Chapter 11 - On Vacation
Chapter 11 - On Vacation
Ning Fei is actually on a wonderful vacation.
To be precise, he booked a room in a hot spring resort in the suburbs with complete entertainment facilities and lay down comfortably for more than half a month. Ning Fei sleeps until he wakes up naturally every day, and then goes to the hot spring villa with his cell phone and cigarettes to spend the day.
This phone is not his main phone. His main phone remained turned off, and only his secondary phone, which no one else knew about, was turned on. Ning Fei used this secondary phone to surf the Internet, and used the small account to run around, to get information from the side and speculate on the development of the matter.
For example, there have been rumors online that Su Cenxi has changed his agent. In some Reuters photos of Su Cenxi's work, the position where Ning Fei was supposed to stand was replaced by a strange woman. Someone recognized her in the comment section and said: [This is Jaslin, the former gold medal agent of A+ Company! Why did it become her? Where is Ning Fei? 】
Ning Fei knew that Gu Hechen was playing a trick on him, but he was not at all anxious about it. Instead, he was very satisfied: he could receive the "repayment" without having to collect the debt in person. How could he justify this?
For example, Ning Fei saw a group photo posted by ST’s top male models, which looked like a work footage. Most importantly, the location of the photo shows that it is in the country, and there is a casting director of the fashion week in the background of the photo!
When Ning Fei saw this, he realized that something was wrong: Tsk, if all these people come to the fashion week, Su Cenxi’s fashion week work will probably be greatly reduced. Duan Yunhong actually brought these pillars in to occupy the market... We really are enemies.
For another example, Ning Fei actually saw a financial blogger reveal some information about Gu Hechen’s company: [This is so exciting. It is said that Gu’s company made a big joke. The bidding team actually handed in the wrong bid documents, and unimportant things were found in the bid document bag! Because this project is a key government project, Gu's huge mistake will definitely lead to some "invisible penalties." No matter how capable Gu Hechen is, I'm afraid he will be bald for a while. 】
This news has not been confirmed by Gu, but the comment section is already going crazy with "conspiracy theories." Many people described their speculations in a very convincing way, as if they had seen with their own eyes corporate spies replacing the bid documents.
Ning Fei was not interested in whether there were any commercial spies in Gu's company. He knew very well that such a big mistake made by Gu's company was probably related to the decline of Su Cenxi's luck. For Gu Hechen, as the person closest to Su Cenxi, it was normal for him to be implicated.
Su Cenxi had been unlucky or ill for a long time several times before, and it was Ning Fei who temporarily lent him some "luck" to help him recover quickly. These luck that had never been taken back were taken back by Ning Fei "with interest" a while ago. Naturally, Su Cenxi's luck would be weakened a lot. After all, Ning Fei's loan is a "personal loan" and the interest rate is very high.
Of course, Ning Fei could also not charge interest, but he doesn't do this kind of business with no capital, and his interest rate has always been set at the highest limit. Originally, as long as the time traveler was obedient and fulfilled the last wish seriously, he would completely obtain (part of) the original owner's luck if he succeeded, which would be more than enough to repay Ning Fei. Ning Fei will also get a commission from the luck given by the original owner, which is a win-win situation. But if the time traveler is disobedient and deviates further from the original owner's wishes, the luck that the original owner gets will become less and less.
In the worst case, you will be rejected by the world you live in and disappear completely.
If the time traveler fails completely, Ning Fei will not only lose all the luck he lent out, but also waste a lot of time collecting debts. Therefore, Ning Fei usually wouldn't have nothing better to do than to "collect debts" in advance, unless he really wanted to teach the time traveler an "unforgettable lesson".
However, this time of collecting the debt in advance was more of a warning to Gu Hechen than a lesson to Su Cenxi. Su Cenxi and Gu Hechen's fates have long been linked, and their fortunes influence each other. Su Cenxi had bad luck along the way, and Gu Hechen couldn't escape either. Since Gu Hechen felt that Ning Fei was the "evil monster" who was threatening and controlling Su Cenxi, Ning Fei might as well let him see the consequences of provoking himself.
Ning Fei has always been familiar with this kind of warning method, but this time, there was an unexpected incident.
It's such a coincidence that these supermodels are pouring in at this time.
However, as ST's focus has shifted to the Greater China region, it is not impossible for it to send a group of strong players to this fashion week.
——Duan Yunhong...
Ning Fei gently stroked the wound whose scar had begun to fade, and thought to himself: As the director of ST, he can't deliberately squeeze out the people I bring with him just because I didn't recognize him, ahahaha.
***
One night in the third week of the "strike", Ning Fei returned home and his main cell phone was finally turned on.
New messages kept ringing. Ning Fei waited for a few minutes. Only after the phone became completely quiet did he start reading the messages.
Then he immediately saw that he had been kicked out of the studio group.
"...Tsk." Ning Fei simply laughed. I looked down and saw the private messages from the assistant. Sure enough, the latest one read: [Brother Fei, you have been absent from work for a week without reason, and have delayed a lot of Xixi's work. This serious dereliction of duty has caused serious losses and adverse effects to the studio. The studio has decided to terminate the labor relationship with you. Please remember to come to the studio to complete the formalities and hand over! 】
"Gu Hechen, ah, Gu Hechen, you are so brave." Ning Fei sighed. He couldn't say that he was very angry, he just found it funny. It seems that Jaslin has really taken office. Chenxi Studio has not made this public yet. It is probably because they just want to wait for Ning Fei to go through the formalities and then pretend to part ways amicably.
Ning Fei didn't reply, and was even too lazy to scroll up to see what the assistant had said previously. He exited the assistant's chat interface and finally clicked on the avatar that displayed the most messages - Su Cenxi.
Among the dozens of messages from Su Cenxi, the most common ones were asking where Ning Fei was and why he didn't go to work. In between were some of Su Cenxi's real-time reports on his own work. To be precise, he was expressing some fear, the fear of the large-scale cancellation of work.
Ning Fei did some statistics and could only say that it was indeed worth worrying about.
Su Cenxi had basically arranged interviews for the fashion shows of the eight top brands during the Fashion Week, and some of them had even been selected. Now it turns out that only two have been finalized, and there is no opening or closing date at all. The others either did not make it to the interview or had the interview cancelled altogether. As for the fashion shows of other lower-level brands, Su Cenxi got the opening role. Overall, the total number of jobs won during the fashion week was only half of what was previously estimated, which was indeed a Waterloo for Chenxi Studio.
As for some other miscellaneous interviews and photo-taking jobs, some were not available and were cancelled at the last minute. Several cancellation notices were even sent to Ning Fei. But Ning Fei did not receive or notify it at that time, which led to Su Cenxi not knowing the situation until he went to the scene.
It can be said that without Ning Fei, Su Cenxi's work situation has been a mess recently. Even if Jaslin tried to turn the tide, it seemed to have little effect.
Su Cenxi also said that he had stomachaches and headaches recently, Gu Hechen also said that he had headaches, and Gu's condition did not seem to be very good... In short, Su Cenxi's implicit meaning was to attribute all this to the fact that his "debt repayment" was hindered. Of course, he didn't dare to talk about "repaying the debt" explicitly. He was afraid that Gu Hechen would suspect him if he saw this information, so he could only say this hint.
In the last few messages he sent to Ning Fei, he asked: [Ning Fei, what’s wrong with you? 】
[Achen said you were fine and you left on your own. Don’t you want to help me anymore? 】
[If you don’t come back, Achen will fire you.] If you don't want to help me, why don't you just stop restraining me and let me go? I was fine to begin with, but it was you who insisted on making me get into the top 10. Why are you leaving now? 】
"'Just go'...ha."
Ning Fei leaned against the balcony railing, shook off the cigarette ash with his left hand, and couldn't help but laugh mockingly at his phone. Gu Hechen and Su Cenxi are really a perfect match, a perfect match. He opened the photo album on his phone, swiped several times, found the target photos and videos, and sent them all to Su Cenxi.
Three photos of the bloody wounds caused by the sword, from different angles.
Two photos of a bathroom mirror with half of the body stained red (face-blocking version).
A photo of the washbasin with a pool of blood after rinsing; a photo of shoes and socks soaked in blood; a photo of bloody footprints in the corridor; photos of the bloody clothes taken off separately, one each of the jacket, pants, and shirt.
There is also a copy of the video shot at "Master Xu's" house and a short video of removing the bloody bandage on his hand.
The visual impact of so much bloody material flooding the screen is so great that it is almost like a death threat. Ning Fei didn't bother to care whether Su Cenxi would be scared to death by these photos and videos, he didn't even type a word. He knew that Su Cenxi would definitely show these to Gu Hechen, and wanted to see Gu Hechen's reaction.
After sending it, he didn't want to look at other unprocessed messages for the time being, so he simply put his phone aside and continued smoking and looking at the night sky.
This is the box of mint cigarettes I bought for Su Cenxi. It tastes a bit strange and boring to Ning Fei. However, he is not a heavy smoker. He hasn't bought a new one since he finished the pack at the Hot Spring Villa. Now he can just make do with it.
While smoking, he saw a car driving downstairs and stopped right in front of his unit.
Ning Fei's home is on the sixth floor, and it was late at night, so he couldn't see the car clearly. But for some reason, I always feel that this car looks familiar...
The cell phone rings.
Ning Fei thought it was Su Cenxi and his wife, so he picked up the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number. He pressed the connect button, his eyes unconsciously falling on the car downstairs: "Hello?"
"Hey, you're back?"
Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Ning Fei suddenly reacted - he had seen the license plate of the car downstairs, it was Duan Yunhong's car!
"Mr. Duan is in such a good mood that he came to my building in the middle of the night and called me from the car?" Ning Fei was very sure that Duan Yunhong must be sitting in the car. "You came to my house right after I got back. You don't come to wait for me every day, do you?"
Duan Yunhong still had that cold tone: "I just happened to pass by."
Ning Fei replied lazily: "Oh, okay."
He did not argue with Duan Yunhong about this flawed statement, but instead made Duan Yunhong silent for a few seconds. But Duan Yunhong soon brought up a new topic: "Since Gu Hechen and Su Cenxi don't want you anymore, why don't you come with me?"
"Pfft, Mr. Duan, what are you talking about? You make me sound like a crazy man and a resentful woman." Ning Fei took a long puff of his cigarette and said slowly, "They don't dare to abandon me, and it's not their turn to abandon me."
"Su Cenxi's new agent has been handing out business cards everywhere. Aren't you destined to be replaced?" Duan Yunhong said, "ST's treatment is no worse than Gu's. Many supermodels at ST have the potential to be on the top. Why not come here and display your talents?"
Ning Fei smiled and said, "I don't need your charity, Mr. Duan."
Duan Yunhong said: "This is not charity..."
"Okay, then you don't have to be so picky about talent." Ning Fei looked at Hei Che and said mockingly, "I have to be thankful that I'm not the one who's coaching Su Cenxi recently, otherwise, she would be suppressed by you and recruited by you personally. Who can withstand your combination of punches? You use gaslighting to poach people. Mr. Duan is really good—"
Ning Fei deliberately spoke the last three words in an ambiguous tone. At first glance it sounds like flirting, but combined with the above context it sounds extremely sarcastic.
Duan Yunhong said: "I am not..."
Before he could finish his words, Ning Fei received a new call. He took a look and saw that this time it was from Su Cenxi.
"Mr. Duan, I'm sorry, I have to answer another call. If you don't want to wait, just hang up." Ning Fei decisively hung up Duan Yunhong's phone and answered Su Cenxi's call.
The first sentence came from Gu Hechen: "Ning Fei, what's the meaning of sending these photos to Cen Xi? Are you trying to intimidate her?!"
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