Huayu is here for you

Ever since Lin Yu sat down in that corner with Liu Yifei and Da Tiantian, it hadn't been long before the two of them wanted to get rid of him. It was as if Lin Yu was being shone by a searchlight, turning their originally quiet little nest into a very lively place.

People kept coming over to chat with them, and the two girls, who had originally wanted to sneak a bite to eat, were too embarrassed to take a bite.

"Senior, you're really popular."

"Hehe...so-so, they're all just here to flatter me, nothing worth befriending." Lin Yu awkwardly touched his nose and laughed.

Da Tiantian was amused by Lin Yu's expression. "Brother Lin, what have you been up to lately? Are you preparing to film a movie?"

"That's all. I'm resting lately, wandering around the streets."

"Are you that free right now?" Miss Liu asked, blinking.

"What do you want to do?"

Lin Yu sensed her ill intentions.

"Hehe, how about... you come visit me on set!" Miss Liu said excitedly.

"Is this the Condor Heroes production crew?" Da Tiantian asked.

"Yeah, senior brother? Are you coming or not?"

Seeing the expectant look on Miss Liu's face, Lin Yu pretended to consider it for a moment before saying, "Since you've invited me, shall I go?"

Da Tiantian was also a little restless at this time. She also wanted to go to the Condor Heroes set to take a look, but Lu Zheng had already arranged her next movie and didn't have time. So she could only watch Lin Yu and Liu Yifei reach an agreement with regret, but she couldn't participate.

Just as the three of them were chatting happily, Da Tiantian was called out by Lu Zheng, so she could only leave the little nest with a regretful look on her face and continue to follow Lu Zheng around.

Lin Yu noticed that the celebration banquet was clearly turning into a social gathering, with everyone there to "make friends," and probably very few people genuinely there to celebrate "You Are the Apple of My Eye."

Fortunately, he had Miss Liu with him.

But some clueless people kept bothering them, making Lin Yu look annoyed, while Miss Liu just kept laughing without a care in the world.

During this time, Lu Zheng brought Jing Tian over again and said a lot of flattering things, which basically meant: Director Lin, you can ask Wanda for money for any movie you make, and please take good care of Da Tian Tian.

Lin Yu readily agreed, but how things would turn out depended on his own mood.

Finally, the banquet came to an end after Lin Yu and others smashed several blocks of artificial ice.

Seeing the lingering reluctance in Miss Liu's eyes, Lin Yu kept saying that he would go to the Condor Heroes to see her right away.

She didn't leave until Liu's mother came to pick her up, which made Liu Xiaoli look at Lin Yu a few more times in surprise, making Lin Yu feel a little guilty.

He definitely wanted to see Miss Liu, but he had more important things to do. He had been contacted by people in North America who wanted to discuss the copyright issues for the sequel to "The Man from Earth".

Needless to say, other companies must have their eyes on the profits of this movie and want to make a sequel.

Fox readily agreed, but the film's copyrights were held by Lin Yu, so they needed Lin Yu's consent to make it.

It wouldn't be right for Lin Yu not to visit this movie, which is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. However, he doesn't want to make a sequel. Instead, he wants to cash out directly and let the North American company handle it.

Then I can use the money left over from the first movie, along with the cash I made, to set up a company in North America. I don't need many people, just a basic structure. That way, it will be easier to make movies here in the future.

Having made his decision, Lin Yu boarded a plane to North America the very next day.

After a series of heated debates, they only received ten million US dollars, and even then, Lin Yu had to provide them with the script for the second movie.

Lin Yu was somewhat unhappy and helpless about the situation. Fortunately, Fox and Disney, who acquired the film rights to his movies, were very supportive of his decision to establish his own company in North America and offered him some assistance.

After all, in North America, countless film companies go bankrupt every day, and countless others are established. They are not worried at all that Lin Yu, a Chinese director who came to make his way in the world all by himself, will threaten their position. On the contrary, they are somewhat happy to see it happen. If Lin Yu's company goes bankrupt, they can win over this screenwriter and director who has some potential.

So Lin Yu spent about a month setting up Starlight in North America.

However, the company is currently in a state of neglect, with nothing to do.

The company's employees didn't have any objections. Getting paid without doing any work was a great deal! They all hoped that their boss, who was essentially taking advantage of them, could keep the company running for as long as possible. If it couldn't hold on and went bankrupt, where would they find such excellent jobs?

Lin Yu is now in a real bind. Because he was somewhat unproductive in his previous life, he doesn't really remember many foreign blockbusters. He doesn't want to bring out those highly rated and profitable movies in his mind now, because he feels it would be a waste to make them now!

The huge Chinese film market is still growing! Why not make more money if we can earn several hundred million more at the box office? There's no need to spend it now. As for letting the company's employees eat for free, it's not much money at all. Compared to the money we'll earn in the future, it's just a drop in the ocean.

Therefore, Lin Yu has now temporarily and completely abandoned the development of Starlight in North America.

But it seemed as if God was looking out for him; just as he was about to leave North America, a phone call changed his mind.

It was a call from someone named Avi Arad, who said they wanted to ask him to make a movie.

Lin Yu was initially dismissive of this, thinking: "Are people going to hire me to make a movie these days? What a joke!"

So he wanted to refuse, but the other party's next sentence made Lin Yu swallow back the words he was about to say.

"Mr. Lin, I would like to ask you to direct a Marvel superhero movie!"

Just that one sentence left Lin Yu completely dumbfounded, his eyes darting around in disbelief.

"Who are you?"

"Avi Arad!"

"Um... I meant, what's your relationship with Marvel?"

"I'm now in charge of Marvel."

Lin Yu swallowed hard. "Mr. Avi Arad, may I ask which hero movie you'd like me to star in?"

"Well then, Mr. Lin, can we meet and talk? This matter is a bit complicated, but don't worry, I won't take up too much of your time."

Listening to the voice coming from the phone, Lin Yu thought: It's okay if you're delayed, I'd love for you to be delayed even more!