Chapter 161

Chen Mo smiled.

"Hey, hey, it should be me thanking you instead. Your popularity right now, haha..."

Li An laughed heartily when he reached this point.

After the few of them chatted for a while longer, Li An checked the time and, seeing it wasn't early, took his people and left.

They quickly walked out of the hotel.

Hearing Zhang Ziyi rolled her eyes and said, "Director, if there's nothing else, I'll be going first."

"Mm, alright."

Li An looked at Hearing Zhang Ziyi, his gaze carrying a hint of intrigue, and said with a smile.

Hearing Zhang Ziyi also nodded with a smile, then hailed a taxi and left.

Half an hour later, Hearing Zhang Ziyi took a car back to the hotel.

She then headed straight for Chen Mo's room.

Arriving at the door, Hearing Zhang Ziyi knocked.

But by this moment, Chen Mo had already fallen asleep.

After knocking a few times, Hearing Zhang Ziyi's face showed disappointment, and she finally left helplessly.

The next day.

Chen Mo got up, washed up, and then changed into a more formal outfit.

Not long after, a staff member sent by Li An came to knock on the door.

Chen Mo then followed the staff member to the premiere.

And at this moment, at the premiere venue.

A red carpet was laid out at the cinema entrance, with reporters from various entertainment newspapers from the mainland on both sides.

On the red carpet, invited guests walked along, enjoying an atmosphere similar to an awards ceremony.

At the very front of the red carpet, Li An, accompanied by several lead actors from *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*, smiled and welcomed the arriving guests.

A premiere ceremony is actually just a store opening celebration, only this store would only be open for twenty days.

"Director, I just asked; Chen Mo and his group will be here immediately."

A staff member walked over and whispered to Li An.

Li An nodded with a smile.

Five minutes later.

A nanny van pulled up to the side of the red carpet.

The door opened, and Chen Mo stepped down.

The reporters on both sides of the red carpet, who had been photographing the previous guests, were suddenly struck with surprise upon seeing Chen Mo. They immediately aimed their cameras at him and began frantically pressing their shutter buttons.

"Chen Mo!"

"Holy crap! It's Chen Mo!"

"Who invited Chen Mo? Wasn't it said he was in England filming *Harry Potter 2*?"

"Director Li An and Chen Mo have such a good relationship?"

"It must be Hearing Zhang Ziyi! A while ago, Hearing Zhang Ziyi, along with Cheng Long and Gong Li, attended Chen Mo's *Harry Potter* premiere ceremony."

"Chen Mo! Look here!"

Everyone discussed while snapping photos.

Ahead of him, the guests who had walked the carpet earlier all looked back at Chen Mo.

Everyone's expression was complex; some were curious, some envious.

Li An watched this scene with a face full of smiles; he could imagine that Chen Mo's appearance this time would earn their film plenty of attention!

One could even say that Chen Mo's appearance would add at least ten million to the film's box office!

And that was only a conservative estimate!

Chen Mo quickly finished walking the red carpet and then signed his name on the poster.

After signing, Chen Mo came before Director Li An, the two chatted with smiles, and then they walked inside together.

Soon, the premiere began...

The movie started playing.

In his past life, Chen Mo had seen this movie while in Los Angeles. After finishing it, he even had dreams of kung fu, but at the time, in order to pay off the debts his family owed, he couldn't pursue those dreams.

In this life, seeing the film again, he had nothing in his heart but an analysis of every single shot.

The hour-plus movie ended quickly.

After bidding farewell to Li An and the others, Chen Mo left the premiere and took a flight to Xiangjiang.

Upon arriving at Mei Yanfang's residence, Mei Yanfang was currently discussing Chen Mo's album with Wang Huimin.

Seeing Chen Mo return, Mei Yanfang smiled and waved him over: "Momo, you've returned just in time. Come over and hear about the situation with your album lately."

"Ah, oh."

Chen Mo nodded and walked over to the sofa to sit down.

Wang Huimin then repeated the album status she had been discussing.

Wang Huimin said: "From the release until now, three months have passed. Total sales in Southeast Asia have already broken seventeen million. In the first month alone, it reached twelve million, but the following two months saw a decline."

"Actually, the decline isn't strange, because the results are already good enough!"

"Additionally, last week, the Asian Music Association officially certified *Bamboo Horse* as reaching Diamond Record status!"

Diamond status means that once sales reach ten million copies, one can obtain the Diamond Record level.

"Right, there's one more thing, also from last week. Two very good singers emerged in Taiwan; one is named Sun Yanzi, the other Zhou Jielun. The records they released are very hot in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and our *Bamboo Horse* sales decline is partly due to this."

Having said this, Wang Huimin paused and added: "Of course, the impact these two had on *Bamboo Horse*'s sales is very small."

After listening to Wang Huimin, Chen Mo smiled and said: "Sister Huimin is amazing, the data statistics are so clear."

Wang Huimin pursed her lips and said nothing.

With her strong-willed personality, and being the person in charge of the MM Company, dealing with statistics like these was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—a waste of talent.

Mei Yanfang, sitting nearby, smiled and rolled her eyes at Chen Mo: "That's the current situation with this album. I think by the end of the year, sales will definitely break 20 million. By then, many awards will surely send you invitations, and you'll need to set aside some time to come and accept them."

Chen Mo nodded with a smile: "Mm, understood, Master."

Mei Yanfang added: "Right, also, don't neglect the North American music scene. The *Green Plum* album you released previously helped you establish a firm footing there; you can't drop it. When you're free, produce one or two North American albums as well."

"Good."

Chen Mo nodded directly.

The three of them chatted for a while longer.

The next day.

Chen Mo took a flight and left Xiangjiang, heading for the *Harry Potter* film crew in England.

While Chen Mo was leaving, major entertainment newspapers in the Chinese mainland reported on Chen Mo's appearance at the *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* premiere the day before.

One must know that for the past few years, Chen Mo had mostly been in Los Angeles, followed by Xiangjiang, and only lastly the mainland.

This made many mainland audience members wonder at times if Chen Mo was even a mainland actor.

"Chen Mo Makes High-Profile Appearance at Premiere! Does This Signal an Impending Return to Domestic Development?"

"Chen Mo Appears at Premiere!"

"The Relationship Between *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* and Chen Mo."

Reports with various headlines appeared one after another, and many busybodies were curious enough to take a look.

On the other side.

Chen Mo had already arrived in England by plane to join the *Harry Potter* crew.

Upon arriving at the set, Chen Mo resumed his life with the crew.

Time passed day by day.

Soon, it was the end of September, entering October.

Mid-October...

*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* officially wrapped filming.

At the wrap-up party that evening, a group of young actors cried their eyes out again.

Chen Mo watched this scene with a smile; after all, there wouldn't be many such scenes in the future.

After the wrap-up party ended, Chen Mo left the crew and took a flight back to Los Angeles.

And on the second day after arriving in Los Angeles, Chen Mo received news.