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Chapter 490: Three Great Directors, Godfather

Chapter 490: Chapter 490: Three Great Directors, Godfather

Seeing Liu Meng’s somewhat resentful little expression, Chen Wei was at a loss for words.

The two of them maintained eye contact for a few seconds before, almost simultaneously, bursting into laughter.

They took it as a little joke and weren’t going to get angry with each other for real.

"Where are we going next?" Chen Wei chose to divert the conversation.

"It’s a secret for now," Liu Meng teased, not planning to reveal the answer just yet.

Chen Wei had no way to deal with Liu Meng; he certainly couldn’t force her to tell him, could he?

Following Liu Meng’s lead, they ventured deeper into the film studio, where the scenery gradually became more majestic and impressive.

He couldn’t help but exclaim, "This replica of the imperial palace complex is really well done; it’s almost indistinguishable from the real thing."

"Right? This is a one-to-one replica, and in terms of accuracy, aside from the real imperial palace in the Imperial Capital, there’s probably no other place in the world that can compare to this one," she replied.

From Liu Meng’s excited demeanor, Chen Wei could tell that the surprise she wanted to show him was most likely this antique-style imperial palace.

"Excuse me, sir and miss, we’re currently filming. Could you please wait a moment before going in?" a staff member approached, blocking the way for Chen Wei and Liu Meng.

"Sure, no problem." Liu Meng recognized the production team; it belonged to JM Entertainment and was the crew for the palace drama "Dominating the World," scheduled to air a year later.

Waiting for a few minutes was just fine. After all, they had plenty of time; there was no need to disrupt the crew’s filming schedule, and holding them up was no different from delaying themselves.

"Are they with JM Entertainment?" Chen Wei asked.

"Yes," Liu Meng nodded in confirmation.

She gestured and said, "That actress is one of the newcomers the company plans to heavily promote this year."

Following Liu Meng’s gaze, Chen Wei’s eyes landed on a female actress being rigged up with Via equipment.

After pausing for a moment, he turned back to Liu Meng and cautiously inquired, "She got in through connections, right?"

Liu Meng was somewhat surprised, "You can tell?"

She gave a wry smile and then motioned toward the man sitting behind the monitor wearing a white baseball cap, who looked to be at least in his fifties, asking, "Do you see him?"

"He looks familiar." Chen Wei nodded, feeling like he knew the answer but just couldn’t recall where he had seen the man’s face before.

"One of the top three directors of Great Xia, Guo Quanyou. The company really went through a lot to get him to personally take the reins and direct ’Dominating the World.’"

"Guo Quanyou..." With Liu Meng’s prompt, Chen Wei immediately remembered—he was indeed such a figure.

"So, that woman is his goddaughter, right?" Chen Wei spoke with a hint of subtlety, stopping just short of saying outright that there was something going on between the two, who were thirty years apart.

Such things were not uncommon in the entertainment industry, and even more scandalous stories existed.

Chen Wei might not have eaten pork before, but that didn’t mean he hadn’t seen a pig run. These kinds of scandals would spread wildly on the internet every few days, dominating major headlines. Even if Chen Wei tried to ignore it, he couldn’t.

"Mhm." Liu Meng nodded in affirmation. As the company’s CEO and currently the most popular actress, she knew far more than the average person.

"Why does it have to be him? If I remember correctly, the novel ’Dominating the World’ has a wide influence, right? The money to buy this IP must’ve been no small sum, and having her act in it would only be a waste of budget and the screenplay," Chen Wei remarked frankly.

He didn’t beat around the bush—what he thought in his heart, he said out loud.

"I know that, but there was no choice. The original author of the ’Dominating the World’ novel specifically demanded that one of the top three directors be involved in the filming before he would grant the authorization to adapt and shoot the novel," Liu Meng explained.

"The other two directors—one is currently shooting his own screenplay in the country, hoping to win international awards, and the other is involved in a Hollywood-level project abroad. Both are too busy to spare any time. Only Guo Quanyou was available, and his condition for participating was..."

Chen Wei took over from Liu Meng and said, "Let that woman play the leading role, right?"

"Yes," Liu Meng nodded. "It’s just a pity that such a good script has to be wasted. But since the project has already progressed to this point, there’s no way to call a halt midway. Being able to recoup some of the capital is still something."

"Sister, even if your demands are so modest, I’m afraid it’s going to be difficult to fulfill them," Chen Wei said, shaking his head.

"Difficult to fulfill? What do you mean by that?" Liu Meng asked, not understanding.

"That woman is going to have an accident."

"Ah!"

Before his words had even ended,

Liu Meng’s lips parted lightly, and before she could inquire further, a scream was heard.

The Via equipment actually snapped, and the actress fell straight down from a height of seven or eight meters.

"Ah! My leg! My arm!"

If Chen Wei wasn’t mistaken, the actress’s right arm and left leg had both been broken in the fall.

An injury to the muscles and bones takes a hundred days to heal. Without half a year, it would be hard to recover, let alone continue shooting.

"Jiawei! Jiawei, are you okay?" Seeing the situation, Guo Quanyou rushed over immediately, his eyes filled with concern.

Lu Jiawei, with tears streaming down her face, said, "Godfather, my arm hurts so much! And my leg too!"

"It’s okay, your godfather is here. I’ve already had someone call an ambulance. Just hang in there," Guo Quanyou said, his heart aching for her.

At the same time, he roared in anger, "How could the Via equipment just snap like that? Didn’t the prop master check it thoroughly beforehand? Who was in charge of the Via? Stand out!"

"Director Guo, it was me..." A man stepped out from the crowd, trembling as he raised his hand and buried his head deep, not daring to look at Guo Quanyou.

"You’d better pray that my goddaughter is okay, or else, leaving the industry won’t be the only consequence you’ll face!"

Leaving the industry!

Hearing these words, the prop master immediately became more anxious, "Director Guo, you can’t do this to me. I have elderly parents to care for and children to feed. I admit, I was negligent, but..."

"There’s no buts! Shut your mouth!" Guo Quanyou had no interest in hearing the prop master’s explanation.

With no alternative, the prop master began anxiously looking around in the crowd, as if searching for someone.

Eventually, his gaze landed on two men, the one beside Chen Wei and Liu Meng, the very man who had just stopped them from going in.

Based on their facial features, the two men were ninety percent similar, and it was basically certain that they were brothers.

When the prop master found the man, his eyes seemed to scream, "Bro, help me out!"

The elder brother, seeing this scene, also raised his hand to his forehead in headache, troubled immensely. He knew his brother’s carelessness would lead to serious trouble sooner or later, but he didn’t expect it to come so soon.

"Um, Director Guo, I think this matter probably has nothing to do with my brother. I know who the culprit is!" The man stepped forward.

"Culprit? What do you mean? Are you saying someone deliberately orchestrated all this, intending to harm my goddaughter?"

Hearing this news, everyone was shocked.

"Right! Exactly, just half a minute before the Via equipment snapped, I happened to hear two people saying that Miss Lu was going to have an accident! How could they know that before it even happened?"

"Who! Who is it!" Director Guo, driven to the end of his patience by the man’s hesitant manner, yelled out.