Fu Cheng was speechless after being rebuked.

Zhou Shan also took the opportunity to persuade him: "Brother, before you invested, the role our people got was just a special appearance in three episodes, and the contract was already signed. Now that the producer is willing to give her the second female lead, it's already very sincere."

Fu Cheng glanced at Gan Tang.

Gan Tang smiled and reminded her, "This is a poverty alleviation drama, it doesn't make money, and the viewership is unlikely to be very high. The big director is willing to take it because he's aiming for awards. If you put a popular celebrity in it, especially as the female lead, the chances of winning an award will be halved. No wonder they wouldn't want to use her."

At this point, Gan Tang switched to a sarcastic tone: "However, I have a way to further increase the chances of this film winning an award. Oh, I still have work to finish, so I can't chat with you anymore."

As he spoke, he got up to leave.

Fu Cheng quickly stopped her, his attitude completely changing to one of sincerity: "Sister, tell me, how do you fold it?"

It seems he's quite interested. Gan Tang didn't intend to make things difficult for him and said directly, "I can contact the organizers of the Jinhua Awards and have them write two promotional articles for the film crew."

The Jinhua Awards are organized by authoritative media outlets, so they certainly carry weight. However, Fu Cheng wondered, "Does it actually help with winning an award?"

"Actually, it's not very useful. But it's very necessary to build the director's confidence. After all, the film has been recognized by the organizers before it's even released, and it can also attract a lot of media attention. That's all free advertising." Gan Tang thought for a moment after saying that, and then added, "It's not that it's completely useless. When it comes to nominations and awards, if two films are of similar quality, the judges will also consider other factors."

Fu Cheng asked in surprise, "How do you know someone from the organizers?"

That's no ordinary, low-level award.

Gan Tang said vaguely, "Their publicity department wrote a report about the foundation I manage."

"Just because we've covered a few news stories together, you think you can get them to come?"

"Why are you asking so many questions? I'll just get you in touch with the person." Seeing Fu Cheng's hesitant attitude, Gan Tang explained awkwardly, "The head of the publicity department is Mrs. Chu's cousin. I've met him a few times because of work, and Mrs. Chu specifically asked him to take care of me."

"Thank you." Fu Cheng realized he had misspoke.

Gan Tang smiled awkwardly and reminded him, "I'll contact the person for you, but you have to meet them in person. Remember to bring the producer and director with you. Also, just send out two articles. Don't make any unreasonable demands. If he tells Mrs. Chu and then Chu Jiahe finds out, I'll be too ashamed to face anyone."

Fu Cheng nodded, waved for Zhou Shan to leave, and asked in a low voice, "Is Chu Jiahe still in contact with you?"

"Why would I contact him? He hates me to death."

Gan Tang quickly changed the subject: "Hey, be nicer to the director. How well your leading lady turns out depends entirely on him. Although the director won't ruin his own reputation, a bad impression of the leading lady will affect his performance."

However, you don't need to worry too much. Sometimes directors do want to use popular celebrities. First, it will increase the number of views. Most importantly, if the film is good, people will praise the director for his ability to train the actors and for his skill. If the film is bad, the popular celebrities will take the blame.

Therefore, your actress must have good acting skills, otherwise you're not helping her, you're harming her.

Fu Cheng nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll be going. I'll let you know once we've confirmed the time and place." Gan Tang got up and left.

As she reached the door, Fu Cheng called out to her, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for Canglan."

So he thought she'd been bothering him these past few days because of Mo Huaixing. But that didn't seem wrong. Gan Tang said "Oh," and went back to her office.

After finishing her business, Gan Tang lazily lay back in her office chair, excitedly clasping her hands together: Thank God, we finally got rid of this big Buddha.

Suddenly, she sat up and slapped her forehead: Oh no, the female lead is Lin Shuang.

She was only thinking about getting Fu Cheng to go on a long trip so she could have a few days to recover, and hadn't realized that the woman he was going to help was Lin Shuang. But the message had already been sent, what should she do?

What can I do? I'll just play dumb for now. Maybe things will be different once Fang Heng's news comes out. But right now, she's practically an ally of mine; it wouldn't be fair to keep it from her like this.

After thinking it over, Gan Tang decided to go there in person to explain things clearly.

It was the same coffee shop. Gan Tang watched Lin Shuang enter, feeling a pang of sympathy for Fu Cheng. It's not easy to go to the trouble of pursuing a woman who's practically throwing herself at you. But this woman would rather be with a pervert than accept him.

"Why did you come here? I was just about to look for you." Lin Shuang sat down, looking even more anxious than Gan Tang. She checked again to make sure the door was locked before speaking softly, "I just came back from Fourth Master's place. I heard that the Pang Group was wiped out by the police, but Pang Shanhu escaped. Fourth Master got a batch of guns and explosives and sold them to several small drug trafficking gangs at extremely low prices."

She spoke in a hurry, and Gan Tang felt a pang of panic. She asked, "What's wrong?"

"Are you stupid! Pang Shanhu has run away, so the secrets that only Pang Shanhu knew about in Mo Huaixing's hands are no longer a secret. They might even have some goods. If they have guns, they'll dare to fight Mo Huaixing for them, and people will die."

In other words, before Mo Huaixing could even rally them, the conflict began, and it escalated.

"I understand, thank you." Gan Tang picked up her bag and left in a hurry.

After driving onto a quiet side road, Gan Tang hurriedly took out her phone, about to make a video call with Mo Huaixing, when Mo Huaixing called her back.

This was the first time Mo Huaixing had taken the initiative to video chat with her, and Gan Tang felt even more panicked. She suppressed her fear and answered the video call.

"What's wrong with you? Why is your face so red?" Mo Huaixing's deep voice came from the screen.

Seeing him, Gan Tang gradually calmed down and shook her head slightly. Before she could speak, Mo Huaixing's voice came again, "Where are you?"

"I'm on my way. Listen to me..."

Before Gan Tang could finish speaking, Mo Huaixing's words came out, drowning out hers, and he solemnly instructed, "Listen to me, go back right now and stay in Qinglong Bay. Don't go out until I call you again."

"What's wrong?" Gan Tang asked anxiously.

Mo Huaixing explained, "Pang Shanhu has fled. He's at his wit's end, and he's no different from a mad dog. He's bound to retaliate. I'm not sure who he'll target."

Lu Zhengqian wanted Pang Lou, but he didn't want Pang Lou to fall into Lu Zhengqian's hands. He wanted to find a reasonable way to get Pang Lou arrested by the police, but he didn't expect Pang Lou to escape.

"And what about you?" Gan Tang asked urgently, "Mo Huaixing, listen to me, it's not just him, there are many others, many others have guns..."

A deafening explosion rang out, and flames surged towards Mo Huaixing. Gan Tang instinctively pushed her phone away. When she came to her senses, she hurriedly got out of the car to retrieve her phone, but the person she wanted to see wasn't on the screen.

"Mo Huaixing, Mo Huaixing..."