Upon seeing Guan Ming, Qin Zhiyin knew that Ye Zhen’s vision was right. This person wasn’t lacking in aptitude, he was only missing an opportunity.

“You want to invite me to be the male lead in this movie?” Guan Ming lightly swept his gaze over the script in front of him. He didn’t flip through it. “Director Qin, you won’t want to do this once you understand my current situation.”

“As luck would have it, I happen to know about your situation. You’re not working right now because you’re plagued by negative news. If it was up to me, you wouldn’t be my first choice for this role. However, my boss thinks you’re the best candidate for the male lead role and specially asked me to come in person and deliver the script to you.” Qin Zhiyin smiled. “My boss said to take back the script if you remain completely uninterested after reading it.”

Guan Ming’s agent was profusely sweating on the side. Even plucking a root from a company like Lu Corporations would give you enough to eat for a lifetime. Guan Ming couldn’t tell good from bad! If Qin Zhiyin hadn’t specifically called for Guan Ming, he would have given such a script and backer to Guan Ming.

“Director Qin, Guan Ming doesn’t mean that. Don’t pay attention to those baseless online rumors online. It's all hearsay. Guan Ming isn’t a cheater or the type to drink to excess. He doesn’t even drink!”

Qin Zhiyin smiled. “I understand.”

Guan Ming had been treading water in the entertainment industry for ten years and had seen a lot too. After a moment of silence, he asked, “Director Qin, you said your boss specially asked you to contact me as well as choosing me to be the male lead. May I ask, who is your boss then?”

Guan Ming didn’t think Lu Corporation’s busy CEO Lu would be so bored as to specially order a director to contact him, a third to fourth-line actor.

Qin Zhiyin thought of Ye Zhen’s words and quietly said, “If you’re willing to accept this role, you’ll naturally find out in the future.”

Guan Ming was silent. He wasn’t optimistic about the outcome. The director didn’t have any independent filming experience and the investor was a company that had never set foot in the film and television industry.

“Then I’ll contact you after I finish reading this script.”

“Sure, no problem.” Qin Zhiyin left after exchanging a few more words.

She had seen too many people in the entertainment industry, and she could tell that Guan Ming didn’t care about the things that happened in this industry. He only stayed out of a love for acting. And so, she believed that Guan Ming wouldn’t let go of this script.

Sure enough, she received a call from Guan Ming an hour after she returned to Lu Corporation.

Guan Ming’s words on the phone were very clear. He wanted to act.

“Okay then Mr. Guan, I’ll have my side prepare the contract, and I’ll discuss the details of the contract with you.”

After saying that, Qin Zhiyin crossed out the last name on the list. She had perfectly completed the task that Ye Zhen had given her.

However, there was no impenetrable wall in the world. As Lu Corporation’s staff continued to prepare contracts, the news that Lu Corporation was going to invest in a movie spread like wildfire.

After the media reported this news, people secretly speculated if this was the start of Lu Corporation investing in the film industry and if it would develop further in the entertainment industry.

Shortly after that news was leaked, many marketing accounts got the news that Lu Corporation was investing 50 million yuan in Ning Yang.

No one knew who Ning Yang was, and the list of his accomplishments wasn’t much. His only experience in filming TV shows and movies was only as the assistant director.

There were many people in the circle who were incredulous that Lu Corporation would recklessly throw money away by investing in an unknown director. Most of them thought that Lu Corporation had too much money and was rashly burning money by doing this.

However, if that was all there was to the rumors, no one would care about it.

During the time when Qin Zhiyin had been busy contacting actors and actresses, a new rumor sprung up online. It was that the purpose of Lu Corporation’s investment was to get attention and that Lu Corporation’s CEO had come into contact with many popular starlets for his own selfish desires.

Baseless claims were said as if they were the truth: ambiguous behavior, meetings in hotel rooms, and paying sky-high salaries for these actresses.

Many people clamored from a distance that Lu Beichuan should focus on his work.

Ye Zhen was the one that specially told Lu Beichuan about these rumors. “Congratulations on gaining the title of Despotic CEO online.”

Before Lu Beichuan said anything, Ye Zhen said with self-knowledge, “That makes me the little white lotus being kept by the Despotic CEO.”

Helpless, Lu Beichuan could only shake his head and laugh.

Of course, the way that Lu Beichuan handled these rumors, which were flying everywhere, was very simple. He had the lawyers send legal letters.

After all, it would be a shame to not put his lawyer team, which he spent an annual eight-figure amount on, to good use.

Once these legal letters were sent, certain marketing accounts were unhappy. Many people from the media publicly and secretly mocked these legal letters.

While many fans were happy their idols hadn’t fallen into Lu Corporation’s CEO’s evil scheme, one after another, many celebrities tried to probe out the situation and scout out Lu Corporation’s CEO’s views by contacting people they knew in Lu Corporation.

Outsiders only saw that Lu Corporation had never been involved in the film and television industry and assumed it would lose the money it invested in the movie. However, anyone that was clear-headed knew that Lu Corporation had a history of becoming very influential in any new industry it branched out too.

Lu Corporation had never been in contact with the Internet industry, but after acquiring an internet company a year ago, it had already developed into a big shot in the Internet industry.

The perfume company Lu Corporation acquired had been on the verge of bankruptcy, but by now, it had established itself as a brand name perfume in the domestic market.

Lu Corporation had also acquired other companies in different industries. Under Lu Corporation’s management, those companies had been steadily rising and their market shares had more than doubled since acquisition.

Lu Corporation’s CEO had robust hidden wisdom and insight. Besides, even if the investment was a flop, the loss would be inconsequential. Any loss would be painless like cutting wool from a sheep. That Lu Corporation would invest 50 million yuan in an unknown director was enough to show its confidence and determination in entering the entertainment industry.

However, for those people who had tried to sound out opinions, they were disappointed by Lu Corporation’s lack of interest in them. There were many popular celebrities that expressed their willingness to play a role in the movie that Lu Corporation had invested in, but they only received a tactful rejection.

This caused many actors and actresses to mistakenly believe that Lu Corporation was going to spend a large sum of money to invite famous celebrities in order to support this movie. After all, this was the Lu Corporation’s first step into the entertainment industry. No matter what, it couldn’t let this movie do badly.

Everyone was waiting to see the list of actors and actresses for this movie. Two months later, the result shocked everyone.

When the list of actors and actresses were released, people saw that except for the actor and actress who would play the main characters, none of the other names on the list were familiar or well-known. There were even people on that list who had only played small roles before.

The actress for the female protagonist part was Meng Jie. Since she was Lu Corporation’s endorsement person, it was only naturally that the company would support her by giving her this role. People only knew about the actor playing the male protagonist through the negative online rumors ridiculing him. The actors for the second male lead role and third male lead role hadn’t done anything notable in the past several years. There was no one in the cast that could bring positive publicity to the movie. Some people did a rough calculation for the total cost of the actors and actresses and estimated that it didn’t exceed seven figures.

People in the circle were in an uproar over this. No one was optimistic about Lu Corporation’s move, and they expressed that they weren’t expecting anything good from this movie.