Chapter 10: Tenth day after retiring from the entertainment industry, thanks to Mr. Qiao and his fans for sending...

While brushing his teeth and washing his face, Kong Xingyan's mind was still echoing with the conversation with Zhang Bo.

After not seeing him for a year, the old man became more talkative, but the content was still the same old things. He said that he was not young anymore and that he should find a girl to date and get married as soon as possible. He also said that he worked too hard and must not have rested well, and his muscles looked not as strong as before.

The first two sentences went in one ear and out the other for Kong Xingyan, but he took a deep breath when he heard the last half of the sentence.

After changing into sportswear, he immediately went downstairs and ran ten laps around the neighborhood. When he was sweating profusely, he looked down at the muscles on his arms and decided to go to the gym for two hours after get off work tonight. He hoped that the next time he dreamed of the old man, he could give him some shock from a fitness enthusiast.

After getting ready and heading to the Fuping District Public Security Bureau, Kong Xingyan was met with two faces, their eyes tinged with dark blue. He casually grabbed a hard-boiled egg from the table that Chen Xin's mother had kindly provided, and while peeling it, he asked, "Did you two go thieves last night?"

Xiao Xiao lay on the table and rubbed his face, saying in a gloomy tone: "It's more terrifying than being a thief. I dreamed of Uncle Zhang."

Kong Xingyan bit off half of the egg in one bite.

Xiao Xiao didn't notice his captain's pause and continued to talk to himself, "Uncle Zhang asked me when I was getting married, and said that I was only focused on work and not my girlfriend. If I keep going like this, we'll break up sooner or later."

After giving the warning, Zhang Bo disappeared from his dream.

Then he began to dream that his girlfriend had a cold face and threw the birthday present he had given her on his head, saying harshly: "Break up! Go back to your case!"

The birthday present suddenly turned into sticky corpse fragments, which flowed down from his head. He was so scared that he jumped three feet high and could not sleep all night.

"What about you?" he asked Chen Xin.

Chen Xin rubbed her face as well. "I dreamed of Uncle Zhang, too. He told me to take it easy with my stock purchases lately. I nodded, and he left. Then I saw a field of green. I've never seen such pure green in my life. It's even greener than the green grassland above my head."

Kong Xingyan: “…”

He was silent for a long time, then pointed at Xiao Xiao, then at Chen Xin, and said, "So, we all dreamed about Uncle Zhang last night?"

Xiao Xiao and Chen Xin suddenly looked up at him and asked in surprise, "Brother, you had a dream too?"

Kong Xingyan: "I dreamed that he treated me to mutton noodles and told me that Moutai was delicious. He told me that I could play chess and kill time in my next life, and that I would have money to spend, so we didn't have to worry about him."

What impressed me most was that Uncle Zhang, hunched over as usual, patted his shoulder with his palm and said with a smile, "Take good care of yourself. Don't be so busy that you forget to eat."

When Kong Xingyan said this, his expression was as calm as when he heard Sang Qiqi charge nine hundred, but Chen Xin and Xiao Xiao had worked with him for so long, so they could naturally see the shock and suspicion hidden in those deep eyes.

Xiao Xiao licked his lips, but before he could say anything, the office door was pushed open from the outside.

"What are you talking about? The three of you look so serious. Is there another major case these past few days?" Li Li walked in, eating a pancake he bought from a breakfast stall near the Public Security Bureau. He sighed after taking a bite, "This pancake is so dry. I still miss Uncle Zhang's mutton noodles. I wonder if I'll have the chance to eat it in my next life."

Xiao Xiao still kept his mouth open, but the words that were about to come out of his mouth changed. He pointed his finger at his captain and said, "The captain ate it in his dream last night."

Li Li: “?”

He took two quick steps forward, slammed the choking pancake in his hand onto the table, and a look of 'Why?' was written on his face: "You're so stingy even when it comes to giving Uncle Zhang money, and yet you can even dream of eating his mutton noodles?"

Kong Xingyan raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Why are you so stingy? We spent 300 on our ghost money, how much did you spend on your 100 million?"

Li Li choked: "Twenty."

Kong Xingyan sneered: "That's it."

After a pause, he said, "How about you make some more for Uncle Zhang?"

Li Li didn't believe it: "Will that work?"

Kong Xingyan: "Just try it and you'll know. Chen Xin, give him Miss Sang's business card."

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Today was the official opening day of [Sang Qiqi Funeral Service]. Sang Qiqi didn't have many friends, and few knew about her funeral business, so naturally, no one sent her a flower basket. Considering she wasn't financially secure, she didn't place an order, and instead, she took out white wreaths from the storeroom and arranged them in two rows.

Well, it’s not bad, it looks nice and fits the style of her funeral home.

Then, Sang Qiqi took out the small blackboard that she had ordered online two days ago and wrote on it: New store opening, 10% off on all purchases in the store.

After standing at the door of the store and looking at it for a while, she clapped her hands with satisfaction and went back into the store to organize the paper-made items.

Not far away.

Bai Yingxin had a weak and frail face as if all the energy had been sucked out by ghosts, and she walked slowly past [Sang Qiqi Funeral Service] with a steamed bun in one hand and an iced American coffee in the other.

Five seconds later, her brain seemed to suddenly turn on. With a ding, she took two steps back and looked up again.

...It's really shocking. Which kind person mistook such a large wreath with the word "甸" on it as a flower basket for the opening of a business?

Looking more closely, the three huge characters "Sang Qiqi" on the store's door followed by "Funeral Service" made her brain go crazy again.

After a full minute of silence, she ate the bun in one bite, took out her cell phone, opened Weibo, and posted: Whose fans hate Sang Qiqi so much that they have to use Sang Qiqi's name when opening a funeral home?

Bai Yingxin isn't a fan, nor does she have a fan base. Her Weibo account only has a dozen or so bots. She originally posted this Weibo post simply to document her life and lament the fanboyish behavior of fans in the entertainment industry. But perhaps because Sang Qiqi has been incredibly popular these days, the mention of her name in her Weibo post has attracted a wave of followers from other fandoms.

In just five minutes, her Weibo post had been retweeted hundreds of times.

By the time Bai Yingxin finished checking in, inspected the haunted house, and opened Weibo again, her fans were already arguing fiercely. There was only one reason for the argument - which fan was so bold as to open a funeral goods store with Sang Qiqi's name on it? They were really not afraid of bad luck.

[Six hundred and sixty-six, I blindly guess that I’m a fan of the best actor]

[Looking at the entire entertainment industry, it is true that only Qiao Tianyi’s fans can be so crazy]

[No prizes! Come vote! Please click the link to vote.]

Bai Yingxin clicked on the link. The person who opened the link to vote had set a total of twenty options. Bai Yingxin lamented how many people Sang Qiqi had provoked while clicking on Qiao Tianyi's option.

Wow, 98% of people chose Qiao Tianyi.

Then there are Qiao Tianyi's biggest fans, all gloating: "If someone shows me respect, I'll give them a foot, but if someone offends me even a hair, I'll definitely give them a pound!" We Qiao fans aren't afraid of trouble, nor do we cause it, but we hold grudges. We'll definitely pay them back for any mischief that some of these female celebrities are doing!

Bai Yingxin: So childish.

But Qiao Tianyi's fans obviously liked this and immediately reposted the Weibo of a big fan, pushing topics like #Not afraid of trouble, don't cause trouble but hold grudges# to the top five hot searches. During the search, they did not forget to mention Sang Qiqi's name, insisting that Sang Qiqi would be the real black and red.

When Wang Hao was told about this by the team, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his irritable mood caused by Zhong Jie's incident disappeared completely in an instant.

He handed the phone to Qiao Tianyi: "Don't be angry, look at your fans who have avenged you. Looking at the entire entertainment industry, who has received the same treatment as Sang Qiqi in the past few decades?"

Qiao Tianyi's frown finally relaxed after he saw the huge signboard of "Sang Qiqi Funeral Service".

Wang Hao couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that his mood had improved.

Due to the Zhong Jie incident, the role of the male lead in Li Cheng's new drama, which was originally a sure thing, became a bubble. Although Li Cheng only said to wait and see, as far as he knew, Li Cheng had already contacted other male actors.

This incident was a huge blow to Qiao Tianyi.

He can understand it too.

Li Cheng is a renowned director in the film and television industry. Despite his young age, he has directed countless films over the years, each of which has been a hit, both critically and commercially. Not to mention, eight out of ten of his films have won awards – a truly enticing prospect.

"Don't worry, you have so many loyal fans now, and you've won the Golden Crane Award for Best Actor. You'll have plenty of opportunities." Wang Hao patted his shoulder, thought for a moment, and asked, "Do you want to create another character that's tolerant and generous?"

Qiao Tianyi was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Wang Hao gave a mysterious smile: "As a star, it is very important to control fans."

Qiao Tianyi's eyes flashed and he understood.

-

At noon, Sang Qiqi was eating fried chicken and watching Qiao Tianyi's TV series. When she was typing hard on the barrage to give a bad review, a new message suddenly popped up on Weibo's special attention.

"Ding! Your special follower has posted a new Weibo~"

If Sang Qiqi remembered correctly, when she was preparing to confront Qiao Tianyi and his fans, she set Qiao Tianyi as the only one she wanted to follow. There was no reason for it, she just wanted to mock him the first time he posted on Weibo.

I didn’t expect the opportunity to come so soon!

Sang Qiqi ate the fried chicken in a few bites, wiped her hands, and opened Weibo eagerly.

When I saw Qiao Tianyi's Weibo clearly, I was stunned for a moment.

Qiao Tianyi V: I have always known that fans want to protect my feelings, and I am very touched. But some people are bad, we can't follow them, everyone should be tolerant and calm / fist

[Brother, are you talking about that incident at Sang Qiqi's funeral goods store? My brother is really nice. Sang Qiqi keeps trying to scam him, but he still speaks up for her.]

[Have you forgotten that Sang Qiqi was madly mocking you online just two days ago!]

[I understand that, after all, my brother is really kind. Looking at it this way, the difference between my brother and a certain female celebrity is obvious/smile]

[Sang Qiqi, please come and kowtow to Brother Qiao]

Sang Qiqi didn't like it, but left a big question mark under this comment.

Immediately afterwards, her conspicuous topic #桑柒柒葬一程# was seen on the hot searches.

She was happy.

Qiao Tianyi's fans really hated her, and in just one morning they pushed her [Sang Qiqi's funeral service] to the top of the trending searches.

She quickly got out from the cashier counter, took out a selfie stick, and took a lot of selfies in front of her front door.

Two minutes later, Sang Qiqi uploaded a brand new selfie without any trace of retouching to her Weibo.

Sang Qiqi V: A kowtow to my dear actor (sincere version), thanks to actor Qiao and his fans for the explosive popularity. [Sang Qiqi Funeral Service] officially opened today, 10% off everything in the store, 20% off for the actor and his fans, love you guys, kiss kiss kiss [big head selfie.jpg]

In the photo, a girl with a bright smile is sitting cross-legged on the ground. Above her head is a conspicuous funeral dragon gate head, and behind her is a huge white wreath with the word "葬葬" (pen name).