This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends
Chapter 139: Always Complaining About Not Having Enough Money

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Always Complaining About Not Having Enough Money

Zhou Min had initially agreed to do an exclusive interview with Wu Mu solely because Zheng Qiuxia mentioned it, with the indifferent attitude that it wouldn’t matter much if she helped out.

Although she was childhood friends with Lin Qingyue, she seldom watched Lin Qingyue’s shows.

She liked movies, but she had very little interest in variety show stars.

Therefore, she naturally had little understanding of Wu Mu, knowing only scraps of information occasionally gleaned from the trending topics across various social media platforms.

And she never clicked on them to read further; just retained a passing impression from the headlines.

So, in her mind, Wu Mu was just a very average impression, simply a top celebrity who had been a wealthy patron’s mistress, and then managed to regain fame by generating some showy program effects and singing pretty decently.

Even after starting to become popular again, a significant portion of the trending searches about him were negative.

For instance, suggestions that his songs were bought, that he was a sensationalist chasing camera time, that his on-show behavior was scripted, and that he was just cleverly harvesting fans as if they were leeks, and so on.

Honestly, it all seemed like a mixture of infamy and fame; he was constantly involved in various controversies.

If it weren’t for the interview assignment, she would never have been interested in delving into the details of such a person.

But after going back yesterday and watching all of Wu Mu’s programs in one go, her impression of him changed dramatically.

She found that he actually seemed quite interesting. Many controversies she had imagined dissolved after she watched for herself and found that, actually, they weren’t so bad.

Not only was he interesting, but many aspects of him fit quite well with the tone of their publication; it seemed quite worth writing about.

So the next day, without needing to be reminded, she took the initiative to visit him herself.

Wu Mu received Zhou Min in the living room sofa area on the first floor.

Zhou Min, sitting on the sofa, took out a voice recorder pen and asked, swinging it, "Can I record this?"

"Sure, go ahead and record," replied Wu Mu.

After starting the recording, Zhou Min looked at Wu Mu, who appeared to be waiting for her to ask questions, and said with a smile, "Don’t be so formal; we can just have a casual chat. I’ll write up the interview based on our conversation later."

Then Zhou Min really started chatting casually. She was curious and asked Wu Mu, "Before I came, were you playing games?"

Having watched Wu Mu’s previous programs, she somewhat understood him and knew he liked to play games.

But today, Wu Mu had just so happened not to be playing.

"No, I was watching a movie called ’Spring Day Story.’"

Zhou Min uttered a surprised sound, "I’ve seen that movie too; isn’t it an arthouse film? I thought you didn’t like those."

Wu Mu felt he was being wronged, "Hey, I never said I disliked arthouse films. I do watch quite a few of them; I simply don’t like the kinds that I can’t understand."

Recalling the film he had watched the previous day, Wu Mu tactfully said, "That kind of art might be just a little too avant-garde for me."

Zhou Min laughed out loud, knowing that Wu Mu was complaining about the movie being pretentious and hard to understand.

She continued the topic, asking, "When you’re free do you just play games and watch movies? Don’t you go out?"

"I guess I go out rather rarely; mostly I stay at home playing games, watching movies, anime, reading novels, and so on."

Wu Mu’s past life consisted mainly of these hobbies; even after becoming a boss, what he loved most was staying at home engaging with them.

The greatest benefit of crossing into a parallel world might just be the myriad of games he had never played, movies and novels he hadn’t seen; he could immerse himself in them day after day and never run out of things to watch, never worrying about being bored.

"You do seem different from other celebrities," Zhou Min laughed.

What were other celebrities like? Well, probably flaunting their unbounded desires after becoming successful.

And it wasn’t just the celebrity circle; it was the same with the rich second-generation circle, the magnate circle.

You could say that most people, upon realizing that they could freely satisfy their internal desires without any consequences, would find it hard to hold back.

She was quite curious, "Don’t you have those kinds of thoughts and desires? With your status, you could live a life of luxury every day if you wanted."

Well, not to mention anything else, just with that excessively handsome face, he certainly wouldn’t lack for girls willing to throw themselves at him.

Wu Mu chuckled, "There might be various thoughts and desires, but rather than indulging, I prefer restraint."

Restraint.

Zhou Min nodded; from the information she had gathered so far, he did seem very restrained.

After thinking about it, she asked, "Then, since you don’t have great desires, why are you still motivated to make money? With your current assets, you should have enough to live comfortably for a lifetime."

Wu Mu spread his hands, "Who would complain about having too much money? And it’s not like I’m restraining all my thoughts—my urge to spend is still strong. I often feel like I don’t have enough money."

"Like what?" Zhou Min asked with a curious expression.

"Like buying a house, for instance. There’s a courtyard house for sale next to the Forbidden City for 1.5 billion, which I really like. If I had enough money, I would definitely buy it."

"And just now, watching ’Spring Day Story’, I was thinking the picture quality was so poor. If I had the money, I’d definitely find the original team and reshoot it."

"Oh right, also every time I take a plane to a gig, I feel it’s too slow waiting for takeoff. It would be great if I had a private jet."

Zhou Min: "..."

She looked at Wu Mu with an expression that said she thought he was kidding.

What a joke, to be so drunk on dreams.

1.5 billion!?

You really dare to dream!

Being a celebrity is recognized as a lucrative profession, but it’s questionable whether one could earn 1.5 billion in a lifetime.

And you dare think about casually spending that much?

That’s not spending money; that’s burning it!

What kind of wealth could sustain such profligacy?

Speechlessly cutting off Wu Mu, who seemed somewhat serious, she said, "Let’s get back to the topic of the interview, save dreaming for nighttime."

Who’s dreaming?

You’re looking down on me, aren’t you!

Wu Mu thought coldly in his heart, just wait; as he continued to develop further with the help of his System dad, sooner or later tens of billions would be but pocket change to waste.

Zhou Min conducted the interview in a conversational manner.

Apart from discussing various seemingly unrelated topics, she also touched on relevant matters.

"Wu Mu, I couldn’t find any information about your parents online; you seem to have never talked about them. Is there a reason for that?" she asked casually.

With a start, Wu Mu glanced at her and chuckled wryly, "Don’t write about that."

There really was a reason?

And it seemed to be not a good one at that.

Zhou Min thought to herself but compliantly moved on, "What about your boss then? When did you meet her?"