That evening, in a luxurious private room at Min Yue Lou.

Yu Heng is also working with Qin Zhe, the director of the drama "Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon" that Chu Anlan is currently filming, Xu Yuan, the screenwriter, and Li Lei, who is currently working as a producer in another drama.

And Mu Qiao's crew includes director Zhou Wenyi, assistant director Fang Xingwei, producer Li Xuemei, and Zhou Lin, who got in through some inexplicable connection.

The group took turns sitting at the large dining table, which was laden with the restaurant's signature dishes.

The atmosphere was lively amidst the clinking of glasses and the lively atmosphere.

However, the seat opposite Yu Heng was relatively quiet, where Chu Anlan and Mu Qiao were sitting, with several empty seats around them, separated from the others.

The two ate and chatted quietly, standing out from the group of people clinking glasses and exchanging toasts.

However, apart from Yu Heng and Zhou Lin occasionally paying attention to their boyfriends, everyone else's attention is focused on socializing.

“I worked with Director Guo before. I didn’t expect him to be so stubborn. Now he’s even into science fiction.” Li Xuemei works for Huanxing Media. The last collaboration she mentioned was an art film co-produced by Huanyu Media and Huanxing Media.

"Director Guo's last film, 'The Angry Sea,' was pretty good in the first half, but it fell apart in the second half. So he must be a little dissatisfied with it." Director Zhou put down his cup. Although Director Guo's last film was met with a lot of criticism, he still had some respect for the quality of Director Guo's "The Angry Sea."

"When it comes to art films, you have to talk about Director Zhuang! I heard she's currently raising funds to prepare for filming a new drama." Li Lei is a professional producer, and his network of contacts is even stronger.

"Is it the 'Grassland' that screenwriter Liu has?" Xu Yuan asked.

"Yes, screenwriter Xu knows about it too?" Li Lei was a little surprised.

"I know a little bit, but it must be hard to find actors for this show, right? Director Zhuang and screenwriter Liu both need meticulous people." Xu Yuan said with a hint of sympathy.

That's a polite way of putting it; it's more accurate to say that both of them are fussy.

Screenwriter Liu's scripts are profound and meaningful, so he refuses to allow anyone to arbitrarily change them.

Director Zhuang is a female director who appears gentle and kind, but she actually has a strong personality and likes to do things her own way, regardless of whether you are a big name or have capital, and she doesn't give face to anyone.

She also prefers to work slowly and meticulously; if a shot doesn't meet her requirements, she will never settle for second best.

"Tsk, that's right. She looks down on minor actresses with no acting skills, and the big names aren't willing to stay in the deep mountains and forests with her for half a year." Li Lei sighed, "Moreover, funding for this film is also difficult. Unless it's a big company aiming for awards, not many people will invest in art films."

"Is Director Zhuang's new film short of actors?" Yu Heng thought for a moment and asked Li Lei.

Upon hearing Yu Heng's question, everyone fell silent, glanced at Chu Anlan discreetly, and then turned to look at Li Lei.

Li Lei's mind also stirred. Thinking of Director Zhuang's requirements for his new film, he said to Heng with some excitement, "Indeed, Director Zhuang's new drama is still in the pre-production stage, and finding actors is also a problem."

"She prefers to audition herself, but the male lead of the new drama is a college student from the countryside, so the lead actor can't be too old. A young actor like Chu Shao either doesn't have good acting skills or can't endure the hardship."

After saying that, Li Lei realized what he meant and quickly added, "But Director Zhuang's films have a high probability of winning awards, so finding actors is difficult, but not impossible. The main issue is funding, since investing in them could very well result in losses."

"You can't even come out after being on set for half a year?" Yu Heng tapped the table with his index finger, his eyelids half-closed, making it impossible to see his thoughts.

"...Yes, Director Zhuang prefers location shooting and has high standards for the actors' performances, so she doesn't allow the actors in her dramas to have much contact with the outside world after filming begins." Li Lei had basically given up on persuading Yu Heng to invest.

Judging from President Yu's expression, he probably can't accept being separated from Young Master Chu for so long, and not being able to contact him.

"An Lan and the lead actor in Director Zhuang's new drama are a good match?" Yu Heng unexpectedly asked.

Li Lei was a little surprised. Of course, he thought of Chu Anlan's image and that's when he pulled this drama out of his mind. But when he thought about it carefully, he knew it was inappropriate. Although it was a good resource, it probably wouldn't be very attractive to young couples in the throes of new love.

Does this mean that Mr. Yu is interested?

"It really suits Young Master Chu perfectly!" Li Lei said cautiously, a hint of anticipation creeping into his voice.

Unexpectedly, Yu Heng didn't follow the script and asked, "Then Mu Qiao should be suitable too, right?"

Everyone was stunned by Yu Heng's question. Mr. Yu's boyfriend is Young Master Chu, right?

They turned their attention to Chu Anlan and Mu Qiao, who had finished their meal and were now sitting together on the sofa in the reception area chatting.

The two sat close together, shoulder to shoulder, heads close together, looking at their phones.

Remembering what Boss Yu had asked before, "Can't you come out even after being on set for more than half a year?", everyone fell silent.

Director Zhou even raised his wine glass as a cover, desperately trying to wink at Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin's lips twitched. What was he supposed to say in this situation?

Should I tell Mr. Yu that my boyfriend and your boyfriend are just friends?

Or are you saying they're innocent and you shouldn't overthink it?

Why should he say all this? Does President Yu not know? Besides, this isn't a bad thing for Mu Qiao.

Zhou Lin's feelings were also complicated. He was excited and looking forward to Mu Qiao getting good resources, reluctant to be separated from him for too long, and speechless at President Yu's behavior.

Everyone at the table immediately got busy, some drinking, some picking up food.

“Mu Qiao is also very suitable.” Li Lei snapped out of his daze and quickly said.

“Then I am very willing to invest. Could you please contact Director Zhuang and see how much more investment they need?” Yu Heng’s expression remained normal, and he even raised his glass to Li Lei.

Li Lei also respectfully raised his glass, touching half of it to Yu Heng's lips, and drank the wine before saying, "Not at all, I'll contact Director Zhuang tomorrow. She's been having a lot of trouble with funding lately."

"Haha, it seems our Mu Qiao has had some good luck! Even if he can't be the lead, he can still be a supporting actor in Director Zhuang's new drama!" Director Zhou laughed, the last sentence being directed at Li Lei.

Li Lei immediately understood: "Hehe, I'll talk to Director Zhuang, Mu Qiao will definitely be able to join the crew!"

Even if Director Zhuang doesn't let Mu Qiao play the lead role, he still has to give him an important supporting role. After all, judging from President Yu's investment reasons, it's just to throw Mu Qiao into Director Zhuang's remote mountain forest film crew.

Night fell, like a vast gray cloth quietly spreading out and enveloping the entire city.

As dusk settles, the city lights resemble stars fallen to earth, radiating a unique brilliance.

Goodbye, Mr. Yu!

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Yu!"

Goodbye, Mr. Yu!

As everyone left the restaurant, they first bid farewell to Yu Heng.

Yu Heng held Chu Anlan's hand with one hand and draped Chu Anlan's scarf over his other, nodding to everyone as a farewell.

Chu Anlan waved to Mu Qiao: "Mu Xiao Qiao!"

"Goodbye!" Mu Qiao waved to Chu Anlan as well.

He didn't put his hand down until Chu Anlan and the others' car had driven far away.

"Hehe, Lao Zhou, I'll head back now," Li Xuemei said with a smile. She knew these old guys still had something planned, but she wasn't interested.

“Then, I’ll go back first too,” Xu Yuan said.

“We are too.” Zhou Lin pulled Mu Qiao along.

"Hehe, go ahead, be careful on the road!" Director Zhou said cheerfully.

Young people don't understand, and he doesn't include them in his activities!

Mu Qiao got into Zhou Lin's car: "Why do I feel like Director Zhou and the others are looking at me in a weird way?"

"It's nothing, you're overthinking it." Zhou Lin rubbed his head. It wasn't certain yet, and he was afraid of getting his hopes up for nothing, so if Mu Qiao didn't know, he didn't plan to tell him at this time.

"Let me tell you, this time, An Lan..."

In the car, Mu Qiao talked about her friends' recent situation, while Zhou Lin drove attentively.

The silver-white sedan sped past and merged into the traffic.

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