[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment":3,"chapter-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-84":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Intelligence King of Chinese Entertainment",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260387,4411,"Chapter 84","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>“Cheers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li, Dong Xuan, Guan Yue, Yin Xu, Tong Dawei, and Lin Jiachuan all raised their glasses together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today is Dong Xuan’s welcome dinner; actually, she’s been back for a while, but Yan Li was too busy before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he finally carved out some time, cooked himself, and invited close friends over—not just to welcome Dong Xuan, but also to celebrate the early success of “Conquest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Yan, you’ve got some serious skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Dawei had never eaten food cooked by Yan Li before and was surprised; Lin Jiachuan praised his older brother and boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is nothing—my brother hasn’t even made his signature dish yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Yue nodded too; she’d eaten Yan Li’s braised pork before, and the flavor had left a lasting impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, her later support for Dong Xuan and Yan Li’s reconciliation was partly influenced by that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if they got back together, she could come over to mooch meals without guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Dawei grew curious: “Old Yan, you holding out on us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’ve been busy these days, and we just moved into a new place—seasonings aren’t all here yet. If you want some, I’ll make a batch when I’ve got time and share it with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li answered half-truthfully; yes, the seasonings were incomplete, but more importantly, braised pork took too long and was too much trouble—he only bothered making it when he or Dong Xuan craved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speaking of moving, this new apartment of yours is great.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Xu picked up the thread, scanning their new rental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two bedrooms, one living room—small, maybe around 80 square meters—but the renovation was refined, and all the appliances were present: air conditioner, color TV, refrigerator, washing machine, even a DVD player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s for sure—this rent isn’t cheap, 2,500 a month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiachuan had helped secure this place; now that Yan Li had money, he didn’t bother haggling over rent—just stated his requirements, as long as the price wasn’t outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apartment was in the Beiying Xiaoqu, the Beiyingchang staff housing complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yan Li’s unit was newly built in recent years, very fresh, and since it was originally meant as a wedding home, a lot of money had been spent on renovation and appliances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, the young couple moved abroad, and their parents, thinking it wasteful to leave it empty, rented it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li chose this unit because it was right next to BeiDian—just a few minutes’ walk away, convenient for Dong Xuan’s classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, this would be their little home from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li would likely spend more time here than in Jimen, so he needed to rent a decent place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“2,500 a month—that’s 30,000 a year. Old Yan, you’ve really hit it big.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Yue was stunned; although BeiDian students weren’t poor, 2,500 a month in rent was shocking—most students’ monthly living expenses didn’t reach that number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, just small change.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li had no intention of showing off; this was a casual gathering among friends—bragging would annoy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, to him, “Conquest” had only just broken even—it hadn’t started making profit yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he actually had a few million in hand, he could show off then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yan Li was humble, and the room had a natural hype-man: Lin Jiachuan was today’s champion booster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My brother isn’t just small change—our company’s ‘Conquest’ already has satellite TV networks reaching out; yesterday I even took them out to dinner...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li glanced at Lin Jiachuan; the kid usually played along, but never this enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something’s up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after a quick look, Yan Li noticed Lin Jiachuan, while boasting, kept sneaking glances at Yin Xu—the only woman here without a male companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk. Pretending to praise Big Brother Yan, but really trying to show off himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wasted all this time following me—he’s gotten smarter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li observed Lin Jiachuan, but everyone else’s attention was fixed on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Yan, your drama’s really going to air on satellite TV?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone present was a BeiDian student, and Tong Dawei had been in the industry for a while—they all knew the basics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not every TV drama shot could be broadcast, and not every broadcast drama could make it to satellite TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Dawei felt this most acutely—he’d worked on the Haiyan drama “Jade Amulet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d expected it to air soon, become a hit, and launch him to fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But “Jade Amulet” was shelved for a long time due to its sensitive subject matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, there’d been some rumors, but it still needed scheduling—it was uncertain when it would air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His most promising project stuck in limbo, his “patron” in trouble, his career stalled—he’d nearly fallen into depression, had it not been for his recent improvement with Guan Yue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, his beloved “Jade Amulet” hadn’t even gotten a broadcast date, yet Yan Li’s low-budget crime drama “Conquest” was about to hit satellite TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It did well in Tianjin, so Tianjin Satellite is considering it, but negotiations are still ongoing—nothing’s confirmed yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li spoke modestly, but according to his intelligence network, the success rate was over seventy percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining thirty percent depended on price and “Conquest’s” ratings on other local stations and public momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satellite TV contracts were indeed much harder to negotiate than local ones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, price: most episodes sold for over 100,000 yuan; since “Conquest” performed well locally, the price could rise further, possibly reaching 150,000 to 200,000 yuan per episode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Conquest” had twenty episodes—that’s a 3 to 4 million yuan contract, not a small sum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Local sub-channels and city stations had stable local audiences; as long as the drama wasn’t terrible, ratings wouldn’t look bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satellite TV was different—it was a full-scale, nationwide battle against other satellite networks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The competition was so fierce compared to local channels’ cozy regional advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you bought the wrong drama and it ranked at the bottom nationally, you’d have no excuse—you had to be cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering these practical factors, seventy percent was already impressive; barring accidents, “Conquest” getting on satellite TV was practically guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li had even started thinking about a second satellite network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to you, Hairen’s distribution team are useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Dawei couldn’t help complaining; Yan Li smiled but said nothing—he understood “Jade Amulet’s” situation, and it wasn’t the distributors’ fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female lead, a police officer, had a romantic entanglement with a drug dealer and bore his child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though circumstances explained it, and the heroine remained morally firm, eventually the dealer was punished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the plot was too sensitive—dancing on a high-voltage wire. Just getting it aired was a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Tong Dawei’s obsession with “Jade Amulet,” the girls’ focus was much simpler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much money had Yan Li made?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared ask outright at dinner; after eating, Yan Li, Tong Dawei, and Lin Jiachuan pulled out cards to play “Fight the Landlord,” while Guan Yue and Yin Xu quietly pulled Dong Xuan into the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing her two friends’ probing, Dong Xuan shook her head; seeing they didn’t believe her, she explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Li never told me specifics, and I never asked—but he definitely made money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re clueless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Xu sighed in frustration: “If you don’t care about this, one day he loses everything and sells you, you’ll be counting the money for him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Yue agreed: “You need to know your man’s real worth—otherwise, you won’t even realize someone’s stealing him away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing “stolen away,” Dong Xuan perked up: “I’ll ask him later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Yue stopped her: “Don’t rush—it’ll make him suspicious. Wait for a natural chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guan Yue’s right. Slowly fish it out later. Right now, you’ve got other people to ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Xu opened the bedroom door, pointed at Lin Jiachuan, who’d just lost a round and downed a can of beer, smugly confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan fell silent; Guan Yue rolled up her sleeves: “I’ll cover for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks for helping him out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li waved goodbye as Lin Jiachuan, drunk and supported by Tong Dawei, Guan Yue, and Yin Xu, left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back home, Dong Xuan was cleaning the dining table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Dong Xuan in her fitted sweater and jeans, her figure beautifully outlined, Yan Li stepped quietly forward, wrapped his arms around her waist, and rested his head on her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just now, Guan Yue and the others were trying to get Jiachuan drunk—what were they up to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan gasped: “You noticed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not stupid. Not just me—even Jiachuan saw through it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li couldn’t help mocking—their tactics were too crude, their intentions toward Lin Jiachuan barely concealed, clearly something fishy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jiachuan had accompanied Yan Li to enough banquets and negotiations—he was no longer the naive kid he once was; this little trick wouldn’t fool him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why did he get so drunk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan squirmed, feigning resistance to Yan Li’s wandering hands; he grinned wickedly as he pressed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who says he’s drunk? He’s gotten much better at drinking—those few drinks won’t knock him out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why—?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think you can use beauty to trap him, but I can’t use his own trick against him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m calling Yin Xu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan reached for her phone to warn him, but Yan Li snatched it and tossed it onto the sofa, then hoisted her onto his shoulder and carried her toward the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop worrying about others—worry about yourself first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was in high spirits tonight, and it lasted a long time—poor Dong Xuan was nearly broken apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Dong Xuan lay limp in Yan Li’s arms, too exhausted to move; Yan Li, still not satisfied, kept his hands busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while of fooling around, Yan Li remembered something, took a box from the nightstand, and quickly slipped the item onto Dong Xuan’s wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan felt a cool, heavy sensation on her wrist; when she looked, a golden bracelet, about the thickness of a chopstick, now rested on her fair skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you buy this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“New Year gift. I looked around, but gold is still the most practical—gold bangles look too old-fashioned, so I switched to a bracelet; easier for you to store.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Xuan stared at the bracelet, couldn’t stop admiring it, yet felt a little embarrassed: “Isn’t this too expensive? At least a few dozen grams—that’s thousands of yuan. You need money for all your business dealings; don’t waste it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t care about this little amount. If you don’t want it, I’ll give it to someone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Dong Xuan clutched the bracelet tightly. Yan Li found it amusing, feigned a playful snatch—the bracelet, she refused to let go—and they tussled back and forth, cheeks brushing, breaths mingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Dong Xuan finally kept her golden bracelet, breathing lightly, proudly waving it in Yan Li’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t realize Yan Li, who had already been half-aroused earlier, was now stirred again by her antics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li slowly leaned closer, wrapped his arms around her waist to prevent escape, his voice low and husky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been so good to you, yet you still encouraged your best friend to scheme against my brother—isn’t that unkind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...It wasn’t my idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the danger, Dong Xuan, guilty yet nervous, immediately betrayed her best friend Guan Yue—but Yan Li didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you’re still an accomplice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Dong Xuan knew there was no easy way out. She met Yan Li’s gaze with wide, beautiful eyes: “Fine, tell me what you want to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who do wrong must be punished.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li whispered a few words; Dong Xuan’s face flushed red: “We agreed this was the last time—you’re breaking your word again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm. Won’t happen again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brushed her off with a casual lie, then coaxed and threatened her: “Good girl, if you don’t listen, I won’t be gentle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to resist Yan Li’s persistent coaxing, Dong Xuan struggled slightly, then leaned forward and slipped under the covers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1985,"2026-06-19T16:16:52.605Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a50b3f212a4fbcc3a0922fdff23b5e16fdbbda34b0084a856a27a3e4a7a7c489","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-85","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-83",405,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-cover.jpg"]