Chapter 17 The Unexpected Person
"Boss Xie, how's the recording of your show going?"
As soon as he returned to his lounge, Xie Tinglan received a call from his agent Fang Xuyang.
"Your childhood sweetheart, isn't she causing trouble for you anymore?"
Fang Xuyang also knew a lot about Xia Linxing.
It's not just because Fang Xuyang has worked with Xie Tinglan for many years, the two even terminated their contracts with their previous agency and went out on their own (establishing their own studios). Their relationship is more like friends than that of a boss and a subordinate. It's also because the nature of Xie Tinglan's work means he can't answer the phone while working, so usually at times like this, Fang Xuyang answers all the calls.
Because of work, Fang Xuyang had also been to Xie Tinglan's home several times, met Xie Tinglan's family, and the two sides exchanged contact information. So sometimes when Xie Tinglan's phone was unreachable, Xie's family would call Fang Xuyang.
For this reason, when Xia Linxing had an accident, the Xie family, who learned the news, could not find Xie Tinglan, so they found Fang Xuyang and asked Fang Xuyang to tell Xie Tinglan to go visit Xia Linxing and take a photo to reassure them.
So Fang Xuyang knew that Xie Tinglan's "childhood sweetheart", who was always mentioned by the Xie family, not only followed Xie Tinglan into the program crew, but also successfully got himself into the infirmary not long after entering the program crew.
It also successfully made Fang Xuyang, who had never met Xia Linxing, have a deep stereotype of this childhood sweetheart named "Xingxing".
"Did he cry and make a fuss about quitting the competition?"
In Fang Xuyang's impression, this rich young man who is ignorant of other people's suffering, joined such a closed program group. Not only is he not free, but there are no entertainment facilities. He may also be forced to train with other trainees. He might even make a fuss and want to leave after just two or three days.
"Heh..." After hearing Fang Xuyang's words, Xie Tinglan sneered.
"Withdraw?"
"He's really taking to his feet..."
Fang Xuyang: “…”
Was it his imagination? Why did he feel that Xie Tinglan's tone of voice was... a little sour?
"Is he pestering you again?" Fang Xuyang asked tentatively, "Or did he do something else?"
Xie Tinglan leaned back on the sofa, playing with the performance list in his hand: "Nothing. It's just—"
"I stayed up late at night and snuck into the office just to see what the other contestants were going to perform on their first stage."
"Ah?" Fang Xuyang was stunned for a moment, "Just to take a look?" Instead of changing the performance?
Oh, that’s not right… Fang Xuyang suddenly thought: before the program recording, they would rehearse the movements and confirm the process again and again. If someone changed the song that others were going to perform, it would probably be discovered soon. In order to prove that it was not their own mistake, the staff would try hard to investigate who was the one who made the change.
That's when I was truly socially dead.
So, Xia Linxing was right not to take action. However... Fang Xuyang was still a little confused: If you want to know what the other trainees are performing, can't you just go to the training room and watch them practice?
Such a simple truth, even he, who didn't participate in the program, knew it... Why did Xia Linxing go to such lengths to hand over his handle to others?
He finally understood what Xie Tinglan had meant when he'd said, "Xia Linxing is only clever for a little bit." This was probably just Xie Tinglan's euphemism; the real meaning was probably that he wasn't smart at all...
Their Xie Tinglan is still too respectable.
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"But is that all? What about the follow-up?" Fang Xuyang was too familiar with Xie Tinglan. If Xia Linxing had just done something stupid, Xie Tinglan would not even bother to mention it.
"Follow-up..." Xie Tinglan said slowly, "I received the program schedule today."
"Not only will Xia Linxing and Shen Sibai's first stage performances be in the same order, but the songs they'll be performing are also exactly the same."
"!!!" Fang Xuyang exclaimed, "Is this true?!"
"Would the production team like to start it? Who's in the front?"
"'Who's in front?'" Xie Tinglan sneered. "What do you think?"
Fang Xuyang: Okay, no need to say more, he knows...
"As for why the production team didn't miss the opening..."
"Someone has put so much effort into creating this situation, how could they easily let someone change it?"
"Tsk tsk tsk..." Fang Xuyang sighed, "You little childhood sweetheart, you're quite vicious!"
"So, is our Boss Xie planning to be the messenger of justice and make a righteous report?"
Xie Tinglan was slightly stunned.
After a moment's silence, he said, "Not yet."
"Huh?" Fang Xuyang was genuinely surprised this time. "Do you have any other plans?"
Xie Tinglan responded softly, but did not say what other plans he had.
"Okay then..." Fang Xuyang still took Xie Tinglan's personal opinion as the main consideration. "Then do you want to remind Shen Sibai?" After all, he was an artist in their studio.
After all, Shen Sibai's misfortune this time was completely unprovoked. But anyone who knew Xia Linxing knew that Xia Linxing did this obviously because of Xie Tinglan.
"But..." There was one thing Fang Xuyang couldn't figure out: "How did Xia Linxing know the relationship between Shen Sibai and us (the studio)?"
Xie Tinglan: “…”
"You don't have to think he's too smart."
Xia Linxing probably never thought from the beginning to the end that Shen Sibai was his artist. He just treated everyone who appeared around him equally.
"So there's no need (to remind Shen Sibai)." Xie Tinglan said indifferently, "It's just a low-level, childish trick."
"If you can't even handle Xia Linxing's low-level tactics, you'll be doomed if you enter the entertainment industry in the future."
"Now let's just consider it as letting him get familiar with the entertainment industry in advance."
"Wow..." Fang Xuyang exclaimed deliberately in an exaggerated manner, "Xie Tinglan, you really are..." As cold and ruthless as ever...
No wonder that little childhood sweetheart has been with Xie Tinglan for so many years, and even has the unique advantage of being loved by Xie's family, but there is still no progress.
"Thank you, Teacher...?"
There was a knock on the lounge door, and a staff member knocked on the door and asked, "Teacher Xie, are you in there?"
"There's a meeting about tomorrow's debut performance, and you might need to attend."
"Okay, I understand." Xie Tinglan raised his voice and responded, then turned to Fang Xuyang on the other end of the phone and said, "Then I'll hang up first."
Fang Xuyang responded, Xie Tinglan hung up the phone, opened the door to the lounge, and said to the staff waiting outside: "Okay, let's go..."
…
It was probably the last meeting before the official recording session, and it lasted quite a while. By the time Xie Tinglan left the meeting room, it was already dark outside. He returned to the lounge and took care of some studio business. By the time he had finished everything, he realized it was already past midnight.
It's already so late...
Xie Tinglan rubbed his brows. These past few days, he'd been so distracted by Xia Linxing's affairs that he hadn't had time to deal with the studio's affairs. Consequently, a pile of work had piled up, and today, without him realizing it, he'd stayed up so late.
He picked up his coat hanging on the back of the sofa and prepared to go back to rest.
It's already two or three in the morning. The corridor is quiet, with no one in sight. Only the cameras are still working hard.
Just when passing by the floor where the training classroom was located, Xie Tinglan suddenly heard some noise coming from the direction of the training classroom.
It’s already this late, and there are still trainees training?
Xie Tinglan paused, then walked towards the training classroom.
As a mentor, it is also within his job to keep the trainees in good physical condition. Xie Tinglan plans to persuade this hard-working trainee to go back and rest early so that he can stay in good condition for tomorrow's performance.
But when he pushed open the door of the training classroom, an unexpected figure caught his eye.
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