My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 178 Are You My Mother’s Boss? (Requesting Monthly Votes at Month’s End!)

Chapter 178: Chapter 178 Are You My Mother’s Boss? (Requesting Monthly Votes at Month’s End!)

Hearing Yang Nuannuan’s innocent words, Chen Yan didn’t know how to explain for a moment.

"Should I say I’m a business prodigy?"

"In just half a year, I made a fortune with gaming, and then established a huge enterprise? And then casually... started a film company?"

"Or should I creatively adjust my background and say I’m actually a rich second-generation? Making games is my dream, and running a film company is just for fun?"

"But... it seems no matter which way I put it, it’s kind of showing off."

"Especially in front of a girl who was just continuously ’praising me,’ it felt somewhat difficult to speak out."

So, he awkwardly smiled and said, "Well... how do I put it. It’s a long story."

"Anyway, due to some improbable twists, I made some money off gaming, but that also inadvertently brought some trouble to Lu Man."

"So, we simply decided to start a film company together, dedicated to producing and distributing her movies and TV shows."

"Later on, as things grew bigger, it just became what it is now."

Listening to Chen Yan’s words, Yang Nuannuan was somewhat confused for a moment.

If Chen Yan had said a lot to prove that the company was his, then Yang Nuannuan might still have had doubts.

After all, in this society, there are too many people who dress themselves up with grandiose titles, claiming to be the CEO of this company or the general manager of that, yet actually only have a minor association.

But now, seeing Chen Yan’s embarrassed yet nonchalant demeanor, Yang Nuannuan was almost certain that he... might really be the owner of the company.

Thinking back to how she had lavishly praised him on the way here.

Yang Nuannuan felt a bit embarrassed at the moment.

She thought if there was a crack in the ground right now, she would definitely try to squeeze into it.

My God.

What had she been saying all this time?

Praising him so vigorously right in front of the person concerned.

Yang Nuannuan’s face felt a little hot.

Especially, when she thought that this "person concerned" was also her mother’s boss and her boss for the upcoming month, Yang Nuannuan felt so awkward that she could use her toes to dig out a Sanxingdui!

Would Chen Yan think that she was aware of his identity and was deliberately speaking for him to hear?

She really wasn’t that scheming.

With these thoughts, Yang Nuannuan glanced at Chen Yan and stuttered, "I, I... really had no idea you would be... um...."

After all, Chen Yan was the one being praised. The awkwardness was just from silently listening to a bunch of flattery.

Now that his identity was exposed, he wasn’t so concerned anymore.

So, he smiled and said, "It’s fine, no worries. I also didn’t expect you to be Yang... Sister’s daughter."

When talking about Yang Rou, Chen Yan paused for a moment because he couldn’t help but remember that he had just called Yang Rou "Auntie"...

He felt like slapping his forehead.

... What a sequence of events!

Is the world really that small?

The talent I had recruited turned out to be the mother of my girlfriend’s roommate?

The relationships are so convoluted.

It could turn into a family drama.

And just as the two were standing at the company’s entrance, feeling mutual embarrassment,

Finally, salvation arrived.

The doors of Chenlu Film Company opened, and Lu Man’s acting coach Shasha walked out.

The moment she stepped out, Shasha saw Chen Yan and an unfamiliar girl standing at the entrance looking awkward, and she was momentarily stunned. Then, a series of melodramatic scenarios popped into her mind.

Don’t blame her, working in an entertainment company, you ought to have this keenness for gossip.

So she greeted Chen Yan first, "President Chen, good morning."

After that, her gaze inevitably wandered to Yang Nuannuan and she asked, "And this lady is...?"

Chen Yan responded with an "oh," saying, "This is President Yang’s daughter, Yang Nuannuan. She’ll be interning with our company for the next month."

Hearing that it was Yang Rou’s daughter, Shasha dared not gossip anymore.

She told Chen Yan, "President Chen, I’m heading to Eastern Film City. Sister Man has been having some issues with her acting these past couple of days, and I need to help her get the feel for it."

Chen Yan nodded, "Go ahead."

After bidding farewell, Shasha left, her high heels clicking briskly as she walked away.

The interaction between Chen Yan and Shasha, witnessed by Yang Nuannuan who stood aside, had not escaped her observation.

If she had a sliver of doubt about Chen Yan’s identity before, seeing Shasha’s attitude toward him, she had no doubt now.

No question about it... her boss, her mother’s boss, was this man right before her! ƒreewebɳovel.com

For a moment, she felt bewildered.

Where was the mature and steady business elite she had imagined?

And the uncle?

How could... it be Chen Yan?

Then she pondered her mother’s high praise of Chen Yan.

Yang Nuannuan found it even more unbelievable.

So many business elites, industry tycoons, did not catch her mother’s eye.

Yet... Chen Yan had somehow won over her mother?

My God.

Was all of this real?

Thinking up to this point, Yang Nuannuan appraised Chen Yan through the lenses of her glasses as if to discern whether Chen Yan was indeed as exceptional as her mother had said.

Chen Yan felt a bit uncomfortable under Yang Nuannuan’s scrutiny and cleared his throat, saying, "Um, Nuannuan. We didn’t know about these things before."

"I also didn’t know that Yang... Sister would be your mother."

"However, none of this should interfere with our relationships. We will still discuss things individually."

He said, "I will interact with you and Yu Qiao as peers, same with your mother."

"Let’s not overthink these matters."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, what could Yang Nuannuan say?

She clutched her books and bowed slightly, saying, "I’ll follow the boss’s arrangements."

Chen Yan: ....

Hmm, where did this odd sense of satisfaction come from?

After sorting out the complex relationships between the four people, Chen Yan and Yang Nuannuan entered the company.

Yang Nuannuan’s initial plan was to call her mother to pick her up once at the company’s entrance.

But with Chen Yan there, it spared her mother the extra trip, so Chen Yan led Yang Nuannuan directly to the general manager’s office.

Seeing Chen Yan bringing a girl to the company and heading to the general manager’s office, the group of gossipers in the company all lifted their heads, looks sharp and focused as they followed the two people’s figures from behind.

It was only because of the injunction left by Yang Rou earlier that they didn’t dare to discuss openly. They just kept their gossipy thoughts to themselves....

...

Arriving at Yang Rou’s office, Chen Yan knocked on the door.

From inside, came Yang Rou’s cool voice, "Come in."

Chen Yan pushed the door open and walked in.

Yang Rou was in front of the computer screen, typing something. Seeing Chen Yan enter, she stopped the keystrokes mid-air and stood up, "President Chen."

After greeting Chen Yan, her gaze inevitably fell onto Yang Nuannuan who had followed him in.

Her usual subdued face took on a surprised expression, "Nuannuan?"

After finishing her sentence, she looked at Yang Nuannuan and then back at Chen Yan, "President Chen... you two...."

Chen Yan smiled and gestured with his hand for Yang Rou to sit down. After Yang Nuannuan entered the office, he closed the door and explained, "Nuannuan and I bumped into each other in the corridor."

"She is Yu Qiao Qiao’s roommate. We’ve known each other from before."

"Today after bumping into each other, we were talking and I then realized that she is your daughter."

Hearing Chen Yan’s explanation, Yang Rou also revealed a look of surprise.

She looked at Yang Nuannuan.

Yang Nuannuan gave a slight nod to her mother.

Yang Rou believed them...

It must be said that Yang Rou was indeed a strong woman. Even shocked by the relationship between her boss and her daughter, she still managed to control her emotions well, steering the conversation away from the topic and directly asking the purpose of Chen Yan’s visit.

As the conversation turned to business, Chen Yan also became serious.

He gestured for Yang Nuannuan to find a seat before he started to ask Yang Rou about the film distribution plan.

Yang Rou had spent the previous night working on the distribution plan while chatting with Yang Nuannuan at home.

So she directly opened her drawer, took out the plan, and showed it to Chen Yan.

Since the film was decided to be made before the company was founded, it couldn’t use the now popular "pre-distribution" method.

Therefore, she planned to bring the relevant information and some scenes of the movie to discuss with some of the larger distribution companies in the industry to see their opinions and conditions.

Then, seeing that Chen Yan wasn’t very familiar with the concept of distribution, Yang Rou decided to explain to him the current mainstream methods of film distribution: buy-out, profit-sharing, hired, and minimum guarantee distributions.

Chen Yan’s primary purpose for this visit was to understand these, so the two delved into a detailed discussion about film distribution.

Meanwhile, Yang Nuannuan, who had taken a seat on the sofa after entering the office, curiously watched the two.

Having been around the film industry for years due to Yang Rou’s career, Yang Nuannuan had some understanding of the various terminologies and rules of the movie industry.

This allowed her to distinguish clearly that her mother was... giving Chen Yan an introduction.

That is to say... Chen Yan was actually a layman in the film industry.

Considering this, Yang Nuannuan blinked behind her lenses.

If Chen Yan was an outsider to the film industry, then why did her mother praise him so highly?

Could it be that he, an outsider, understood the film industry better than her mother, a gold-medal producer?

Yang Nuannuan found it odd.

But since Chen Yan and Yang Rou were busy with important matters, she couldn’t inquire further and could only momentarily suppress her curiosity.

Seeing that the two were deeply engaged in conversation and not paying attention to her, Yang Nuannuan quietly set down her books, and then took her phone out of her pocket. Unlocking it, she opened WeChat and found Yu Qiao Qiao’s contact.

Tapping into Yu Qiao Qiao’s chat, Yang Nuannuan’s fingers lightly tapped the screen. In a moment, a message was sent,

[Qiao Qiao, you kept me in the dark so well~]

...

At the same time, on Qin Island, at a nursing home.

A TV station interview van was parked outside.

Inside, Jiang Nanxing was interviewing an elderly person of the retirement home, while Yu Qiao Qiao stood by, holding Jiang Nanxing’s clothes and documents, waiting.