GTKAWF C.56

Warning! some part of this chapter may contain s*xual harassment that may be uncomfortable for some of the audiences.

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Seeing that she hadn't replied back for a long time, Bei Mingfan called her directly, and as soon as the call connected, he said cheerfully: “And he has already signed it. When you come back tomorrow, I will arrange a dinner banquet to meet with investors in the evening, and you need sign the contract on the spot, you must not miss this chance.”

Sheng Qiao: “......”

After waiting for a while, Bei Mingfan asked her: "Why don't you speak?”

Sheng Qiao: "I don’t really have anything to say.”

Bei Mingfan: "Oh, just forget that you hate Huo Xi. Always remember that work is work, and do you know what the words Huo Xi represent? It represents high ratings!”

Sheng Qiao: “Do you know what the four words ’Huo Xi x Sheng Qiao' represents? It means I will be killed by his fans.”

Bei Mingfan: “......” Hey, it's all because Xingyao's popularity had been used before, and both of you had to be tied up without a cooperative relationship. Now that it's a true cooperative work, due to the past issues, it's indeed a bit tricky to speculate the cp in the drama

Bei Mingfan said, “At this point, even if you do not sign the contract and hand over such a good opportunity to others. His fans will not thank you, on the contrary, they will just mock you. In every decision you make they will criticize you, whether you like it or not especially the film industry is so big, and it is also inevitable to cooperate with Huo Xi in the future. We let our work speak for itself.”

He was really afraid that Sheng Qiao would refuse to sign the contract when thinking arbitrarily.

He has now understood the character of this girl by seven or eight points. She is very vocal and on point with her ideas and has no behind motives. She will also seriously complete the work entrusted to her, but once it involves her so-called bottom line or principles, it is impossible to change her mind.

He was really not sure if it was her principle to hate Huo Xi.

Again, there was no sound heard on the other end of the phone, and Bei Mingfan’s heartbeat was tensed until he heard her say, “You have worked hard to grab up this resource for me. You can arrange the rest.”

The stone in Bei Mingfan's heart were finally lifted.

Early the next morning, Sheng Qiao got on the plane back to China. When the recording began, several guests had come separately, but when they went back, they were on the same flight, and all six of them were in the first class.

The recording of the next season will be a week later, and it won't be long before they all meet again. So, there is no reluctance when they were parting ways. It's even quite lively, the plane was full of talk and laughter. Also, before Sheng Qiao had gotten on the plane, she received a message from Le Xiao reminding her to sign a photo of Shen Junyi, but she was really reluctant to talk to him.

When everyone became a little sleepy and they sat back to their seats to rest, she slowly got up and walked to Shen Junyi.

He is playing the mobile version of Super Mario, and he doesn't know how many times he has been hit and killed by a turtle along the way. This person really has nothing to do with games in his life.

Sheng Qiao cleared her throat and whispered, “I have a friend who is a fan of yours. Can you send her an autographed photo?”

Shen Junyi was killed by the tortoise again, raised his head and squeezed his eyes at her, and said calmly: "Brother, you can just ask me directly if you want my autograph, what ‘friend’ are you talking about?”

Sheng Qiao: "......I don't want it, it's really my friend who wanted your autograph, her name is Le Xiao.”

Shen Junyi: "Okay, but I don't have one on me right now. Just send me an address, and I will go back and write it then send it to you.”

Le Xiao was filming in a foreign country recently, so Sheng Qiao sent him the address of her home.

After getting off the plane, the fans who picked them up crowded the airport. Of course, Shen Junyi's fans were the majority of this crowd, with red fanlights and signs everywhere. While the fans of several other artists are sandwiched in the red sea trying to prove their existence.

There are actually a lot of silver banners. After seeing Sheng Qiao, they have gathered in all directions with her as the center, like little stars, and finally became the Milky Way.

Sure enough, they had also prepared a lot of gifts for Sheng Qiao and handed them to her one by one. In the end Sheng Qiao couldn't take them all. Ding Jian and Zhou Kan also couldn't take much with their suitcases. Sheng Qiao said with regret: “Just send the gifts to the company, I will take all of your gift’s home.” Qiao’s Fan did what she said.

Shen Junyi was next to her and blew a kiss to his fans as a goodbye, then he turned around and took the gift in Shen Qiao’s arms, smiled and said, “I'll get these gifts for your idol, everyone come here, and give it to me. I'll help her take it to the car."”

Shen Qiao didn't care when she heard it, so she stuffed it into his hand.

Shen Junyi’s fans, who knows the truth of his actions, yelled next to him: “Shen Junyi! Don't accept gifts from other fans! We will buy you whatever you want!”

The scene was chaotic for a while……

After getting in the car, the trunk was stuffed with gifts. Shen Junyi took out the last gift box from his pocket and handed it to Sheng Qiao in the car, waving at her: “Brother, see you next week."”

Sheng Qiao "...goodbye.”

Shen Junyi’s fans shouted from the side: "Husband! Don't laugh at other women!”

Shen Junyi turned his head and said, "What woman, that's my brother!”

Sheng Qiao get in the car hastily: “... drive fast!”

The driver then sent her home. While on the road, she received a call from Bei Mingfan and told her that the dinner for tonight was booked. And asked her to take a break and change into more formal clothes. Fang Bai will come to pick her up later.

Zhou Kan originally wanted to stay to style her hair and put makeup on her, but Sheng Qiao thought it was an ordinary dinner, and its fine to just put on a light makeup and tidy up her appearance and let him go back to rest.

She took a bath, then curled up on the bed and rested for a while. First, she looked on the list that she had made and checked her itinerary for the next two days. Seeing that it was soon Huo Xi’s arrival of the third concert tour, Shen Qiao was too delighted, and was secretly exclaiming in her heart.

In an instant, she had remembered that she was about to cooperate with her idol, and she covered his head with a quilt and sighed deeply.

According to her own thoughts, of course, she didn't want to have this kind of open cooperation with Huo Xi, especially in TV series, both in terms of ratings and attention, since the male and female protagonists must have quite a lot of interaction during the broadcast of the drama.

Both companies and the producers will also issue corresponding announcements to stir up rumors to maintain the popularity of the drama, which is a routine operation in the entertainment circle.

But she is not just a normal person, what she does will affect the staff around her. She has a company and a team. Needless to say, they have paid a lot to get this resource. So, she can't turn this opportunity down and be so selfish.

Speaking of her work, she cannot disappoint everyone who trusts her.

she just doesn’t know if Huo Xi would be willing to cooperate with herself?

After thinking about it, she got up a little nervously and called Huo Xi. It took a long time to connect. His voice was shallow and tired: "Are you back?”

“Hmm! Huo Xi, what are you doing?”

“Recording the show, intermission.”

“Oh... that, Huo Xi, there is something...”

“Hmm?”

She bit her little finger and said slowly: "I just heard that you signed a contract of a drama and you’re the male lead, right?”

“Correct.”

“In that drama, the female lead that the management is in contact with..." She laughed dryly: "It seems to be me.”

“I know.”

“What?" She turned her head and her eyes widened, “You know?"”

“Well, has the contract been signed?”

“Today... I have an appointment with the investors tonight, and I will sign it after dinner." She was still a little confused, “When did you know? So are you willing to cooperate with me?”

“……”

For a long time, she heard him say faintly: "Why do you have the idea that I am unwilling to cooperate with you?”

Sheng Qiao: “......”

He asked in a low voice, "Where is the dinner party taking place tonight?"”

Sheng Qiao had told him the location, still a little dizzy and hesitating: “Do you really not mind cooperating with me? What if I can't act well, what if I delay you back?”

“Since the producers have chosen you, they have their reasons why. And you will be the one who to decide whether you can act well or not. You won’t drag me back, instead you will only hinder yourself.”

Huo Xi's attitude towards work has always been very strict, even a little picky, which is why he has made rapid progress in recent years.

Sheng Qiao's mind which was a little dazed at first, became sober in an instant.

She whispered: "I see, Huo Xi, I will work hard.”

She will work hard, not for him, but only for herself.

Soon it was evening, Sheng Qiao changed her clothes and put on makeup, Fang Bai had already driven to pick her up, and Bei Mingfan was also in the car. The dinner was set at a high-end club on the outskirts of town. Bei Mingfan talked to her and explained a lot along the way, and finally said, “If they said something unpleasant, just pretend not to hear it. The investment is too big, as long as you don’t step to the bottom line, the verbal arguments, the forbearance will pass.”

(T/N: I want to smack Bei Mingfan by this teaching, albeit its true haish. Save our Sheng Qiao from him.)

Sheng Qiao understood what he meant and nodded.

After arriving at the clubhouse, Bei Mingfan led her inside and opened the door and went in. The inside was filled with smoke, and the investors and producers were all there, puffing away smoke.

Bei Mingfan smiled as he guided Sheng Qiao to say hello and greet them one by one, and the other party responded with a smile, but they did not get up, and they even looked at her nakedly.

After saying hello, Sheng Qiao was about to take a seat, when the middle-aged man wearing glasses opposite smiled and said, “Come on, Xiao Qiao, sit here. I’m curious, why the producer recommended you to us, and even praised you so much. Come here, let me take a good look.”

That is the chief investor of the drama, and they called him Mr. Jiang.

Sheng Qiao glanced at Bei Mingfan, Bei Mingfan signaled that it was fine, and nodded, Sheng Qiao had no choice but to sit down.

(T/N: SEE BEI MINGFAN IS REALLY AN AHOLE ლ(ಠ_ಠლ))

As soon as she sat down, Mr. Jiang's hands came up from behind and placed it on the back of the chair behind her, put his palms on her shoulders, and patted her heavily. He had drunk wine, and his breath smelled of wine. He looked at her sideways and smiled: "Sure enough, you can afford that compliment, Xiao Qiao, I will hand over this female lead role to you. You have to play well. Don't let everyone down.”

(T/N: HANDS OFF YOU STINKY PIG (ง'̀-'́)ง)

Sheng Qiao tried his best to hold back the discomfort, and rolled up a smile: “Mr. Jiang, don't worry.”

He seemed very satisfied. His hands changed from patting to hugging, and he took her stiff body to his side, as if nothing had happened, and said, "Eat, eat, let the waiter serve the food.”

As soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open.

Mr. Jiang didn't didn’t even raise his head: "Waiter, come on, give Xiao Qiao...”

The producer stood up for a moment: “Huo Xi? Why are you here?”

The person at the door took off his hat, turned his head to look at the room, and smiled lightly: “In this kind of occasion, how can you celebrate without the leading actor?”

He walked in.

Sheng Qiao suddenly raised her head and looked over, the anger that she was holding firmly, went straight up from her heart, and twisted it around, and the effect rushed out of her eyes, as they all turned into aggrieved tears.

He approached calmly amidst the complicated gazes of the room, sat down, pointed to the empty seat beside him, and said calmly, "Sheng Qiao, sit here."

Sheng Qiao was about to get up but suddenly.

Mr. Jiang firmly pressed her shoulders, pressed her back into the chair, and asked with a sneer: "Oh, Huo Xi, what do you mean?"”

Huo Xi looked up and glanced at the hands he put on Sheng Qiao's shoulder, his lips still raised, but there was no smile in his voice: “Literally." Looking at Sheng Qiao in a blink of an eye, “What? Do you want me to come and invite you in person?”

The producer hurriedly went to Mr. Jiang: “Mr. Jiang, forget it, forget it.”

Sheng Qiao took the opportunity to get up, broke free from the clutches, and walked to Huo Xi as if fleeing.

She didn't dare to look up and bit her lip tightly to keep the humiliating tears from flowing out.

After a while, there was a heavy weight on her shoulders, and it was Huo Xi who took off his coat and put it on her shoulders.

He picked up the wine glass and smiled at everyone as if nothing had happened: “I'm late, so I'll punish myself with three glasses.”

Three glasses of strong liquor, , without any hesitation, were poured into his mouth one after another.

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End of Chapter 56

T/N: guys if some of you may have encountered, or will encounter such experience in the future. Report those irregularities to your respective authorities. And always remember that anyone can be a victim, regardless of gender or even the way you wear. Be vigilant! xoxo

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