Chapter 1332: Chapter 692: Liu Ying Offers a Plan (2)

"Ah!" Hong Xiaodan hesitated immediately, "In that case, what if Chen Feng finds out?"

"If he finds out, just say it wasn’t on purpose."

Hong Xiaodan smiled bitterly, "He definitely won’t believe that."

"Just say you accidentally picked the wrong photo. Whether he believes it or not, he has to."

Hong Xiaodan was silent for a while before ultimately refusing, "Let’s forget it. I dare not, I’ve only just become his woman. If he gets angry because of this, it wouldn’t be worth it."

"You’re... sigh, you really are... Okay, I won’t make it hard for you. I’ll send it myself."

"Thanks, sis, I really dare not post it. Chen Feng is very harsh with me, I’m quite afraid of him."

"Being so timid, how will you ever compete with Wu Mengting and them?"

Hong Xiaodan’s tone turned weaker, "I never thought of competing with them."

"Why not compete? With your conditions, you’re no worse than them."

Hong Xiaodan said bitterly, "Chen Feng just likes them more, not so much me, what can I do?"

After hearing this, Liu Ying couldn’t help but sigh, "I never expected to marry him, but you’re young and pretty, with a good family background. And he’s your first man; you’re about to have his child soon.

You still have a good chance of ultimately becoming his valid wife, so don’t give up easily. I’ll help you this time by making Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui dissatisfied with Chen Feng. Hopefully, they won’t accept that I’m pregnant with his child and just leave him."

Hong Xiaodan laughed bitterly, "That’s impossible, at most you’ll make them sad for a while. Trying to make them leave Chen Feng? They won’t be able to because they’re not stupid."

Liu Ying also laughed bitterly, "Yes, indeed. Now their prosperity relies entirely on Chen Feng. Without him, they’re nothing, and their quality of life would significantly drop."

"So, I think you doing this will at most disgust them, possibly making Chen Feng very unhappy with you. You better be sure."

"I just want to disgust them. Back in Chen Feng’s company, they secretly teamed up to ostracize me, making me feel very oppressed. This time, Chen Feng is deliberately trying to upset me, and I’m not happy. I just want to disgust them and let off some steam."

"Alright, as long as you’ve thought it through."

...

Chen Feng returned home to Red Villa Bay where Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui were already back. Wu Mengting was cooking in the kitchen, while Sun Xiaorui was watching TV in the living room.

Chen Feng sat beside Sun Xiaorui and glanced at the kitchen, then asked her softly, "Why is she suddenly interested in cooking today?"

Sun Xiaorui smiled, "Didn’t you eat almost everything at lunch? So after work, we stopped by the market to buy some. It’s probably because it’s your first day back in Xiu Zhou that she decided to cook for you."

Chen Feng asked again, "How’s her mood this afternoon?"

"You can’t tell on the surface. But she’s still very serious and focused at work, just as efficient as before, no mistakes."

Chen Feng nodded, "That’s good."

It was clear that Wu Mengting wasn’t too affected by the breakdown in negotiations at noon.

Sun Xiaorui suddenly sniffed and then asked with a somewhat strange expression, "Where did you go this afternoon?"

Chen Feng realized immediately that she smelled Liu Ying and Hong Xiaodan’s scent on him.

If it had been Wu Mengting, he might feel embarrassed, but with Sun Xiaorui, he answered frankly, "I went to see Liu Ying."

Sun Xiaorui listened, with no visible sign of displeasure, only nodded slightly, "You should go upstairs and shower and change your clothes. The scent on you is strong."

Even though Chen Feng was thick-skinned, he couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed, as the strong scent was undoubtedly from Hong Xiaodan.

"I’ll go upstairs for a shower then."

Without hesitation, Chen Feng stood up and went upstairs.

Ten minutes later, Chen Feng had showered and changed into fresh clothes, coming downstairs again.

By this time, Wu Mengting had finished cooking, and was waiting with Sun Xiaorui.

"Mengting, thank you for your hard work. Is the meal ready?" Chen Feng greeted Wu Mengting.

"Yes, it’s all ready. There’s your favorite sweet and sour ribs and three-flavor soup."

"Then I’m in for a treat."

As they spoke, the three of them gradually settled around the dining table, where the food was already served.

"Let’s eat."

Chen Feng called the two women, and began eating first.

After a hectic afternoon, he was quite hungry.

This meal was more silent than usual, with Chen Feng focused on eating, devouring three big bowls.

After dinner, as usual, Sun Xiaorui stayed in the kitchen to wash dishes, while Wu Mengting and Chen Feng sat on the living room sofa again.

"In a couple of days, ’Green Jade Case’ will officially broadcast. Its viewership directly relates to the next costume drama our company plans. If the ratings are good, I hope to continue supervising the second costume drama. Do you have any objections?"

Originally, Chen Feng planned to continue negotiating with her, but Wu Mengting suddenly switched to discussing business.

Chen Feng could only follow her lead, "Of course not. If ’Green Jade Case’ succeeds, you’ll have contributed at least eighty percent. Assigning you the next drama is only fitting."

"However, the next drama’s investment might be quite large, with an initial budget perhaps reaching 150 million. Would you agree?"

Chen Feng slightly frowned, "With such a big budget, our company definitely can’t handle it alone. We can bring in other investors, our company will contribute at most one-third of the funds."

Wu Mengting nodded, "That’s what I think too. The biggest costs are the salaries of key actors, like Yang Ziyin. Her fee is very high, at least 600,000 per episode, and I plan to shoot 40 episodes; that’s 24 million for her alone. If we invite more known actors, salary expenses will cover at least half of the total investment."

"Your next drama plans to hire Yang Ziyin?" Chen Feng asked.

"Yes, we’ve already discussed. My next drama is tailored for her."

"Is the script already written?"

"It’s written, though currently undergoing some refinement. But the draft has been shown to Yang Ziyin, and she is very satisfied. She’s been pushing me to start the project these days."

Chen Feng thought for a moment and then nodded, "Alright then, since you’ve both communicated well, I have no objections. Just tell me how much investment our company needs, and I’ll approve it for you."

Wu Mengting nodded, then suddenly turned the topic, "If I’m willing to wait two years before marrying you, can you guarantee that after our marriage, you’ll completely break off with other women?"

Her unexpected question indeed stopped Chen Feng for a moment.