I'm Pregnant with the Villain's Child

Chapter 222 – He would silently support her in any goal that she pursued (1)

There were many people in the circle who were incredulous that Lu Corporation would recklessly throw money away by investing in an unknown director. Most of them thought that Lu Corporation had too much money and was rashly burning money by doing this.

However, if that was all there was to the rumors, no one would care about it.

During the time when Qin Zhiyin had been busy contacting actors and actresses, a new rumor sprung up online. It was that the purpose of Lu Corporation’s investment was to get attention and that Lu Corporation’s CEO had come into contact with many popular starlets for his own selfish desires.

Baseless claims were said as if they were the truth: ambiguous behavior, meetings in hotel rooms, and paying sky-high salaries for these actresses.

Many people clamored from a distance that Lu Beichuan should focus on his work.

Ye Zhen was the one that specially told Lu Beichuan about these rumors. “Congratulations on gaining the title of Despotic CEO online.”

Before Lu Beichuan said anything, Ye Zhen said with self-knowledge, “That makes me the little white lotus being kept by the Despotic CEO.”

Helpless, Lu Beichuan could only shake his head and laugh.

Of course, the way that Lu Beichuan handled these rumors, which were flying everywhere, was very simple. He had the lawyers send legal letters.

After all, it would be a shame to not put his lawyer team, which he spent an annual eight-figure amount on, to good use.

Once these legal letters were sent, certain marketing accounts were unhappy. Many people from the media publicly and secretly mocked these legal letters.

While many fans were happy their idols hadn’t fallen into Lu Corporation’s CEO’s evil scheme, one after another, many celebrities tried to probe out the situation and scout out Lu Corporation’s CEO’s views by contacting people they knew in Lu Corporation.

Outsiders only saw that Lu Corporation had never been involved in the film and television industry and assumed it would lose the money it invested in the movie. However, anyone that was clear-headed knew that Lu Corporation had a history of becoming very influential in any new industry it branched out too.

Lu Corporation had never been in contact with the Internet industry, but after acquiring an internet company a year ago, it had already developed into a big shot in the Internet industry.

The perfume company Lu Corporation acquired had been on the verge of bankruptcy, but by now, it had established itself as a brand name perfume in the domestic market.

Lu Corporation had also acquired other companies in different industries. Under Lu Corporation’s management, those companies had been steadily rising and their market shares had more than doubled since acquisition.

Lu Corporation’s CEO had robust hidden wisdom and insight. Besides, even if the investment was a flop, the loss would be inconsequential. Any loss would be painless like cutting wool from a sheep. That Lu Corporation would invest 50 million yuan in an unknown director was enough to show its confidence and determination in entering the entertainment industry.

However, for those people who had tried to sound out opinions, they were disappointed by Lu Corporation’s lack of interest in them. There were many popular celebrities that expressed their willingness to play a role in the movie that Lu Corporation had invested in, but they only received a tactful rejection.

This caused many actors and actresses to mistakenly believe that Lu Corporation was going to spend a large sum of money to invite famous celebrities in order to support this movie. After all, this was the Lu Corporation’s first step into the entertainment industry. No matter what, it couldn’t let this movie do badly.

Everyone was waiting to see the list of actors and actresses for this movie. Two months later, the result shocked everyone.

When the list of actors and actresses were released, people saw that except for the actor and actress who would play the main characters, none of the other names on the list were familiar or well-known. There were even people on that list who had only played small roles before.

The actress for the female protagonist part was Meng Jie. Since she was Lu Corporation’s endorsement person, it was only naturally that the company would support her by giving her this role. People only knew about the actor playing the male protagonist through the negative online rumors ridiculing him. The actors for the second male lead role and third male lead role hadn’t done anything notable in the past several years. There was no one in the cast that could bring positive publicity to the movie. Some people did a rough calculation for the total cost of the actors and actresses and estimated that it didn’t exceed seven figures.

People in the circle were in an uproar over this. No one was optimistic about Lu Corporation’s move, and they expressed that they weren’t expecting anything good from this movie.