CHAPTER 171: CHAPTER 171: NEMESIS

"Yang Xiaoxiu?"

After Li Jing mentioned his choice, both Wei Jia and Wen Lan furrowed their brows deeply.

Wei Jia hadn’t heard of this person at all and asked Wen Lan, "Is this a new up-and-coming young actress? How come I haven’t heard of this name?"

Wen Lan’s face didn’t look too good either, and she explained, "Don’t even mention it, I only remembered the name recently. She’s a student from the Celestial Sea Drama Academy, doing an internship with a small role in our crew."

Honestly, Wen Lan didn’t even know Yang Xiaoxiu at first. It was only because she often saw a girl standing with Li Jing on set that, after asking others, she found out that it was Yang Xiaoxiu from Celestial Sea Drama Academy.

Initially, Wen Lan didn’t think much of it and simply believed that Li Jing liked chatting up women and didn’t bother further.

She just didn’t expect that Li Jing actually wanted to recommend her as the second female lead. With that, she had to reassess the relationship between Li Jing and Yang Xiaoxiu.

And after hearing about Yang Xiaoxiu’s identity, Wei Jia’s eyebrows raised too, her mind quickly turning as she looked at Li Jing, saying, "What, is this Yang Xiaoxiu the new lover you met on set?

Is that why our magnanimous President Li spent a whopping five million to get her resources, just to win a smile from a beauty?"

The relationship between Wei Jia and Li Jing had grown much closer than before, and their words became more direct and blunt.

But even so, Wen Lan was slightly startled by Wei Jia’s straightforward words and couldn’t help but glance at her, silently thinking:

It seems like Wei Jia is a bit angry about this...

Wei Jia, oh Wei Jia, is this man already able to sway your emotions?

And seeing Wei Jia misunderstand, Li Jing was speechless but denied, "What nonsense are you talking about? I have no relationship with her at all. It’s simply because her acting is indeed good, that’s why I recommended her.

Moreover, her fees will definitely be lower than those of the stars; good acting with low costs, isn’t that a perfect choice?"

Wen Lan shook her head this time to refute Li Jing’s point, "President Li, it’s true that our crew doesn’t have a big budget, but the money we need to spend must be spent. If she doesn’t meet the requirements, even if she’s cheaper, it’s a waste, not a saving."

Wei Jia gave a cold laugh, "You have no relationship with her? Then why spend five million just to recommend her? Don’t tell me you’re just simply trying to help a college girl achieve her acting dreams.

I won’t deny that there are such good Samaritans, but obviously, you’re not in that category. I consider myself to know a bit of your character."

Seeing their attitudes, Li Jing was quite helpless, but if he thought from their perspective, his behavior indeed seemed a bit strange.

Spending five million to support a replacement, then in the end saying he has the best choice, and it’s still a young girl who often stays with him on set — anyone would have other thoughts.

But Li Jing truly didn’t have that kind of idea because the reason for investing five million was entirely due to wanting to complete a ten-billion-dollar deal from the system successfully.

As for Yang Xiaoxiu, Li Jing simply thought of helping out since he genuinely believed Yang Xiaoxiu was very suitable for the role of the second female lead, both in terms of acting and her similarity to the character were very fitting.

And precisely because by switching to Yang Xiaoxiu, the quality presented by this movie could be higher, that’s why Li Jing recommended her.

If her acting wasn’t up to par and the role of the second female lead would affect the movie’s outcome, Li Jing would absolutely not recommend her.

Speaking of relationships, he would rather recommend someone closer to him, like An Tong or Zhang Xinxin, since he’s closer to these two women.

But Li Jing wouldn’t do that to complete the system’s task, although he couldn’t tell these two people in front of him this reason, so he could only speak again:

"I know you don’t believe anything I say, so how about this? I have an idea that could let you judge whether she’s suitable or not."

...

A moment later, after Li Jing finished speaking his idea, Wen Lan furrowed her brows slightly, thought for a moment, and then actually nodded in agreement.

And seeing that Wen Lan, who had strict requirements for actors, agreed, Wei Jia didn’t have much to say.

After everything was discussed, the three also finished this dinner.

After Wen Lan settled the bill, the three walked out of the restaurant.

Wen Lan was about to leave with Wei Jia, but Wei Jia refused her invitation, instead looking at Li Jing and said to Wen Lan, "You head off first today. I have something to talk about with Li Jing."

Hearing this, Wen Lan was a bit surprised, glanced at the two of them, her expression strange, then shrugged, "Alright, I won’t interrupt you two quarrelers’ elegance."

Watching Wen Lan drive away, Wei Jia then turned her head to look at Li Jing and said, "Shall we go together?"

Li Jing didn’t know what Wei Jia wanted to talk about with him, but he wasn’t intimidated at all, shrugged and said, "Sure, my car is parked over there. Do you want to wait here for me to bring it over, or come with me?"

"No need, just park your car here. Hop into mine, I’ll take you for a ride and then come back here."

Wei Jia shook the keys in her hand, "And besides, your car’s front passenger seat has carried quite a few little lovers, right? I don’t like sitting in seats that other women have sat in, so why don’t you sit in my front passenger seat."

Hearing this, Li Jing raised his eyebrows, hands in his pockets, unmoved, mimicking her tone, "That won’t do, I’m also not someone who’ll sit in a front passenger seat that other men have sat in."

Seeing this, Wei Jia got a bit angry, staring at Li Jing’s obnoxious face, she said coldly, "Rest assured, I’m not like you. My car’s front passenger seat hasn’t had a man sit in it."

"Really?" Li Jing didn’t believe it, "You’ve never had any business trips where you had to drive other clients or bosses?"

"The company has dedicated cars, and I also have a car specifically for work. Today I’m driving my car for days off; only Wen Lan and a few other girls have sat in it, not any men."

Wei Jia took a deep breath, restraining her temper, and explained to Li Jing before looking at him and saying, "Now you can sit, right?"

After hearing her words, Li Jing finally grinned, "I’m the first man to sit in it? Then I’ll reluctantly give it a try?"

"Reluctantly?" Wei Jia was so angry that she laughed, then slightly bit her lip, "Li Jing, are you trying to make me have breast lumps?"

"Get breast lumps?" Li Jing laughed, "No problem, I’ll help you massage to relieve them."

"Go to hell!"

...

A moment later, a red Porsche Cayenne drove along the riverside road of Celestial Sea City at night.

While driving, Wei Jia said, "I like cars with more space, your car’s too small; it’s cramped inside."

Sitting in the front passenger seat, Li Jing enjoyed the night breeze outside the window, pouting, "What good is being big; the car needs to be stylish, but a man should be big."

Hearing this, Wei Jia raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, "What, your size isn’t big, so you chose a compact car?"

"What kind of logic is that? Did you flunk language in school?"

Li Jing turned to look at her, "Why don’t you try and see if I’m big or not?"

Wei Jia chuckled lightly, "Do you think I don’t dare?"

"Oh? I actually think you wouldn’t dare."

"What, trying some reverse psychology? It won’t work on me."

"No matter what you say, I truly think you don’t dare."

Screech!

Just as he finished speaking, Wei Jia slammed on the brakes and pulled over to the side of the road.

Her charming, sharp eyes gazed at Li Jing’s face through her glasses, chin slightly raised, her expression both cold and full of a woman’s allure, she said coolly:

"Do you really think I don’t dare?"