The sun sets later during daylight saving time.
After watching the movie, I went to visit a photography exhibition that opened the day before yesterday.
Lu Yanhe was quite surprised and asked, "You are actually interested in this kind of exhibition?"
Chen Siqi's eyes narrowed immediately, "Why, is it not possible?"
"Of course not, I'm just a little surprised."
"I didn't expect you to be interested in art? Do you think I'm not very artistic?"
Lu Yanhe: “…”
He shook his head silently, "I really didn't mean that."
Lu Yanhe turned around and looked around, then asked, "What would you like to eat tonight?"
"I have to go back tonight, otherwise Liu Wei'an will start to sow discord again." Chen Siqi said, "Let's make an appointment next time."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
He said, "Then I'll take you back."
Chen Siqi: "No need, I'll just ask the driver to pick me up. You can wait here with me."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
The two went to sit in a nearby cafe.
Not daring to drink coffee at this hour, Lu Yanhe bought a small cake and shared it with two forks.
The sunset in summer is particularly magnificent.
That large patch of orange, as if it had fallen from the sky and shattered, covered everyone's face.
Floor-to-ceiling windows don’t block its invasion, but rather amplify it.
Two people sat by the window, eating cake and chatting.
Until Chen Siqi's car arrived, she said, "Then I'll leave first."
"Bye-Bye."
Seeing that Lu Yanhe was about to get up, Chen Siqi immediately said, "Don't follow me out."
Lu Yanhe sat back down again.
"Let's go." Chen Siqi left with the headphones Lu Yanhe gave her.
The moment she pushed open the glass door and walked out, the girl's graceful figure was immersed in the fiery sunset, as if she was a girl god who had been annihilated and reborn.
Lu Yanhe was dazzled for a moment.
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Lu Yanhe returned to the Hong Mansion, took out the key and entered the house, but unexpectedly found Zhou Pingan there too.
He was sitting on the sofa, saying something earnestly to Li Zhibai, but Li Zhibai looked unconvinced, his eyes almost looking up to the sky.
Zhou Ping'an looked at Lu Yanhe with some surprise.
"Why are you still living here?" Zhou Ping'an asked this question as his first reaction.
Lu Yanhe changed his shoes and was about to speak when Li Zhibai suddenly said, "I let him stay here. What's wrong?"
Brother Zhaa looked at Zhou Ping'an with a look of arrogance, as if to say, "What are you going to do to me?"
Zhou Pingan sighed and said, "Nothing, whatever you want. I've told you so much, do you understand?"
"No, I'm the one who suffers the loss, and Ma Zhiyuan and the company are the ones who benefit. I won't do this losing business." Li Zhibai said directly.
Zhou Pingan: "You are also an artist of the company. If the company is really damaged, what good will it do you?"
"It's good for you if I go to appease my fans, but what good is it for me?" Li Zhibai directly refuted.
Zhou Pingan: "I said, as long as you agree——"
"I won't agree." Li Zhibai's attitude was very tough. "No matter what, I won't agree. You said that this matter was not ordered by Ma Zhiyuan, and he just suffered an unforeseen disaster. I admit it, but what about the unforeseen disaster I suffered? Are you my agent or his agent? You haven't officially taken over his interests yet, but you are sacrificing my interests to protect his interests. Then when you officially take over his interests, won't I be exiled to the frontier? Do I need to find a new agent?"
Lu Yanhe didn't go to the living room and went straight back to his room.
Li Zhibai was discussing these matters with Zhou Ping'an, and it was not convenient for him to attend as an audience.
But he chose to eavesdrop.
Once back in the room, he leaned against the door.
Zhou Pingan said with a sullen face, "Don't talk nonsense. I have been with you since your debut. Even if I take over Ma Zhiyuan in the future, it is not me who has brought him up single-handedly."
"Come on, didn't you lead Lu Yanhe and Tu Song since their debut? I didn't see you care much about them. I don't believe it." Li Zhibai said bluntly.
Li Zhibai's words always make Zhou Ping'an angry to death.
But Zhou Ping'an couldn't do anything to Li Zhibai.
I really don’t know what to say.
Because no matter what he said, Li Zhibai didn't believe it.
"Then what do you want me to do in order to appease your fans?" Zhou Ping'an asked with a dark face.
Li Zhibai looked at him in disbelief. "No matter what you do, I won't appease my fans. Why should I appease them? They're fighting for me, and I'm trying to appease them. Am I crazy?"
Zhou Ping'an: "If you continue to act this way, it's not just me who will think of you, but how the higher-ups in the company will view you. Have you thought about this? Do you think I'm going to protect Ma Zhiyuan? He's one of the company's most popular idols, and he brings in tens of millions in revenue every year. Think about it, if he's affected, will the company remain indifferent? The online news about you has been fermenting all day, and his public image has taken a hit. If this continues, he'll lose endorsements and business opportunities. Even if you're the victim, they'll think you're the perpetrator who caused damage to the company's interests."
Li Zhibai sneered, "Look, you've told me so much, and in the end, you're saying that Ma Zhiyuan is more important than me, right? I'm just confused. Why didn't you go to Ma Zhiyuan to ask for his opinion on this matter? Is he dead or in a coma? Doesn't he have a Weibo account to comfort his fans? How come he doesn't have any attitude when something like this happens? I didn't ask him to apologize or to take responsibility, but his fans did something like this. Shouldn't he properly control his fans?"
Although Li Zhibai was furious and seemed unmoved, he knew what was going on in his mind.
"I don't want to bother with you. Do you think I'm just angry?" Li Zhibai continued to sneer. "A day has passed, and no one has reacted or shown any attitude, yet you're here forcing me to offer a conciliatory attitude. Zhou Ping'an, I used to think you were biased and vulgar, but now I realize you really don't treat us as human beings. Why don't you just customize a few artificial intelligence robots to be your entertainers? That way, they'll do whatever you say."
Zhou Ping'an finally fell silent and stopped talking.
"I'm going to have dinner now, you can leave," Li Zhibai said. "If you're not satisfied, then don't be dissatisfied. You can stop my work if you want. But in short, it's impossible for me to appease my fans now. I won't do that."
After saying that, Li Zhibai picked up his phone, looking like he didn't want to say another word to Zhou Ping'an.
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After a while, the sounds of doors opening and closing were heard outside.
Zhou Ping'an is gone.
After a while, Li Zhibai's voice came lazily: "You two come out."
Lu Yanhe opened the door and found that Yan Liang next door was also opening the door and walking out of the room.
Judging from the speed, Yan Liang was probably eavesdropping behind the door just like him.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other, smiled helplessly, and walked over.
Li Zhibai put his phone aside.
"Did you all hear that?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I heard you. You are very domineering."
"I'm so angry," Li Zhibai said. "What kind of thing did he do?"
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang could understand why Li Zhi was so angry.
If it were them, they might not have the courage like Li Zhibai to go against Zhou Ping'an and not buy into anything.
"What did you do today? I didn't see you so early in the morning." Li Zhibai suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Lu Yanhe and asked.
Lu Yanhe said, "I made an appointment with a classmate."
"Which classmate? We've been meeting for the whole day." Li Zhibai said immediately, "Oh, I see."
Lu Yanhe was really a little scared of Li Zhibai. This guy's intuition was sometimes too sharp. "Why do you care who I made an appointment with? You still have the mind to care about my affairs. You should think about what you should do."
"What can I do? It's up to me," Li Zhibai said. "At worst, I can just change my agent or agency. They can't expect me to bow down to something like this? Dream on."
"Do you want to tell your family about this?" Yan Liang asked.
Li Zhibai said: "I've already said it, my parents have already said that they support me in making a fuss about this kind of thing and will never compromise."
"That's good." Yan Liang said, "If your parents knew about this, they wouldn't allow Zhou Ping'an and the others to do anything reckless."
"Hmm." Li Zhibai said, "Actually, something interesting happened today."
"What's up?"
Li Zhibai took out his cell phone and clicked on a text message from an anonymous number.
"Someone sent me a text message and gave me an address."
"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard that. "What address?"
"This person said that I can get some information about Ma Zhiyuan by going to this address at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon."
"Something about Ma Zhiyuan?" Lu Yanhe was even more surprised. "What is it?"
"I don't know, but come to think of it, it's probably not a good thing." Li Zhibai showed a malicious smile on his face, "Now everyone knows that Ma Zhiyuan and I have a bad relationship. How can sending this message to me at this time be a good thing?"
Lu Yanhe was a little worried and asked, "Are you going?"
"Why not go?" Li Zhibai was puzzled.
"If there really is something bad about Ma Zhiyuan, this person found you just to get it out through you."
"uh-huh."
"Do you want to be the gunman?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Li Zhibai: "Whether to be a ghostwriter or not is another matter, but if I can watch Ma Zhiyuan's joke, why not?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "If you decide to go, then go ahead. I'll go with you to see what's there."
"Then I'll go with you." Yan Liang said.
"Don't you have a filming tomorrow?" Li Zhibai asked Yan Liang, "Zhou Ping'an just came over and told you everything."
"It's 5pm, so we can still make it." Yan Liang said, "It's in Yuming."
"Why do you have to go with me?" Li Zhibai said helplessly.
Lu Yanhe said bluntly: "I'm worried."
Li Zhibai: "Why should I worry about this?"
Lu Yanhe: "You are too impulsive."
Li Zhibai: "..."
"If you get provoked and start a conflict with someone on the spot, we can still intervene."
-
The next day, at 1:30 p.m., Li Zhi and his thirteen men went out.
Not only did Li Zhibai wear a pair of sunglasses, he also prepared a pair for Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang.
"If a fight really breaks out, I must not let my sunglasses fall off. Otherwise, if someone takes a picture or video and posts it online, I'll be in big trouble."
"Can't you hold back and not take action?" Lu Yanhe said speechlessly.
Li Zhibai: "You are asking me to go against my nature."
He freely admitted to his impulsiveness and irritability.
The three of them drove to Houshili.
Houshili was one of the most prosperous and bustling areas in Yuming in the last century. However, with the development of the economy, it eventually became an old city area that only retains its former prosperity.
The scene here is completely different.
It also has tall buildings and bustling crowds, but the decoration is not too modern and technological.
Li Zhibai spent a long time looking for a place to park.
After finally finding the Yunfeng Building and getting on the elevator, Li Zhibai couldn't help but complain when he saw the walls of the elevator covered with various small advertisements: "Could this guy be trying to trick me into coming here to kill and rob me?"
As soon as I reached the 13th floor and came out of the elevator, I saw a few big words hanging on the wall in front of me: 21st Century Storage.
There is actually a reception desk here.
Sitting at the front desk was a woman who looked to be around 40 years old, a bit plump and wearing heavy makeup. When she saw Lu Yanhe and the other three coming out, her eyes lit up instantly.
"Are you three handsome boys here to deposit or withdraw something?" she asked proactively.
Lu Yanhe and others were completely confused, not knowing what was going on, and looked at her in confusion.
"What is this place used for?" Lu Yanhe asked.
The woman at the front desk looked at the three of them with an unwavering gaze, almost nakedly, as if there were a hook in her eyes.
"What do you think this place is used for?" she asked in an ambiguous tone.
The three people were overwhelmed when they saw this scene.
Li Zhibai's cell phone finally rang again.
He quickly took out his cell phone.
"Get, get something." Li Zhibai's voice was a little stuttering. "The pickup code is 3627."
The woman at the front desk was a little disappointed when she heard this.
"oh."
She bent down, opened the drawer, and took out a long bunch of keys, and took one from the top.
"Wait a moment." She walked into the corridor.
After a while, she came out with a briefcase.
"Are you really just here to pick up something?" The woman at the front desk looked at them, especially at Li Zhibai. "You don't need anything else."
Her gaze gradually shifted downward.
Li Zhibai's face turned red like a cooked crab.
"No, no!" Li Zhibai quickly denied.
The woman at the front desk suddenly looked unhappy.
"Here." She handed the file bag to Li Zhibai, "Take it."
The three men took the briefcase and fled.
-
The three of them ran downstairs in one breath and left the Yunfeng Building before they breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Zhibai looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. He turned his head to look at the building behind him, then looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang.
"Just now... was I overthinking it?"
"I don't think so."
"That's probably what she meant just now, right?"
Several people were standing on the roadside in front of the Yunfeng Building, all sweating.
I felt a lingering fear for some reason, and it took me a while to come back to my senses.
"So he just wanted to pick something up. I thought this person would give it to me in person." Li Zhibai looked at the file bag in his hand and curled his lips.
I fell asleep yesterday and forgot to update...