Chapter 5 Chapter 005
Here, Gu Chen's side is negotiating contract issues with the program team.
Gu Chen raised his hand politely, "Please have some tea, and talk slowly. There's no rush."
The staff of the program team felt that Mr. Gu's side now had an overwhelming advantage, but he had not yet revealed any arrogance or anything like that, and still maintained courtesy and manners, which was truly extraordinary... This kind of nonchalant attitude was the real sense of oppression, where on earth did this mysterious big man come from!
Aunt Zhang served tea to the guests, but the staff and legal affairs officers felt even more stressed when they looked at the teacups, wondering if these teacups also cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each.
As a result, there were three completely different atmospheres in the living room. Gu Chen put a book on his knees and read slowly and leisurely, occasionally looking up to listen to what they were saying; Lawyer He's side had clear logic and was full of oppression in his professionalism; and the program crew was sweating coldly.
Finally, facing Gu Chen's side, they could only say dryly: "Mr. Gu, you don't have to pay the penalty for breach of contract. But no matter what, this is a marriage and love variety show, and your partner should still participate."
Gu Chen flipped through the book in his hand and then directly pointed out the key point: "In fact, the problem is very simple. My partner did not sign this contract at all, so naturally he does not need to come forward to participate."
The original owner did want to have his own career, but before the marriage, he spent almost all his time in school. He was not close to his father or mother, so naturally he had no way to use their resources. So it was not easy for him to get this marriage and love variety show. But he did not expect that his high school classmate introduced this resource to him with malicious intent.
At that time, he signed the contract easily, but let alone let Li Tingqin sign the contract, the original owner didn't even dare to tell him about this.
Du Ruiqing was anxious to invite Gu Chen to be the amateur guest and didn't pay attention to the details at all. She never expected that Gu Chen's husband would not come.
Gu Chen looked up from the book at Lawyer He and smiled slightly: "I don't think I have the authority to sign a contract on behalf of Mr. Li, right?"
Lawyer He nodded: "Yes." This contract issue was not difficult at all.
The other party's lawyer had just been beaten back by Lawyer He and had completely given up. His focus was not on this at all: "?" Mr. Li? Who is this? Wasn't it Mr. Gu's little wife who signed the contract?
The staff member was about to cry and asked, "So... you mean your partner still won't show up, and you will continue to participate in the second period alone?"
"That's right." Gu Chen nodded. He had no intention of changing any of the plots, so he just let him continue to be a passerby in this variety show.
"Uh..." The other legal affairs officer had a flash of inspiration, "How about we pay you the penalty for breach of contract, and we can change someone to participate next time."
Gu Chen said, "No need."
The legal officer was about to cry. He forgot that this was a big shot. How could he be short of such a small amount of money?
"However." Gu Chen changed the subject, "I hope that you can edit out the scenes where my face is shown when the show is broadcast, and try to reduce my shots as much as possible." Since they were renegotiating the contract, he put the requirement of not showing my face in black and white.
The staff was shocked. How could someone choose not to show his face when participating in a variety show? Who would complain about having too many screens? But this was Gu Chen's own request. Don't blame the production team when the time comes.
However, since it was the other party's request, the staff would not agree so quickly, but took the opportunity to negotiate: "Mr. Gu, this is really a marriage and love variety show. If your partner doesn't show up, we really can't shoot it. Let's put it this way. I heard that your partner went on a business trip abroad, so he doesn't have to show up, but we still hope that you can show how you get along with your partner, through remote forms such as phone calls and video chats. In exchange, we will edit it according to your requirements. Can you accept this?"
Gu Chen nodded: "Okay." This production team is really weird. Li Tingqin didn't appear in the original plot. The production team was happy to see the original owner's misery, constantly creating topics such as "marrying high and swallowing needles" and "the miserable and lonely life of marrying into a wealthy family", hoping that Li Tingqin would not appear. Now that he clearly doesn't want President Li to appear, he is begging President Li to participate?
"Okay." The legal officer finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I'll draft a new agreement. I'll ask Attorney He to review it first. Once you're sure there's no problem, we'll sign it again."
After seeing off the program crew and the legal team, Gu Chen unexpectedly received a text message from Li Tingqin: [Do you need me to return to China to accompany you to participate in the program? ]
Hmm? Indeed, Mr. Li's work focus is overseas during this period. As long as the work arrangements are well coordinated, it is not impossible for him to take time to return to China. However, does Mr. Li really have the leisure to accompany a retired and unemployed person like him to participate in such things? He has engaged in the same personality as Mr. Li, and he understands that this will destroy the personality of the domineering president.
Gu Chen replied: [No, thank you. Lawyer He has already solved the matter for me, you don’t need to attend.]
Li Tingqin sighed slightly. This was Xiao Gu's first career after marrying him, so he should still express his support and encouragement. However, Xiao Gu was still too polite.
Moreover, according to Lawyer He's feedback, Xiao Gu actually took the initiative to request not to show his face on the show. It seems that his introversion and social phobia are still difficult to overcome.
Gu Chen looked at the news about Li Tingqin's dominance in the business world, and then looked at the photo of Li Tingqin's indifferent and sharp appearance at the summit. He still liked this one better.
So he sent another message: [Boss Li, I have a question, are you always so gentle and patient with your wife? ]
Seeing this question, Li Tingqin smiled and replied: [Not to my wife.] Just to my children.
If it was his partner... he pondered... he should hope that it was of the same kind as himself.
But since they were already married, there was no point in pondering these questions, as he had a responsibility to the poor child.
When Gu Chen saw this reply, he chuckled. Isn't this caring for his wife, but for his children?
Sure enough, the ideas of the same kind are all the same.
This marriage seems to be getting more interesting.
So he said: [I don't really like the name Xiao Gu, can Mr. Li call me Mr. Gu from now on? ]
Li Tingqin replied: [Okay.] Children’s self-esteem?
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"Gu Chen's husband is confirmed not to participate, and Gu Chen won't show up?!" Du Ruiqing was extremely surprised when he received the feedback from the program team, "Although I didn't receive the penalty, you did a good job." His original intention was not to get Gu Chen's penalty.
"Yes." The production crew was too embarrassed to talk about the disastrous scene after they came to meet Gu Chen in a threatening manner. They just thought that Gu Chen's not showing his face and reducing the number of shots were the fruits of victory negotiated by the production crew. "Although Mr. Gu's partner will not participate, we also require Mr. Gu to connect with his partner by phone and video in the program to show their daily interactions."
Du Ruiqing felt that all his goals had been achieved, and said contentedly, "That's good, then I'll wait for the second episode to start filming."
Three days later, the program team finally coordinated 8 pairs of 16 guests and began the second phase of filming.
The second episode adopts the method of daily live broadcast and recorded editing the next day. Each pair of guests has their own live broadcast room with their own perspective for the audience to choose to watch.
At the beginning of the live broadcast, the program crew set out to "raid the love nest", first shooting a segment at the guest's home, and then taking the guest to the program crew's centralized shooting location.
The other 7 pairs each have their own highlights. In their “love nest” there are either sweet and warm scenes of two people waking up in the same bed in the morning, or interesting bickering between the rivals, or the audience exclaiming that the actress and her little puppy are so exciting... The audiences are all screaming with delight.
Until I saw Gu Chen...
His photographer was still Xiao Liu. He held up the camera and introduced, "We are going to Mr. Gu's house now. Guess what he is doing now?"
Because of the fermentation of the previous episode, although he is still far from being a star, there are also some viewers who are curious about his mystery and come to pay attention to the live broadcast room.
So some comments responded to Xiao Liu: [He hugged his little wife to sleep? And then his little wife couldn't get out of bed? ]
[Is he eating breakfast while listening to his secretary's itinerary report? ]
Everyone was speculating about Mr. Gu's life as a domineering boss.
Xiao Liu walked into the yard, and the comments followed:
[I really live in the mountains, so mysterious...]
[A reclusive boss? ]
But... [Photographer? Photographer, what are you doing? Where are you shooting? ]
[= = I think this live broadcast room is doing some undercover activity, the only thing missing is the words "abnormal shooting scene". ]
Xiao Liu actually had no choice. He really didn't know how to do a live broadcast without showing his face, so he could only let the camera face the ground at 45 degrees.
However, one could still see Gu Chen's hand and leg movements in the yard.
Xiao Liu didn't expect that Mr. Gu used to go hiking in the morning, but now he actually changed his morning exercise to Tai Chi???
The other live broadcast rooms were all excited and excited. No one could have imagined that Gu Chen was actually practicing Tai Chi?! The live broadcast room instantly became quiet, and a lot of question marks occupied the screen.
【？ ？ ？ ？ ？ 】
【？ ？ ？ ？ ？ 】
[It’s withered, it’s really withered! I thought it would wither, but I really didn’t expect it to be so withered! ]
[This is too pure and abstinent! Mr. Gu, where is your little wife! ]
[This is the level where one can directly enter the Buddhist world...]
Xiao Liu cleared his throat and awkwardly stepped forward to cue the process: "Mr. Gu, how about this, since your partner is not here, you can give him a video call and let him say hello to everyone, so that we can be considered to be participating in the show together."
The comments were incredible: [Wait a minute, aren’t you the show crew the most fond of stirring up trouble? Are you so tolerant of the big guys? ]
[Quick, make some trouble. Isn't this asking Mr. Gu's little wife to come out and take a look? ]
Gu Chen picked up the phone and said, "Wait a minute, I don't think I have his WeChat? I can't make a video call."
【？ ？ ？ ？ 】
【？ ？ ？ ？ 】
The barrage was filled with question marks again.
[Wait, Mr. Gu, I told you that I don’t have your wife’s WeChat???]
[Mr. Gu, you don’t love your wife at all! ! ! ]
[Where is the rich and powerful love story we want to read? ? ? ]
Gu Chen said: "How about this, I will perform a live show for everyone and add WeChat."
Gu Chen searched for Li Tingqin's phone number, but found nothing. He sighed and said, "Oh, it seems he has set up an unavailable number search."
【？ ？ ？ ？ ？ 】
【Seeing that things are getting more and more outrageous. 】
[He seems quite happy that he can’t add his wife on WeChat. ]
[Mr. Gu, I didn't expect you to be such a scumbag. ]
Xiao Liu looked at him eagerly and said, "You should contact him again."
Gu Chen said: "Well, I will contact his assistant and ask him to send me a business card."
[Hmm? His wife has an assistant? ]
Xiao Liu was extremely anxious, watching Gu Chen operate slowly and finally adding him after many twists and turns. Then he looked at him eagerly again, fearing that he would not make the video call.
Gu Chen did what he said and really made a video call. The other party answered the call. Gu Chen politely said, "Mr. Li, good evening. I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late."
【Mr. Li???】
【??? Things are getting weird???】
[Isn’t she a little wife? ? ? ]
The live broadcast room could not see the screen, only Gu Chen's long legs could be seen, but the voice coming from the phone was completely different from what they imagined. They only heard the deep and magnetic male voice, paused, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gu, good morning, it's not a bother."
The few comments that were there exploded immediately.
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