Chapter 22

The crash was so loud that even Ye Haoyan, who had thrown the phone, was startled and stumbled several steps back.

"What happened?"

Yan Man rushed over at the sound. The moment she entered, she saw the mess covering the floor.

Looking at the shattered glass and the drafty window, Yan Man's fists clenched. She grabbed a feather duster from nearby, pointed it at Ye Haoyan, and said coldly, "Three seconds. Give me an explanation."

Ye Haoyan had never expected that casually tossing his phone would break the glass. He immediately lost his nerve.

But when he thought about how he had stayed up the entire night, only to fail to win his argument with the netizens that morning and get scolded into deleting his account, the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt. With tears and snot running down his face, Ye Haoyan began sobbing out the whole story to Yan Man.

Yes, Ye Haoyan was the anti-fan called Yezi.

At first, Ye Haoyan had truly been unbeatable across Weibo. He had genuinely thought Ye Zexi's fans were weak.

But who could have expected Ye Zexi to threaten his fans by saying he would leave the entertainment industry? The fans' fighting power afterward had more than doubled.

They simply refused to stop until they won.

How could Ye Haoyan possibly win against ten thousand people by himself?

Only after seeing so many celebrities speak up for Ye Zexi did Ye Haoyan realize something was wrong and hurriedly deleted his account.

Ye Haoyan had never suffered such humiliation in his life!

After listening to Ye Haoyan cry through the whole incident, Yan Man's expression grew increasingly complicated.

She casually tossed aside the feather duster and rubbed her throbbing temples.

"Why did you go on Weibo to insult your brother for no reason?" Yan Man asked.

Ye Haoyan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "I just couldn't stand it. Dad scolded me for two whole hours that day because he's famous now that he debuted! And the money for Ye Zexi to set up his studio—wasn't that from Dad too? Dad is just playing favorites!"

Yan Man pressed her lips together. "Then do you know why your father gave him money to set up a studio?"

Ye Haoyan asked dully, "Why?"

Yan Man looked at her foolish son, her gaze becoming even more complicated. With a long sigh, she explained, "Of course it's because your father wants your brother to keep developing in the entertainment industry. Now that he's staying in the industry, how can he possibly get in your way?"

Ye Haoyan said, "But..."

"But what?" Yan Man glared at him. "Your brother is staying in the entertainment industry, so what are you still worried about? Why are you still picking a fight with him? I told you before: even if he doesn't like us, he's still your brother. As long as your father hasn't thrown him out of the Ye Family, he will always be your brother. You're not allowed to call him by his name anymore, especially in front of your father."

Yan Man's face turned cold. "Clean up this room, then go to the company and help your father."

After thinking it over carefully, Ye Haoyan also felt that Yan Man made sense. His fighting spirit instantly returned.

Why should he care what Ye Zexi did? He just had to take care of himself!

Meanwhile, after finishing his novel and going on Weibo to discover that the anti-fan had deleted his account, Ye Zexi was feeling rather dejected.

When he saw all the celebrities who had helped repost the message for him, he felt even more choked up.

What works were they looking forward to?

Works where he could lie down and count money?

That was possible.

Ye Zexi thought that after he left the entertainment industry in the future, if his fans were sad, he could film a one-minute video of himself counting money every day to comfort them. That was not impossible.

Although he had no expectations of working with these celebrities and did not want to release any new works, Ye Zexi still politely replied to every celebrity who had reposted for him.

His replies were very simple, consisting of only two words: "Thank you."

Compared to Ye Zexi's simple replies, Gao Shu was much more formal.

That night, Gao Shu personally logged into the studio's Weibo account and replied to each celebrity who had reposted the message. In a joking tone, he said that he looked forward to receiving collaboration invitations from everyone and left the studio's work email.

The moment the post went up, the phone beside Gao Shu rang. It was a new work number he had specially registered after setting up the studio!

Gao Shu's eyes lit up. Could a new collaboration have come so soon?

"Hello." Gao Shu answered the call. "This is Gao Shu."

He Jinyun cleared his throat before saying, "Hello, are you Ye Zexi's manager? I'm He Jinyun."

Chapter 22

Hearing He Jinyun's name so suddenly, Gao Shu thought he had misheard. "You are?"

"He Jinyun," He Jinyun repeated patiently.

Gao Shu instantly perked up, and his tone became warmer. "So it's Teacher He. What can I do for you?"

He Jinyun did not want to beat around the bush and got straight to the point. "It's like this. I'm currently preparing to shoot a film, and there's still one role left unfilled."

Gao Shu: "!!!"

It had really come just like that!

Ye Zexi might not have any career ambitions, but Gao Shu was brimming with them!

He Jinyun had truly not expected this conversation to go so unexpectedly smoothly.

Very quickly, He Jinyun and Gao Shu arranged a time and place to meet. Gao Shu even asked him for an early version of the script, saying that he wanted to send it to Ye Zexi first.

At this point, after hesitating several times, He Jinyun could not help reminding Gao Shu, "I spoke with Zexi about filming a movie before, but his reaction..."

It could not exactly be called disagreement. He had simply refused without the slightest hesitation.

After a pause, He Jinyun said tactfully, "He was somewhat hesitant. If possible, Assistant Gao, you can read the script first. I've discussed this with Uncle Ye. He said that if you think it's suitable, we can sign the contract first."

"The chairman?" Gao Shu asked.

He had heard before that the He Family and the Ye Family had always had a good relationship. If the chairman had already approved, then there would be even less of a problem.

He Jinyun nodded. "Yes. I also showed him the contract."

Upon hearing that, Gao Shu immediately said, "All right, I'll read the script first. I can definitely finish it before Saturday. We'll meet then and discuss it."

The weight in his heart finally lifted, and He Jinyun's lips curved upward. "Sorry for the trouble."