Chapter 218: A Man's True Nature

In the afternoon, Chen Mo still felt he should go to the film company to have a look.

Although Liu Piaopiao had been placed by him as the film company's manager, she might not be able to keep Xian Shihui and those old-timers in line.

It's also possible that Xian Shihui worries that poaching people will affect his position at the film company, so he might deliberately fail to recruit anyone.

Upon arriving at the film company, Chen Mo found that Xian Shihui and the others were indeed not very honest.

Each of them was either sleeping or blowing clouds, no different from the gangsters under his command.

There was not a trace to suggest this place was a film company.

Chen Mo ignored everyone else, walked straight up to Xian Shihui, kicked his chair, and shouted, "Xian Shihui! What the hell are you doing here?"

Xian Shihui had been dozing with his head on the desk; Chen Mo's kick sent him tumbling from the chair, landing seated on the floor.

The others who were sleeping were also startled awake and immediately stood up.

"Mo Ge, Mo Ge, you've come!"

Seeing Chen Mo arrive, Xian Shihui hurriedly scrambled up from the ground.

"I just stayed up too late last night and am catching up on sleep."

Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian in the office heard the commotion and also came out.

"Mo Ge, you're here!" Upon seeing Chen Mo arrive, both felt delighted.

Chen Mo smiled and greeted Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian: "Well, you go back to the office first; I'll come find you in a moment."

Turning his head to face Xian Shihui before him, the smile on his face vanished instantly.

"I remember I assigned you a task this morning; why are you still here? Or are you unwilling to do it?"

Xian Shihui's face showed panic: "Mo Ge, I... I didn't. I contacted those people, but they weren't willing, so I've been resting in the office.

I really haven't disobeyed orders; Mo Ge, spare my life!"

"Their bosses are all dead, and no one knows what will become of the company; you go poach people, yet they don't want to come?

Are you genuinely trying to recruit, or did you just ask casually and call it a day? Don't think I don't know your little schemes."

Chen Mo's words directly sank Xian Shihui's heart to the bottom of a valley.

Faced with Chen Mo's icy gaze, Xian Shihui's legs went weak and he knelt directly before Chen Mo.

"I was wrong, Mo Ge, I was wrong; I won't dare again! Please give me another chance—I'll work hard and recruit properly."

Chen Mo scanned the entire room.

Under Chen Mo's gaze, everyone fell silent like cicadas in winter.

When Xian Shihui received the order to recruit people, these others also found out not long after.

They all had the same thoughts as Xian Shihui.

They feared that after recruiting someone, their own positions would be replaced.

"Xian Shihui, I'm giving you one last chance."

"Tell the people at Cao's Film Company that if they're willing to jump ship to my side, I'll increase their salary by twenty percent.

For each person you recruit, I'll give you a bonus of one thousand.

If you still dare to go through the motions, I don't mind throwing you into the sea to feed the sharks.

Don't think the film company can't function without you. Top directors aren't easy to hire, and there are plenty in Hong Kong who are better than you.

"Yes, yes, thank you, Mo Ge; I'll give it my all." Xian Shihui knocked his head on the floor, making a thudding sound.

Chen Mo looked at the others and said coldly, "You too—recruit one person, and you'll get the same one-thousand bonus."

Having said that, he no longer paid attention to their reactions and went straight into Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian's office.

Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian had already been waiting in the office; they also heard Chen Mo's scolding of Xian Shihui outside just now.

These past few days, seeing that Chen Mo hadn't come, Xian Shihui had begun to act high and mighty, occasionally even lecherously staring at the two with lustful eyes.

The two women had long wanted to teach Xian Shihui a lesson.

However, the two had little influence in the film company, and Xian Shihui got along better with the others, so they could do nothing.

Today Chen Mo, however, helped them vent their anger thoroughly.

Especially, this was the first time the two had seen Chen Mo discipline his subordinates.

At this moment, seeing Chen Mo enter, Liu Piaopiao immediately cheered and lunged at him.

"Mo Ge, you were really imposing just now!"

Chen Mo put his arm around Liu Piaopiao and smiled, "The underlings lack sense—just scold them directly. You're now the manager of the film company; if I don't come over, you're the highest authority here, got it?"

"Mm, I understand." Liu Piaopiao laughed and rubbed her head against Chen Mo's chest.

Chen Mo then turned to Qin Huilian and asked, "Chin, how's your script coming along?"

"Uh..." Qin Huilian hesitated, "I've written some, but I feel it's not good."

Although Qin Huilian had watched many movies and had plenty of plot ideas in her mind, she found writing wasn't that simple when she actually tried.

"How much have you written? Show it to me first, and I'll give you some suggestions."

Chen Mo knew a script couldn't be written well quickly, especially since this was Qin Huilian's first time writing one; encountering difficulties was normal.

However, for him it wasn't a big problem.

As a transmigrator, he had plenty of movie plots in his mind.

If he weren't lazy, he could himself work as a plagiarist and write a few scripts.

Qin Huilian brought a stack of paper and handed it to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo glanced at it, his face showing surprise.

Qin Huilian had chosen the case of Tian Yang Sheng and his crew robbing an armored cash truck as the basis for her adaptation.

Although this case caused quite a stir in Hong Kong, given the robbers' huge haul and the police solving it quickly,

but because it involved senior police officials and the stolen money was never fully recovered, many details of the subsequent case were not disclosed to the public.

Because of insufficient case information, Qin Huilian's script writing was not going smoothly.

Chen Mo quickly flipped through the entire script.

Hmm, this level is obviously that of a novice writer.

"Chin, you cannot adapt this case like this."

Qin Huilian's adaptation of the case is very limited, basically based on newspaper disclosures.

The case occurred, police solved it, found the robbers, arrested the robbers.

But because some information was missing, the script has some logical loopholes.

Although Qin Huilian supplemented some during her adaptation, there are still many fatal flaws.

Even if later filmed into a movie, it would still be a bad film.

Of course, it could still be released in theaters.

However, since Qin Huilian chose this case to adapt into a film, Chen Mo thinks it would be better to film it well.

"Ah? What should I do? Am I not suited to be a screenwriter!" Hearing Chen Mo's evaluation, Qin Huilian felt somewhat disappointed.

Chen Mo soothingly rubbed Qin Huilian's head, saying: "No, it's your first time writing a script; doing it this well is already good."

"However, it can still be better. Let me share my thoughts."

Then, Chen Mo gave Qin Huilian a detailed explanation of the original plot of the film "A Man's True Colors".

Of course, the names of Tian Yang Sheng and others were changed by him, and all the police-related names were also changed.

He certainly didn't want the film, once released, to attract police attention.

"What do you think of adapting it as I said?"

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he felt parched, picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip, completely unaware of Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian's infatuated gazes.

"Mo Ge, you're really amazing. If we adapt it as you said, the film will definitely be a big hit!"