Despite his disappointnt, Mo Chen stayed until the Moonlight Bar closed.
In the end, he found nothing out of the ordinary.
The first half of the night was incredibly lively, while the second half was just business as usual.
It seed the anomaly was connected to the first half and the patrons who had left.
He now strongly suspected that the bar had one public venue and another secret one.
It was probably a private room, not open to the public, accessible only to regulars.
With this idea in mind, Mo Chen made sure to arrive on ti every day to line up for entry.
The first day, he hadn’t been prepared and nearly failed to get in before the three-million-patron cutoff. After that, he ca prepared.
He used his superior speed to get a head start every ti.
As a result, he always managed to get in before the three-million-person limit was reached.
However, he still hadn’t found the slightest thing amiss at Moonlight. Instead, he found himself becoming almost addicted, eagerly looking forward to this ti each day.
This put Mo Chen on high alert.
He contacted his subordinate, the captain of the dical team. "You’re coming with sowhere tonight. I suspect their bar is using addictive drugs in a private area to control its patrons."
"What? Which bar is that brazen? Daring to openly use prohibited substances in Central City?!"
"I’m not sure yet. I didn’t find any traces of drug residue at the scene."
"It might be because I’m not an expert, so I want you to go and check it out."
Si Xu was equally furious. "Alright, I’ll go with you tonight."
He despised people who recklessly used illicit drugs, especially the addictive kind.
They were even more despicable than the recently shut-down Qingshui Bar.
"Admiral, at tomorrow’s eting, you must propose a crackdown on the chaos in these bars."
"They’re going too far just to make money."
Mo Chen had been planning to do just that. "Don’t worry," he said in a low voice. "I won’t stand idly by."
...
The staff at the Moonlight Bar had no idea soone had been secretly investigating them for days.
After all, they were so swamped every day that they could barely think straight. Who had ti to pay attention to the patrons?
Jiang Qin was also very busy.
After Lan Yuyan returned to his human form that night, he went back to work at Tianwen Entertainnt the next day.
Their relationship hadn’t been very close before, so they hadn’t collaborated on many projects.
But now that they were all in the sa boat, they could naturally begin to collaborate on many things.
The song for the December chart competition was ready, but they also had to prepare a movie for a New Year’s release.
As for the TV series, it was already scheduled and going through the approval process.
As Lan Yuyan’s partner, Jiang Qin could naturally see the script.
Ordinarily, she wouldn’t have been able to. After all, Lan Yuyan had only been in charge of the composition departnt before. But his recent recovery had directly caused his Riot Value to drop to 70%.
This was still considered a safe level.
Furthermore, both he and Yan Mingrui were well aware of Jiang Qin’s special nature and understood that this number could drop even further.
Thus, Tianwen Entertainnt had been completely handed over to Lan Yuyan.
This year-end chart competition was the first shot he would fire after taking charge.
As his partner, Jiang Qin naturally wanted to support him. After all, their fortunes were now tied together; they would prosper or fall together.
Moreover, her desire to get another upgrade compensation package and earn reputation value depended on this industry.
Having a company as her backer could save her a lot of trouble.
"This show might get so viewers if it were released normally, but... for competing on the charts, it’s a bit too ordinary."
Lan Yuyan understood but said with a sense of resignation, "It’s an adaptation of a hugely popular novel from Kongdu Novel Net, written by a famous screenwriter."
"It already has the best possible lineup. The chosen cast are all A-list actors."
"Even the musical score was handled by the company’s top composer."
Hearing this, Jiang Qin felt she couldn’t jump to such a hasty conclusion.
’Maybe... the script is bland, but... the final show turned out great?’
After all, so actors can give certain roles a unique charm.
So she decided to watch the series before discussing the issue further.
"The Film and Television Departnt already sent the complete series to the company’s email for review. I’ll find it and watch it with you."
Jiang Qin nodded.
Yun Xie didn’t like watching TV, especially shows with such cliché plots.
He simply stood up and said, "You guys watch with Qinqin. I’m going out to run an errand."
Jiang Qin didn’t ask further, only reminding him, "Be careful."
"Don’t worry. I’m a man with a wife-master; I don’t do anything dangerous or illegal," Yun Xie said with a smile.
"I’m off. Take good care of Qinqin. Contact if anything cos up."
...
After Yun Xie left, Shi Lichuan and Lan Yuyan sat on either side of Jiang Qin to watch the show with her.
Episode one: the male lead is an S-level male who was sent to his future wife-master’s side as a child to cultivate their relationship.
The female lead is the young daughter of a high-ranking official, fawned over since birth.
The male lead is rely one of her intended partners and childhood playmates—and one she doesn’t particularly like.
The first three episodes cover the male and female leads’ childhoods. It’s the typical story of the female lead as a doted-on Princess and the male lead as the dejected, neglected male consort.
He longed for the female lead’s affection and wanted to prove his worth, so after graduation, he joined the military.
After that, it was just fighting monsters, getting promoted, fighting more monsters, and getting promoted again.
From a nobody to a Federation Admiral.
Countless females scread for him, beca obsessed with him, and promised to cherish him alone.
But the male lead stayed true to his heart, choosing to confess his love to the female lead by using Starship cannon fire to kill an Alien Beast in place of fireworks.
And she finally began to see him.
In episode 30, the two get married.
After that, the battlefield shifted to the female lead’s household, where the male lead engaged in open and secret struggles with other males.
Finally, in episode 40, he becos the female lead’s most beloved partner, and the two have a child.
The ending is a scene of the male lead happily holding their child in the delivery room, watching over the female lead.
After finishing the series, Jiang Qin was at a loss for words. ’...Sure enough, no matter how good the acting, the script is still the sa old story.’
’The mainstream for Interstellar stories is that the ending is always marriage and children. The important part is: having children!’
’The pressure to procreate is everywhere.’
’I can’t say it’s bad. In fact, it’s quite good. The romantic back-and-forth is very detailed, and it’s easy to get engrossed.’
Of course, that was just Jiang Qin’s perspective.
After all, she rarely watched Interstellar TV shows, so she hadn’t reached the point of being immune to this genre.
But for Lan Yuyan, who watched them often, it was rather dull.
Shi Lichuan didn’t enjoy it either. He liked the male lead’s ending, because that was the kind of life he yearned for.
But he couldn’t help but feel it was a sha.
A fighter of such exceptional talent had, in the end, beco just an ordinary male among the female lead’s many partners.
There was no more fighting spirit in his eyes, no more ambition.
The ending was a happy one, but it had also erased his charisma.
A male lead who had lost himself also seed to have lost his protagonist’s aura.
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