Chapter 58: Principal Photography Wrapped and Malicious Rumors

The Story of a Noble Family has wrapped up!

Li Dawei was the happiest man of all. With a grand wave of his hand, he arranged a high-standard wrap party!

Although the final cut had yet to be edited, as a visionary director, Li Dawei knew what he had in his hands.

In any case, The Story of a Noble Family was a sure hit!

As for whether the television series would explode in popularity, and whether he, Li Dawei, could make a name for himself through it, that would depend on fate.

Yet, Li Dawei firmly believed that his luck had finally turned.

After all, even his first love, Jiang Qingqing, had returned to his side.

Even broken mirrors could be reunited!

What else was impossible?

And all of this was thanks to his Brother Yuan.

Brother Yuan was his personal benefactor.

"Brother Yuan, tonight we must drink until we drop!"

Li Dawei gave Chen Siyuan a tight embrace, a rather complex expression on his face.

Chen Siyuan was not accustomed to embracing men.

However, considering that Li Dawei had worked hard even if he lacked polish, he endured it.

After all, this younger brother had not had an easy time of it.

He completely understood the emotional state of a young man who had broken free from his mother's control and finally achieved success.

This was a man cursed with excessive idealism.

Come to think of it, with Jiang Qingqing returning to this brother, would she...

No, he mustn't dwell on that!

A brother's wife must not be encroached upon!

Just as Li Dawei wanted to throw a lavish wrap party, Liu Guoquan, acting in her capacity as a mother, shared the exact same sentiment.

When her son had first entered society, she had wanted to prepare everything for him.

Now that her son had succeeded, she was more than eager for the entire world to know.

Meanwhile, those seasoned industry veterans who had joined the crew solely out of respect for Liu Guoquan to safeguard Li Dawei eagerly came forward to offer their congratulations.

They knew very well who held the real power.

Consequently, they showered Liu Guoquan with flattery until she was beaming with delight.

As for Chen Siyuan, aside from Li Dawei, the director who held him in high regard, who would bother to pay him any attention?

In the eyes of artistic people, someone like Chen Siyuan was, at best, a wealthy fool who parted easily with his money—a literal god of wealth.

Flatter him a few times when you needed something, and deploy the art of deception.

Once the money was in hand, one only needed to balance the books nicely; as for the rest, who cared who he was!

On the other side, Liu Yifei and Dong Jie had finished removing their makeup and went looking for Chen Siyuan.

"Daddy, are we leaving now?"

Liu Yifei happily stepped forward and hooked her arm through Chen Siyuan's.

With the completion of her very first television series, the young girl was still brimming with excitement.

Dong Jie, standing nearby, secretly wished she could do the same and link her arm through Chen Siyuan's other arm, but in the end, she did not dare to move.

Although the godfather-goddaughter dynamic between her and Chen Siyuan when they were alone was a playful, intimate game meant to spice things up, aside from Li Dawei and Jiang Qingqing that one night, no one else knew about their relationship.

Naturally, Chen Siyuan noticed Dong Jie's hesitation.

However, he did nothing about it.

To put it bluntly, Dong Jie was merely the first "saved" little flower Chen Siyuan had plucked after returning to China.

Now that a relationship had been established, Chen Siyuan would not treat her unfairly, and Dong Jie's future career path in show business would undoubtedly be much smoother.

However, if Dong Jie expected to gain anything more from him, that was out of the question.

Perhaps her only option eventually would be to break away from Chen Siyuan and marry an ordinary, honest man.

Yet, it was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury back to frugality.

When the time came for Dong Jie to extricate herself, it would by no means be an easy task.

Once dependency took root, it was exceedingly difficult to break.

Dong Jie actually understood this truth very well, yet she still harbored a faint illusion in her heart.

As Chen Siyuan led Liu Yifei and Dong Jie away, the staff members who were busy packing up the set began to whisper and exchange knowing glances.

No matter the production crew, the inner circle was always a hotbed for entertainment gossip.

Naturally, there was no shortage of rumors regarding Dong Jie and the major investor, Chen Siyuan.

Especially as they watched Dong Jie and Chen Siyuan leave intimately together, their eyes burned with gossip.

Coupled with the rumor that Dong Jie had been recommended to the cast by Chen Siyuan, all sorts of ambiguous speculations naturally sprang into existence.

While filming was still underway, they had exercised some restraint.

After all, they still had to earn a living.

Now that The Story of a Noble Family had wrapped and their wages were about to hit their accounts, those people grew somewhat uninhibited.

"Did you hear? Dong Jie is being kept by that major investor surnamed Chen."

"Really? Don't go spreading wild rumors!"

"Psh, I saw with my own eyes Dong Jie and that Boss Chen walking into the hotel right next to us. They're indulging in nightly revelries—could it possibly be fake?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's great to be a woman; just spread your legs and you get the female lead."

"Why don't you mention how great it is to be a rich man? Just a flick of the finger and all sorts of charming women throw themselves at you."

"You guys better be careful. I heard our investor is an ace lawyer from America who has handled countless lawsuits and never lost a single one. You'd better not mess with him!"

"Psh, my mouth belongs to me. Even if he's an American lawyer, can he police what I say?"

"If he wants to deal with you, he has countless ways to do it, and he'll make sure you can't utter a single word of protest!"

"Uh... Is he really that terrifying?"

"When he returned to China this time, he brought an entire investment syndicate with him to support the motherland's economic construction. He's a patriotic overseas Chinese who has even been received by the higher-ups!"

"Damn! Let's scatter, let's scatter! Can't afford to provoke him! Can't afford to provoke him!"

The group chirped and scattered like birds and beasts.

Out in the open, they certainly stopped talking about it.

Behind the scenes, however, who knew what distorted versions were being whispered!

Beheading is just a scar the size of a rice bowl; surely spreading a few salacious rumors won't get me executed?!

Naturally, Chen Siyuan was unaware that so many people on the crew were spreading rumors about him.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

After all, in his past life, Chen Siyuan had been one of those gossiping onlookers himself.

If I damn well can't have her, can't I at least get some verbal satisfaction?

When Chen Siyuan arrived at the hotel, Wang Changtian had just arrived alongside representatives from China International Television Corporation.

During the filming of The Story of a Noble Family, Wang Changtian and his associates had not shown their faces even once, leaving Chen Siyuan to act as the sole representative of the investors.

Now that the series had wrapped up, Wang Changtian and the others still needed to attend the wrap banquet.

"Xixi, say hello to Uncle Wang!"

Chen Siyuan brought Liu Yifei forward to make introductions.

Fundamentally, this was no different from what Liu Guoquan was doing—paving the way for the child.

"Hello, Uncle Wang."

Liu Yifei behaved with utmost obedience by Chen Siyuan's side.

"Hello, Xixi! I've always heard your father mention you, and today I finally get to see you in person. I think your father was actually being too modest!"

Wang Changtian was exceptionally skilled at bestowing compliments; without ever uttering the word "beautiful," he praised your beauty from head to toe.

Most of the people who accompanied Wang Changtian were unfamiliar to Chen Siyuan.

However, the very reason Chen Siyuan had laid out his plans in advance was precisely for moments like this!

Presently, Enlighten Media stood as one of the premier forces in the domestic entertainment industry, and every sector of the circle gave them due respect.

With Wang Changtian leading the way, Liu Yifei quickly became a familiar face among numerous industry moguls.

This networking wasn't about begging for resources; rather, it was meant to convey a clear message:

Liu Yifei had powerful backing—don't even think about trying anything shady!