After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 474 A Very Flexible Moral Standard

The gossipmonger is really good at setting the pace; I wonder if he asked Lu Mingye for a service fee.

Cha Ziwen's hobby should have been developed into a profession long ago.

Only he could so naturally slip in Ye Wanyin's scandals at this moment.

"That's normal. We've already started taking action, so they have no excuse not to finish."

Ye Yifan listened with an expression that seemed to indicate he had expected this.

"However, the company needs to prepare a press release. We're no longer hiding it. Someone will definitely be able to find out that the cause of this matter is Senior Sister Lin."

Although all of this is normal business practice—discovering loopholes in a competitor and digging deeper only to find more and more, so you simply remove the whole thing—you can't control what this love-obsessed world will think.

Ye Sanqing had seen too many of these kinds of news articles, and now she could even imagine news stories like "Young Master Ye of the Ye family risked everything for a woman."

It seems like everything becomes reasonable when it involves emotional issues.

"The second son is very familiar with this kind of thing, so there's no need to worry."

Ye Yifan said, "And isn't there also Shen Qing's matter involved?"

"Well, but we don't know when this matter will be resolved."

Ye Sanqing, having learned the whole story, said, "Now it seems that Fu Shaojing faked his death and ran away back then, taking Shen Qing with him. But we don't know where he went, and it's quite difficult to find out in a short time. Do you know him? Or has this happened before?"

Ye Yifan thought for a moment, "Does his one-sided admiration for me count as knowing each other?"

"Just kidding, we do know each other. But as you know, it's a case of 'kings don't meet'... and I'm a woman, so he always acts sarcastic whenever he sees me, and I don't put up with him. It's Lu Wangqian who liked to take advantage of others' popularity back then."

"As for the past, it's not certain. There have been reincarnations where he really died. But the game didn't restart, which means he wasn't important at all. Whether he lives or dies seems to depend on the internal strife within the Fu family, and each time it's different."

"What exactly is the background of the Fu family...?"

At this point, Ye Sanqing found the matter rather strange. "The Lu family has so many romanceable characters, why doesn't the Fu family have any? I think Fu Sizhou looks quite decent."

“Like a human being…” Ye Yifan chuckled upon hearing this. “You’re really quite blunt.”

"But I have a guess that their family might be the real villains."

"What do you mean?" Ye Sanqing asked curiously.

"First of all, they may not necessarily have no romanceable characters; it's just that previous players haven't been able to romance them yet, so we can't be careless about this aspect."

"Secondly, if there really are no romanceable characters, then generally speaking, this kind of character is an absolute villain, the kind that can't be redeemed."

Ye Sanqing nodded.

Looking at Mu Zimo's personal life trajectory, it seems he's on the path to redemption.

The same goes for Lu Mingye and the others; the plot clearly leaves them room for maneuver, and in the end, they might end up as the type who, although they did evil, are still acceptable.

Very flexible ethical standards!

Although she is quite resourceful, there are still some things she probably won't do.

Some people will never be together.

"Since they're the villains, the plot will show the general direction of things. For example, they'll have some kind of business war with our family. But who's specifically in charge doesn't really matter."

"That makes sense. If you write a complex family power struggle storyline, but only a small part is actually presented in the end, then you've done too much work. It's better not to do it at all. Just set the plot direction and character personality models and let them develop on their own."

Ye Sanqing agreed with this point. From the player's perspective, if they are villains, they can only interact with the people they put in the spotlight in the end.

So, the Lu family isn't really the villains despite their current state? The author's moral standards are quite flexible, aren't they?

"You know that Fu Shaochen has always been by my side. Of course, there are other reasons besides his face that I take care of him. To be honest, these reasons are even more important than his appearance."

"After all, everyone knows now that he looks a lot like Fu Shaojing. If I can tolerate this, then his other uses must outweigh the negative impact of his appearance."

"In other words, I kept him around because I knew he could be very useful in the internal strife within the Fu family."

Ye Sanqing observed Ye Yifan's expression as she said this. Her attitude was very calm, as if she were reading a work report. Obviously, she was just joking when she said "collecting handsome men" before.

That's normal. If Ye Yifan said he had fallen in love with someone, that would be a horror story.

Fortunately, there is one normal, awakened NPC in this world obsessed with romance...

Could there be two?

"Even if Yu Canling did this, I never expected her to do it. She really is..."

Ye Yifan smiled and shook his head, "She used to be very low-key. In all my reincarnations, she has only revealed once or twice that she was Fu Shaojing's former fiancée."

“Even the fact that Fu Sizhou was pursuing her was kept a secret, unless I had lived several lifetimes in a row. She was basically afraid of him getting involved, but this time she actually took the initiative.”

"Your visit to the Lu family this time really triggered a lot of new plot points. I have a feeling that Fu Sizhou might be going to cause me trouble, so I need to be prepared."

"How will he cause trouble? By raising prices?"

Ye Sanqing laughed, "Or something like watering your office money tree to death..."

Watering a money tree to death may not actually block someone's path to wealth, but it will definitely annoy them.

"Like a rise."

Speaking of this, Ye Yifan also found it amusing, "Usually he would just cause some trouble, pretend to want to raise prices, waste some of my time, negotiate for a long time, and in the end, he still wouldn't raise prices. If he insists on raising prices this time, then I'll have to consider whether the plot has really changed."

"But you're quite familiar with Lu Wangshen, right? Doesn't he usually get involved in these kinds of things?"

Ye Sanqing considered the complex relationships between these people and then spoke.

"How do you know I'm close to him?"

After Ye Yifan finished speaking, he looked at the cigar in his hand. "Yes, I didn't intend to hide it from you. I wouldn't say we're close, but he's definitely more reliable than his brother. We've known each other for a long time."

"Is he even the kind of person who's reasonable?"

Ye Sanqing asked in surprise, "What, in your standards, a madman is more reliable than a fool?"

"Of course! Think about it now, is he more annoying or Lu Wangqian? Now you know them both."

Ye Sanqing actually started to think about it.

“He’s not annoying, he’s just uncontrollable. Lu Wangqian isn’t exactly annoying either, he’s just mentally unstable… As for Lu Mingye, he’s actually the more predictable type.”

Although Ye Sanqing estimated that Xiao Chong had also informed Ye Yifan about the changes in the fate line, he still repeated it to a few key figures.

"So, at least he can communicate in human language. What is Lu Wangqian anyway..."