[Yo partner, do you still have any more work later?]
[…]
Upon hearing this ghostly voice, Shao Si struggled to turn himself over in the back seat and dazedly used his thoughts to reply, [There… shouldn’t be anything.]
The System lowered its voice, [So should we get some real work done now?]
Regarding this question, Shao Si became serious, [I’ve already thought about it…]
[Hmm?] The System held its breath with rapt attention.
Shao Si replied in a half-asleep state, [Later, I’m going to go home, shower, and then get a good sleep.]
[…] The System remained silent for a while, then choked up, [Are you serious?]
[…You’re doubting me?]
[This isn’t doubting you, I’m just in pain.]
[I haven’t even punched your chest with my fists yet, so stop being so noisy. I really need to sleep now.]
After saying his last words, Shao Si fell into a deep sleep, breathing peacefully.
The System sighed, [What the hell can I even say? Such a stubborn little devil.]
The journey back was quite long, and by the time Li Guangzong gradually woke up, he raised his wrist to check the time and estimated that there were still about twenty minutes of driving left.
He spent some time on his laptop, going through his emails, organizing the announcements for the week, and writing up a few reports to submit to the company.
After sending the emails, he took off his glasses and started thinking about Shao Si’s future development.
Don’t be fooled by his usual jokes about Shao Si being “washed-up.” He’s actually quite afraid of him quickly becoming irrelevant. It’s so easy to become washed-up, especially in today’s entertainment industry filled with all kinds of people. How long can even the hottest news stay in the public eye? How many people will remember them? After the novelty wears off, how many people will actually be interested? Without stirring up news, without creating drama, anyone can be forgotten in an instant, just like a sandcastle washed away by the waves.
Celebrities need to create topics for themselves to stay relevant, and it doesn’t matter where that attention comes from. It could be through dating rumors, or even deliberately hiring water armies to blacken themselves, and then, after a while, whitewash themselves to clear their image.
In this industry, many people will do anything just to stay relevant.
But his family’s Daddy Si doesn’t put any of this in his eye.
Once Li Guangzong recalled the various publicity plans that had been rejected by Shao Si a few days ago, he instantly had a headache.
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But since this matter had nothing to do with Li Guangzong, he didn’t pay much attention to it and continued to diligently manage the young newcomers under him, wondering when one of them would finally become popular.
Then, there was an incident where Shao Si had a violent falling-out with his agent within the company. At that time, he had just returned with his artist after completing a shoot, only to witness Shao Si pinning down and beating up Qi Ming, the top-tier agent. Qi Ming had been beaten so badly that even his glasses were shattered, as he lay curled up on the ground. The whole company was in an uproar.
On that day, Shao Si was dressed in all black, exuding a cool hip-hop vibe. He might have just come out of the dance studio, because his cap was askew on his head, appearing as if it might fall off at any moment.
If it weren’t for the security arriving in time, Shao Si would’ve nearly used the decorative vase placed in the corridor to smash Qi Ming’s skull.
Li Guangzong didn’t know how the company ultimately handled this situation, but it was definitely kept under control. He also didn’t have any other opinions on this, he just thought: That person is indeed very scary.
However, he didn’t expect that the next day, the company approached him and asked if he was willing to take over as manager.
…Honestly, he wasn’t very willing.
Everyone throughout the company was saying that Shao Si had a bad temper, looked down on others, and didn’t follow the rules.
Li Guangzong also thought that Shao Si was that kind of person, but only realized after taking over that he was completely different.
Later, when they became closer, there was one time when he ridiculed Shao Si for having low EQ, and Shao Si disdainfully scoffed at it.
Li Guangzong said, “Don’t deny it. Your EQ is really low. Otherwise, why would everyone in the company see you as this bully standing on top of a refrigerator?”
Shao Si rubbed between his eyebrows, “What are you talking about? What refrigerator?”
Li Guangzong replied, “Or translated, it means you’re being a cold and evil tyrant.”
“…”
So the phrase “standing on the refrigerator” is actually used like this?
Shao Si touched his nose, “How did my image end up like this?”
“How? Isn’t it because of that thing with Qi Ming? I’m also confused, why did you hit him?” Li Guangzong questioned, “He’s been spreading rumors about you everywhere. It’s been like four or five years and he’s still not talking about it… oh, by the way, I heard that the company tried to talk to you about it later, but you never explained.”
“That thing…” Shao Si tilted his head back and his expression turned a bit unpleasant, “There’s no reason, I just didn’t like him.”
Li Guangzong expected that answer, so he wasn’t too surprised and was just about to tell Shao Si to behave and stop doing stupid things when he heard him continue, “He has a total of seven artists under him, and each one of them can skyrocket to fame in a short amount of time. Do you know why?”
Li Guangzong’s heart skipped a beat, anticipating that something bad was about to happen, so he didn’t dare to speak.
“He handed me a paper the first time we met – you know what it was? It was a character arrangement plan, where he wanted me to clearly see everything about the character he wanted me to play,” Shao Si said with a wry smile, “I still remember that crap now, it said ‘an aristocratic youth who arrived treading on ice and snow, unconcerned with worldly affairs.’ He even told me not to go OOC. Do you know what OOC means? I just laughed at that back then. That idiot is quite smart.”
Li Guangzong: “…”
“Making myself look into a complete idiot is one thing, but I couldn’t stand him arranging for his own artists to be drugged and sent to those financial backers’ beds. So I just broke his nose, and that’s going easy on him – what’s with that look? …I didn’t say I was the one who got sent to someone’s bed.”
……
Well, it turns out he’s just a passionate young man who stands up for others when he sees injustice.
As Li Guangzong was lost in his thoughts, the driver had already stepped on the brakes, stopped the car by the side of the road, and then turned to remind him, “We’ve arrived, Brother Zong.”
This time, there was no need for Li Guangzong to call Shao Si. Shao Si himself lifted the blanket, perhaps he heard the words “we’ve arrived” in his sleep. He sleepily opened the car door, and made sure to put on his mask and sunglasses before getting out.
Li Guanzong watched him jump out of the car and immediately turned right. He hurriedly called him back, “What are you doing?! Where are you going?!”
Shao Si walked at a leisurely pace, squinted his eyes, and said without turning back, “I’m going home to sleep.”
Sleeping, my ass!
Li Guangzong also jumped out of the car and in two three steps, he pulled Shao Si back. During their struggle, Shao Si suddenly stopped, dumbfounded, stood still as if he had lost all hope of continuing, pointed at the tall building in front, “Wait… why did you bring me to the hotel? Shouldn’t I be happily standing at the entrance of my fucking community?”
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday? The company is holding a celebration banquet because recently, they invested in a drama IP and it received particularly good responses,” Li Guangzong said while pulling him inside. He continued with a warning, “Qi Ming will be here too. Don’t get impulsive and make sure to stay calm no matter how he provokes you. Did you hear me?”
“Are you trying to kill me?” Shao Si muttered with an unpleasant face, as he took off one side of his mask and followed Li Guangzong inside.
“We can just go after we eat a little something, okay?” Li Guangzong suggested as he led Shao Si to the front desk, and reported the name of their company’s CEO. The waiter then led them to the third floor. “Don’t make that stinky face. It doesn’t look good and people might think you’re acting like that ‘noble young man who walks on ice and snow’ again…”
“Stop bringing up my dark history,” Shao Si’s mouth twitched. “Twenty minutes. I’ll only stay for twenty minutes, and not a second more.”
At the banquet, Qi Ming started taunting Shao Si as soon as he saw him as expected. He kept on talking about Shao Si accepting Director Wang’s unprofitable new film, and on the side kept sarcastically boasting about the nearly ten million yuan he recently secured for a young and fresh actor under him. The young actor also cooperated, occasionally speaking in a deliberately goofy manner and saying things like, “No, no, you’re flattering me. I’ve only debuted not too long ago. It’s just that I’ve been a little lucky. How can I compare to my senior?”
Shao Si randomly ate a few things, and after he finished, he crossed his legs and buried himself in his phone, paying little attention to Qi Ming and the young actor. He responded indifferently, “Oh, that’s nice. Keep up the good work.”
Qi Ming proudly raised his wine glass and took a sip, acting like a victorious rooster. However, he didn’t stay quiet for long. He patted the young actor beside him, the one with the ‘tens of millions in remuneration,’ and intentionally said, “Go greet your senior.”
The young actor, Yang Ze, had a healthy and handsome appearance. When he smiled, he seemed to radiate so brightly just like the earring on his right ear. He stood up and raised his glass, “It’s an honor to finally meet you, Senior Shao. Allow me to make the first toast. Please, have a drink.”
Shao Si was indeed quite casual and didn’t respond to his toast.
Li Guangzong tried to pinch him discreetly but failed so he resigned himself to his fate as he stood up and shielded Shao Si from the drink. He smiled, “Sorry, but Xiao Si hasn’t been feeling well these two days. The doctor told him to avoid alcohol and smoking.”
But Yang Ze didn’t stop there. He enthusiastically tried to serve food to Shao Si and even though they were quite far apart, he extended his arm to pick up some food. Whether it was intentional or not, he accidentally knocked over the juice in front of Shao Si, splashing him all over.
Li Guangzong exclaimed, and quickly grabbed a napkin to help Shao Si wipe off the juice stains.
Yang Ze stood there bewildered and awkwardly explained, “I’m so sorry… I’m really sorry… I didn’t mean to, I just wanted to grab you a dish.”
Shao Si grabbed another napkin with one hand, hastily sent the edited message, and then focused on cleaning his clothes. However, the more he wiped, the dirtier it got. He stood up and said, “It’s okay. I’ll go to the restroom.”
Ten minutes later, he stood in the restroom holding his phone and blurted out, “…Shit.”
It wasn’t because of his clothes, but rather the text message he had just sent.
He edited the text message for a long time and intended it to be sent to the makeup artist. He wanted to continue investigating Yang Yinyin.
Even though it was just a simple greeting and not particularly frivolous… but he sent it to the wrong person!
Shao Si stared at the line on the screen that read “Do you have time for dinner?” and felt a complicated mix of emotions.
How would Gu Yanzhou react?!
…He didn’t really mean to ask him out.
Shao Si irritatingly grabbed his hair and realized that adding a “Sorry, wrong person” at this point would make him appear very scheming and insincere.
So annoying!
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T/N: Sorry for the late update guys… my school started last week!
I’m so glad he punched him and got a new manager/son
And hahahaha, so embarrassing!
Last week I thought I sent my best friend a very weird reel. But I ended up sending it to my sister’s friend by mistake. And she answered me right away, so I lost the opportunity to say, wrong person. She asked if I needed someone to talk about it hahahaThanks for the chapter
Haha Shao Si would’ve punched him even more if he could, I bet he regrets he didn’t 😂 at least you didn’t send something inappropriate 👀
Thanks for reading ❤️
Low eq people unite! Honestly it’s wild that people are forced to creat characters of themselves to become famous. It’s sad you can’t be famous without being a caricature of your own self.
Honestly can’t wait to see how this story pans out!
Unite!!
Celebrities make certain personalities of themselves to conform to the public’s image of an idol/celebrity is so fans might never know what their idol’s true self is. I guess that’s why scandals will come out every now and then exposing their true face. Kinda sad but that’s how the industry works
Thanks for reading ❤️
Wonder how Gu Yanzhou would react
Thanks for the chapter
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️