Seeing Chen Yan's calm expression, Yang Rou couldn't help but remember the time they discussed movie box office earnings together.

At that time, he was also so composed and confident that the movie's box office would exceed 500 million, even 600 million.

In a blink of an eye, she hadn't expected that the movie's box office was about to reach his prediction...

While recalling this in her mind, Yang Rou said, "Then you must still remember the promotion and killing by Xu Group brothers against us before, right?"

Chen Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He not only remembered the promotion by Xu Group for "Heartbreak," but also remembered that Xu Group had recently tried to poach his right-hand personnel.

If it weren't for Zhao Ying's reminder, he might not have noticed this crisis.

Thinking of this, the anger that Chen Yan had temporarily suppressed flared up again.

He felt... should he also strike back now?

Thinking so, Chen Yan said in a deep voice, "I remember."

Yang Rou nodded slightly, then said, "That's right. I think always being passively beaten isn't our style."

"Entertainment industry, you see. Everybody really plays for fame and face."

"This is an industry that can really quickly monetize fame and face."

"Being weak is useless. So... I'm thinking, perhaps we should strike back."

Upon hearing Yang Rou's words, Chen Yan looked at her somewhat surprisingly.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that several things Yang Rou had done were obviously not perfect, Chen Yan might suspect she had a cheat activated!

Ever since her employment, Chen Yan found that Yang Rou was practically the worm inside his stomach; whatever he wanted to do, she would think ahead of him, whatever he wanted to say, she could grasp at the first instance.

Now, she had even guessed his intention to retaliate?

With this thought, Chen Yan nodded and said, "I was thinking the same."

Seeing Chen Yan speak this way, Yang Rou opened her drawer, took out a document from inside, and handed it to Chen Yan, saying, "Mr. Chen. This is a small counter-attack plan I've made."

"The first step has been discussed internally, and some colleagues in the company are also aware of it."

Chen Yan took it and looked it over, then expressed surprise.

This plan was really not small at all.

It consisted of three parts, six or seven small details, appearing like a complete set of serial tactics.

Chen Yan looked it over carefully.

After reading it, he nodded slightly and affirmed, "It's good. I like it."

Yang Rou smiled slightly. Now that she had received Chen Yan's approval, it had become a kind of joy for her.

After discussing the steps of the plan with Yang Rou for a while, Chen Yan took his water cup and went back to his office alone.

After returning to the office, Chen Yan made a phone call to Song Chuang according to his plan.

Song Chuang focused on film distribution and capital operations and had no resources related to translation.

Chen Yan felt a bit vexed.

Was it really this difficult to find a suitable game translation company?

Perhaps he should look for external help?

At that thought, Zhao Ying's figure first came to his mind.

Could he... ask Brother Ying for help again?

No sooner had this thought arisen, Chen Yan dismissed it. He felt he already owed Brother Ying too many favors. To trouble her again with this matter would really be too much.

Thus, Chen Yan had no choice but to temporarily suppress his plans for globalization.

The day passed swiftly.

Soon, it was time to leave work and also the time he had agreed to meet with Brother Ying.

At five o'clock, Chen Yan was still wondering when Zhao Ying would come to pick him up when he received a text message from Zhao Ying, "Come downstairs."

Tool-man Chen Yan left the company and went down the stairs briskly.

Arriving downstairs, Chen Yan saw a black stretch Lincoln parked by the roadside.

The stretch Lincoln, being a typical super-large luxury sedan, was greatly favored by many business owners. Thus, Chen Yan couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

At that moment, the door of the stretch Lincoln opened, and a thin man dressed in a black suit, with slicked-back hair, emerged. He approached Chen Yan with a joyful smile, bowed respectfully, and asked, "Hello, are you Mr. Chen Yan?"

Chen Yan was surprised for a moment, "Yes, that's me."

The man said, "The young lady sent me to pick you up, please get in the car."

Saying so, he opened the car door and gestured with his hand.

Chen Yan got into the car somewhat surprised, beginning to speculate a little about Zhao Ying's identity...

It seemed Zhao Ying's identity was indeed not simple.

Young lady?

Could it be... she is the legitimate daughter of a consortium or family?

As he pondered, Chen Yan got into the car.

The vehicle quickly reached the seaside during its journey.

Driving along Coastal Avenue, Chen Yan saw the car enter a huge seaside manor.

Chen Yan looked at the external environment of this manor, feeling somewhat familiar.

He furrowed his brows, trying to recall information about this manor from his mind.

After a while, he suddenly remembered where he had seen this place!

It was in an online post!

That post had introduced the top ten mansions of Qindong Province!

Indeed, it had included an external photo of this manor.

At that time, Chen Yan was interested not just because the manor was on Qin Island, but also because it was built on Qin Island's most bustling seaside, almost as if rounding up a part of the sea, which was astonishing.

Curiously, Chen Yan entered this name into Sogou and searched.

Immediately, Sogou displayed a heap of information about this manor.

The information stated that this manor was built twenty to thirty years ago. Hailed as the most luxurious seaside manor in the entire Qindong Province, it was later bought by Zhao Group and then became the residence of the Zhao family's Qindong lineage.

Zhao Group, Chen Yan knew.

That was a truly giant domestic enterprise with industries spread across energy, manufacturing, healthcare, education, electronics, real estate, and other sectors. The entire group's market value ranked among the top 30 in the world and top 5 in the country.

But the influence it wielded far exceeded these rankings.

Compared to the internet and tech companies ranked ahead of it, its sectors were all labor-intensive areas, thus it had a huge number of employees under its banner.

Some joked online: Zhao family's direct employees numbered in the millions; if including upstream and downstream companies, the number of people impacted could be billions. Once there was a problem, the whole country's economy would be affected.

Although this statement was somewhat exaggerated, it also, to some extent, described the terrifying stature of the Zhao family at present.

So, upon seeing this manor, Zhao Ying's identity became evident: the young lady of Zhao family's Qindong province branch.

Chen Yan thought about Zhao Ying's usual actions and the help she had provided him, and thought... it made sense.

However, if that was the case, the issue also arose.

If Zhao Ying truly was the young lady of the Zhao family branch, then why would she go to Qin Island University?

Although Qin Island University was not bad, it certainly wasn't among the top universities in the country.

Moreover... if that really was the case, why would her father want to meet him?

He seemed to have absolutely no connections with them.

For a moment, Chen Yan was also a bit puzzled.

While Chen Yan was lost in these thoughts, the car slowly stopped at the entrance of the large villa.

Two rows of black-clad people stood at the villa entrance, each strong and formidable, clearly not ordinary.

Seeing the car approach, they merely glanced before standing straight again, motionless.

The vehicle stopped slowly, and the black-clad butler who had earlier helped Chen Yan into the car, got out and then courteously opened the car door for Chen Yan.

Chen Yan stepped out of the car and looked up at the villa.

Calling it a villa felt understated; Chen Yan felt it was more like a small castle.

Compared to this villa, Lu Man's villa seemed just like a little brother.

Chen Yan composed himself and walked inside.

The villa was large, stretching from the corridor to the entrance hall about seven or eight meters.

As Chen Yan walked, he looked down the hallway and then saw a chubby middle-aged man sitting in a simple T-shirt on the rosewood sofa in the living room, sipping tea while reading a newspaper.

The person who had invited Chen Yan, Zhao Ying, was on the other side of the living room, wearing boxing gloves and continuously punching a hanging sandbag, "Hey! Ha! Oomph!"

The entire villa looked splendid, but because of these two people, it somehow felt very down-to-earth.

Reaching the entrance hall, the butler who had led Chen Yan inside asked him to wait a moment then quickly walked into the living room, lowered his head, and said something to the middle-aged man.

Hearing the butler's words, the middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Chen Yan still standing, waiting in the entrance hall.

Then he put down the newspaper, stood up with a beaming smile, and came out.

Approaching Chen Yan, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand first and said to Chen Yan, "Hello, you must be Chen Yan? I'm Zhao Ying's father, Zhao Xuan. You can call me Uncle Zhao."

Chen Yan reached out his hand, neither humbly nor arrogantly, and shook hands with Zhao Xuan, saying, "Hello, Uncle Zhao. I am Chen Yan."

The middle-aged man looked Chen Yan up and down with a satisfied gaze and then patted Chen Yan's shoulder, saying, "Come on. Don't stand outside, let's go inside and talk."

Chen Yan agreed and followed Zhao Xuan inside.

But as he walked, Chen Yan felt a bit apprehensive...

What was Zhao Ying's father's intention in looking at him like that?

Why... did it feel like he was looking at a son-in-law?

But... he and Brother Ying had no relation!

What exactly was the purpose of tonight's dinner?

Brother Ying, this unreliable, couldn't he have spoken clearly beforehand?!

While Chen Yan was lost in these thoughts, Zhao Xuan led Chen Yan to sit down in the living room.

Then, like an elder who had watched Chen Yan grow up, he warmly inquired about Chen Yan's situation, "Did you hit traffic coming here?"

Chen Yan shook his head, "No, the road was very smooth."

Zhao Xuan smiled and said, "That's good. Have you had lunch?"

He looked at his watch and said, "We probably have about twenty minutes before we can eat."

Chen Yan quickly said, "No problem. I'm not hungry."

After saying this, Chen Yan looked at Zhao Xuan's beaming face and still felt somewhat nervous.

Therefore, he weighed his words and took the initiative to ask, "Uncle Zhao, may I know why you invited me here today?"

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