Chapter 43: Busy Days

[Ah Yue: ??? What do you mean?] Always online to take the blame for Yu Yue. Ignoring Yu Yue’s reply, he got up and went to wash up. He had just finished a near two-hour video call with Yu Xiaozhe, watching them busy on the other end while he had nothing to do. Ruan Xingwen walked back to the bedroom with a toothbrush in his mouth to get his phone, [Wen Xingcui: Brother Ze, how soon can I have work assignments after signing the contract tomorrow?] He waited a few seconds without receiving a reply, muttered: "Brother Ze must be busy," and threw the phone back on the bed, turning around to continue brushing his teeth. After tidying everything up, he finally laid comfortably back in bed. Ruan Xingwen hugged the quilt and had a dreamless night. ========================= While Ruan Xingwen was sleeping soundly, Yu Xiaozhe’s studio was extremely busy. And for the next ten days or so, the online trending topics continued to ferment. The signing affairs Yu Xiaozhe planned were also postponed, and the production team even suspended Zeng Xu’s scenes, pushing Yang Xiaotu’s role to be filmed later. "Xiao Ye, print out this document and deliver it to President Yu’s office. Xiao Xu, come on, revise this draft, don’t make it seem like we’re bullying others, make sure to portray ourselves as ’victims,’ understand?" Zhang He stood in the center of the studio busily issuing a series of tasks, finally turning to instruct the secretary beside her: "And also, Manman, ask everyone what they’d like to drink, coffee or milk tea, it’s all fine, we’ve worked hard all night!" Xiao Xu chimed in: "No worries! Everyone knows whenever we work overtime, the boss sends out red packets! Haha." Everyone echoed in agreement. Indeed, every time the boss hit the hot search, the studio became busy. If it’s positive news, it’s easier; they only need to guide the comments section and let the heat slowly go down. But if it’s negative news like the previous "Yu Xiaozhe beating people at the set," the studio gets very busy. They need to contact all the respective parties and negotiate with the side that created the hot search, requiring a lot of work. But this hot search staying in the top spot is also related to Zeng Xu, who spent a lot of money to buy fake followers. ——Knock Knock Knock——— "Come in." "Coffee. Old Yu, isn’t the hot search going to be taken down?" Zhang He reached out and placed the coffee on the desk. "Thanks. No need to bother, we’ll discuss it after signing the contract with Xingxing tomorrow." Yu Xiaozhe continued looking at the document on the computer. This made Zhang He very interested in Ruan Xingwen, "I’m really curious now, what makes you and Xiao Yue like him so much? It’s just been a few days! By the way, how many times have you met?" Yu Xiaozhe pinched his high nose, thought carefully, "Met once." He sipped the coffee. Zhang He was utterly shocked, "What the heck?! You only met once? And you’re helping him with his troubles and signing a contract?" She reached out to palpate Yu Xiaozhe’s forehead, checking if he was sick. Yu Xiaozhe dodged Zhang He’s hand, glanced at her, and said quite meaningfully, "Some people, it’s confirmed the moment you see them, it’s them." "Pfft, it’s just him, so what aspect are you sure about?" Zhang He teased. "Every aspect." "Come on, Old Yu. Are you serious?" Yu Xiaozhe only gave her a look, ignoring her, placing the coffee cup aside, and continued dealing with emails sent by his secretary. Recently, those older generation people started becoming restless again, continuously making small moves, seems like he shouldn’t dwell on past favors and should handle this quickly. Seeing Yu Xiaozhe returning to work, Zhang He didn’t disturb him further, initially just coming in to deliver a cup of coffee, not expecting to get such significant info. Smoothing her suit sleeves, she gracefully left the office. As Zhang He walked, she thought, "Looks like, soon, the Yu Family will have a ’Young Madam,’ this is a big deal, should gossip with Grandpa later, maybe even visit Grandpa after discussing the contract tomorrow?" "Sister He, what are you thinking about? Smiling so slyly!" At this moment, Xiao Xu, passing by the office door, looked at Zhang He’s smile, a bit scared, and asked. Gave Xiao Xu a flick on the forehead, "Get lost, your sister here is so elegant, yet you see slyness?" Xiao Xu, seeing her threatening eyes, dared not retort, "Yes yes yes, Sister He is the most elegant, Sister He is the most beautiful!" "Hmph, that’s more like it, go do your work!" "Okay, bye Sister He!" Xiao Xu hurriedly ran away. =================== ———Bang——— "How many times do I have to tell you! Don’t provoke Yu Xiaozhe! Don’t provoke Yu Xiaozhe! Why won’t you listen?! And even decided to buy trending topics on your own?!" Zeng Xu’s agent, Brother Wang, pushed open Zeng Xu’s hospital room door furiously, shouting at the person still lying in the bed. Yet Zeng Xu remained lying leisurely on the hospital bed, completely indifferent to the agent’s words, "Tsk, so what if not to provoke? Isn’t he still hesitant to clarify on Weibo? So many people on set saw him hit me, how is he going to clarify that?" He picked up a washed apple, took a bite, chewed while continuing, "Brother Wang, you’re just too timid. Let me tell you, that Yu Xiaozhe is nothing, just backed by Huasheng’s boss, getting all the resources." Brother Wang was nearly driven crazy by this idiot Zeng Xu who dared to offend people so recklessly, "What do you know? Huasheng’s boss? Yu Xiaozhe is the damn boss of Huasheng! If you don’t have a brain, can’t you consult me before doing things? I think you’ve been spoiled silly by President Zhang!" The apple in Zeng Xu’s hand "thud" dropped onto the quilt, rolling down to the floor, "Wha...what?" Now he was truly stunned, absolutely panicking. Yu Xiaozhe is Huasheng’s boss? "Why didn’t you tell me before?!" Brother Wang laughed in exasperation, "I didn’t tell you? Didn’t I tell you not to offend Yu Xiaozhe, not to provoke him? Didn’t I tell you not to use your lowly methods to approach him? You think everyone is like President Zhang?" He paused, caught his breath, and continued, "I can’t control the path you chose, nor can I. President Zhang wanted to promote you these past two years, so I said nothing. But have you really become so clueless due to being favored?" "In past minor productions, I didn’t stop you from bullying newcomers because it’s not new in this industry. But even in Director Wang’s set, you dare make trouble? You think Yu Xiaozhe is like those newbies? He’s been in the field for over a decade with no scandal; you think he doesn’t have any background?" After venting for a long time, Brother Wang had almost dispelled his anger, looking at the dumbfounded Zeng Xu on the hospital bed, he couldn’t help but sigh, "Sigh, there’s no other way now, I’ll contact Yu Xiaozhe’s agent to see if there’s any room for negotiation, and then take down the trending topics, you’ll apologize to him." Hearing about the trending topics, Zeng Xu suddenly reacted, anxiously searching for his phone. After finding it, he urgently dialed a number, "Hello, don’t..." Whatever was said on the other end made Zeng Xu’s face, already lacking color, turn even more ashen. Hanging up, he looked at Brother Wang, muttering, "Brother Wang, I’m truly done for this time."