Chapter 141 Funny [VIP]

Chapter Summary: He's obsessed with money, he's gone mad!

The awards ceremony has ended.

Before Mu Zhi could leave the venue, she was surrounded by reporters.

"Zhizhi, share your feelings right now?"

"Professor Mu, may I do a brief interview?"

Seeing this, Ji Binghe asked the media reporters not to crowd, "Please wait a moment, don't rush, we will have 10 minutes for the interview. Teacher Mu, please excuse me for a moment."

The Golden Crane Award is an official and authoritative award. Winning actors are required to be interviewed by official media and then proceed to other events.

Seeing that the Muzhi team was very friendly, and knowing that tonight's awards ceremony was the organizer's home turf, the various media outlets stood aside and waited.

One of the reporters saw Liu Rui and her team pass by and, on a whim, quietly followed her.

As soon as Liu Rui stepped out of the venue, she was called back.

"Teacher Liu, please wait a moment."

Liu Rui stopped and turned around, only to see that it was a reporter from a newspaper.

"Teacher Liu, Mu Zhi won the Golden Crane Award for Best Actress tonight. You are both artists from the same company and both won Best Actress awards."

Do you have anything to say about Mu Zhi winning the award? Or are you worried that people will compare the two of you?

Liu Rui's agent: "I'm sorry, we..." tried to pull Liu Rui away.

But Liu Rui raised her hand and shook it off, taking the microphone that the reporter handed her.

Liu Rui forced a smile and replied, "Mu Zhi has only been in the film industry for a short time, and she won Best Actress for her second starring film. She's very lucky with awards."

As my junior colleague and a newcomer to the film industry, please refrain from comparing us. Congratulations on winning the award.

After saying that, he turned and left.

His expression instantly fell.

Liu Rui's agent, following behind, looked helpless and carefully spoke, "Rui, actually, Mu Zhi and you don't have any conflict over film and television resources. Whether she wins an award or not is none of our business..."

He thought to himself: He couldn't do anything to Mu Zhi before.

Now that Mu Zhi's career in the company and the industry is booming, why should Liu Rui act rudely in public and lose face? It is very likely that some busybodies will use this to their advantage and offend Mu Zhi as well.

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Rui stopped and glared at her agent, sneering, "Two tigers cannot share one mountain."

A company can only have one top female executive.

She has been the top female star since the establishment of Lanxing Media.

Now, how could I be willing to submit to Mu Zhi!

After the interview, Mu Zhi changed out of her formal dress and into a short white long-sleeved top paired with light-colored jeans. She changed her high heels into comfortable white flat shoes, tied a camel-colored towel around her neck, and draped a long black cardigan over her shoulders.

This outfit is both comfortable and warm.

Mu Zhi and her team walked out of the side door of the Beicheng Art Center Grand Theater and headed towards the ground parking lot.

Ji Binghe said that to celebrate Mu Zhi winning the Best Actress award, the company had booked a restaurant a week ago and had just instructed the kitchen to prepare the dishes.

Once they arrive, it will be almost time to serve the food.

"The boss is treating tonight. We'll have great food and drinks, so everyone can eat to their heart's content."

This caused the already hungry team members to cheer happily, and they discussed the famous restaurant's signature dishes with great joy as they walked.

As I approached the parking spot, I was suddenly startled.

Mu Zhi and her group were among the last group of artists to leave. There were hardly any cars or people left in the parking lot at this time.

Four people suddenly jumped out of the darkness and blocked their way.

The bodyguard reacted immediately, taking two steps forward to shield Mu Zhi, who was walking in front, behind him.

When Mu Zhi looked up and saw the four people standing opposite her, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

It turned out to be the original owner's parents and the father and son who came to Beicheng with her last time.

They quietly returned to Beicheng, found the parking lot of the Beicheng Art Center Grand Theater, and waited by their car for an unknown amount of time.

The bodyguard and male assistant did not recognize who the people were. When they saw the four men who had suddenly appeared and blocked their way with hostile intentions, they stepped forward and politely asked them to move aside. When the four men did not move, they were about to call security.

The original owner's mother initially intended to point at the male bodyguard, but seeing his large size, she instead pointed at the male assistant and yelled, "What are you doing? Do you know who we are?"

Mu Zhi called out to the bodyguard and male assistant: "They are my parents."

Upon hearing this, the team members present exchanged glances, their faces showing embarrassment.

The bodyguard and male assistant retreated, looking completely bewildered.

Mu Zhi knew that the original owner's parents must have come with a purpose.

I won't be able to celebrate with my team.

He told everyone to go to the restaurant for lunch first, and he would go later.

She turned to Minmin and asked her to give her the bag that Minmin had been keeping for her.

Ji Binghe whispered to Mu Zhi, "I'll go with you, it's settled then."

Tell the others to go to the restaurant first, saying, "The boss and a few colleagues are waiting at the restaurant. You must be starving all night, so hurry up and go eat."

Smiling, he said to Mu Zhi's parents, "It's such a pleasant surprise that you and your aunt have come to Beicheng again. Mu Zhi and I haven't eaten yet, please join us."

Since Mu Zhi and the brokerage director had both spoken, Minmin and the others had no choice but to comply.

A restaurant.

A week ago, after learning that Mu Zhi had won the Golden Crane Award for Best Actress, He Zhiyue asked Lu Ke to book a restaurant in advance.

To make tonight's celebration more convenient, this restaurant was booked and specially decorated.

He Zhiyue sat on the second floor of the restaurant, waiting, constantly replaying Mu Zhi's acceptance speech at the awards ceremony, feeling somewhat agitated.

Hearing noises downstairs, I thought: I'm a few minutes later than expected.

The Muzhi team members then came up.

Mu Zhi was nowhere to be seen, and Director Ji was also absent.

Upon closer inspection of the team members' expressions, there was no joy on their faces. Instead, they were all frowning and unusually quiet, clearly preoccupied with something on their minds.

He Zhiyue: "Has Teacher Mu...Teacher Mu and Director Ji arrived?"

Minmin explained, "President He, Sister Zhizhi and Director Ji might be a little late, so let's celebrate first."

He Zhiyue pressed further, "Did something happen?"

Minmin and Muzhi are close, and Minmin knows that Muzhi has had no contact with her biological parents for the past four years and their relationship is not good. She thinks that their sudden visit to Beicheng to find Muzhi must not be a good thing.

He was honest with his boss: "Sister Zhizhi's parents have come to Beicheng."

He Zhiyue frowned slightly upon hearing this, then pretended not to know about the strained relationship between Mu Zhi and her parents, saying that since Mu Zhi had gone to eat with her parents, they could eat and wait.

He smiled and called to his employees, "Everyone, quickly find a seat and have lunch."

Tell Luke to urge the kitchen to serve the food immediately.

Seeing that the boss had spoken, the staff, who were already starving, were energized and smiled as they found seats...

On the other side, Ji Binghe drove Mu Zhi, along with Mu Zhi's parents, nominal uncle, and cousin, to a relatively private restaurant.

We booked a private room.

Ji Binghe and Mu Zhi haven't eaten anything since the afternoon until now at 10 pm.

I was so hungry that my stomach was upset and started to hurt.

So after entering the private room, Ji Binghe called the waiter in to ask what she could serve immediately, ordered a few dishes, and then politely handed the menu to the people next to her.

After two and a half years apart, Ji Binghe looked at Mu Zhi's parents.

Mu Zhi's father had sparse, slicked-back hair and wore a leather coat from a certain brand. He tugged at his sleeve as if deliberately letting his hand rest on the dining table, revealing a gold watch on his wrist and a gold ring on his finger.

The woman sitting next to me, Mu Zhi's mother, had permed hair, wore a brown mink coat, a jade bracelet on her wrist, and a jade ring on her finger.

The two were dressed like nouveau riche, very ostentatiously.

My uncle and cousin were each wearing a down jacket, which was much more understated than last time; I wonder if they were deliberately trying to outdo each other.

Mu Zhi looked at the original owner's parents and asked, "You came to Beicheng without saying a word, what do you want?"

The original owner's mother straightened her clothes, glanced at her brother-in-law, and said to Mu Zhi with a fawning smile, "We heard from people online that you're going to win an award, so we came here to congratulate you."

The next second, her true nature was revealed: "You said you became a movie queen, my goodness, does that mean you'll earn even more money in the future?"

Ji Binghe looked at Mu Zhi's parents, uncles, and cousins, and her gaze towards Mu Zhi was as if she were looking at a gold vault, plotting how to empty the vault of its contents.

Since everyone's here for the money, there's no need for formalities or fake politeness.

Ji Binghe said that Mu Zhi took three days off from filming to return to Beicheng, and her flight to Hengcheng will be tomorrow afternoon.

If Mu Zhi's parents have anything to say during this trip, they should speak frankly.

Just as Mu Zhi's parents were about to speak, her uncle coughed and said that Mu Zhi hadn't been home for several years and knew nothing about the situation at home. Her brother and sister-in-law were getting old and missed their daughter so much that they had come to Beicheng to visit.

"We relatives definitely have a lot to talk about, but it's not a convenient occasion right now. Let's wait until we get back to talk about it."

This was somewhat of a precaution against Ji Binghe.

Mu Zhi turned her head and glanced at the original owner's so-called uncle. He used to look down on the original owner's family and would avoid them from afar, but now he was clinging to the original owner's parents and they couldn't be driven away no matter what.

She had no affection for her original parents, and was completely estranged from this father and son.

There's no need to stand on ceremony at this dinner table.

He immediately broke off all pretense of civility and addressed the uncle directly:

"Uncle Mu, your use of 'we' is inappropriate. I remember as far back as I can remember, your family was rich and looked down on our family. There was no interaction between our two families."

A few years ago, I wanted to borrow money from you to go to college. I promised to write an IOU and pay interest, but you wouldn't even let me in the door and avoided me like the plague.

Previously, you didn't want anything to do with my family, but now you've brought my parents all the way to Beicheng to find me and interfere in our family affairs. I want to ask you, what's your stance on this?

Then, looking at the original owner's parents, she said, "Didn't you two promise me, with all your pride, that you wouldn't have anything to do with this family?"

The original owner's parents looked embarrassed. Mu Zhi regularly sent money home every month, asking them not to associate with her brother-in-law's family.

My brother-in-law has been coming to our door several times recently, trying to find out how much money they got from Mu Zhi.

After learning a vague figure, they said it was too little, and that celebrities can't stay popular forever, they can only be popular for a few years at most, especially female celebrities.

When a woman reaches 30, her career hits a bottleneck, her appearance begins to fade, and the market is taken over by a new batch of young actresses.

My nephew chimed in with alarmist remarks: "These days, female celebrities don't marry into wealthy families anymore. They might even have to pay off gigolos. And if a scandal breaks out and they retire, they'll suddenly have no income..."

They were told to take advantage of Mu Zhi's current popularity as a big star, earning a lot of money and having plenty of cash, and to quickly get more money, otherwise they might not be able to rely on the regular monthly payments later.

So they came to the North City again...

The original owner's parents brought their brother-in-law and nephew along because the father and son assured them they would get the money, and the two were indeed worldly and knowledgeable.

Whether or not they have any dealings with each other is not important; what's important is that they can get the money.

Seeing that Mu Zhi disliked her brother-in-law's family, the original owner's parents forgot what her brother-in-law had said about taking things slowly, such as "standing on the moral high ground and making Mu Zhi appear unreasonable."

They've always been used to bringing up money the moment they call their daughter.

He then directly stated the purpose of his trip to Beicheng.

The original owner's father rubbed his hands and said, "Look at you, all alone in Beicheng. We've come all this way and we don't even have a place to stay. Your younger brother plans to go to university in Beicheng in the future, so, then he needs a house in Beicheng."

Every time they asked for money, Mu Zhi would give it to them without hesitation.

My brother-in-law was right; they were too short-sighted and asked for too little.

So this time, I came here wanting a house in the north of the city. I specified the location and size of the house. It turns out that such a house would cost at least 100 million yuan.

Hearing this, Ji Binghe, who was eating, almost dropped her chopsticks. Asking for a house in Beicheng worth over 100 million? That's outrageous!

He grabbed a tissue to wipe his mouth and asked, quite amused, "Did you know that Mu Zhi rents an apartment in Beicheng?"

Mu Zhi herself doesn't own a house, yet she bought a house in Beicheng for her parents, who already had a demolition compensation house and a villa. What kind of parents are they? They're obsessed with money and have gone crazy for it.

After the original owner's parents made their demands, they saw their daughter's face full of mockery.

They knew that 100 million was too much, and their brother-in-law gave them advice: first, propose a number that the other party cannot accept, and then adjust it down appropriately. This way, it would be easier to reach an agreement.

"Cash is fine too, a flat price of 60 million, not a penny less."

[Author's Note]

Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 15:00:58 on September 5, 2022 and 15:47:34 on September 6, 2022!

Thank you to the little angel who watered the nutrient solution: Little Wang who goes to bed early, 5 bottles;

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!