Chapter 366: Dumplings: This Heaven-Sent Wealth Has Also Come to Me!

Noon.

This restaurant.

Lin Mo has eaten here a few times before.

It's always Feng Dao, Chen Laoshi and the others treating us here.

Cough, cough, everyone knows Lin Mo is rather lazy.

Besides, there's nothing particular about having a meal.

It's mainly convenient for discussing things.

However, Re Ba didn't come; she went shopping with Zhou Yun's sister-in-law and Qin Lan and the others.

Like Qin Lan, a star who debuted many years ago.

Their investments are substantial.

The largest portion is real estate.

Even someone with no investment sense knows that when you have money, you first buy property to hold onto—it won't lose value.

Lin Mo arrived first and sat waiting slowly.

With nothing to do, he also glanced at the group chat messages on WeChat.

He's in loads of groups.

Basically, each group has over 99 chat messages.

Lin Mo usually doesn't bother to open them unless someone tags him.

In Morning Light's artist group.

Right now they're chatting up a storm.

Oh, I see.

It's Shen Teng and Ma Li; they invited Xiao Tian, Yang Chaoyue, Chen Yao and a few others to appear on the latest episode of the variety show.

After Joy of Life 2 aired, it became extremely popular.

So all these variety shows want to invite the actors from Joy of Life 2.

And Shen Teng and Ma Li have that connection, so they definitely won't miss it.

In the past two years, Shen Teng has done fewer films.

His main work has shifted to variety shows.

Variety shows are relatively easygoing, and the pay isn't lower than filming dramas.

Well, people...

Once you have money, your motivation definitely drops a lot.

Take a look: when Shen Teng first joined Morning Light, hearing that he'd get a leading role each year made him extremely happy back then.

Now look at the present...

The levels are completely different now.

Lin Mo watched the lively chatter in the group, laughed and sent a voice message: 'Tengge, you're our company's employee number 001—you really ought to look after them!'

As soon as he sent that voice note,

the group instantly burst into lively chatter.

Shen Teng immediately replied: 'Boss, you're right—I must take good care of them!'

Tian Xiwei: 'Senior Brother, Tengge always treats us well!'

Yang Chaoyue: 'Wow, Boss, it's rare for you to have this much free time today!'

Ma Li: 'Boss, rest assured—I'm here with Tengge~'

Zhang Songwen then tagged Lin Mo: 'Boss, are you still in Yanjing?'

Zhang Songwen was also at yesterday's Yanjing International Film Festival.

He served as a judge for one of the projects.

On site, Lin Mo also chatted with him for a while.

Afterwards, Lin Mo replied, saying he would stay in Yanjing for this period.

Zhang Songwen wanted to invite him for a meal or something.

Lin Mo agreed.

Zhang Songwen is now considered a top-tier A-list star.

Thanks to Wild Storm, his status and pay have been completely boosted.

With Morning Light's resources, Zhang Songwen's current life is very comfortable.

Just then, the private room door was lightly knocked.

Lin Mo put away his phone and shouted, 'Come in!'

The door opened and Yang Yu walked in, looking a bit apologetic: 'Director Lin, I'm really sorry—I'm not familiar with Yanjing, so I'm late.'

Lin Mo smiled and waved his hand: 'Understood, understood!'

He then said: 'Please have a seat, look at the menu, tell me what you'd like to eat, and we can chat while we eat.'

'All right, Director Lin!'

Yang Yu nodded, sat down, and symbolically ordered one or two dishes.

'Congratulations, Director Yang!' Lin Mo laughed, raised his glass, and congratulated him on Hit a Big Watermelon winning the Best Animated Short Film award.

Yang Yu was flattered and hurriedly said: 'Director Lin, thanks to you, our online short videos have become this popular.'

'It's not really because of me; mainly, your animated short is genuinely well made!' Lin Mo laughed and said.

Then the two talked about their hometowns, such as their development and various changes.

Lin Mo mainly wanted to get closer, chat about everyday things.

Soon, the dishes arrived, and the two ate and chatted while having a little drink.

"1573, we old-timers meeting must drink this!" Lin Mo smiled, opened the bottle, and personally poured a cup for Yang Yu.

Seeing this, Yang Yu hastily held up his cup and stood up, his face a little awkward.

Lin Mo saw this, couldn't help laughing: "Why are you standing up? Sit, sit, sit!"

Only then did Yang Yu sit down; after the wine was filled, the two raised their cups and lightly clinked.

Yang Yu's attitude was very humble, his tone respectful: "Director Lin, I offer you a cup."

"Last year, I even took Re Ba to climb Yuchan Shan..." Lin Mo mentioned casually.

Yang Yu listened quietly, occasionally responding with a smile: "On weekends, I also organize my team to go hiking, mainly because sitting too long isn't good for the body."

"You can tell, Director Yang, your physique is also someone who often works out!" Lin Mo said, smiling as he sized up Yang Yu.

Yang Yu isn't very tall, about 175 cm, but his build is solid; at a glance you can tell he often works out.

Hearing Lin Mo's praise, he gave a simple smile and scratched his head: "There's a gym near our studio; I often go work out."

Mainly because his current work isn't especially busy.

If he got busy, where would he find the time?

Afterwards, the two began chatting about movie-related topics.

From the conversation, Lin Mo learned that Yang Yu wasn't formally trained in film; he actually studied medicine.

Yang Yu's family circumstances weren't good, but his parents have always supported his work.

When the conversation was about done, Lin Mo got straight to the point: "Director Yang, I hereby sincerely invite you and your team to join Morning Light Group. I can use my connections and resources to let you make the animation you want to make."

Hearing this, Yang Yu became so excited he almost knocked over the cup beside him.

He quickly steadied the cup, lifted it, his voice trembling: "Director Lin, this... I don't even know what to say; you're willing to invest in my studio, I'm deeply grateful, I offer you a cup..."

Lin Mo smiled and clinked cups with him: "Don't be so polite; from now on we're our own people."

All of this was exactly as Lin Mo had anticipated.

Given his current status, influence, and his connections and resources, saying this to Yang Yu was practically like a dream for him.

Even before coming to Yanjing and meeting Lin Mo, Yang Yu wouldn't have dared to dream of this.