Seeing Qi Xiuyuan bring this up, Jiang Youli raised an eyebrow slightly, her eyes carrying a bit of nonchalance as she said, "So what if it was me?"
Qi Xiuyuan stood with his hands in his pockets, stepping closer to Jiang Youli. "Nothing much. I just wanted to tell you that your older brother, Jiang Xing, really knows how to put on an act. When I asked him if you were the one who ordered him to do it, he gritted his teeth, looking like a hero who would rather die than surrender. Even when he was beaten half to death, he refused to admit that you put him up to it. Don't you think that's hilarious?"
As if to prove how funny it was, he burst into laughter himself. "Jiang Xing is such an idiot. He actually thought he could atone for his sins this way."
Hearing Qi Xiuyuan's words, Jiang Youli revealed a mocking smile. "It is indeed laughable. Let alone you, even I'm dying of laughter. I don't know what's going on in Jiang Xing's head, thinking he can make up for his past mistakes like this."
Qi Xiuyuan stopped laughing and said in a rather pitying tone, "Jiang Xing was nearly beaten to death by me. He's probably still lying in a hospital bed right now. Don't you feel the slightest bit of heartache for your own brother?"
Jiang Youli said without a trace of emotion, "He did so many things trying to get me killed, why should I feel sorry for him? I told him to save Luo Yutong just so you could teach him a lesson for me. I only pity that you didn't beat him to death. If he died, you would have to go to jail for murder, and only then would he have truly atoned for his sins, and I would feel much more satisfied."
Qi Xiuyuan commented, "You really are the most vicious of women. If Jiang Xing heard you say this, I wonder if he would regret choosing to be beaten half to death rather than betray you. I feel it wasn't worth it for him."
Jiang Youli curled her lips into a sarcastic smile. "Oh? Since you feel so sorry for Jiang Xing, how about I find a chance another day to beat you half to death too? That could be considered getting revenge for him, what do you think?"
Qi Xiuyuan's expression changed. "If you want to beat me half to death, you'll need the ability to do so first. Jiang Youli, you'd better walk less at night in the future. Otherwise, if you go missing, it will make Brother Huan worry."
After saying that, he glanced at Luo Yutong before striding away.
Jiang Youli sneered. "As if he owns the night streets, telling me to walk less. What a coincidence, I love walking at night, luring out all the demons and monsters, and then dealing with them one by one."
Qi Huan raised an eyebrow and said, "Then I'll be in charge of carrying a lantern for you and cheering you on?"
Jiang Youli was amused by him. "Sure."
Seeing that the people from Dafeng Entertainment had already left, the representatives of the other entertainment companies also stood up to leave one after another, only to hear Jiang Youli say, "I'm treating everyone to lunch at Mimi Village today. Please order whatever you like."
Since they were already there, and it was indeed lunchtime, all the company representatives chose to stay for the meal, except for the representatives from Tianyu Media and Xingyao Pictures.
"Little Yang, come over and sign the contract."
Hearing Jiang Youli call her, Secretary Little Yang, who was still standing there in a daze, snapped back to reality and hurried over with Luo Yutong.
"President Jiang, is the copyright fee for Aspirations of Qingyun really going to be five hundred million?"
[Right! Previously, Starlight Entertainment offered five hundred million! Even though Jiang Youli, under the pen name Lili Yuanshang, refused to sell to Dafeng Entertainment, Starlight Entertainment still has to pay five hundred million to buy the copyright for Aspirations of Qingyun now!]
[Can Jiang Youli even come up with that much money?]
[So what if she can't? It's just moving money from her left hand to her right anyway!]
[That's different, this is a transaction!]
Jiang Youli said, "Yes, to buy the copyright for Aspirations of Qingyun for five hundred million, I will personally inject five hundred million into Starlight Entertainment."
These words shocked the remaining entertainment company representatives.
"Personally injecting five hundred million?! Where did she get so much money?"
"Exactly, wasn't she always in the countryside before, just a rural medicine woman selling herbs? How much could she earn treating patients and selling herbs in a village? Even if she sold the copyrights to three novels before, it wouldn't amount to that much!"
"But it's unlikely she's just talking big to save face. After all, this is being broadcast live right now. Falsifying things would incur legal liabilities!"
"If she really can bring out five hundred million to buy the copyright for Aspirations of Qingyun, then our loss is completely justified."
They originally thought that since Jiang Youli was the original author, Lili Yuanshang, she would definitely sell the copyright of Aspirations of Qingyun to her own company, Starlight Entertainment, at a low price.
Looking at it now, she didn't plan on cheating like that!
She was going to make a genuine transaction with real money!
Seeing this, the other entertainment companies had even less reason to blame Jiang Youli for wasting their time.
After all, she was truly going to spend five hundred million to buy her own copyright.
"Alright, Little Yang, go back and tell everyone to prepare well for the project approval and casting. As for the female lead, it's set to be Luo Yutong," Jiang Youli instructed.
Luo Yutong looked at Jiang Youli with eyes full of gratitude and admiration.
"Understood, President Jiang!" Secretary Little Yang was bursting with excitement!
She felt incredibly guilty for having doubted President Jiang!
She was almost as short-sighted as Zheng Zegang, the business department manager who had jumped ship to Dafeng Entertainment!
From this moment on, she made up her mind. As long as President Jiang didn't fire her, she would follow President Jiang to the death!
After watching this meeting, Duan Shuheng became even more certain of one thing.
"No wonder Jiang Youli has my foolish younger brother so completely smitten. She really is outstanding enough. A marriage that everyone in the circle originally looked down upon is now probably seen by many as Qi Huan hitting the jackpot."
"What, changed your mind? You want Jiang Youli to be your sister-in-law now?" Duan Shuheng's best friend teased.
Duan Shuheng replied, "Forget it, my foolish brother isn't good enough for Jiang Youli. In the entire Beijing circle, I'm afraid only Qi Huan is worthy of her."
"Such high praise?"
"If you don't believe me, let's just wait and see what kind of storm Jiang Youli will stir up in the Beijing circle in the future."
At this moment, they saw Zhou Yi walking past the corridor outside the window.
Duan Shuheng's best friend said, "I heard that Zhou Yi refused to inherit the Zhou family's business and had been secretly writing web novels instead. His pen name is his real name, and he's quite famous in the male-oriented fiction section. I heard he only recently returned to the Zhou family to prepare to take over the company's management."
"He really is quite willful," Duan Shuheng sighed. "Both are wealthy, prominent families, but the Zhou family is different because their personnel structure is simple. He wouldn't even inherit the family fortune when it was handed to him. Then look at the Qi family over here, where several brothers are fighting to the death over the position of heir."
Speaking of this, she smiled. "This only strengthens my resolve that if I ever have children in the future, whether a boy or a girl, I will only have one."
Otherwise, if she gave birth to a son like her foolish brother, she would have to clean up his messes for him wherever and whenever.
...
After officially selling the copyright of Aspirations of Qingyun to Starlight Entertainment and signing the contract, this meeting was officially concluded, and the live stream had also been shut down.
Waiting outside the Mimi's Hometown Restaurant, Jiang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his sister had successfully wrapped up the meet-and-greet without being given a hard time by Long Yuan or the other entertainment companies.
He had been worrying for nothing.
His sister was so smart and brilliant, how could she not have a backup plan?
Jiang Zhao pulled down the brim of his baseball cap and was just about to leave when he heard Long Yuan's bone-chilling voice coming from behind him.
"Find a screenwriter right now to write a knock-off script with a similar theme to The Ambition of Qingyun. We are going to film and release it before Starlight Entertainment does. I want Starlight Entertainment's production of The Ambition of Qingyun to crash and burn!"
