Chapter 504: Buy Out the Movie Theater's Operating Rights and Rake in Crazy Profits!

Meimei really felt she had grievances she could not voice.

The moment the doorbell rang, she panicked.

Xu Can had specifically gotten off work early to keep Meimei company; otherwise, once work got busy later, the two of them would once again be together rarely and apart often.

Two elders sat on the chairs, smiling at him; Xu Can thought for a moment, then immediately put on a smile himself.

These two elders must have planned this long ago; they probably hadn't come specially to see their daughter, but had something to say.

Meimei gave an awkward little laugh.

"My parents will head to the hotel in a bit, don't worry!"

Xu Can frowned slightly and walked over, very nervous.

He hurriedly stepped in front, "How could that be? My in-laws have come all this way, and I'd still make them stay at a hotel — wouldn't that just let everyone know I'm an unfilial son-in-law?"

"The reporters outside are watching us like tigers eyeing their prey. We just announced the fiancée news, and they're definitely waiting to catch any rumor that the two of us don't get along. I can't let them find a chance to slander you!"

The two elders looked at Xu Can with great satisfaction.

What was there not to be happy about with a son-in-law like this?

Why couldn't they just hurry up and get married?

And then looking at their clueless daughter — it really wore their hearts out.

"You're the sensible one! You have no idea how long we've talked to our daughter about this, and she completely doesn't take our words to heart!"

"Just settle in here with peace of mind. With me here, no one is going to chase you away!"

While Meimei's heart was trembling with fear, she still had to seriously raise her opinion with her parents — absolutely must not bring up the marriage topic again!

"Fine, fine, fine, we'll listen to you, alright?!"

"Seeing the two of you so loving like this puts our minds at ease!"

Western restaurant.

Xu Can politely cut the steak for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Please, you two eat first. If anything's not to your satisfaction, let me know right away — I must make sure you're well taken care of~!"

"We do have a little issue here, and we'd like to talk it over with you!"

Meimei hurriedly shot them a look of warning.

Here we go again? Didn't we already settle this last night?!

"When are you two getting married? Your father and I saw so many people online questioning your relationship, and it pains us more than you can imagine!"

She set down her knife and fork, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"Some people online say such awful things — even if we wanted to argue back, we couldn't argue them all down. Only the two of you getting married quickly can shut their mouths!"

"We, as parents, even though we know what those people say has no basis, we still don't want to be pointed at and gossiped about, as if we'd done something wrong!"

Meimei spoke up first to stop them.

"We're still young. Getting married now would only get in the way of work — how could we possibly get married at a time like this!"

Xu Can didn't shy away from any of this; even marrying Meimei wouldn't affect his work in the slightest.

He reached his hand under the table and tightly gripped Meimei's somewhat flustered hand.

"I've already put marriage on the agenda long ago. I just hadn't had the chance to tell you two yet — I want to give her a perfect wedding, not something so rushed!"

Xu Can looked gently at Meimei.

With real strength, he could hold his ground in the industry; marriage wouldn't have too big an impact on him the way it would on other idol stars!

The parents' brows instantly relaxed.

"That's wonderful! If we'd known you had this in mind, we wouldn't have had to come here and talk to you like we were forcing a marriage!"

Watching her parents' figures leave from the station, Meimei felt terribly embarrassed.

She clutched tightly at the hem of Xu Can's clothes.

Even after getting all the way back to the car, she didn't speak.

Xu Can tilted his head slightly and leaned down. Meimei was so nervous she didn't know what to say, but Xu Can reached back and pulled down the seatbelt.

"Seeing you so nervous like this — is there something you want to say to me?"

"Why did you agree to marry them? It should've been enough to let me handle it — you didn't have to agree to them to solve this big problem!"

Xu Can said nothing, shook his head, then started the car.

Meimei still didn't feel secure.

"The promise I gave them was also meant for you to hear — to let you know that in my heart, you will always be the most important. Don't be affected by all that online public opinion. I don't want any outside thing to come between the feelings between the two of us!"

Xu Can replied with great sincerity.

Drip, drip, drip.

Tears fell onto the back of Meimei's hand.

"I never knew I held such a big place in your heart. I had you wrong before — I wonder if a petty person like me is even worthy of you!"

After such tenderness, Meimei finally realized that in Xu Can's heart she was irreplaceable; those other women were only brief, fleeting blooms!

Xu Can returned to work.

The acquisition of the movie theater was urgent.

"... this... I originally planned to leave this theater to my son. You know that for people like us who work from home country to abroad, building up a foundation like this is really not easy!"

Boss Zhang was very worried.

"Of course I know. A prime location like yours is even harder to come by — being able to run several chains here, and not even being a local, Boss Zhang must have gone through a lot of hardship!"

Xu Can looked around; the more he looked at this theater, the more satisfied he became.

Sitting in a prime location with overflowing foot traffic, and constantly renovated, with no signs of decay.

Boss Zhang had maintained it very well.

To acquire a movie theater, one must start by taking over this leading district; only then will the other theaters obediently fall into Xu Can's hands.

"But from what I know, Boss Zhang has offended several entertainment companies, and several films can't secure their rights. For your theater, that's a huge loss—more and more people would rather walk a bit farther than come to your theater!"

Xu Can leaned back very casually.

If the investigation isn't clear, how could I come over in person?

"This... sigh!"

"We're all Huaxia people, so I won't hide anything from you. They exclude us outsiders, and they're also jealous that I can occupy such a big market. They scheme to push me out, deliberately leading me to offend those big bosses!"

He shook his head helplessly.

"Recently, several films can't be released, and it's been driving me crazy. Even when I send them gifts, they won't pay me any attention. I thought if I just endured it, it would pass, but they just won't let me off!"

Xu Can slapped the contract onto the table.

"The acquisition price on the contract is five times the normal price for buying a movie theater. Only because we're fellow townsmen did I offer this price, but you can't stay in this area—you have to go somewhere else to open a theater!"