Chapter 59 Chapter 59

After Yu Youxia finished her introduction, she looked at Gu Xing cautiously, "Mr. Gu, what do you think?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the group of socially anxious "quail" also cautiously raised their heads, looking at Gu Xing pitifully.

Gu Xing: "..."

Although he didn't originally plan to hire so many screenwriters at once, after hearing the system's gossip, he felt that these young screenwriters were really too miserable.

If he didn't take them, he didn't know how they would be bullied by others.

Thinking of this, Gu Xing couldn't help but soften his heart, and said, "Okay, let's sign them all."

Then he saw a row of "quail" widening their eyes: "Hiss——"

Gu Xing: "..."

No, is this your socially anxious people's special secret code?!

Yu Youxia: "Wuwuwuwuwu Thank you, Mr. Gu!!"

The group of screenwriters behind her also started crying in unison.

Gu Xing could only transform into a "tissue hero", handing tissues to each of them.

Yu Youxia was even more moved.

She had been working outside the longest and knew how much money Gu Xing would spend to support them. Because of their personalities, they couldn't help much with things like project negotiations, besides writing.

However, not only did Mr. Gu sign them, but he also tolerated their personalities, didn't scold them, and even handed them tissues.

The hearts of the small screenwriters who had suffered scorn and scolding outside melted.

She quickly wiped away her tears, looking at Gu Xing with burning eyes: "Mr. Gu, we can start working now. Do you have any topics or themes you want to write? We can adapt IPs, or we can make a few proposals first, and you can choose..."

Gu Xing: "Ah?"

To be honest, he had just come up with the idea of forming a creative team, but he hadn't thought about what scripts to make yet.

But looking at these screenwriters who were eager to start working and prove their worth, he was embarrassed to tell the truth, lest they think he was unreliable and lose confidence in the company.

So he could only tentatively say: "Why don't you write according to your own strengths first? No rush..."

Screenwriters: "Hiss——"

Such good treatment, and it's not even assigned topics!!

Gu Xing: "..."

He was about to say something when the door to the conference room was opened a crack, and then Cheng Xin poked half his head in: "It's broad daylight, I thought you guys were doing a ritual in here!"

Seeing his mouth, Gu Xing felt a headache coming on: "Don't you have an event today? Why are you back?"

"The event is over." Cheng Xin directly slipped in through the crack, curiously looking at the row of bowed heads, "My dear BOSS, where did you pick up these unlucky eggs again?"

Gu Xing: "...Shut up."

At times like these, he missed the Cheng Xin who used to be so quiet. He shouldn't have encouraged him to talk more, adding extra work for himself.

Cheng Xin skillfully zipped his mouth shut and gave Yu Youxia and the others an apologetic gesture.

While the two were talking, Yu Youxia and the others were secretly watching them.

They knew Cheng Xin was very famous online.

They also knew that as famous as Cheng Xin was his sharp tongue.

So when Cheng Xin came in, they were a little scared.

After all, all of them put together probably didn't have one-tenth of Cheng Xin's fighting power.

But after actually interacting with Cheng Xin, they found that he wasn't as scary as what was said online; he even apologized!

Gu Xing introduced them: "This is Cheng Xin. He doesn't speak very nicely, but he's a good person."

Cheng Xin: "..."

Seeing his dejected look, Yu Youxia and the others couldn't help but laugh.

Yu Youxia even mustered the courage to greet Cheng Xin: "Hello, I'm Yu Youxia, a screenwriter for the company."

After hearing her words, Cheng Xin forgot he was still "under a gag order" and exclaimed: "Screenwriter?! You finally decided to ditch that Wen Zong and go independent!"

Gu Xing: "..."

This guy's mouth is probably beyond saving.

He said angrily: "What's the matter with you?"

Cheng Xin coughed lightly: "I won a bet with Meng Yansheng, he's treating us to dinner today, so I came back to find you to go hit up some big shots!" He then enthusiastically greeted Yu Youxia and the others, "Come on, come on, let's go together, consider it a welcome banquet for the new colleagues!"

Gu Xing originally thought Cheng Xin was hiding something from him, because the fact that he won a bet against Meng Yansheng was too unbelievable, it didn't seem real.

But seeing Cheng Xin leave him to greet the screenwriters, he thought it wasn't likely. Maybe he really just got lucky and won once.

A group of people arrived at a restaurant.

It was a private kitchen, beautifully decorated.

However, as soon as Gu Xing entered the private room, he heard two "bangs", followed by a shower of confetti.

Meng Yansheng and the others shouted: "Happy birthday, Mr. Gu!!"

Gu Xing was stunned for a moment, then realized that the room had already been decorated for a birthday party.

He had a moment of bewilderment.

If they hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten it was his birthday.

In the past, he had always been alone, and because he often changed jobs, he didn't have many friends, so he rarely celebrated his birthday.

But now, his gaze swept across everyone present, besides Meng Yansheng and the others, there were other company employees.

The system couldn't help but chime in:【Host, there's me too!】

Gu Xing unconsciously smiled:【Yeah, there's you too.】

Sheng Yueqing pushed a cake and walked over, singing the birthday song.

Everyone surrounded him, making a wish, and blowing out the candles.

That night, Gu Xing felt like he was in a dream.

Until the end, looking at the pile of drunk people on the floor, Gu Xing felt a little guilty. He was too happy today and drank too much.

The only ones who were still awake, besides Meng Yansheng, were one or two assistants who couldn't drink. Even Yu Youxia and the others somehow got drunk and were now lying neatly on the sofa.

Meng Yansheng rubbed his forehead, intending to call a car to send everyone home.

But Cheng Xin, even when drunk, was restless, clinging tightly to Gu Xing's leg, muttering that he was the number one leg-hugger.

Qin Wen and Sheng Yueqing followed suit, grabbing Gu Xing's clothes and refusing to let go.

Gu Xing felt like he was the mother hen in the game "Eagle Catches Chicks", but seeing their trusting faces even when drunk, he could only sigh: "Forget it, I'll take them back."

So he took the three men out of the private room. Halfway there, he bumped into another group of people, led by Wen Yue.

Wen Yue saw Gu Xing at once.

But Gu Xing at this moment seemed different from usual.

He was wearing casual clothes, a loose white knitted sweater, and simple washed denim jeans, like a refreshing and clean male college student.

His hair was slightly messy on his forehead, his cheeks were a little red, and his eyes seemed to have a faint layer of water, his expression also had a rare gentleness.

He seemed to notice Wen Yue's group and looked up at them.

His eyes swept lightly, his slightly red eyes lazy and nonchalant, like the top-grade Padparadscha sapphires, yet possessing a warmth and softness that gems did not have.

Wen Yue's heart felt like it was being lightly scratched. He subconsciously pressed his cufflinks, the cool temperature bringing him back to his senses, but the strange feeling in his heart seemed even clearer.

Gu Xing recognized him: "Mr. Wen..."

His voice was also softer than before.

Wen Yue restrained himself, putting his clenched fist behind his back, and nodded slightly: "Mr. Gu."

Then, he walked past him.

A faint scent of fermented berries and sweet cream rushed into his nostrils.

Only then did he notice that Gu Xing had three drunk men behind him.

Cheng Xin was still muttering "Happy birthday, Mr. Gu" and such.

Wen Yue was startled and suddenly remembered something.

Gu Xing's profile did say that today was his birthday.

Watching Gu Xing walk away, he suddenly spoke: "Mr. Gu."

Gu Xing turned his head in confusion.

Wen Yue paused: "Happy birthday."

Gu Xing, slightly tipsy at this moment, completely forgot about avoiding Wen Yue. Although he didn't hear clearly what he said, he subconsciously smiled: "Thank you."

A long-awaited smile appeared in his eyes.

Wen Yue's heart felt cleansed. The irritable mood he'd had lately due to endless socializing seemed to be instantly calmed.

But the next second, he felt as if he had been scalded, quickly shifting his gaze and quickly leaving.

The two only had this brief encounter.

Outsiders couldn't see anything, but as Wen Yue's most observant assistant, Tang Ling keenly noticed that the BOSS's mood seemed to have improved a lot.

He was thoughtful.

Sun Hongfei's words made some sense. Hopefully, their matchmaking would work, and let Wen Zong and Gu Zong's cold war end quickly.

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Gu Xing woke up the next morning still a little hazy.

He vaguely remembered that after the birthday party yesterday, he had worked hard to bring Cheng Xin and the other two back, and then...

Wen Yue!!

He suddenly sat up straight.

He remembered.

He had met Wen Yue in the corridor when he was taking the three men away, and they had exchanged a brief greeting.

However, Wen Yue's expression didn't seem good, and he left in a hurry, not even wanting to look at him.

Although he vaguely remembered Wen Yue saying something, it didn't matter.

The important thing was that Wen Yue was clearly trying to distance himself from him.

Sure enough, that rumor was bothering him.

Gu Xing frowned and sighed inwardly.

Although he was cooperating happily with Sun Hongfei and the others, since Mr. Wen showed this attitude, he had to untie himself from their new project as soon as possible.

The creative team's plan had to be accelerated.

So, Gu Xing became increasingly busy recently, scouting good directors and behind-the-scenes teams, and actively socializing to prepare for future investments.

In contrast, the screenwriters in the company had a much happier time recently.

Gu Xing didn't restrict their creativity, and didn't even require them to work in the office, but they still came to clock in every day.

They originally thought they wouldn't adapt to this kind of life, but after actually coming to the company, they found it wasn't like that.

It was probably because of Gu Zong's birthday party that day that everyone quickly got acquainted with them.

There weren't many people in the company, but everyone was very friendly. Every afternoon tea time, the administration would specially leave some for them and thoughtfully remembered everyone's preferences.

This silent kindness gave the socially anxious group an unprecedented sense of security.

And the one who had the best relationship with them was Cheng Xin.

As for the reason, it goes back to a day when everyone was brainstorming in the conference room.

Because their recent life had been too comfortable, they completely forgot about the bad things in the past and completely immersed themselves in the joy of creation.

Until Yu Youxia suddenly received a call from Fang Xiao, the screenwriter from her previous studio.

Although Fang Xiao had refused Yu Youxia's request for credit that day, he didn't think Yu Youxia would actually leave the studio because of it.

Just as he had threatened before, Yu Youxia, a non-professional screenwriter with no outstanding achievements, would not be wanted by any company. Even if there was one, the treatment would be similar to his, purely treating her as a code-writing worker.

But he didn't expect that Yu Youxia actually left!

She even deleted his WeChat!! And blocked his number!

Fang Xiao was immediately furious.

She shouldn't forget! Who was it that got her into the studio and gave her the opportunity to create scripts!

She actually got angry and left because of a credit!

If young screenwriters were all like her, would there be any rules in this circle!

At first, he intended to let Yu Youxia cool off, to let her know how vicious the outside world was, but after waiting for almost a week, Yu Youxia still didn't add him back or unblock his number.

Fang Xiao was even angrier and decided that even if Yu Youxia came back, he wouldn't give her another chance.

Until his studio received another script creation assignment. Fang Xiao once again habitually assigned the script to his subordinates.

However, the finished product was completely unsatisfactory.

He wanted to write it himself, but after two nights, he was still blank.

But if he gave up, he felt sorry.

After all, the pay was quite generous.

He thought of Yu Youxia again.

Compared to the stupid pigs in his studio, Yu Youxia was cheap and efficient.

So, he humbled himself and called Yu Youxia using a new number.

Yu Youxia was startled by the vibration of her phone. Seeing the unfamiliar number, her first reaction was that it was a delivery.

She grumbled in a low voice, "Didn't I say, don't call, just leave it at the front desk..."

But she still answered, "Hello..."

However, before she could finish speaking, an angry and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "Yu Youxia, you're really something! You actually blocked me!"

Yu Youxia: "!!!"

She instantly recognized it was Fang Xiao's voice.

Even though she had left Fang Xiao's studio, she still often had nightmares about his voice.

She was so scared that her whole body trembled, and her hand moved faster than her brain, directly hanging up the phone.

The other screenwriters around her, seeing her expression, immediately asked with concern, "Xiaxia, what happened?"

Before Yu Youxia could speak, her phone vibrated again.

She was scared again, subconsciously throwing her phone away.

The phone landed on the table.

The sound of the vibration suddenly increased, startling the few screenwriters who were still discussing.

"What... what's going on?"

Yu Youxia wanted to cry.

She didn't expect that even after leaving Fang Xiao's studio and blocking all his contact information, he could still find her.

She told them what happened with Fang Xiao and looked at her friends for help: "What... what should I do?"

A group of socially anxious people looked at each other.

"Turn off the phone first..."

"If he can't reach you by phone, he won't come here, right..."

"Or, should we change our phone number..."

"Changing the number is too troublesome, just block him..."

The crowd looked at the constantly vibrating phone in the middle of the table, like looking at a time bomb about to explode.

Cheng Xin came at this moment.

Seeing these screenwriters who had turned back into "quail", he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Seeing him, Yu Youxia felt like she had seen a savior, immediately telling him what happened.

"What! There are such shameless people in the world!" Cheng Xin slapped the table, "Leave it to me!"

He picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

Fang Xiao didn't expect Yu Youxia to dare hang up on him, he was almost furious, frantically calling her number. Finally, he got through, and he was about to scold her when he heard a man's voice on the other end.

"You're Fang Xiao?"

Fang Xiao frowned: "Who are you? Let Yu Youxia answer the phone!"

Cheng Xin sneered: "Your aunt is busy, she doesn't have time to answer you now. Your uncle will chat with you first!"

Fang Xiao: "...?!"

Cheng Xin unleashed a furious tirade: "You say, if you can't write, don't hog the toilet without pooping! You tricked people into coming, and only paid that little, not enough to buy you a wreath! And the credit! You promised and didn't give it to her! I won't even say you're dishonest, anyway, with your level of education, you probably don't even know the meaning of this idiom..."

"You... you..." Fang Xiao was so angry that his chest heaved, no one had ever scolded him like this face-to-face, his mind went blank, he couldn't say a word.

But Cheng Xin didn't intend to let him go, continuing, "You call yourself a screenwriter, you don't even know how to curse! No wonder you have to find someone else to write! Otherwise, with your elementary school education, how can you survive in this industry! Xiaxia is your lifesaver! But you're not respectful to her and keep yelling at her."

"You are utterly shameless! You are the epitome of shamelessness!"

Cheng Xin cursed with unrestrained glee, finally, Fang Xiao couldn't take it anymore and hung up the phone.

Cheng Xin triumphantly put down his phone: "Heh, a little guy trying to fight with Cheng Ye!"

Yu Youxia and the others stared at him dumbfounded.

Cheng Xin waved his hand: "Low-key, low-key. Don't worship your brother too much."

On the other side, Fang Xiao was so angry he almost smashed his phone.

Where the heck did this guy come from! His mouth is too dirty!!!

But anger aside, he didn't dare call Yu Youxia again, for fear of being scolded again.

Could it be that there's only one Yu Youxia who can write in this world?!

Fang Xiao picked up his phone again and searched through his WeChat and contact list.

His eyes finally landed on a contact noted as 【Shy and afraid to argue, but writes well】.

He vaguely remembered that this was a thin, weak boy, who usually kept his head down. He was a follow-up screenwriter from another studio, and it was said that he was almost sexually assaulted and blackmailed.

This kind of person was the easiest to manipulate. As long as he tricked him over, he could do whatever he wanted with him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to call the number.

Back at Leshi's conference room, Wen Boling was still happily watching Cheng Xin's antics, but his phone rang. He looked at the phone and his face instantly changed.

"Brother Xin, save me!"

Cheng Xin took the phone, saw the familiar number, and tsked, "What do you mean, there's a road to heaven, but you don't take it, and there's no door to hell, but you barge in..."

He answered the phone, "Hehe, it's me again, surprised? Unexpected?"

Fang Xiao: "!!!"

Because he was too shocked, he didn't hang up in time and was scolded by Cheng Xin again.

Fang Xiao was so angry his face turned red, but a doubt arose in his heart.

What the heck does this guy do! Why is he everywhere!!

Fang Xiao was unconvinced, he searched again and found another contact noted as 【Easy to bully】, and after calling the WeChat, he unsurprisingly received Cheng Xin's attack.

Fang Xiao: "!!!"

Am I haunted today?!

Meanwhile, in Leshi's conference room, all the screenwriters looked at Cheng Xin with reverence.

Cheng Xin was shining brightly at this moment!

He was their god!!

When Gu Xing returned to the company, he saw the screenwriters surrounding Cheng Xin, chattering about something.

He almost thought he was seeing things. After rubbing his eyes and confirming it was true, he asked the system in a daze: 【System, what happened while I was out?】

System:【How should I put this... I think you should get insurance for Cheng Xin's mouth.】

Gu Xing:【？？？】

After hearing the story from the system, Gu Xing was both amused and angry.

But this Fang Xiao, he was too busy to bother with him recently, but he actually came looking for trouble.

Thinking of this, Gu Xing called the crew Fang Xiao was recently cooperating with.

Gu Xing: "Producer Meng, I heard that the script for your project was given to Fang Xiao's studio?"

Producer Meng, as an insider, knew Gu Xing's power, and immediately became nervous: "This... it's just a trial, we're not sure if we want to cooperate, why did Mr. Gu suddenly mention this?"

"That's good." Gu Xing said meaningfully, "I'm just reminding you because we've worked together before, it's better not to cooperate with this kind of person."

Producer Meng: "!!!"

But Gu Xing had already hung up the phone.

The executive producer next to him also heard Gu Xing's words, and his face turned pale: "Producer Meng, this... what does Mr. Gu mean?"

Producer Meng looked serious: "What else could it mean? It must be something wrong with this Fang Xiao! Luckily Mr. Gu reminded me in time. By the way, we haven't signed the contract yet, quickly cancel the cooperation!"

So, Fang Xiao hadn't recovered from his anger, when he received a call from the crew's executive producer, saying the cooperation was canceled.

He was puzzled: "Bro, why suddenly cancel the cooperation? We've cooperated so many times before, haven't we been quite happy?"

The other party said coldly: "Why it's cancelled, you know very well, stop harming our crew!"

Fang Xiao: "...?"

However, the other party quickly hung up the phone, and when he called again, he was already blocked.

And it wasn't just this crew, in the next half month, almost all the projects he had taken on were canceled for various reasons, and some even cursed him.

Fang Xiao was both wronged and depressed.

What did he do wrong!

At this time, he suddenly remembered calling those screenwriters some time ago.

At that time, the man who cursed him said, "What you did will come back to you. Just you wait."

Fang Xiao's face turned pale.

Oh my god!

I really met a ghost!!!