[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta":3,"chapter-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-336":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Playboy of Huayu: How Did a Celestial Immortal Transform Me?",{"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},2297962,4495,"Chapter 336: Little Liu's Clever Plan to Pacify the World","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-336",336,"\u003Cp>\"Little Liu, come here for a second!\" Boss Lu turned his head and beckoned to the young girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she still standing there with her neck tilted, giggling foolishly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she get a stiff neck?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Heping, representing the official Olympic Organizing Committee, teased her by name: \"Miss Liu, I asked Director Lu earlier what method would be used for tonight's technical test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He told me he would make the performance style more secular, so it wouldn't look related to the Olympics at all, to achieve a confidential effect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed at Boss Lu: \"So this is what you meant by 'secular,' right? You're using the guise of Chief Director to serve your own private interests!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Wen chimed in: \"Exactly! It had me stunned just now; who wouldn't be confused by that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying sighed: \"It's a good thing my grandniece Liang Zhouyang isn't here. She already worships Lu Kuan; if she were here, wouldn't it take nine oxen to pull her away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone laughed and teased her; Liu Yifei’s cheeks flushed red before she could even say a word, her heart filled with irrepressible joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu interrupted the teasing: \"Little Liu, aren't you going to invite these great artists to your birthday banquet? The only way to shut this bunch up is with good food!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei covered her mouth and chuckled, possessing the poise of a noble lady: \"The setup today is a bit modest, I don't know if it's improper, but I still invite you all to grace me with your presence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yimou patted Boss Lu on the shoulder: \"Let's go, let's all go join the fun and soak up some of the birthday girl's good fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth floor of the Sheraton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third act of \"Cutting Hair to Receive Guests\" says: \"Noble feet tread upon humble ground, bringing light to the thatched cottage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was originally a semi-private banquet, which Liu Xiaoli intended as a way for her mentally strained daughter to vent her emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Lu Kuan, Zhang Yimou—the two big shots of the domestic film industry—and official figures from the Olympic Organizing Committee like Zhang Heping stepped into the venue, they quickly became the focus of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, below them, given Zhang Jigang’s military rank and the status of people like Chen Weiya, even if they were in the provinces, they would be received by the Jinling Military Region and official arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the banquet hall, whether it was the business representatives invited as sponsors or the uninvited schemer Yang Mi, everyone stood up in unison, scrambling to step forward and show their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the host, Liu Yifei introduced the guests to Lu Kuan and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Mr. Cao, the Sales Director for Pepsi China, who came all the way from the Magic City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu reached out his hand: \"Director Cao, right? Welcome, eat well and drink well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Da said \"Eh\" several times in one breath, and with a very low profile, he stepped forward and clasped his hands: \"Boss Lu, I've long admired you; you can just call me Little Cao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu smiled: \"That would be too impolite. Please take a seat first; I'll come to toast you all in a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, it must be me coming over to express my respects to you. Boss Lu, why don't you all take your seats first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young director's gaze swept past Yang Mi, he nodded at her with a smile, and went on to take a table with the Olympic creative team and Zhang Heping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today's occasion was just an opportunity for everyone to have a meal together and relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi sighed inwardly, looking at the Pepsi China Sales Director who had been putting on airs when speaking to her earlier, but was now nodding and bowing like a young man just entering the workforce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even had the audacity to ask Lu Kuan, who was over twenty years his junior, to call him Little Cao...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi once again felt the disparity in life in an intuitive and concrete way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only managed to get into the Huayi Society, and because she deliberately befriended Fan Bingbing, she had obtained some opportunities to appear in fashion magazine supplements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the quality of the brands she endorsed was mostly second or third-tier; they really couldn't compare to Liu Yifei’s Pepsi and Disney.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the banquet, the guests and host were all satisfied, and everyone dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi lingered, unwilling to leave; she called her driver and assistant, telling them to find a place to stay first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also sent the photo she took with Liu Yifei at the banquet to her assistant, instructing them to retouch it and post it to her official blog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for herself, she didn't plan on leaving tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi, who had been wavering back and forth between Boss Lu and Little Liu, decided to \"feed the tiger with her body\" tonight and properly cultivate a best-friend relationship with Liu Yifei!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the situation tonight, the sharp-eyed Yang Mi decided to increase her investment in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this young director, the nine-tailed fox didn't dare to face him head-on just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His level was too high; it seemed even her senior Fan Bingbing had failed, so who was she to try?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli and her daughter saw the guests off and took photos with the reluctant fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were some bold ones who managed to get autographs and photos from Boss Lu and Zhang Yimou, and they all left in high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presumably, this would spark another wave of envy, jealousy, and hatred across various Liu Yifei-themed websites and communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan had also had a few drinks tonight, and he greeted Liu Yifei at the door: \"Go back early. I'm going to go chat about some things with Director Zhang and the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the daughter could answer, her mother, who was especially happy tonight, already expressed her concern: \"Little Lu, do you want me to make you some honey water? Did you drink too much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, it's fine, it's nothing. It's hot in Jinling, a couple of walks and the alcohol will wear off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was uncharacteristically shy today: \"Um, can I tell you something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Oh.\" Boss Lu tilted his head: \"Director Zhang, you guys smoke a cigarette and wait for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Heping was tipsy: \"Pah! Why wait a while? See you tomorrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Olympic creative team members, who were filing out, all burst into laughter; they had certainly exhausted all their jokes about this young director today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei waved goodbye to everyone with a dignified posture, then tugged on Lu Kuan’s sleeve to the side of the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... do you have the drone footage from tonight? I want to...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl lowered her head, her hair brushing against her jade-like earlobes, hiding that unfinished whisper behind a curtain of falling dark hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonlight filtered through the hotel corridor window, climbing onto her trembling eyelashes and sifting fine gold dust beneath her eyelids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight, the sentimental Little Liu spoke in a soft, delicate tone, looking up at the man of her heart before her, her phoenix eyes shimmering with lingering, shy moisture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear if it was because of the alcohol today, the sweltering weather, or because he hadn't been near women lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl before him made Boss Lu’s fingers twitch with desire, and he teased her: \"You want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he used his knuckles to tap her smooth forehead three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu stayed in character: \"Little Liu, do you want to make progress or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've seen 'Journey to the West,' right? You should know what to do; I'll explain the scene to you properly when the time comes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Say that again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shy, pure-hearted girl broke her composure in a second, her willow eyebrows arching as she wanted to use a weapon of mass destruction, but then she thought of his good performance today and let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was used to being teased, and now she just gave up: \"Hmph, 3:00 AM, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you go to sleep. I dare to go; let's see if you dare to open the door!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Fei can't possibly be on duty at that hour, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu changed his face at light speed, full of righteousness: \"Stop talking nonsense! That was just testing you. I'll have someone send the video to your email.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young director left leisurely. Liu Yifei, satisfied today, watched him with a smile, her heart filled with nothing but joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was watching the scenery on the bridge, and not far away, Yang Mi was watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xixi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" Liu Yifei turned back and smiled at Yang Mi: \"Mi Mi, it's very late today. How about I open a room for you to stay the night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl was in a good mood today and wouldn't pay any mind to any demons or monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I...\" Yang Mi was overjoyed. This trip was definitely the right choice; she could even have a best-friend heart-to-heart, and her favorability would increase by a huge margin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xixi, aren't you staying in a suite? I'll just sleep on that bed outside?\" Yang Mi put on a delicate, sickly look: \"It's a strange place, I'm a little scared...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can huddle together and whisper secrets!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei naturally didn't mind; it was a good chance to test her depth: \"Sure, shall we go back then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hee hee, let's go.\" Yang Mi familiarly linked her arm with Liu Yifei's, and the two women walked side by side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't even need to leave the hotel; they just took the elevator up a few floors and returned to the suite on the main floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dead of night, the two women, having washed up, sat opposite each other in the hotel suite chatting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi sat on the edge of the bed, her bare feet stepping on the soft wool carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei curled up lazily on the sofa, half of her jade-sculpted calves exposed beneath her silk robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held a red wine glass, her voice soft like lilies soaked in snow water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mi Mi, your alcohol tolerance is pretty good. We've almost finished a bottle of Burgundy, and you don't feel anything at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi waved her hands at these words: \"I was dizzy a long time ago. If it weren't for your birthday today, I rarely drink...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei didn't care if she was truly drunk or faking it; the night was long, and she went straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mi Mi, Lu Kuan stayed with the 'Curse of the Golden Flower' crew for several months; you two must be quite familiar by now, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi’s expression remained normal: \"To be honest, I really wanted to get familiar with him, but he was too busy, just like today...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The place where the Olympic creative team discusses is off-limits to outsiders. We could only occasionally go over and say hello when he was chatting about movies with Director Zhang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement was flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one judged by actions rather than intentions, Yang Mi had been attempting to cozy up to this great director, but she just never had a very good opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only seized the chance to stir up a little trouble regarding his relationship with his rumored girlfriend, only to be easily seen through by the higher-level Liu Yifei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Liu nodded slowly, noncommittal, and suddenly, with confidence, she pierced through this masked fake best friend: \"Mi Mi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're good friends, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, yeah, of course we are!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei rose happily, moved from the sofa to the edge of the bed, and wrapped her arms around the little fox, who was shocked to the point of pupil-shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hotel's soft mattress couldn't withstand their weight and collapsed as if surrendering locally, capturing the firm, petite buttocks of the two mainland starlets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi felt like Jing Tian on her first day on set, suddenly intimidated by the sharp aura of the \"Fairy Attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smelling the faint citrus scent on her, she was stunned for a moment by this display.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei held Yang Mi very tightly, using her height advantage to look down at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women were separated only by the extremely thin silk pajamas of summer; the heat from Liu Yifei’s body was clearly scorching the torso of Da Mimi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since we are good friends, besties, your stance should be consistent with mine, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course! Of course...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei still held Yang Mi, who was avoiding her gaze: \"Alright then, I’ll explain it clearly to you today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I like Lu Kuan, and he has feelings for me too; I am certain of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A small accident happened on this day last year, and you were there too, but looking at it now, I would rather believe that it was fate’s best arrangement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Yang Mi continue to feign drunkenness? Her flushed, pretty face showed a complex expression that shifted several times—what was she about to say to her!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, the sharp-witted Da Mimi regained her composure; this was a direct attempt to stake a claim in front of her. Since you, Yang Mi, admit to being a good friend and bestie, then your stance must be consistent with mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the matter of Lu Kuan, no matter what messy thoughts you have, please hold the bottom line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, you must also help me strictly guard against...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Liu Yifei took the opportunity to probe: \"Last time Lu Kuan was organizing the set for your *Curse of the Golden Flower*, Fan Bingbing went to visit the set, and someone sent me a message.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were on the crew at the time, who do you think... it could have been?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Mimi, in Liu Yifei’s \"embrace,\" suddenly felt the room’s air conditioning fail, her whole body burning with unbearable heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she had the drunkenness from the red wine to hide behind, so her guilty conscience didn't crawl onto her face to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi also quickly calmed down: \"What was the content of the message?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This logic was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had panicked and blurted out any answer based on her own speculation, imagination, or fabrication—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, \"It should be one of your friends on the crew, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would undoubtedly have been full of flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would you, Yang Mi, know what the content of the message was?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei raised her glass as if to take a sip of red wine; Yang Mi seized the opportunity to look up and study her expression, using it to judge the attitude of this bestie who brought her such immense pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wine washed over Liu Yifei’s lip line; she suddenly lifted her eyelids, the mascara-stained corners of her eyes looking like two flicking ink-colored koi, her crystal-clear gaze pointing straight at Da Mimi’s prying eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another silent battle between citrus and cedar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cedar Yang Mi perhaps could not yet confirm the extent of her exposure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the citrus already knew it in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei sighed and stood up: \"Forget it, I guess you don't know who it was either, so I won't mention the content of the message.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case... it’s about Fan Bingbing, your fellow disciple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mimi, how is your relationship with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi told the truth; she never lied about unimportant matters, there was no need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Telling the truth could actually increase her credibility: \"It's alright. Fan Bingbing has abundant fashion resources, and the male and female artists in the company all give her some face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even Feng Xiaogang’s wife, Xu Fan, treats her with a smile when she sees her now; after all, this kind of resource is something female stars in the domestic entertainment industry would break their heads to grab.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei nodded slowly, her eyes lingering in thought for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her goal today was not Yang Mi, but Fan Bingbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Mimi’s little tricks had long been seen through; from the micro-expressions on the former’s face during her sudden approach just now, one could see obvious guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No evidence was needed; she was the one who sent the text message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this didn't mean she had to expose her on the spot and part on bad terms after a scolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei put herself in Boss Lu’s perspective to view this matter; it was actually an opportunity to provide herself with assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In *Dragon Slayer*, the old man had utilized the internal contradictions of several pairs of enemies during his maneuvering to gain benefits for his own side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the contradiction between Yan Xishan as a local faction and the Central Army of the Nationalists;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the contradiction between the U.S. and the Nationalists, whose interests were not perfectly aligned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the War of Resistance, one such pair of contradictions was that between the Japanese and the puppet forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unite all forces that can be united; Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing were in the same company and had many opportunities to interact, which was perfect for helping her exchange information on certain things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Bingbing was the Japanese army, and Yang Mi was the puppet army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could there not be contradictions between the Japanese and the puppet forces?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't Yang Mi want to be the top sister of Huayi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By launching a political offensive against the puppet forces, promoting anti-Japanese propositions, and utilizing the conflicts and contradictions in interests between them and the \"devils,\" one could win over some puppet troops to defect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or make them adopt a passive attitude toward the \"devils'\" combat operations to a certain extent, playing a role in dividing the enemy camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was using the little nine-tailed fox to fight Medusa; in any case, she herself was unscathed—who cared if they both suffered or perished together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mimi, I heard that Fan Bingbing is very aggressive in the company now and has been wanting to get more of Huayi’s original shares. Is that true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Yang Mi was feeling guilty at this moment, and seeing Liu Yifei focus all her attention on Fan Bingbing, she found it convenient to stay out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei wanted to use the potential competitive relationship between her and Bingbing; hadn't Yang Mi thought of using the infighting between these two top female stars of the domestic entertainment industry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entertainment industry didn't raise idlers; there were no easy targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the first share allotment before the new year, Fan Bingbing and Feng Xiaogang got the most shares, and among the female artists, the second one was Zhou Xun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Xixi, you are more familiar with Director Zhang Jizhong; he is actually very unhappy and feels he should have gotten more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of this, there has been some friction within the company. Director Zhang is one of the three directors for the 'Yahoo Search Star' launching on National Day, and he is still throwing a tantrum now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi smiled bitterly: \"Actually, I don't understand it either. The original share prices given by the two Wangs are so high, yet these famous stars and big directors are all rushing to buy them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, it really makes us small artists envious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it was Da Mimi’s turn to leave Liu Yifei dumbfounded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internal secrets of Huayi revealed in her few words connected all of Liu Yifei’s previous information together, forming a faint logical chain in her mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day last year, Lu Kuan told her—Fan Bingbing is still useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the night of the Oscars after New Year’s Eve, Zhou Xun revealed during a chat—Fan Bingbing had been seeking more shares and seemed to be getting very close to the two Wangs and Deng Wendi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, she was still worried about whether it would be disadvantageous to the \"washing machine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus what Yang Mi just said about Zhang Jizhong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding Boss Lu, the degree of information asymmetry for Liu Yifei was minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew almost all of his private affairs, including many underwater arrangements, such as the Netflix and Blockbuster strategies she personally participated in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about Huayi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, when Lu Chuan and Wang Xiaolei instructed the publicity staff to cover and paste over the posters for *Whiplash*, the two companies had been in constant dispute for these four years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that until the Zhou Army fell from power last year, the two Wangs began to deliberately avoid conflict and lay low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his personality, shouldn't he have already moved to destroy the other side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was he waiting for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, had he already done something? It was just that on the surface, no one could see or see clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like letting her invest 300 million USD into Netflix and sending people to acquire Carl Icahn’s shares; all that maneuvering was just to unify the North American streaming media world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you weren't an insider like her, who could see his intentions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl had already become accustomed to standing from his perspective and using his logical habits to think about problems:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The relationship between Fan Bingbing and him went without saying; Zhou Xun was also one of the few pure female friends he had in the domestic entertainment industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Zhang Jizhong; the first time Lu Kuan showed her his fortune, it was through his introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just inviting a wolf into the house, until finally, this ruthless \"washing machine\" wiped out the entire Red Star Dock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three people who were closely related to him were all seeking Huayi’s original equity at the same time; it was hard to say whether this was at his behest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everything made sense, including his saying \"I am still useful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the use was, Liu Yifei didn't know; clearly, besides satisfying some of his needs, it was more about paving the way and planting mines for actions against Huayi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same went for Zhou Xun and Zhang Jizhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that if you weren't an \"insider\" like her, it was hard to sort these things out and analyze them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for her, didn't she only react today?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was thanks to the inspiration brought by the Netflix\u002FBlockbuster incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was very excited; she felt she had found the key point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was only one thing she couldn't figure out now: what did he want these shares for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without talking about total annihilation, after all, Huayi had several financial tycoons standing behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the current Wangjie could easily control and limit Huayi’s development; just using online and offline publicity tools to carry out soundless and image-less containment would be enough to give them a hard time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purpose of taking shares was nothing more than wanting to gain as much control of the company as possible and kick the two founders who had been at odds for a long time out of the company;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or to facilitate a market crash, doing something through the secondary market once the lock-up period after Huayi’s listing passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps it was some business cases she had learned and understood at Booth School of Business:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the shell resources of a listed company to stretch—crash—harvest and seize huge profits, and finally obtain control of the company at an extremely low cost to reintegrate and build up high-quality assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Huayi had internet capital represented by Alibaba, six major internet groups like News Corp, and Tom.com, which had Li Ka-shing behind it, as shareholders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one really calculated against the unprepared, there was a lot of room to maneuver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei racked her brains but couldn't find a way; she felt his mystery was always unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had now entered a cognitive critical point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, an individual has already completed the vast majority of information integration and analysis in the process of logical reasoning or problem-solving, reaching the edge of a cognitive breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, due to some subtle blockage, she could not complete the final epiphany.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one thing that Liu Yifei was relatively certain of now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially on a day like today, recalling the tragic stories of this day a year ago only strengthened the determination of this nineteen-year-old empress to take the initiative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is about how to sever the ties between Fan Bingbing and Lu Kuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't your so-called \"she is useful\" just about letting Fan Bingbing help you acquire more equity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if I could do it too, or if I could use Yang Mi to achieve it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does she still have any value to you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can the final layer of shackles and barriers between us be pierced through by taking advantage of the situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she had previously stated to Yang Mi, the young girl now believes that the washing machine's feelings for her are real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through these few times of fighting side by side, some sentiments are felt most deeply only by the parties involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regarding this barrier of Fan Bingbing, it is something she has always avoided and does not want to face directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is afraid that the timing of her asking is wrong, and she is also afraid of hearing an answer she does not want, unable to face each other, leading to the two becoming strangers once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei is both afraid that the washing machine is lying to her, and afraid that he is not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the excuse of being drunk, the two women ended this significant late-night talk between best friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Yang Mi has no way of knowing this significance, nor does she know that she has been shamefully labeled as a puppet soldier by little Liu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>August 25th is truly a special day; there are always some people and some things that happen or transform quite abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl lay on the bed, clearing her thoughts, temporarily putting today's major discovery aside; she needs time to carefully think of a strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the timing now is clearly not quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Fan Bingbing, she still wants to devote more energy to this role and the film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for now, she wants to enter her dreams with a smile, reliving the brilliant dream created by the LED light strips of those drones today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei gently closed her eyelids, her eyelashes casting fine shadows under the moonlight, like a butterfly folding its wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, outlining a serene smile, as if she were still immersed in that brilliant galaxy from just a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night breeze brushed against her cheeks, gently lifting a few strands of loose hair before letting them fall softly, like the trails left by the drone light strips in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It intoxicated her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeking votes! Seeking votes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",4506,"2026-06-20T06:05:19.268Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","aeb6c094aad4b4b128503133d8c9953c0406497587d37b32839ef599e2f19a13","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-337","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-335",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-cover.jpg"]