The Crippled Boss's Outstanding Substitute Wife | Book 3

477.Money Was Not Enough

Lisa's happy life did not last long before she received a call from Baekhyun.

Baekhyun had been so worried for the past few days that his hair had almost turned white. He briefly explained about how the movie's approval was stuck, "Now that we have finally gotten the approval, but we haven't gotten the showtime schedule from the cinema. Mrs. Jeon, you had just finished your college entrance exam. I shouldn't have troubled you, but I had no choice. It's my bad..."

Lisa's eyes darkened. It was obvious that someone caused this trouble. She comforted Baekhyun, "It's not your fault. Leave this matter to me. Contact the people from the cinema and set up a meeting."

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Baekhyun hurriedly responded. Lisa knew that Baekhyun was anxious, so she did not say anything more. She instantly hung up. Jungkook who was sitting on the sofa, heard it and looked over. "What's wrong, my wife? Do you need my help?"

Jeon Corporation's focus was not on the entertainment industry. Lisa smiled and replied, "It's just a small matter. There's no need to trouble you. I can solve it myself." There was another reason why she did not want to trouble Jungkook. Recently, Jungkook had been very busy with work. He had to continue working at home after hours. She could not bear to trouble Jungkook who was already so busy.

Lisa seemed confident. Jungkook nodded and said, "Then, if you need me anytime, just call me."

Lisa went upstairs to change into a lady suit. Baekhyun acted fast. He arranged their meeting at dinner time. When Lisa arrived, the people from the cinema were already in the private room. Everyone spoke in an official manner when facing Baekhyun.

"Mrs. Jeon, we have long heard about you." As the person in charge of the largest cinema, Wan Fa Cinema, Kim Jongdae(Chen EXO) stood up with a smile and shook hands with Lisa. "Nice to meet you."

"Manager Kim, you're being too formal." Lisa had a polite smile on her face as she shook hands with each of them. The people sitting here were all veterans. They were skilled in speaking formally. On the surface, they acted merrily as they talked and drank. However, they did not reveal any useful information.

"Manager Kim, let's not beat around the bush." Lisa was too lazy to waste time with them. She went straight to the point and said, "Our movie 'Missing Girl' has been approved, but you guys haven't given us the movie showtime schedulw. You have to give us a reason."

"Mrs. Jeon, you may not know this, but it is not as simple as you think." Jongdae chuckled and said tactfully, "I can only say that we have our own considerations. We are arranging for your movie. However, we still can't tell about the final outcome. There are rules in this industry. We can't just schedule it for whoever we want, right?"

"Do you mean that we can only continue to wait?" Lisa said with a hint of coldness. She looked at Jongdae indifferently. "I thought that a big cinema like Wan Fa would be more efficient. I didn't expect you to be so slow. This is really an eye-opener."

Jongdae's expression did not change much after being ridiculed by Lisa. He drank the wine in his glass and said with a smile, "Mrs. Jeon, you don't know anything about this, do you? You see... Everyone here is my colleague. If you don't believe me, you can ask others."

Wan Fa Cinema was the leader of the cinemas. If they didn't give a schedule, the other cinemas wouldn't dare to. Therefore, as soon as Jongdae finished speaking, the others followed, "That's right, Mrs. Jeon. It's not that we don't want to give you face, but we have rules to follow. There's nothing we can do about it."

"That's right. You don't have to be in a hurry. We'll rush it for you. Rest assured that your movie will be released as soon as possible. Please understand that we all work for the company, so we can't mess around, right?"

Every word they said sounded nice. Nevertheless, it didn't solve any problems. To put it bluntly, they enjoyed all the benefits, but they just wouldn't do it.

"Hey, you shouldn't do this, right?" Baekhyun was a straightforward person. He didn't know how to beat around the bush. Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to make a movie for so many years. Now that he heard the perfunctory words of Jongdae and the others, his bad temper flared up. He said, "You've received all the money. Now you're telling us to do things according to the rules. What, are you saying that the money is not enough?"