The car drove slowly on the street. Li Zhao saw Yan Ting staring at the cotton candy cart on the street and said to the driver, "Master, stop on the roadside ahead."
The driver quickly stopped the car on the side of the road, and Li Zhao whispered to Yan Ting: "Wait for me in the car."
Li Zhao opened the door, got out of the car, and ran back.
Yan Ting's eyes followed Li Zhao's back, watching him run past one passerby after another, and his figure gradually became blurred.
Not long after, he saw Li Zhao holding two large objects in his hands and running hurriedly towards the car.
The moment the car door was opened, a chill wrapped in a sweet fragrance drifted into the car.
"Here you go." Li Zhao gave Yan Ting one of the marshmallows: "Try it?"
The marshmallows were light and weightless, just like his childhood.
He has memories since he was very young. I still remember that in kindergarten, there were children sitting together and talking about how big marshmallows they ate, and how soft they were like clouds.
That day he sat on the steps, looking at the sky for a long time, imagining what the white clouds tasted like.
If he hadn't seen the cotton candy cart on the street, he might not have remembered this childhood experience.
Yan Ting opened the inflatable plastic bag covering the marshmallow and took a light lick.
It is not as soft as I imagined when I was a child, nor does it give me a feeling of flying, and it even smells like essence.
"Marshmallows are made of white sugar." Li Zhao tore off a piece of marshmallow with a clean bamboo stick and fed it to Yan Ting: "Mine is strawberry flavored, try it."
The first time I ate marshmallows was when I was ten years old. The uncle and aunt who sent him to the welfare home were worried that he would be scared on the road, so they bought him some marshmallows.
He didn't know how to eat it, and when he took a bite, the icing got all over his face, and even his collar was covered with the sticky taste of sugar. He was terribly scared that his uncle and aunt would beat him.
Instead of beating him, the aunt gently wiped his face, taught him to sing and told him stories.
He was ignorant at that time. When he got off the bus, he asked the aunt in a low voice if he could call her mother.
The aunt cried very sadly, nodded continuously, and finally hugged him in her arms.
The embrace was so warm, sweet and cozy.
Later he gradually understood that the aunt's tears were sympathy, heartache and kindness.
"Very sweet." The marshmallow was not really sweet, but his heart was sweet.
Even he himself didn't realize how much attention he paid to the cotton candy truck, but Zhao Zhao noticed it.
“Zhao Zhao…”
"Hmm?" Li Zhao looked up at Yan Ting with sugar stains on the corners of his mouth.
"It's okay." Yan Ting reached out and gently wiped the sugar stains from the corners of his mouth: "Thank you."
The little regrets of childhood were fulfilled here.
"It's just a marshmallow, what's there to thank for?" Li Zhao laughed: "If you really want to count it this way, I should be the one to say thank you."
"Then we won't say thank you." Yan Ting retracted his gaze and hid all the light in his eyes.
I don't need any thanks from you, as long as you stay by my side forever.
Li Zhao touched the corner of his mouth unconsciously, feeling an indescribable weirdness in his heart.
Good brothers, good brothers, they are good brothers.
There seems to be nothing wrong with good brothers being a little closer, right?
After a delicious hotpot meal, both the host and the guests enjoyed it. Before going to bed at night, Yan Ting sent out several red envelopes in the WeChat group "A Loving Family". The five of them were so happy that it felt like Chinese New Year.
In fact, Li Zhao also has a WeChat group called "A Warm and Sweet Family", which includes Chen Xiaojun's girlfriend Linlin in addition to him and his three friends.
Fortunately, he doesn’t have a girlfriend, otherwise Sister Xia might have set up a “Harmonious and Friendly Family” group.
After chatting with his friends for a while, Li Zhao fell asleep in a daze. The next day, he took Yan Ting for a run, had breakfast, and then went to the company for class as usual.
As a well-known entertainment company in the industry, Strawberry Entertainment is like a fast-spinning gyroscope. Various teams control online public opinion 24 hours a day, striving to solve various online problems for artists as soon as possible.
Different from the trainees in the company, Li Zhao enjoyed one-on-one instruction and even the practice room was for his own use.
After class, Li Zhao saw many young men and women dressed fashionably in the public practice room.
"These are the newcomers the company trained earlier this year." Dake handed the water to Li Zhao: "They are following the idol route."
"They dance really well." Li Zhao watched carefully for a while and praised sincerely: "It's so hard to become a qualified idol."
"We can't help it. The competition is fierce now." Dake complained quietly: "Ziqie Entertainment saw that we are training young idols, so they started to follow suit."
Fans are permanent, but idols come and go. Every entertainment company wants to grab more fans and occupy this market. Strawberry Entertainment has invited various master-level teachers to teach these young idols. As for Ziqie Entertainment, its business capabilities have not improved much, but it has been spending a lot on marketing.
Although it looks glorious on the surface, in reality there is no plan for the future of those young idols.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Dake took Li Zhao to the lounge: "Just now I met Mr. Lu Hao's assistant downstairs. Mr. Lu Hao wants to invite you to lunch. Do you want to go?"
"Brother Hao came to the company today?" Li Zhao paused and said, "I'll go say hello to Brother Hao."
Lu Hao came today to sign a contract with Strawberry Entertainment. Strawberry Entertainment offered him very favorable conditions and gave him great freedom.
These conditions were even more favorable than he had expected.
"It is an honor for our company that Mr. Lu can cooperate with us." After Mr. Sun signed the document, he shook hands with Lu Hao and said, "I wish you a happy cooperation."
"It's a pleasure working with you." The two men held hands together, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Speaking of which, we were able to successfully sign Mr. Lu thanks to Zhao Zhao's help." Mr. Sun smiled gently, "Zhao Zhao often told us that you took good care of him in the crew. With this relationship, our company had the nerve to discuss cooperation with Mr. Lu. Fortunately, Mr. Lu was willing to give us the honor."
"No, Mr. Sun, you are too polite. It is my blessing to be an artist of Strawberry Entertainment." Hearing what Mr. Sun said, Lu Hao immediately understood that Strawberry Entertainment was willing to give him such favorable conditions because of the relationship with Li Zhao.
It is said that Strawberry Entertainment values the newcomer Li Zhao very much.
In his opinion, this was more than just respect, it was the treatment he gave to his own son.
Given his status in the industry, it's not to the point where Strawberry Entertainment should be in awe. Even at the beginning, he couldn't guarantee whether Strawberry Entertainment would pay enough attention to him.
Fortunately, I was in the crew and showed kindness to Li Zhao.
"Mr. Lu is too modest. We are all very happy to sign a big-name actor like you. To welcome you, the company has decided to hold a media meeting in three days." Mr. Sun shook hands with Lu Hao again: "A good actor like you deserves the proper pomp and ceremony."
Lu Hao terminated his contract with his previous company amicably and signed with Strawberry Entertainment. Strawberry Entertainment was willing to hold a grand media meeting for him, which was tantamount to giving him face.
Of course he wouldn't refuse.
"Thank you, Mr. Sun. I am sorry for the trouble caused to the entire company."
"How can this be considered hard work? This is happiness." Mr. Sun patted Lu Hao on the shoulder and said, "Let's go and have a quick meal together at noon."
"Boss Sun, this is such a coincidence. I asked my assistant to contact Zhao Zhao's assistant and wanted to invite him to dinner..."
"Zhao Zhao is also in the company today?" Mr. Sun's smile became even brighter: "That's great, let's go and have dinner together."
Lu Hao felt that after hearing that Li Zhao was in the company, Mr. Sun's eyes seemed to be shining.
Li Zhao originally planned to invite Lu Hao to dinner, but he didn't expect that Mr. Sun would find him personally and enthusiastically invite him to have dinner with Lu Hao.
Seeing that Mr. Sun was so insistent, Li Zhao had no choice but to agree.
Oh, I accidentally saved the money for lunch.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, Lu Hao witnessed the kindness and amiability of the boss of Strawberry Entertainment.
"Zhao Zhao, is there anything you shouldn't eat?"
"The red wine here is pretty good, would you like to try some?"
"Don't drink? It's better for young people not to drink."
Seeing Mr. Sun and Assistant Cao's enthusiasm for Li Zhao, Lu Hao felt that his previous judgment was a bit wrong. Li Zhao is not Strawberry Entertainment’s biological son, but more like their biological father.
He secretly felt suspicious. Mr. Sun was a person in the entertainment industry who could stomp his feet to scare countless big names. Why would he be so polite to Li Zhao?
Is this old fox trying to please Li Zhao, or is he trying to please some big shot behind Li Zhao?
Looking at Li Zhao again, this half-grown kid who could happily eat the appetizers provided by the restaurant did not look like he had any backing.
Which of those actors with a big background in the circle is not supported by big directors and big productions?
Li Zhao is not even qualified to play the lead role in a TV series that is broadcast on TV. During the days on the crew, he was filming honestly, and no one came to discuss with him, the male lead, about changing or adding scenes.
I finally got a job as the male lead in a movie, and it's a very badass role. It's said that the subject matter is some alien science fiction.
The level of domestic alien science fiction dramas can be roughly divided into two categories: one is extremely bad, and the other is not too bad.
Does this look like a movie that an actor with a big backstage would make?
Only the endorsement of Cangshi watches seemed to have a backer. But ever since the top management of Canghuan publicly expressed their appreciation for Li Zhao on a TV show, Lu Hao felt that Li Zhao got this endorsement because of his personal charm.
Even he himself thinks that Li Zhao is the most likable young actor of the same period.
"I heard from Luo Rong that your new movie is about to start filming?" Mr. Sun said, "The company has arranged a special makeup artist for you. When you join the crew, bring them with you."
"Mr. Sun, there is a makeup artist in the crew..."
"That won't work. With your current popularity, if you don't have a dedicated makeup artist, your peers will laugh at you." Mr. Sun laughed and said, "You just need to focus on filming. The company will help you with other matters."
"Boss Sun is right." Lu Hao raised his glass and clinked it with Li Zhao's. "With your current position, if you don't have enough accompanying personnel, others will think that you are not valued by the company and will bully you unscrupulously."
"Thank you, Mr. Sun." Li Zhao agreed.
After the meal, Lu Hao discovered that although Mr. Sun was enthusiastic towards Li Zhao, he was very tactful and would not let people have any bad associations.
For someone who has been in a high position for a long time, being able to do this can only mean that he respects Li Zhao to the point of trying to please him.
Lu Hao silently glanced at Li Zhao, who was eating the free fruit plate provided by the restaurant.
Schrödinger's background.
Li Zhao's cell phone rang, and Mr. Sun, who was talking, immediately stopped all movement.
"Sorry." Li Zhao apologized to the two of them quietly, answered the phone and walked towards the bathroom.
He vaguely heard Li Zhao call the person on the other end of the phone "Tingting".
Clang.
The chopsticks in Mr. Sun's hand fell on the edge of the bowl, making a harsh sound.
"My hand slipped." Mr. Sun smiled politely, but his hand holding the cup was shaking a little.
Lu Hao didn't know, but he knew who this "Tingting" was.
The call was initiated by Mr. Ting, which shows how close their private relationship is.
Some time ago, he heard people say that Mr. Ting moved into the villa where he lived when he was young, but the news has not been confirmed. It was not until a few days ago when he watched "Return to the Mountains" that he discovered that the place where Li Zhao lived was exactly where Mr. Zhongting was rumored to live now.
If he still can't guess the relationship between the two, he has lived in vain for all these years.
The mysterious, ruthless and cold Mr. Ting actually has such a good relationship with the artists of Strawberry Entertainment. Of course, he kept the news secret and secretly rejoiced under the quilt.
There were too many people who wanted to cling to Mr. Ting, and with the help of Li Zhao, he finally saw the hope of becoming a thigh pendant.
"I'm having dinner with Mr. Sun and Mr. Lu Hao outside." Li Zhao explained his schedule: "Have you eaten yet?"
"good."
"I'll pick you up from get off work tonight."
After hanging up the phone, Li Zhao returned to the dining table and said, "I'm sorry, my friend called and delayed everyone's time."
"It's okay. We're having a private meal at our company. There's no need to be polite." Mr. Sun smiled even more enthusiastically. "Is it your friend who's looking for you? If you're in a hurry, I'll ask Cao Jia to drive you there."
"It's okay. He's still working at the company. I can pick him up from get off work this afternoon." Li Zhao picked up the chopsticks and asked, "Shall we continue eating?"
"Yes, let's eat." Mr. Sun nodded.
Lu Hao and Li Zhao had been on the crew for a few months and were already very familiar with each other. Seeing that Li Zhao called him by his nickname and took over the shift, he couldn't help but ask, "Zhao Zhao, are you in a relationship?"
Falling in love at such a young age is not good for his career development.
If it was someone else, he would not bother to persuade them, and might even offend them, but Li Zhao was different: "Zhao Zhao, you are still young, try not to think about love too early."
"Cough, cough, cough!" Mr. Sun covered his throat and coughed desperately. The look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Hao was filled with fear and anxiety.
Lu Hao, I advise you to have a stronger desire to survive.
What you said today, if it gets to Mr. Ting's ears, it will cause someone to die.
"Mr. Sun, are you okay?" Seeing that Mr. Sun's cheeks were red from coughing, Lu Hao didn't bother to persuade Li Zhao and reached out to pat Mr. Sun on the back.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Mr. Sun said with a smile, "Teacher Lu, our company does not interfere with the private lives of artists, and it's okay to fall in love."
Lu Hao:? ? ?
As the CEO of an entertainment company, is it appropriate for you to say such things?
Are you worthy of your identity?
"But I think..."
"As long as Zhao Zhao thinks it's appropriate, it's fine." Mr. Sun turned his head to look at Li Zhao: "Am I right?"
Li Zhao:? ? ?
What is right or wrong?
He nodded blankly.
No matter what your boss says, just clap your hands and say it's right.
Lu Hao looked at Li Zhao, then at President Sun, and began to wonder how Strawberry Entertainment became a top-notch company in the industry.
Do you rely on your boss to support young artists in dating?
This company is toxic.
Canghuan’s employee benefits are very good and there is enough time for lunch. As a newcomer to the branch, Zhu Xia has never had the opportunity to access important company documents.
In fact, it's not just her. The other two interns have been in the company for one or two months and have not had the opportunity to access core files.
She could understand that for a company as big as Cang Huan, any wrong decision could cause a huge shock to the business community.
"Sister Xia." An old employee put a folder on Zhu Xia's desk and said, "Print out this document immediately and check the data. Come upstairs with me in half an hour and hand it over to the secretariat."
Zhu Xia took the document, which was the new product planning plan for the branch company where she previously worked. After quickly checking the data, Zhu Xia went to the printing room.
"Sister Xia." Wei Tian followed behind her: "Do you need my help?"
"It's okay. There's not much information to print." After the information was printed, Zhu Xia picked up the document with the back facing up and continued to put it with the back facing up. Seeing Wei Tian still standing at the door, she smiled and asked, "Have you finished your work?"
"I'm an intern, so I don't have much work to do." Wei Tian looked at Zhu Xia enviously: "Although Sister Xia was transferred from the branch, her work ability is not worse than those in the head office."
"What's the difference between a head office and a branch? We are all colleagues when we work together." Zhu Xia picked up the last piece of information and put it in a file box. "Your internship will end soon. Don't worry. With your ability, you will definitely get good grades in the assessment."
"Thank you." Wei Tian glanced at the tightly closed file box and turned back to her seat.
The old woman, Zhu Xia, is simply a veteran in the office. She is very careful at work and she has no chance to access core information at all.
After Wei Tian left, Zhu Xia quickly sorted out the documents and walked to her colleague: "The documents are ready. Here they are."
"Come with me." The colleague, holding a thick stack of documents, whispered, "You have been in the head office for more than a week, and you haven't been upstairs yet, right?"
Zhu Xia shook her head.
"Let me tell you, there is a very serious taboo in our CEO's office. You must remember it." The colleague's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible: "Never, ever, ever call the big boss Mr. Xu in front of him."
"Why?" Zhu Xia was puzzled. Isn't the boss's surname Xu?
"We don't know either, it seems to be related to his childhood." The colleague shook his head: "Anyway, just remember, don't call him Mr. Xu."
"So what do you usually call him?"
"You can call him Boss or Mr. Ting." The colleague pressed the elevator button and whispered in Zhu Xia's ear, "I heard that Special Assistant Qin and the secretariat all call the boss Mr. Ting."
Looking at the light in the elevator, Zhu Xia suddenly felt that the head office was like an unsolvable chess game, full of mysteries everywhere.
The elevator arrived at the chairman's office floor.
She looked at the pale light in the corridor and the shiny floor. She held her breath unconsciously and became stiff all over.
Here, she couldn't feel any life at all, as if there was no living person on the entire floor, and it was frighteningly quiet.
"Are you here to deliver documents?" A woman with her hair combed back and wearing a business suit came out of the office. She glanced at Zhu Xia and took the file box from her hand: "Are you a new colleague transferred from the branch office?"
Zhu Xia glanced at her name tag and saw that she was from the secretariat: "Yes."
"Welcome to the head office. I wish you a pleasant work." She curled the corners of her mouth, and her smile was so standard that there was not a single flaw to be found.
"Thank you." Zhu Xia thanked him and was about to leave with her colleague when she heard footsteps coming from the end of the corridor.
"Sir, Cangshi watches are selling very well and are highly praised in the market..."
Zhu Xia looked up and saw Special Assistant Qin following a man with a very respectful attitude.
But when she saw the man's face clearly, her knees went weak and she almost fell to her knees on the cold floor.
"What's wrong with you?" A colleague noticed that something was wrong with her and reached out to hold her arm.
"My knees are a little weak." Sister Xia didn't want her legs to be weak, but her knees wouldn't obey her.
The secretary frowned. What's wrong with Zhu Xia? Before joining the head office, her comprehensive personal ability score was very high. Why did she have such a reaction when she saw the gentleman?
The moment he pushed open the door, Yan Ting suddenly stopped and turned to look at the end of the corridor.
Across the brightly lit corridor, his eyes met Zhu Xia's.
Zhu Xia's body swayed and she managed to stand steady by holding on to the wall.
There must be something wrong with this world. Who is she? Where is she? What is she doing?
"Sir?" Qin Xiao saw Yan Ting stop without warning and had an obvious emotional reaction. He followed his gaze and saw only two staff members from the assistant department and one staff member from the secretariat.
Is there something wrong with this newcomer Zhu Xia?
This shouldn't be the case. He had thoroughly checked Zhu Xia's identity and found that she had a clean background, strong working ability, and most importantly, very good character.
She grew up in an orphanage and after being admitted to a prestigious university, she has been giving back to the orphanage that raised her. There is nothing suspicious about her and she has no connection with her husband.
Yan Ting stood in front of the door for a few seconds, then turned around and walked towards Zhu Xia.
Zhu Xia, who graduated from a prestigious university, is hardworking, strong and brave, finally experienced at this moment what it means for the wind to roar, the horses to neigh, and the brain to roar.
How could her Zhaozhao's boyfriend be such a mysterious and cold boss?
How could such a big guy, a real demolition tycoon, become a big boss?
Didn't she really travel through time and space into a twisted drama?
Thinking about the fact that she had given the big boss a red envelope of 8,800 yuan for the meeting, Zhu Xia felt that she was extremely awesome.
She is going to heaven!
clatter.
clatter.
The footsteps were getting closer.
Yan Ting stopped in front of Zhu Xia.
The atmosphere was so stagnant that it was hard to breathe.
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