After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 368 - 277: Second Update

After greeting Zhao Sui, Shi Wangyue finally looked at Zhou Tang, whom he was meeting for the first time.

He smiled politely and extended his hand in a friendly gesture, "You must be the famous actor Zhou, right?"

Zhou Tang reached out to shake back, also smiling politely, "You’re too kind. Just call me Zhou Tang."

Shi Wangyue frowned slightly, looking a bit troubled, "I’ve heard from Youyou that you’re a few years older than my elder brother. Calling you by your name would make me seem disrespectful."

Before Zhou Tang could respond.

He turned to Ning Youguang and gently reminded, "The soup is a bit hot, be careful and drink slowly."

"..." Zhao Sui.

"..." Zhou Tang.

For this sumptuous dinner, Ning Yi especially opened a few bottles of good wine.

Everyone in the family except Ning Youguang and Ning Youyu could drink alcohol.

But Shi Wangyue declined the wine that Ning Yi personally poured for him, "Uncle, I’ll join Youyou in drinking juice, is that okay?"

Could he possibly say no?

"..." Ning Yi.

"That’s the spirit." Ning Youguang praised his boyfriend with a smile and poured him a glass of freshly squeezed kiwi juice.

"I’ll join sister in drinking juice too." Ning Youyu, who was sitting next to Ning Youguang, pushed away the yogurt in front of him.

Shi Wangyue, smiling, took the crystal glass handed over by a worker and poured Ning Youyu a glass of juice, receiving a cute, soft smile in return.

Zhao Sui sat across from them, watching the three drinking juice, and inexplicably imagined a series of domestic family life scenarios of the Ning family sister after marriage.

What kind of random thoughts are these?!

Zhao Er shook his head, raised his glass of red wine with a smile, "Happy New Year, let’s toast."

Once everyone clinked their glasses, they could start eating.

Shi Wangyue picked up a piece of cowboy steak and placed it in Ning Youguang’s bowl, "Youyou, try this. I didn’t use wine today; I first marinated it with crushed seasonings to remove the odor."

"It’s delicious." Chewing slowly, Ning Youguang took a serious bite of the tender and tasty beef and nodded seriously.

"Not bad, not bad." Having already finished a piece of steak, Ning Youyu squinted his eyes and gave Shi Wangyue a thumbs up, "Kudos, kudos."

"If you like it, eat more." Shi Wangyue smiled and served him another piece, "It was Aunt Ming who helped me with the seasonings, otherwise my cooking skills wouldn’t be this good."

He then put down the chopsticks and smiled at Ming Jinxin, "But today I’ve already learned seriously from Aunt Ming on how to make the marinade, so I can try making more dishes in the future."

"Well, I must say, my skills in marinating meat are top-notch." Ming Jinxin said proudly, "There used to be a cook from the palace at my grandma’s house. When I was young, seeing my interest in cooking, he taught me some tricks, and these are exclusive secrets not shared with others."

Shi Wangyue looked at Ming Jinxin, "Aunt Ming runs a successful business and cooks so well, Uncle has really good taste."

With this remark, he complimented both of them.

Ming Jinxin’s smile never faded from the corners of her lips.

Ning Yi was also very pleased, "Of course, I have always had an eye for things."

Ming Jinxin was amused, glancing flirtatiously at Ning Yi, "You shameless old dog."

Shi Wangyue laughed out loud, "Uncle is still youthful, people would believe he’s just in his early thirties."

Zhou Tang watched Shi Wangyue seamlessly interact with Ning Yi and Ming Jinxin, and his heart sank.

Some rivalries are invisible, and Zhao Sui deeply felt this.

Simply sitting at the table to eat, yet feeling as if he was in the midst of a fierce battle.

He looked to the left at Zhou Tang, and then to the right at Shi Wangyue opposite him, feeling like he should slap himself – why did he crave the Ning family’s meal?!

Isn’t takeout delicious enough?!

If it’s really unbearable, going out to eat is also an option!

This meal is just too hard to swallow!

"Uncle, is the new script recruiting actors in preparation now?" Zhou Tang seized the gap to talk to Ning Yi.

"Yes." Ning Yi nodded, "Post-production special effects on this script are quite costly, so the actors’ pay needs to be compressed. Recently, we’ve found this quite a headache."

It all boils down to the money issue.

"If Uncle needs, I can make a cameo as a friendly gesture." Zhou Tang immediately extended an olive branch.

Ning Yi thought for a moment, "You’re busy too, if we can find someone suitable, we shouldn’t trouble you."

To be honest, Zhou Tang is at the top of the charts in China, and with the "Actor of the Year" title last year, he demands a leading role, but he has proactively offered to act in his film for free.

This seems somewhat extravagant.

But having him play the lead role, the fit isn’t right for his appearance, and more importantly, according to market prices, the budget for this film wouldn’t suffice to afford him.

Aside from Ning Youyu, everyone present understood the reservation Ning Yi had about accepting Zhou Tang’s suggestion.

The room fell silent for a brief moment.

At this moment, Shi Wangyue suddenly smiled and asked Ning Yi, "Sorry Uncle, would you be open to adding another investor for this script?"

Everyone paused in surprise.

"We certainly welcome investors." Ning Yi set down his chopsticks, looking seriously at Shi Wangyue, "But I’m not sure how familiar you are with investments in our industry."

Shi Wangyue smiled calmly, "I am."

He said, "Has Uncle heard of ’Perfect World’, ’The Invisible Guest’, ’Blue’, these movies?"

He mentioned these movie titles in English.

"Of course, I’ve seen these Hollywood movies." Ning Yi’s face instantly showed an expression of admiration, "Among them, I’ve watched ’The Invisible Guest’ several times. Its winning the Oscar for Best Picture a few years ago was well-deserved."

"Shi-fu, why do you suddenly mention this?" he curiously asked.

"These films are all projects that our company invested in." Shi Wangyue smiled gently, "So, I wonder if Uncle’s new film, ’mm Investment Fund’, could possibly collaborate with you?"

With so many critically and commercially successful Hollywood projects in the past, coupled with backing from a globally renowned fund like "mm Investment Fund".

Except for Ning Youyu, everyone present was shocked.

Ning Yi was ecstatic and didn’t even know what to say.

After a good while, he raised his wine glass to Shi Wangyue, "Come, Shi-fu, wishing us a successful collaboration."

Shi Wangyue elegantly raised his juice glass and clinked it lightly.

After they both drank their juice and wine in one go, Shi Wangyue casually added, "If Uncle trusts me, we have a post-production film company that could serve Uncle’s new film."

The people present were once again taken aback.

Ning Yi was so pleased that he couldn’t stop smiling, "Shi-fu, have you also invested in post-production film companies?"

Shi Wangyue calmly nodded, "Not to hide from Uncle, ’Morning Light Film Post-production Company’ is one of our investments."

"What?" Ning Yi was so shocked he almost couldn’t stay seated.