Ye Zhen sent Meng Jie off all the way to her car. When they got there, they saw a silvery white sports car in front of Meng Jie’s car. When the driver of the silvery white car saw Meng Jie, he lowered the window, revealing a face that Ye Zhen wasn’t familiar with.

Meng Jie halted. She turned around and smiled at Ye Zhen. “Mrs. Lu, you can go back first. I’ll notify you as soon as possible if there’s any news from Ning Yang.”

Ye Zhen looked at the man in the sports car. He was staring at Meng Jie while trying his utmost to control himself. She understood that Meng Jie wouldn’t want any outsiders around in this scenario.

She glanced at You Jing. “Okay, I’ll leave first then. Take care.”

She gave Meng Jie a meaningful look before turning around and leaving.

You Jing lazily got out of the car and stood by it. There was restrained anger in his voice as he said, “Mrs. Lu, I’ll offer you a word of advice. Outsiders shouldn’t meddle in the entertainment industry. Beware that you’ll lose all of your capital!”

Ye Zhen didn’t care about his blatant threat. Not showing any weakness, she turned around to look at You Jing. “Mr. You, I’ll give you a piece of advice too then. Don’t go too far in bullying others. Otherwise, one careless move and the game will be lost and you’ll be left with nothing.”

You Jing, this jack*ss, had nothing in his head. She had nothing to fear from this person. He was a love-sick fool that did nothing except eating, drinking, and having fun.

“Miss Meng, should I send someone to escort you back?” Ye Zhen felt worried about leaving Meng Jie alone with You Jing. Who knows if he would do something to her.

Meng Jie persevered with shaking her head. “Thank you for your kind intentions. It’s okay. I can settle this myself. You can go back.”

Ye Zhen warningly looked at You Jing. She didn’t insist any further and quietly said, “Call me if anything happens.”

Meng Jie nodded.

Meng Jie took out her car key after Ye Zhen left, but You Jing blocked her from getting to her car door. “I heard you signed a contract with Lu Corporation?”

Because of her upbringing, Meng Jie had never gotten into a heated argument or lost her calm with others. Even in front of You Jing, she kept her pleasant countenance.

“It was signed today. Anything else?” Meng Jie raised her head and looked him in the eye.

Looking someone in the eye when talking was the most basic requirement for showing respect. This was a rule that Meng Jie had followed since she was young.

Meng Jie was so at ease with talking to him that You Jing got nervous.

Meng Jie was like a flower on a branch that was so high up that he couldn’t pick. That flower bloomed beautiful with lovely tender leaves underneath the sunlight. He stood crouching down underneath the tree, guarding it from others. He didn’t dare to pluck the flower himself and wouldn’t let others get close to it. He was full of possessiveness, but he also understood that his feet were muddy. Dejected, he wasn’t worthy of that flower.

Therefore, You Jing was always insecure in front of Meng Jie.

Other people said that he had no ability, only money, that his family’s fortune would be ruined by him sooner or later, and that he would anger his grandfather to death one day.

How could You Jing not know about this idle gossip? However, he couldn’t refute any of it. Afterall, this was the truth. Other than the wealth accumulated by his ancestors, he had nothing.

When he and Meng Jie had broken up, he had thought of all sorts of methods, but there was no room in turning back. Meng Jie’s heart was as hard as a rock.

And then, his friends gave him an idea. Meng Jie liked acting the most. If he blacklisted her from acting, wouldn’t she come back to beg him? You Jing felt this idea made a lot of sense.

“I told you that if you want to act, just come to me.” You Jing clenched his jaw and hands. “Don’t think that just because Lu Corporation is letting you make a comeback that they’ll protect you for a lifetime. If I don’t give the word, who would dare to let you play the role of the heroine?”

Meng Jie faintly stared at him. The disappointment in her eyes was beyond words.

She very calmly said to You Jing, “Yes, that’s true. No one would dare to give me a part without your word. I’ve already realized that from the past four years. Other than blacklisting me, is there anything else that you want to do that you haven’t yet?”

Seeing Meng Jie’s gaze, You Jing immediately panicked.

You Jing was a jack*ss in front of others, but in front of Meng Jie, his show of superiority couldn’t even last past a moment. At once, he fumbled through saying, “No… I… I wanted to say that if you want to make a comeback, to endorse, to act, you can come look for me. I have countless endorsement deals and scripts for you to choose from. Whatever you want, I have it. Why go look for someone else?” He didn’t even speak those words loudly.

“No need.” Meng Jie’s tone was very cold. “I can fight for what I want on my own. Can you move aside now?”

You Jing knew that he had said something wrong, but he was still unable to apologize. He said through gritted teeth, “If you don’t agree to come back to me, I’ll never leave this spot. And… you’ll never get any acting roles! I mean it!”

“Let’s wait and see then.” Meng Jie knew that he was unreasonable, so she didn’t care about getting into her car. She turned around and started walking away.

“Wait!” You Jing called out to stop her.

Meng Jie turned her head. “Is there something else?”

You Jing looked at her with a burning gaze. His clenched hands were shaking. Under Meng Jie’s gaze, he walked a few steps to the left, giving up his position in front of the car door.

Meng Jie stepped forward, opened the car door, and got in. You Jing continued to stand in front of her car.

After the two had been in a stalemate for a while, Meng Jie lowered her car window. Happiness appeared on You Jing’s face. Just as he was about to speak, Meng Jie furrowed her brow and said, “Move your car away.”

The smile on You Jing’s face stiffened. Wilting, he entered his car and drove his car forward a short distance. He watched on as Meng Jie drove away, and then he slapped himself.

***

At the same time, Ye Zhen brought Meng Jie’s endorsement contract to Lu Beichuan. “CEO Lu, here’s a contract. Please look it over.”

Lu Beichuan flipped through it and nodded. “Thank you for your hard work.”

“Just doing what I should. It’s not tiring at all.” Ye Zhen thought it over and cheekily smiled. “Can I borrow some of your time to discuss an investment with you?”

“Investment?” Lu Beichuan smiled. “You finally planned out your investment idea?”

“Didn’t we previously talk about making an investment in the film and television industry? I already have a specific investment target now.”

“Who?” Lu Beichuan straightened up and seriously looked at her.

“A young, new director’s work. It's sure to be an instant hit. Ning Yang’s Qinhua’s Riverside.”

“How much for the investment?”

Ye Zhen raised five fingers.

“50 million yuan?”

“Hearts linked as one think alike.”

Lu Beichuan tried to search through information on Ning Yang on his computer. “You can go to the Investment Department and ask them to evaluate the likelihood of return on this investment budget. If they’re sure…”

Ye Zhen pressed down on his keyboard. Smiling, she said, “This is his first independent produced work. There’s nothing for you to search.”

Lu Beichuan looked at her with a “Are you serious?” look.

Ye Zhen looked at it from Lu Beichuan’s perspective. If someone asked her to spend 50 million yuan on a director that had no proven success record, her first response would also be to think that person was crazy.

Nowadays, the film industry is in a slump. Only a few movies made more than 100 million yuan. You had to be crazy to spend 50 million yuan on a director that had no success record.

Ye Zhen contemplated for a moment. “At the current price, how much is the the company’s stocks that grandpa gave me worth?”

Lu Beichua thought about it for a little bit. He gave a rough estimate instead of an exact number, “Nine digits.”

“Nine digits…” Ye Zhen was speechless after counting. “100 million? Several hundreds of million?”

“If you want to know the exact amount, I can have someone calculate it for you, but I think it’ll take some time.”

“No need. How about this? I’ll pledge all of the shares I have to you and you lend me 50 million yuan? If I don’t make the money back, you can keep the collateral.”

This was the best possible deal. There was no way that Lu Beichuan would refuse.

“Exchanging 10% of the company’s shares for 50 million yuan.” Lu Beichuan helplessly laughed. He took out a check from his drawer and handed it to Ye Zhen after he filled it out.

Ye Zhen saw that Lu Beichuan handed her the check without hesitation. Stunned, she didn’t return to her senses for a long time.

“You’re going to give it to me, just like that? You’re not worried that I’ll lose it all?”

For the first time, Ye Zhen felt that money was hot to touch. This check was clearly only a light piece of paper, and yet it felt so heavy in her hand.

This wasn’t 5 thousand yuan or 50 thousand yuan. It was 50 million yuan!