As for the method of investigation, Chen Yan had already figured it out.

He planned to tentatively ask Song Chuang and Yang Rou about related issues tomorrow, then listen in with the inner earpiece. That should give him a general idea of the specific situation.

Even though the inner earpiece was ineffective at Zhao Ying's place tonight, Chen Yan still knew it was the most useful special item.

Facing its ineffectiveness with Zhao Ying, the problem wasn't with it, but with Zhao Ying...

Once he knew the situation of the two, Chen Yan would also make early preparations.

If there's no issue, then fine.

But if someone was really headhunting, then Chen Yan would have to see the situation, respond accordingly, and see what his two aces thought, whether to draw them in or to give them a warning...

After gradually making up his mind on the road, Chen Yan returned home.

After he got home, Chen Yan washed up, then lay on the bed and started playing with his phone.

While playing, he couldn't help but open the "Virtual Girlfriend" game. He wanted to see what his two girlfriends were doing now.

Upon launching the game, Yu Qiao Qiao's character was the first to appear on screen.

At that moment, Yu Qiao Qiao's pixel character was sitting on the dormitory bed, seemingly talking about something.

Yang Nuannuan had already returned, sitting beside Yu Qiao Qiao, opposite them were three little pixel characters.

Poor Brother Ying's pixel character squatted between the "two groups," hanging his head, enduring a reprimand.

It seems Brother Ying had angered the crowd today.

He was being criticized by his dormitory sisters.

Chen Yan couldn't help but chuckle, finding Brother Ying's carefree nature and mind that seemed to be missing a string, quite endearing.

Except... when he was about to use the Bagua Palm on his own head...

After watching Yu Qiao Qiao's life, Chen Yan clicked the "Switch" button.

Immediately, Lu Man's pixel character appeared on the screen.

She was in the villa's first floor, holding cotton candy, watching a movie.

After checking the status of both, Chen Yan couldn't help but open their "Pose" section to see.

In this month, and particularly the last two days, Chen Yan's progress with his girlfriends' poses had made leaps and bounds; he also wanted to see where his "studies" had gotten to now...

Chen Yan first opened Lu Man's poses.

"Lu Man's available poses: Physical Contact (Unlocked),

Hug (Unlocked, learning progress 63%),

Holding Hands (Unlocked, learning progress 53%),

Kiss (Unlocked, learning progress 100%),

Caress (Unlocked, learning progress 100%),

Under the Clothes (Unlocked, learning progress 95%)

Nude Face to Face (Unlocked, not yet mastered...)

Intimate Touch (Unlocked, learning progress 16%)

Light Bite (Locked, affection insufficient)

Become One (Locked, affection insufficient)..."

The progress was still very biased, causing Chen Yan to shyly want to cover his face, thinking that he and Lu Man were really not pure. This was not good, not good.

Moreover, because he previously drank the "Imagination Potion," Chen Yan had already had many intimate touches with Lu Man. Chen Yan always felt that he was maybe just one step away from winning over Lu Man.

Because he felt... if he didn't win over Lu Man, she might take the initiative to conquer him.

After checking Lu Man's poses, Chen Yan looked at Boss Qiao Qiao's.

Compared with Lu Man's poses, Boss Qiao Qiao's were similar, but due to Chen Yan not studying with her much in the past two months, her progress was all-around behind Lu Man's.

And tonight, the actions taken in the office unlocked "Intimate Touch" for her, and Chen Yan felt that, once Boss Qiao Qiao had some free time and came to the company to pinch clay, he could give her a proper "make-up class."

After all... Boss Qiao Qiao was the first to arrive, and he couldn't let her progress fall behind.

After checking the poses of the two, all the moments that happened between Chen Yan and Yu Qiao tonight flashed through Chen Yan's mind.

Feeling a bit agitated, he thought it over, shut off the game, and casually opened the QiDian app, ready to read a novel, then... go to sleep.

Before long, Chen Yan found a novel and began reading.

The novel was so exquisite, it gave Chen Yan a deep sense of immersion...

Slowly, Chen Yan became engrossed...

...

"Yu Qiao Qiao's Affection Level: 162" (Intimate Acts with Chen Yan +3, Respect for Oneself +3)

"Lu Man's Affection Level: 168" (Chen Yan's arrangement of new work is annoying +2)

"Wealth Value: 35063"

"Professional Wealth: 0"

"Cash: 138.647 million+"

"Fixed Assets: 14.925 million"

...

The night passed without incident.

The next day, Chen Yan yawned as he got up and took a shower.

Last night's novel was very well-written, the only problem was that it was a bit explicit. It had used up some of his energy.

Still, Chen Yan added it to his bookshelf, planning to check it out again when he was bored in a few days.

After washing away the fatigue of the night, Chen Yan went to the company.

The first thing Chen Yan did at the company was to visit Yang Rou's office...

Yang Rou seemed to be in a good mood today. When Chen Yan entered her office, there was the rare sound of music.

It sounded like a piano piece, something Chen Yan, as a layman, couldn't really appreciate.

Yang Rou looked beautiful today as well.

Her black ladies' suit showcased an executive woman's power.

Together with her beautiful face and the mature charm exuding from her, she had a special allure.

The only less interesting thing was her always expressionless face, which made her seem a bit difficult to get along with.

Seeing Chen Yan come in, Yang Rou looked up and gave him a rare, slight smile, "Has President Chen arrived?"

Chen Yan smiled as he sat down opposite her and said, "Yeah. Have you been busy lately?"

Yang Rou shook her head and said coolly, "Not busy. Quite fulfilling."

Chen Yan couldn't help but recall that at 8 o'clock last night, the mother-daughter duo hadn't left, so he casually said, "You worked overtime again last night? The work is never done. Make sure to rest."

Yang Rou simply said, "Thank you for the concern, President Chen."

After talking about the overtime, Chen Yan got to the point, "President Yang, has anyone from other companies approached you since our movie became a hit?"

Yang Rou shook her head, saying succinctly, "No."

Upon hearing Yang Rou's answer, Chen Yan turned on the "Inner Earpiece" to listen in on Yang Rou's inner thoughts.

When the inner earpiece was activated, all other sounds faded away, leaving only Yang Rou's slow, soft heartbeat.

And Yang Rou's inner voice also appeared in Chen Yan's ear.

"Is President Chen aware of some rumors?"

"Could it be that someone in the company is disloyal? Or has been poached?"

"Hmm... President Chen must be hinting at something to me."

"It seems I should be on alert."

After a while, the inner voice disappeared and Chen Yan looked at Yang Rou.

It seems the poached person wasn't her.

After all, from her inner voice, Yang Rou didn't hide anything about poaching.

After chatting with Yang Rou for a bit more and inquiring about Song Chuang's schedule, upon learning that Song Chuang was going to be in Tiandu and coming back the day after tomorrow, Chen Yan returned to the game company.

Returning to his own office, Chen Yan took out his notebook and listed the names of several other key personnel in the company.

Now that Song Chuang wasn't in Tiandu, there was no way to verify, so Chen Yan could only settle for checking out the others.

"Mei Li, Cheng Tianxiang, Fat Phoenix, Tank..."

After listing a few key people, Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, then finally decided to use today's second chance on Cheng Tianxiang.

After finding a pretext to chat with Cheng Tianxiang and listening in with the inner earpiece, Chen Yan also dismissed any "suspicion" towards Cheng Tianxiang.

Cheng Tianxiang's mind was only filled with making games, nothing else.

He probably wouldn't leave even if someone tried to poach him.

After all, Chen Yan's offer was more money and support for his dreams; he wouldn't likely leave.

Having Cheng Tianxiang as a reference example, Chen Yan felt that the others in the game company should have similar thoughts.

For the remaining Mei Li... she had no children and was really treating Lu Man as a willful daughter to nurture, so it's unlikely she could be poached.

Then... after eliminating so many possibilities, only Song Chuang was left, wasn't he?

Chen Yan's gaze grew deep as he looked at the name Song Chuang on the notebook, pondering who might poach Song Chuang, and what measures he would take to deal with it...

...

The next two days were uneventful.

Chen Yan found a pretext to check Mei Li, Fat Phoenix, and several other important personnel and found that there was no abnormality.

Among the company executives, only Song Chuang remained unchecked.

And these days, "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love" continued its miraculous box office run.

The movie, with a production cost that was tripled to only 25 million, didn't stop its pace after achieving a box office of 400 million.

On Monday, its box office fell sharply to 18 million, but on Tuesday and Wednesday, it remained stable, securing 15 million and 14 million respectively.

And on Thursday, its box office rose again to 17 million.

Thus, in the new week, within four days, the box office of "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love" had reached 470 million, infinitely close to 500 million. It would probably be achieved before the week's end.

This also meant that the box office breakthrough of 600 million for "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love" was almost a done deal.

The only question was when.

For a time, in the movie and entertainment industry, Xu Brothers Film Company and Director Zhang became the laughingstock behind closed doors.

Everyone remembered their arrogance when they blacklisted Lu Man, their belittling of "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love." They also knew of the rumors they spread about a six hundred million box office guarantee for the film.

They spread that rumor to shame "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love." But now, with the film very likely to achieve the target, they became the joke.

Everyone was waiting for "Twenty-Three Days of Lost Love" to break 600 million and for the day to laugh at their folly.

And at this time,

On Friday, Song Chuang flew to Qin Island to discuss the distribution work for the new variety show...

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