Hu Shi pinched Pei Zhi's cheek, and Pei Zhi's eyes and appearance remained unchanged. This really was Pei Zhi.

Where have you been all these years?

"Why did you suddenly disappear back then? You just gave me a letter saying you wanted to go see the beautiful landscapes of our motherland."

"I didn't hear anything at all. I thought you had died in that desolate wilderness."

"My agent was cleaning up my email today and thought I was being blackmailed."

Pei Zhi sent an email to Hu Shi saying, "I have dirt on you. If you don't want it to be exposed, come to the following address to find me."

Pei Zhi just wanted to make a joke; after all, she had included her full name at the end of the email.

If Hu Shih still remembers her, he should come.

After experiencing Hu Shi's enthusiasm, Pei Zhi said, "Why are you still the same as before, so loud and boisterous? It's been ten years, and you haven't improved at all?"

Hu Shih's agent looked at him with a very unfamiliar gaze, wondering if this was really the artist he managed.

As Hu Shih's fame grew over the years, he also became more aloof.

It was the first time that Hu Shih's agent had discovered that the artist he managed had such a lively side.

Pei Zhi and Hu Shi reminisced for a long time. Then, Pei Zhi hesitantly asked Hu Shi to lend her money.

Pei Zhi doesn't like to borrow money from others and is too embarrassed to ask.

Hu Shih seemed to have heard a joke: "You want to borrow money from me?"

"You divorced Xie Cinian before, you must have received a lot of property, right?"

Pei Zhi is divorced from Xie Cinian. Xie Cinian is so rich, he wouldn't mistreat Pei Zhi, would he?

Pei Zhi could only say, "I've traveled to various places over the years and don't have much money left."

Hu Shi looked at Pei Zhi with a half-smile, "So, you contacted me to borrow money?"

When Hu Shih said this, his tone became unusually sarcastic.

It's a little embarrassing, but it's the truth.

Hu Shi crossed his legs and said, "So, if you still have money, you're planning to go out and have fun without contacting me?"

As the saying goes, the one who borrows money is the boss, and Hu Shi now has the right to be arrogant.

"I'll pay you back, just lend me some first."

Hu Shi rubbed his nose. "Alright, how much do you want to borrow?"

Pei Zhi held up one index finger and said, "Not much, this number."

Hu Shi raised an eyebrow, then nodded in agreement, "One hundred thousand? Okay, I'll transfer it to you right now."

Pei Zhi shook her head: "No."

"One million?" Hu Shi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"It's still not enough."

Hu Shih asked with a hint of surprise, "One million isn't enough, you want ten million?"

Seeing Pei Zhi's slightly flushed face, Hu Shi thought about his past friendship with Pei Zhi.

Moreover, his smooth sailing in the entertainment industry over the years is also inseparable from Pei Zhi.

Ten million is a bit much, but who can blame her when she's Pei Zhi?

"One hundred million."

Hu Shih reached out and pinched his philtrum.

"Sister, I'm just an ordinary worker in the entertainment industry. I'm not a money-printing machine. You're really bold to ask for so much money. You're asking for a small fortune right off the bat. Why don't you just rob a bank?"

Hu Shi was so excited he almost jumped up. "Even if you robbed a bank, it wouldn't have a hundred million in cash all at once."

Pei Zhi grabbed Hu Shi's arm, "There's a reason why I need to borrow so much money."

"I've recently found a promising project and plan to invest in it to start a company. You'll be considered a shareholder and receive dividends."

Now that Pei Zhi had made contact with Hu Shi, she naturally didn't intend to remain a diligent worker.

Borrow some money, become your own boss, wouldn't that be great?

Hu Shih looked somewhat troubled. "It's not that I don't want to lend you money."

Hu Shih said with difficulty, "I don't have that much money."

"Don't be ridiculous. Do you think I don't know how much money people make in the entertainment industry?"

"Before you came, I looked up your information. You've won several Best Actor awards, and you have countless high-end endorsements. I don't even know how much you've earned in endorsement fees."

Pei Zhi patted Hu Shi's chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll pay you interest on the loan."

"No, really."

Hu Shih frankly said, "You've been gone all these years, you don't know, but my father's business went bankrupt."

He owed a lot of money to people, and to his dismay, he got sick and died.

"My mother went straight abroad, found a foreigner, and stayed there, never coming back."

"My father died, and the son has to pay for the father's debts. Those people arrested me and threatened to break my arms and legs if I didn't pay back the money. If it weren't for Xie..."

Hu Shi paused for a moment, then said, "If it weren't for Mr. Xie's help in mediating, I would have been paying back the money bit by bit over the years."

"It wasn't until this year that I was almost able to pay it back. If you asked for ten million, I could scrape together something for you, but I really don't have a hundred million."

Pei Zhizhen hadn't expected that so much had happened during the years she had been gone.

"Then lend me 100,000 first."

Hu Shi was about to agree when he suddenly remembered something.

"How about this? You come work for me, and I'll pay you 100,000 a month. What do you say?"

Pei Zhi looked at Hu Shi with a slightly disdainful expression: "Working for you...?"

"Don't look down on me. I earn quite a lot a year now. You can come and be my assistant."

"To be your assistant? You..."

Hu Shih held up his index finger, "Let's not say those hurtful things for now."

"You'll be my assistant, we'll eat and live together. When I'm at work, you can relax. When I'm off work, you can chat with me and go over the lines."

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