The top-tier nightlife bar, with its private rooms, isolates the deafening noise from downstairs.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the city's dazzling and extravagant night view unfolds, with neon lights flowing through the air.
The air was filled with the rich aroma of cigars, the mellow scent of whiskey, and the nonchalant indulgence of the powerful and wealthy.
In the center of the private room, four men were slumped in a huge circular sofa, each of whose name was enough to make the city tremble.
Gu Chengyu is the heir of the Gu Group and the future leader of the conglomerate.
He sat back in the middle, his long legs, encased in trousers, casually crossed.
He was only wearing a black shirt, with the top two buttons undone, revealing a small patch of his firm chest.
He held a half-smoked cigar between his fingers, his handsome but aggressive face expressionless, looking rather uninterested.
"Tsk, Chengyu."
The speaker was Shen Que, the second young master of the Shen family's media empire and one of the most notorious behind-the-scenes financiers in the entertainment industry.
"Our young master Gu is usually invincible, a man who can turn the world upside down with a flick of his wrist. Today, he's... been pecked in the eye by his own pet canary?"
"puff--!"
Qin Yu, who was standing next to Gu Chengyu with her arm around a young model, almost spat out her drink. She looked at Gu Chengyu and asked, "Really, Chengyu? Lin Shu? She dares to peck you?"
"Hasn't she always been very well-behaved?"
The young model in his arms covered her mouth and chuckled, but her eyes secretly glanced at the man who, even in silence, exuded an imposing aura.
Even Zhou Yu'an, who was sitting on a single sofa in the corner, looked up.
He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, giving him an air of refined elegance.
Gu Chengyu glanced coldly at Chen Que without saying a word.
He took a deep drag on his cigar, letting the pungent smoke swirl in his lungs before slowly exhaling.
The Shen family is a behemoth that controls the global entertainment industry, and Shen Que, as the heir of the Shen family, naturally has the best access to information.
He put down his wine glass, leaned forward, and made no attempt to hide his schadenfreude: "It was at our drinking party in Lanting last night that the big star heard about it."
"Tsk tsk, those new models sent by the subordinates are so young and tender, you could practically squeeze water out of them..."
"Chengyu naturally enjoyed himself to the fullest and did not return home all night."
Qin Yu asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong? Hasn't it always been like this?"
Shen Que gave Qin Yu a reassuring look and continued, "If this were in the past, our beautiful Lin would always be very careful in serving him, not daring to make an extra phone call, for fear of disturbing Cheng Yu's enjoyment."
"But what about this time? Hey!"
Shen Que slapped his thigh and raised his voice: "This afternoon, they went straight to Cheng Yu's office!"
"She didn't cry or make a scene, she just said one thing: she wants to terminate the contract! Clean and decisive!"
"What's even more amazing is..."
He deliberately dragged out his words, watching Gu Chengyu's increasingly grim expression, before slowly saying, "She even gave Chengyu a card! She said... she'll pay you every penny of the breach of contract fee!"
"Chengyu, your canary is trying to buy her freedom and settle things with you!"
"Pfft, hahaha!"
Qin Yu couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing, forgetting even the young model in her arms. She pointed at Gu Chengyu and exclaimed, "Oh my god! Chengyu, you've finally met your match?"
"To be paid off by a woman? Or to be kept like a caged bird?"
"If this gets out, where will our Crown Prince put his face? Hahaha!"
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