Chapter 231 – Face-Slapping at the Banquet (Part Two)

Seeing these people behaving like this, Ye Junpo instantly felt his pride wounded, and the confidence he had painstakingly built up vanished without a trace. Somewhat awkwardly, he withdrew his hand, turned to walk toward the long table, and simply began indulging in a self-destructive eating spree.

Ye Yunxi clicked her tongue and walked over to her father. “Dad, don’t mind them. Just be yourself.”

“Yeah.”

Ye Junpo grunted softly with his head lowered, his mouth stuffed full, clearly not taking her words to heart.

Chun Feng also hurried over and said, “Junpo, don’t take it to heart. The station director and popular actors are bound to have an air of superiority. Let’s go over there and meet a few screenwriters. Aren’t you in need of a script?”

Hearing this, Ye Junpo perked up.

Right, the script!!

What he lacked now was a script. As long as he could get another good script, he could make billions in one go, just like this time!

Once he became a famous director, these people would definitely not look down on him anymore!

At this thought, Ye Junpo quickly took a few sips of his drink, swallowed the food in his mouth, straightened his suit, and turned around with a smile.

The screenwriters were all chatting while eating and drinking. When Director Chun Feng arrived, they all stood up to greet him.

“Director Chun!”

“Mm!” Chun Feng smiled and introduced them one by one. “This is my junior, Ye Junpo. He directed this year’s ‘Ambush’!”

“‘Ambush’? That was a pretty good film!”

After saying this, everyone fell silent again.

These screenwriters were all highly sought-after in the industry. They didn’t lack opportunities—anything they wrote could easily be adapted for television. So, a newcomer like Ye Junpo really wasn’t their type; someone like Director Chun Feng was more their speed!

They had only replied out of respect for Director Chun. As for Ye Junpo, forget it!

With this awkward silence, the situation became uncomfortable again!

It was bad enough that the station director looked down on him, but now even the screenwriters were like this. What was going on!

Ye Junpo’s expression stiffened, but Ye Yunxi remained impassive. She directly pulled Ye Junpo away and said, “Dad, let’s go. The script we need, these people can’t write it!”

The screenwriters immediately changed their expressions.

What did she mean, they couldn’t write it? Were they blind?? They were the best screenwriters in this city!

But the two had already walked away, leaving no chance for a retort. The screenwriters could only complain behind their backs.

“Who do they think they are?”

“Exactly, so arrogant. If they piss us off, believe it or not, not a single screenwriter in the entire province will supply them with a script!”

“Right! So pretentious!”

Seeing that even the screenwriters disliked the father-daughter pair, Ma Jiang snorted coldly and glanced at Xia Hong. “See? We were right to ignore them! With attitudes like that, they think they can make it in the entertainment industry? Don’t they know how to show some humility?”

“Exactly!” Xia Hong took a sip of her wine and smiled. “They don’t even know how to be humble, yet they dare to attend a banquet like this?”

If you come here without status or power, you should keep your head down and behave!

Their eyes filled with even more mockery, pleased with themselves for not shaking hands earlier.

Just then, the doorman ushered in a few more people—the highlight of today’s banquet!

Bai Yan, Director of the Provincial Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Wang Yiping, Deputy Director of the Commerce Bureau.

As soon as these two entered, the atmosphere of the banquet shifted!

What was once relaxed and jovial suddenly turned formal. Even someone as influential as Station Director Ma Jiang set aside his pride, picked up his glass, and went to greet them.

“Director Bai!”

“Deputy Director Wang!”Even the screenwriters who had been chatting over there also gathered around, offering extremely enthusiastic flattery.

If they could befriend these two, whether in film and television or financial matters, both aspects would definitely go as smoothly as flowing water!!

(End of Chapter)