Chapter 48

The next day, Su He bought a new phone. After the data transfer was completed, the old one was left to Sheng Jin and his technicians to continue investigating. After a few days, they finally found some clues.

After Lin Jing left Su's company, he went to a company called Chuangxiang, whose boss was Sheng Zhilin's father. Then Lin Jing's actions and intentions became clear. Fortunately, Su He was cautious and prevented them from being passive.

That day, Su He received a long-awaited call from Xiao Qingzhuo.

Ever since Su He parted ways with screenwriter Xiao on the crew last time, he has been in contact with him. Although Xiao Qingzhuo is much older than him, he has never been arrogant and has a good relationship with Su He.

He has always intended to introduce Su He to the industry, and Su He has always had such plans. After all, he cannot be Sheng Jinyu's assistant for the rest of his life, and he will always have to leave.

But he never had time to prepare, so this time he asked Xiao Qingzhuo for a favor and showed the newly completed script to his friends in the circle, and it happened to be noticed by a director.

It was only a month ago, and the project had gone smoothly from initiation to casting, and a pretty good team had been assembled. Xiao Qingzhuo called and said that the production team and the main creative team would meet with the investors for dinner this weekend, and he, the original author, was naturally also invited.

In the afternoon, when Su He went out with Sheng Jinyu and passed by the shopping mall, he was thinking about preparing a gift for Xiao Qingzhuo, after all, he had been very kind to him.

After choosing for a long time, Su He finally bought a piece of high-quality Hui ink in an antique shop and gave it to Xiao Qingzhuo to practice calligraphy.

Sheng Jinyu glanced at him again and again, as if she was extremely curious about who he bought it for, but she just didn't say it, and she almost suffocated herself to death.

Su He found it funny. He felt that Sheng Jinyu seemed to be addicted to acting recently. She kept saying the word "boyfriend" and looked quite serious. She had imitated the jealous and sulking look of other people's boyfriends perfectly.

At first, Su He was a little uncomfortable, but later he just let it go. Occasionally, he would even cooperate with him and act like a "boyfriend".

He felt that Sheng Jin had helped him a lot and been very good to him, and he didn't know how to repay him. He turned around and saw a golden collar pin on the glass cabinet of the shelf.

Although the metal edging and chain have become a little oxidized and old, the gemstones and diamonds inlaid on them sparkle brightly under the light, making it look like a very vivid goldfish, as red as a ripe pomegranate.

It stands out among a lot of accessories and attracts your attention at first sight.

It was like when Su He first met Sheng Jinyu, his eyes had already lit up like this.

He said to the clerk next to him, "Hello, can you take this out for me to take a look?"

When the clerk wearing white gloves opened the counter, the boss next to him came forward and introduced the origin of the collar pin with a smile. He said it was an old item from the last century, made by a royal craftsman, and that a noble earl asked the craftsman to make it as a gift for his beloved wife. He praised it with all kinds of nonsense.

Su He didn't care much about these things, he just thought it looked good and would look great with Sheng Jinyu's suit.

A resentful voice came from behind: "Is it also for that person?"

Su He turned around and saw Sheng Jinyu standing behind him with his arms folded, his brows deeply furrowed and the corners of his mouth turned up to the sky, as if he was afraid that others would not notice that he was unhappy.

Su He kept it a secret and shook his head: "No, it's for another person."

"How many more people are you going to buy gifts for?" Sheng Jinyu stared at him in disbelief, his eyes widening. After staring for a long time, he managed to utter, "No gifts for me?"

He almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth. He lacked confidence to begin with, and his voice was very low.

Su He didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"Nothing." Sheng Jin turned his head away awkwardly.

Su He wasn't sure if Sheng Jin would like this, so he kept it a secret for the time being and asked indirectly, "Do you think it looks good? If I give it to someone else, would he like it?"

Sheng Jinyu's face visibly fell, and he looked at the collar pin with disdain: "Ugly, extremely ugly."

Su He was a little hesitant, afraid that he really didn't like it, so he took the collar pin and compared it with the collar of Sheng Jinyu's suit. Looking at the person in the mirror, he murmured, "But I think it looks good."

Sheng Jinyu was sulking with his arms crossed, dissatisfied with everything. He followed Su Helian to visit several stores and saw him carefully choosing gifts for others. He had never received such treatment before!

Who is that person? Why?

Sheng Jinyu glanced at the row of jewelry cabinets and his eyes fell on an extremely ugly peacock brooch. No one knew what advanced aesthetic design it was, but it looked like a colorful rag.

He pointed without looking up and said with his eyes closed, "Choose that one, it looks good."

Su He followed his finger, then looked at him, then looked at the brooch, as if wondering when Sheng Jinyu's aesthetic taste had gone wrong.

He asked uncertainly, "Do you... really prefer that?"

Sheng Jinyu nodded randomly and said "hmm" very reluctantly.

Seeing that he was so sure, Su He hesitated for a while before asking the clerk to pack up the peacock brooch.

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In late autumn, Guangzhou is no longer scorching hot. The cold air from the north has swept south ahead of time, and the temperature has dropped to a suitable range.

Su He arrived as scheduled on the weekend and met with several main creators of the production team with Xiao Qingzhuo.

The director is from Hong Kong Island and always has a peaceful smile on his face. He said with a smile that he had several good scripts waiting for him to choose from. It was Xiao Qingzhuo's strong recommendation that allowed him to put Su He's script in for review. Unexpectedly, it was surprisingly good.

"Old Xiao, you're not even old yet, but you've already started taking on apprentices and trying to recruit people to inherit your legacy as a great screenwriter?" The director patted his friend's shoulder half-jokingly.

Xiao Qingzhuo had her half-long hair tied up, and she looked at Su He with satisfaction in her eyes: "Such an outstanding young man, I want to take him with me, but it depends on whether he is willing. If I don't extend an olive branch in advance, what will happen if someone else gets there first?"

Su He was both his teacher and friend, and Su He was extremely grateful to him.

I didn't expect that what I couldn't do in that world before, I could achieve my old dream by taking on someone else's identity here.

Su He picked up on Xiao Qingzhuo's words and boldly said, "Teacher, I am honored that you can guide me."

Xiao Qingzhuo put down his wine glass, leaned over and asked him quietly, "Just now, the assistant said someone sent a gift bag. It's a piece of Hui ink. Is it from you?"

There was no reason to refuse, so Su He nodded and accepted it: "As long as the teacher likes it."

"You keep calling me teacher. You're so sweet." Xiao Qingzhuo raised his hand and knocked on his head. "I like it. Of course I don't like it. I just ran out of ink these two days."

Su He smiled foolishly. Xiao Qingzhuo thought that this child was so honest and simple that he really didn't know how to love him.

"I'll take you to meet the producer later so you can get to know him. He's not a very easy person to get along with, but he has great resources. You don't have to say anything, just follow me." Xiao Qingzhuo instructed.

Su He nodded solemnly: "I understand."

The two of them left the bustling hall one after the other and walked towards the private room. On the way, Xiao Qingzhuo said casually, "I wanted you to meet the investors, but the young master's schedule is not easy to arrange. However, Director Fan just said that the young master has left."

"Let's wait for the opening banquet. It won't be too late to see you then."

As soon as he turned onto the second floor, Su He heard a fierce quarrel coming from a private room not far away. It couldn't be called a quarrel, it was simply a one-sided scolding.

Seeing this, Xiao Qingzhuo stopped, crossed his arms, and sighed, "Who has offended this ancestor again..."

Seeing his reaction, Su He guessed that the person inside was most likely the producer who was extremely difficult to get along with.

Suddenly, the door of the private room slammed open, and a tall and thin young man stumbled out, then struggled to get up and continued to be scolded.

"What a great opportunity, and you just ran away like that!? Didn't I ask you to serve him well? You said you don't want to do it, so why not? Then use your film salary to make up for the missing millions!"

The young man lowered his head and said defensively, "It was Mr. Sheng who kicked me out. He doesn't like this kind of thing. You don't need to try again."

"fart!"

The man inside yelled, perhaps afraid others might overhear if the door was opened, so he lowered his voice: "Come in! You believe a man's words when he says he doesn't like you? Didn't I send some wine? Did he drink it?"

"I drank it, but..." The young man was almost crying.

"But what but? Don't make excuses for me! Get back here now. Don't come back if you can't handle it!"

The young man was pushed out again and the door in front of him slammed shut. Su He felt that the man's face looked familiar. He looked closely and found that it was indeed an acquaintance.

The little boy who was caught cheating with Sheng Zhilin that day turned out to be a little star.

He was still standing here safely, and Su He felt as if he had been fooled by Sheng Jinyu again.

Someone beside him pulled him back, and when Su He turned around, he heard Xiao Qingzhuo say, "That's the second male lead in the film, Song Xiao, a kid who just graduated from a professional school. We can't intervene in this kind of thing, let's go."

Su He was not always overly kind-hearted and got himself into trouble that he could not solve, but he had just heard a name during the quarrel that made him feel a little uneasy.

"Teacher, you go down first. I'll be back after going to the bathroom." Su He said obediently.

Xiao Qingzhuo looked at him hesitantly and said worriedly, "Don't meddle in other people's business. This kind of thing is not something you and I can interfere with."

After Su He gave repeated assurances, he watched Xiao Qingzhuo go down the stairs, looking back every few steps, and then he turned around and followed him.

Song Xiao sobbed all the way and refused to move when he stood in the stairwell. He looked quite struggling, and was in a dilemma, not daring to offend anyone. He was almost dying of anxiety.

Su He walked over: "Song Xiao?"

Song Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at him warily for a long while before he finally recognized him. His eyes lit up immediately: "Brother!"

He grabbed Su He's wrist as if he was grabbing a lifeline, and said anxiously, "Brother, are you close to the Third Young Master Sheng? The producer asked me to serve Young Master Sheng, but I know Young Master Sheng will definitely not accept it! Please help me explain it!"

How could it really be Sheng Jinyu!?

Su He's heart tightened, and his voice was a little cold: "Where is he?"

"It's in the hotel upstairs. I'll take you there!" Song Xiao grabbed Su He's arm, as if afraid that he would run away, and hurriedly pulled him into the elevator.

"They must have spiked the wine, and Young Master Sheng thought I was the one who spiked it, so he kicked me out. I really wronged you, brother!" Song Xiao was in tears and looked at him pitifully.

There was no expression on Su He's face. He had always been a kind person and rarely got really angry. However, when he saw others plotting against Sheng Jinyu, he still couldn't control the anger in his heart.

Until they arrived at the door, Song Xiao stood aside timidly, not even daring to knock on the door. Su He didn't expect anything from him, so he knocked on the door himself, took out his mobile phone and started calling Sheng Jinyu.

"You don't have to stay here, go back." Su He made time to speak to Song Xiao.

The latter felt as if he had been pardoned, and was so grateful that his tears and snot almost covered Su He's body. Only then did he quickly leave.

The call didn't go through and no one answered the door when he knocked. Su He was upset and his knocking turned into banging on the door, but he was not sure whether Sheng Jinyu was inside.

He then called Assistant Fang, but the other party's number was also busy.

Su He continued to knock tirelessly for three minutes. Finally, a sound came from inside, followed by an angry shout: "Get out!"

"It's me!" Su He leaned against the door and shouted, "It's me, Sheng Jinyu, there's no one else. Please open the door."