The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 360: The Gamble Reappears, Liu Yifei's Plea

"Xue Zhu, isn't that a bit too much?"

Tang Yan looked at Yang Mi and Wang Luodan who were brought into a small room not far away with sympathy.

At this moment, she had already handed the midnight snack in her hand to Xue Yining.

Rather than saying that she prepared a midnight snack for Liu Yifei, it would be more accurate to say that Xue Yining asked her to help bring it from the kitchen.

Of course, getting a midnight snack is not the main purpose.

"We have to warn those who want to get rich overnight that the methods they heard from other places won't work with our boss."

Xue Yining glanced at the small house not far away, then turned and walked towards the main building: "Thank you for the midnight snack."

"Isn't this..." Tang Yan opened his mouth, staring at Xue Yining who had already opened the lunch box and started eating, "Is this for the boss?"

She stood there in a daze for a long time before she reacted. Did she just act as a tool to lure Yang Mi and Wang Luodan into their trap?
But why did she go through so much trouble, and why did she go to the kitchen to get a midnight snack, and why did she bring Yang Mi and Wang Luodan here?
Is it really as simple as Xue Yining said, just to teach those two girls a lesson?
Tang Yan looked at the house that had fallen silent again under the moonlight, shuddered, shrank his head, and fled away.

Following the path that Tang Yan left to the other side is Zhang Chen’s residence.

At this time, Xue Yining had also arrived at the study on the second floor.

"How's it going over there?"

"Other people have been arranged to break the door."

"No matter what trouble comes, we should find time to transfer these people away."

"But."

"I know, but I still don't believe it."

"Okay, I know."

Zhang Chen was wrapped in a bath towel. He watched Xue Yining leave the study, then leaned back in his chair and sighed heavily.

His fame and wealth rose too quickly, and the people around him were more or less unable to adjust their mindsets, or made the wrong decisions.

It's okay for other people, but the bodyguards around him who often keep out female stars who want to curry favor with him have developed some bad habits.

Coming back from a place full of men, they are given a job where they can often come into contact with a large number of goddesses in the eyes of ordinary people. Their hearts, which have been suppressed for a long time and have long been restless, begin to float.

Sometimes things happen that he doesn't like to see without his knowledge.

When the plate was still small, I had my brother Wang who had followed me since my debut to help me, and I could still control the people I recruited.

But once the pie becomes bigger and the needed people come in, there will always be some people with some flawed character who sneak in.

Threats, inducements, empty promises, all kinds of means are used against the little white rabbits who knock on the door, and there are really many stubborn girls who believe them.

This kind of thing is easy to deal with if both of us are willing.

The girls paid something to get a chance to meet Zhang Chen. Although the hope was slim, the girls were willing to take the risk.

In some film and television drama crews, they play the equivalent role of an assistant casting director.

But the key point is that these people are using Zhang Chen as a bargaining chip and are beginning to seduce female stars, which is something Zhang Chen cannot tolerate.

Although this group of people did scare away a lot of people with this behavior.

Things are still under control now, but if it goes on for a long time, and the more people around him do things like this, the more damage to his reputation will be.

There is no wall that is impenetrable, and the behavior of people around him can also affect his personal reputation to a certain extent.

Zhang Chen knew that this kind of thing could not be stopped, but he also couldn't let it happen under his nose.

Especially these people are the ones closest to you in the physical sense.

He hopes that these people have no worldly desires in any sense and have obvious controllable weaknesses. This is the ideal state.

However, this can only be done through slow screening, at least without the training of several generations. If you want to train a complete team, you can only rely on accumulation of time and continuous screening.

"Why does it take so long to take a bath?"

Zhang Chen was still thinking about something in the study. Seeing that he hadn't returned to his room yet, Liu Yifei went straight to the study.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Zhang Chen sitting alone behind the desk. There was only a desk lamp on the desk, making the entire study seem a little dim.

"I just dealt with a small matter." Zhang Chen stood up and walked to Liu Yifei, and naturally put his arm around her waist. "There are so many people who want to get me. You are lucky."

"Shame on you!" Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Zhang Chen. "I'm not stopping you. If you like a girl, you can just ask her to come to your room."

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei's fake smile and laughed out loud: "There are two of you outside the door, how about I call them in?"

"Outside the door?" Liu Yifei crawled out of Zhang Chen's arms and looked up at Zhang Chen curiously: "Who is it?"

"Yang Mi and Wang Luodan."

"They." Liu Yifei frowned, "What are they doing here?"

"What else could he be doing? He wanted to take the place where you just slept."

"What, are you excited?"

"How is that possible? However." Zhang Chen smiled and leaned close to Liu Yifei's ear, "There is a way to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Do you want to know?"

"Huh?" Liu Yifei dodged back. Her ears were a little sensitive and turned red. She replied unhappily, "Sterilization?"

After saying that, her little hand turned into a knife and pointed at Zhang Chen's vital point.

Zhang Chen looked at the little girl speechlessly: "Can't you just squeeze her dry?"

"I noticed that you had sweet dreams tonight." Liu Yifei grabbed Zhang Chen's collar and said, "I'm warning you, don't even think about it until you figure out how to explain this to our parents."

Zhang Chen looked at the delicate little face that was right in front of his nose: "Do you think they don't know what's going on between us?"

"We'll keep it secret for as long as we can!" Liu Yifei's expression was extremely determined.

"I bet they'll find out tomorrow."

"Really? I don't believe it!" Liu Yifei pushed Zhang Chen away, "I've been drunk tonight, how could I possibly know what happened here."

"It's hard to say." Zhang Chen pinched Liu Yifei's chin and asked provocatively, "Do you want to bet?"

Liu Yifei stared at Zhang Chen unwillingly: "Let's gamble, take out your piggy bank!"

"Do you remember that thing?"

"Of course, all the 'shame' I've had since I was a child is in there, and I want to redeem it!"

"It's just a few dollars, why did you remember it for so long?"

"Is that a few dollars?" Liu Yifei punched Zhang Chen in the chest. "That's the dignity I lost!"

The next morning, in the villa restaurant.

"Xixi, where did you sleep last night?"

Sun Fangping's words made everyone at the table look in Liu Yifei's direction.

There were no outsiders here, only two families with a total of six people.

The others had already gone home after getting up and did not disturb the two families' meal.

Zhang Chen bit the fried dough stick slowly, ignoring his mother's teasing look.

Liu Yifei was asked this question out of the blue, and the soy milk she had just drunk went straight into her trachea: "Cough cough cough cough! I sleep in my own room, Aunt Sun."

After saying that, he did not forget to glare at Zhang Chen.

She felt that it was Zhang Chen who exposed her whereabouts.

This guy will do anything to win.

Moreover, the "bet" this time is not ordinary.

"I went to your place this morning, and only Chang Chang and Shao Han came out of your room. I was wondering where you went."

"Yes, Xixi, where did you go last night?" Liu Xiaoli also looked over.

An Shaokang originally planned to leave after eating, but when he heard this, he looked over.

Instead, Zhang Zhiguo turned his attention to his beloved son.

Zhang Chen raised an eyebrow at him and said nothing.

Three pairs of eyes stared at Liu Yifei, making the little girl's face flush red. She stammered and tried to find a suitable excuse: "They drank too much last night, so I let them sleep at my place, and I..."

As she spoke, Liu Yifei quickly glanced at Zhang Chen, then looked at her mother: "I slept in the guest room last night!"

"I'm in the guest room." Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at her daughter, lying without even thinking.

However, looking at this appearance, my daughter seems to be...
"Chenchen, you..." Liu Xiaoli didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Aunt Liu, I know." Zhang Chen nodded.

"That's good, you are a person with your own ideas." Liu Xiaoli sighed.

"Xiao Li, this is a good thing, why are you sighing?" Sun Fangping couldn't stop laughing after listening to the conversation between the two. She put down her chopsticks and went to pull Liu Xiaoli, "Come on, let's go and have a good discussion."

"Mom!" Zhang Chen looked at his overly excited mother with a displeased look.

Sun Fangping frowned and pointed at Zhang Chen with her hand, but didn't say anything else.

She also saw Liu Yifei beside Zhang Chen, who was almost burying her head in the bowl.

"I'm full!" Liu Yifei felt that this meal was too torturous, so she put down her chopsticks and ran out with a red face.

Before running away, he kicked Zhang Chen calmly.

"I'm full too." Zhang Chen slowly put down his chopsticks, took a tissue and wiped his mouth, very calmly.

It's hard to say anything else about him over the years, but at least he has honed his skin to perfection, so this little situation won't make him feel helpless.

However, when Zhang Chen caught up with Liu Yifei who had already run back to the room, he changed his face again.

He looked at the little girl with a smile, who had buried her head in the quilt and was kicking her legs, not knowing what she was doing.

"I won?"

When Liu Yifei heard Zhang Chen's voice, she suddenly opened the quilt, jumped in front of Zhang Chen, grabbed his collar and asked, "Did you tell tales?"

"How could I possibly do such a thing?"

"How many times have you told tales since you were a child?"

Liu Yifei didn't believe it.

It was fine in elementary school, as we were in different classes.

But starting from junior high school, the two were in the same class.

She still remembered the experience of being cheated by Zhang Chen very clearly, so it was hard for her to believe what Zhang Chen said.

"Please, it was my mother who discovered that you were not in the room, and you didn't even tell a good lie. How can you blame me?" Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei innocently.

"No!" Liu Yifei puffed her cheeks and looked at Zhang Chen indignantly, "Every time you took the initiative to bring up a bet, I never won. You must have guessed it a long time ago!"

"Uh." Zhang Chen reached out and rubbed the little girl's face, feeling the increasingly smooth face. "Anyway, did I win?"

"Hmph~" Liu Yifei let Zhang Chen's big hands ravage her face, and muttered unconvincedly, "Can't you just let me go?"

"Give way?" Zhang Chen waved his hand. "I, Zhang Chen, have always acted in an upright and aboveboard manner, and I am fair and just to everyone!"

"Are you sure?" Liu Yifei chuckled.

"Of course!" Zhang Chen nodded.

"Well, when can I beat you once, you...you..."

Liu Yifei sounded confident at first, but her voice became almost inaudible towards the end.

But Zhang Chen's hearing was so sharp that he caught the key words, and he immediately became alert: "Seriously!?" "Seriously!" Liu Yifei went all out.

"Then let's see who blinks first!"

"Ah?" It was a trick he had used before, but unfortunately Liu Yifei still fell for it and blinked in confusion.

"You win!" Zhang Chen picked up Liu Yifei like she was carrying a sack. "Let's go, let's fulfill the bet."

"No." Liu Yifei turned her head and looked at the back of Zhang Chen's head. She angrily hit Zhang Chen's chest with her knee, "It's daytime now!"

"So. Tonight?" Zhang Chen put Liu Yifei down, rubbed his chest and looked at her expectantly.

"No!" Liu Yifei shook her head, "What happened just now doesn't count."

"How can you go back on your word?"

"How dare you say that." Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Zhang Chen.

She walked back to the bed, sat on it, looked up at Zhang Chen seriously, "Brother, tell me."

"Hmm?" Seeing Liu Yifei suddenly become so serious, Zhang Chen restrained his smile and waited quietly for her to continue.

"Will Uncle Zhang and Aunt Sun disown me as their son and daughter-in-law?"

The word "daughter-in-law" seemed difficult to say, and Liu Yifei spoke it haltingly.

"Why do you think so?" Zhang Chen moved a chair from the room and sat in front of Liu Yifei.

"Think about it," Liu Yifei said with a depressed look, "I don't have any achievements to show for myself, I can't do housework, I'm not good-looking, and I have a bad temper."

"Let's not talk about other things for now. How did you come to the conclusion that she is not good-looking?" Zhang Chen raised a hand and interrupted Liu Yifei.

"I am the ugliest child in my family." Speaking of this, Liu Yifei's expression became even more depressed.

Zhang Chen thought about the several female relatives of the Liu family he had met and nodded subconsciously.

"Asshole, you also think I'm ugly?!" Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows and glared at Zhang Chen with dissatisfaction.

"No, no!" Zhang Chen waved his hands quickly, "Go on."

Liu Yifei raised her fist towards Zhang Chen, threatened him, and continued the previous topic: "Look, I am so ordinary, and you are so outstanding in Aunt Sun's eyes. How could she agree?"

"You? Ordinary?" Zhang Chen looked Liu Yifei up and down.

If this kind of talk gets out, people will criticize you to death.

But he suddenly understood where Liu Yifei's inferiority complex came from.

After all, it was given by him.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Chen asked tentatively.

"I want to show some results!" Liu Yifei gritted her teeth, "Then I will stand in front of Aunt Sun openly."

"Is it okay now?" Zhang Chen disagreed.

"You really don't believe me?" Liu Yifei was dissatisfied.

"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that..." Zhang Chen leaned back helplessly and wailed, "How long do you want me to hold it in?"

"You..." Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Chen speechlessly, "Why do you think about these things all day long?"

"What else can a man think about besides these things?"

"I've never seen you so anxious before?"

"Come on, do you know how I got here before?" Zhang Chen glared at Liu Yifei unhappily, "How many times have you seduced me in front of me?"

"Bah! What seduction!" Liu Yifei blushed, "It's obviously your own fault."

"Okay, tell me what prize you want and I'll buy it for you!"

"Do you want to make me famous?"

"Okay, then which prize do you want?" Zhang Chen had no choice but to listen to which prize the little girl was aiming for.

"You've won all the awards for singing." Liu Yifei waved her fingers. "You've won the Palme d'Or as a director, and the three major awards in China and the Oscars are coming soon. I think you can win a lot more."

Counting the honors Zhang Chen had won, Liu Yifei raised a finger and said, "I can only compare to you if I win a Best Actress trophy, right?"

"Do you want to act?"

"I" Liu Yifei lowered her head again.

"Do you know why I can't win an acting award?"

"I don't know." Liu Yifei shook her head.

"Because being an actor is not an easy job. If you want to win an award, you have to torture yourself, and you might even end up with schizophrenia."

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

"If it's just a simple script and a simple role that you want to play well, it's easy." Zhang Chen shook his head, "But if you want to win a prestigious award, you won't be able to impress the organizing committee without a little torture."

When it comes to acting awards, anyone who wins the Best Actor or Best Actress award, even if they are not physically tortured, needs to resonate with the character mentally in order to bring the character to life.

When a normal person devotes himself/herself to the emotions of another character, his/her own spirit will be affected to a certain extent.

Entering a play and exiting a play are not just two simple words.

The reason why he didn't pursue acting awards was that he felt it was unnecessary.

Having already reached this position, if you continue to destroy yourself, it's no different from being mentally ill.

"But."

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and fell silent.

He suddenly understood why Liu Yifei mentioned this matter.

Although his family was not to the point where there would be problems like the one between An Shaokang and Liu Xiaoli, he was still somewhat reluctant to let his woman act.

To put it simply, actors are a group of people who entertain people with their looks.

No matter how beautifully it is embellished, it cannot escape the fate of being criticized by others.

It would be fine if the character is decent, but if it is some specific characters, the good and bad reviews will overwhelm the actor himself.

The most important thing is to win awards, and for that you can only rely on controversial roles.

It is extremely difficult for an ordinary character to win a prestigious award without being criticized.

"Can you tell me why you suddenly had this idea?" Zhang Chen decided to ask first.

"Because." Liu Yifei raised her head, "I feel like I've experienced too little in my life."

"You" Zhang Chen was stunned.

"I think being an actor may allow me to experience different kinds of life. I have always lived under your protection and I don't understand many things."

“How can you play a complicated role well if you don’t understand many things?” Zhang Chen still wanted to persuade her.

"Brother, please let me try it, just once?" Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Chen, her eyes full of caution.

Zhang Chen didn't expect that the little girl would have such an idea.

This was the first time he saw Liu Yifei looking at him with such serious eyes.

In the past, Liu Yifei could achieve her goals by either acting coquettishly or threatening others.

But now, Liu Yifei was actually seriously seeking his consent.

"Let me think about it." Zhang Chen did not give a direct answer, but walked to the window.

He looked at the sky outside the window and fell into a long silence.

Deep down, he didn't want to agree.

But he thought again of the figurine he gave to Liu Yifei last night, and he also said that he gave Liu Yifei the right to make her own choice.

If he objected at this time, he would fall into a vicious cycle of manipulating Liu Yifei's life.

He wanted Liu Yifei to have an independent personality, but he didn't want this personality to exceed the scope of his project.

This dilemma of having it all made Zhang Chen feel hypocritical.

"Just once?" Zhang Chen turned around and looked at Liu Yifei seriously.

"Yes, just once!" Liu Yifei nodded firmly, "No matter what the result is, I accept it!"

“What if I don’t win the award?”

"Actually, it's not particularly important whether I win an award or not." Liu Yifei lowered her head, supported her hands on both sides, and kicked the ground with her right foot. "It's just that I feel that my life is just passing by like this, which is very boring."

"You're complaining about a life that others can't even dream of." Zhang Chen sighed, "Tell me what kind of role you want to play, and I'll think about it for you."

"You have a script?" Liu Yifei looked up in surprise.

"Not now."

"Will this work?" Liu Yifei expressed doubt.

"I wrote both 'The Pursuit of Happyness' and 'Love'. Do I need proof?"

"Okay." Liu Yifei half-believingly began to make her request, "I want someone with rich life experience, preferably with twists and turns, a full and memorable character, and a touching story."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhang Chen hurriedly stopped Liu Yifei, "Are you coming here to make a wish?"

"Didn't you ask me to bring it up?" Liu Yifei pouted in dissatisfaction.

Zhang Chen rubbed his temple with a headache: "Let me think about it."

"Oh yeah, I want that character to have some emotional scenes, and he must be the one being pursued!"

When Zhang Chen was having a headache, Liu Yifei made another even more troublesome request to him.

Let Liu Yifei be pursued in the movie?

Zhang Chen would not ignore such a huge colorful hat.

He looked at Liu Yifei, who looked innocent, speechlessly: "Is this your purpose?"

"What did you say? I don't understand." Liu Yifei turned her head away and refused to admit it.

"Don't I understand your little tricks?" Zhang Chen stretched out his hand and flicked the little girl's forehead, tapping her head to expose her, "You just want me to act with you."

"Hehe~" Liu Yi stuck out his tongue embarrassedly, "I think I agreed too quickly, you have to compensate me!"

"I am the chairman of the Morning Light Group and a world-renowned billionaire. How can I act in a play?"

"So what? I'm the largest individual shareholder of NetEase and one of the top 30 richest people in China. Don't I still want to act?"

"Why?" Zhang Chen sighed.

"Hey, let's play~"

"Play?"

"Yeah, you said you've been traveling so much, and there's not much entertainment, so you have to find something to do to kill time, right?"

"What you said," Zhang Chen touched the stubble on his chin that he hadn't had time to shave, "seems to make some sense."

"Really?" Liu Yifei jumped in front of Zhang Chen excitedly, "So what? Is there a script suitable for both of us?"

"Let me think about it again."

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