Chapter 31 Chapter 31
As the incident happened suddenly, Brother Zhao and the director almost ran to the parking lot and then drove to Sun Zhou's residence.
In order to save time, Brother Zhao did not change cars deliberately and drove the one he usually drove. But who would have known that soon after he left the company parking lot, he found a car following him.
Brother Zhao glanced at the license plate of the car behind him in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but swear.
Damn paparazzi.
Having said that, we still have to avoid it. If it really attracts more paparazzi and exposes Sun Zhou’s situation, the consequences will be disastrous.
So, on the next road, Brother Zhao turned the steering wheel and went in another direction. After driving a few kilometers, he found a shopping mall and went in.
The paparazzi followed without hesitation.
However, this is a shopping mall with a large population, and the parking lot has two floors. By the time the paparazzi caught up with him, Zhao's car had already turned into some corner.
"grass."
Feeling embarrassed right in front of people’s eyes, the paparazzi couldn’t help but slap the steering wheel and curse.
After circling the parking lot and successfully shaking off the paparazzi, Brother Zhao set off again and finally arrived near the residential area where Sun Zhou lived after more than ten minutes.
Just in case, they stopped the car in advance, looked around to make sure no one was following them, and then walked along a small path to a rather old neighborhood.
The security guard was an old man who was sitting in the sun. He yawned, and when he saw a stranger coming, he slowly came to register.
"Uncle, are there many outsiders coming to this neighborhood recently?" When the director was registering, Brother Zhao slipped a cigarette over.
The old man looked at him and said, "Why are you asking this? Are you a policeman?"
Seeing that he didn't respond, Brother Zhao took back the cigarette and simply took out a few Mao Zedong banknotes from his wallet and stuffed them into the other party's pockets.
This time, the old man spoke up: "There aren't many outsiders, but there are quite a few strangers."
This is an old community, and there aren't many new people here normally. Who would have thought there would be so many unfamiliar faces during this period?
"Then... you won't let me in?"
The old man stuffed the money into his pocket and said perfunctorily, "Of course."
After completing the registration, Brother Zhao and the director entered the community. On the way, their faces were not very good. Judging from the attitude of the security guard, the paparazzi may have been eyeing this place for a long time.
"Why do we have to live in such a place?" the director couldn't help but complain.
The houses in this community are very old and the infrastructure is not complete. The houses are all multi-story, with the highest only having seven floors. It would be strange if such a place was not infiltrated by paparazzi.
"Other places are also being targeted." Brother Zhao looked a little bitter.
I was in a hurry at that time and there was no place to move.
The reason for choosing this old neighborhood was to avoid paparazzi, but who knew that the paparazzi didn't care about that at all.
As long as they are around the stars, they will definitely follow.
There was no point in saying these things, so the director did not bother with Brother Zhao. When they arrived downstairs at Sun Zhou's unit, the two of them walked up the stairs in two or three steps and knocked on the door.
After a while, the door opened and an assistant poked his head out with a somewhat panicked face. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was them who knocked on the door.
"what happens?"
"Where's Xiao Sun? Is he okay?"
The assistant opened the door and let them in, while reporting the current situation: "The paparazzi is inside, and Xiaolu is negotiating terms with him."
"Brother Sun is fine and is awake now."
Brother Zhao and the director breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the two assistants had jointly stopped the paparazzi and confiscated his cell phone.
When they heard that Sun Zhou had returned to normal, they felt relieved.
"You go deal with the paparazzi, I'm going to talk to Xiao Sun." The director ordered.
"good."
The study room in this suite is used to temporarily detain the paparazzi. The glass was replaced in advance when they moved in, and the sound insulation effect is quite good.
When Brother Zhao came in, Assistant Xiaolu was doing ideological work with the paparazzi.
"This is the fifth floor. You climbed up the pipe. Aren't you afraid of losing your life?" The assistant was a newcomer and a cousin of Sun Zhou. He had been hired not long ago and would blush with excitement when arguing with the paparazzi.
The paparazzi realized that the assistant was a young and inexperienced person, so he didn't say much to him. He just lowered his head and treated the wound on his arm.
When he crawled in, he found something wrong. Just as he was about to take out his mobile phone to take a picture, he was bitten by Sun Zhou. The other party's eyes were red and looked terrifying. He accidentally fell.
The wound on his arm wasn't a big deal, just a deep tooth mark. But the fall was a problem, he sprained his ankle and now he can't stand up.
Of course, having said that, even though the paparazzi suffered two injuries, he himself was very happy.
That's Sun Zhou's news.
This time I made a profit.
Therefore, even though the paparazzi was stopped by the tall and strong assistant, he did not try to escape. Instead, he sat aside silently, treating his wounds while listening to the assistant's nonsense.
"Why don't you speak?" the assistant asked.
The paparazzi was very relaxed at the moment and had time to tease him: "Isn't it a good thing that I don't say anything?"
"If I say I want to spread this news, won't you be even more anxious?"
Assistant Xiaolu was so amused that he was speechless and his face turned red with anxiety.
Fortunately, Xiaolu's embarrassment did not last long. After a while, the door was pushed open and the agent Zhao Ge walked in.
"Xiaolu, go and do your own thing. I'll take care of this." Brother Zhao glanced at the paparazzi and gave the order in a very experienced tone.
"But..." Xiaolu hesitated.
He was afraid that the two would fight in the study, so he wanted to help Brother Zhao.
"It's okay, go out, I'll talk to this gentleman." After saying this, Brother Zhao added meaningfully, "We are all civilized people, there is no problem that cannot be discussed, right?"
Having said this, Xiaolu had no choice but to leave the study.
When leaving, he even saw Brother Zhao sitting down and giving him a cigarette.
What was even more surprising to Xiaolu was that the paparazzi not only did not refuse, but picked up the cigarette, lit it up and puffed it together with the agent.
The negotiation between the agent and the paparazzi didn't take long, only about ten minutes, and Brother Zhao pushed the door open and told Xiaolu to take the paparazzi to the hospital.
"Have you reached an agreement?" Xiaolu asked subconsciously.
When he saw Brother Zhao looking at him with a half-smile, he realized that his reaction was wrong and he shouldn't have asked his boss in that way. He quickly apologized, stammering.
"It's okay, don't worry."
In fact, Brother Zhao also had a good impression of this young assistant. Although he was a little stupid, it was said that he was the one who hugged Sun Zhou and stopped him several times when he went crazy.
It doesn't matter if people are a little slow, the most important thing is loyalty.
"I've taken care of this. You take the person down and follow him to the hospital. Make sure he's okay before coming back."
"By the way, I took his cell phone. You can buy him another one."
After saying that, Brother Zhao waved his hand, signaling Xiaolu to hurry up and do his work.
Xiaolu didn't say anything else. He first helped the paparazzi down the stairs, then subconsciously looked around. He waited until there was no one around before he decided to send the paparazzi out.
"Are you really going to send me there?" The paparazzi was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he realized that the other party was really going to send him to the hospital.
"Okay, don't send me off. Just find someplace to hang out and come back later."
Seeing Xiaolu staring at him in surprise, the paparazzi couldn't bear to fool him anymore and explained, "You are new here, right? If your team wants to talk about something, you should stay out of the way."
After all, at this time, the information that can be obtained by "insiders" and not is certainly different.
"Oh!" Xiaolu reacted belatedly.
When I came to my senses again, the paparazzi had already walked a short distance away: "Hey! Where are you going?"
The paparazzi waved his hands and didn't look back.
Isn't this nonsense? If he doesn't spend the windfall, who would he be sorry for?
I originally didn’t have enough money to buy the luxury car I just saw, but now I can pay for it in full.
After calming the paparazzi and sending his assistant away, Brother Zhao finally had some free time and knocked on the bedroom door.
"Come in."
The door opened and Brother Zhao walked in. When he raised his eyes, he saw Sun Zhou lying on the bed.
The popular star was curled up on the bed, with his arms around his knees, hugging himself into a ball, his face pale and listless.
When the agent came in, he didn't react. He just stood there in a daze, as if immersed in his own world.
No one could have imagined that such a superstar who was radiant and shining in front of outsiders and the center of attention whenever he appeared could be so decadent in private.
"Are you okay?" Brother Zhao lowered his voice.
The director glanced at Sun Zhou and shook his head worriedly.
"Go outside and talk."
The two of them went out together. When closing the door, Sun Zhou did not react. The assistant coaxed him and gave him disinfectant to treat his wound.
During that madness, Sun Zhou himself was also injured.
"Is it handled?" The director had quit smoking for many years and called himself an environmentalist and a fitness person, but at this moment, he was so upset that he even asked for a cigarette and smelled it in his hand.
"He is an old man in the industry. He has taken the money and signed the contract. He probably won't tell anyone about it."
"That's good." The agent is an experienced person in dealing with paparazzi, so when he says there's no problem, it must be done.
Although they were extorted a large sum of money by the paparazzi, neither the director nor Manager Zhao took it too seriously at this time.
Money is one thing, but they are clearly more worried about the growth of the company.
"This house is no longer habitable. Let's move to another place," said the director.
"Yeah." With so many paparazzi around, there was no guarantee that another one would come up. Manager Zhao nodded, "I'll think of a way."
However, compared to transferring Sun Zhou, what is more important is how to deal with the other party's illness.
"...How about going to see a doctor?" Brother Zhao suggested.
The director said nothing.
"Then at least the medicine has been stopped, right?"
The issues concerning Sun Zhou were very complicated. Since the director himself was the one who brought Sun Zhou up, Brother Zhao awkwardly turned off the microphone.
Anyway, if Sun Zhou simply goes bankrupt and fails to produce an artist that satisfies the board of directors in a short period of time, it will be the director who will leave, not himself.
The director himself obviously understood this truth. After settling Sun Zhou, he instructed: "Let's increase the stakes for Ning Su."
"If that doesn't work, I can find a way to get Mr. Zhang to apologize to him."
Brother Zhao was surprised. He knew that the director was a little anxious and he also had some personal relationship with Mr. Zhang. But he didn't expect that the other party was willing to use this level of favor in order to sign Ning Su.
"The contract is given to B-level. Let him think about it carefully."
The entertainment industry is a hierarchical society, and so are the agencies. A Class B contract is the best contract they can offer.
Even someone as high-ranking as Sun Zhou was only given an A grade one or two years after he became famous.
In comparison, Ning Su's original group, STUN, only had an E-level contract.
"Okay." If Ning Su could be signed again, he would be under his command, and he also wanted to have a second cooperation with Ning Su.
The agency spent a lot of money to deal with the paparazzi and moved Sun Zhou to another place. The director may have listened to the advice of Agent Zhao, or was really afraid of something big happening, so he went to great lengths to find a trustworthy doctor to examine Sun Zhou.
Everything seems calm, except for Sun Zhou's fans who are a little uneasy.
"What's going on? My brother hasn't worked for a month and hasn't shown up. Where has he been?"
Over the years, fans have become accustomed to their idols' high-intensity work and working around the clock all year round. Naturally, they would feel confused if they hadn't seen their idols for a month.
"Can the studio give us an explanation?"
There was no response under Sun Zhou’s Weibo, so fans had no choice but to go to the studio and company’s Weibo to ask.
As the number of people increased, the topic #孙宙不见# was also pushed to the top of the hot search list. When passers-by saw it, most of them just came in to join in the fun out of curiosity, but the black fans treated it as a stage.
"Ten years after debut, he is still the top search topic."
"Sisters, forget it. Can't you just accept the fact that you've been worried?"
"It feels like the Zeus sisters are still going crazy about being the best in the world..."
"I heard that the agency is planning to promote someone else. He is a serious original singer, much more talented than yours."
If the people who know an artist best in the world are his/her fans, then the people who know the artist's fans best are obviously his/her rivals.
Sun Zhou was quite popular in the past few years. Not only did he sing several hit songs, he also made guest appearances in TV dramas, and he did well in both.
Thanks to Sun Zhou's achievements, his fans have dominated the entertainment industry for quite some time and earned a lot of resentment. Now, they will definitely show their true colors if they get the slightest chance.
The agency was playing dead and there had been no definite news. Zeus and the others were feeling annoyed, so when they saw someone trying to get themselves killed, they naturally scolded him without hesitation.
"Why, after ten years since debut, it's still trending on the Internet. Isn't this better than some people who can't even buy it themselves?"
"What achievements do I have to worry about? What achievements do you have? Take the map and get out of here."
The picture is naturally a comparison picture made by Sun Zhou’s fans.
If both sides could still present facts and reason at the beginning, in the end, all that was left was an increasingly mindless melee.
After the fight, it was hard to say whether anyone won or not, but there was certainly chaos everywhere in the square.
Normally, in order to protect Sun Zhou's image, the agency would try to persuade and stop the fans from quarreling too much.
In the past, the Zeuses were annoyed by the agency's meddling, but today, even though they were arguing so loudly in the square, no one from the agency came out to express their views, which made them feel resentful.
"Could something really have happened?" Fans in the core fan group were also muttering.
"Does the company really want to change its people?"
The agency's plans and the trend on the Internet did not affect Ning Su's life to some extent.
After he rejected the agent twice and saw that it was no use, he had no choice but to block the person directly.
The agent knew that Hai Yu had a good relationship with him, so he arranged work for Hai Yu on the one hand, and at the same time instigated Hai Yu to persuade Ning Su.
What have you been doing so far?
Ning Su had only this thought when he heard that the company was willing to ask the original shareholder to apologize and give him a good contract.
In his early years, when he wanted to develop in the entertainment industry, his agency did not give him a chance. Now that his ambitions have changed and he has a new job, his agency is trying to persuade him to go back.
"I actually have a new job. I passed the civil service exam."
At this time, a reliable job became the best way for Ning Su to reject the recruitment of his former agent.
However, not only the agent, but even Hai Yu himself did not believe this statement: "Brother, the written test for the national examination this year has just been completed."
"Even if you pass the written test, there is still an interview."
"You're not going to say that you were admitted directly without an interview?" Hai Yu pretended to be surprised.
Ning Su: “…”
Sorry, that’s true.
Since he couldn't explain the specific content of the work, Ning Su had to skip the topic and directly warned Hai Yu not to talk nonsense anymore.
At this point, Hai Yu finally understood that Ning Su really didn't want to go back, and immediately changed his attitude and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will always stand by you."
The reason why I acted as a lobbyist for the agent was that I felt guilty about what happened before.
"All my choices are for myself." Ning Su comforted, "Besides, I like my current job very much."
After talking to Hai Yu, Ning Su also reached the time to get off work.
As he had been in business training recently and had not had much serious work to do, Ning Su did not work overtime and just picked up a bicycle to go home after work.
A few days ago, he rushed to work by jogging in the morning. Because he was so fast, he was photographed once and almost appeared on the local gossip program. Since then, he has changed to a normal way of commuting to and from get off work.
Only if you are a good human being can you be a good demon.
This was what the Director had taught him when he asked how to better control his powers.
Although Ning Su didn't understand what this sentence meant, he felt that he should not ignore his current life.
Wearing a mask, Ning Su rode his bike slowly out of the office. When he got home, he put down his bag and then went to the Nirvana civil service exam classroom.
Because of the accidental success last time, and with Ning Su as a living signboard for getting an incredible score in the written test, Nirvana's civil service exam business has become so good that it is enviable.
The number of students increased rapidly, which led to a shortage of teaching staff. Teacher Su was too busy to handle it, so he asked Ning Su to come over after get off work to help.
Ning Su took the company's discipline into consideration and did not ask for any salary. He just came to help.
After all, he had made a lot of money setting up a stall before joining the company, so he didn't mind the part-time tuition fees.
"Teacher Ning." When they arrived at the Nirvana civil service exam, the other little demons came to greet them enthusiastically.
Ning Su nodded, glanced at the time, and motioned for the little demons to take their seats - although they failed the written test, these little demons still wanted to work harder and take the test again next year.
Therefore, when they sign up for classes, they also take written tests.
"It's not too early to prepare now." These little demons have already made up their minds to kill their own kind.
"Erhe is not here?" During class, Ning Su called the roll and found that a little demon who was usually very studious was absent today.
"Oh, it seems that it was caught by the Monster Bureau for selling fake medicine."
Ning Su: “?”
He is also from the Demon Bureau, how could he not know?
Fortunately, after the explanations from other little demons, Ning Su finally understood the logic. It turned out that this case was a long-standing one, and the demon bureau had been working on it for a long time, but it was only recently concluded.
The little demon named Erhe used to work in a fake medicine workshop for a while in order to make money. Later he quit the job because of the civil service exam and successfully avoided a period of trouble.
"It's not the mastermind, it should be fine."
Before they could take the civil service exam, many of the young demons sitting here had experience in the demon bureau, so they were particularly calm when they said this.
"Teacher Ning, although you are from the Monster Bureau, we think you are different."
Ning Su: “…Thank you.”
Through this, Ning Su was educated on the so-called fake medicine made by these little demons -
"Oh, just some of our own body parts, ground into powder, and then mixed into the meatballs."
"You know, we are demons. We absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Even if we just shed our skin, it can be of some use to humans."
At first, the fake drugs were not easy to sell, but as a marketing genius emerged among them, the drugs became easy to sell instantly.
"Many wealthy humans believe this."
Certain parts of the monster's body are used as medicine. When humans take them, their bodies will have an immune rejection reaction and they can lose a lot of weight in a short period of time.
Seeing that the slimming pills were effective, the business-savvy Xiao Yao came up with "body-building pills" and "X-strengthening pills". In addition, there were also "charm pills" that were sold at a high price.
After being given high-sounding names, these medicines sold very well through private channels.
Perhaps worried that Ning Su would develop a prejudice against Erhe, the little demon explained: "These drugs have no side effects on humans. At most, they have some effect, but most of them are just psychological comfort."
"Will it be useful against monsters?" Ning Su asked curiously.
Hearing this, the little demon showed a strange expression: "...No demon would want to eat other demons' toenails, skin flakes, and excrement, right?"
Ning Su: “…”
"However, there is some demonic power in the pill. If it is a cub, or a demon with awakened blood like the teacher, it should have a promoting effect, right?"
Xiao Yao said hesitantly.
But there is no precedent, so it is hard to say.
Ning Su was given a brief scientific lecture and felt full even before he had his meal.
After class, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Before Ning Su had time to go home, he suddenly received a call from Director Tan.
"Xiao Ning, something happened. I'll give you the address, come over right away."
Ning Su opened the address, located it, said something to Teacher Su, and then rushed out like the wind.
About three minutes later, Ning Su appeared at the location Director Tan mentioned - it was an intersection where a luxury car collided with another car.
According to passers-by, the car owner has been sent to the hospital.
"Xiao Ning, one of the car owners has a demonic aura." Director Tan waved Ning Su in. The two walked side by side while explaining the current situation.
"He himself is probably not a demon, but his wounds are full of demonic energy."
With the presence of evil spirits, the wound will certainly not heal easily. Besides, it will also affect people's mental state.
"Who bit it?" Ning Su took a look at the bite marks on the hand of the luxury car owner.
If Xiaolu was there, he would have discovered that the owner of the luxury car was the paid paparazzi. However, he was now unconscious and had grown a lot of hair on his body, which looked extremely scary.
"Sun Zhou." Director Tan said.
"Brother Sun?" Ning Su immediately realized that this was a senior in their company.
"I suspect that, like you, his bloodline has also been awakened, but the situation is very wrong now. It should be at the most critical moment." Director Tan's tone was a little heavy when he said this.
"Director, this is bad. Sun Zhou suddenly posted on Weibo saying he wants to start a live broadcast."
"Just ten minutes ago."
Director Tan calculated the time and it was time for the show to start.
Xiao Du opened the live broadcast room and saw Sun Zhou already sitting in front of the camera. He looked quite unwell.
"Oh no, he's going to transform."
Director Tan raised his head and held Ning Su's shoulder: "Xiao Ning, think of a way. The matter of the monster cannot be exposed."
What's more, ever since that outdoor anchor, there have always been monsters lurking in the dark - Sun Zhou's mutation cannot be used as a tool.
A moment later, a live broadcast room suddenly appeared on the homepage of the video platform and arrogantly took the first place.
The title is "Tell me the reason for quitting the circle".
Passerby: "No, who are you?"
Next door, several Zeus sisters were surprised that two dog ears suddenly appeared on their heads. They were so frightened that they didn't know how to react. Suddenly, they all jumped to another live broadcast room.
Um? ?
Seeing the face on the screen and the horns on the other person's head, no matter if they were fans, passers-by or anti-fans, their hands that were about to take screenshots and post them on social media stopped.
Although they all look like special effects, the one called Ning Su seems to be more handsome?
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