The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 439 Don’t force me to act in “Lust, Caution”!
"Is this what you call indulgence?"

In the suburbs of Yanjing, there is a remote forest at Zhang Chen’s “Sunset Villa”.

Liu Yifei looked at the surroundings in a daze.

She had just set up a deal with Zhang Chen and asked them to go cycling, just because she wanted to see how Zhang Chen would look like riding a bicycle after dressing up.

She has her camera ready.

Unfortunately, Zhang Chen didn't understand and just dragged her here.

She thought this bastard, who was unusually vigorous in some ways, was going to do something like using the sky as his blanket and the ground as his bed.

Liu Yifei also made long-term psychological preparations for this.

After repeating to myself a thousand times, “This is home, there’s no one around,” I finally mustered up the courage to come here.

Result, that's it? !

Liu Yifei held a handful of mutton skewers that Zhang Chen stuffed into her hands and fell into long thought.

Is this guy failing?
Or am I no longer attracted to this guy?

Should she wear some of those weird clothes that this guy usually coaxes her into wearing?

What if it doesn't work?
Liu Yifei fell into deep self-doubt again.

"Sure enough, in summer, you need cold beer and barbecue—"

Liu Yifei came back to her senses when she heard the sigh in her ear.

Looking at Zhang Chen drinking beer and eating skewers.

Looking at the lamb skewers in my hand that were emitting the aroma of cumin and chili powder and sizzling with oil, I couldn't help swallowing.

"Eat! Don't you like mutton?" Zhang Chen happily drank a sip of beer and persuaded Liu Yifei, "I usually don't have the time or opportunity to go out for barbecue. Today I asked the chef to slaughter a few cows and sheep. They are so fresh!"

"How many?!" Liu Yifei looked at the hundreds of skewers of barbecued meat and some vegetables on the table, "Is that all?"

"Do you think it's just the two of us eating?" Zhang Chen rolled his eyes, "There are so many people in this family to feed."

"It seems so." Liu Yifei understood after hearing Zhang Chen's explanation.

This villa is as big as the Forbidden City.

There were not only Zhang Chen and her inside, but also Zhang Zhiguo and Sun Fangping.

Sometimes her mother Liu Xiaoli would come over from time to time to escape the summer heat and spend the winter.

What's worse, some of the noble ladies that Sun Fangping made friends with, such as Zhang Chen's aunt, would also come and stay for a while.

If you want to take care of such a large villa and the tastes and habits of guests from different parts of the country, you will need a huge team.

In terms of cuisine, there are eight major cuisines, namely northern, southern, coastal, inland, sweet, salty, steamed, stir-fried, stewed, etc., all of which require chefs who are proficient in different cooking methods to maintain them.

Even if some chefs may not cook for several months, they still need to be kept.

This is just the chef team; there are even more people including servants and security guards.

The cost of supporting these people is at least seven figures every year. If they are special rare talents, the cost of each one will be a seven-figure salary.

This Sunset Villa is just the tip of the iceberg of Zhang Chen’s huge wealth.

"Delicious, right?" Zhang Chen held up a skewer of beef that was as long as his arm and sizzling with oil, and said with a hint of pride, "The ones on our table are all the best parts!"

"Ah? Where are Uncle Zhang and Aunt Sun? I heard my mom is here too."

"My mom has been eating vegetarian food recently, and my dad has also been eating vegetables." Zhang Chen shook his head helplessly and observed a three-second silence for his boss. "It seems your mom wants to lose weight."

"I want to lose weight, too!" Liu Yifei pouted and muttered, "It's almost 12 o'clock in the evening, and you're asking me to eat something so high in calories. Aren't you tempting me to commit a crime?!"

"So this is called indulgence!" Zhang Chen chuckled, "I haven't eaten these things for a long time."

"You..." Liu Yifei stared at Zhang Chen's face and thought for a moment, then said in surprise, "It seems like you have never eaten spicy, grilled, or raw food since you were a child!"

"And I don't even know what you particularly like to eat. Weird."

Zhang Chen looked at the little girl who was looking down in thought, smiled faintly, and put another bite of food into his mouth.

What else could be the reason?
It’s because I’m afraid of death.

What he feared most before was that others would know his preferences.

As for food, spicy food can easily damage your throat, burnt food can cause cancer, and raw food can contain parasites.

No matter how delicious these things are, Zhang Chen stays away from them.

He didn't want to ruin his bright future because of his appetite.

Being alive and living well are two different concepts.

"Then why did you suddenly want to eat something you didn't eat before?" Liu Yifei moved the small stool and sat side by side with Zhang Chen. "Have you figured out something?"

"I spent the first twenty years of my life struggling." Zhang Chen pointed at himself while holding a half-eaten skewer. "I graduated today, and I think it's time for a change."

"Hmm?" Liu Yifei was curious, "How did it change?"

"Enjoy life while you can!" Zhang Chen smiled. "What if I die in another year? It would be a big loss if I didn't enjoy anything."

“Pt. Pt. Pt. Pt. Pt.!” Liu Yifei spat vigorously on the ground, not forgetting to pull Zhang Chen along, “You are also spitting with me. This is too unlucky. What are you talking about!”

Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei's angry face and couldn't resist her pleading. He could only spit a few times on the ground.

"Brother," Liu Yifei suddenly became sad, "Do you think we will change after graduation?"

"Change? How?"

"That's right. That's right." Liu Yifei hesitated for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. "Oh, I don't know either!"

"People always change. For example, I want to become a big bad wolf now." Zhang Chen's hands turned into two claws in front of him, "and then eat you!"

"Huh~ You only know how to talk," Liu Yifei muttered, "I haven't seen you take any action yet."

"What did you say?" Zhang Chen didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing!" Liu Yifei pouted, "Go ahead, what do you want to say?"

"Oh?" Zhang Chen was surprised. "How did you guess that?"

"You are such a busy person. I don't believe that you can ignore the strong public opinion outside and still have time to come to me for a midnight snack." Liu Yifei smiled at herself with a little emotion on her face.

Zhang Chen opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw the expression on the little girl's face, he didn't know where to start.

Over the years, I seem to have really ignored the feelings of the people around me.

He has things to do, and people around him understand, but they always hope that he can slow down and spend more time with them.

This is true for Zhang Zhiguo and Sun Fangping, and the same is true for Liu Yifei in front of them.

"Sissi."

"Ok?"

"Starting tomorrow, you should start practicing your previous album. I will write another one for you." After a long silence, Zhang Chen suddenly smiled and said, "You have always wanted me to write songs for you. This time I will give you a collection of Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese songs."

Zhang Chen thought the little girl would jump up in surprise.

But the result was beyond his expectations.

Liu Yifei did not react to the conditions he offered, and the expression on her face was unusually calm.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chen couldn't help but poke her face with his finger.

"Zhang Chen..."

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised by the title.

"I have never understood why you always try your best to prevent me from joining your concert band?" Liu Yifei stared at Zhang Chen's eyes, "Would it be embarrassing for you if I accompanied you?"

"How could that be!" Zhang Chen waved his hands, "I'm just worried that you're too busy!" "I'm one of the few in the industry," Liu Yifei paused, "I'm a nobody, right? What can I be busy with?"

Zhang Chen seemed to have been prepared for this. He started counting on his fingers, "NetEase's shareholders' meeting. Baidu's independent directors have the responsibility to supervise. The post-production of La La Land is almost finished. You will also help promote it. How come you have nothing to do?"

"Have you been thinking about this day for a long time?" Liu Yifei was suspicious. "Did you arrange these things for me just to keep me busy and away from you?"

"How could I possibly think of such a thing?" Zhang Chen immediately protested, "I wish you could stay by my side every day."

"Then why don't you let me go to your concert?" Liu Yifei pressed on. "You should also know that even if I don't play in your band, I will still buy a ticket to watch it myself, right?"

Zhang Chen was stunned and stood there in a daze.

Yup!

Why didn't he think of that!

It seems that I still need to arrange more things for the little girl to do that day so that she doesn’t even have time to watch the concert.

Zhang Chen lowered his head and began to think about what happened nearby that day that could have sent the little girl away.

"What bad ideas are you planning again?!" Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Chen suspiciously.

"No, I was thinking about how to talk to you."

"Argue with me?"

"That's right!" Zhang Chen almost admitted it, but quickly changed his words, "How did I discuss with you how we should live in the future?"

"How?" Liu Yifei looked Zhang Chen up and down, "Really?"

"Yeah!" Zhang Chen nodded affirmatively, "Look, we've all graduated. In the eyes of my parents, and your parents, we've all grown up, right?"

"Could it be..." Liu Yifei's face suddenly turned red, "Get the certificate? Are you a little anxious?"

Zhang Chen looked at the little girl who had been successfully diverted, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. On the surface, he smiled and said, "Really?"

"No, no!" Liu Yifei was really distracted by this incident. She shook her head quickly. "I felt confused when we were together. Do you want to be so perfunctory about such a big thing as marriage?"

"I was perfunctory?!" Zhang Chen cried out in injustice, "I sang for you in front of so many people and even gave you a surprise. Isn't that enough?"

"I don't want to hear it~" Liu Yifei covered her ears and said, "I don't care! If you don't prepare something, I won't agree to it!"

It wasn't that she was deliberately making things difficult for Zhang Chen, she just felt that such an important matter should have a romantic environment, a carefully prepared time and place, and witnesses.

Perhaps, there is a slight sense of uneasiness in my heart that comes from nowhere?
Liu Yifei wasn't quite sure either.

I always feel like Zhang Chen is making arrangements for his funeral arrangements.

We can't let him succeed!
"After the concert!" Liu Yifei snorted twice, "I'll be waiting for your surprise after the concert!"

"After the concert?" Zhang Chen's expression froze for a moment, then he returned to normal and smiled, "Okay!"

After Zhang Chen agreed, the two fell into silence again.

They looked into each other's eyes for a long time, then turned around at the same time, picked up the skewers and started eating.

"Zhang Chen, if you dare to leave me alone." Liu Yifei swallowed back the unlucky words, "I will go to Ang Lee to film Lust, Caution!"

"Stop joking!" Zhang Chen waved his hands casually, "How is that possible!"

"Do you think it's impossible for me to make this kind of movie, or do you think it's impossible for you?"

"How could you possibly go and make a movie like this? Aunt Liu wouldn't agree to that."

"Sure enough!" Liu Yifei suddenly stood up, looking down at Zhang Chen, took a step forward and stared into Zhang Chen's eyes, "You must be hiding something from me! And it's about life! Otherwise, why don't you dare to promise!"

"You're overthinking!" Zhang Chen stood up and pushed the little girl back onto the stool. "Isn't it enough that I promised you?"

"Promise what?"

"Uh, living well?"

Liu Yifei stared at Zhang Chen's embarrassed expression and suddenly laughed: "You'd better, otherwise I don't even know what I will do. You can try."

Threatening. This was the first time Liu Yifei threatened Zhang Chen like this.

The two had never had such an intense conflict since they were young.

Liu Yifei couldn't think of any way to make Zhang Chen change his mind.

She could only use this method to "threaten" Zhang Chen to change his mind.

She just didn't believe that Zhang Chen, a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder, would agree to let her do such a thing.

Sure enough, Zhang Chen's expression became extremely serious, and his brows were furrowed. "Xixi, have you never had any dreams of your own since you were a child? Why do you have to let me make all the decisions?"

"What?" Liu Yifei raised her lips, her expression a little cold, "Are you impatient?"

Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes and stared at the little girl.

After a long moment, he nodded slowly: "Yes!"

"You!" Liu Yifei stood up suddenly and looked at Zhang Chen in disbelief.

Zhang Chen looked up at Liu Yifei silently without saying anything.

"Okay, okay!" Liu Yifei was so angry that she laughed, "Just wait for me!"

After saying that, he turned around and left quickly without looking back.

Zhang Chen stared at her departing back for a while, then turned his gaze back to the table.

Raise your glass and drink it all in one gulp.

That's good too.

Best is a cold war lasting a year or two.

Zhang Chen suddenly burst out laughing.

But no one could hear or see his expression at that moment.

No one knows what he is thinking.

Maybe the little girl guessed something, but she couldn't think of the specific reason no matter how hard she tried.

As long as he doesn't say it, no one in this world will know.

In fact, even if he dared to say it, no one would believe it, and no one dared to believe it.

Knowing too much can be both good and bad.

He can make a lot of money and gain a lot of honor by relying on his prophetic advantage.

However, there were some things he didn't dare to recall from his memory.

For example, July 7th has passed this year.

Also, July 7th this year.

One is domestic and the other is foreign.

He didn't dare think about either of those things.

Afraid, guilty conscience.

However, even after so many years, the incident in 08 has not been successfully selectively ignored. Instead, it has become clearer and clearer as time goes by.

"Tsk, so pretentious!" Zhang Chen laughed at himself and shouted towards the corner, "Xiao Xue, let the news about that incident out."

The internet has been arguing for so long, and he is not a masochist. It’s time to give the public some new gossip.

　Ouch, seems a bit pretentious?
　　But the author really can't forget the scene when the news anchor was reporting, and the scene when the principal burst into tears while speaking.

　　Just think of it as a case of me being a hipster?
　　How about you all accompany me and the protagonist to be willful for once?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)