Chapter 178: Going Solo

In addition to the three of them, this dinner also included Luo Dao Yuzhong, coordinator Zheng Meixin, assistant director He Xun, and leads Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai.

If Lu Yan He had invited them to this dinner himself, they certainly wouldn't have come.

Chen Ziyan hosted the dinner and invited everyone, so everyone gave face and appeared.

Chen Ziyan's primary purpose was, of course, to help Lu Yan He open up the situation in the crew, which is what Li Zhibai called "worshipping the pier."

At the dinner table, Lei Shuangcheng and Luo Yuzhong were the two people with the most say in the entire crew.

Chen Ziyan took Lu Yan He to toast the two of them.

Lu Yan He used to be a one-cup-down person, but in order to exercise his drinking capacity, he had occasionally had a little with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang over the past six months to practice, but he still couldn't drink; after two small cups, his stomach soon felt like it was burning.

Seeing his expression wincing, Jiang Yuqian knew he wasn't used to it, smiled, and poured him a glass of fruit juice.

"Slow down."

"Thank you, Sister Yuqian," Lu Yan He said.

"Little Lu doesn't usually drink, right?" Zheng Meixin asked.

Lu Yan He: "I occasionally drink a little with friends."

Zheng Meixin said: "Then you're not bad. Many young people don't drink now. Director, when you want to drink in the future, Little Lu can accompany you to drink a little."

Luo Yuzhong waved his hand and said: "I won't drink when filming, it affects work."

"It's okay to have a small drink occasionally, right?" Zheng Meixin said. "Director, you only have this little hobby, don't be too strict with yourself."

Chen Ziyan smiled and said: "Fortunately, Meixin has been accompanying the director, and can take care of the director when filming."

Luo Yuzhong shook his head with emotion, "It's also rare. Do you know how many years Meixin has been working with me?"

"Almost ten years, right?" Chen Ziyan said.

"Twelve years," Luo Yuzhong said. "When I first met her, she was just a little girl who had just graduated and was assigned to be my assistant. Now she is also a mother."

"Isn't it, I'm almost forty," Zheng Meixin said. "Everyone says I'm lucky to have met Luo Dao. I also say that if I hadn't met Luo Dao, I don't know where I would be now."

After chatting, Lu Yan He realized that everyone who appeared at this table, except for a few actors, were Luo Yuzhong's old team, the kind who had cooperated for many years. This kind of emotion could not be replaced by ordinary relationships.

Chen Ziyan said: "Speaking of which, it's also fate. Several artists I brought have cooperated with Luo Dao. Look, Shang Yongzhou, Chen Bige, Mao Bingyu, and now Little Lu is also cooperating with Luo Dao. This fate is really nothing to say. Director, I have to toast you again separately."

The phone suddenly vibrated.

Several messages came in one after another.

Such a frequent vibration frequency can only come from a group chat.

Lu Yan He opened his phone and took a look, finding that it was Li Zhibai talking in the group.

He: My family's company seems to be being acquired?

He: Did my family go bankrupt?

He: I can't contact my parents either, damn it!

Lu Yan He looked at these words in surprise, not knowing how to react for a while.

Fortunately, there was still Yan Liang, who said: Don't be anxious first, what exactly is going on? Tell us, how did you suddenly go bankrupt?

Lu Yan He: Yeah, what's going on?

Li Zhibai: A woman from JP Jewelry said it, saying that the Huanjin Group is acquiring my family's company.

Lu Yan He looked at the latest news sent by Li Zhibai and felt that something was wrong.

Yan Liang had already directly raised it: Acquiring your family's company doesn't necessarily mean your family went bankrupt. It's not the same thing. You can't contact your parents?

Li Zhibai: Can't contact them. Now searching for my family's company online, it's all news about capital chain breakage and project problems. The key is that I can't contact my parents.

Lu Yan He knew why Li Zhibai would associate his family with bankruptcy.

He inexplicably remembered the incident where someone jumped off a building in Li Zhibai's family company before.

Their family company's project funds had problems, and finally a person in charge jumped off the building directly. The person's family even ran to the entrance of the residential area to find Li Zhibai to make trouble.

Later, the matter was suppressed, and it was clarified that the problem and guilt lay with the jumper himself, who had bribed, taken kickbacks, and done many unclean things, so he jumped off the building at that time.

Could it be that this matter hasn't ended?

What exactly went wrong with Li Zhibai's family?

Lu Yan He was thinking this, but the topic at the dinner table turned to Ma Zhiyuan. Hearing the three words Ma Zhiyuan, Lu Yan He instinctively pricked up his ears.

"Ma Zhiyuan coming out to develop alone, what kind of routine is this? Isn't it good for him to stay in MX?" Assistant Director He Xun asked Chen Ziyan.

He looked very young, probably only in his twenties. Being able to reach the position of assistant director at this age, he is clearly Luo Yuzhong's direct descendant and also has strong strength.

At the dinner table, he didn't drink, and kept chatting with everyone about gossip, especially his spirit of talking about gossip, not like a director, but like a reporter for a gossip tabloid.

Chen Ziyan shook her head and said: "I don't know either. In Star Entertainment, I have always been independent, only managing my own people and things. Ma Zhiyuan is managed by Vice President Ma. I really don't know what plans he has."

He Xun tsked, "I once dealt with Ma Zhiyuan, and his nostrils were looking at the sky. Such an arrogant artist, but he is popular to death. I really don't understand why."

The male lead of 'The Golden Age,' Huang Kai, smiled and said: "Young people now like artists with personality like Ma Zhiyuan. My team told me that I don't have any personality edges, and young people don't like me."

"Idols and actors are not the same nature of profession," Chen Ziyan said. "It's also good for Ma Zhiyuan to develop independently. He doesn't drag MX down, and MX doesn't drag him down."

"Drag down? Why would you say that?" He Xun asked in surprise. "He has been in MX since his debut, growing up with MX to this day."

"MX is not just him alone. There are differences in development between each other. If some people are more popular and some are not so good, and they can't correct their mentality, the more popular person will feel that they are being dragged down."

Official announcement of going solo at 6:00 PM.

Ma Zhiyuan returned to the dormitory at 8:00 PM, and at 8:30 PM, he packed his things, carried his bag, and prepared to move out of the MX dormitory, not intending to stay for a second longer.

"Why are you leaving so late, leave tomorrow," Wei Zhuoran frowned and said.

Ma Zhiyuan only carried a bag and didn't bring anything else. Other luggage would be packed by someone later and sent to the new place.

The others were all there.

Chen Jing and Jiang Bai were sitting on the sofa without moving, while Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong got up and came to the door.

Ma Zhiyuan glanced at the two people in the living room, withdrew his gaze, and said to Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong: "Forget it, anyway, I'm leaving, it's better to leave early than late. MX will rely on you in the future." ===== CHAPTER 179 =====