For such important matters as winning awards, they certainly wouldn't be discussed openly.
At the banquet, where there were many people and watchful eyes, at most they could acquaint themselves and arrange a time to meet.
If they wanted to make a move, they still needed to communicate and probe in private.
Even these executives were just the first batch of people to deal with.
After managing them, Mei Li and Song Chuang would even fly to Tiandu, Modu, and other places to visit the organizers of the awards and other judges, and so on.
Striving to secure for Lu Man a heavyweight award with "23 Days After a Breakup."
And after the guests had left, Chen Yan didn't stay long at Zhao Xuan's Sea and Sky Manor, because even now, he was a bit worried that Zhao Xuan was just putting on a show.
He suspected that Zhao Xuan might be hiding somewhere in a corner of the manor, holding a long handle axe, ready to chop him, the villain who had kidnapped his daughter.
