Chapter 222: Invitation to Longwei

Leaving Lu Bin Sun's office, Chen Mo called Li Jie and drove to Longwei's house.

In the car, Chen Mo opened, "Ah Jie, I said before that after you take revenge, whether you stay or leave is up to you.

Now that you've taken revenge, what are your plans?"

Although Li Jie is a rare talent, Chen Mo has many ex‑soldiers under his command, so Li Jie is not irreplaceable.

The condition Chen Mo originally discussed with him was that after revenge, Li Jie could stay or leave as they wished.

If Chen Mo hadn't mentioned it, Li Jie might have kept doing this.

However, to avoid creating a rift, Chen Mo still thought it better to ask Li Jie for their opinion.

Moreover, Chen Mo believes Li Jie is highly likely to stay, since he can see the loyalty level on his head.

Li Jie sat in the front, driving for Chen Mo, and upon hearing Chen Mo's words, did not answer immediately.

They had previously been willing to stay only because Chen Mo knew the doctor's whereabouts and had promised to help them find the doctor for revenge.

In fact, they did not want to mix with the Triad Society.

However, after more than half a year together, Li Jie discovered that Chen Mo is different from other Triad Society members.

He neither bullies men nor dominates women, nor is he arrogant and overbearing.

Apart from cutting people down and seizing territory, Chen Mo basically does little Triad Society work, instead constantly runs legitimate business.

This changed Li Jie's impression of Chen Mo considerably.

Especially a few days ago, Chen Mo, to avenge him, disregarded danger, acted personally, and helped him eliminate the doctor.

In Li Jie's eyes, this is a favor.

The things they have done for Chen Mo during this period are far from repaying Chen Mo's kindness.

A moment later, Li Jie said, "Mo Ge, I want to stay."

Chen Mo heard Li Jie's reply and smiled with satisfaction.

"That's right. When Lu Bin Sun acquires the security company, I'll hand it over to you.

The brothers from the training ground will all be hired into the security company, then transferred to the training base over at She'ao.

The current training ground will retain a dozen or so brothers as instructors, continuing to give the juniors military training."

Since Shen Guodong recruited the second batch of ex‑soldiers, Chen Mo's military training has been halted.

The reason is simple: the training ground can no longer be occupied.

Once the She'ao training base is ready, the ex‑soldiers will move there, and the military training over in Quanwan can of course resume.

The combat ability gap between trained juniors and untrained ones is far from negligible.

"I understand; I'll arrange it later," Li Jie nodded.

Chen Mo suddenly recalled another matter.

"Ah Jie, I remember at the Jun Du Hotel that female reporter seemed quite interested in you. How are things now; have you continued to develop it?"

As for Le Hui Zhen, Chen Mo was initially somewhat interested.

However, Chen Mo has already had in‑depth talks with Ding Yao, so his interest in Le Hui Zhen, who is the same type, is not great.

Moreover, she first showed interest in Li Jie, and Chen Mo is too lazy to compete with his subordinate for a woman.

Anyway, Chen Mo already has plenty of women; one more is not much, one less is not much.

Perhaps he'll meet another woman of the same type as Ding Yao or Le Hui Zhen in the future!

Hearing Chen Mo mention Le Hui Zhen, Li Jie said awkwardly, "Mo Ge, I'm just ordinary friends with Reporter Le."

Chen Mo teased, "What ordinary friends? My eyes aren't blind. That night she was practically on top of you."

"I know you can't forget your wife and kids. But they've been gone for so long; you should move on as well."

People can't always dwell on the past; they must learn to look forward.

I think that female reporter is nice; you could try dating her, maybe you two are compatible."

Li Jie said sheepishly, "Let's talk about it later; I don't have the mindset right now."

Seeing Li Jie like that, Chen Mo didn't feel like saying more.

After all, romantic matters are very private; even if he's the boss, it's not appropriate to intervene.

The two chatted casually along the way, and after a dozen minutes, the car stopped at Longwei's villa entrance.

Having received Li Jie's call in advance and knowing Chen Mo was coming, Longwei and his son were already waiting at the door.

"Mr. Chen, your grand arrival truly brightens our humble abode; please, come in!"

Longbo was extremely warm toward Chen Mo.

He had previously heard about Chen Mo's background from Cao Charlie.

Facing such a Triad Society boss, even if his son is a kung‑fu superstar, it's still not enough to impress.

"Longbo, you're too courteous. I rashly came and truly caused you trouble," Chen Mo said modestly.

The few of them entered the living room, sat on the sofa, and a Filipino maid immediately brought tea.

After some small talk, Longbo asked, "Mr. Chen, is there any particular reason for your visit this time?"

Chen Mo, unembarrassed, said straightaway, "Here's the thing: I have a film company, and we're currently preparing our first movie.

I would like to invite Mr. Longwei to star in my film."

"This..." Longbo was suddenly at a loss.

Though he feared Chen Mo's background, he also appreciated that Chen Mo had previously rescued them.

However, Chen Mo is, after all, a member of the Triad Society.

There are hardly any reputable film companies among the Gangdao Triad Society.

Chen Mo also said that this is their company's first film, so the crew lineup probably won't be great.

He worries that if Longwei takes this film, it could affect his future development.

There are many ways to repay kindness; it's not necessary to sacrifice one's son's future.

Chen Mo knew what Long Bo was worried about; he took his bag from Li Jie's hands, pulled out a script from it, and passed it over.

"Long Bo, the director of this film is Li Yaofu, probably an old friend of yours. This is the movie script; you can take a look first before deciding."

"Of course, if you're not willing, I won't force it."

Upon hearing Li Yaofu's name, Long Bo relaxed a bit, took the script and looked at it together with Long Wei beside him.

These past few days, Chen Jia Mu revised Qin Huilian's script once more, improving it a bit over the previous version.

After Long Bo and Long Wei had read the script, they both nodded in satisfaction.

Long Wei stuffed the script into Long Bo's hands and said, "Mr. Chen, I can act. But can I play the villain in it?"

Long Wei was very pleased with the script, but compared to the lead role, he actually preferred the original Tian Yang Sheng character—he could fight, and he's handsome!

Chen Mo's face lit up; just agreeing was enough.

"Of course." Chen Mo then asked doubtfully, "But that role isn't the male lead; Mr. Long, are you sure you want to pick that role?"

"That's right. I'm a kung fu superstar; of course I want to play the one who can fight the most!"

Long Bo also spoke up: "I also think this role is more suitable for Ah Wei. Mr. Chen, let him play this role."

Father and son both approved of that role; Chen Mo had no problem with it either.

"Then let's discuss the remuneration; I don't know how much you two want."

"Forget about the pay. Mr. Chen personally came to invite us; since you've done us a favor, how could we still ask for money?"

Long Bo directly declined politely.

He thought that as long as Long Wei helped Chen Mo act in the film, that would count as repaying the kindness.

He didn't want Long Wei to have too much involvement with the underworld.

Chen Mo caught the meaning in Long Bo's words, but he had no intention of doing that.

"No, Mr. Long is a big star; it's not okay to do the film without pay."

"How about this: you father and son come to our crew; Mr. Long will act, Long Bo will be the martial arts instructor, and I'll give you a package deal—two million, how about that?"