Chapter 2
He Tong held Ye Yuze in his arms and slid forward. When a dull pain came from his shoulders and back, he had already rushed into the elevator with the others.
The driver who was pressing the elevator button next to him also reacted very quickly. As soon as He Tong and the other man moved aside, he kicked the cleaner hard on the wrist.
The cleaner staggered, his hand aching, and the stick slipped from his grip. The driver kicked the stick away again, then stepped forward and pinned the cleaner to the ground in a few seconds.
When He Tong ran out of the elevator, he saw the cleaner, pinned down by the driver and unable to move, still hurling curses. He glanced around, picked up a rag from the floor, and stuffed it directly into the cleaner's mouth.
Ye Yuze then walked out with a gloomy face, silently took off his coat and threw it to the driver.
The driver took the clothes, wrung them, and skillfully tied the cleaner up tightly before looking up and asking, "Boss, should we call the police?"
"Don't alarm the others yet." Ye Yuze said coldly, then turned to look at He Tong, "How's your back?"
He Tong was busy contacting someone to find someone to take the murderer away. After hanging up the phone, he smiled at Ye Yuze and said, "It's okay. I just dodged and didn't get hit."
Ye Yuze seemed not to be listening. He grabbed He Tong's arm and led him away while instructing the driver, "I'll take him to the hospital. You stay here until Fang Qi's men arrive to take over, and then go get the surveillance footage."
The surveillance at the highest level is encrypted, and the security room cannot monitor in real time. The murderer obviously knows a lot about Zhilei's internal affairs, so he took advantage of this loophole.
In the elevator, He Tong looked at his brother Ye's face, which was so dark that ink could drip out of it, and comforted him, "It's really nothing serious. It was basically just a shoulder hit, not the spine..."
"What the doctor says counts." Ye Yuze interrupted him coldly.
However, He Tong vaguely felt that the hand pulling his arm was trembling slightly.
He Tong was forced by Ye Yuze to be hospitalized.
The next afternoon, he met Fang Qi, his elder brother Fang, who had rushed back overnight, in the ward.
Fang Qi is the son of Ye Yuze's uncle, but Ye's mother's sister and two brothers were adopted, so strictly speaking, they are not related by blood.
He is 28 years old this year and will definitely take over his father's Qiming Group in the future. He is currently in charge of the affairs of Xingchen Entertainment under the group. Although he is young, his style of doing things is quite experienced and quite like his father.
After the Ye and He families got into trouble, the Fang family took over the custody of the two children. Until Ye Yuze came of age, Fang Qi basically handled all the affairs between him and He Tong.
Fang Qi flipped through He Tong's medical report, confirmed that it was just a flesh wound, and tossed it aside, looking up at the two boys sitting on the sofa playing games.
"Ye Zexu did rent a car and waited downstairs yesterday." He reached out and knocked on the coffee table and spoke.
He Tong stopped and raised his head, but Ye Yuze ignored him.
Fang Qi continued, "That car was rented by the cleaner yesterday. It's fair to say that this whole thing was orchestrated by that guy. He's related to Ye Zexu's mother, and his son was implicated in that incident and executed. He infiltrated Zhilei a year ago to prepare, waiting for Ye Zexu to come out and instigate him to seek revenge."
After hearing just a few words, He Tong broke out in a cold sweat.
Ye Zexu was actually just a knife in that person's hand? In his previous life, Ye Zexu paralyzed Ye Yuze and also killed himself, so no further investigation was conducted into what happened afterwards.
Fortunately, I was watching over Yuze yesterday!
At this moment, Ye Yuze looked up at Fang Qi and asked, "What are you going to do with those two?"
They did not cause any substantial harm, and calling the police will not solve the fundamental problem.
Fang Qi stared back at him. "The group has a project in South Africa. I'll send them there to work. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they'll be inseparable from that place for the rest of their lives."
Ye Yuze snorted lightly and lowered his head to continue playing games.
He Tong frowned and asked, "Where are the other kidnappers from that year? How many kidnappers were there?"
"Six. The other five are all direct relatives who have died in the records. However, to be on the safe side, I will send people to their hometowns to conduct a thorough investigation to see if there are still people who intend to seek revenge, to ensure that there are no accidents."
After saying this, Fang Qi stood up.
"I'm busy here, so that's it for now. Contact me if you need anything."
He Tong stood up and walked the person out the door.
Before leaving, Fang Qi patted his arm and said, "Come over for dinner with Xiaoze this weekend. My mom has been nagging me to celebrate with you since the college entrance exam results came out."
He Tong nodded obediently: "Okay, big brother. Say hello to my second uncle and aunt for us."
He Tong was kept in the hospital for five days, during which time he put aside his pride and persuaded Ye Yuze to open a studio together.
Although Ye Yuze nodded, he still looked as if he didn't care about anything.
He Tong didn't care. Anyway, as long as he dragged him in and played some more drama, he could always stimulate his vitality. In his previous life, he had also dragged him through so many years like this.
He Tong didn't have to worry about the studio's affairs, so he started thinking about his debut.
In his previous life, he didn't go to college right away. Instead, he took care of Ye Yuze in the hospital for a year, and only enrolled in Huaguo Film and Television University the following year. Although he participated in some dramas intermittently during his school years, he completed his four years of study in a solid manner.
That's why he applied to Yancheng Media instead. Although the faculty was weaker than Huaying, Yancheng Media was known for its lenient management of students. As long as they passed the exams and essays, they could attend classes or not. This was a perfect fit for He Tong, who didn't need to repeat himself.
As for Ye Yuze... he's a true genius, perfectly inheriting the best genes from both his parents. As the son of a three-time Golden Globes actress, he was once a renowned child star. Now, all he needs is tutoring from the teachers at Xingchen Entertainment, and he'll be ready for acting.
He Tong wasn't worried about himself. After all, he had the talent to win two Best Actor awards, so he wasn't afraid of any drama. However, Ye Yuze needed to carefully plan his acting career. He Tong secretly wanted to find some good dramas for them to invest in and act in, so as not to disgrace his brother Ye. After all, they had enough money.
So he tried hard to search through his memories of his previous life, and actually found a movie among them.
It was an art film that told the story of a young painter who had just reached the peak of his career but was suddenly diagnosed with cancer. Disheartened, he traveled around, hoping to find a place to end his life. However, he gained a new understanding of life during his travels. After that, he continued to create while actively receiving treatment, and finally painted a breakthrough painting before his death.
He Tong saw this movie two years ago (eight years ago) in a small cinema abroad. It is a Chinese-language movie that has not been released in China.
Perhaps the painter's situation was similar to Ye Yuze's at the time, which resonated deeply with He Tong. Furthermore, while the actors in the film were relatively unknown, director Yu Zheng was quite famous, which is why it remained relatively unknown in China.
After returning to China, He Tong did some research and discovered that the film was Director Yu's first film, many years prior. Although the budget was low, it was a significant investment. He carefully selected the lead actor from among his film academy students, then meticulously polished the performance, hoping to make a splash in the film industry.
Unfortunately, his luck was bad. The carefully chosen, seemingly innocent college student protagonist turned out to be a murderer who had been hiding for three years, and the victim was still a minor.
On the eve of the film's release, the actor was arrested, and once the incident became public knowledge, the film was naturally banned. Director Yu was also greatly affected, and after years of ups and downs, he finally climbed back up with his own strength.
Even though the lead actor was a jerk, the movie was actually a good one, otherwise He Tong wouldn't have remembered it. He had worked with Director Yu several times and was familiar with his experience. If he calculated carefully, he knew that Director Yu was currently preparing for that film.
Such a beautiful story should belong to his brother Ye!
He Tong was just thinking about how to get in touch with Yu Zheng when his phone started to ring. He picked it up and saw the caller: "Big Brother."
"Your homeroom teacher called me." Fang Qi's voice was as serious as ever. "I heard you applied to the acting department at Yancheng Media?"
"Yeah." He Tong replied casually, "My score should be fine."
"You didn't take the art exam at the beginning of the year. If you apply now, you'll have to take the second round of exams in August. By then, undergraduate admissions for the year will have closed. If you don't pass the exam, you won't be able to transfer to another school, which means you've completely failed the entrance exam. Have you thought it through?"
"It's okay. If you don't pass, you can continue next year. I'll just fight Yan Chuan to death."
He Tong knew the homeroom teacher had called Fang Qi to ask him to persuade him, but he also knew Fang Qi wouldn't do it. Sure enough, Fang Qi's next words were, "Just think it through."
After a pause, the other party said, "Why are you suddenly interested in acting?"
He Tong wasn't surprised by this, but he still skillfully pulled out the excuse he'd already prepared: "It's not a big deal. I've always been interested in this. I flipped through the introduction booklet when I was filling out the application form and found this one to be the most interesting. Xingchen Entertainment is ours anyway, so let's just consider it as making money for our family."
Fang Qi was silent for a moment before continuing, "Well, the studio is registered under Xingchen's name, and your investment will count as a 60% stake. But do you really think Xiaoze would be interested in acting?"
This time, it was He Tong's turn to remain silent.
Would Ye Yuze be willing to act?
No one believed that this genius, who had skipped grades since childhood and obtained a master's degree in data science at the age of 18, would be willing to act.
It was only after Ye Yuze got into trouble in his previous life and He Tong took care of him for more than half a year that he vaguely sensed something and discovered that he seemed to have a little interest in acting.
Later, He Tong took a gamble and became an actor himself. He then pestered Ye Yuze to invest in him and accompany him to learn this and practice that. Only then did he slowly warm up his lifeless heart.
Perhaps because the silence lasted too long, Fang Qi on the other side called out in surprise, "He Tong?"
He Tong was brought back to his senses and sighed softly, "Brother, actually, Brother Ye would sometimes watch Aunt Fang's old plays at home. I've secretly seen him back then, and there was still a little bit of spirit in his eyes."
Ye Yuze, having survived four lives, now seems completely indifferent to life and death. If he hadn't felt sorry for those four lives and He Tong, he might have just walked away. Although he took over Zhilei Network, he simply handed it over to his manager and barely oversaw it himself, handing He Tong large sums of money each year, as if to say, "Even if the company goes bankrupt and I'm implicated, you'll have peace of mind for the rest of your life."
"Brother, you know, I get scared when I think about the money in my bank account!"
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"Anyway, let's give it a try. Maybe if he experiences the life in the play, he can live again?"
Fang Qi was silent for a moment before replying, "Okay, I'll make arrangements at the studio. You should prepare well for the art exam."
After hanging up the phone, He Tong scratched his hair in annoyance, got up and went to the gym to exercise to vent his anger.
As for Fang Qi...
After hanging up his cell phone, Fang Qi looked up at the person sitting opposite him—Ye Yuze.
"Well, do you have the answer you want?"
Ye Yuze kept his eyes down, and finally stood up without saying a word, turned around and left.
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