Despite feeling like he'd had a layer of skin peeled off, Su Yehao ultimately managed to escape unscathed.

After receiving instructions, the public relations team went into full force. ATV, TVB, and numerous newspapers and magazines helped clarify the incident, guiding the narrative toward a story of free love.

Nangong Tian's public statement was a great help. Since his legitimate girlfriend didn't seem to mind, others naturally had no excuse to seize the opportunity to attack him.

Even though it still wasn't good news, at least it didn't involve any major issues of right and wrong.

After two days of commotion, the news lost its heat. The onlookers gradually dispersed, and the reporters stopped camping outside the mansion in Big Wave Bay.

On the other hand, his rumored girlfriends like Zhao Yimeng and Hollywood star Jessica had their old stories dug up again, infuriating Miss Zhao to the point where she called to question whether he was deliberately trying to ruin her chances of getting married.

What could Su Yehao say? He could only apologize and promise to treat her to dinner when he had time.

Someone at Columbia Pictures in Hollywood wanted to capitalize on the buzz surrounding Jessica Alba to continue promoting the *Spider-Man* movie that was currently in production.

Jiang Yu was still angry and didn't want to talk to him, and Nangong Tian hadn't completely returned to normal either.

Under these circumstances, Su Yehao didn't dare to court trouble and directly rejected the proposal from Columbia Pictures…

Nangong Tian, who continued to work at Tianyu Entertainment, pulled Jiang Yu along to have lunch with Su Yehao on December 4th.

During the meal.

Nangong Tian said:

"Today, Sister Chen from the artist management department mentioned to me that it's a shame we couldn't take advantage of your popularity to promote one or two new talents. I thought about it, and it's true. Although stirring up scandals is an old trick, the most popular so-called goddesses all had a bunch of scandalous news. It's easy to make someone famous this way. It seems I'm still not rational enough, and I didn't think of turning misfortune into good fortune. At least we missed out on earning tens of millions."

Jiang Yu, while eating her fragrant hotpot, interjected jokingly:

"What's there to regret? At worst, someone else can stir up a scandal about having an illegitimate child. It's not like you can't have kids anyway. That guy in Casino, 1997 is already in his seventies and had a little daughter last year. Men really won't stop as long as they can breathe."

"..."

Su Yehao sat across from them, currently in a state of trying to redeem himself, so he didn't dare to say anything rashly.

He forced a smile and changed the subject, saying:

"Oh, right, I saw in the newspaper that the mainland might open up the chain cinema market next year and is already researching and discussing related policies. Should I give you another sum of money to try this out? In America, film companies are prohibited from monopolizing cinemas, but in the mainland, there are no such restrictions. If you want to make Tianyu Entertainment bigger and stronger in the future, this is obviously a good opportunity. Coincidentally, my dad and I are planning to open more shopping malls, so we can talk to our peers in the real estate industry."

Hurriedly swallowing the mutton in her mouth, Jiang Yu once again sang a different tune, putting her arm around the little girl's shoulder and saying, "Someone's being unusually attentive, there must be something up. Sweetie, let's ignore him. After we finish eating, I'll take you to a spa."

Nangong Tian smiled and said:

"Okay, but when it comes to business, it's better to keep personal and business matters separate. I think Brother Hao's proposal is somewhat feasible. The mainland has such a large population, and we have shopping malls where we can open cinemas. Wouldn't we be stupid not to make money? Right, Jiang Yu?"

After what happened a few days ago, Jiang Yu still hadn't completely recovered, so how could she dare to go against the little girl? So she obediently nodded, "You're the president of the company, so it's your decision. I'm still hungry, let's eat first."

Su Yehao hadn't had a chance to be alone with Jiang Yu recently.

Or rather, Jiang Yu was always intentionally or unintentionally avoiding him. However, her mood had clearly improved, as she definitely wouldn't have come to a dinner like this a few days ago.

It was just a lovers' quarrel, and in reality, it wasn't a big deal.

On the night Nangong Tian publicly clarified the situation, Jiang Yu also posted a message on Su Yehao's Newsmicroblog social platform, writing, "Liking someone is like liking Mount Fuji. You can see it, but you can't move it away."

The origin of this sentence was obvious.

As early as three years ago, news had broken that "Under Mount Fuji" was written by Su Yehao, with the original line being "Who can use love to make Mount Fuji private?"

The meaning was self-evident, and after being interpreted by the media, it was also believed that she was speaking up for Su Yehao.

Because it was Su Yehao, it didn't seem surprising that he was liked by many girls. *Forbes* magazine once selected the world's top ten eligible bachelors, and his name was listed first, surpassing the two British princes.

Many girls in Japan and South Korea also liked him like they were chasing stars, and even formed fan clubs.

However, the number of fans who recently chose to leave the group probably wouldn't be small...

Su Yehao wasn't making up the news about opening up the chain cinema market, there were already rumors circulating outside.

It was only December 2000, and the mainland's film and entertainment market had just started, and the pace of commercialization was accelerating. Those common chain cinemas of the future didn't exist yet.

As early as when he was screening that customized TAT ad film, Su Yehao saw that the current cinema market was extremely imperfect, without unified ticket prices and the viewing environment wasn't comfortable enough.

Investing in film projects didn't earn much money, and in turn, it restricted the development of the entire market. Coincidentally, the major American film companies were taking advantage of the WTO accession negotiations in recent years, trying to accelerate the reform of the film cinema market, hoping to release the potential of this huge market with a population of over one billion.

Similar situations were happening in various industries recently, releasing many opportunities.

For example, the open-ended fund reform that Su Yehao had seized had successively raised more than 13 billion RMB in funds in the mainland. Recently, some people were discussing the pilot opening of QDII funds, allowing some qualified domestic fund companies to take mainland funds to invest in the international market, and also bring them to Hong Kong and Casino, 1997.

If he could secure the opportunity for the QDII pilot, he was confident that he could seize a round of opportunities and allow 5S Asset Management to grow rapidly.

However, the mainland economy hadn't fully integrated with the international market after all. The amount of funds that could be taken out for investment was still unknown and needed to be discussed slowly.

After eating hotpot at noon, the little girl found an excuse to leave first, using her eyes to signal Su Yehao to have a good chat with Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu probably guessed it too. After the little girl left, she looked at him warily and asked, "Why are you staring at me? Father of someone else's child?"

Su Yehao said with a wry smile, "Miss Jiang, can I apologize to you?"

"No, I'm not Nangong, I won't forgive you so easily. Although my parents and my friends have all been bribed by you, I'm determined to fight you to the end."

After saying this, Jiang Yu felt a little desolate for some reason, with a touch of lonely helplessness.