expose their relationship so that Zeng Li would find out and leave him on her own.

Cheng Sheng could understand Li Xiaoran's plan.

However, he had no intention of breaking up with Zeng Li, so he was very careful every time, always in the most secluded and deserted places.

Time and time again, no one noticed. Even if someone did see him, he would grab Li Xiaoran and run away.

This continued until April.

That day, Cheng Sheng, who had just left Li Xiaoran's villa, received a phone call from Xing Aina.

"Is 'Da Tang 2' finished?"

"Contact Master Han. Yes, we'll still handle the distribution with China Film Group. For overseas distribution, we'll contact Columbia Pictures, and for Southeast Asia, we'll handle the distribution with Emperor Entertainment."

Has the premiere been scheduled yet?

"May 1st is Labor Day! Let's find some time to hold a film screening with film investors."

"Okay, boss."

After ending the call with Xing Aina, Cheng Sheng began to think about "The Great Tang Dynasty 2".

Filming for "The Great Tang Dynasty 2" began last year. Unlike the first one, "The Great Tang Dynasty 2" is also known as "The Reign of Zhenguan in the Great Tang Dynasty".

"Zhenguan" was the reign title of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. The term comes from the Book of Changes, Appended Remarks, Part II: "The way of Heaven and Earth is that of Zhenguan."

It means to show people the right way.

The story continues from the first part, "The Origin of the Tang Dynasty". Due to the great chaos caused by Emperor Yang of Sui, the Sui Dynasty was left with a situation of severe destruction and poverty.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty "left" the Sui Dynasty with a population of 690 million households, and there were no major wars. However, Emperor Yang of Sui caused great chaos in the country, and the population plummeted. The Sui Dynasty "left" the Tang Dynasty with only more than 200 million households, as well as a mess caused by numerous powerful enemies both inside and outside the country and unprecedented destruction.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin unified the Central Plains and the South, creating conditions for the Reign of Zhenguan.

After Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne, he witnessed firsthand the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty and the process of peasant wars disintegrating the Sui Dynasty. He realized the importance of the peasant class to the stability of monarchical autocracy. Therefore, he often used Emperor Yang of Sui as a negative example to warn himself and his subordinates.

Emperor Taizong of Tang learned from the lessons of the Sui Dynasty's demise, corrected the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, adjusted his ruling policies, practiced frugality domestically, allowed the people to recuperate and rebuild, in order to ease class contradictions, stabilize social order, and restore the economy.

Because Emperor Taizong of Tang was diligent and resourceful, he strengthened control over the Western Regions and other areas politically, enhanced friendly relations with Asian countries diplomatically, actively pacified the surrounding barbarian tribes militarily, and treated ethnic minorities with equal affection. (End of Chapter)