This envious mood lasted until the dinner gathering in the evening.

During the meal, Xiao He found it somewhat difficult to swallow his food.

This, in turn, made Shu Han's side appear even more jubilant.

"Come on, I hope everyone can finish their work early!"

Shu Han raised his glass and took a small sip of wine. Everyone also raised their glasses in response. Once Liu Rulan put down her glass, she curiously asked Shu Han's Agent, He Wenming, "Speaking of which, do you guys have any work arranged next? Are you planning to go on vacation?"

He Wenming nodded with a smile. "Shu Han has been working very hard lately, so we plan to take a break while we're abroad for an event next month—oh right, I heard Old Ma has started another new Film Crew project. They've asked Shu Han to do a cameo for a few minutes, but the specific time hasn't been set yet. We're planning to get Shu Han a variety show depending on the situation and wait for the filming over there while recording."

Liu Rulan understood. "Are you talking about Old Ma's 'Yu Xiang Ci'?"

This Old Ma was, of course, the producer Ma Qianyou, whose life had been getting smoother and smoother since joining Linghui Entertainment.

He is involved in many of Linghui Entertainment's current projects. Whether it's truly as the fortune teller said—that his fate is highly compatible with Xiao He and Xiao He's company—the once unlucky man's subsequent projects have all developed quite well and continued to be profitable.

This upcoming costume drama produced by Linghui Entertainment, "Yu Xiang Ci," is another collaboration between him and Linghui Entertainment's actor Pan Yuerou.

Nowadays, Linghui Entertainment is also signing some actors one after another, most of whom are still relatively unknown. They are actors signed in advance for Linghui Entertainment's own projects. Calculating it this way, Pan Yuerou, the female actor who joined after Xiao He and Shu Han, is actually considered a veteran actor of the company and has achieved very good results.

With the hit "royal decree" back then, Pan Yuerou became a somewhat famous actor upon her debut. Even though she went quiet for a while after becoming popular to focus on her studies and refine her acting skills, her career development after her return has been quite stable. She has participated in several works and even managed to snag a role in "Interdimensional Standoff."

In the team for the new project "Yu Xiang Ci," many are the original cast and crew from the "royal decree" period.

After more than a year of growth and coordination, the people in this team have become more mature. At the same time, Linghui Entertainment also has more capital and confidence to invest.

Thus, after internal discussions, they directly gave "Yu Xiang Ci" the highest S+ production treatment in the company, providing the highest specification of investment. It can be said to be a money-making project that the company values very much after "Interdimensional Standoff."

This time, they intend to replicate the success of "royal decree" by filming another costume drama that mixes inner-house struggles with court power plays and schemes.

Last time, "royal decree" was about palace intrigue, where the Female Protagonist mostly revolved around the inner palace, fighting with other women and the supreme ruler on the throne. This time, "Yu Xiang Ci" unfolds with a broader worldview, from internal family struggles to deceit in the imperial court. Centered around the Female Protagonist's revenge, romance, and punishing villains, a new story unfolds, with Pan Yuerou again playing the Female Protagonist.

Now, Pan Yuerou has grown, her acting skills are more mature, and she no longer has the greenness of her newcomer days in "royal decree." Instead, she fits their character setting for this project even better.

The reason for inviting Shu Han to make a cameo was very simple—

"Since you'll be free during that time anyway, and it's such an important project for the company, as a shareholder, you have to help out!"

Showing his face a bit would help boost the popularity of "Yu Xiang Ci."

This is helping to make money! Making money! It's not shameful!

As for the reason why Xiao He wasn't invited, it was even simpler—

"Haven't you seen how busy Xiao He is? How could he have time for a cameo? What if fans scold him for carrying the newcomers? Our 'Yu Xiang Ci' is still just a baby!"

Well, it was just that simple and unpretentious.

However, Xiao He was indeed too busy to manage the projects here, so when the "Yu Xiang Ci" side was recruiting, they automatically skipped their competitive king boss.

When Xiao He heard Liu Rulan and He Wenming discussing this project, he didn't show much surprise.

He knew about this. Anyway, with Ma Qianyou and Lin Cheng overseeing Linghui Entertainment, he could be a hands-off boss with a clear conscience.

But Shu Han was telling him about something else.

"Be careful of the people from Jingyou Entertainment in the Film Crew lately. I always feel that kid surnamed Yun is still harboring ill intentions."

Shu Han lowered his voice and reminded Xiao He.

"Oh? I thought he finished his scenes last week."

Xiao He had so many things to do that he had long since put that fellow out of his mind. Hearing the name now, he subconsciously frowned.

"Yes, you weren't there the day he finished."

As Shu Han spoke, he couldn't help but rub his arms at the thought of the situation then. "He even took the initiative to come over and ask about your schedule. When he heard you went to the neighboring province to film a commercial that day, his face was full of disappointment."

Who knows what he was disappointed about.

Shu Han, who was firmly on Xiao He's side, had heightened his vigilance at the time, secretly observing Yun Ziqi's expression and keeping the matter in mind.

But a week had passed now, and Yun Ziqi hadn't been seen doing anything. Even his newly replaced Agent wasn't as formidable as imagined, and hadn't arranged any new work or schedule for Yun Ziqi yet.

Shu Han really couldn't understand the twists and turns of these people, so he could only remind Xiao He to be careful.

Fortunately, now that Xiao He, as an actor, was in the Film Crew, Liu Rulan was watching over him, so he felt relatively at ease.

"Yeah, I got it," Xiao He nodded. "But since I returned to the country, the two of us have basically had very little communication, let alone cooperation, so I really can't think of his purpose for looking for me."

It couldn't be to seek peace again, could it?

Hehe, since the matter of the Male Protagonist in the imperial cause, Xiao He believed that Yun Ziqi would never be willing to back down and call a truce as he did last time, with both sides living in peace.

And thinking about the matter of the Yun Family's authentic work, it was also difficult for Xiao He to maintain a relatively peaceful relationship with the Yun Family.

So actually, Xiao He didn't really care what Yun Ziqi wanted to do.

If he dared to come, he ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) would fight back—it's called a legitimate counterattack!

Yun Ziqi and the others should kowtow to Director Qiu. If it weren't for Director Qiu making him as busy as a dog lately, leaving him no time to worry about other things, otherwise he would have...

"Oh, right!"

Xiao He suddenly remembered something, sat up straight, and looked at the people at the table with a look of confusion.

"Does anyone know what Screenwriter Qin has been up to lately?"

Hearing this question, Liu Rulan and He Wenming both stopped chatting and looked at Xiao He.

But then, they looked at each other and shook their heads.

"No idea."

Xiao He's brow furrowed.

This was strange.

Speaking of which, the producers who are usually seen in the the imperial cause Film Crew were not present either.

Had they disappeared collectively?