In my dream, I didn't know where I was, but I saw myself in a beautiful village, where birds sang, flowers bloomed, and the mountains and rivers were picturesque, like a paradise. In a cozy, large house, I was the master of the house, and besides my wife Yan Di, it seemed that all the other girls I was connected with were there!
We all live together in this house, and everyone seems very happy. Yan Di is cooking in the kitchen, and Qiao Qiao is sitting next to a cradle. Obviously, one of my children is lying in the cradle, but in this dream, I don't know which woman this child is with.
Qiaoqiao sat by the cradle, seemingly teaching the baby to sing... Uh, in my dream I even clearly heard this female bandit teaching my child the song "Cut the chicken, cut the chicken, cut the chicken, cut the chicken, cut the chicken, cut the chicken..."
"Dinner's ready..." A cheerful voice called from the kitchen, and Yan Di came out with a smile: "Go wash your hands."
Just then, Fang Nan suddenly appeared behind me and gently hugged my arm. I turned my head and saw that Fang Nan was already six months pregnant, her belly protruding, looking at me with a tender and happy expression...
I was stunned, completely unaware that I was in a dream... Just then, Yang Wei appeared. She walked up to me with a calm expression, holding a document in her hand, and smiled, "Chen Yang, don't rush to eat... I've read this document, and I think it's fine. You can sign it."
"Uh... what file?" I seemed a little confused in my dream.
Yang smiled and said, "This is it..."
She handed me the document, and when I opened it, I was immediately stunned!
In my dream, the document Yang Wei handed me was none other than the one that old fox Qiao had given me!
In an instant, all the dreamscape around me vanished, I felt dizzy, and then I screamed and woke up abruptly!
Part Three: The Pinnacle, Chapter Eighty: Each Generation is Stronger Than the Last!
When I woke up, I found myself sitting on the bed. It was already bright outside, and a ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains, instantly dispelling the darkness in the room.
I touched my face and found that although I had woken up from the dream, my face still seemed to be smiling...
I sat on the bed in silence for a while, the dream I just had kept replaying in my mind...
I must admit, although I'm awake, I seem to still be immersed in the bliss of that dream. In the dream, I seemed to be living together with the women I love, in such happiness and warmth…
But... is it possible for one man and several women to live together at the same time?
I rubbed my hair, then got out of bed. It wasn't until I took a shower that I calmed down and became more rational.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I made a face at myself and gave a wry smile: "Dream on, Chen Yang."
Despite telling myself this, I still can't help but secretly dream... if only these things could come true...
After breakfast, my subordinates told me that Lei Xiaohu had been called out by Qiao Qiao, Aze, and Mu Tou early this morning. It seemed that the three of them had taken Xiaohu out to play, and even the money-grubbing A Mei had been taken along.
I didn't pay much attention to it, but after breakfast, someone from the club came to tell me that a guest had come to visit me.
I was slightly surprised. I had someone invite the person in.
Looking at the man who walked in, he looked somewhat familiar. I only paused for a moment before I immediately remembered who he was!
"Mr. Chen. Hello." The man smiled, and I noticed that he had very white teeth. "My name is Cheng Xiao. I think you should still remember me."
Nodding, I said calmly, "I remember."
Of course I remember!
This man is none other than one of Ouyang's subordinates! The first time I met Ouyang that day, he punished the Shanghai manager for his poor performance in front of us, and then handed over the position to one of his subordinates! This is the man who came here, named Cheng Xiao.
Now that we know the other party's identity—that he's one of Ouyang's men, and also the Shanghai branch manager of the Earth Division (I also added in my mind: now that Shen Shan is dead, the Green Gang of the Human Division is probably under this man's control as well.)
“Mr. Chen Yang… Mr. Ouyang asked me to come see you.” Cheng Xiao already had the air of a shopkeeper, and he sat down calmly on the sofa opposite me. “Mr. Ouyang left Shanghai early this morning. Before he left, he entrusted me with something to give you. Originally, if it were just delivering something, I could have sent someone over. However, I know that Mr. Chen Yang is someone Mr. Ouyang values highly, so I thought I should come in person to show my respect.”
She is very articulate and has a good sense of propriety.
This was my first impression of this person.
Cheng Xiao slowly took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to me. Without hesitation, I opened it and glanced at it; inside was information about a bank account.
I know Ouyang is reminding me: from now on, for any business under Qinghong's name that passes through Shanghai, he will take 10% of the profits! That money should just be transferred directly to this account.
I smiled and put the letter away, then looked at Cheng Xiao: "Is there anything else Mr. Ouyang wants you to convey?"
“Yes, there is.” Cheng Xiaodi’s attitude was neither humble nor arrogant: “Mr. Ouyang said that if you encounter any trouble during your stay in Shanghai, such as things that are inconvenient for you to do in person, or things that require someone to run errands, you can come to me. He also said that you are now his friend, so please don’t hesitate to ask me for help with any difficulties you may have.”
"Please thank Mr. Ouyang for me." I smiled.
"Uh... there's one more thing." Cheng Xiao hesitated for a moment, looked at my expression, and said in a low voice, "Did you go out last night?"
"Oh? You know that too." I smiled, but my eyes turned cold... Could it be that Ouyang sent someone to spy on me?
Cheng Xiao seemed to be a smart man. Seeing my expression, he immediately understood my suspicions and quickly said, "Mr. Chen, please don't misunderstand. It's just that there were our people at the place you went to last night." He hesitated for a moment, as if considering how to phrase it, and slowly said, "What I mean is, Shanghai is not safe right now. If possible, please be as careful as possible when you go out. For example, last night... Ye Huan's people..."
I suddenly interrupted, "You know that the person I clashed with last night was one of Ye Huan's men?"
My tone was strange, but Cheng Xiao immediately understood what I meant. He laughed and said, "Mr. Chen, I know... um, last night, one of the girls present was Ye Huan's daughter, am I right?"
"Hmm..." I glanced at him, remaining expressionless: "It seems you all know."
"Yes, everyone knows." Cheng Xiao nodded: "These kinds of things can't be hidden."
As he observed my expression, trying to decipher my thoughts, he cautiously said, "Don't worry, I work for Mr. Ouyang! What kind of person is Mr. Ouyang? Of course, he wouldn't do such despicable things! Every profession has its rules, and the rule in our line of work is that family members are not implicated! You can rest assured about that, Mr. Chen. In this world, many subordinates don't follow these rules anymore, but for Mr. Ouyang, rules are rules! Now that I've taken over the business in Shanghai, of course I will act according to the rules."
He paused for a moment, then said, "That girl was taken away from Shanghai by Ye Huan's men last night."
I nodded, relieved.
Indeed, although my relationship with Ye Huan has deteriorated to this point, I don't hate her daughter. In fact, I would say that after going to such lengths to save this girl, I don't want anything to happen to her from any perspective.
Seeing that I remained silent, Cheng Xiao tactfully stood up. He placed a business card down: "This is my phone number in Shanghai, Mr. Chen. If you need any help, please feel free to call me... If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."
As I watched him prepare to leave, a thought suddenly struck me, and I blurted out, "Oh, right, there is indeed something that you might be able to help me with."
"Please speak."
"Hmm, that Luo Lie." I thought for a moment. I felt a little strange, and I couldn't quite explain why I was interested in this young man: "That Luo Lie. He seems to be someone close to Ye Huan... Do you have any information on him? I'm very interested in him."
Cheng Yingxiao answered decisively: "At the latest tonight, I will send someone to deliver Luo Lie's information to you."
After Cheng Xiao left, I sat alone for a while, and suddenly remembered something... Hmm, didn't Fatty Fang say he was coming up to handle some matters? Judging by the time, two days have passed; he should be here by now.
Thinking of this, I took out my phone, intending to call Fatty Fang. But the phone suddenly rang by itself as soon as I held it in my hand.
I looked at the number; it was a call from Shanghai Huaxing Company.
After answering the call, Qiaoqiao's voice came through:
"Chen Yang! Quick! Come to the company right now! I need to talk to you about something important! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
She just said that one sentence and hung up. I was stunned for a long time... Sigh, what tricks is this woman up to now?
I changed my clothes and went to the company. Of course, I respected Cheng Xiao's opinion, so I took a few of my subordinates with me when I left.
I drove all the way to Shanghai Huaxing Company, but when I entered the company, the first person who came to see me was Ning Yan.
Ning Yan reluctantly took out a newspaper and placed it in front of me: "You haven't read today's newspaper yet, have you?"
Seeing her strange expression, I was a little surprised, so I picked up the newspaper and glanced at it...
The front page headline featured two enormous photos! The photos were slightly blurry, clearly taken on a whim, but the identities of the people in them were still clearly visible!
In the first photo, I'm holding a guy by the collar with one hand and making a fist with the other. Judging from the pose, the photo was taken just as I was about to throw a punch.
The second picture is even more sensational! It clearly shows the popular action star Lei Xiaohu! Xiaohu is performing a difficult spinning back kick! The unfortunate guy who gets kicked is also sent flying, airborne…
These two candid photos were clearly taken by observant people in the bar last night.
I read the article below, and sure enough, I was right. Last night at the bar, we were recognized after all. In this day and age, everyone's phone has camera and video recording functions, and last night's scene was captured by someone with ulterior motives and immediately provided to some media outlets.
"Lei Xiaohu secretly came to Shanghai and drowned his sorrows in a bar late at night! Did a fight break out over a girl?"
Looking at these headlines, I could only manage a wry smile.
“Leave this matter to me.” Ning Yan smiled. “By the way, Mr. Lei Xiaohu came to the company early this morning and is with Miss Qiao and the others now… They’re all acting very mysteriously, like they’re planning something.”
"Oh, then I'll leave the media matters to you." I thought for a moment and said, "Just try not to affect Xiao Hu's image. After all, he's an artist. As for me... it doesn't matter. Anyway, I don't make a living by making movies, acting, or singing, so you don't need to worry about my public image."
After I finished speaking, I asked Ning Yan, "By the way, Qiao Qiao called and told me to come over right away... was it because of this?"
"No, she probably had something else to discuss with you," Ning Yan said, then left.
Is there anything else going on? What are Qiaoqiao and the others up to?
Not long after, Qiaoqiao came to my door. Without saying much, she took me directly to the company's rehearsal room.
By the way, at my suggestion, Ning Yan has moved the Shanghai office of Deep Blue Entertainment to Huaxing Company. Anyway, Huaxing Company has enough space, so we simply set aside one floor for Deep Blue Entertainment.
This is a newly renovated temporary practice room. It's usually used for rehearsals by some of the artists under Deep Blue Entertainment.
According to my plan, I even intend to move the headquarters of DeepBlue Entertainment to Shanghai, after all, Shanghai is the economic center of southern China!
Qiaoqiao pulled me into this huge rehearsal room, which was about the size of two middle school classrooms. There were two rows of huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors on both sides of the walls. Lei Xiaohu, Aze, Mutou, and Xiao Caimi were all here.
Seeing the strange looks on these guys' faces, I frowned: "What happened? Why did you call me here in such a hurry?"
Looking at me, Qiao Qiao, Aze, the blockhead money-grubber, and even Lei Xiaohu, these guys suddenly lined up! Then Qiao Qiao spoke up loudly, "Chen Yang, have you decided to make a movie for Jenny?"
"Hmm...that's right."
"Great!" Qiao Qiao suddenly laughed, a sly glint in her eyes. "So, we've decided too! We've decided to invest in making a movie for fun! And it'll be starring our 'New Four Great Leopard Wolves'!"
New...new Four Great Leopard Wolves?
Damn! Then what am I?
"You?" Aze sighed. "I'm sorry, but because you're Qiaoqiao's man now, you can't have both friendship and love... so you're fired. From now on, you'll only be considered one of the Four Great Wolves at best..."
“Family members!” Mu Tou added decisively, “Or rather… there’s another name for them, ‘family and friends’.”
I stared wide-eyed at the group of guys in front of me. Startled by my glare, Little Tiger quickly took two steps back, frantically waving his hands and saying, "No, it wasn't me... I was conscripted... it was the four of them!"
"Chen Yang, you don't need to glare at me like that," Aze said with a grin. "I always felt that the Four Wolves were too masculine. The original three men and one woman created a serious gender imbalance, not to mention that the only female member had a serious problem with her sexual orientation..." He paused, glancing at Qiao Qiao's murderous expression, then quickly coughed and continued: "...That really doesn't conform to the wise saying 'Men and women working together makes the work easier'! So, let us introduce our newly recruited member! Welcome to the dazzling and magnificent debut of our Four Wolves' newest member!"
The little money-grubber puffed out his chest, then swayed his waist and walked a few steps like a model. He looked at me and said with a smile, "Chen Yang, you'd better accept your fate! From now on, wherever the Four Great Wolves roam, you'll only be able to wave a 'family group' sign and cheer them on."
"Qiaoqiao, Aze, Mutou, Xiaomimi... the new Four Great Jackals?" I gaped in astonishment.
"Great!" Qiao Qiao laughed heartily, hands on her hips, and announced grandly, "Our new Four Great Jackals will be producing a movie that we direct, write, and star in ourselves!!"
Then Aze quickly tossed me a thick notebook: "Here! This is the script!"
I turned to the first page, and there was a line of large characters written on it...
Screenwriter: Wood!