The moment Ji Xiaoli stepped out of the venue, hordes of reporters swarmed after her. No one bothered about Li Songyuan anymore. After all, from a journalist's perspective, he wasn't really newsworthy.
The reporters rushed in front of Ji Xiaoli, eager to extract more news from her.
Just then, a man in a white shirt pushed aside the reporters and dashed up to Ji Xiaoli.
"Investor Ji," the man said with an obsequious yet gentle smile, blocking Ji Xiaoli's way.
Ji Xiaoli's gaze swept across his face, and her slender eyebrows immediately knitted together.
She recognized this man.
He was the one who had hit Li Songyuan while riding a horse!
She remembered that he seemed to be from the crew of *I've Returned from My Trials*...
"He's from the neighboring crew. His name is Tao Guangguang," Pan Damin whispered beside her.
Tao Guangguang gave a hearty laugh and greeted Pan Damin.
Ji Xiaoli wasn't very patient. After giving him a glance, she was about to leave. She didn't have a good impression of this man who couldn't control his horse.
"Investor Ji!"
Tao Guangguang quickly took another step forward, blocking Ji Xiaoli's path again. Without waiting for Ji Xiaoli to say anything, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Investor Ji, here's the thing. Our crew is short on funds, and the operation is a bit tight. If it's convenient for you, could you...?"
He let out another hearty laugh. The unspoken words were obvious.
Ji Xiaoli rolled her eyes mentally, thinking that this guy was really good at soliciting investments. With so many spotlights on, it would be a bit embarrassing for her to refuse.
But Ji Xiaoli was too lazy to refuse. Anyway, as she had just said, she was never short of money.
Under the clicking of the reporters' cameras, Ji Xiaoli took out a check and scribbled a number on it with a flourish.
"Is this enough?" Ji Xiaoli asked, raising her eyebrows.
Tao Guangguang quickly took the check and looked at it. Surprise instantly filled his face!
"Enough, enough! Thank you, Investor Ji! I wish you all the best!"
As he said this, Tao Guangguang excitedly kissed the check and blew a flying kiss at Ji Xiaoli's back.
Ji Xiaoli was really a bit disgusted by him. But then she suddenly had a bad feeling. She looked sideways at Pan Damin and asked, "What's going on with their crew? Why did the male lead come out to solicit investments?"
She remembered that the last time she saw Tao Guangguang, he was wearing modern clothes and being "chased" by two ancient people. This kind of treatment was probably only for the male lead.
"Where's their director? Why doesn't he come out to solicit investments?"
Pan Damin let out a chuckle upon hearing this. "Xiaoli, he is the director."
Ji Xiaoli's face instantly froze, and her eyebrows couldn't help but shoot up.
So he was both the director and the actor? With Tao Guangguang's appearance, what kind of a mess would the final film be...
Ji Xiaoli couldn't help but think of what the system had said last time about her consumption being a waste. She felt a twinge of regret for her investment and sincerely repented to the system!
...
After dealing with the press conference, Ji Xiaoli drove everyone in her Lamborghini. She stepped on the accelerator and headed straight for the crew.
In the car, Pan Damin was studying their script.
Jiang Longhan, who was usually old - fashioned, did an unusual thing. He opened Weibo and checked the latest news.
He thought he should also read more news and learn about entertainment information.
However, he was in for a shock.
Looking at the pictures and text on the screen, Jiang Longhan was so startled that his glasses and eyes both trembled. "Screenwriter Ji, you... you're on the hot search!"
Ji Xiaoli frowned slightly. "Is it because of what just happened?"
Strange. Had the news spread so quickly?
But Jiang Longhan said, "No... This hot search is called #Which Man Doesn't Want to Be Kept by Ji Xiaoli#."
Ji Xiaoli frowned even deeper. "Wasn't this hot search from before?"
Wait, something seemed off.
It was different from the last one.
The last hot search was something like #Which Woman Doesn't Want to Live Like Ji Xiaoli#!
Sure enough, as Ji Xiaoli listened to Jiang Longhan's stilted retelling, she gradually realized that this was a new hot search!
"It says here that the life of the heir of the Zheng Group after being kept by you is very happy..."
Jiang Longhan said it very awkwardly.
But it wasn't his fault. After all, the content described was so shocking that even a story - writing screenwriter like him couldn't help but be taken aback!
"They said that when Zheng Nanfeng was hospitalized for the first time, you were very generous. You took him for a full - body check - up and gave him a gold bracelet. When he was hospitalized for the second time, his friends went to visit him with apples, oranges, and pears, while you..."
"You went to see him with a Vacheron Constantin watch and Armani men's clothing..."
As Jiang Longhan spoke, his eyebrows were knitted into a knot, as if he was very confused about the Chinese characters on it. "Finally, the writer said: Ji Xiaoli's way of keeping a man is very monotonous. When a man gets injured, Ji Xiaoli buys things for him! When a man gets angry, Ji Xiaoli still buys things for him! When a man is sick and hospitalized, Ji Xiaoli still just buys things for him!"
"Does it mean that Ji Xiaoli has no other tricks when it comes to men? If not... the writer wants to ask, does Ji Xiaoli still plan to keep someone else? The writer says..."
Jiang Longhan's voice got lower and lower, but his eyes got closer and closer to the screen.
Finally, he said in a cadenced voice, "The writer says: I. Can. Do. It."
Screech—
Ji Xiaoli made a sharp turn and parked the car in front of the film studio.
She thought to herself that the original words written by the writer were probably "I! Can! Do! It!" But Jiang Longhan didn't get the point and actually read it so flatly. That was quite a feat.
Just then, Jiang Longhan frowned and asked blankly, "What does 'I can do it' mean?"
Ji Xiaoli: ...
Ji Xiaoli refused to answer this question. She coughed and asked, "Um... Which account posted this article?"
"Let me check."
Jiang Longhan exited the article and looked at the ID. "Oh, it's 'Gossip Girl'."
Ji Xiaoli was speechless.
Sure enough, only Brother Xia, that seemingly ordinary man, could write such a provocative article...
Ji Xiaoli slightly rubbed her forehead. Just as she was about to get out of the car, Jiang Longhan was shocked by Weibo again.
"Wow! A hot search! Ji Xiaoli, you have another hot search!!"
Ji Xiaoli, whose hand was already on the car door, paused. "It can't be... about the press conference, right?"
Jiang Longhan sincerely gave Ji Xiaoli a thumbs - up for her quick - wittedness. Then he read out the name of the hot search in a cadenced voice again:
"This one is called—#Ji Xiaoli's Money#."
Ji Xiaoli's face: ...