Half an hour later, Pei Yanchuan walked out of the shelter and returned to the tent.
Only the assistant director and the director remained beneath the shelter, rooted to the spot in a daze.
I own a castle in Country S. I own a castle in Country S. I own a castle in Country S...
That sentence seemed to echo around their ears in 3D surround sound.
"My goodness, how could he say that so calmly?" The director's mouth hung wide open, his face full of disbelief.
"Boss, he's President Pei. Shouldn't we find it strange if he didn't say something like that?" The assistant director shook his head beside him.
"Good heavens, President Pei actually came to me for a favor. If I told anyone about this, eleven out of ten people wouldn't believe me." The director rubbed his smooth chin excitedly.
"Boss, haven't you forgotten something?" Looking at the excited director, the assistant director couldn't resist reminding him with mischievous intent.
"What?" The director was still immersed in the excitement of having been asked a favor by President Pei.
"President Pei is our main backer and our big boss. When he says he's troubling us, he's just being polite. We never had another choice." As he watched the director gradually stiffen, the assistant director's smile grew wider.
"You have a point." The director finally snapped out of it, his upright posture slumping back to normal. When would he ever be that rich?
"But!" The assistant director changed tack.
"But what?" The director turned to him curiously.
"But with something as huge as President Pei proposing to Mr. Xu, our show's final episode is going to be an enormous hit!" By the end, the assistant director couldn't help growing excited himself.
"That's right! Our final episode is going to