Chapter 531: Talent Scout

This right may seem trivial, but if they clamp down on you, it can drive you insane—there's no way you could ever enjoy a meaningful romantic journey with Wen Wen Leyu.

However, once the outsiders were gone, Li Ye frowned.

"Min, you didn't really schedule that many interviews and literary exchanges for me, did you? I don't want to deal with those people at all."

"No, Mr. Li—I've already taken care of all those exchange plans for you. I'm now a film investor, and they're very welcoming to me. Should you need anything else later, just let me know—I'll resolve all your troubles."

Li Ye looked at Min, who was acting like a loyal little brother, and couldn't help smiling: "Thanks, Min—you're very capable. I have high hopes for you~" Min froze, then his face instantly lit up with an unusual glow.

The boss's boss thinks highly of me—has my luck finally arrived?

No no no, my luck already came—it's just going to hit even harder from now on.

Four years ago, Min was a junior clerk who submitted his resignation out of fear that Pei Pei Wencong wouldn't pay his salary.

Now, Min is the deputy general manager of a multinational corporation.

Tomorrow's Min—how could Min not be happy? Ooooooo Pei Pei Wenhui and Fu Fu Yiruo arrived with another girl to find Li Ye.

"Hello, I'm Kyōjō Miyuko. Today I'm honored to serve as your guide and interpreter." The girl bowed deeply to Li Ye upon meeting him, extremely polite.

Li Ye could only politely bow in return: "Thank you. Nice to meet you."

The girl paused, then smiled: "Senior Li Ye, we're not meeting for the first time! I'm a 1983 intake international student from Kyoto University—I remember you very clearly."

Li Ye looked at the international student girl, then said coolly: "You remember me because of Nakamura Naoto?"

The only Japanese student Li Ye had ever dealt with was Nakamura Naoto, so naturally he thought of him.

But Kyōjō Miyuko shook her head: "No, I don't like Senior Nakamura. I remember you because of your handsomeness and talent."

Li Ye felt his hand being tightly gripped by Wen Wen Leyu.

O000000 Though he'd regained freedom of movement, today was the first day of the film festival, and Li Ye had no intention of going to a hot spring to relax—instead, the group wandered around the festival grounds, looking for a film to watch.

As they passed a film poster, Fu Fu Yiruo suddenly said: "Hey, this movie has Miura Yūkawa in it!"

Pei Pei Wenhui looked closely and exclaimed in surprise: "You're right!"

Wen Wen Leyu also studied it carefully, but didn't speak out in surprise.

Fu Fu Yiruo, Wen Wen Leyu, Pei Pei Wenhui, and Li Xia Yue had once all chased after "Blood Warning" together at Zaojunmiao—they knew Yamaguchi Yoshiko and Miura Yūkawa very well.

Li Ye glanced at it—the film was called "Typhoon Club," a movie about teenage students, with Miura Yūkawa playing a teacher.

"Let's watch this one later."

"Okay."

"Okay."

The girls all nodded in unison, and Kyōjō Miyuko's eyes sparkled like a starstruck fangirl.

Li Ye checked the screening time and asked: "Do you think Yamaguchi Yoshiko will come? Qiangzi asked me to get him an autographed poster of Yamaguchi Yoshiko." Kyōjō Miyuko shook her head: "Miura Yūkawa will definitely come, but Yamaguchi Yoshiko won't—after she retired from entertainment in 1980 and married Miura Yūkawa, she devoted herself entirely to raising her children."

"Blood Warning" was released in mainland China in the 1980s, but filmed in Japan in 1975—so when Yamaguchi Yoshiko gained countless fans in mainland China, she had already retired and married.

Since the movie screening was still far off, Li Ye and the others found a nearby café to wait.

But they had barely sat down when a man in a suit and glasses walked over smiling.

"Sorry to disturb you—I'm Kazumura Hachio, talent agent for Kyoto Toei Film Company. I think you all have tremendous cinematic potential…" Li Ye didn't understand complex Japanese, so he looked at Kyōjō Miyuko.

After Kyōjō Miyuko translated, Kazumura Hachio exclaimed in surprise: "You're not Japanese."

Your mom's Japanese! But after learning Li Ye and the others were foreigners, he still repeated: "Young man, you have great potential."

Li Ye looked up at this talent scout and noticed the man was staring directly at him.

"Are you talking about me?"

"Yes, sir, your potential is extremely high," Kazumura Hachio added, pointing at Fu Fu Yiruo and Wen Wen Leyu: "These two ladies are also very suitable." Pei Pei Wenhui: … So I'm not suitable, huh? Among the three girls, Fu Fu Yiruo and Wen Wen Leyu were undoubtedly top-tier beauties, but Pei Pei Wenhui still scored an 8.5 out of 10—she was definitely a cute beauty! What, you some broke talent scout actually looking down on me? Wen Wen Leyu coldly raised her arm and gave a signal.

Then two burly men strode quickly into the café.

"He disturbed our coffee."

Kazumura Hachio froze—only when the two men flanked him did he start bowing frantically and scramble out.

I was hoping to lure in a top-class girl today! Turns out I stumbled into a group of firecrackers I can't touch.

Others in the café were stunned—what the hell, drinking coffee with bodyguards? Who the hell are these girls?

Li Ye gave Pei Pei Wenhui a sly, half-smiling look. Pei Pei Wenhui said: "It was my brother's idea—he always says better safe than sorry…" Li Ye nodded: "Your brother's right. I'll have to assign bodyguards to my sister too."

Fu Fu Yiruo blinked, then weakly pointed outside at a black sedan.

"Brother, Mom said too… better safe than sorry."

Li Ye slowly turned his head toward Wen Wen Leyu, his expression asking: "Girl, you want a bodyguard too?"

Wen Wen Leyu took a slow sip of coffee and said coolly: "I'm with you all day—why would I need a bodyguard? You're the guy who can take on seventeen at once!"

Kyōjō Miyuko was dumbfounded—she knew Pei Pei Wenhui's family was well-off, but she never imagined everyone's family was this well-off! At that moment, several girls at the next table walked over with sweet smiles, chattering rapidly.

Fu Fu Yiruo asked: "What are they saying?"

Kyōjō Miyuko's face twitched: "They want Senior Li Ye's contact information."

"Tell them to get lost!"

Before Wen Wen Leyu even spoke, Fu Fu Yiruo and Pei Pei Wenhui shooed them away for the big sister.

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