In the office, Lu Man's expression was like she was constipated.

Staring at the Weibo post above, it really was her name and profile picture; Lu Man simply didn't know what to say.

She looked at the Weibo post again.

To her surprise, she discovered that not only had Chen Yan posted on Weibo, but at the end of the text, he had even posted an "endeavor" emoji.

This... was exactly the emoji that Lu Man was most accustomed to using.

That is to say... Chen Yan's Weibo post had even gotten her habits down pat.

Involuntarily, Lu Man's gaze turned toward Chen Yan, her mouth opening and closing several times, wanting to say something, but not knowing how to express it.

Finally... a thousand words condensed into one sentence, "Chen Yan, you're really getting better and better at not being a decent person."

Hearing Lu Man's complaint, the other two women in the room couldn't help but grin.

Just now, Sister Mei Li and Yang Rou had actually noticed the account from which Chen Yan had posted the Weibo, which was why they had those bizarre expressions on their faces.

At that time, they had pretty much the same thought as Lu Man, but they didn't dare to voice it.

Now, with Lu Man speaking their minds, they inexplicably felt a bit thrilled.

However, faced with Lu Man's "accusation," Chen Yan said indifferently, "I'm doing this for your sake, Man Man."

"Think about it. Your public persona is that of the company's boss. When our company declares war, it definitely has to come from you."

"If I were to post with my own account, wouldn't your persona be shattered?"

"How would others view you?"

Chen Yan, getting into the spirit of things, even deliberately pinched his voice, imitating others, "Ah, that Lu Man, definitely a persona. Just an advertisement. When it comes to managing things, it's all about Chenlu Film's Chen Yan and Yang Rou."

After pondering for a moment, Lu Man nodded thoughtfully, "That... makes sense."

Chen Yan smiled and clapped his hands, "Right?"

"So, I definitely had to use your account to post."

"And..."

He coughed, adding, "My account doesn't have many followers anyway. No one watches."

"!!?" Lu Man snapped back to reality, glaring at Chen Yan, "That's the real reason, isn't it!!"

"Hahaha," Chen Yan laughed without responding.

While the two bantered, Sister Mei Li and Yang Rou didn't feel it was appropriate to interject.

After the playful interaction had passed, the two women also began to speak.

Yang Rou, with a serious tone, said to Chen Yan, "President Chen, your approach... is a bit irrational."

"By doing this, we're kind of put on the spot."

"If the results fall short, it will be hard to bow out gracefully."

She was a relatively rational woman.

When Chen Yan posted on Weibo, she had felt it inappropriate.

But she also knew that even if she snatched the phone and deleted the post, it wouldn't help matters.

So she had calmly waited for Chen Yan and Lu Man to finish interacting before she started to remind Chen Yan of the consequences.

After she finished speaking, Sister Mei Li sighed and said, "Yes, President Chen. This kind of message can really have a big impact on Lu Man."

"If it succeeds, it might make her famous in one battle. Most of the glory of 'Wandering Planet' will belong to her."

"Whenever someone mentions this film, they would talk about how Man Man was furious, betting boldly on Weibo."

"Then they'd admire her confidence and the credit for drawing in traffic for the movie."

"But..."

"If it doesn't succeed."

Sister Mei Li gave Lu Man a sympathetic glance, "Looks like I need to prepare an insulated iron pot in advance."

Lu Man: ....

"Ah ah ah!"

Lu Man was a bit frantic.

She hadn't expected how ultimately it all fell on her head. She indeed was annoyed with the Xu brothers, but... it was just annoyance.

Not to the extent of risking her career.

Seeing her like that, Sister Mei Li gently patted her and said, "I'm just joking, Man Man."

"It's not that serious."

"Your persona is out there, even if it fails, it's actually a good publicity."

"At that time, we can just do some crisis PR."

Hearing the words of the others, Chen Yan coughed and said, "Hey, shouldn't you guys have a little faith in me?"

"When have I ever misjudged?"

When they heard Chen Yan's words, the women gradually calmed down.

They couldn't help but recall Chen Yan's "record of victories."

Indeed, since he started his business, he had never failed.

In the film industry, his insight was even sharper than Yang Rou's.

Every project he was keen on had been a success.

But...

Despite this, the three women were still not quite convinced that Chen Yan could prove his foresight this time.

It was like a stock trader who had never failed after starting, going straight from a hundred bucks to a billion.

And in a new project, he earned a hundred billion, far surpassing everyone else's earnings.

Then he claims his next project could earn another hundred billion.

How... could everyone believe that?

After all, sometimes the industry's ceiling isn't just about ability, but a combination of right timing, right place, and right people, indispensable to success.

Just like 'Medicine God,' its success was accidental and non-replicable.

Even the director, actors, and company didn't know how they achieved such high box office numbers.

And here Chen Yan says he can do it again.

How could anyone believe that?

So, the three women exchanged glances, not knowing what to say.

Finally, it was Yang Rou who spoke up, "I'm going to go back and push the post-production of 'Wandering Planet' a bit. We need to prevent any slip-ups."

Sister Mei Li also chimed in, "I'll go check out the uproar caused by Lu Man's Weibo to see if there's anything I can do."

Lu Man, "I....."

"Chen Yan. Let's have a good chat!"

After Yang Rou and Sister Mei Li had left.

Lu Man, with a puffed-up and indignant air, closed the door and then sat down on Chen Yan's lap, tightly clutching his waist, and with her beautiful almond eyes stared at Chen Yan, asking, "Chen Yan. You're really not trying to harm me, right?"

Chen Yan held up her little butt with one hand and with the other flicked her nose, asking, "Why would I harm you?"

Lu Man pouted and rolled her eyes, "You might have taken a fancy to another actress. Want to promote her, so you're trying to take me down."

Chen Yan, "You might as well read off Zhao Xiaogu's ID card. The only female celebrities in the company with names and titles are you two."

"Right! So you really think that way," Lu Man said with a face as puffed up as a steamed bun.

Chen Yan laughed and pinched, "What are you thinking?"

"How could I possibly be interested in someone else's woman? You're my treasure."

Lu Man was not swayed by Chen Yan's sweet talk. She counted on her fingers, "Me, Qiao Qiao, Zhao Ying, He Mengxue, Yang Rou..."

Hearing Lu Man's initial comment, Chen Yan's heart lurched slightly, a flash of panic crossing his face.

Then...

He heard Lu Man continue to count on her fingers, "Sister Mei Li, Phoenix, Song Chuang, Cheng Tianxiang..."

Chen Yan: ??

"Those last few are too much."

"Right! So Zhao Ying, Meng Xue, Sister Rou, they all are!" Lu Man, catching Chen Yan in a slip of the tongue, looked at him with a triumphant grin.

Seeing his slip exposed, Chen Yan hastily waved his hands, "No, no, I misspoke."

Seeing Chen Yan flustered, Lu Man rolled her eyes, adopting an attitude of letting go of everything, "Your love is like flyers, one for everyone."

"Who knows how many women you've been with behind the scenes."

"But, I don't care."

"After all, I'm not your official girlfriend."

"I can't even claim a moral high ground."

Seeing Lu Man speak so aggrieved, Chen Yan took her hand in his.

He was about to say something when Lu Man cut him off, then said, "Don't get emotional again, or make any promises."

"Until they're actually fulfilled, they're all false."

"I just want to ask you..."

Lu Man's expression grew serious as she looked at Chen Yan, softly asking, "Are you really confident this time?"

"If you mess this up, I'm really finished."

Chen Yan raised three fingers to his face, "I swear, there's really no problem."

Lu Man relaxed her soft body, gently hugged Chen Yan and whispered, "Then I'll trust you."

"After all... everything I have is given by you."

"If I lose, I'll just return to Shanghai, find a job, work nine to five, I'll be quite happy."

"And meet a handsome guy on a blind date, when the time comes, to anger you to death. Hehehe."

Hearing Lu Man's words, Chen Yan slapped her little butt in agitation, "You actually still want to find a handsome guy?!"

"Is it that I can't wield a knife anymore, or can't I move at the waist?"

Lu Man, who inherently had a masochistic constitution, instantly blushed, looking at Chen Yan with affection after being slapped.

And when she heard Chen Yan's words, she giggled and wriggled a little on him, "I think, those two, you seem to be unable to manage either~~"

"Hiss!" Chen Yan inhaled sharply. Men couldn't stand it when someone said they couldn't perform, so he picked Lu Man up amidst her soft exclamations, saying, "Fine. Then I'll let you see if I can or can't!"

After closing the office door, the young couple, unseen for a long time, began their familiar exploration of each other's "instance"...

...

While Chen Yan and Lu Man were enjoying their "happy laughter," the internet at that time was in an uproar because of them.

Just as Chen Yan said: He had too few Weibo followers, posting such a declamatory news had little effect. But it was different for Lu Man.

As one of the few current top-tier celebrities in the country, as one of the few first-line actresses in the entertainment circle, as a female actor who had just become hugely popular again with 'Medicine God,' as a female producer, as a female boss.

Lu Man had tremendous influence on the entire internet.

So her tweet directly set off a firestorm all over Weibo.

Whether they were her fans or not, whether they followed her or not, as soon as she posted that "arrogant" declaration of war, everyone flocked to Weibo to get a piece of the drama.

Consequently, Weibo crashed in a short time, and many people couldn't open their Weibo app.

The programmers at Weibo Company upgraded and repaired it, managing to fix the servers after six minutes by temporarily adding bandwidth and memory, just so the crowd could indulge in this fresh gossip.

And as Weibo was restored, the data for Lu Man's post began to skyrocket exponentially.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...

In just a matter of minutes, the number of shares, comments, and likes on her post had exceeded thirty thousand.

And in less than half an hour, the count of interactions had reached seventy thousand.

And it was still climbing.

Among these comments, the hottest ones were,

"Sister is really domineering."

"Sister Man is mighty. Sister Man has spoken my heart!"

"Even though I don't know what 'Wandering Planet' is like, I'll definitely support it when it's released. Not for anything else, just because I can't stand the disdain Xu's brothers have for domestic films."

"Hmm... Am I the only one who wants to see Lu Man cook herself in an iron pot?"

It must be said, although the Xu's brothers had taken the moral high ground in their publicity a few days ago, leaving netizens without a retort, the eyes of the public are sharp. Everyone knew that the Xu's brothers were making excuses, were evading.

But... they didn't know how to refute it.

Now, someone had finally stood up to refute it, so of course, they cheered as if they had found an organization.

And what they fear most in such online flame wars is someone saying, "If you can do it, then you get up there." And then falling into the vicious cycle of "who's more idle, more senseless."

But Lu Man was different.

She was already an A-list celebrity in the industry, as well as the boss of a major company, and one of the main stars of 'Medicine God,' a film that had broken the domestic box office record.

So, when she spoke, it was like the final word, striking the Xu brothers on the head.

And, due to the shock at Lu Man's dominance and confidence, netizens also began to comment, reshare, and like in support.

However, compared to the cheers of the netizens, the views of insiders in the entertainment industry were not so uniform.

"Has Lu Man gone mad? Another movie that earns 4 billion? Then she would become the only female celebrity in the industry with 10 billion in box office. Does she think she's a deity?"

"Yes. And besides, 'Medicine God' has already acquired high praise and box office results, isn't it good to make a fortune quietly? Is she going to die if she doesn't make the news?"

"Many accidental factors contributed to the 4 billion box office of 'Medicine God.' The domestic movie market isn't that big. Lu Man must be getting carried away recently."

Due to the big success of 'Medicine God,' Lu Man's status in the entertainment circle rose again, but so did the number of people who envied and harbored ill feelings towards her.

They know Lu Man's history very well. Thus, they are even more disdainful of her achievements.

"Lu Man just got lucky with the patronage of big stars like Chen Yan and Yang Rou. Nothing special about that. And even Chen Yan and Yang Rou can't guarantee another movie with a 4 billion box office."

"I really want to see Lu Man fail. She's been too successful these past few years."

"I know Lu Man, she's always been so arrogant and conceited. 'Medicine God' was just her lucky break. If she can pull off another high-grossing movie, I'll eat shit standing on my head."

No matter what, whether it was positive or negative news, Chen Yan had already blown the trumpet for Lu Man, so there was no turning back.

Everyone was waiting for the moment 'Wandering Planet' was released, eager to see if someone would live-stream themselves eating shit while standing on their head or if Lu Man would end up stewing herself in the iron pot...

...

At this moment, in Chen Yan's office at Fenghua Building on Qin Island.

After having a good time several times with Lu Man, she left his office satisfied.

Before leaving, she made an appointment with Chen Yan to continue their battle at home tonight.

It must be said, as she grows older, Lu Man's endurance has been getting stronger, and her combat power has been increasing as well.

After fighting with her, Chen Yan felt invigorated, with a mighty and refreshing urge to exclaim: Ready for another five hundred rounds!

However, it was work hours now, so Chen Yan couldn't delay for too long, so he agreed to temporary ceasefire and would resume their battle in the evening.

After seeing Lu Man off, Chen Yan took a moment to rest on the couch.

Then he went to the safe.

He opened the safe and took out a stack of photos.

These photos were all of valuable projects taken with Xiao Ha's Instant Camera.

At the top of these photos was a document titled 'Wandering Planet Project Proposal.'

Chen Yan picked up this photo and looked over the back.

'Movie: Wandering Planet'

Stars: Six stars.

Box office: 50 billion+

Evaluation: A cross-era masterpiece in the domestic film market. It combines the film industry and patriotic sentiment. It perfectly merges with the collective moral view and values of the country. A rare gem.

When the 'Sunrise Project' was selecting projects, Chen Yan unearthed this piece with the Instant Camera and was also incredibly shocked.

Because the rating and box office projections for this film were even higher than 'Medicine God.'

It made Chen Yan doubt his own luck: Could his luck be so good? To have dug up two blockbuster movies so easily.

However, it was also the reason he pulled such a stunt today.

Now, the reason Chen Yan pulled out this photo was to ensure his showoff move did not influence the box office of 'Wandering Planet.'

After all, his stunt had been a spontaneous act, without much consideration. He felt it wouldn't cause any problems.

If it did affect this cross-era masterpiece, then he would really have to commit seppuku to apologize.

Luckily, there was no change on the back of the photo.

It even grew from the original projection of 46 billion+ by an additional 4 billion.

Indeed... Gimmicks are useful.

While Chen Yan was thinking about this, suddenly, his phone started to ring shrilly.

Chen Yan put down the photo, returned it to the safe, and while locking the safe, he picked up his phone to check.

The number displayed was unfamiliar, originating from Tiandu.

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment.

He didn't have friends in Tiandu, apart from Song Chuang and Jiang Xiaoyun. But he had their numbers saved.

So, whose number was this?

Thinking this, Chen Yan answered the call.

The call connected, and a man's steady voice came through, "President Chen, hello. I'm Xu Zhaorong; I believe you should know me..."

Chen Yan's brows furrowed deeply.

The Xu brothers' eldest?

What was he calling himself for?

To declare war? Or... to make peace?

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