Even people outside the circle know what attending such a dinner party means.

Qin Yuanyao, who has been in the entertainment industry for two years, wouldn't know?

Her willingness to attend dinner parties means she's willing to trade things for the fame and fortune she desires.

Originally, during the few days he spent with her during the first live broadcast of "Our Little Family of Three", he noticed that she was very different from the information he had Mu Hai collect, both in front of the camera and after the broadcast. He even thought that Mu Hai's information was incorrect.

Looking back now, it turns out he could have made a mistake.

Chi Nao saw that her father hadn't spoken for a long time and seemed to be deep in thought, so she didn't understand why he didn't react to her praise.

But she felt she needed to praise him some more, until he was completely bewildered and forgot that she had tricked him into coming here and then sneaked out to find his mother.

"Dad, you don't know yet, do you? Sister Qin was tricked into coming here by Yu Xin. If it weren't for you saving Sister Qin and me, that big bad Yu Xin would definitely have done something to hurt Sister Qin. Dad, you're not only a superhero, but also Guanyin!" Chi Nao said with a righteous and serious expression.

Chi Baiyi "..."

How come he's both Superman and Guanyin?

Children's thinking is indeed very creative.

But a problem he was more concerned about was...

"Was she tricked into coming here?" Chi Baiyi raised her eyes and glanced at Chi Naozi.

Chi Cheese nodded emphatically, "Yes, that's right."

"How do you know she was tricked into coming? Did she tell you?"

"Because Yu Xin did a lot of things that hurt Sister Qin. She made Sister Qin get scolded by a lot of people, and made many people misunderstand that Sister Qin likes to create hype and is impolite to people, but Sister Qin is not like that at all." Chi Naozi recalled what her mother had said to her ten years later and paraphrased it in her own words.

Chi Baiyi sensed that Chi Nai hadn't directly answered her question, but she had revealed a great deal of information.

Qin Yuanyao's scandals about liking to create hype, acting like a diva, and bullying extras are all thanks to Yu Xin.

"How do you know all this?" Chi Baiyi stared at Chi Cheese.

Chi Naozi blinked her dark almond-shaped eyes and lied, "That's what I heard Sister Qin say when she was on the phone with someone."

Seeing that her father didn't quite believe her, Chi Naoqi puffed out her cheeks in annoyance.

"Dad, I'm telling the truth. Just you wait, Sister Qin will leave Yu Xin soon, and then everyone will know that Sister Qin is a really good person, and Yu Xin is the biggest villain."

Chi Baiyi remained noncommittal.

His phone suddenly rang; it was Director Jiang calling.

“President Chi,” Director Jiang said, his voice filled with resentment, “have you seen the online disputes these past two days?”

"What conflict?" Chi Baiyi asked in a cool voice.

He doesn't follow the entertainment industry and is unaware of what's been happening online these past two days.

Director Jiang's attempt to create a scandal by associating Qin Yuanyao with Xing Yu led to a flood of netizens on the official Weibo account of "Xiaojia" demanding that the program team delete all of Qin Yuanyao's scenes and that Qin Yuanyao leave the show. Chi Baiyi was informed of all of this.

"President Chi, we've been editing the first episode these past few days, and we were planning to air the edited version in a few days. Now that this has happened, we really don't know how to edit it anymore," Director Jiang said, looking worried.

He was really worried, so much so that he hadn't slept well for the past two days, and his already thinning hair was falling out in clumps.

Qin Yuanyao was put in by her investor father.

On one side are his benefactors, and on the other side are benefactors from another level. He can't afford to offend either side.

After much deliberation, he decided that he could only test President Chi's attitude.

If Chi Baiyi is willing to protect Qin Yuanyao, then their production team will have no worries about investment, and no matter how much netizens complain, they won't be concerned.

However, if Chi Baiyi is unwilling to protect Qin Yuanyao, then they will have to listen to the netizens' suggestions and also confirm with Chi Baiyi whether he is willing to find other people to form an internship family with him and continue to appear in the second season.

Chi Baiyi remained silent for a long time, and Director Jiang was extremely uneasy.

He's now worried that Chi Baiyi is neither willing to protect Qin Yuanyao, nor does he plan to appear in the second season, nor is he prepared to continue investing in "Our Little Family".

That means he really has to bear all the suffering alone, no, the entire production team has to shoulder it all.

Chi Baiyi glanced at Chi Naoqi, considered her words, and then glanced at Chi Naoqi again.

Chi Nao was completely bewildered by his gaze and asked in a childish voice, "Daddy, why are you staring at me like that? Whose phone call is that?"

Chi Baiyi didn't answer her, but instead said to Director Jiang on the other end of the phone, "Edit it as is and broadcast it as usual."

Director Jiang was overjoyed.

This is the result he wanted most!

This makes post-production editing easier, and it also makes things easier for him.

But Director Jiang confirmed again, "You will continue to appear in the second season with Qin Yuanyao and Cheese, right?"

"Act according to the contract."

Director Jiang was stunned.

Act in accordance with the contract?

Their contracts with the guests are signed on a per-episode basis. The contracts for the second episode haven't been signed with the guests yet, which means that Chi Baiyi may not be able to continue appearing in the second episode.

Director Jiang originally wanted to shamelessly ask Chi Baiyi if he would continue to invest in the second phase, but Chi Baiyi suddenly remembered and asked, "When will the contract for the second phase be signed?"

Director Jiang's disappointment was replaced by elation, and he hurriedly said, "The contract has been drafted, and we can sign it right away!"

"Don't give the contract to Qin Yuanyao for now, or to her agent. We'll talk about it later," Chi Baiyi said coldly.

Director Jiang didn't understand what Chi Baiyi was planning.

Is CEO Chi planning to appear in the second season or not?

But Director Jiang didn't have the courage to ask, so he could only reply, "Okay. I'll give it to Qin Yuanyao whenever you tell me to."

"Okay." Chi Baiyi hung up the phone.

Director Jiang stared at the disconnected phone, painfully rubbing his already thinning hair.

Sigh, should he be happy or sad?

This way.

After Chi Baiyi hung up the phone, Chi Nai asked in a childish voice, "Daddy, who were you talking to just now? What kind of contract was it that you wouldn't give Sister Qin?"

"It's nothing," Chi Baiyi said without elaborating.

If what Chi Naozi said is true, Qin Yuanyao will soon leave Yu Xin, which means Qin Yuanyao is probably planning to terminate her contract with her current agency.

When she followed them out of that private room, she looked calm and showed no signs of anger or sadness at being tricked.

Did Qin Yuanyao know that Yu Xin was trying to trick her into coming to the dinner party, and was she using this as a pretext to gather evidence?

Therefore, when Director Jiang asked him how to cut the film, he suddenly felt that he could wait.

Perhaps, as Chi Naozi said, soon everyone will know what kind of person Qin Yuanyao really is...

(End of this chapter)

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