Chapter 35 - Drinking Water
Chapter 35 - Drinking Water
During the entire photo shoot, Ning Fei stood at the forefront outside the camera.
During the process, he hardly even looked at his phone, his eyes almost only moved back and forth between Su Cenxi, Albert, and Gu Hechen. Even small tasks like delivering water, which usually should be done by an assistant, were done by Ning Fei himself, just to keep a close eye on the conditions of Gu Hechen and Su Cenxi from time to time.
Whenever Gu Hechen's expression turned cold as if he was about to have a fit, Ning Fei would take the water gun and stuff it into his hands, forcibly interrupting his excessive concentration on the filming scene. If Gu Hechen still stared at Albert without even giving Ning Fei a glance, Ning Fei would seemingly casually put his hand on Gu Hechen's shoulder, but actually used a little force to hold him down, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Calm down, it will be over soon."
Gu Hechen glanced at him, and at least remembered to lower his voice before accusing him: "What that guy said is enough to sue him for sexual harassment, and you just watched and did nothing?!"
This is obviously referring to Albert's irresponsible remarks when taking pictures, with words like "baby", "darling", and "I love you so much" popping out like crazy. Ning Fei smiled and whispered back: "He says that to everyone. When he takes a picture of you, he will also praise you as an 'angel'."
Gu Hechen felt a chill and kept silent with a gloomy face.
Duan Yunhong, who was sitting on the other side, suddenly turned his head and asked, "What are you two talking about? Does Mr. Gu have any suggestions or opinions on Su Cenxi's photography?"
"No. It's just that Mr. Gu's special assistant didn't come in, so he asked me to help pass on a message." Ning Fei replied before Gu Hechen, and stood up and took two steps towards Duan Yunhong, "Why didn't anyone bring water to Mr. Duan? You should drink some water too, Mr. Duan, there are more comments to be made in the evening."
This is almost a blatant accusation that Duan Yunhong is talking too much. As Ning Fei spoke, he took out a small bottle of water from his pocket and half-forced it into Duan Yunhong's mouth.
Duan Yunhong actually took it, twisted it, and then glanced at Ning Fei with a smile.
Ning Fei drank this water.
However, he only took a small sip and put it in his pocket, so the naked eye might not be able to tell that this was drunk water. But as soon as Duan Yunhong unscrewed the bottle cap, he could tell from the feel that the water had been opened.
Ning Fei looked calm, without any trace of humility as if he had done something wrong.
After Duan Yunhong looked at him, he didn't really point out that there was something wrong with the water. Instead, he opened the lid and took a sip in front of him. Ning Fei watched him drink, chuckled silently, and finally turned and walked away.
***
Ning Fei just kept his eyes on the scene. Only after Su Cenxi finished the shoot did he, without saying a word, take another assistant and rush straight into the shooting location, carrying Su Cenxi on his back and walking out.
When passing by Gu Hechen, Ning Fei seemed to naturally remind him to come along. Gu Hechen gave face and stood up to follow. 2/3 of the troublemakers were taken away by Ning Fei. Later, when Albert came over and looked back at the photos taken earlier with Duan Yunhong, he asked deliberately, "Why didn't Su Cenxi come to see the photos? Did she leave with her boyfriend?"
Jaslin, who stayed behind to watch the show, was listening attentively. Upon hearing this, she rushed forward to explain, "Xixi's feet are uncomfortable, so she went to the makeup artist to change shoes and check on her feet. If there is no major problem, she will be back soon. Mr. Gu will go and say hello and leave. I will come to watch the show in the evening."
As soon as these words came out, Duan Yunhong and Albert turned around to look at her, then turned back without saying anything.
Jaslin felt that she had survived the crisis, breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped back.
——Ning Fei actually guessed that someone would talk nonsense on the spot. This show is too crappy!
***
Later, when Su Cenxi came back after changing her shoes, Gu Hechen had already left.
But Su Cenxi still cleverly slipped into the middle of the guests. There were people on both sides, so Albert could no longer easily talk to him alone. After the photo shoot was over, Su Cenxi was the first to leave. He was in such a hurry that at first glance it seemed as if he was rushing to do some other work.
In fact, he has to do a fashion show in the evening and he won’t leave the studio at all.
Ning Fei naturally accompanied Su Cenxi in the lounge. He had been nervous the whole afternoon and just when he was about to relax for a moment, he received a message from Duan Yunhong: [Come over and have a smoke. 】
Ning Fei raised an eyebrow and replied: [No. 】
Duan Yunhong: [I am the only one in the lounge. 】
Ning Fei: [It’s none of my business.] 】
Duan Yunhong: [I want to talk to you about work. 】
Ning Fei: [Lure the tiger away from the mountain? 】
Duan Yunhong stopped talking and sent a photo. The photo was of a business card. There was no name on it, but a big brand logo - this is indeed a luxury jewelry brand. It is an old brand in Continental U, but it had been refusing to come to the Greater China area. Ning Fei knew that she couldn't compete with those supermodels from Continent U, so she naturally didn't think of taking it.
But now, Duan Yunhong is actually willing to build a bridge between this brand and Su Cenxi? Is this true or false?
No matter what the truth is, this hook really hooked Ning Fei. He stood up and said, "I'm going to go smoke a cigarette and maybe get dinner outside. Xixi, don't run around. Call me if you have anything."
Everyone nodded, and Ning Fei left Su Cenxi's lounge and went up to another floor. He knew where Duan Yunhong's lounge was, but it was his first time there. On the way, he met two ST female models - one of them was Annie - and they nodded and greeted each other in a friendly manner. Annie even asked him what he was doing there.
Ning Fei smiled and said, "Andrew asked me to come over and give me a good scolding."
When facing a foreign supermodel, one has to speak a foreign language, so Ning Fei smoothly changed Duan Yunhong's name to a foreign name.
Anne was a little surprised: "No way, Andrew is a gentleman."
Ning Fei replied seriously: "He is very gentlemanly to his beloved models, but he is not so polite to other agents."
Annie blinked and smiled: "But he saved you. I think he likes you. Why would he scold you?"
Ning Fei started to talk nonsense: "There are many things you don't know, ma'am. Excuse me, if you keep him here any longer, he will have another reason to teach me a lesson."
Anne let him pass with a smile. After Ning Fei walked away, another ST supermodel next to Annie whispered, "Does Andrew really want to scold him? Because he disturbed the photo just now?"
Annie raised her eyebrows: "Do you really believe that he will be scolded? Andrew is such a disgusting person, he won't even look at him, but would he specifically call someone over to scold him? Think about those disobedient little models, were they kicked away by him directly, or were they educated privately?"
The girl next to her nodded thoughtfully.
On the other side, Ning Fei entered Duan Yunhong's lounge, and he was really the only one there.
Ning Fei didn't bother to be polite with him. When he entered the room and saw the business card still on the table, he walked straight over and took it: "Thank you."
Duan Yunhong was sitting next to him and held his hand: "You want to take it away now?"
Ning Fei: "Didn't I say 'thank you'?"
"That's it?" Duan Yunhong looked up at him, "You know the value of this business card."
"Mr. Duan, please stop pretending to be such a good person, okay?" Ning Fei raised an eyebrow. "If the brand hadn't specifically asked for Su Cenxi, would you be willing to give up this opportunity? You would rather give it to stray cats and dogs on the street than to Su Cenxi, so don't use this as a favor to me."
His tone really sounded unhappy, Duan Yunhong let go: "Are you still angry?"
"I shouldn't be angry?" Ning Fei picked up the business card, turned it over and glanced at it, then put it in his inner pocket. "I came here with a camera to stir up trouble. I'm considered a good person for not losing my temper on the spot, right?"
"You seem to have misunderstood. Gu Hechen is the actual controller of Gu Corporation after all. It was a bit rude for the production team to not have a senior executive to receive him when he suddenly came to visit." Duan Yunhong explained calmly, "I just invited him to watch the filming from a closer angle. Albert's behavior was a bit impulsive, and I later reminded him privately. This is not his exclusive studio, and there are many cameras filming. He shouldn't have been so outspoken."
Ning Fei thought to himself that you are really good at passing the buck.
But he responded, "Oh, I see. I'm leaving now."
He turned around as he spoke. Duan Yunhong glanced at his hand, which was tense and didn't move. He asked, "Then let's talk about your problem with the camera this afternoon?"
"What's there to talk about?" Ning Fei stopped and turned to look at him. "Even if I said I wanted to delete all the scenes with me in them, you, oh no, I have to say the production team, are they willing to give up this good opportunity for hype?"
"This is actually a good opportunity for hype." Duan Yunhong replied, "I think Gu Hechen is fine. He just talked to Albert for a few words. Isn't it a good hype point? In Uzhou, artists like to use this kind of topic to keep the heat up. There is no legal problem, and it is morally acceptable to say it positively or negatively. And the audience likes to read this kind of gossip."
"I know what you want to say, but you don't have to persuade me. I'm not your subordinate." Ning Fei couldn't explain to him what kind of crazy Gu Hechen had, so he simply avoided the topic. "Anyway, I can't stop you from making a fuss about this. I just hope you can reduce my appearance rate. I know it's wrong for me to appear in the camera without permission, so please try to weaken my appearance. I'm just an agent. I've already attracted enough attention. There's no need to create more topics for me."
Duan Yunhong replied: "So, it's okay to hype up the scandal, but not you?"
Ning Fei: “…”
Ning Fei: "What you said is very ambiguous, Mr. Duan."
Duan Yunhong was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "I'm talking to you about something serious, and you're thinking about some yellow garbage!"
"It's obviously you... Tsk, okay, mine, mine." Ning Fei didn't want to quarrel with him here, so she said, "Anyway, I don't dare to make any other requests, just don't bring the topic up to me. As for this——"
He pointed at the business card through his coat and said, "If this works out, I'll treat you to a meal."
"Who wants a meal from you?" Duan Yunhong took a bottle of water from the table. "Drink this, it will be your way of thanking me."
Ning Fei guessed it at a glance: "Is this the water I gave you? You were reluctant to drink it all, so you brought it back specially, right?"
Duan Yunhong picked up the water and handed it to him, and asked instead, "I drank it, but you didn't?"
Ning Fei had used water to shut his mouth before, and now Duan Yunhong returned the water, although it was not to shut his mouth, but it was also somewhat of a way of getting back at him.
But Ning Fei could easily change the meaning.
He smiled, took the water and put it on the table next to him. Then he grabbed the armrests on both sides of Duan Yunhong's chair and leaned down.
"Mr. Duan, if you want to kiss me, you can just say it directly. Why do you have to be indirect?"
After saying that, Ning Fei kissed her directly.
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