You were supposed to have a fake marriage with the diva, so how did you become her father?

Chapter 155 Father-in-law's Invitation

The pop-up notification on the screen was unusually prominent.

High-intensity network intrusion—these words instantly put Lu Ran on edge.

He immediately opened the firewall log details.

The logs show that the attack source disguised itself as multiple overseas proxy IPs, but the attack pattern was extremely professional, accurately and continuously probing every weakness of the system. It was clearly aimed at me, and was by no means an ordinary hacker harassment or virus spread.

"Interesting." Lu Ran narrowed his eyes and rapidly tapped his fingers on the keyboard, bringing up a lower-level tracking program.

As a senior programmer in his previous life, his hacking skills were also quite good.

This firewall was reinforced by himself, incorporating the world's top technology and some advanced ideas from his previous life, making its defensive capabilities far superior to ordinary commercial systems of this era.

Although the opponent failed to break through, this probing itself had already sent a dangerous signal.

"I wonder who it is. Starlight? Starlight? Or...from Japan?"

After thinking it over, Lu Ran first ruled out domestic counterparts.

Although Starlight and StarHua compete with StarShine, it is too risky and not worth the effort for corporate espionage to go to the point of directly attacking the personal computers of key personnel.

Moreover, based on Lu Ran's understanding of hackers in this world, this attack style seems more like a foreign tactic.

Considering that "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things" had just reached the top, surpassing the Japanese novel "Ama-no-Kumara", Lu Ran already had a name in mind.

"Amaterasu-sha." Lu Ran murmured the name, a cold smile playing on his lips.

Although I haven't been able to track them back to confirm they're Japanese, that's no longer important.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if I'm wronged.

Lu Ran guessed that the other party must have been driven to desperation, and since conventional business competition methods were ineffective, they started to resort to underhanded tactics.

I wonder if they wanted to steal my computer to steal the script for the sequel to "That Rabbit"? Or were they trying to dig up dirt on Lu Ran?

Although Lu Ran couldn't find the other party's address, he did set up a few "small gifts" on his computer to enable reverse tracking. If the other party tried again, it would be enough for him to catch them red-handed.

After finishing all this, Lu Ran turned off the computer and got up to take a shower.

The hot water washed away his fatigue, but Lu Ran's thoughts were unusually excited.

Not only did the Japanese not surrender, they even dared to fight back.

……

The next day, at Star Moon Studio.

"The final list is finalized." Shen Yuege pushed a document in front of Lu Ran with a relieved smile on her face. "Director Chen has basically approved all of the dozen or so supporting roles. Although we didn't get core lead roles like Yang Guo or Xiaolongnu, we have Guo Fu, Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Gongsun Lüe, and Li Mochou. If we play these roles well, it will be enough for these newcomers to establish themselves."

Lu Ran flipped through the list. There were many unfamiliar names, but there were also some faces that he remembered from the crowd yesterday.

Shen Yuege has a keen eye; the people she chooses often have a temperament that matches the roles.

"What about Zhen Zhibing? Who's been chosen?" Lu Ran looked up, a mischievous smile on his face.

Shen Yuege glared at him irritably: "You still have the nerve to ask! I did as you said and found that newcomer with a somewhat gloomy temperament but a bit of conviction in his eyes, named Zhou Zi'an. I showed him a clip from the script, and his face turned green. He asked me if I had a grudge against him."

"and then?"

"And then?" Shen Yuege laughed. "Then he hesitated for a long time before saying that although the role was very challenging, he decided to take it. He seems to have quite a backbone."

Lu Ran nodded: "He's a good prospect. If he can play this kind of complex villain well, his acting career will be much broader in the future."

Just then, Shen Yuege's phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID, her expression instantly turning somewhat strange. She made a "shh" gesture to Lu Ran, answered the phone, and spoke in a tone that was unusually obedient to her.

"Dad! Yes, I'm at the studio. Oh? Now? He's next to me. Okay, okay, I got it, we'll go over tonight."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yuege looked at Lu Ran with a complicated expression: "My dad wants to see you. Let's go back home after get off work tonight."

Lu Ran was taken aback: "Uncle Shen? What's wrong?"

"He didn't go into details, he just said you absolutely have to go." Shen Yuege shrugged. "He probably sees that you've been in the spotlight lately and wants to ask you for some movie resources, to see if you have any suitable scripts."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran thought that if that was the case, then it would be too simple.

I simply don't have time to make the movie myself. Since my father-in-law wants it, and he's a top-tier director with considerable talent, it certainly wouldn't be a waste to let him make it.

As one of Xingyao's shareholders, although he no longer cares about Xingyao's affairs, he also has his own film team and started his business through movies in his early years.

After all, his father-in-law had helped him get a job at such a good company, so he had to repay him.

"Okay, no problem. Since Dad wants us to go back, let's go back early today," Lu Ran replied.

"Who gave you our dad? That's my dad." Shen Yuege glared at Lu Ran.

"Okay, then I'll call you Uncle when we meet tonight," Lu Ran said with a grin.

"You dare!" Shen Yuege angrily pinched Lu Ran's waist.

"Ah~ Stop, stop right now, you're going to hurt my waist." Lu Ran teased deliberately, since Shen Yuege hadn't used any force at all.

...

That evening, Lu Ran and his wife left work early and headed straight to his father-in-law's house with the fresh vegetables and fruits they had bought at Shou Donglai.

Last time, I had no experience and went empty-handed.

This time, at least I remembered to mention something.

After all, if you go to your father-in-law's house empty-handed, it's not good to take anything with you when you leave.

This time, without needing any prompting, Shen Yuege took Lu Ran's hand proactively, looking just like a newlywed couple.

I knocked on the door, and my mother-in-law, Chen Huixian, opened it.

When Lu Ran first learned his mother-in-law's name, he really wanted to write a poem for her called "A Thousand Songs".

It's a pity that her mother-in-law wasn't in the entertainment industry, so Shen Yuege fulfilled this wish for her later.

As Lu Ran and his companion walked in hand in hand, they saw Lu Ran's father-in-law, Shen Zhiwei, sitting at the table, waving at him.

"Lu Ran, come on, sit down, sit down. Today, it's just the two of us, drinking until we drop."

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