Chapter 4: Love-brained people also have to go to work

Chapter 4: Love-brained people also have to go to work

Ning Fei quickly returned to the living room, where the waiter who had accepted his tip was standing.

When Ning Fei approached, the young man turned around and gestured towards the outside.

Ning Fei then took a closer look and saw that the person standing in the garden and talking to other guests was none other than Theresa, the editor-in-chief of V magazine. One of the main reasons why the fashion show that Su Cenxi missed last time was important was that the editor-in-chief would also go to watch it. She is not only the editor-in-chief of a top fashion magazine, but also one of the casting directors of this fashion week!

Ning Fei knew that at a gathering like the Baron's, there would most likely be big names appearing, but she didn't expect to see Editor-in-Chief Theresa.

He immediately handed the waiter a tip and motioned for him to leave. Then he stood there pondering for a few seconds, carefully observing Theresa's position, went up to the second floor of the villa and looked around, then put on his headphones and called Su Cenxi.

After a while, Su Cenxi's voice came from the headset: "...Hello?"

Ning Fei said directly: "Excuse me to the others and come to the second floor."

Su Cenxi: “Ah?”

Ning Fei: "Don't say 'ah', act. Now!"

Su Cenxi hesitated for a second, then glanced at Gu Hechen who was chatting with Baron and others a few steps away, and replied: "...Okay."

He hung up the phone and returned to Gu Hechen, smiling: "Excuse me for a moment."

Of course, the others nodded politely, but Gu Hechen leaned close to his ear and asked, "Where are you going? Ning Fei called you?"

"Yeah. I'm not going out, don't worry." Su Cenxi also replied in a low voice, patted the other's arm intimately, and then turned and left. When he entered the house and went upstairs, Ning Fei was leaning against the wall at the entrance of the stairs waiting for him.

Looking around, there was no one else on the second floor. It was much quieter than downstairs.

Seeing Su Cenxi coming honestly, Ning Fei stood up and greeted him: "You are still chatting with the Baron? What are you talking about?"

"Achen is talking to the Baron. I don't quite understand." This is why Su Cenxi was willing to come here. He was actually a little bored. "Why did you ask me to come here?"

"I'll find you something you can do." Ning Fei motioned for him to follow her. "I asked you to practice your smoking posture before. Have you forgotten it?"

"I haven't forgotten. Why are you asking this?"

"I'll pass you a cigarette on the balcony later, and you'll be responsible for smoking." Ning Fei stopped at the door leading to the open-air balcony and quickly instructed, "Just think of it as a camera on the lower left of the downstairs, but don't look at the camera, understand?"

"What, you really want to smoke?" Su Cenxi paused, "Achen didn't let me smoke, and he's still here...!"

Before he could finish, Ning Fei pushed him out of the balcony.

"Don't talk nonsense. Just smoke when I tell you to." Ning Fei followed him out of the balcony. His voice was low but unquestionable. "If Gu Hechen complains about this shit, let him come to me."

As they were talking, the two of them had already reached the fence. Ning Fei took out a pack of mint cigarettes from his inner pocket, knocked one out on the fence, and handed it to Su Cenxi. Su Cenxi hesitated for a moment, but still took it and held it in his mouth.

Ning Fei fueled his fire again, then took a step back, much like a dedicated agent standing by.

I have to say that Su Cenxi’s previous training was not in vain. It is really enjoyable to watch her smoking a cigarette. Combined with the hazy night outside, the lonely beauty comes in minutes. Unfortunately, after a while, the people downstairs didn't even look up.

Ning Fei sighed softly, stepped forward again, and seemingly casually placed his hand on the fence, but in fact he placed the cigarette box on it as well.

He whispered, "When I push you later, smile at the people below."

Su Cenxi again: "Ah?"

Ning Fei ignored him, leaned his elbow on the fence, and the cigarette box fell down.

Click.

The cigarette box fell right at Theresa's feet. She subconsciously looked up and saw Su Cenxi, who was holding a cigarette with a confused look on his face, and Ning Fei, who was standing beside her with a surprised look on his face.

"Sorry, I'll go down and pick it up..." Ning Fei said this, turned around, and poked Su Cenxi's back with his elbow at an angle where Theresa couldn't see.

Su Cenxi was so shocked that she turned back subconsciously, but Ning Fei had already walked out of the balcony neatly and efficiently. Su Cenxi had no choice but to turn back and smiled awkwardly at Theresa below: "Sorry, it wasn't intentional...didn't I hit you?"

He had already recognized that the person downstairs was the editor-in-chief of V magazine. On the one hand, he was shocked by Ning Fei's boldness, and on the other hand, he was nervously trying to maintain his image.

"It's okay." Theresa also recognized Su Cenxi and asked casually, "Why are you smoking there by yourself?"

Su Cenxi: I didn’t know the reason before, but now I understand.

But he couldn't tell the truth, so he had to bite the bullet and answer: "Ha, my boyfriend is chatting with someone else, I came here to get some fresh air..."

His thoughts were in a mess and he didn't know what he said or whether what he said was right. Fortunately, Ning Fei had already arrived downstairs and came to the rescue in time.

"Sorry." Ning Fei came to Theresa's side naturally while picking up cigarettes, "Sorry to bother you all."

"It's nothing." Theresa gave him a look, but quickly looked up again. Su Cenxi was just "really smoking a cigarette to calm down" when she suddenly looked up and stared at him again. He froze for a moment: "Uh, Editor-in-Chief Theresa?"

Theresa smiled and didn't say anything to him. Instead, she looked back at Ning Fei: "I've never seen him smoke... He looks pretty good."

Ning Fei: How about letting him smoke in front of you? What if I wasted my time digging through the past ten years of content on your social media accounts?

However, he responded: "I smoke occasionally. I also think it's pretty, but it's a pity that many platforms don't allow posting such photos now."

Theresa said meaningfully, "Isn't it okay if you can't post photos if someone sees them?"

Ning Fei was called upon, but he was not flustered at all. He smiled calmly: "That's right. It has been appreciated by the editor-in-chief, so it can be considered as a good photo I have taken."

"You have a lot of ideas, Ning Fei, and you're pretty courageous." Theresa also laughed, "How about this, if Mr. Gu accepts an interview with V magazine, Su Cenxi will also come and shoot for the inside pages, how about that?"

Ning Fei replied immediately: "Yes."

Theresa raised her eyebrows: "Really? Mr. Gu has never been interviewed by a fashion magazine. How dare you agree to it without even thinking about it?"

"Why not?" Ning Fei smiled, "Given Mr. Gu's status, it must be Yuejiu..."

September is the most important issue of all major fashion magazines in a year. Having said that, Ning Fei was very direct.

Theresa said, "Actually, brand Y is preparing to promote a new series in V magazine, and there is a vacancy. I can recommend this to fill the position."

Ning Fei: "A new series? Designed by the Baron?"

Theresa: “Or?”

The new Y brand series designed by Baron himself is promoted by V magazine! This kind of important work that can be counted towards MDC points was unexpectedly temporarily vacant. Ning Fei's eyes widened a little for a rare occasion.

He nodded immediately: "No problem, happy cooperation!"

***

Su Cenxi later returned to Gu Hechen, and Gu Hechen indeed smelled the faint scent of mint cigarette.

The boss frowned immediately and whispered in Su Cenxi's ear, "Did you smoke?"

"Theresa, the editor-in-chief of V magazine, came and I smoked it for her to see. She likes to see this. She only smoked half of it." Su Cen also leaned over and briefly explained the whole story.

Gu Hechen heard this and said, "I thought Ning Fei was very capable, but he ended up using me as a resource exchange? He didn't even ask me a question?"

Su Cenxi remembered the words Ning Fei taught her, and did not answer this sentence, but just frowned: "I often accompany you to business events, can't you go to a top fashion magazine with me?"

Gu Hechen: “…”

Su Cenxi continued her "Ning Fei version" output: "I thought you agreed to bring me here tonight because you thought you could accompany me to do some work in the fashion industry."

Gu Hechen: "Okay, okay, let the magazine contact the secretary."

…

On the other side, Ning Fei walked around the villa, but couldn't find the handsome "good guy". He flipped through his phone again, and "Good Thing" still didn't send Ning Fei any messages or call him. It seems that leaving the second business card is of no use.

——Tsk, you don’t even want to leave your contact information? I thought he also felt it from the kiss just now.

Forget it, we just met by chance, it’s up to you whether you want to play or not.

***

The next day, V Magazine contacted Gu Hechen's secretary, and Su Cenxi's replacement was officially decided. Theresa had said before that this job was temporary, but when Ning Fei entered the signing process, she realized that it was really "temporary" and the shooting would start in a few days!

Ning Fei quickly rearranged the work and squeezed in and out before he successfully got Su Cenxi into the V magazine studio.

But after Su Cenxi took her first look at the photographer who was preparing, things suddenly went wrong again.

"Huh? You don't want to take a picture of Albert?!"

Ning Fei was pulled to the end of the corridor outside by Su Cenxi, and heard the other party's incredible request: "Why? Albert is V magazine's favorite legendary photographer now. Not to mention how many celebrities he has photographed, the supermodels he has photographed are more than the total number of supermodels on the current MDC list. How many models dream of working with him, and you still want to choose the photographer?"

"I'm not picking a photographer..." Su Cenxi looked embarrassed, "Anyone else will do, but he really can't do it!"

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow: "The reason. I remember you guys worked together before, why is it suddenly not working again?"

Su Cenxi frowned and lowered her eyes for several seconds, and finally blurted out a few words: "...He chased me."

"And then?" Ning Fei was really fed up with his hesitant attitude at critical moments, so she guessed directly, "He slept?"

"No!" Su Cenxi immediately retorted, "He just pursued me, and I never agreed to him!"

"That's it? What's so taboo about this? I thought you had a feud." Ning Fei sneered, "Albert is a professional photographer. Ning Fei, don't tell me you still don't know what a 'professional supermodel' is!"

"But he made, uh, quite a big noise at the time." Su Cenxi continued to "struggle", "Many people know about this..."

Ning Fei suddenly "understood": "'Many people'? Gu Hechen also knows about this, right? He asked you not to cooperate with Albert anymore?"

Su Cenxi said "uh..." and didn't give a direct answer, but Ning Fei knew the answer.

"Su Cenxi, Su Cenxi, are you two too conceited to unilaterally NG a famous photographer?" Ning Fei was so angry that he laughed. "Let me ask you, even if he pursued you, even if everyone in the studio knew that he pursued you, what would happen? Can he strip you naked just by taking a photo of you? Or will the photo he took of you turn out to be particularly good, or particularly bad?"

Su Cenxi couldn't answer.

Ning Fei sneered again: "To be honest, if he likes you, he will take awesome photos of you, then I would like to send you to his bed. However, the best and most excellent photos he has taken are not of you, and you still regard yourself as someone else's muse? Don't be too ridiculous."

After saying that, he didn't care that Su Cenxi looked unhappy. Before the other party could open his mouth to argue again, he grabbed his wrist and walked towards the studio.

"I don't want to hear your love-brain story anymore. Go to work. You'd better remember how this opportunity came about and think about your MDC ranking." Ning Fei said these words coldly and pushed Su Cenxi into the studio.

"Go ahead. If Albert continues to harass you, I'll go harass him, okay?"

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Ning Fei: Use all the resources you can, don’t be pretentious!