Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 29

WW QT CHP 29

For an artist, there were two types of treatment before and after becoming famous. Almost overnight, An Yinong had many “friends” who called and sent messages, enthusiastically inviting him to various gatherings, singing karaoke, playing mahjong, eating, and traveling…

  The most special one was an invitation to a birthday party. It was the birthday of a rich man’s daughter. The rich father was going to spend half a million to invite him to sing and perform at the birthday party – because An Yinong was this little daughter’s latest interest. The obsessive kind. An Yinong refused, but he recorded a happy birthday song and sent it to the little fan, as well as a hand-drawn birthday card. The thirteen-year-old girl was a child to him.

  “Host, don’t you like money?” The system didn’t understand why he refused. The rich father made it clear that it was a children’s banquet, and the host only had to go up and sing two songs. Five hundred thousand was so profitable.

  “Are you kidding? Of course, I like money, and I am still working hard to make money to buy better guitars, better recording equipment, and a better house. I didn’t agree because… those invitations are mostly traps.”

  An Yinong leaned against the mop handle. He was mopping the floor when he said this. Yes, that’s right, even the “jade hand” praised by fans had to work. And he had to be even more careful because the injury on his arm wasn’t completely healed yet.

  “When young and beautiful artists first enter the industry, ‘well-meaning seniors’ often come over and ask me to introduce some people in the industry to you. Or I know where there is a gathering of people in the industry. Would you like to go there and expand your network? Don’t In the past, because…”

  “Why?” The system was curious.

  “Because there are not so many kind people in the world, and there is no free lunch.” He lowered his head and mopped the floor as he said it.

  “When you get there, you will find that there are indeed some people in the industry. But if you want them to recommend jobs? I’m afraid you need to do some non-work things. And there is no guarantee for this kind of commitment. Maybe you have paid a price. The other party refused to admit it.”

  “This is already a good result. At least you can leave if you are not happy. It just offends one or two people in the industry. It is not a big deal.

  “But sometimes you go there and realize that it’s not a private party, but a big scene that looks like a big blind date. However, it’s the rich people who are choosing, and many people are too scared to leave the party.”

  “There’s always formal parties, right?”

  “Yes, but I’m too lazy to find a usable one in the trash,” he said.

  Besides, this kind of gathering of non-friends was not interesting at all. A group of people dress up beautifully, and then they serve delicious food without touching a bite. An Yinong felt that he could suffer from stomach aches if he ate in that environment. Those who were rejected only thought that he was arrogant and arrogant behind his back: probably only those top-notch private banquets could touch his heart.

  “A top-notch private banquet? In fact, when you go in, you will find that it is still the same playing mahjong, eating, and chatting, and the topics are still the same, it will not be more high-end. I might as well stay at home, eat snacks, and lie on the sofa listening to music.”

  The system had discovered that its host’s material desires were very low. He was not interested in shiny gems and gold, expensive watches and cars, limited edition luxury goods, or even good-looking men and women. His hobbies were all related to music, followed by painting, and he spent most of his time on these two things.

  “No wonder Zhao Ze can’t impress you. The only one who can impress you is probably a mermaid.” The system complained. After the regret value exceeded 50, Zhao Ze called several times and was criticized several times.

  However, the regret value did not decrease at all but increased slightly. Did this person regard being attacked as fun?

  “Ding dong.” The doorbell rang several times, but An Yinong didn’t hear it. The stereo he just bought was playing wonderful music. The system always felt that this second-hand house was not worthy of this set of expensive audio equipment.

  “Host, someone rang the doorbell.” The system reminded him.

  “What?” An Yinong came to his senses. He paused the music, heard the ringing, took off his rubber gloves, and walked over.

  “Hello?”

  Zhao Ze rang the doorbell for a long time. He was already a little impatient, but when the door was opened and ‘Ke Yinong’ appeared at the door, that impatience miraculously disappeared. It was that feeling of expecting your favorite figure to appear in a gift box, but then a limited edition that you had been thinking about for a long time came out.

  An Yinong was only wearing ordinary home clothes, but he wore a red triangular scarf on his head, and his hair stood up from the side, making him look a bit cute.

  “Uh…cough, do you clean up after yourself?” Zhao Ze’s eyes wandered over An Yinong’s body rudely, which made him a little unhappy.

  An Yinong smiled falsely and opened the door ajar: “I’m cleaning the house, so I can’t invite you in. What can I do for you?”

  Zhao Ze frowned again. During this period, the most words he got from ‘Ke Yinong’ were, ‘What’s the matter with you? Are you alright? What’s up?’ Alienation, strangeness, impatience.

  “Can’t we talk properly?”

  This person was always the first to complain. Just imagine, a very annoying fly that you can’t kill is buzzing around you all day long. Can you still have a good conversation with this fly?

  “Sorry, I’m busy. If nothing is happening, I’ll…” An Yinong hadn’t finished speaking, and his hand had just been put on the doorknob. Before the door could be closed. Zhao Ze pinched his arm, the place that had been injured.

  “Let go.” Tears appeared in An Yinong’s eyes. He wanted to pull his arm back, but Zhao Ze tightened his grip, “What are you doing? Let go.”

  The neighbor just came out of the elevator and saw the two people entangled at the door. “Need help?” The kind-hearted neighbor stepped back, holding her bag and her mobile phone in her hand.

  An Yinong wanted to say ‘call the police’, but he knew it would be useless. He needed to talk to Zhao Ze completely and let him get out of his own world. So An Yinong just looked at his neighbor apologetically: “Thank you, I’ll deal with it myself first.”

  The kind-hearted neighbor covered her heart, and the tearful look made her feel bad, and pitiful, and wanted to force more tears: Were they so perverted that they liked to see beautiful men cry?

  “Okay, okay, then, call me if you need anything.”

  Relying on violence, Zhao Ze was able to enter this small room that he originally disdained. The walls of the small room were still mottled, and the desolation was visible to the naked eye, but there were fruit plates and vases on the coffee table, and there was a brand new set of audio equipment in the living room, so it didn’t look that bad.

  As soon as the door closed, An Yinong tried to pull his arm back. After several attempts, he slapped Zhao Ze in the face: “Is that enough? Let me go.”

  Zhao Ze touched his face. It was the first time he had been slapped. However, his eyes were still staring at those tearful eyes: the crying looked so beautiful. Those misty eyes made him feel violent.

  “Be good, I don’t want to hurt you.” Zhao Ze did not let go of An Yinong, but rolled up his sleeves to check the injury on his arm. The bruises on An Yinong’s arms turned brown, which looked shocking.

  “Did I hurt you?”

  “You are so hypocritical and disgusting.” An Yinong took the opportunity to withdraw his arm and took a few steps back, very defensively. He had seen so many of these people that they were annoying.

  Being told that he was disgusting in front of his face, Zhao Ze was still smiling. He touched his face, his hands looked like white porcelain, and it hurt to hit him: “Yinong, let’s get back together.”

  “Are you sick?” An Yinong truly felt that the person in front of him was a lunatic. He pressed his finger on the emergency call button on his mobile phone, “If you come closer again, I will call the police.”

  “If you like singing, I will hire the best band and the best post-production for you. If you want to hold a concert, I can also find a good enough venue in advance. I can prepare everything you want for you.” Zhao Ze’s expression was a little crazy.

  An Yinong squinted at him for a long time, then let out a short laugh: “Ah, I thought that only people without charm would want to use their financial resources to impress people.”

  “Financial strength is part of my charm.” Zhao Ze didn’t take it seriously and approached the owner of the house.

  “I’m not interested. I have the ability. I can get everything you say by my own ability without asking for help.” An Yinong crossed his arms and resisted, “We agreed to break up, right? What are you here now?”

“You will regret this.”

  An Yinong simply laughed angrily: “Get out. I have a company to help me, so I won’t bother you.”

  As soon as he mentioned Starlight Entertainment, Zhao Ze’s anger level soared: “So you really like Lu Yu? A countryman will treat you as a countryman, and a countryman will repay you? Starlight Entertainment has been sold. If you don’t agree at this time, you will ask for me  in the future.”

  An Yinong held the phone tightly, rejection and disgust expressed on his face: “Don’t worry, you won’t be able to wait until that day.”

  Zhao Ze lightly covered the right side of his face, and the indifferent expression on his face disappeared, revealing his true cold side: “So far, no one has slapped me, and no one has looked at me with such disdain and contempt. Has anyone ever said that you are arrogant?”

  “Huh, really? Maybe I’m not polite to the evil spirits who enter the house.” An Yinong sneered, “Everyone has his first time, otherwise Mr. Zhao should try to get used to it?”

  Zhao Ze looked into his eyes and smiled: “I’m just breaking in now, I may have to enter your room in the future.”

  An Yinong was not irritated and remained calm: “…Oh, I will remember to call the police.”

  The meeting ended on bad terms, and Zhao Ze was kicked out with a mop. But he didn’t give up. The system looked at the regret value that soared to 59 and felt that this man must have a trick up his sleeve.

  “In a society governed by law, he can only use those few tricks to destroy my social relationships, spread rumors, intimidate and threaten me. But as long as I don’t waver, these are useless efforts.” An Yinong thought calmly, “System, help keep an eye on him and on his company’s taxes.”

  Zhao Ze usually had this kind of lawless character, how could his company behave accordingly?

  When news of the change of ownership of Starlight Entertainment spread on the Internet, Lu Yu contacted Song Wei about asking An Yinong to endorse the perfume and purchase the song copyright.

  Although he was facing his cousin, he still wanted to fight for An Yinong’s interests as much as possible, but Song Wei sent her here with the best conditions. This posture was like a domineering president meeting true love.

  “Can you sign your name?” On the day when the contract was signed, Song Wei, who had always been serious about words, smiled like a flower. She took out a set of perfume gift boxes, “This is the perfume gift box numbered 0001. I will treasure it well.”

  An Yinong smiled and signed his name.

  “…” The veins on Lu Yu’s forehead twitched.

  When he signed the contract and left, Lu Yu secretly sent a text message to his cousin: “He is almost ten years younger than you. There is a generation gap.”

  Song Wei, who received the text message, no longer wanted this cheap cousin: “What do you mean? You are mocking my age? I am only thirty-one, okay?”

  Feeling uneasy after thinking about it, Lu Yu clicked on his cousin’s private account again but found no clues. Only the message ‘Meet a bosom friend on the street’ appeared on the page one day. Before and after the contact, that day was the day when An Yinong was singing on the street.

  “By the way, she was going to introduce a singer to me that day. So it was him?” Lu Yu became even more worried. Look, his close friends had come out. The confidants of these artistic young people were dangerous beings who could become soul mates at any time!

  He sent another text message to his cousin: “He likes roses, you like lilies, you two are not suitable.”

  Cousin:……?