An investment of two million was not a small sum at the time, not to mention the money given by other investors. All in all, Director Lin had invested more than ten million.

Liu Huanyi was very curious about how much it cost to make a movie in this era.

“Ahem.”

Huo Yuli stood at the door and coughed, reminding them to stop chatting for the time being because he was coming.

Hu Die quickly ran back to her workstation, and Liu Huanyi stood up and asked, "Boss Huo, what's the matter?"

"Two new employees have come. I want you to see if they are suitable for working with you on the VR project. If not, I will ask someone else to arrange for them."

The two people who came this time were interviewed by Huo Yuli personally, which was quite shocking. No one expected that a small IT employee would have to be interviewed in person by the big boss of Huo's company.

However, their resumes are very impressive. Not only do they have domestic work experience, but they also have a lot of theoretical knowledge.

After reading their resumes, Liu Huanyi knew that they were from the academic school and must be the type who was better at theory than practice.

But now the project is short of manpower, so she can only agree to keep these two people for the time being.

"They will report to you tomorrow."

"Um."

After Huo Yuli left, before Liu Huanyi had time to breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Chuxiao called again.

"Huanyi, are you free tonight?"

"Tonight...yes."

Liu Huanyi glanced at the calendar and saw no arrangements.

"That's great. I'll take you to a party tonight. Do you want to go?"

"Can you tell the truth? I don't want to go."

Instead of spending that time on it, she might as well stay at home and study her search engine more.

Xu Chuxiao was not surprised, he just smiled and said, "You know your mother is very busy, right?"

"Know."

"Part of your mother's business time is spent attending banquets and socializing. If you can attend this event for your mother, it will reduce a lot of her workload."

No matter what, it’s all for her mother.

Liu Huanyi chuckled, understood Xu Chuxiao's good intentions, and agreed.

"But I don't want to go in a tuxedo."

"You don't need to wear an evening gown for this occasion tonight. Your usual attire will do."

Xu Chuxiao laughed and said, "I'll pick you up in the evening."

Liu Huanyi hung up after the appointment.

Xu Chuxiao asked her to attend this banquet definitely not just because he hoped she could attend some banquets on behalf of her mother. She casually checked on the Internet and found that a new movie invested by the Gu family was about to be released. The opening ceremony was held this morning and a banquet would be held in the evening.

Upon learning that she might have to attend the opening ceremony of Director Lin's new movie, Hu Die pestered Liu Huanyi, wanting her to take her with her, but was hit on the head by Xing Zhao.

"Can you be more sensible? Those are obviously the boss's personal connections. Can you please be ashamed?"

"Why are you embarrassed? The boss doesn't mind, right, boss?"

Hu Die stuck out her tongue. "Besides, I didn't plan to do anything. I just wanted to see the leading actor in Director Lin's movie. He's my idol. Boss, if you see him, please help me get an autograph."

"It's getting more embarrassing the more you talk about it." Xing Zhao sneered at Hu Die's celebrity-chasing behavior, "Boss, ignore her. It's really embarrassing."

It was time to get off work in a blink of an eye. To show respect, Liu Huanyi really planned to go back and change his clothes.

But Xu Chuxiao sent a message saying that he was downstairs and asked her to come down.

Liu Huanyi had no choice but to give up. He looked down at his short T-shirt and jeans and felt a little amused.

Especially after getting in the car, I found that Xu Chuxiao was dressed very formally in a suit and tie.

"Uncle Xu."

"Long time no see, you seem to have lost weight recently."

Xu Chuxiao greeted her calmly, his tone as if he was concerned about his own daughter.

"Uncle Xu, you've lost weight too." Liu Huanyi looked him up and down, "Don't tell mom that I've lost weight. I'll keep it a secret for you."

"hehe."

Xu Chuxiao chuckled, "I don't need you to keep it a secret."

After the last incident, Liu Jin returned to Sucheng and his attitude towards him returned to the original point, always looking indifferent.

Or rather, escape.

He really had no other choice but to start with Liu Huanyi.

The banquet was held in a five-star hotel, and the banquet hall on the first floor was booked as the venue. When Xu Chuxiao and Liu Huanyi arrived, the hall was already very lively, with people standing in every corner.

There were also several familiar faces. Although Liu Huanyi was not a fan of celebrities, he recognized several of them under the influence of Hu Die.

"Huanyi, come on, I'll take you to say hello to Old Madam Gu."

Since she agreed to come, she had expected this to happen.

Liu Huanyi tidied up her clothes before going to see Old Lady Gu with Xu Chuxiao.

Old Mrs. Gu was in the lounge, surrounded by a circle of female stars.

They vied with each other to show their courtesy to Mrs. Gu. It was not the first time that Mrs. Gu invested in a movie, so she naturally knew what they were going to do, but she did not point it out.

But after seeing Liu Huanyi coming in, she immediately signaled them to go out.

"Mrs. Gu." Liu Huanyi greeted her neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Old Mrs. Gu liked her features very much and felt that she was pleasing to the eye no matter how she looked at them.

"Huanyi, long time no see. I told you to come visit me more often, but you never came. Come here now, let me take a good look at you."

Old Mrs. Gu reached out her hand to Liu Huanyi and pulled her in front of her, her eyes and eyebrows full of love and affection for her grandchild.

"I'm very busy these days."

What Liu Huanyi said was both true and false. She was indeed very busy during this period, but that was not the real reason why she did not come to see Old Mrs. Gu.

"I know you young people are working hard for your careers, but don't forget me, an old lady." Mrs. Gu said cheerfully, "Do you know who is the protagonist of today's banquet? I'll take you to meet Director Lin."

Liu Huanyi actually doesn't care about Director Lin.

But she couldn't resist Mrs. Gu's enthusiasm and insisted on taking her to meet this and that.

She didn't want to disappoint the old lady, so she pretended to be interested and went to meet her.

Director Lin was talking on the phone with a gloomy face, but when he saw Old Lady Gu coming over, he quickly put on a smile.

"Hello, Mrs. Gu."

"Director Lin, today is the day your new movie starts shooting. Why do you look so unhappy?" Old Mrs. Gu could tell at a glance that he was unhappy, and asked the reason with a smile.

Director Lin could only say: "She is still not the heroine. Although Qian Shao has good acting skills, she is too lame in her work. She is still stuck in traffic."

"What's there to be afraid of? I thought it was a small matter." Mrs. Gu smiled and said, "I'll send a car to pick him up later. Let me introduce you, this is Liu Huanyi."

Director Lin looked up and down at Liu Huanyi, who was dressed simply but not ordinary. Since he could be introduced by Old Lady Gu personally, he must be of some importance.

He took the initiative to shake hands with Liu Huanyi and complimented her, "Ms. Liu is as pretty as any female star here. Are you interested in making a cameo appearance in a movie?"