Chapter 344: 344 She is my fiancee.

Yan Ziqing, of course, would not believe in any legend of rebirth, she just wondered if there was someone with superior knowledge guiding this person from behind?

Of course, this investigation was entirely futile, because as for Shi Lan’s skills, Ziqing still knew nothing. More importantly, Yan Ziqing did not realize that her every move was under Huahai’s control, especially the investigation into An Lan, which Xun Yinghua had relayed to Yan Shixiu.

“Boss Yan, what is the young miss trying to do?”

Yan Ziqing wanted to leverage Shi Lan to promote new talent and suppress Shi Lan by going abroad, following that, she intended to contact a radio station to edit negative material about Shi Lan, an intention Yan Shixiu was well aware of.

Clearly, this person must have learned of the young miss’s talents displayed abroad, therefore, doubts about Shi Lan were arising.

But, who could truly unearth the truth?

“Do we have the phone number of a TV station head from Huahai?” Yan Shixiu asked Xun Yinghua.

Although he believed the young miss would never lose, he wanted to ensure that this matter was foolproof.

“Would you need it? I’ll have someone from Huahai transfer it over immediately.”

Yan Shixiu glanced at his wristwatch, noting there was half an hour of rest time left, hence he said, “Give me five minutes.”

Five minutes later, Yan Shixiu obtained the phone number of a certain TV station head, who was also the broadcaster of “Senior Traveler”.

Han Hao indeed had some tricks and connections, allowing him to negotiate a cooperation with the TV station in the name of a superstar, essentially borrowing the influence of Huahai and Yan Shixiu. The radio station thought, since it was Miss Yan’s wish, they would naturally be happy to cooperate. The TV station head had never imagined that he would personally receive a call from Yan Shixiu.

“Good day, Director Qi, this is Yan Shixiu speaking.”

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately stopped their work and gestured for others in the office to step out.

“Boss Yan? I have long admired your reputation. May I know the purpose of this call?”

“An Lan,” Yan Shixiu stated simply.

“About this young artist, Miss Yan has already discussed cooperation with us…”

“Director Qi, Huahai and the superstar have absolutely no relation. I do not allow anyone to fraudulently use my name and that of Huahai’s in deceptive ways. Do you understand my meaning? Moreover, let’s discuss further the matter concerning the artist An Lan.”

The station director could never have anticipated that Yan Shixiu would personally call to clarify the relationship between the superstar and Huahai.

Based on Yan Shixiu’s tone, Director Qi understood that Yan Ziqing on her side was merely using the guise of Huahai and Yan Shixiu, which in reality Shixiu did not acknowledge.

And what they had originally planned, to edit the program to An Lan’s disadvantage, now shifted to collaborate with Huahai, changing to normal editing, and even to highlight more of An Lan’s shining moments on air.

Between Yan Shixiu and Yan Ziqing, was there even a choice to make?

Furthermore, Yan Shixiu did not allow the radio station to broadcast this development, which meant setting a trap for Yan Ziqing to suffer a major setback.

“Some other day when you’re free, let’s have dinner together, Director Qi.”

“That would truly be an honor for me, but why would Boss Yan go out of his way to protect An Lan? As far as I know, she’s an artist with many flaws.”

“She is my fiancee.”

Just six words, yet they seemed to have the power to obliterate anything in the world.

Director Qi was momentarily stunned before he quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, President Yan, it’s just that I was a bit surprised…”

“Actually, I do want to go public with our relationship, but she won’t allow it, and, moreover, she insists on not letting me interfere with her career. If she knew that I’ve made contact with your station behind her back, she would definitely make me sleep in the living room. So, please keep this a secret, Director,” Yan Shixiu explained with great patience, his words filled with indulgence.

“Don’t worry, President Yan, we’ll talk when we meet next time.”

“Alright, goodbye.”

The director hung up the phone, shock still registering on his face after speaking with Yan Shixiu.

He hadn’t expected that the TV station had nearly offended an important figure.

Immediately afterward, he relayed his intentions to the director in Moscow, “Don’t offend An Lan. Just put aside Miss Yan for now, do the post-production editing as usual, but don’t tell anyone.”

The director understood what Director Qi meant, but he was curious–who could possibly be more influential than Miss Yan, to the extent that Director Qi would change his mind?

No matter what, with this reassurance from Director Qi, the director felt even less need to tolerate Binbin.

If she dared to cause trouble again, if she added any more hassle to the program team, he would unsparingly show Binbin the door.

Previously, Yan Ziqing had someone negotiate with the TV station about the post-production of the variety show, wanting to deliberately edit Shi Lan’s negative points and use them to accentuate Binbin’s kindness and cuteness, aiming for a “knock down one and boost another” effect.

But now, the situation had completely reversed. Yan Ziqing had no clue that the production team would do a normal edit of the show. Because An Lan’s highlights didn’t need post-production enhancement, and Binbin’s antics didn’t require special guidance, the audience would naturally know how to discern right from wrong.

This way, the TV station wouldn’t need to take any risks, and Miss Shi could take advantage of this perfect opportunity to break her contract with the superstar.

At this moment, the entire world was on the side of Miss Shi, except for the superstar’s entourage and Yan Ziqing’s group, who still thought they were in control of everything related to Shi Lan and could make her life miserable. Little did they know, they were already playing right into Miss Shi’s hands.

…

By now, Shi Lan had taken Jin Qiu and the others to visit all the famous stations along the Moscow subway Line 5.

They had also taken a number of high-end photographs.

Jin Qiu didn’t know Shi Lan possessed such skills; her photography technique and composition were simply perfect.

“Sister An Lan, take a few more photos for us, how are you so good at this?” Xu Yang now had complete admiration for Miss Shi.

“Of course, Sister An Lan is Boss A, have you forgotten? With such a strong foundation in fine arts, her aesthetic sense naturally surpasses ours by a thousand times,” Xu Sen also began flattering the magnate in earnest.

Miss Shi rolled her eyes but still patiently took plenty of photos for them, even Sister Xiaojin, who usually disliked being photographed, appreciated Shi Lan’s style.

“A few more shots… a few more…”

Shi Lan grabbed the twin brothers by the hands and began ushering them toward the exit, “You’ve taken enough photos for the whole day. Let’s move on to the next location, we need to earn our keep!”

Then, the three of them were dragged off toward Arbat Square.

There, the program team’s staff were waiting on the square with quiz books in hand.

“What’s this about? I thought we were just going to enjoy ourselves today?” Xu Yang, seeing that there were still challenges to be faced, immediately put his hands on his hips and pouted.

“After admiring such wondrous underground palaces, you should reap some benefits. Today’s challenge isn’t difficult–just ten questions, all about the Moscow subway, and furthermore, they’re all based on content An Lan has already mentioned. You just need to answer quickly. Each correct answer gets you one point, no points for wrong answers, and these points will be useful later, related to your own benefits.”