That look seemed like blame.
Director Ma felt guilty for no reason. He wanted to talk to Bai Rou, but didn't know where to start.
Even if Bai Rou didn't buy him new equipment, Mingjie invested in this play. For Mingjie's sake, Bai Rou shouldn't be embarrassed, right?
After Bai Rou's little incident, Gong Bingye continued chatting with Director Ma as if nothing had happened. "I heard that the investors withdrew their investment after only a few days of filming your drama?"
Director Ma didn't think too much about it. He just answered whatever Gong Bingye asked, "It was a misunderstanding..." As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Rou from the corner of his eye, "However, afterward, Manager Ming asked Miss Bai to return the funds."
Agent Ming? Is it Mingjie?
Xia Xingchen looked calm and ate his meal as if nothing had happened.
When Bai Rou was looking for her, she felt that this matter was not that simple.
Gong Bingye only asked this question, and Xia Xingchen knew what he meant.
Hearing this, Bai Rou's mood finally improved. This Director Ma still has a conscience.
Gong Bingye raised the corners of his lips slightly. "If my information is correct, your crew had already started filming before Bai Rou sent the funds, right?"
“Where did the funds come from during this period?”
Director Ma smiled and said without hiding anything, "He's Sogou's billionaire manager."
It’s strange that Sogou has never made any investment, but invested in their crew.
Sogou's manager?
Bai Rou pursed her lips. Why did this manager come to join in the fun?
What a bad thing!
"Manager Yi? Does Director Ma really think that Yi is the boss of Sogou?" Gong Bingye chuckled.
"Prince, what do you mean by that?" Director Ma was very confused. When he turned to look at Gong Bingye, he saw him take out his cell phone from his pocket and call his special assistant, "Come in."
Soon, the door of the box was opened and the special assistant walked in with a document in his hand.
The special assistant walked over to Director Ma and handed him the documents with both hands. Director Ma didn't dare to take them, but instead looked at Gong Bingye for help, "Prince, what is this?"
Gong Bingye gave him a look, and Director Ma then reached out to take it.
It's a contract.
He opened it without knowing what was going on, and found out that Sogou did not invest in the crew, but spent 10 billion to buy out the copyright of the drama "Rebirth".
"How could this happen?" Director Ma broke out in a sweat. No wonder when Bai Rou took the funds back later, the Sogou people responded that they didn't need them anymore.
It turns out that they bought out the copyright directly.
Sogou’s meaning is very clear, it will not accept any investment.
He was thankful that the Sogou people didn't replace him, otherwise...
No one knew what news Director Ma had seen, but judging from his expression, this must have been very shocking.
Who owns the copyright has nothing to do with Director Ma, but this news shocked him.
You know, at that time, the novel "Rebirth" was not even on the list of the website, and the original author had no motivation to update it. But now, it can be sold at a high price of ten billion.
It really shocked him.
But what does this matter have to do with whether Sogou’s manager can make the decision?
No matter who made the decision on this matter, it has nothing to do with him, right?
"Director Ma, don't be so surprised. More surprising things are yet to come." Gong Bingye said lightly.
What? Is there something more surprising?
Director Ma felt that his heart could not bear it any longer and his face looked extremely ugly.
Only then did Director Ma realize that Gong Bingye's agreement to come for dinner was not simple.
At this moment, everyone present looked at each other and whispered to each other.
About ten minutes later, someone knocked on the box door.
The waiter opened the door and a very capable woman with short hair walked in slowly.
In the box, no one knew her except Gong Bingye and Xia Xingchen.
As everyone's eyes were scanning the woman, she walked over to Xia Xingchen, lowered her head, and respectfully called out, "President Xia, you're here too?"
As soon as he asked this question, Yike realized how redundant his words were.
Since the prince is here, President Xia must be here too.
At this time, Director Ma looked at Xia Xingchen and asked curiously, "Miss Xia, who is this?"
Xia Xingchen was about to speak when Gong Bingye beat her to the punch, "This is Yi Ke."
"Yike? Sogou's manager?" Director Ma asked in surprise. This just didn't make sense. Yike had just called Miss Xia "President Xia." Could it be...
Instantly, Director Ma felt like he was about to stop breathing. His eyes widened, and he subconsciously stood up from his chair and asked in disbelief, "Ms. Xia is the president of Sogou?"
Is it Li, the Sogou CEO who makes men tremble with fear?!
Yike looked at Director Ma and said, "That's right, Miss Xia is the president of Sogou, absolutely."
Suddenly, a muffled thunder struck Director Ma hard, making him feel dizzy. Not only Director Ma, but all the actors present were stunned, even Bai Rou.
She originally thought that Xia Xingchen was the prince's girlfriend. This identity was enough to surprise these actors, but she didn't expect that Xia Xingchen was actually the president of Sogou?
She had always thought that Xia Xingchen was just a bronze player who relied on men to get to the top, but she didn't expect that she was a king.
Sogou's good image in the minds of women is unshakable. Now that they know that Xia Xingchen is the president of Sogou, they admire Xia Xingchen even more.
They couldn't control their emotions. At this moment, they didn't care whether Gong Bingye was there or not. They stood up and surrounded Xia Xingchen, praising her from head to toe, inside and out.
Director Ma was still immersed in the shock of Xia Xingchen being the president of Sogou. He was stunned for a long time. After the actors finished praising Xia Xingchen, Director Ma regained some of his composure. "So, the copyright of the play 'Rebirth' was bought by Miss Xia!"
"Not only that, Miss Xia also bought me a new machine..."
He has filmed many dramas, each of which was better than this one, but none of them became popular. Only this drama, which he was least optimistic about, became popular... Now, he realized that it was not because of his good luck, but because Xia Xingchen had been secretly helping him.
Mingjie and Bai Rou were just taking advantage of this incident to get closer to him.
Everything he has today was given to him by Xia Xingchen. If he hadn't met her, he would probably still be an unknown little director, struggling in this city.
Director Ma walked over to Xia Xingchen again, his lips trembling with joy and excitement. "Miss Xia, I, Ma, would like to thank you."
Before Xia Xingchen could react, Director Ma fell to his knees with a thud.
It is said that men do not shed tears easily and will kneel before heaven, earth and parents, but Director Ma feels that Xia Xingchen is his adopted parent.
Xia Xingchen was startled by Director Ma's actions. She quickly stood up and said angrily, "Director Ma, what are you doing? Get up quickly."
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