Chapter 78: To Give Up Seats
Today was fate.
The parents of Ye Zian and Ye Ziliang divorced at an early age, and they each formed another family. Ye Zian and Ye Ziliang could only rely on each other since childhood. Fortunately, both brothers’ future was promising. Ye Zian was a director, and Ye Ziliang studied in England as a director. After returning from studying abroad, with his brother’s contacts, he worked as an assistant producer in China’s documentary department.
This year, for the New Year break, Ye Zian couldn’t go back to the capital city. He didn’t want his brother to stay at home alone when he had just returned to China. So he asked Ye Ziliang to travel to Shanghai to spend the festival with him and asked his assistant to make a reservation for Ye Ziliang on an airplane.
Unexpectedly, Ye Ziliang and Yu Zhan took the same plane from the capital to Shanghai, and they met on the airplane.
Mhm, Ye Ziliang was that returning client of Yu Zhan’s — Mr. Ye.
Obviously, Yu Zhan’s title and occupation were a bit out of tune with the owner of a hotel and the heir of a media company. It seemed he was not at the same level as them.
But after all, this was the first time everyone has met this person, and they would not necessarily meet each other in the future. How could they think so much? Only a trace of doubt flashed through their minds.
This kind of social activity required the most basic courtesy. Ye Zian and the others shook hands with Yu Zhan, and greeted each other with a simple “Happy New Year”.
They had a less respectful attitude towards him than when they were greeting He Lushen and Cheng Sheng.
Ye Ziliang continued, “After I met Mr. Yu, I realized that he and I both are heading to Shanghai. Yu Zhan’s friends have also reserved a spot at this hotel, in the ‘Roman Holiday’ section next door.”
There were some things that Ye Ziliang felt too embarrassed to say. He had already arrived at the Quan Jing Hotel a long time ago. He knew that Ye Zian was hosting a dinner party in the “Princess Sissi” section, and he also knew that the meal was starting at six o’clock.
Yu Zhan only asked him politely, “Would you like to have dinner with the three of us?” Ye Ziliang quickly said yes, and followed Yu Zhan into the “Roman Holiday” hall obediently.
Which was why, at this moment, he came with a full stomach.
Ye Ziliang himself was a very good-looking and cheerful person. In the “Roman Holiday” hall, he ate and drank well, and had a good chat with He Lushen and Cheng Sheng. He and He Lushen talked about the movies of today’s entertainment circle and his brother’s projects. He talked to Cheng Sheng about documentaries on foreign star hotels, their propaganda models, and their British customs. After that meal, Ye Ziliang gained two more friends.
Ye Ziliang unconsciously met such powerful people, and naturally wanted to introduce them to Ye Zian so that his brother had two more social connections, which led to this scene that happened just now.
His wishful thinking was great, and what he hoped for was what most of the people hoped for. Qiu Jing also wanted Galaxy Film and Television and Huaguang Media to have more cooperation with each other, so she laughed, “Tonight is really fate, and It’s New Year’s Eve. Let’s have a reunion dinner together. Let the waiter add a few more dishes and a few more bottles of wine. Let’s have a good chat.”
Tang Tu understood Qiu Jing’s subtext very well. He pulled Yang Huayue aside and said in a low voice, “Let’s go sit at another table.”
There were only ten spots on one table. There was one spot already reserved for Ye Ziliang at the main table, and now, with three extra people, some people were naturally going to have to give up their seats.
Although Qiao Xin didn’t want to give his seat away — he also wanted to get to know the two young people who obviously looked rich, but he knew the rules of the circle and gave up his seat.
Now, it was time for the bigger characters, and she had nothing to do with it. Liu Man felt much more relaxed.
She was still in focus a few minutes ago, but now she was ignored as if she had vanished. Liu Man turned around silently, preparing to return to her original position.
“Man Man.”
Of course, Liu Man recognized this voice, but she had never heard Yu Zhan call her like this.
She turned her head in a daze, and Yu Zhan looked at her. The gorgeous crystal chandelier here made Yu Zhan’s outline blurred and unfamiliar, but his face still held her most familiar smile.
“You should sit with us,” Yu Zhan told her.
Yu Zhan’s voice wasn’t loud,
Only the people around the main table heard it, but it was enough to make the atmosphere strange.
He Lushen raised his eyebrow to show a meaningful smile, and Cheng Sheng curiously examined Liu Man.
The eyes of the two were full of inquiry, and Liu Man had to lower her head.
There were too many people before, and Ye Ziliang didn’t notice Liu Man until now. He felt amazing! Of course, he still remembered this girl who had been to the pet clinic. Yu Zhan liked her.
No wonder Yu Zhan said on the plane that he was going to come to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year with his “friend”. This “friend” of his was not the two rich guys, but this girl.
The people in the crew exchanged glances with each other. Gao Jindong looked at Qiu Jing, and his eyes were as if asking, What is Liu Man’s background.
Qiu Jing herself was shocked. She was the person who knew about Liu Man the most in this room, and she was the one who dug Liu Man from the college and brought her into this crew.
But Qiu Jing was a strong businesswoman who had experienced wind and rain. She was smart and sophisticated, and she soon figured it out.
Liu Man was an ordinary college student with ordinary family background. She still remembered the longing look in Liu Man’s eyes when she heard the pay of fifty-thousand RMB.
Qiu Jing guessed that Liu Man had a little friendship with the veterinarian in private. It was estimated that she, like Ye Ziliang, also had a pet at home and took the pet to Yu Zhan’s pet clinic. After all, the profession of a veterinarian had a wide range of social contacts. Yu Zhan was also a small businessman. He looked good and had a good impression of others. He could know all kinds of people.
Or else, if Liu Man had good social connections like He Lushen, would she still need to work a part-time job as a small extra in their cast? She would’ve probably already become some famous movie’s female lead.
Ye Zian and Gao Jindong were thinking the same thing as Qiu Jing.
Tang Tu and Yang Huayue, who had already sat down at the second main table, also saw this scene. Tang Tu’s eyes were very complicated. He saw the man named Yu Zhan, and his eyes felt the same affection for Liu Man.
Yang Huayue gloated and looked at Feng Qingyu, who was still sitting in her chair. She felt that God must have heard her prayers to suddenly arrange this scene. As expected, the villains always get what they received…
Feng Qingyu, now you understand what impermanence is. Some words and things should not be done too harshly. No one knows what will happen in the next moment. Haha, you helped Qiao Xin in forcing Liu Man to drink. Now, you will have to give Liu Man a seat, it is all retribution.
Feng Qingyu did feel incredibly angry.
The Huaguang Media was planning a movie that was about a war that happened in the Western Han dynasty. It would be mostly acted out by men with only one female character, and that character only played a side role. Feng Qingyu’s agency was interested in this movie. Her agent said if she got this character, she would be able to rise from the second tier straight up to the first tier.
Therefore, Feng Qingyu’s agent called the person in charge of Huaguang Media’s film and television department repeatedly, hoping to get Feng Qingyu the role, but the response was always: “Now the specific role candidates are to be determined, and the leaders are still discussing.” This was a rejection in a slightly more acceptable manner.
Credits: Sydney