It Turned Out Huo Xi Was the Investor

Shen Can received a call from Assistant He the next day. Not long after they finished discussing things, the money was already in place.

With a "Whoop!" Shen Can immediately jumped up. He had already arranged to go check out locations with Su Nanxing today.

After getting changed, he saw Shen Chi standing outside his door. Shen Can looked at him in confusion. "Third Brother, why are you standing outside my door?"

Shen Chi coughed twice to hide his awkwardness. "Didn't Third Brother hear you were going to look at locations? I'll go with you."

"Huh? How could you come with me? Su Nanxing is coming too. If Su Nanxing and I get photographed together, we can explain that he was taking his younger brother out."

"But if the two of you, sworn enemies, get photographed together, I can't imagine what your fans will do." Shen Can had not expected his third brother to want to come along when he had already made plans with Su Nanxing.

"What could they do? We can explain that although we're rivals, he's friends with my younger brother. Besides, what if you run into extreme fans? Do you two have the strength to fight back?" Shen Chi felt he had found an extremely suitable reason.

Shen Can looked at Shen Chi. It was true—if they ran into Su Nanxing's obsessive fans or sasaeng fans, it would be hard for him to handle. He could run away easily enough, but Su Nanxing would have no one to protect him.

In the end, Shen Chi still went with Shen Can and the others. Fortunately, they did not run into any sasaeng fans or anything of the sort. Shen Can had been keeping an eye on studio locations for a while, and there were no issues after they checked the place out, so they settled on it quickly.

After confirming the location, Shen Can discussed the kind of renovations he wanted with the renovation team Shen Yu had found for him. Meanwhile, Su Nanxing and Shen Chi found a place to sit.

Shen Chi wanted to find something to talk about with Su Nanxing, but he had no idea what to say. In the end, he could only ask about work. "Is your new album coming out soon?"

"Not for a while." Once Su Nanxing finished speaking, the two fell silent again.

Just as Shen Chi was feeling disappointed in himself—he could get along well with anyone, yet he just could not talk properly with Su Nanxing—Su Nanxing spoke up. "When are you joining a new production?"

Shen Chi let out a breath of relief. At last, they had another topic to discuss. "There's been a lot going on lately. I'll consider joining a new production after everything is settled. Besides, I still have completed films waiting to be released."

"Is that so? I saw reports a couple of days ago saying you were going to join a certain director's production. It was a male-male project, and I heard there were quite a few intimate scenes."

Shen Chi had not expected Su Nanxing to have noticed that report. After a pause, he said, "A script was sent to me, but I turned it down."

Su Nanxing turned to look at Shen Chi. "Why? You don't like male-male projects, or is it because of the intimate scenes?"

Shen Chi found an excuse, saying he did not like the script. In truth, it was because of those intimate scenes. He did not want to film that kind of scene with another man, and the script really was rather ordinary as well.

Not long after they finished talking, Shen Can came over. He had already explained most of his requirements. All that remained was to see whether Yang Jing had any requests. Shen Can had given both sides each other's contact information and told them to communicate on their own first.

The first thing this studio would release was the game Yang Jing and the others had prepared earlier. Only afterward would they work on the game Shen Can had in mind.

Su Nanxing had specially come out to accompany him while he looked at locations, so Shen Can naturally would not let him simply head back. He invited Su Nanxing to dinner.

At the dinner table, Shen Can looked at Su Nanxing, then at Shen Chi. How strange. They barely snapped at each other today. Is it really because Su Nanxing and I have become friends, so Shen Chi feels too embarrassed to pick on him?

The two silently heard Shen Can's thoughts. After learning what would happen in the Original Plot, they could not immediately return to how they used to interact.

After dinner, Shen Can and Shen Chi drove home. Shen Chi had originally wanted to offer Su Nanxing a ride, but Su Nanxing had driven himself, so there was no need.

The wealthy circles paid considerable attention to the Shen Household, and Shen Can was someone none of them really knew.

Everyone was curious about what this young master of the Shen Household, who had just returned from abroad, would do. Would he simply live as a young master and collect company dividends, or would he develop his own career?

So, once they learned Shen Can was making games, they could not help but pay some attention. They had assumed Shen Can's parents and brothers from the Shen Household were supporting him, but who would have thought that Huo Xi was the investor? Had Huo Xi invested merely because he had a good relationship with Shen Yu?

It was too shocking. Or perhaps Shen Can actually had some real ability. All the wealthy families watched to see how things would develop. If he lost money, it would be quite amusing.

At the Zhou Household, Shen Keke angrily smashed a bowl. Shen Can had actually started his own career already. Meanwhile, he was still trapped in the Zhou Household. If only he were Shen Can.

He would have a wealthy family background and wonderful older brothers. Even his brothers' friends would look after him because of their relationship with his brothers. What was Shen Can better at than him? Wasn't it just that Shen Can had been born into a better family?

Shen Keke kept cursing without noticing someone listening behind him. When he was startled, he wanted to curse but did not dare to. After all, that person was Zhou Jingxuan's grandmother.

That old woman was truly strange. He had never seen anyone move into her son-in-law's home with her daughter. She was always picking at his faults, and he was sick to death of it. But even the Zhou Patriarch treated her with great respect, so there was nothing he could do no matter how annoyed he was.

"Is what you just said true? Huo Xi invested in the Shen Household's son who just returned from abroad?" Looking at the woman whose anger seemed to come from nowhere, Shen Keke did not understand what was going on and told her everything exactly as it had happened.

She was starting to lose her composure. Not only had Huo Corporation carried out massive personnel changes, several shareholders had also been kicked out of Huo Corporation.

Huo Xi was far too bold. His grandfather was not even dead yet, and he already dared to touch his grandfather's people.

And there was his mother. She had tolerated her traveling and having fun everywhere in the past, but now she had taken a liking to attending auctions. For the past few days, the news had been full of whatever she had bought at auction.

His mother spent money like this, and Huo Xi did not stop her? Was he just going to let his mother squander it? Wouldn't it be better to use that money for business or something?

Never mind his mother. Now Huo Xi was starting to fool around too. A young master who had only just returned to the country was obviously just opening a company for fun. Didn't the Shen Household know how to invest in him themselves? Why did Huo Xi need to invest?

When the Zhou Household had dinner, they inevitably discussed the matter as well. Thinking of the recent rumors about the Huo Household, Zhou Jingxuan said enviously, "The Huo Household is really rich. They have so much money to start this project and that project, investing in this and investing in that."

Zhou Hongyuan, the Zhou father, also said, "Exactly. Who would have known if this hadn't gotten out? It's a shame we have no connection with the Huo Household. Otherwise, we could have made some money along with them."

Thinking of something, Zhou Jingxuan added, "They'll only be comfortable for a while longer. A friend of mine in the news industry told me that the Patriarch Huo is sick. Quite a few well-informed shareholders have been quietly selling off Huo Corporation stock, and Huo Corporation's stock market has already become a little unstable today."

"Is that news accurate? But even if it is, it doesn't matter. It's normal for the stock market to fluctuate when someone who made major contributions to a company and has a high profile falls ill or dies. It will stabilize after fluctuating for a while. After all, doesn't Huo Corporation still have Huo Xi?"

Zhou Hongyuan asked about it, then did not pay it much mind. It had nothing to do with the Zhou Household anyway. As long as Huo Xi was at Huo Corporation, nothing would happen. If they wanted to profit from someone else's downfall, they should not be setting their sights on the Huo Household.