Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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When Gu Yuan heard about dim sum, she immediately became interested: “Is it the chef that Nie Yu hired?”
Nie Nanqing noticed the light flashing in Gu Yuan’s eyes and couldn’t help but smile for a moment, thinking that she was a young girl after all: “No.”
Gu Yuan was obviously a little disappointed, but she still smiled and said, “Then I’ll go over and try it.”
Nie Nanqing: “He is the mentor of the chef that Nie Yu hired.”
Gu Yuan: “Ah?”
Nie Nanqing laughed out loud: “Ms. Gu, if you want to watch the fashion show later, you can ask the assistant to take you to the special VIP room in front. However, there is still some time before the auction officially starts, so you should rest first, as it will get very late tonight.”
Gu Yuan nodded quickly: “Okay.”
Here, Nie Nanqing watched the assistant escort Gu Yuan back, and his eyes slowly turned to Lu Zhiqian.
And when the look that originally contained a rare hint of tenderness was directed at Lu Zhiqian, it had turned cold.
Although Lu Zhiqian was a popular movie star, he was also an artist under Hezong Tianxia and had a contract. He was thus an employee of Nie Nanqing.
It could be said that just one word from Nie Nanqing could throw him into an abyss from which he could never recover.
No matter how famous or talented you are, if you don’t have the opportunity to show up, you will slowly be forgotten.
What’s more, he had gotten old, already 45 years old, and it was already difficult for him to maintain this status. The new generation would push the old generation out, and if he didn’t move forward, he would fall behind. A group of young guys younger than him may beat him to death on the beach at any time.
“I, I…” Lu Zhiqian forced a smile: “Mr. Nie, it’s nothing, I was just joking with Miss Gu, I, I don’t know Miss Gu…”
What should he say now?
Who knew that this damn Gu Yuan actually hooked up with Nie Nanqing?
She could actually be with such an old man? Nie Nanqing was already over 40 years old! She really ate all kinds of things, was she shameless?
However, Nie Nanqing could not hide these perfunctory words.
Nie Nanqing looked at Lu Zhiqian with sharp eyes. He said calmly, “Mr. Lu, you have made great achievements under Hezong Tianxia in recent years. I admire you very much. You just need to work hard on your movies and the company will try its best to arrange the right resources for you. However, since you are an artist, you should do your duty well and don’t think about those crooked ways. We have known each other for so many years, you should know that I, Nie Nanqing, hate those who abuse power for personal gain the most!”
These words were said with righteousness and justice.
Lu Zhiqian looked stiffly at Nie Nanqing in front of him, with a sentence floating in his mind: Aren’t you also abusing your power for personal gain to protect your little lover?
But he didn’t dare say it.
Nie Nanqing could teach him a lesson, but he could not teach Nie Nanqing a lesson.
This was power, this was money, this was the difference in status.
Lu Zhiqian felt a dull pain in his chest. Did it matter that he was the best actor with millions of fans, or the trophies and honours he received? In the end, he still had to bow his head in front of Nie Nanqing and say with a smile, “Yes, President Nie is right.”
Nie Nanqing said a few more words, and finally let Lu Zhiqian leave because it was time for him to prepare for the fashion show.
Lu Zhiqian left dejectedly. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved and uncomfortable he felt.
Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan, do you still remember what you said back then? You said that it doesn’t matter if we don’t have connections, but as long as we work hard, we can make a name for ourselves. But now, you have hooked up with Luo Juntian and then with Nie Nanqing. You are taking advantage of everyone, big or small, and not letting anyone off!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a few female stars walking over in fancy clothes, and Hu Yuejing happened to be among them.
Hu Yuejing saw Lu Zhiqian and found a reason to call Lu Zhiqian aside to talk.
“Your Gu Yuan is really amazing.” Hu Yuejing said with a smile: “I didn’t expect that she is so capable.”
“Yes, I didn’t expect that either!” Lu Zhiqian gritted his teeth and said, “Nie Nanqing has never been interested in women, but I didn’t expect that he would be bewitched by her!”
“Nie Nanqing?” Hu Yuejing frowned: “Gu Yuan and Mr. Nie Nanqing are hooking up?”
“What, you don’t know?” Lu Zhiqian felt sad and depressed when he mentioned it.
Although he had broken up with Gu Yuan a long time ago, in his heart, Gu Yuan was still the girl who was lying weakly on the hospital bed and needed him. Even in these long twenty-five years, he always had an illusion that as long as he looked back, Gu Yuan would be there, waiting for him.
As a result, now, Gu Yuan was flirting with men everywhere!
“I only saw Gu Yuan and Nie Yu holding each other’s arms. They were so close, they were almost walking close to each other!” Hu Yuejing was very annoyed when she thought of this.
“She and Nie Yu? How is it possible? How could she be hooking up with Nie Yu?” Lu Zhiqian couldn’t understand. Wasn’t she hooking up with Nie Nanqing?
Seeing how Nie Nanqing defended her just now and the tone he used when speaking to her, saying that there was nothing wrong with these two people, he just didn’t believe it.
“You don’t believe it?” Hu Yuejing said sarcastically, “Why don’t you think about how Gu Yuan got the role in “The Legend of Xuanji”? It was decided by Master Nie himself. At that time, Gu Yuan wore a high-end dress to the audition. Master Nie personally admitted that he arranged the high-end dress for Gu Yuan. What do you think is the relationship?”
“Really?” Lu Zhiqian still couldn’t understand why Gu Yuan would do such a thing? Both father and son?
“Haha, do you think it’s fake? If you don’t believe me, ask Chen Mingzhi and Ning Sanyue. They were present at the time, and Master Nie said it himself.” Hu Yuejing said this and then slowly said, “If you still don’t believe me, ask the crew of “Legend of Xuanji” and ask them how Director Wang was kicked out of Xingying. It was because he offended your innocent little white flower Gu Yuan, and Master Nie got mad.”
Hu Yuejing left in a daze. Lu Zhiqian was silent for a long time before he left slowly with his shoulders drooped.
….
On the night of BAZARILLA CHARITY GALA, there were cheers outside the venue and the light show illuminated most of the sky in Cloud City. Inside the venue, a specially customized sea of beautiful roses was opened. This charity event that would affect more than one billion people around the world officially began, and a simultaneous live broadcast began on the Internet.
Various media and celebrities gathered here, well-known artists and supermodels walked gracefully on the red carpet, female artists wore high-end dresses from major brands, and male stars wore suits that were dazzling.
Gu Yuan sat in the best viewing position, watching the artists walking by. When she saw her old acquaintance Camille walking by with her long legs that defied heaven, wearing a tight dress that perfectly showed off her devilish figure, she also praised her enthusiastically.
She also took some time to browse the Internet, video sites and Weibo, where there were all kinds of praise and screenshots. Of course, she was more looking forward to the next torch segment. It was said that this year’s torch was lit by four well-known artists, and the artists this time were two men and two women. The two male artists happened to be Lu Zhiqian and Luo Juntian. Fans of these artists online could not wait to cheer.
Gu Yuan looked at the messages, unceremoniously liked Luo Juntian’s Torch Weibo post, and unceremoniously crossed out Lu Zhiqian’s Torch Weibo post.
How could an old man with a facelift that made him look like a ghost be compared with her son? Was he worthy?
She scrolled through Weibo a few more times, and suddenly, a Weibo post jumped into her sight.
“Oh my god, did you see that? Lu Zhiqian and our Juntian suits are from the same brand!!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the experts below started to move forward, and after various discussions and analyses, they finally came to the conclusion: it is the same brand, it is indeed the same brand, and Luo Juntian is their latest spokesperson this year, while Lu Zhiqian was the last year’s spokesperson!
There was a big difference between the new model and the old model. Besides, Lu Zhiqian and Luo Juntian were both movie stars of similar status. One was young and in his prime, at the peak of his career, while the other was 45 years old and was occasionally cued to be old and outdated. When the issue of the new model and the old model came out, the internet was in an uproar.
After a quick analysis, someone immediately pointed out: “Lu Zhiqian was the spokesperson for C last year, and his endorsement expired at the end of this year. This year, C renewed its contract with Juntian, so the two of them are now in the same endorsement period for this company, which is why this embarrassing situation occurred.”
For a while, comments were flooded with comments saying that Lu Zhiqian had flopped, that he was too old, and that he was outdone by the young hunks.
Gu Yuan happily browsed through the comments and was in a good mood.
At this time, Lu Zhiqian looked at Luo Juntian, who was holding the torch with him and preparing to light it, and naturally realized this embarrassing problem.
They turned out to be different spokespersons of the same brand. Luo Juntian was the latest spokesperson, and he was the old one.
Lu Zhiqian didn’t have time to read the news on the Internet, but he knew that when the flash shone on him and Luo Juntian, the photo of the two of them would be exposed on the Internet, and all kinds of rumours would be spread.
He was getting older and his life was going downhill. This was what he least wanted to see, but it was almost inevitable, especially in this kind of situation.
As he was thinking this, it was time to light the torch, and the four artists simultaneously stretched out their hands to light it.
A voice nearby began to remind him, “Teacher Lu, please stand on the steps over there, otherwise you will look too short. Teacher Luo, please squat a little bit.”
Lu Zhiqian looked up suddenly and saw that Luo Juntian next to him was half a head taller than him.
And because of the angle, this half head was exaggerated, making Luo Juntian appear tall and slender, while he had to look up to him.
He quickly half-stepped on the stairs and slightly raised his toes, thus getting out of this predicament.
When he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he happened to see Luo Juntian next to him smiling at him.
His eyebrows were slightly raised, and he was calm and composed, smiling as if he could see through everything.
Caught off guard, Lu Zhiqian felt that all his little thoughts were seen clearly, and his face turned red.
….
When the photo shoot was finally over and everyone returned to their seats, Lu Zhiqian’s seat happened to be next to Luo Juntian’s.
Lu Zhiqian, who finally calmed down, glanced at Luo Juntian and suddenly said with a smile: “Teacher Luo, there is something I don’t know whether I should tell you.”
Luo Juntian: “Oh, Teacher Lu, please speak if you have anything to say.”
The voice was calm and indifferent.
Lu Zhiqian chuckled, his voice intriguing: “Teacher Luo, it must be unpleasant to be cuckolded, right?”
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