Chapter 95

Chen Mo smiled.

"Hey, hey, it should be me thanking you. With your current popularity, haha..."

Li An laughed heartily at this point.

Following this, after the group chatted for a while longer, Li An checked the time and, seeing it was getting late, took his people and left.

They soon walked out of the hotel.

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

"Mm, good."

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

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

Half an hour later, Zhang Ziyi returned to the hotel by car.

She then headed straight for Chen Mo's room.

Arriving at the door, Zhang Ziyi knocked.

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

Zhang Ziyi knocked a few times at the door, a look of disappointment appearing on her face, and finally, she left helplessly.

The next day.

Chen Mo got up, washed up, and changed into more formal attire.

Before long, the staff sent by Li An came to knock on the door.

Chen Mo then followed the staff to the premiere.

At this moment, at the premiere venue.

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

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

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

The premiere ceremony was 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 out.

The reporters on both sides of the red carpet, who had been filming 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 the UK filming *Harry Potter 2*?"

"Is Director Li An's relationship with Chen Mo that good?"

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

"Chen Mo! Look here!"

Everyone discussed while snapping photos.

Ahead of him, the guests who had previously walked the carpet turned to look at Chen Mo behind them.

Everyone's expressions were complex; some were curious, some envious.

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

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

And that was a conservative estimate!

Soon, Chen Mo finished walking the red carpet and signed his name on the poster.

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

Soon, the premiere began...

The film started playing.

In his past life, Chen Mo had seen this film while in Los Angeles. After watching it, he had even harbored a "kung fu dream," but at the time, he had been unable to pursue his dreams because he had to pay off his family's debts.

In this life, seeing the film again, he felt nothing but an analysis of every shot.

The hour-plus film ended quickly.

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

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

Seeing Chen Mo return, Anita Mui smiled and waved at him: "Mo Mo, you've returned just in time. Come over and hear about the situation with your album recently."

"Ah, oh."

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

Wang Huimin then repeated the album situation she had just described.

Wang Huimin said: "From the release until now, three months in, the total sales in Southeast Asia have already exceeded 17 million. It reached 12 million in the first month, but it started to decline in the following two months."

"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 10 million copies, one can obtain Diamond record status.

"Right, there is one more thing, also from last week. Two very good singers emerged in Wanwan, one named Sun Yanzi and one named Zhou Jielun. The records they released are very popular in Xiangjiang and Wanwan, and our *Bamboo Horse* sales decline is partly due to this reason."

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

After listening to Wang Huimin, Chen Mo smiled and said: "Sister Huimin is amazing, the 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, using her for these statistics was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—a waste of talent.

Anita Mui, sitting nearby, smiled and rolled her eyes at Chen Mo: "That's the current situation for this album. I think sales will definitely exceed 20 million by the end of the year. By then, there will surely be many awards sending you invitations. You must set aside some time to go and collect them."

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

Anita Mui added: "Right, also, don't neglect the North American music scene. The *Green Plum* album you released previously allowed you to gain a firm foothold in the music scene; you can't drop it. When you have free time, 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 to the UK for the *Harry Potter* film crew.

While Chen Mo was leaving, major entertainment newspapers in mainland China were reporting on Chen Mo's appearance at the *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* premiere yesterday.

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 viewers sometimes wonder if Chen Mo was even a mainland actor.

"Chen Mo makes a high-profile appearance at the premiere! Does this signal an imminent return to develop in the country?"

"Chen Mo appears at the 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 the UK at the *Harry Potter* film crew by plane.

After arriving at the set, Chen Mo began his life with the crew again.

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 up filming.

At the wrap-up party that night, 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.