Chen Yan opened the comments with a popcorn-eating mindset and checked them out one by one.

How to put it.

These comments really opened Chen Yan's eyes.

They were filled with all sorts of novel, absurd, strange, and even incomprehensible national curses, yet one could still understand what they meant.

The internet slang used inside made Chen Yan, once a master of such language, feel somewhat ashamed.

In any case, most of them were at the level where they would be blocked or turned into asterisks right after being written.

While reading, Chen Yan couldn't help but laugh.

Sometimes, the pleasure of crushing your opponent wasn't as good as watching your opponent self-destruct, then being beaten by the onlooking crowds, one punch at a time, one kick at a time.

As he was watching, Chen Yan felt it wasn't enough, so he simply hugged Yang Rou tightly and pulled her into his arms, continuing to watch while holding her.

Yang Rou was initially browsing Weibo on her own, but since Chen Yan was hugging her, she simply started watching with him.

After a while, Yang Rou, sitting on Chen Yan's lap, suddenly asked him a soul-striking question, "Chen Yan, don't you think our current situation is very much like that of villains?"

Hearing Yang Rou's words, Chen Yan was stunned for a moment.

Then he burst into a smile, "Hahaha. How could that be."

"I'm telling you, we're the most righteous faction there is."

"It's Director Zhang who's the villain."

"How can there be a righteous faction that is chased around by everyone and is enemies with the whole world?"

After hearing Chen Yan's words, Yang Rou looked at him with a "Are you sure?" expression.

Chen Yan paused for a moment and then thought deeper.

Damn.

Why does it seem like in novels and TV dramas, it's always the righteous people who are enemies with the whole world?

So...

Could it be that I am the villain myself?

...

At the same time, the "righteous person" Director Zhang was at his home, furiously smashing things.

"Smash!" A gilt bronze Buddha statue shattered as it hit the floor.

"Damn!" A crystal-clear inkstone smashed to the ground, shattered into pieces.

His wife stood in front of him, just watching him.

He picked up a blue and white porcelain bowl from the Ming Dynasty's Yongle period, holding it high above his head.

His wife said, "This is a blue and white porcelain bowl from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, worth over 1.2 million."

Director Zhang's action froze for a moment, then he put it down, and picked up a less expensive looking rosewood pen holder, crashing it to the floor with a "smash."

His wife sighed and then came over, picking up the blue and white porcelain bowl he had set aside. As she began to tidy up towards the study, she spoke, "I told you yesterday that Xu Zhaorong's method was no good. You didn't believe me. Now do you?"

"He's just trying to harm you."

Director Zhang was already angry, and being reproached by his wife made him even angrier.

He looked at his wife with a hoarse voice, "His method is no good, who do you think is better?"

"He's harming me? Why would he harm me!"

"We're all on the same side, what benefit does he get by harming me?"

His wife said expressionlessly, "You're on the same side?"

"What in this world is truly unified?"

"From the beginning, he was only interested in your filmmaking, so he invested in you and tied you to his own chariot."

"He wanted to make money through you."

"When you can't film anymore, or if he has used you up and wants to pull out, why would he still treat you as his own?"

Director Zhang's expressions changed.

Then he shook his head, "Back then, when I was filming in the factory, I had nothing. It was he who brought me out."

"Over the years, although he has made a lot of money off me, he hasn't treated me badly."

"He gave me director fees, shares, helped me liquidate."

"Isn't our huge family fortune accumulated over these years?"

"If he didn't consider me as one of his own, how could I have what I have today?"

"So, don't say anymore. This time he misjudged; it wasn't intentional harm."

Hearing Director Zhang's words, Mrs. Zhang heaved a deep sigh and then shook her head, carrying the blue and white porcelain bowl back into the room, ignoring him.

However, after she left, Director Zhang's expression shifted from agitation to calmness.

His eyes flickered, pondering something...

...

Meanwhile.

On Qin Island.

After watching the commotion, Chen Yan and Yang Rou were also discussing the matter and the plans ahead.

"This was mostly Xu Zhaorong's doing," Chen Yan concluded resolutely.

Yang Rou stood up, came behind him, and while massaging his shoulders, asked, "Is it a sacrifice move?"

Chen Yan hummed in confirmation.

"Yes."

"He promised me he would lead Director Zhang and his crew to a dead end."

"Moreover, from our interactions with Director Zhang, he isn't the type to act rashly without thinking. If not for having someone he absolutely trusts persuading him, he wouldn't have done this."

Yang Rou asked, "Shall we start executing our plan?"

Chen Yan grabbed her supple and delicate hand, toyed with it for a while, and then gently nodded, saying, "Let's start."

"The person willing to take the lead, have you found them?"

Yang Rou nodded, "Found them."

Chen Yan thought for a moment and then said, "Let Man Man go first."

"Her character still needs to be deepened further."

"Moreover, this will also be a battle to establish her position in the entertainment and film industry."

Hearing Chen Yan's words, Yang Rou gave him a white look, "Just keep spoiling her."

Seeing Yang Rou's daughter-like demeanor, Chen Yan couldn't help but laugh, "What's wrong? Jealous?"

Yang Rou hummed softly, then with a swaying posture walked towards the desk, half teasing and half complaining, "How dare I~"

"My status~ What's my status compared to hers."

Listening to Yang Rou, Chen Yan found it amusing.

Yang Rou before thawing was like an iceberg; Chen Yan often complained internally about this woman's lack of emotion.

Who knew that after being with him, she often showed this kind of girlish demeanor.

So, there's no such thing as a cold personality, it's just lack of love.

Initially, Chen Yan was not used to this, feeling it didn't quite match with the Yang Rou he knew. But gradually, he actually found this Yang Rou extremely endearing.

Especially, when combined with her cold demeanor towards others, Chen Yan suddenly found this contrast quite enticing.

Thinking this, Chen Yan teased Yang Rou a few more times.

Teasing her until she occasionally protested, her face flushed as she looked at Chen Yan. That concluded their little playful exchange.

After horsing around for a while, Chen Yan suddenly remembered today's matter regarding Yu Qiao Qiao.

His expression cooled down, then after mulling it over for a bit, he finally spoke, "Right, Sister Rou. Nuan Nuan wants to come back to work."

Hearing Chen Yan's words, Yang Rou visibly paused.

Then she looked at Chen Yan with her beautiful eyes and asked, "Did she contact you?"

Chen Yan shook his head truthfully, "She asked Qiao Qiao to pass the message."

For some reason, Chen Yan always felt like Yang Rou seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he saw Yang Rou deep in thought for a moment before she looked up, smiled, and said, "Well, that's good then. Her coming back to help you, whether for you or for herself, I am relieved."

Chen Yan was puzzled and wanted to ask Yang Rou: He hadn't mentioned that Yang Nuannuan was planning to work by his side, so how did Yang Rou guess it?

But as the words reached his lips, Chen Yan realized.

He had told her that Yang Nuannuan had bypassed her and come to him.

With Yang Rou's clever mind, just a little analysis told her that Yang Nuannuan didn't want to be her assistant anymore.

And since Yang Nuannuan had approached Chen Yan, her intention to stay by Chen Yan's side was obvious, wasn't it?

Chen Yan couldn't help but look at Yang Rou.

Indeed, when a woman gets smart, she is smart in everything.

He hadn't even said anything, yet she had already figured everything out.

However, since Yang Rou thought this arrangement was suitable, Chen Yan didn't need to worry anymore.

Anyway, he would just do as she suggested.

Sister Rou YYDS.....

...

Afterwards, Chen Yan sent Yu Qiao Qiao a WeChat message, telling her that Yang Nuannuan could come back to work, and they would discuss the specific job later.

Chen Yan wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that Yu Qiao Qiao was a bit slow in responding this time, unlike her usual self.

Chen Yan didn't think much of it, assuming it might be because Yu Qiao Qiao was waiting for Yang Nuannuan's reply.

About five or six minutes later, Yu Qiao Qiao replied that Yang Nuannuan was currently out of town and would be back in a few days. She would go directly to Chen Yan then.

After chatting with Yu Qiao Qiao, Chen Yan sat at his desk, pondering over his plan with Yang Rou to destroy the Xu brothers and the entertainment circle, checking if there were any oversights.

As he thought, his hand suddenly touched something.

He picked it up and saw it was an eight-sided dice.

"Lucky eight-sided dice?"

Looking at this tool that had been drawn out and used only once, yet had an extremely powerful effect, Chen Yan hesitated for a moment.

"Maybe test the luck?"

"Or see if it could add another buff?"

Thinking this way, despite still being hesitant, Chen Yan, as if possessed by a ghost, threw the dice onto the table.

The dice spun rapidly on the table, then slowly came to a stop.

It showed the side with "All Things Go Smoothly"...

...

In the afternoon.

Following the plan devised by Chen Yan and Yang Rou, Lu Man took the initiative to step forward, then retweeted Director Zhang's Weibo post and commented with, "Audiences have the right to choose the movies they like."

"What you like doesn't mean the audience will like it."

"No... It should be said, what you guys like doesn't mean the audience will like it."

Originally, Director Zhang had rallied many celebrities to guide the situation, causing great displeasure among all spectators and bystanders.

They were angry and upset, then went to protest and criticize under the celebrities' and Director Zhang's Weibo.

But Director Zhang and his group acted as if they hadn't seen anything, made no replies, and even instructed staff to keep deleting posts and blocking users.

The peculiar mechanisms of Weibo led these furious audience members and bystanders, not only to fail in achieving the desired outcome but also to be banned from the whole platform for ten days after being blocked by influencers...

That would have been it.

However, because these celebrities had numerous fans, many people were also cyberbullied by these fans.

These fans didn't care whether they had seen the movie or not.

As long as their "brother" said it was good, then it was good.

Therefore, they collectively launched, attacking those who held opposing views to their "brother's".

This left the audience and bystanders metaphorically "gagged" and forced to take a beating, each one furious beyond measure.

At this time, Lu Man stood up not only to give them a voice and confront Director Zhang but also openly confront all the celebrities supporting Director Zhang.

Suddenly, everyone gathered around Lu Man as if they had found a backbone, supporting her under her Weibo post!

As Lu Man spoke up, Chen Yan's artists also began to follow suit, retweeting Lu Man's Weibo with a relentless addition of five words, "I don't like it either."

Following that, several of the artists, directors close to Lu Man, Yang Rou, and Chen Yan also got involved, retweeting Lu Man's Weibo and joining in.

What was originally just a movie issue had unexpectedly turned into an entertainment industry standoff, with both sides making a huge racket, turning Weibo exceedingly lively.

The management of Weibo were nearly overjoyed.

At first, when the Old Wave company accepted Chen Yan's investment in Weibo, they were somewhat reluctant.

Now, seeing the turmoil caused by Chen Yan's artists, they suddenly felt that accepting Chen Yan's stake was not too bad after all.

Otherwise, if Chen Yan took all his artists and left, where would Weibo find such a "grand spectacle"?

Thus, the affair unfolded with great fervor.

Originally, the situation could have still been controlled at this point.

But unexpectedly, at this time, a veteran celebrity who was once very famous, but was rumored to have been blackballed by Director Zhang leading to his forced retirement from the entertainment industry, stepped forward.

From there, everything changed...

The veteran celebrity retweeted Director Zhang's Weibo post, saying bluntly,

"Zhang Duan, Director Zhang, I originally thought you were shameless already, but I didn't expect you could be even more shameless."

"You form cliques in the entertainment industry, exploit actors, create your own small circle, evade taxes, and embezzle assets from listed companies."

"I thought it had reached its peak."

"And now, you're even insulting the audience?"

"Do you know that the audience is our bread and butter?"

"Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

This Weibo post immediately caused a huge uproar in a situation that had already attracted societal attention.

Although no one knew if what the veteran celebrity said was true or false.

But... does it matter whether it's true or not?

What everyone most wanted was just to follow the drama!

So, the bystanders who were originally following the situation flocked to the veteran celebrity's page seeking confirmation.

At this time, Director Zhang was actually a bit panicked.

However, given his status, without confirmation whether the other party had solid evidence or not, he definitely wouldn't admit defeat.

So, he hesitated for a moment, then decided to post a Weibo to call for a truce.

He retweeted the veteran celebrity's Weibo and then commented,

"It's a rule by law society nowadays, everything should be based on evidence."

"I have no intention of opposing the audience, just wanted to express my own views."

He was about to stop there.

But somehow, deep down, he suddenly felt a bit resentful, so he added two more lines:

"After all, I've always felt there's nothing wrong with my movie."

"If there's a problem... it can only be said that this generation of viewers isn't up to scratch...."

After reading these four lines, Director Zhang hesitated for a moment, then pressed the "Send" button...

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