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Chapter 221 The Black Dragon with High Emotional Intelligence

As a person, you can be someone who enjoys life, but you absolutely cannot be someone who seeks death. You still need to be clear about the boundaries.

As for meeting with Speed, he didn't see anything wrong with it.
Soon enough, he did receive a letter from Speed.

Xia Shen originally thought that Speed ​​would communicate with him through his agent, and that the two sides would approach the matter from the perspective of a business collaboration.

After all, Speed ​​is such a big influencer, so of course he has an agent and even a company. From the influencer's perspective, it's best to maximize all the commercial value of something with such high hype potential.

The whole way there was full of tricks and marketing.

However, he did not do that. Instead, he followed Xia Shen and then sent him a private message in the background.

Speed: "Hi, dear Xia Shen, I've admired you for a long time and have been a fan of yours for a long time. To be honest, your work is not only something I like, but it has also helped me a lot and boosted my career. I'd like to ask if you would be willing to give me a chance to meet in person? Have a meal together, spend some time like friends, and then do some business collaborations, such as filming each other's works."

Xia Shen was quite surprised to see these words.

Because Speed's current demeanor is different from that of many Black youths he knows. Speed's way of speaking, his attitude and the feeling he evokes are very pleasant to be around.

It's that feeling of having extremely high emotional intelligence.

First of all, he personally came forward, and he didn't show any sense of urgency from the beginning, as if he was in a hurry to get the Cullinan fragments or to fleece his fans.

Instead, they first express their long-held admiration. Regardless of whether it's genuine or not, whether it's heartfelt or just polite, their attitude alone will make you feel comfortable and respected.

Secondly, make the request from a friend's perspective. The main purpose is to have dinner and make friends; business cooperation is just a side thing.

This way of handling things also surprised Xia Shen.

Looking back now, Speed's ability to rise from a penniless young Black man, overcoming racial barriers, to become the world's number one internet celebrity is not just a matter of simple luck; it also has a lot to do with his own personality.

This person's emotional intelligence is astonishing.

This is a level of refinement that many celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry may not possess.

After all, it would be abnormal for those celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry not to be extremely arrogant; they basically become conceited as soon as they achieve a little success.

Since that's the case, and they've shown such a good attitude and sincerity, Xia Shen has nothing more to say.

Anyway, he still had to stay in America for a few more days. Originally, Zhou Yumeng's idea was to travel around and see the sights of the so-called lighthouse of the world.

As a result, he was stuck in traffic wherever he went these past few days, and he also saw some things on the streets that seemed quite different from what he had imagined.

The streets reeked of greasy, foul-smelling leaves mixed with the stench of urine. Every now and then, two rats the size of a human arm would crawl out of a manhole cover. Or, the mysterious shops of Quesanti would be restocking their stock, smashing the windows of other shops and leaving shattered glass everywhere.

He naturally abandoned the idea of ​​just taking a casual look around and originally planned to stay in the hotel until the day he left.

Now, meeting with Speed ​​wouldn't be a big deal.

Soon after the two set a date, Speed ​​personally went to Xia Shen's hotel to meet with her.

Then he took Xia Shen and left with his convoy.

“Hey bro, I have bodyguards here, so you don’t have to worry about those crazy fans bothering you,” Speed ​​joked.

Xia Shen then noticed the two burly bodyguards following him, who were as tall as iron towers and exuded an overwhelming sense of oppression.

This guy's martial arts skills are definitely impressive.

Moreover, the other person had some bulges around their waist, but Xia Shen didn't think it was some kind of black dragon's whip. After all, the position was a bit crooked, and if it were, it would be too exaggerated.

So it only means one thing: these two Quesanti are carrying something!

They possess the truth!

This made Xia Shen realize once again how inadequate and insufficient his preparation was.

"It seems I'll have to arrange some security if I have the chance to come again in the future," Xia Shen said, sitting in the car.

Zhou Yumeng did not go with them this time because she was not interested in going out with anyone other than Xia Shen, and Xia Shen was happy to follow her wishes and ideas.

Speed ​​said, "Hey, you should have done this a long time ago. Although it's not nice to talk about your own country like that, I'm telling the truth. America is not safe. The crime rate here is very high, and guns are rampant. I've been to China and I envy the level of safety there. You know, the risk of going out at night here is very high. It's easy to encounter some kind of crisis."

Especially for a public figure like you with such a huge following, there are many mentally ill people around here. You never know when a madman with unknown thoughts might pop out from the corner and shoot you dead.

Perhaps afterwards you'll only find out that, God, this guy was simply high on drugs, got carried away, or just didn't like you and started hitting you.

Speed ​​shrugged: "Especially for those 'brothers' who are the same color as me, they are the most dangerous and the people we should stay away from the most."

Time just passes quietly.

I must say, it's really comfortable to be around Speed.

He took Xia Shen to his favorite restaurant for a meal, and then took her to explore LA, visiting many places.

For example, he took Xia Shen to see the Hollywood Hills and some iconic landmarks.

This can be considered as helping Xia Shen realize some of his previous ideas.

From beginning to end, they didn't bring up a single thing about collaboration or co-production videos!

In the end, it was Xia Shen who took the initiative to bring it up.

During dinner, Speed ​​spent a huge sum of money to book an entire upscale restaurant at the foot of Beverly Hills.

Speed's answer to Xia Shen was that he would only shoot two takes, not more.

What surprised Xia Shen again was their incredible level of maturity and their extremely comfortable way of getting along.

So, since the other party is already so temperamental, what else is there to say?
Soon, it exploded on YouTube and the international versions of Douyin and Kuaishou.

Because people discovered that Speed ​​and Xia Shen's accounts both posted a video update at the same time!
(End of this chapter)