Restaurant.
Inside a private room.
"Manager Zhou."
"We are here."
"Where is our guest?"
The women who entered the room were all smiling.
Manager Zhou laughed and stood up. He beckoned them over and pointed to Dong Xuebing. "Over there. Have you all accompanied him?"
Dong Xuebing is sitting at the head of the table, and all the women saw him. They did not expect Manager Zhou to be so polite to this young man. They thought Dong Xuebing is a middle-aged man with a big belly, but they still walked over without asking anything. They crowded around Dong Xuebing and pushed Yu Meixia aside, wanting to sit beside Dong Xuebing.
Yu Meixia was unhappy, but her temper is soft, and she will not let Yu Meixia say anything.
Yu Meixia did not say anything, but Dong Xuebing did. Before the women sat down, Dong Xuebing waved his hand. "Don't sit with me. I am not used to it."
The women were embarrassed.
Manager Zhou replied. "Just accompany Mr. Dong."
Dong Xuebing immediately replied. "I don't need to accompany you. I can eat by myself."
Dong Xuebing's reply was a little harsh, but Manager Zhou was not surprised. He could only accept Dong Xuebing's reply. "You all can sit anywhere you want."
The starlets blinked a few times and found an empty seat to sit on.
Yu Meixia calmed down, and her expression became better. She sat up straight and seems to want to compete with them. She is jealous.
Dong Xuebing did not think much of the women, but he was amused by Yu Meixia and nudged her with his leg.
Yu Meixia looked at Dong Xuebing and blushed. "I don't mean that. You … you have a lover, so … it's not good."
Dong Xuebing replied. "I know."
Dong Xuebing is lecherous but has his principles. Of course, it can also be said that Dong Xuebing is too picky, and he only likes the prettiest girls. Everyone has different aesthetic standards, and they might have different feelings. Anyway, to Dong Xuebing, these few girls are not even half as pretty as Sister Yu, and that's why Dong Xuebing did not look at them.
The dinner started.
Everyone laughed as they ate their meal.
Director Zhou stood up. "Mr. Dong, Madam Yu, I'd like to propose a toast to the both of you. I'm really sorry for what happened today. I'm very sorry. Please feel free to drink." After saying that, he gulped down the glass. In the end, Chairman Wu and the other company executives also stood up to toast.
Yu Meixia doesn't know how to drink and didn't touch the glass.
But Dong Xuebing did not even take a sip of his food and ignored them.
The few celebrities also knew what was going on. Manager Zhou signaled them to start toasting Dong Xuebing to ease the atmosphere.
"Mr Dong, have a drink."
"Handsome, let me propose a toast to you."
A few of the small-time celebrities also drank.
Dong Xuebing continued to eat and drink. Of course, he only drank plain water. But he is still biased towards Manager Zhou, his men, and the female celebrities. He only said one thing. "I drove here, and I can't drink."
Ring ring ring.
Someone's phone rang.
It was that young man from the company. He answered the phone and whispered something to Manager Zhou. After that, he hung up and whispered something to Manager Zhou.
Manager Zhou nodded and turned. "Excuse me. I need to go to the toilet."
After saying that, Manager Zhou left the private room and walked towards the corridor, looking for someone.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the opposite direction. Some people were discussing and some were shouting. It was quite chaotic.
Chief Zhou heard the voice and walked over. He saw a woman about 26 or 27 years old quickly taking out sunglasses from her bag and putting them on. Some of the surrounding diners and restaurant staff clearly recognized her. They all pointed at her, and a few bold people even came up to ask for her autograph. However, before the woman could speak, Chief Zhou hurriedly pushed away the people who came to ask for autographs and beckoned the woman inside.
"Is that Chen Ying?"
"That must be her."
"I didn't expect her to come to our restaurant!"
"I'm her fan, and I love watching her previous movies!"
"Yeah, she acted so well. I must get her autograph later."
Amidst the commotion, Manager Zhou and Chen Ying walked in. She was a woman dressed in a long trench coat. Her looks were not bad, but she wasn't too beautiful. In the entertainment industry, where beauties were as common as clouds, she could only be considered average. However, those who had seen her movies knew that her acting was very good.
"Manager Zhou, what's going on?" Chen Ying asked.
Towards her, Manager Zhou was still rather polite. "Ying Ying, the company has really encountered a problem this time. We've offended someone and in the end, that person stopped the production of our movie and TV series."
Chen Ying was taken aback. "It's the leader of the SARFT?"
"I don't know who he is, but he's definitely not an ordinary person." Manager Zhou sighed. "He's in the private room now. It wasn't easy for me to invite him over. Whether he succeeds or not directly affects the company's lifeline. Well, we're old friends. I, Old Zhou, have treated you well, right?"
Chen Ying said sincerely, "Without you, there wouldn't be me."
Manager Zhou said seriously, "I've never forced you to do anything that you don't want to do, right?"
"Mmm." Chen Ying nodded and said, "I've always been very grateful to you for that. I'll always remember it."
My daughter passed away in a car accident a few years ago, and you look so much like my daughter, I'm really … "Manager Zhou was very emotional. As he said this, his eyes reddened. He had chosen Chen Ying as the female lead in a TV series purely because Chen Ying looked very much like his daughter. After all, they were the ones who had invested in the movie and the director had to listen to them. Otherwise, no one would dare to choose a fresh graduate who had never studied acting as the female lead. Chen Ying had also proven herself in the end. Because of this TV series, she had caught the attention of the audience and received a higher salary. Later on, for the movies and many other HQ productions, Manager Zhou had always insisted on letting Chen Ying audition for them. Even though he knew that the role and the script might not be suitable for her, there were no exceptions. Basically, half of all the films that Chen Ying had starred in in the past three to four years were invested in by HQ Zhou.
Chen Ying naturally knew about this and was very grateful for it. In the few years that she had been in the industry, she really had not slept with anyone. "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Manager Zhou hesitated for a long time before saying, "The guest inside … Sigh."
Chen Ying was silent for a while. "… I understand."
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