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One of the reasons why the crew of Tianlai came to the film crew.

Sister Lin redid her makeup and styling. When she came out, the crew gave her a bouquet of flowers as usual, while Director He gave Ye Mo a large red envelope.

"You've really given me so many surprises," Director He exclaimed happily. "At first, I just wanted to invite you to be a decorative figure..."

After all, Consort Chen is portrayed as the most beautiful woman in the country. Even though the old emperor knew what she had done and was the culprit behind his sons' infighting, he couldn't bear to kill her.

If someone else had played this role, they would definitely have been ridiculed. But since Ye Mo played the role, at least most netizens approve of her looks.

Director He exclaimed happily, "People used to say your acting was bad, but now it seems that's not true at all!"

Ye Mo pursed her lips, but still spoke the truth for these people, "They're not wrong, my acting skills were indeed very bad before, and I'm aware of that."

Director He was amused by her words and laughed a few times.

The crew's photographer came over to take pictures of Ye Mo, and everyone in the crew came over to take photos with Ye Mo. Because there were so many people taking photos, it took more than half an hour to take pictures.

After the photoshoot, Ye Mo changed his clothes, and the film crew finished work and got ready to go eat.

On her way to the restaurant, the crew had already posted photos of Ye Mo wrapping up filming online. Upon receiving the news, Ye Mo took out her phone and reposted the Weibo announcing the wrap. In no time, her Weibo was flooded with replies, all from fans congratulating her on finishing filming.

Ye Mo replied to a few comments, and only put his phone away when he arrived at the restaurant.

Shen Yan had booked the restaurant yesterday, intending to have dinner there after finishing filming yesterday morning. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the reservation was postponed to today.

He had naturally booked a private room. After the group sat down in the room, the waiter brought up the food and drinks they had ordered.

Drinking is unavoidable at such social occasions, but Director He is not the type to urge others to drink, and since everyone at the dinner was from the film crew, everyone basically just ate and drank, with only a few drinks during the drinking session.

Jiang Yiben, as a member of the film crew, was reluctant to attend this gathering organized by Ye Mo's side, but he still came along anyway—if he didn't come, there would probably be rumors about his bad relationship with Ye Mo tomorrow.

Moreover, after learning that Ye Mo had the Ye Corporation background, Jiang Yiben was really unwilling to offend Ye Mo any further.

Actually, he had previously considered repairing his relationship with Ye Mo, but it was just a thought. Ever since that incident, Ye Mo had been cold and distant towards him, making his dislike for Ye Mo even more apparent, which made him resent Ye Mo even more.

However, he could only harbor resentment; there was nothing he could do about Ye Mo. After all, he didn't have any remarkable background, and his current achievements were entirely due to Zhu Hong's scheming.

Speaking of Zhu Hong, she arrived at the party only halfway through the drinking session.

She was a good person; when she arrived late, she immediately punished herself with three cups of wine. Her open and generous attitude was very endearing. Only after finishing her drinks did she sit down next to Ye Mo.

Ye Mo turned to look at her and saw that although she looked glamorous on the outside, upon closer inspection, he could see a tired look on her face beneath the thick foundation. Her occasional glances at Jiang Yiben also seemed slightly somber.

Seeing her attitude, Ye Mo suddenly realized something and guessed that she had probably found out something.

After Zhu Hong sat down, she took a glass of wine and offered it to Ye Mo, saying, "Both in terms of courtesy and propriety, I should offer you a toast, Miss Ye. You've taken care of me in so many ways."

Ye Mo drank her wine, looked at her with a smile, and asked, "It seems that you've made progress on your investigation, Sister Hong."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Hong smiled bitterly, and a glint of light flickered in the corner of her eye, like tears. However, upon closer inspection, Ye Mo realized it was just his imagination.

"I have to thank you so much, Miss Ye," she said softly, glancing at Jiang Yiben, who was sitting on the left side of the large table. "Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have been kept in the dark."

Jiang Yiben was glaring at her, as if questioning her about how she had become so close to Ye Mo.

Zhu Hong calmly withdrew her gaze. Amidst the noisy eating and drinking, Ye Mo heard her say, "I can only blame myself for misjudging people and mistaking a fish eye for a pearl."

At the dinner table, everyone was toasting and the atmosphere was lively, but quite a few people ended up getting drunk.

Shen Yan and Director He drank a few more glasses. Director He, though a poor drinker, had a big appetite and a low alcohol tolerance, yet still drank quite a bit. Drunk, he grabbed Shen Yan's hand and said, "Your Ye Mo's acting is so good now, I'm telling you, she'll definitely be a huge star in the future! I just hope that when that time comes, you won't forget me and will still want to work with me..."

Once he started talking, he couldn't stop, becoming more and more enthusiastic. Even after the gathering ended, he was still holding Shen Yan's hand.

In other words, Shen Yan is a man, and a manager, not an artist. Otherwise, if someone else had seen this scene, the news that a certain celebrity was suspected of being kept by a certain director would probably have spread all over the internet by tomorrow.

In the end Director He was escorted away by the crew, muttering something as he left.

Shen Yan saw the person off, and he himself was covered in sweat.

Ye Mo finished filming and is going back to the Ye Family to rest, so the Ye Family's driver came to pick her up today. As for her luggage, it had already been moved into the Ye Family before.

Shen Yan told Ye Mo to rest well these next couple of days, because he would be joining the cast of "The Chase" in a couple of days.

"Oh, right," Shen Yan said, frowning as he remembered something, "The company might be getting a new owner..."

Ye Mo was stunned, and blurted out, "Has our company finally gone bankrupt?"

Shen Yan: "..."

He gave Ye Mo a deep look and said, "So, in your mind, our company has always been seen as a company on the verge of bankruptcy?"

Ye Mo chuckled dryly and said, "Isn't it because the company doesn't have many artists it can be proud of..."

She always thought it was really strange that their company had been able to stay in business for seven or eight years without going bankrupt. After all, apart from Ye Mo and two or three others who made a bit of a splash, the artists the company paid were basically just living off the company's fixed salaries and didn't make any money for the company at all.

Before Ye Mo arrived, their company was practically on the verge of collapse. After Ye Mo came, they finally had a respectable artist and started making a lot of money.

To be honest, the company is basically being supported by Ye Mo now.

"Our company isn't about to go bankrupt!" Shen Yan had to correct Ye Mo's impression of the company. "Although we haven't made much money, we haven't lost much either... This time, someone wants to acquire the company, and the boss seems quite interested."

Speaking of this, we have to mention the background of [Brilliant Star].

[Brilliant Star]'s boss is a second-generation rich kid who's doing this as a hobby. He's not particularly wealthy compared to large corporations, but he's actually quite rich. Therefore, he doesn't seem to care much about the company and is practically a hands-off manager. This has resulted in a very laid-back atmosphere throughout [Brilliant Star].

--The ones who weren't really laid-back have all been poached, so those who are left are naturally the more laid-back ones.

However, there have been other companies that have wanted to acquire [Brilliant Star] before. After all, although the people at [Brilliant Star] are laid-back, they occasionally have a few outstanding artists, but the boss hadn't agreed to any of them before.

"So why did the boss get interested this time?" Ye Mo asked curiously.

Shen Yan's expression was strange. "... It's as if he's saying that the other party gave too much."

Achoo!