You Jing had been suppressed by Lu Beichuan in the earlier stage of the novel, and then he was used by Lu Shaoyan in the later stage. In the end, all of his family assets went to fill Lu Shaoyan’s pockets. His inheritance became the capital that Lu Shaoyan used to contend against Lu Beichuan with.

“You accidentally provoked him?” Lu Beichuan thought that his wife was intriguing. “You can even provoke him?”

Ye Zhen explained, “You Jing had once pursued Meng Jie. I don’t know why, but they broke up later on. Afterwards, You Jing was so angry that he had her blacklisted. Now that our company signed on Meng Jie as the spokesperson, that’s the same as promoting her comeback. Isn’t that making an enemy of You Jing and provoking him?”

Ye Zhen wasn’t planning on hiding Meng Jie and You Jing’s matter from Lu Beichuan, but he interrupted her again.

“And then?”

“Look, isn't Meng Jie so pitiful? She was blacklisted for four years because of that b*stard You Jing. This can be counted as us doing a good deed, right?”

Seeing Ye Zhen’s expression that looked as if she was worried she would cause him trouble, Lu Beichuan was delighted.

“En, you’re right. We’re doing a good deed, so you don’t need to have any psychological burdens. You don’t have to worry about You Jing. If anything happens, I’ll take responsibility.”

Ye Zhen went to the PR Department after obtaining that reassuring answer. She walked into the meeting room and sat down across from Meng Jie with a smile.

“Miss Meng, I’m very happy you accepted our company’s invitation to be our spokesperson…”

Before Ye Zhen finished speaking, the phone by Meng Jie’s hand rang. Meng Jie hung up the call, but the phone rang again. She didn’t bother putting You Jing’s number on her ignore list because as soon as she did that, he would just get a new phone number to call her. There was nothing she could do about it.

Seeing that You Jing wouldn’t give up calling her, Meng Jie simply put her phone on silent mode and put it into her purse.

Ye Zhen noticed this.

“Miss Meng, since you’ve decided to make a comeback, let’s have a frank discussion.”

“Discuss what?”

“I know that the reason you came here today is because you love acting so much. It’s a pity that Lu Corporation can only provide you with a spokesperson position, but it can’t provide you an acting role.” Ye Zhen paused. “Actually, I can guess that You Jing is the reason why you were blacklisted four years ago. Am I right?”

Meng Jie lightly turned her head away. “We’ve already broken up.”

“But You Jing has never given up. I think that even if you announce the news of your comeback, as long as You Jing wants to stop you, you still won’t be able to get any roles.”

Meng Jie wryly smiled. “I know, but people still have to look to the future. I’ll figure it out as I go. Besides, I contacted a director I know. He’s willing to let me play the heroine in his movie.”

“Let me make a bold guess. Is it Director Ning?”

“How did you know?”

Ye Zhen meaningfully smiled. “I know that you and Director Ning were classmates, so there’s no need to guess that you have a good relationship. But Director Ning just finished his apprenticeship. He’s not famous, has no influence, and has a mediocre track record. That he chose you to be the heroine in his movie when You Jing blacklisted you shows that he’s bold. But, with all due respect, by making this decision, it’ll be difficult for Director Ning to get investors for his movie.”

This was exactly what Meng Jie was worried about.

You Jing would never allow her to make a comeback. He would definitely interfere with the filming of this movie. He couldn’t force Director Ning to not choose her, but he could have the investors not invest in Director Ning’s movie.

If he couldn’t get investors, there wouldn’t be sufficient funding and the filming couldn’t be started.

“However, if you’re willing to introduce me to Director Ning, I can fully invest in this movie.”

To make a movie, you needed money at every step. Whether it was to pay the cast and crew or the expenses for post-production and publicity, all of this required large sums of money.

Director Ning’s full name was Ning Yang. He had started off in acting school, but he had been unsuccessful due to his height, so he changed careers and served as an assistant director under a group of directors for seven years.

Although Ning Yang was currently a young director with no experience in independently directing a movie, Ye Zhen knew that Ning Yang would soon establish a position for himself in the director circle.

After all, this director, who currently wasn’t well-known, would miraculously set a domestic box office record. This miraculous box office record would bring his reputation to its highest point.

Unfortunately, what goes up must come down. It was too easy for young people that were too talented to rouse jealousy in others and get suppressed.

Ye Zhen was quite interested in this director, who had achieved short-lived fame in the novel. She also sighed that this director’s ending was being blacklisted.

“Investment?” Meng Jie was puzzled. “From what I know, Lu Corporation doesn’t have any relevant experience in investing in the film and television industry.”

“No one starts off having experience. There always needs to be a first time.” If Ye Zhen didn’t know about this decisive opportunity from reading the novel, she wouldn’t dare to extravagantly spend Lu Beichuan’s money with such great fanfare. Since she knew how the story would unfold, there was nothing to fear when she solemnly vowed, “Don’t worry. Even if you don’t believe in my ability, you have to believe in Lu Corporation’s ability.”

“I didn’t mean it that way.” Meng Jie explained, “I meant that since Lu Corporation doesn’t have any experience in the film and television industry and isn’t familiar with it, if the movie doesn’t sell well…”

“Excuse me for my rudeness, but although Director Ning is talented, he’s young and has no one to rely on. He’s even more likely to fail in getting investors because he invited you to be his female lead. When that time comes, are you going to withdraw from the cast and crew?” Ye Zhen attentively looked Meng Jie in the eye. “I know there’s risks in investing. It's normal for there to be wins and losses. You don’t have to be worried for me.”

Ye Zhen had spoken too frankly. For a while, Meng Jie was overcome with surprise. She had been in contact with many investors in the past. Not knowing the future prospects of a movie, those investors would do a lot of research and investigation before making any investments. After all, there was a chance they might not be able to recoup the tens of millions yuan they invested.

She had seen too many investors go bankrupt after one failed movie or TV show. The film and television industry was tangled and complicated. It wasn’t as simple as Ye Zhen said.

Meng Jie was silent for a moment before she replied, “Okay, I’ll contact Ning Yang and ask him what he wants to do. Mrs. Lu, it's not that I want to offend you, but I want to remind you that the film and television industry isn’t as simple as you think it is. If you really want to expand into the film and television industry, then I suggest it’ll be more appropriate for you to seek out professionals and listen to their advice and opinion.”

“Thank you Miss Meng, I’ll do that.”

Meng Jie glanced at her watch. “It’s getting late. If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first. You can contact me directly for the endorsement shooting.”

Ye Zhen stood up. “I’ll send you off.”

The two people walked out of the meeting room, side by side. They idly chatted while waiting for the elevator.

When Ye Zhen asked Meng Jie about her future plans, Meng Jie softly smiled. “Take things one step at a time. I don’t know what will happen in the future either. Maybe I won’t act again for another four years after I star in Director Ning’s movie. Who can predict the future?”

Her tone was very calm. She was the type of person that would stay calm even if the sky was falling. During the four years she had been blacklisted, she had lived peacefully. Other than occasionally missing acting, everything else was good.

Of course, if You Jing didn’t exist, her life would be even better and more peaceful.

Ye Zhen slightly furrowed her brow. She didn’t know much about the entanglement between Meng Jie and You Jing. These two people’s eight year history had been summarized by only a few phrases in the novel.

There was one thing that Ye Zhen was sure about; although You Jing was a jack*ss, he was genuinely in love with Meng Jie. Even when Lu Shaoyan had taken everything from him, he still didn’t give up on her.

Ye Zhen didn’t have the qualifications to concern herself in someone else’s relationship, but if You Jing dared to interfere in her matters, then don’t blame her for being ruthless by advancing the timeline of when he became penniless.