Reborn with Consumption System-Chapter 477 - 224 President Cai Wants to Explode

The little beauty cooed in a delicate, whiny voice, "Don’t mess with me." The impact was indeed quite lethal.

Han Lie, known for his "Iron Waist," already had an easily excitable constitution, and he immediately crossed his legs.

"AHEM, AHEM!"

The scoundrel hurriedly coughed twice, took a sip of his drink, and forcefully maintained his image as a decent and composed man.

"Are you that afraid of President Cai?"

Flirting further would only lead to trouble, so Han Lie had to quickly adopt a serious demeanor.

"Yeah!" The ditz seemed utterly oblivious, nodding naively. "President Cai is really nice, but she’s very strict with us..."

Han Lie glanced again at President Cai. Doesn’t look like it, he thought, then smilingly asked, "Then how come she just watched you come over and chat with me?"

"Wasn’t it you who called me over???"

The ditz muttered in surprise. Her emotional intelligence supposedly maxed out... Bullshit! For an artist, she’s truly one of a kind, isn’t she?!

Then, without waiting for Han Lie to react, she continued to babble, "But you’re an exception! Before coming here, President Cai told us something. Let me think what exactly it was... Ah, right! AHEM!

’Second Sister Jin is not a nice person. You girls should minimize interaction with her and don’t listen to anything she tells you! But today, the ones we’re mainly here to attend to—President Han, President Pan, President Liu, and President Dou—are all nice people with good local reputations. You can try to interact with them if you get a chance. However, they don’t have many entertainment industry resources. At most, they can help you connect with some business deals after you become famous. So, don’t get too fixated on that, and most importantly, be sure to protect yourselves...’

Do I sound like her?"

Han Lie was stunned.

It wasn’t because her imitation of President Cai’s nagging was so accurate, but rather because of her own actions and expressions... Uhm, it’s hard to describe precisely.

In Han Lie’s memory, this girl was quite aloof during interviews, speaking in a subdued tone, with very little expression, maintaining that typical goddess-like composure. But now?

She was animated! Her eyes constantly darted around, her eyebrows rose and fell, her mouth twitched this way and that, and even her fingers were fidgety... She’s just like a child with ADHD!

Han Lie was bewildered by the contrast between the image in his memory and the reality before him; the contradiction felt absurd and disjointed.

But then again, he mused, considering this girl enrolled in Beijing Film Academy the year before last, is only 21 this year, isn’t a big name yet, and hasn’t endured those waves of online backlash... this is normal, right?

In a way, the ditz right now is quite cute. An innate purity and straightforwardness emanated from her core. Like an adorable fool, but an extraordinarily beautiful one.

Brother Lie couldn’t help but chuckle wryly and casually responded, "Pretty close. But it doesn’t seem like she mentioned me much?"

"I’m not finished yet!" she exclaimed, her enthusiasm inexplicably high.

"You don’t know, you were mentioned the most! AHEM, listen to me mimic this part...

’Nana, Bing Qing, remember this. Keep an eye on that President Han. He’s around your age and already a key figure in a private equity firm. From what I’ve heard, many consider him the rising star of the local financial scene.

Of course, I’m not suggesting you try anything. What you need to do now is work hard at acting and become famous as soon as possible. Absolutely do not get involved in scandals with rich people outside the industry!

I mean, don’t just put on airs because he’s young. Although, it’s not a big deal if you really offend him, but...

Forget it, forget it!

You two, stick close to me. Don’t go hanging around President Han, got it?!’

I can’t remember the rest, but that’s pretty much it. Anyway, you’re really amazing; President Cai values you a lot."

Han Lie held back his laughter as he watched her enthusiastic imitation show.

Then, timing it perfectly, he played along.

"So that’s how it is... Then why did President Cai suddenly take the initiative to introduce you two to me?"

The ditz’s expression instantly became vacant. "I don’t know..." she confessed.

Han Lie, however, had a bit of a hunch—it might be because of Wu Qilong and his wife. Old Wu was clearly transitioning towards becoming a businessman. From their previous conversations, it was apparent he wanted to reorganize his existing assets. The wealthy’s philosophy of diversified investment is easy to figure out. A portion of their money is used for security: establishing family trusts, buying insurance, government bonds, high-value real estate, and other such combinations. Another portion goes into developing their primary business, like Wu Qilong’s film and television investment company. And a third portion is placed in high-risk, high-yield ventures, such as investing in private equity or participating in some sort of equity investment plan. Men don’t usually think this way during their ambitious early career stages or when their careers are rapidly advancing. However, once their wealth reaches a certain level and their business stabilizes, the need to diversify investments inevitably arises. Panzi was like this, Jack Ma was like this, the later cryptocurrency tycoons were like this, and others were no exception. Wu Qilong now had such a need, but President Cai wasn’t happy to see Old Wu becoming increasingly successful in business. As for the reason, even an outsider like Han Lie, who didn’t pay much attention to the entertainment industry, knew it. Consider Tang Ren—they were quite unlucky. In 2011, they finally managed to cultivate an A-list actress, a top star of her time, only for her to be snatched away by an older man less than two years later. The day their relationship was officially announced, the leading actress’s commercial value plummeted, and a large number of her eight hundred thousand loyal fans abandoned ship then and there. With things having reached this point, they could only try to find ways to remedy the situation. Therefore, President Cai didn’t want to see Wu Qilong’s business become increasingly successful. The more successful he became, the more stable his relationship with their top actress would be, and the higher the likelihood she would eventually leave the company to start a "husband-and-wife venture" with him.

So, when Wu Qilong wanted to get on good terms with Han Lie to discuss business, President Cai decisively intervened, dragging the company’s two "treasures" in front of Han Lie.