Chapter 357 - 177: Threatening Wei Luyao to Force a Couple Pairing?

Chapter 357: Chapter 177: Threatening Wei Luyao to Force a Couple Pairing?

After a rehearsal for the "main event" in the office, Xu Xiyue returned to her own office to get back to work.

Chen Mo, meanwhile, straightened his clothes, which her graceful body had left a bit wrinkled.

After he was done, he could still smell the faint, alluring scent she had left behind.

’The rehearsal is just preparation for the main event. I’m looking forward to that day.’

Chen Mo smiled, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes.

He was very eager to test out Xu Xiyue’s "unstoppable E" talent without holding back.

’The experience should be pretty amazing.’

Sitting down in his chair, he unfolded his phone to check the group chat.

He noticed that while people usually had a few sarcastic things to say about Panshi Venture Capital, the chat was quiet on that front today.

Scrolling through the chat history, he saw that they had already discussed it earlier.

"Is the Panshi Venture Capital they’re talking about online the one in our building?"

"Has to be. I just saw reporters from Modu News in the elevator going up to the 22nd floor."

"His luck is insane, isn’t it? To stumble upon something like that."

"An Outstanding Contribution Award... the 100,000 prize money is one thing, but that honor is the real deal."

"We’ll probably see it on Modu News tonight. Maybe we should watch our mouths from now on."

"Yeah, better safe than sorry. Best not to mention them at all."

"Seriously. Imagine being labeled an accomplice of a foreign power for trash-talking Panshi Venture Capital over this. That would be seriously bad luck."

"I’ve thrown a lot of shade at Panshi Venture Capital in the past... they’re not going to hold a grudge, are they?"

"Past comments should be fine. Just don’t bring up Panshi Venture Capital anymore. It should be fine to talk about Xu Xiyue, though."

"..."

Chen Mo couldn’t help but find their chat history a little amusing.

’Aren’t their imaginations a little overactive?’

’Could it be that saying a few bad things about Panshi Venture Capital would actually get them in trouble?’

’He wasn’t *that* influential.’

But on second thought, he could understand why they might think that way.

After all, what Chen Mo had fished up was a spy device planted by a foreign power.

He had ruined their very expensive plan, so they were definitely not happy with him.

To continue targeting Panshi Venture Capital at a time like this could indeed be seen as cooperating with a foreign entity’s retaliation.

Even if the chance of that was incredibly small.

No one was willing to take that risk, especially right after the news broke.

With a "better safe than sorry" mentality, not bad-mouthing Panshi Venture Capital was certainly the prudent choice.

’This is good, too. Saves me from listening to a bunch of flies buzzing every day.’

Chen Mo thought this was for the best. Otherwise, the constant negative talk about Panshi Venture Capital would affect employee morale and team unity.

After lunch, Chen Mo drove to the underground parking garage of the building that housed Chengli Law Firm.

He planned to visit the set. Today was Wei Luyao’s first day filming the show, and he wanted to see how it was going.

After parking, he noticed a lot of minivans in the garage.

Chen Mo didn’t have to think twice; they were definitely the production crew’s vehicles.

After all, with such a large crew, minivans were more convenient.

He didn’t get out of the car right away. Instead, he sent a WeChat message to the producer whose contact Old Zhang had given him.

According to Old Zhang, the producer was his protégé, so Chen Mo could go directly to him for anything he needed.

Before long, Chen Mo saw a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing glasses, enter the parking garage.

The man was looking around as he walked, as if searching for someone.

"Producer Xie?"

Chen Mo opened his car door and called out.

"President Chen?"

Hearing his voice, Producer Xie immediately realized this was the President Chen that President Zhang had mentioned.

"Sorry to trouble you."

Chen Mo locked his car and walked over.

"No trouble at all. President Zhang specifically told me to take good care of you."

Producer Xie quickly shook his head and waved his hands, bowing slightly as he greeted Chen Mo.

He had learned a few things from President Zhang and knew that Chen Mo had an impressive background.

And since he’d heard President Zhang owed Chen Mo a favor, his attitude was naturally very respectful.

"Is it a good time for me to go up and see?"

Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Of course. I’ll take you up."

As if Producer Xie would dare say it wasn’t a good time. He immediately led Chen Mo upstairs.

They took the elevator up to Chengli Law Firm. As soon as they entered, they saw camera equipment set up everywhere.

Inconspicuous remote-controlled cameras with auto-pan and zoom functions were also placed in many of the corners.

"We just finished filming the interview segment this morning. This afternoon, we’re preparing to select the supervising attorneys."

Producer Xie took the opportunity to update Chen Mo on the show’s filming progress.

He led Chen Mo through the office, paying no mind to the cameras.

This kind of downtime footage would all be cut anyway.

The only footage that would actually be kept and edited into the final show was what they shot according to their script.

He knew who Chen Mo was there to see, so he didn’t waste his time and led him directly to the interns’ work area.

At that moment, ten interns—five men and five women—were at their workstations, fingers flying across their laptop keyboards.

Or they were flipping through the law books beside them, searching for relevant statutes.

However, Chen Mo and Producer Xie’s arrival still drew everyone’s attention.

A few of them looked up, but seeing it was just Producer Xie, they weren’t surprised.

When they saw Chen Mo next to him, however, a few of them looked curious.

’Who’s that handsome guy? Why is he with Producer Xie?’

Wei Luyao habitually glanced up as well, then immediately snapped her head back down.