How to Tame a God and the Lucky Beasts-Chapter 143 - 144: Old Acquaintances

Chapter 143: Chapter 144: Old Acquaintances
The crowd cheered as they left, eager to rush back to the studio to inform their other friends.
However, the young lady holding Ruan Xiaoqi was forgotten in the corner of the sofa...
Ruan Xingwen walked over to the two with a slight smile.
"Hello~ Thank you so much for today~"
The young lady was a bit nervous, after all, it was her first time meeting the legendary scandal-prone male lead.
She wanted to stand up, but there was a little one in her arms.
So she quickly responded:
"No trouble at all, this is what I should do."
As Ruan Xingwen took Ruan Xiaoqi from the young lady’s arms,
"You’d better chase after them; we’ll all gather for a meal later~"
Perhaps it was Ruan Xingwen’s overly gentle expression, or maybe he was just too much in line with the young lady’s aesthetic, causing her to blush a bright red all of a sudden.
She hurriedly left behind a sentence: "Xingxing, keep it up! I’ll always support you!" and then turned and quickly ran out the door.
Ruan Xingwen stood in place looking at the young lady’s back, feeling an indescribable emotion as he was encouraged face-to-face by a stranger for the first time, and he said loudly:
"Thank you~ I will do my best!"
Zhang He watched this scene, smiled, and shook his head, "This bunch, none of them are proper."
"Alright, let’s go as well, it’ll be a while before we get to Director Wang’s."
Thus, just like the previous night, Li Mu drove Zhang He, Ruan Xingwen, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Yu Xiaozhe towards Director Wang’s house.
At the same time, the official blog of Yu Xiaozhe’s studio also announced the news of Ruan Xingwen officially signing with Yu Xiaozhe’s studio after Ruan Xingwen’s live broadcast ended.
The buzz from the live broadcast continued on Weibo.
[God Ze’s Little Wife: Wuwuwu, new fan’s idol and original fandom idol collaborated!]
[God Ze’s Follower: Welcome Xingxing~ Congratulations to the male god for finally recruiting an important figure~]
[...]
The congratulatory comments kept coming, but there were always some who felt a bit envious and deeply unbalanced inside.
Shi Mu was one of them.
At this moment, he was also heading to the audition location agreed upon with Director Wang.
But he wasn’t alone; the other three under Li Li’s management also came along this time.
This was arranged by Zhao Tianyu.
Zhao Tianyu and the boss of that gossip studio were high school classmates, except Zhao Tianyu’s family background was better.
Since graduating high school, they hadn’t been in contact.
And they reconnected because of Yu Xiaozhe.
After leaving Yu Xiaozhe’s company that time, he vowed to make Yu Xiaozhe regret it.
So at that time, he got in touch with Mingsheng Entertainment.
He Mingsheng happily signed a contract with him, adhering to the principle that the enemy of a private enemy is a friend.
That day, Zhao Tianyu also happened to go looking to sign a project with He Mingsheng, and the two coincidentally met at the entrance of Mingsheng.
They continued to stay in touch, after all, one was an entertainment company owner, and one was a gossip studio owner, so there would always be some tacit collaborations.
This time, Zhao Tianyu was able to secure an audition with Director Wang, thanks to the help of his high school classmate.
Zeng Xu was an artist of Mingsheng, which was now well known.
After the incident between Mingsheng and Zeng Xu, Wang Dao naturally terminated their contract.
However, Mingsheng was a major investor in "Different Paths." Though the company was deeply affected, its foundations remained relatively stable.
After Zeng Xu’s contract termination, given the current poor reputation of Mingsheng’s artists, Director Wang, considering this as his curtain call project, didn’t plan to use Mingsheng’s artists anymore.
Director Wang’s stance was firm; he refused to use Mingsheng’s artists again, even if Mingsheng threatened to withdraw funding.
He Mingsheng had no choice, and it just so happened that Zhao Tianyu intended to take advantage of the situation and proposed using Tianyu’s artists to him.
He Mingsheng thought it over and decided that rather than allowing Yu Xiaozhe to benefit, it was better to give this opportunity to Zhao Tianyu. At least Tianyu’s artists were considered part of his faction, so he agreed immediately.
Thus, he proposed this suggestion to Director Wang as a compromise.
Director Wang was getting on in years, thought it’s better to avoid unnecessary trouble, and agreed to let He Mingsheng arrange an audition. If the person recommended by He Mingsheng couldn’t perform better than others, there wouldn’t be anything he could do.
He Mingsheng readily agreed.
According to the gossip studio’s intel, the person Director Wang intended to use not only was a novice but was also plagued by bad luck.
He Mingsheng believed he was guaranteed to win this time.
It wasn’t just He Mingsheng who thought so; even the boss of the gossip studio believed that.
This time, they would definitely make Yu Xiaozhe suffer as revenge for being rejected back then!
Only Zhao Tianyu felt uneasy, so this time he asked Li Li to bring the remaining four under her management to the audition.
That’s how Shi Mu, Yuan Xin, Li Qingyue, and Sun Yuan ended up heading to the audition together with Li Li in a nanny van.
Li Li, sitting in the front passenger seat, also felt anxious.
Although Ruan Xingwen was indeed quite unlucky before, she still recognized his ability.
Moreover, during the previous casting audition, if it weren’t for Zeng Xu barging in, the role would already have been Ruan Xingwen’s.
It’s not that the four in the van lacked skills, but Ruan Xingwen was clearly superior.
Furthermore, Ruan Xingwen is now signed under Yu Xiaozhe’s studio, the first artist signed besides Yu Xiaozhe himself.
In "Different Paths," Yu Xiaozhe was already the male lead, and even if it was just for paving the way for his own artist, he would help Ruan Xingwen secure this role.
Perhaps from the very beginning, when Zeng Xu got removed, Yu Xiaozhe had started coaching Ruan Xingwen.
With the guidance of a film emperor, Ruan Xingwen would certainly be stronger now than before.
Can the four under her really win this time?
Li Li felt a bit shaken.
But then she remembered Shi Mu’s promise.
If they could get into the "Different Paths" crew this time, Shi Mu would take her to meet his parents and discuss marriage.
This promise hit right at Li Li’s weak spot, like an arrow.
Li Li was thirty-four this year; she couldn’t advance further in her career, so she focused more on her personal life now.
Shi Mu wasn’t her first boyfriend but he was the one to touch her heart again, not merely because of sweet words, but also because of Shi Mu’s promise when they first got together.
He would definitely walk into the halls of marriage with her!
Li Li believed him.
So to pave the way for Shi Mu, she chose to sacrifice Ruan Xingwen, who initially had the most potential under her management.
If you ask Li Li whether she regrets it now, she indeed does.
But if given another chance, she would still make the same choice.
It had come to this; she couldn’t waver anymore!
Li Li composed her expression, glanced first at Shi Mu, then at the other three behind him who obviously didn’t get along well with him, and said in a deep voice:
"This is your only chance to get in touch with a major production, you have to put aside your prejudices against each other. After all, you four are from the same company, you absolutely can’t let outsiders benefit! Understood?!"