Outside the private room, Duan Jinghan refused to give up, constantly dodging left and right to bypass Qi An'an, who was blocking his way.
But Qi An'an stubbornly refused to yield.
He said impatiently, "Get out of the way!"
Qi An'an replied unhappily, "I won't! Can't you see my cousin-in-law is on a date with my Brother Huan? She doesn't want to talk to you at all. Do you have any self-awareness?"
Duan Jinghan glared at her, "None of your damn business!"
Qi An'an exclaimed, "So what if it's none of my business? We haven't settled the matter of you bumping into me just now. Don't think you can shirk responsibility!"
Duan Jinghan realized she was just being unreasonable. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"
Qi An'an said, "What, you want to deny it? Careful, or I'll call your dad and tell him you sneaked out while grounded!"
"How did you know I was grounded?" Duan Jinghan asked in confusion.
Qi An'an froze for a moment, then quickly said, "Miss Duan just said it. You begged her to bring you out, which means you must have been locked up at home."
She almost exposed the fact that she had been chatting on behalf of her cousin-in-law!
"I don't care. If you don't take me to the hospital for a CT scan, I'm going to stick to you and not leave!" Qi An'an acted shamelessly.
Duan Jinghan pointed his finger at her face and gritted his teeth, "If you weren't a woman, I would really beat you up."
"With such a bad temper, no wonder my cousin-in-law doesn't like you," Qi An'an commented. "She is watching everything you say and do here. Making a scene will only make her despise you more."
These words hit Duan Jinghan's weak spot.
He took a deep breath and said speechlessly, "Fine! I'll take you to the hospital, okay?!"
When passing by the Auspiciousness private room, Duan Jinghan stopped and looked inside, only to see Jiang Youli sitting beside Qi Huan, talking and laughing. The sight stung his eyes.
During the two months they were dating, she seemed to have never shown such an expression to him.
She was always busy, busy, busy, and he never knew what she was busy with.
When he wanted to take her to a movie, she said she was busy.
When he wanted to take her to an amusement park, she still said she was busy.
All that busyness was actually just her messing around with a cabinet full of medicine.
But now, she was so comfortably accompanying Qi Huan on a date here!
Duan Jinghan was truly unwilling to accept it!
He directly pushed aside Qi An'an, who was walking on the inside to guard against him, and questioned Jiang Youli sitting in the private room, "Jiang Youli, I'll give you one last chance. Choose me or choose this cripple!"
Jiang Youli looked at Duan Jinghan, quickly withdrew her gaze, then stood up, leaned close to Qi Huan, and lowered her head to kiss him on the lips.
"Duan Jinghan, this is my answer."
Duan Jinghan's eyes turned red, and he choked out, "I understand!"
After saying that, he raised his hand and punched the wall, smashing his knuckles until they bled.
Behind him, Qi An'an covered her mouth, looking at Duan Jinghan with some sympathy, feeling for a moment that he was quite pitiful.
But soon, she withdrew her sympathy.
They had already broken up. What was the point of regretting and pestering her now!
Just because someone used the guise of deep love didn't mean they could justifiably cause trouble for the other person!
Duan Jinghan turned his head back and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll take you to the hospital!"
After saying that, he strode downstairs.
Qi An'an snapped back to reality, glanced at Qi Huan and Jiang Youli, and hurriedly followed him.
Duan Shuheng, who had poked her head out to watch the drama, said to her best friend, "My foolish brother is acting out an idol drama here. Not gonna lie, it's quite entertaining."
Her best friend couldn't help but laugh, "Indeed."
Caught off guard by the kiss, Qi Huan looked at Jiang Youli, who had sat back down, and smiled with deep satisfaction, "It seems Duan Jinghan won't bother you anymore."
At this time, as the host representing the organizers, Sister Lan walked to the front of the meet-and-greet stage holding a microphone, and looked at all the representative guests from twenty-five entertainment companies in the audience, saying:
"Hello everyone, I am Sister Lan, the editor for the author Liliyuanshang. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this copyright sales meet-and-greet for the author's novel Ambition of the Blue Clouds. I will be hosting the rest of this event."
"According to the request of the original author of Ambition of the Blue Clouds, Liliyuanshang, this meet-and-greet will be broadcast live in its entirety. Before everyone starts bidding, there will be a blind IP review segment. I'm sure that even if you haven't read it, you have at least heard of the novel Ambition of the Blue Clouds. Therefore, we hope that the representatives from each company can express their preliminary views on how they would adapt and film the novel if they acquire the copyright."
Luo Yutong communicated with Secretary Xiao Yang, saying, "This blind review segment should be a test from the great author Liliyuanshang for us entertainment companies, to see whose ideas best align with the original author's intentions, and then decide who to sell the copyright to."
Secretary Xiao Yang nodded in agreement, saying, "I think so too."
Sister Lan looked around the audience. "Which company representative would like to go first?"
"Where is Liliyuanshang? Why haven't we seen her? Do you have the right to decide who gets the copyright to Ambition of the Blue Clouds?" asked the representative of Xingyao Pictures from the audience.
Sister Lan explained, "Liliyuanshang has already arrived, but it is just not convenient for her to make a public appearance right now."
The representative of Tianyu Media said, "I'll go. I think the novel Ambition of the Blue Clouds should reallocate more of the female lead's highlight scenes to the male lead, or simply change the female lead to a male lead. It would make the overall plot more convincing to film. After all, in ancient times, men were superior to women, so a male lead's political maneuvering would be much more logical."
Upstairs, hearing these words, Jiang Youli wanted to crush her teacup.
"What the hell? They want my female lead to serve as a foil? They should look at whether those male artists in their company, who can't even princess-carry a female star, have the qualifications!"
Qi Huan smiled.
Jiang Youli looked at him.
Qi Huan's smile paused, and he immediately said, "Little Li'er, don't worry. I can princess-carry you with one hand."
Luo Yutong stood up and retorted righteously:
"The original work is precisely about how difficult it is for a woman, no matter how talented, to realize her ambitions and not be confined to the backyard in an era where men are superior to women. If you want to give the highlights to the male lead, that would severely destroy the core of Ambition of the Blue Clouds! If you want to film a male-centric drama that badly, just go next door and buy a male-oriented masterpiece. Don't come here to snatch the copyright of Ambition of the Blue Clouds and ruin the original work!"
After saying that, she declared loudly, "President Jiang said that if our Starlight Entertainment wins the copyright to Ambition of the Blue Clouds, we will definitely spend every penny where it counts. We will select actors who best fit the roles rather than blindly pursuing traffic. The content adaptation will respect the original work as much as possible while profoundly fleshing out the supporting characters."
"President Jiang also said that she has the confidence to make the Ambition of the Blue Clouds TV series the biggest smash hit in history, and the movie version will also enter the top ten global box office!"
Sitting on the second floor, Jiang Youli was drinking tea and almost choked when she heard this. What?
Did she ever say such things?
Qi Huan looked at her and smiled, "Little Li'er, looking at your reaction, did you not boast like this to your company's employees?"
Jiang Youli smiled, "I never said it, but it isn't really an empty boast."
Qi Huan smiled, "Then it seems you really have confidence."
Jiang Youli smiled and said, "To lack ambition and confidence before even starting—it truly is better to just drop it."
The other entertainment companies also presented their plans one after another, but they were either rehashing what Starlight Entertainment had just said or were completely unappealing.
"This concludes the blind review segment," Sister Lan continued. "Lili Yuanshang has already made her judgments regarding the views expressed by your respective companies. Next is the formal bidding segment for the copyright to the novel The Ambition of Qingyun."
"Where is Lili Yuanshang? It's time for the formal bidding, and she still isn't going to show her face?" shouted the representative from Tianyu Media.
[Thank you to Kanpohong for the Chapter Urge Talisman! And to the rest of the readers for the flowers and support!]
