Chapter 164: Big Brother Chen, Little Di Has News

"That’s right, I’m Chen Wen’s brother, Chen Wu, also known as Big Brother Chen," Chen Wu said openly.

He had already placed the blame for his brother Chen Wen’s grievances on Lan Tianci. Although he knew that Li Yan was also quite suspicious and might actually be the real culprit, he kept a low profile after dealing with Lan Tianci and didn’t bother Li Yan anymore.

Under the current circumstances, he wanted a peaceful resolution. That’s why he told the person holding the walkie-talkie to close the door when leaving, so no one would rush in unexpectedly.

In Yun Country, there’s a habit of saying ’Wen-Wu’ together, with Wen first and Wu second. So, if used as a name, typically, the older brother would be called Wen, and the younger brother Wu. Chen Wen and Chen Wu were reversed, but Li Yan didn’t mind. Perhaps when Chen Wu was born, his parents hoped he would be strong, and by the time Chen Wen was born, they valued education more. Anyway, whether they were real brothers or not didn’t concern him at all.

"I see, so what do you want to do about today’s situation?" Li Yan asked directly.

"Hehe, since it’s you, this matter can be easily resolved. Are those film crew members your friends?" Chen Wu had a relatively good attitude and didn’t want to offend Li Yan, but he still wanted to understand their relationship.

Li Yan gave him a sideways glance, "The main investor of that film is my company. If you mess with them, you’re messing with me. How could I not come? To be frank, our investment isn’t large, and we’ve already paid you the protection fee. It’s impossible to give you another 200,000!"

Chen Wu was a bit surprised because Lan Tianci had once told him that Li Yan was just an ordinary employee, driving the cheapest domestic car, so Chen Wu thought he was a very low-profile expert. Who would have thought he actually owned a film company?

"This is a misunderstanding!" Chen Wu stated immediately. Since he couldn’t beat him and didn’t want to make a big fuss, it would be better to turn hostility into friendship, and maybe even make a new friend. "My subordinate was misled by someone; you can see they even left my business card. Given my current status, how could I do something like this personally? If I did, I wouldn’t leave evidence, right?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Li Yan didn’t speak. This was one possibility he had considered. However, even if the subordinates acted recklessly, it was somewhat with Chen Wu’s tacit approval. If they had extorted the 200,000, the money would have been handed over to him and then distributed. But since Chen Wu made such a statement, Li Yan didn’t want to pursue it further.

"How should we resolve this? Big Brother Chen, your time is valuable, and I’m also busy. Let’s speak frankly," Li Yan pressed further.

"It was just a misunderstanding, and I can’t let the crew incur any more expenses. In fact, a celebrity came back with them just now, and I’ve already given them a thorough scolding. As for that celebrity, we’re not treating him as a hostage. I’ve arranged for my subordinates to give him a foot bath and a massage so he can relax."

If his subordinates saw Big Brother Chen being so agreeable, they would surely be very surprised. In fact, given his status, showing such weakness was very considerate of Li Yan. He did this because there was no one who could control Li Yan, so if the situation had to be resolved and he had to retreat after being severely beaten, why not take the opportunity to show some goodwill?

"Since you’ve put it that way, there’s no point in me being unreasonable. Let’s resolve it this way. I’ll take my people and leave, and I hope no one will cause trouble at the film set again in the future!"

"Of course, that’s not a problem. Also... how should I put it, this misunderstanding was caused by my subordinates, so I should offer something." Big Brother Chen stood up and walked over to his desk, slowing his movements so Li Yan could see clearly. He opened a drawer and took out a stack of cash.

"We’ve fought without really knowing each other, but since we’ve met twice now, can’t we count as friends? Here’s 10,000 yuan; my men collected a protection fee from the crew before, so consider this a refund. Use the extra money to treat everyone to tea as an apology for today’s incident. Of course, if you want me to arrange for them to apologize, it’s not a problem, but I’m afraid it might affect everyone’s mood." Chen Wu placed the money in front of Li Yan.

Li Yan looked up at him, trying to gauge his intentions.

Chen Wu was slightly embarrassed; as a boss, it wasn’t very honorable to be so deferential to someone who showed up at his door. "Hehe, let’s be friends."

Li Yan looked at him for a while before nodding, "Alright, my name is Li Yan. Here’s my business card..." He took out a business card from Heavenly Film and handed it to Chen Wu.

Chen Wu accepted it with one hand and extended the other a bit further, signaling for Li Yan to take the cash.

At this moment, the office door was opened, and a group of people rushed in. The person holding the walkie-talkie shouted, "Boss! Our people are here!"

When he left earlier, he didn’t understand what Chen Wu’s last sentence meant. As he ran outside to find people, he calmed down a bit. He realized that what he could think of, the boss must’ve considered, too. The boss was the boss because he was smarter than others, not just because of his skills and bravery. So, he smartly assumed that Big Brother Chen’s words were meant to confuse Li Yan, to prevent him from being suspicious, thus buying some time for them!

The boss entrusted him with such an important task, even risking his own safety to buy him time. How could he not be moved and excited? So, after leaving, he ran as fast as he could, using both verbal and walkie-talkie communications, to gather all the brothers from the leisure club. They all gathered on the seventh floor and, under his lead, barged in to "rescue" the boss.