Chapter 173

Hmm? Qin Jie's gaze instantly turned dangerous.

She kicked out in one stroke, sending the half-asleep person beside her tumbling off the bed.

"Hearing you say that, you sound very experienced."

That person instantly sobered up, dropped to his knees with a thud — the motion so practiced it was heartbreaking.

"My dearest wife, hear me squirm out of this… oops, I mean, explain!"

Zhang Xiaoyan heard the clattering on the other end of the phone and was nearly numb with exasperation.

Speaking of which, is this something I'm even meant to hear?

Have I stumbled upon some earth-shattering piece of gossip?

She hurriedly blurted out a line.

"Qin Jie, look at Weibo's top headlines — Su Meng's on the front page again."

Then she fumbled to hang up the phone in a panic.

Only when hanging up did she faintly hear a lioness's roar drift over from that side.

"Duan Jiangping! You son of a bitch better explain this to me clearly…"

……

Although it was already past midnight, for creatures of the night-owl variety, this was prime time.

The top headline on Weibo's hot search list suddenly changed.

A piece of news abruptly parachuted into first place.

#Su Meng takes Shi Fukuan as Master, becomes the young Master-Uncle of Deyun Society! (Explosive)#

The headline that had just climbed up not long ago was pushed down to second place, looking utterly wronged.

#Guo Dagang + Uncle Yu + Su Meng perform crosstalk (Explosive)#

For the past week or so, Su Meng's presence on Weibo could only be described as the top of the top tier.

And terms like Deyun Society and Guo Dagang already came with massive traffic built in.

Stack these together and the entire internet instantly exploded.

"Su Meng Society can do crosstalk — that doesn't surprise me, he did it at the comic convention after all — but… Deyun's young Master-Uncle? What the hell is that?"

"Su Meng's crosstalk is hilarious, I'm dying laughing."

"Most importantly, Su Meng stood between Guo Dagang and Uncle Yu and didn't lose out in the slightest?"

"Holy crap, hasn't Old Master Shi Fukuan not made a public appearance in ages? I thought he had already… ahem, ahem — who knew he'd taken Su Meng as a disciple?"

"Hahahaha, Xinghai Entertainment must be crying their eyes out — they finally produced a top-tier star, only to have Deyun Society poach him away?"

"Let me count Su Meng's titles — Master Su, Cult Leader Su, Su Qi the Beggar… and now there's Master-Uncle Su too?"

"Where are all the Deyun girls? Come pay your respects to Master-Uncle Su!"

"I hereby declare I have two idols — one is Cult Leader Su, the other is Master-Uncle Su!"

"Hmph! So many traitors! Our Overbearing-CEO fan club is on the verge of bankruptcy…"

……

"Ring ring~~~~" Su Meng's phone suddenly rang.

"Boss, it's the middle of the night — what's up?"

From the other end of the line came a glum voice.

"Um… I'm not Xinghai Entertainment's boss anymore. I've been removed."

"Mm… I'm your manager now."

Su Meng was silent for a moment, then said calmly.

"Brother Duan, you'll get used to it."

"Um… medicated oil for activating blood and dispersing bruises works pretty well…"

Duan Jiangping felt terrible all over.

This kid really is a fair-weather friend — switching from 'Brother Duan' to 'Old Duan' so seamlessly?

"Su Meng, I heard you've taken Old Master Shi Fukuan as your Master?"

Su Meng nodded, his tone very calm.

"Yeah, and I've also become Deyun's young Master-Uncle."

"Guo Dagang already said it — Deyun Society is my home, I can come and go as I please…"

"Su Meng~~~~" Duan Jiangping was on the verge of tears.

270 "The company finally managed to groom you into what you are — you're not just going to up and leave Brother Duan behind, are you?"

Su Meng's tone seemed to carry a touch of melancholy.

"Sigh… I don't want to either, but they were just too enthusiastic."

"I said I wanted to make a movie, and Uncle Yu didn't hesitate for a second — he just went off to play a corpse in it…"

"What?" Duan Jiangping sighed and said in a hollow voice.

"Su Meng, actually your Brother Duan here is the real expert at playing corpses."

"After all, you know it too — Brother Duan lives every day in deep waters and scorching flames, a life worse than death, dying and coming back to life — playing a corpse? I've got experience!"

"But Uncle Yu's a bigger name than you." Su Meng still wouldn't budge.

Duan Jiangping was nearly in tears.

"Su Meng… oops, no — Brother Su, just name your conditions straight out."

Only then did Su Meng nod and say slowly.

"I'm planning to make a movie in a while, but I don't have a film crew…"

"It's nothing!" Duan Jiangping suddenly started trembling.

"It's just one film crew, right? Our company has people!"

"Brother Duan, I'll be your producer for you, and I'll personally help you round up people and set up the crew!"

"Whoever you want in the industry to act, I'll go out on a limb and use this old face of mine to find them for you."

"I don't really need actors, I already have a pretty good idea in my head." Only then did Su Meng crack a slight smile, feeling quite pleased with himself inside.

"After all, it's just a low-budget film, we don't need any big-name stars."

"With me, Boss Yang, Liu Tianxian, Deng Ziqi, Xiao Yueyue, Uncle Yu... that should be about enough."

What? Duan Jiangping's eyeballs were practically popping out of his head.

You call that no big-name stars?

Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the words 'big-name star'?

But thinking about it this way, it seemed like he himself hadn't really contributed anything either.

After thinking it over, Duan Jiangping clenched his jaw hard, his face full of painful reluctance.

"Su Meng, even if it's a really low-budget film, you still need at least a few million, right?"

"How much money you've made these past few years, I have a rough idea too."

"How about this, your Brother Duan here still has five million in private savings..."

"What?" Su Meng immediately cried out in shock.

"You have five million in private savings? Does Sister Qin... oh wait, she's the boss now, does the boss know about this?"

Duan Jiangping choked up, and said irritably.

"I already said it's private savings, do you think she'd know?"

"Don't worry, even if it's all lost, your Brother Duan won't say a single word of complaint."

"As long as you don't leave Star Sea Entertainment."

"Otherwise, in this lifetime, let alone usurping power and reclaiming the boss's throne, I'm afraid I'll end up becoming a eunuch..."

Su Meng chuckled lightly and said calmly.

"I'll put in one million, screenwriter and director, taking 60% of the shares."

"You put in two million, be the producer, taking 40% of the shares..."

"Deal!" Duan Jiangping agreed without even thinking, accepting it on the spot.

Su Meng thought for a moment, then comforted him.

"Brother Duan, don't worry, with this investment, I'll definitely let you turn things around and reclaim the boss's throne!"

Duan Jiangping sighed, not believing a single word of it inside.

You're someone the company trained, would I not know whether you can direct a film or not?