Li Jiaqi forced himself to drink red wine calmly. It was already 9 o'clock.
Lan Yening was called away by his boss when he got off the bus.
Zhang Yuze was sipping wine while stroking the jade bracelet on his hand.
call!
Zhang Yuze lit a cigarette.
Smelling this special smell, Li Jiaqi couldn't help but want to take out his cigarette from his bag.
"Don't worry, it's just you and me here." Zhang Yuze seemed to understand the former's thoughts.
Li Jiaqi thought for a while, but couldn't help but take out a cigarette and light it.
"Jia Qi, what plans does Xinghe have for you?"
"He said he would give me a few self-produced small web dramas."
"Then are you ready to take it?"
"...I don't have any other resources now."
Li Jiaqi smiled bitterly. She understood that it was not that Xinghe did not want to push her, but that its own resources were too cruel.
Coupled with the sudden rise of "Tian Dou Girls", major platforms no longer invite them.
"Jiaqi, this drama is a gift from me to you, but my investment cannot go without return."
Zhang Yuze crushed the cigarette in his hand into an expensive white porcelain dinner plate.
Li Jiaqi's heart was beating wildly, what was supposed to come had come.
"Yuze, are we the same as before? Watch me grow step by step." Li Jiaqi looked pitiful, with tears in his eyes.
"Jia Qi, that dream is long gone. I am not the same person I was before, and you are still the same person after you left me."
The corners of Zhang Yuze's mouth raised, revealing a cruel and disdainful smile.
"Yuze, you know, my company does not allow this kind of thing."
"No? Then why doesn't anyone from your company follow you?"
Zhang Yuze's words were like a bolt from the blue. Li Jiaqi was stunned, and his heart felt as if it had been pierced by a sharp knife.
After all, Galaxy is a company that only cares about profits!
The cleanliness of the small theater is just a necessary condition for making money.
But, is the small theater really clean? Aren’t you also in a private relationship?
"Jiaqi, I won't force you or anything, I'm just fulfilling a dream of mine."
"Your dream? Playing wantonly with the goddess you once needed to look up to?"
"I don't want you to understand this way. I would be very happy if you could think of lovers getting married."
Li Jiaqi looked at the other party's seemingly sincere but actually mocking eyes and really wanted to throw a plate at him.
"Jia Qi, I want to hire Lu Hai to direct the next drama. You can get the second female lead."
…
"I won't keep pestering you. Once the filming of the drama is completed, your reward for me will be enough."
Zhang Yuze threw out the candies, poured wine and waited patiently.
Li Jiaqi was at war with nature at this time, and she knew the value of director Lu Hai.
Although he is not a big-name director in the traditional domestic sense, his plays can win awards internationally.
Many actresses dream of working with such a director.
"I-I need to think about it!"
"Yes, but we don't have much time. You have to give me a reply within this week."
Zhang Yuze left these words and stood up to leave. His eyes that seemed to hide a hungry wolf took a deep look at the former.
Li Jiaqi came out of the hotel in despair.
The drizzle of rain was already drifting in the sky.
She didn't call for a taxi, but wanted to wake herself up from the storm.
Ring!
"…leaf!"
"Jia Qi, congratulations on the completion of the new drama."
"How do you know?"
“I saw it when I was browsing Weibo.”
Hearing his friend's voice and attention, Li Jiaqi felt better.
"Yi Zi, are you okay? Can you come and stay with me?"
"...Okay, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Have you eaten?"
"Not yet, I'm waiting for you at... Nanguo Hotel."
Over there, Ye Yuwei, who had not yet taken off her makeup, put the phone on the dressing table.
Today is the meeting between her, Duan Yuxin, and Fu Xiaoyu.
The reason why Penguin arranged this is to test their personal appeal to fans.
All 1,500 seats at the venue were sold out, and Ye Yuwei’s own fans accounted for three-fifths.
At this time, Duan Yuxin was drinking milk tea very disappointed.
She didn't expect that the number of fans would be so overwhelming after she debuted in fourth place.
The same goes for Fu Xiaoyu, and even the psychological pressure is even greater.
She and Meng Meixuan have similar looks, and have been ridiculed for being the inferior version. Unconvinced, she wants to prove herself.
Today's facts made her both sober and sad.
"I'm so tired. I really want to go back and have a good meal." Ye Yuwei broke the oppressive boredom.
"Yes! Let's buy some food and go back!" Duan Yuxin forced a smile.
She didn't want her elder sisters to see her unhappiness.
"I want to have a hot hot pot, but the flavor will change once the food is heated in the microwave." Fu Xiaoyu also joined in the fun.
She thought deeper than Duan Yuxin, and didn't want Ye Yuwei to see her loss, fearing that the other party would be overly concerned.
In fact, Ye Yuwei was afraid that they would be too worried.
"I have a former friend who wants to go out to dinner with me. Do you want to go together?"
"A friend of Xinghe?" Fu Xiaoyu asked immediately.
"yes!"
"Then we'd better not go. Let's catch up with old friends!" Fu smiled and refused.
She could tell that the former actually didn't want them to go.
Otherwise, he wouldn't say that he wanted to go back to have a good meal and rest, which is obviously because he doesn't want to go.
Duan Yuxin didn't understand why Fu Xiaoyu refused.
She felt that it would be nice for the sisters to be together and have friends to meet.
However, she herself also has a high level of quotient. Since Fu Xiaoyu couldn't say anything, she also followed suit.
After hearing their words, Ye Yuwei felt relieved.
She heard that something must have happened to Li Jiaqi, but she couldn't go quietly. If Zhang Zijing found out, she might be worried.
The taxi speeds through the neon lights of the night.
It was already 10:30 when we arrived at the hotel. This place is usually open until 1am and opens at 10am the next day.
"...Ye Zi!" Li Jiaqi, who was sitting in the box, couldn't stop crying when he saw the former.
"Jia Qi!" Ye Yuwei was equally excited and rushed over to hug her tightly.
It's still the same familiar smell and sound.
"Ye Zi, I miss you so much, but I'm afraid you'll find me annoying, so I don't dare to go to you." Li Jiaqi hugged Ye Yuwei and felt like a kitten who had been wronged.
Ye Yuwei gently stroked Jiaqi's hair, and the silky touch gave her the warmth of memories: "Jiaqi, I miss you too, I miss you very much."
"Then why don't you come to me."
"...Jiaqi, let's talk while eating!"
After the initial excitement, Ye Yuwei's rationality gradually returned.
The two of them sat on the chair holding hands, and Li Jiaqi pouted and gave Ye Zi a piece of steamed fish.
"Ye Ye, we have now achieved the freedom of meat."
"Haha! But I still like the days when we eat instant noodles together."
"I thought too, it was so good at that time!"
Ye Yuwei picked up the wine glass. The white wine inside exuded a strong fragrance: "Jiaqi, cheers."
As the slightly spicy wine entered their throats, their bodies gradually became heated.
"Yi Zi, it would be great if we could always be like this."
"Yes! But nine times out of ten, life will be unsatisfactory."
"...Yi Zi, how are you doing there? Have you made any new friends?"
"...I'm lucky, our group is the same as Xinghe."
Li Jiaqi felt a faint pain in his heart when he heard Ye Yuwei talking about Xinghe in such a strange way.
Although she doesn't like Xinghe, this group is her eternal white moonlight.
Now, Ye Yuwei has put herself in the position of a stranger.