I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"Hmm, so he used all his money to buy a house, and later, to make money, he started making movies with Su Xiaonuan?" Qin Yun Chu asked, "But why Su Xiaonuan?"

"Maybe it's because his only friend at the time was Su Xiaonuan," Jiang Xinhai said. "Making movies requires not only money, but also connections and resources."

“That’s why it’s so amazing,” Qin Yunchu said. “He and Su Xiaonuan were just ordinary people in a small mountain village back then, right? They were even still in school. How did he manage to convince those people to help make a movie?”

“He asked a bigwig in the literary world for help, and took a script to Cao Kunguan, a well-known producer at the time,” Jiang Xinhai said. “The script was called Crazy Stone.”

……

"Xiao You, have you ever thought about this question: why haven't we discovered any time travelers yet?"

In the taxi, Su Xiaonuan suddenly spoke.

Xia You snapped out of her daze and blinked.

She was glad that Su Xiaonuan had changed the subject away from Chen Ya, so that she could think about other things normally.

Xia You asked, "Are you talking about a spacetime version of the Fermi paradox?"

"Yes, it's called the Fermi Paradox."

“Fermi said that if there are aliens in the universe, then given enough time, humans will definitely be able to observe them,” Xia You said. “Similarly, if a time machine is invented, then people will definitely be able to meet people from the future who have traveled to the present in a time machine.”

Su Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, "So, what do you think?"

"That means there are no aliens in the world." Xia You leaned her head against the car window. "Humans never invented a time machine; they went extinct before they could."

Su Xiaonuan asked, "Are you scared?"

Why be afraid?

Why aren't you afraid?

"Anyway, it will definitely take many years for humanity to go extinct," Xia You said softly, leaning against the car window. "Before that, I will have already perished, so it has nothing to do with me."

Su Xiaonuan said, "But have you ever suspected that some people in this world seem to be able to foresee the future and do amazing things? Have you ever suspected that those people might be from the future?"

Xia You suddenly raised her head: "What do you mean?"

Chapter 481 Even if I am 99% responsible

"What do you mean?"

"Just the literal meaning."

"Are you suspecting that Chen Ya is a time traveler from the future?"

Su Xiaonuan shook her head: "There may be some people in this world who come from the future, but Chen Ya is not one of them."

Xia You stared at her, becoming even more certain of her earlier thoughts.

She really didn't know how to get along with Su Xiaonuan.

Su Xiaonuan's every word was ambiguous and difficult to understand, as if it could be interpreted in many ways. She didn't know if she was setting a trap for herself, joking, or speaking seriously.

Or perhaps, as the person who knows Chen Ya best, she wanted to hint at something to herself?

I'm not sure. I'll take another look.

"Among the people I know, if there's one who most seems like a time traveler from the future, it's Chen Ya," Xia You said.

"Hmm?" Su Xiaonuan looked at her with a half-smile, gesturing for her to continue.

"Omniscient and omnipotent. Every step he takes seems inconceivable, but in hindsight, they are all optimal solutions. Despite his unprecedented achievements, the world knows nothing about him, as if he is trying his best to minimize his impact on the world. If it weren't for his chaotic personal relationships, I would really suspect that he came from the future."

Su Xiaonuan smiled and shook her head, saying:

"Even someone who travels from the future might not be able to handle their personal relationships well, right?"

“Well, if we exclude that, he must be a time traveler,” Xia You said firmly.

"No, it's not."

Su Xiaonuan spoke with such conviction and seriousness that Xia You became even more confused.

"Why are you so sure? You've known him since childhood, so you must know a lot about him. Was he like this when he was young? Or is it that although his talent is like a waterfall, it also has a source?"

This question seemed to trigger Su Xiaonuan's memories. She suddenly fell silent, turned her head to look out the car window, and saw rows of tall buildings sweeping across Tokyo in her eyes.

Just as Xia You sensed that she was about to speak and reveal some core secrets, the taxi stopped.

"arrive."

Xia You watched with utter disappointment as Su Xiaonuan opened the car door, grabbed the heavy black suitcase she had been carrying since getting off the plane, and struggled to step out of the car.

The two got out of the car together. Su Xiaonuan carried the suitcase in both hands and walked towards their destination one after the other with Xia You.

Just now, Su Xiaonuan seemed to have some urge to talk about the past and the future, but now there's no atmosphere left for those things.

After a moment of silence, Xia You said:

"Is the stuff in this box very important?"

Su Xiaonuan gripped the box with both hands and smiled, "Why do you ask that?"

“It’s so heavy, but when you got in the car just now, you didn’t put it in the trunk, but put it on your lap, as if you were afraid of losing it,” Xia You said. “So I feel that it must be very important to you.”

“You have a keen eye,” Su Xiaonuan said. “You guessed right, it’s important, and not just to me.”

……

"So Chen Ya wrote the script for 'Crazy Stone'?" Qin Yunchu was a little surprised. "No wonder it's so interesting."

"Yes, isn't the screenwriter credit for 'Crazy Stone' 'Ji An'? That's Chen Ya's pen name when he wrote the screenplay."

Qin Yunchu was slightly taken aback and said, "So it was him? I seem to recall that several movies have the screenwriter credited as Ji An. I wondered who he was at the time, but I couldn't find any information about him, so I had to give up."

Gu Yuqing turned her face away and asked with a smile, "So, Xiao Qin also likes movies like 'Crazy Stone'?"

Qin Yun Chu blinked and asked, "I like it, what's wrong with this movie?"

Gu Yuqing smiled and said, "I thought a rich young lady like you wouldn't like movies with such a strong sense of everyday life."

Qin Yun Chu blushed slightly: "Although it's very different from real life, the plot is easy to understand, so I can still understand it."

Jiang Xinhai ignored Gu Yuqing's interruption and continued:

"Actually, their initial division of labor was that Chen Ya was responsible for directing and writing the script, while Su Xiaonuan was responsible for playing the female lead."

"Director Chen Ya, Su Xiaonuan as the female lead??"

Qin Yunchu was very surprised because she had seen the film, and the director's name was Su Xiaonuan.

Moreover, this film is entirely a male-dominated production, with no female lead whatsoever.

"How...how could this be? Why didn't Chen Ya become a director in the end?" Qin Yun Chu asked.

“This is something you could easily guess,” Gu Yuqing blinked and interjected, “It’s because of resistance from the investors, right?”

Jiang Xinhai nodded: "You guessed right. The resistance comes from the investors."

"Huh?" Qin Yun Chu looked around at the two people who were exchanging knowing glances. Their expressions seemed to say that the answer was self-evident, but she was like a poor student who couldn't understand what they were talking about at all.

Jiang Xinhai explained, "At that time, Cao Kunguan introduced his long-term investor to Chen Ya, but the other party was not satisfied with the choice of director and insisted on changing the person."

"And then?" Qin Yunchu felt uneasy, sensing that things weren't as simple as they seemed.

"Chen Ya's personality isn't so easily manipulated. When investors refused to invest, he simply changed the script, reduced the budget, and paid for the entire budget himself."

"However, that investor was a big shot who threatened to blacklist Chen Ya in the arts and culture industry. Considering the risks, Chen Ya simply handed over the directorship to Su Xiaonuan and retreated behind the scenes."

Qin Yunchu suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder Su Xiaonuan was the director in the end."

After saying that, she added angrily, "Who is that investor? Isn't that disgusting? They can't even cooperate, and they're pushing people to the brink of despair... This is just..."

Jiang Xinhai sighed and said, "The environment was like this back then, and it's hard to say how much it's improved now. The reason I had such a smooth life back then was because Chen Ya protected me well."

Gu Yuqing asked, "What happened next? Did that investor continue to make things difficult for Chen Ya?"

Jiang Xinhai shook his head and said, "He didn't tell me. All I know is that Chen Ya handed over all his later films to Su Xiaonuan to direct, and he permanently retired behind the scenes."

Gu Yuqing said, "So what's the actual situation? Actually, it was directed by two people together, right?"

“Well, it wouldn’t be wrong to call him the director behind the scenes,” Jiang Xinhai said. “So after Jin Yong and Gu Long, Ji An has become his new alias.”

Gu Yuqing shook her head and said, "If it weren't for that investor, Chen Ya would have been famous long ago. It's hard for a director not to be famous."

"So his path of creating multiple accounts was actually indirectly started by that investor," Jiang Xinhai said with a smile.

Directors and writers are different. Writers write in seclusion at home, and only they know the gains and losses. As long as they don't want to be exposed, readers may have no idea what they look like.

But directors are different. Directors need to communicate with various departments, oversee the overall situation, and rely on their authority to convince people. It is difficult for them to remain unknown.

Since Chen Ya had decided to become a director, he was clearly prepared to become famous.

However, he offended that big investor, who then threatened to blacklist Chen Ya. As a result, not only did he not dare to take on the role of director openly, but the actors who had worked with him also dared not mention his name.

Qin Yunchu had always liked to investigate Chen Ya's motives for constantly using different aliases, and she suddenly had a new idea.

"Do you think it's possible that," Qin Yunchu asked, "that because of that investor's affair, Chen Ya became disillusioned with the cultural world and all interpersonal relationships in society, which is why he keeps creating aliases, afraid of being resented?"

Gu Yuqing and Jiang Xinhai exchanged a glance.

"Maybe...that's how it is?"

Gu Yuqing bit her fingernails: "I always thought he changed his appearance to avoid me, but now I realize I was wrong about him?"

"..."

Qin Yunchu felt that Gu Yuqing's idea was not unreasonable, but she chose to remain silent.

Suddenly, she remembered her first encounter with Chen Ya.

Looking back now, the loopholes in Chen Ya's identity were like cheat sheets hidden under the exam paper; once the surface was peeled back, everything was exposed.

If Chen Ya hadn't used an alias, she wouldn't have had any connection with him.

Thinking about it this way, she should actually thank that disgusting big shot.

But the problem is, now that he has no reason to hide his identity, what does he plan to do next?

Also, everyone else has arrived, so why hasn't he, the person in question, shown up yet? What's holding him back?

……

At this moment, in a high-rise suite of a hotel in front of the Imperial Palace, 5 kilometers away from Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Ruriko, barefoot and disheveled, held a stick in her hand and made a frantic sound.

"Two lines! I really got it! It's all your fault, it's all your fault, it's all your fault!!..."

Chen Ya, the person in question, sat to one side, looking worried and somewhat tired, but one couldn't deny a sense of relief deep down, saying:

"Even if I bear 99% of the responsibility, don't you bear at least 1%?"

"Get up!" Ruriko raised her cat-paw fists and punched him repeatedly. "I was only relieved when you said it was okay!"

"Isn't that because you said it was during your safe period?"

"When did I say that?!"

"Even if I am 99% responsible, doesn't Yayoi, who ran the errand and didn't buy the right parts, bear at least 1% responsibility?"

"Okay, I agree. Wu does have problems, and I'm going to send her away soon."

"..."

Chapter 482 Because I Love You

They're not the only couple in the world to have problems caused by playing video games, and they won't be the last.

All I can say is that fake games are harmful.

Chen Ya stood up, affectionately put his arm around Liulizi, and said, "There's no other way now. I will take responsibility."

Ruriko's eyelashes suddenly trembled, and she whispered, "Really?"

"of course."

"How will you take responsibility?"

"Jiefen".

"Explain yourself more clearly?"

"marry?"