The 90th melon
In the office of the president of Jiang Group, Special Assistant Chen was reporting on what had just happened in the meeting room.
"The Second Young Master didn't know Cui Yali had undergone sex change surgery. He thought you were simply worried that Director Jiang would be deceived by a female celebrity. Mr. Lu threatened Zhang Qiang with 'calling the police.' Zhang Qiang, fearing imprisonment, cleared up the slander against Cui Yali."
"After the PR department finished the live broadcast, Cui Yali still informed Director Jiang of her gender reassignment. So, we didn't have time to use the documents we had prepared for Director Jiang."
Chen Te-te finished his report and placed a document on the CEO's desk. Jiang Mingrui was absent-minded about his report, as if he hadn't heard him speak, staring intently at the computer screen.
The room was quiet, the wall clock swung gently, and suddenly, the hour hand reached 6 o'clock.
Jiang Mingrui's cold and sharp eyes lit up instantly, and his fingers quickly pressed the mouse, clicking frantically like a pile driver!
His morbid expression lasted for about five seconds. The screen in front of him flipped, and after a moment of blankness, an animation of scattering flowers suddenly popped up, along with a line of words:
"The 250th Kaikai Guardian! Congratulations on successfully ordering the Jiang Mingkai limited edition cotton doll~"
Jiang Mingrui's brows relaxed and joy appeared in his eyes.
Only then did he notice that Special Assistant Chen was still standing next to him. He had probably witnessed the entire process of him scrambling to buy the cotton dolls, but he was as quiet as a chicken, not saying a word.
Jiang Mingrui coughed lightly twice, straightened his collar, and said in a deep voice, "Where did you report just now?"
Special Assistant Chen maintained a professional and polite smile and said, "The report has been completed."
Jiang Mingrui nodded in mock satisfaction, deftly closing the Jiang Mingkai Fan Club cotton doll purchase interface with one hand and adjusting his glasses with a mature and steady hand. "What was my dad's reaction when he found out about Cui Yali's sexual transformation?"
Special Assistant Chen recalled for a moment, "There wasn't much reaction, just a pale face, and he stuttered a bit. He didn't reply to Cui Yali and stumbled away."
Jiang Mingrui didn't find it strange. He thought it was a normal male reaction.
He actually didn't care about Jiang Jianye's relationship status or who he was dating. But as a son, and since his father was not young anymore, he felt it was necessary for him to investigate this "stepmother" for his father. As long as the "stepmother" didn't harm Jiang Jianye, he wouldn't interfere.
But my stepmother used to be a man...
This is hard to review!
Fortunately, Cui Yali has already admitted that she has changed her gender, so Jiang Mingrui doesn't have to be the bad guy.
After the report, Special Assistant Chen tactfully left the office. As he reached the door, Jiang Mingrui asked again, "Has Qiu Yang's situation been dealt with?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang," Special Assistant Chen said, standing still. "Qiu Yang wanted to use Jiang Tong to blackmail the Second Young Master. I used some connections to have those loan sharks come to him every now and then. He's scared and has already fled Hai City. He won't be back for at least three to five years. As for Jiang Yun, she knows she's in the wrong and doesn't dare to see the Second Young Master and Jiang Tong. I don't think anything will happen."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mingrui nodded and signaled that Special Assistant Chen could leave.
Special Assistant Chen glanced at Jiang Mingrui's computer again, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Boss Jiang, you clearly care about the Second Young Master and Director Jiang, so why does the boss have such a cold face? People outside think that you three have a terrible relationship!"
Jiang Mingrui frowned and glanced at Assistant Chen. "Assistant Chen, are you free today? Have you finished the financial statements? Have you sorted out the project materials for the venture capital? Have you made an appointment with the Liverpool royal designer? If you have everything, I don't mind assigning you some more..."
Special Assistant Chen:!!!
"No, no, no, no!" Special Assistant Chen said quickly, "Boss Jiang! As your special assistant, I'm very busy! Super busy! I, I still have a lot of things to deal with. I'll go get them done now!"
After saying that, he left in a flash.
Jiang Mingrui looked at the closed door and shook his head.
"One by one, it's really troublesome!"
"Besides, who said there are only three of us in the Jiang family anymore?" Jiang Mingrui suddenly flipped through Jiang Mingkai's Moments, with a photo of Jiang Tong in the background, and smiled, "There are clearly four of us in the Jiang family now! I even have a little niece!"
Outside the door, Special Assistant Chen shook his head.
Smack...
It’s okay to be a brother complex, but it turns out he’s also a niece complex!
The other side
Jiang Jianye and Cui Yali's middle-aged love ended with Jiang Jianye's hasty escape.
In the manor, Lin Cha and others went to the orchard to pick fruits, went to the stable to ride horses, and finally packed their luggage and said goodbye to Jiang Mingkai.
Jiang Jianye rarely came out and accompanied Jiang Mingkai to see off his friends.
"Bring Tongtong back sometime!" Jiang Jianye suddenly said, "It's such a big manor, and you and Ruirui don't come back often. I feel so lonely alone."
Jiang Mingkai nodded, "Okay."
"How are you and the little girl from the Sun family?" Jiang Jianye suddenly asked.
Jiang Mingkai's heart skipped a beat, and he asked cautiously, "You... know?"
Jiang Jianye sneered, "Your father is only fifty-four! Not old yet! I know more than just that you two are in love. I even know that she rescued you from the gigolo club!"
Jiang Mingkai:!!!
Guests who haven't left yet:!!!
etc!
Could it be that Jiang Jianye was talking about the incident when Jiang Mingkai was taken to a gigolo bar while studying abroad and was rescued?
How early is this melon!
It turns out that it was Sun Qianqian who saved Jiang Mingkai?!
Lin Cha knew the whole story, and echoed it in her heart, "It's all because of this! They were so passionate when they met! And they used me as an excuse to have fun!"
【snort! 】
Jiang Mingkai: “…”
"Find a chance and bring her back to me!" Jiang Jianye said, "I also want to see what the Sun family's daughter looks like."
"……good."
Jiang Jianye suddenly sighed, his tone somewhat disappointed. "Alas, I used to think you were much more mischievous than your brother, and that you would require more of my worry in the future. Now it seems that you are about to start a family, while your brother is still an old bachelor! All he does all day is play with his dress-up dolls..."
baby?
baby! ! !
Jiang Mingkai felt a little uneasy.
Could it be that my brother's inflatable dolls have been discovered? I should remind him when I get a chance!
Lin Cha and the guests were unaware of the situation and tilted their heads curiously.
[I didn't realize that Jiang Mingrui, a grown man likes to play with dolls?]
"Could it be... an inflatable doll?!"
Lu Yanyan opened her eyes wide, a flicker of excitement in them. "I didn't expect that Jiang Mingrui, who looks so abstinent, would have such a preference!"
Chen Xianzhi and Zhou Zexu also looked amused, "After all...men are..."
"Food and sex are human nature~"
It was Lin Cha who blinked his eyes.
[But didn't the system say that the doll in Jiang Mingrui's room has Jiang Mingkai's face?]
[An inflatable doll that looks like Jiang Mingkai?]
Jiang Mingkai: ???
All guests:!!!
Why does Jiang Mingrui have such a strong taste?
Everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Mingkai, their expressions filled with shock.
Jiang Mingkai was bewildered.
The inflatable doll in my room looks exactly like me! Why did I buy an inflatable doll that looks like him?
wrong!
How the hell is there an inflatable doll that looks like him in this world?
There must be something wrong with this!
He, he must visit my brother's room when he has time!
Everyone had already walked to the manor. There were several cars parked at the entrance of the manor, all of which were there to pick up the guests and take them home.
Lu Yanche arrived early and drove himself to pick up Lu Yanyan and take her home.
In the sports car, Lu Yanyan was beaming with joy as she talked about the gossip she had at the Jiang family this time.
"Brother, you'd never guess! That Cui Yali was actually a man! Oh my god, I've seen her on the set before, and I really didn't see that!"
Of course, eating melons is more interesting when many people discuss it together. Every time Lu Yanyan eats melons, she will share them with Lu Yanche. It is uncomfortable to keep it to herself.
"Jiang Mingrui must know about this!" Lu Yanyan was certain, "otherwise he wouldn't have wanted to break up Jiang Gelang and Cui Yali in the first place! Poor Jiang Gelang, even the stingy guy finally found true love. He was even willing to pay Cui Yali a ransom of 100 million! He wasn't so generous to Jiang Mingkai and Jiang Mingrui before!"
Lu Yanche listened to Lu Yanyan's gossip and chuckled softly, "Actually, Jiang Gelang wasn't stingy before. From what I know, he used to be quite generous."
"Then how did he become like this today?" Lu Yanyan asked curiously.
Lu Yanche searched his memories, thought for a moment, and said, "The year the kidnappers abducted you, the Jiang Corporation suffered a heavy blow and was nearly bankrupt. Jiang Jianye was deeply in debt, and his 2.5 million ransom was all borrowed. So after the kidnapping, Jiang Jianye became particularly stingy. Even though the Jiang Corporation has returned to its peak, he is still very stingy."
"Maybe he wants to save some money to avoid the same situation again!"
"As for the kidnappers kidnapping the wrong person, and Jiang Jianye bargaining down the price to 250,000... that was because the police asked him to buy time so they could locate the kidnappers," Lu Yanche said calmly. "So, your rescue was entirely thanks to Jiang Jianye."
Mr. Lu once took Lu Yanyan to the Jiang family to express his gratitude, but Lu Yanyan was young at that time and had almost forgotten it.
Lu Yanyan listened quietly to Lu Yanche's description, looking calmly at the darkening night outside the window.
She suddenly remembered that two days ago in the restaurant of Jiang Family Manor, she felt sorry for Jiang Jianye because they ordered too many dishes and wasted them.
yes,
Lu Yanyan suddenly smiled.
What a waste.
Lin Cha returned home, happily looking forward to the next seven days of vacation and a relaxing life.
But the wonderful vacation came to an abrupt end when Chen Yun came to visit on the first day.
"Tianyao is preparing a new play, it's an original script. I sent your resume. Congratulations, you've been qualified for the audition!"
Lin Cha blinked her sleepy eyes and put on a smile that was uglier than crying.
Although she succeeded the previous book-traveling person and all she had to do was lie down and be laughed at, why did she feel that her daily work was so hard?
Lin Cha hugged her Stella Lou with a bitter look on her face, and her ears drooped along with the purple rabbit's ears.
"Hurry up and change your clothes!" Chen Yun said excitedly, "Time waits for no one!"
Lin Cha was still wearing her pajamas when she was pushed into the bathroom by Chen Yun. After a simple wash, the female star was out in less than ten minutes.
In the RV, the stylist puts makeup on Lin Cha.
"Is Tianyao about to start filming a new project?" Lin Cha tilted her head back as the stylist applied foundation, eagerly asking Chen Yun, "Why haven't I heard the young lady mention it these past few days?"
"It's an original script," Chen Yun explained as she sat across from her. "These days, platforms are mostly dominated by IP projects, and it's hard to attract investment for original works. Only when Mr. Lu secured investment from the Jiang family did other investors follow suit and put in money, and the project finally took off."
"The Jiang family's investment?" Lin Cha suddenly thought of Jiang Jianye, then shook his head slightly.
Jiang Gelang is a stingy person, how could he possibly invest in Tianyao's project?
"It's a project invested by Jiang Jianye, the chairman of Jiang Group." Chen Yun suddenly looked gossipy and whispered to Lin Cha, "It seems he invested in his new girlfriend!"
Lin Cha:!!!
Jiang Jianye, a stingy man, is actually willing to invest in high-risk projects such as original film and television?
Jiang Jianye actually has a girlfriend again so soon?
Lin Cha couldn't tell for a moment whether the former or the latter was more shocking.
"Jiang Jianye's nickname is well-known in the wealthy circles," Chen Yun said with a smile. "His abilities are obvious to all. In the past decade or so since the rise of the Jiang Group, Jiang Jianye has hardly ever failed in his investments. So even though he only invested 100 million yuan, many others followed suit."
Lin Cha nodded.
When evaluating a film or television project, the first thing to consider is the script. However, most investors don't have the time to read scripts. Instead, they prioritize investment based on the people involved, such as the producer, screenwriter, director, and, at worst, the co-investors. Some co-investors possess unique insights, and following them is a surefire way to avoid mistakes.
Produced by Tianyao Entertainment and invested by Jiang Group, this is already a great guarantee, enough to make a previously shelved project suddenly become a hot topic.
Chen Yun gave the audition clip to Lin Cha and asked her to familiarize herself with the lines first. The RV continued to drive towards Tianyao Entertainment Building.
As soon as I arrived near the building, I saw a group of young and beautiful fans holding light boards surrounding it.
“You have fans at the audition too?”
Lin Cha looked out the single-sided car window and saw young girls holding up signboards with the words "Gao Junyi" written on them.
"Normally, there wouldn't be one, but this Gao Junyi..." Chen Yun narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, "He should be one of the top 15 contestants on Strawberry Channel's talent show 'Light of Tomorrow'. They've been in closed-door training for three months. If they get a chance to come out, their fans will definitely come to pick them up. Show fans are really excited."
Lin Cha and his friends did not go through the main entrance. The RV went around to the back of Tianyao Film and Television and entered from the underground garage.
The red light on the road came on and the RV stopped. Lin Cha looked up and out the window. The nanny car on the opposite side also stopped. The owner of the car actually rolled down the window and the boy inside waved to the fans.
"Yiyi! Yiyi! Mommy loves you!"
"Yiyi! Yiyi! We will definitely help you debut!"
"Yiyi will be competing in the finals in a few days! Come on!"
When fans saw Gao Junyi’s nanny car, they cheered excitedly and almost rushed to the road to block the nanny car.
Lin Cha noticed that while Gao Junyi was waving to his fans, another figure appeared in the nanny car - Xu Fei.
It had been so long since they last met that she almost forgot about him.
"Gao Junyi actually signed with Pengcheng?" Chen Yun also noticed Xu Fei and sneered, "It seems he won't be able to make the debut position, so he should quickly find a small company to sign with!"
"Why do you say that?" Lin Cha asked. She didn't know much about the talent show and wasn't very interested in it. She just continued chatting along with what Chen Yun said.
"'Rising Star' requires that all trainees who sign up must be amateurs, and a one-year limited group will be launched later. During the progress of this competition, trainees can sign contracts with agencies on their own, and agencies will also choose to sign trainees with potential. However, as the competition becomes more and more intense, the signing fees of trainees will also be higher. But even so, most large companies still choose to sign people in the finals, which increases the probability of signing trainees who will debut." Chen Yun explained.
Lin Cha understood. "It's a bit like gambling. You can either have good vision and spend less money to sign trainees who are ready to debut early on. Or you can rely on real money and directly sign trainees who are ready to debut later on."
"Yeah," Chen Yun poured herself a glass of water and sipped it leisurely. "This is a gamble for the agency, and it's the same for the trainees. If Gao Junyi was confident in his abilities, how could he have signed so early?"
Fortunately, Gao Junyi is not on the contract list of Star Shine at all, so Chen Yun doesn’t care too much about where a trainee ends up.
The green light came on and the RV continued to drive towards Tianyao's underground parking garage.
At the same time, on the other side, Gao Junyi closed the car window and leaned comfortably in the recliner.
Through the front windshield of the nanny car, Gao Junyi saw the RV driving in front of them.
"Brother Xu Fei! That RV has the Starlight logo on it? It looks like the person in front is a Starlight artist? Is he also here for an audition at Tianyao?"
Xu Fei followed Gao Junyi's gaze and saw the RV.
He squinted his eyes, and in a flash, he remembered something, "That's Lin Cha's RV."
"Lin Cha?" Gao Junyi thought for a moment. "Isn't she an artist from Cheng Peng? Wow, Xinghui is so good to its artists! Lin Cha doesn't have any other works besides "Leisure", and yet they treat her so well!"
Gao Junyi looked at the small nanny car he was sitting in again, and suddenly felt a little sour in his heart.
Xu Fei's face was filled with sarcasm. He said with disdain, "What do you know? Even in a big company like Xinghui Entertainment, how could a small star with no works get such good treatment? Lin Cha? Isn't it because she's with Liu Mingqian that Sun Qianqian treats her differently and signs her? Otherwise, she's relying on her? How is that possible!"
Gao Junyi did not refute Xu Fei, but took out his mobile phone to search for Lin Cha's information. When he saw Lin Cha's photo pop up on the interface, his eyes lit up.
He licked his dry lips and praised in a low voice, "She's quite pretty."
Xu Fei glanced at her and said, "How can you get to the top if you don't look good? You should learn from her. When you see Jin Doudou later, remember to be sweet-mouthed..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud braking sound, and Xu Fei and Gao Junyi, who were not wearing seat belts, were crashed into the front seats.
“Ouch!”
The two screamed and rubbed their painful faces. Gao Junyi quickly looked in the mirror and found that most of his makeup was smudged and the light pink lipstick had rubbed off to the corners of his mouth.
"Can you drive?"
Xu Fei cursed at the RV that was about to reverse outside the window, but the window of the RV rolled down, revealing Lin Cha and Chen Yun in the car.
Chen Yun looked at the position of the two cars, then at the empty parking space in the garage. "From this angle, it's obvious that we were here first. Is your driver trying to grab the parking space?"
"What's wrong with grabbing a parking space?" Gao Junyi didn't notice Xu Fei's pale face, nor did he notice the RV across the street grabbing the parking space. He wore a mask and yelled, "Who is so blind? We're here for an audition, so of course they should give us the parking space!"
The nanny car driver also felt so. Gao Junyi was a star and had a very tight schedule, so he was used to fighting for parking spaces.
"Get out of the way!" the driver yelled at the RV. "There's a celebrity in my car!"
Chen Yun looked at Xu Fei and Gao Junyi with an amused expression, arms folded. "The competition isn't even over yet, and you're already calling yourself a 'star'? What an air of arrogance!"
Gao Junyi wanted to refute, but Xu Fei pushed him down, "The person opposite is Lin Cha!"
"Lin Cha? The one with Xinghui?" Gao Junyi frowned. "What are you afraid of her doing? Isn't she just a bitch who relies on men to get ahead?"
"But Lin Cha has a good relationship with Mr. Lu!" Xu Fei said bitterly, "If you provoke her, do you still want to audition at Tianyao? Aren't you afraid that she will put you in a bad light in front of Mr. Lu?"
Gao Junyi's Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed.
It is still uncertain whether he can get a debut spot in the competition, so this audition is very important.
Xu Fei turned to the window, looked at Chen Yun and said kindly, "Sister Yun, I'm sorry, it's our driver who was blind. Since Sister Cha wants this parking space, it's of course Sister Cha's!"
Chen Yun put her hands on her hips and said even more bluntly, "Let me be clear, we're not bullying others. We occupied this parking space first!"
"Yes, yes, yes! It's yours! Please come in, please come in!" Xu Fei said again, lowering his posture even more.
Chen Yun tilted her head and looked at Gao Junyi, who was sitting in the nanny car with his head down and silent. "Big star, do you have any objections?"
Gao Junyi looked embarrassed, "Sister Yun, you're really embarrassing me... I haven't even debuted yet..."
"Really? But when you were shouting just now, I thought I had bumped into some superstar! I was almost scared to death!" Chen Yun pretended to be frightened.
"We were wrong!" Xu Fei immediately forced Gao Junyi out of the car and bowed 90 degrees to Chen Yun and Lin Cha. "Sister Yun and Sister Cha... please forgive my mistakes! Please!"
"That's more like it." Chen Yun nodded in satisfaction and went to open the car window. "Cha Cha, let's go. There's no need to waste time here. Let's go upstairs first. It's time for the audition."
Lin Cha packed up the script and the large kettle of health tea, and got out of the car with Chen Yun.
She didn't even look at Xu Fei and Gao Junyi, and walked towards the elevator in the underground garage with Chen Yun.
Behind them, Xu Fei and Gao Junyi watched the two men leave, with a hint of viciousness in their eyes.
"Get in the car!"
Seeing the two leave, Xu Fei called out to Gao Junyi.
Gao Junyi returned to the car, his face still gloomy.
The nanny car circled the underground garage but couldn't find a parking space. Finally, it had to leave the underground garage and go to a temporary parking spot outside.
"One day, you'll achieve more than Lin Cha," Xu Fei comforted Gao Junyi. "Liu Mingqian is just a director. The person you're going to meet later is the financial sponsor! Don't worry about someone like Lin Cha!"
"Aren't you going to the audition first?" Gao Junyi asked.
"No rush. I finally got out during the competition, so of course I have to meet her rich fan. Don't tell me, I checked her family background, they're rich!" Xu Fei found a document and handed it to Gao Junyi, "If she's willing to spend money on you, you can definitely debut!"
Gao Junyi flipped through the document, which contained information Xu Fei had found about the rich woman's fan.
Jin Doudou is the 22-year-old sole heir to the Jin Group. He loves chasing idols and once spent 30 million on idol voting in Korea...
The more Gao Junyi looked at it, the more delighted he became.
For idols, wealthy female fans are very important, and such fans must be well maintained.
When Gao Junyi came across Jin Doudou's photo, his expression darkened. "She comes from a really good family, but it's a pity she's so ordinary looking."
Xu Fei brought some clothes from the back seat and threw them into Gao Junyi's arms. "It doesn't matter if you're not very good-looking, as long as I'm willing to spend money on you! This girl likes your outfit, and someone will be here soon. Hurry up and change your clothes!"
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