Hong Kong was so small that if an outstanding man or woman occasionally appeared, there would be a group of people watching. Although An Yinong had just reached adulthood, his achievements and his own conditions were enough to attract families of similar status.
Xie Jiu had always known these things, and even Xie Jiu himself thought that An Yinong had one of the advantages. He was indeed jealous, but it was because he couldn’t openly put a chain between the two of them and announce to the public that An Yinong had someone else and should not be disturbed.
But An Yinong was still teasing his older lover without knowing whether to live or die, forgetting that in his previous life, his teacher was not a restrained person. So in the end, he suffered the consequences of this teasing.
Their breaths in the room overlapped, the aromas blended together, An Yinong bit his lips, his tense muscles covered with the aroma of another person, he grabbed the gray-blue sheets with his fingers, his eyes looked out the window somewhat blankly, the shadows of the trees outside the window moved with the wind, the moonlight was cold. In the dim light, his green emerald earrings made his pink earlobes look even more charming.
Xie Jiu’s ring had been broken into pieces. The larger piece was polished and inlaid into a new ring, and the smaller piece was used to make a pair of dainty earrings.
“…Hmm.” Suddenly a shadow covered the evil dragon. An Yinong groaned, and his consciousness became confused again. He intermittently thought about what the ancients said about dragons being lustful by nature, which was true.
“What is Yinong thinking about?” Xie Jiuyin spoke unclearly because he was nibbling his earlobe. He removed the backing on the earring with the tip of his tongue and gently bit off the earring.
The sudden movement broke An Yinong’s rationality, and the feeling of losing control made him utter a curse with water vapor in his throat: “Bastard.”
Xie Jiu leaned down from the shadows: “How much of a jerk is he?”
“Old rogue…”
“Well, only to hooligans.”
The wind blew outside the window for half the night, but the noise inside the room lasted until dawn. Xie Jiu proved with actual actions how scary it is when an old man who had been a gentleman for decades turns into a hooligan.
“I can’t handle this,” An Yinong decided to cultivate himself and improve his character, and by the way, let the guy who said he was jealous and wanted to compensate also cultivate himself and improve his character, “As expected, a talented angel, at least a good job can make money and give you a sense of accomplishment, instead of…”
He shuddered and lowered his head to draw the draft.
The new issue of Gu Pan’s new comic “Rose House” was reprinted. It was said that on the first day of reading, people waited for the magazine at the newsstand.
No conditions were needed, the two words “Gu Pan” were a golden signboard, and the comic “Feng Long” about mutual redemption in a modern setting was sold out on the first day of its sale. People bought a magazine and couldn’t wait to open the book.
As expected, Gu Pan had always been the leader in female-themed comics, and the new comics brought new surprises. The poor but tough, unassuming but considerate and kind heroine was a traditional comic heroine. But the hero had been imprisoned for a thousand years and had an inappropriate “ancient tyrant” temperament… Dragon?
“Hahahahahaha… Help, why is this so funny?”
When he first appeared, he was so domineering and had the aura of a dragon: strong, miserable, tall, rich and handsome. But when the heroine took him back, there was no sweet romance between Cinderella and the domineering president. Instead, the readers laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt while feeling pity for the constantly tired heroine: You have worked so hard, it is not enough to take care of yourself, but you also have to take care of the mentally retarded and troublesome “old father”.
“What kind of crazy setting is it that it rains when the male protagonist is sad? Is it raining because people are angry about Nezha’s Conquest of the Dragon King? Hahahaha.” The readers rolled over with laughter, and some were unlucky enough to sneak a peek at a magazine during cram school, and the result was…
Of course, the comic was not only funny, but also warm. For example, when the heroine went out to set up a stall to make money, even though he knew nothing about this world and felt repulsed by it, the hero would secretly follow to protect her.
Of course, the arrogant dragon would not admit to “protection”. He would only say: “I just don’t want the dragon ball to leave my sight. Don’t think too much.”
The readers were very satisfied with the reading, but they were disappointed when they saw the other movie.
“I thought about it, the only one who can beat Gu Pan is probably Yinong, but they are separated into two magazines, so the kings cannot meet each other.”
“I don’t know what their relationship is. To be honest, they recommend TV series and movies to each other in comic books. But they hardly interact with each other on weekdays.”
One person touched his chin and guessed: “It’s like what people say, they are good brothers, but they fell in love with the same girl, and finally…”
“Nonsense! You should read less tabloids. You are not smart to begin with, and if you read more, you will become even dumber.”
Letters about the new comics were sent to An Yinong’s home, but he had no time to read them and was busy drawing the draft. In fact, after he turned eighteen, the adult social circle would open to him, and many invitations would be sent to him after nine o’clock. However, An Yinong was not planning to be a successful businessman, so he basically rejected all these invitations.
“The host has given up living for the sake of his career!” The system exclaimed. If he didn’t spend his summer vacation after being admitted to university, would he have another chance to do so in the future?
“Now the regret value is over 60. Wen Long is simply envious and jealous of Uncle Jiu. If I continue to be with him, who knows when this person will become depressed and let the regret value soar to 100? If I don’t speed up the painting, the man will be gone and the comics will only be half completed. Isn’t it a rip-off?”
The host’s perspective was so unique that the system couldn’t find the right words for a long time. After a while, it carefully asked An Yinong: “You seem to be particularly calm this time?”
“Ah, I’m looking for Mr. Li. As long as he’s here, it doesn’t matter where he is.”
“Oh, looking for…” The system’s eyes widened and it looked at An Yinong fiercely, “Who did the host look for? Where is he?”
An Yinong: …For the one thousand and first time, he felt this system was a defective product.
“I didn’t hear anything on the night of my birthday?”
The system’s face flushed red, and it trembled as it defended its own quality: “Don’t underestimate me, I certainly shielded myself at that time, how could I eavesdrop! I have principles!”
“… Well, anyway, I’ve found my master, Xie Jiu. For me, every minute of my time is precious. How can I have time to do all sorts of things to make money, entertain and have fun? Now I’ll just focus on painting and cherish the people around me.”
An Yinong thought so and did so. After Gu Pan’s “Feng Long” once again led the comic trend, Yinong published the first book in the Monster City series “Galaxy Warriors”, and the monster universe took shape.
An Yinong was already a well-known cartoonist in Europe, and he had been targeted by several film and television companies. One of the companies bought the copyright of the animation “Monster City” and started to produce the animation.
At the same time, when “Superstar” announced that it would be filming a TV series, the director received 800 resumes from actors within one day, including some already famous stars.
Moreover, the drama version of “Master Teacher” had been translated into more than one language and has conquered the country’s eight o’clock drama.
‘Gu Pan’ became famous in East Asia.
In the winter of that year, the mainland resumed the college entrance examination, and a reporter from the He family newspaper came in to follow up and report on the event. Grandpa He was fortunate to be one of the representatives from Hong Kong City to meet the current top leader, and An Yinong accompanied him around as a follower.
He took the liberty of asking if he could be involved in announcing the admission list. An Yinong said this because people in later generations all knew that many people were replaced in the college entrance examination and their life circumstances were reversed.
Perhaps considering this as a goodwill request from the media, they were finally allowed to participate in this matter. After the admission list was determined, the names of the admitted students and their corresponding registered addresses appeared in the local newspapers. The Ministry of Education directly determined the quota, and many forces were watching, so the local authorities did not dare to change anything.
After this incident, Grandpa He happily drank a glass of wine, and An Yinong was officially confirmed as the representative of the He family to contact the mainland. An Yinong mobilized his own strength and joined forces with several publishing houses in Hong Kong to carry out a charity book donation campaign.
The latest foreign reference books entered the mainland market after being translated, and the various hardcover and simplified editions of books that had been piled up in the warehouses of various publishing houses but were reluctant to throw away have now found their way to various school libraries and public libraries.
At the same time, Xie Jiu represented himself and cooperated with the mainland government to produce several medicines to benefit the people and earn foreign exchange. Of course, he was also targeted because of this, and his business had a small setback, but fortunately there was a turn around.
His “government” ideology was completely led by An Yinong, so all the benefits he sought were for An Yinong. An Yinong wanted to build an animation company, but there were no people around, so Xie Jiu went to the mainland to recruit artistic talents and related professionals.
Xiaoyu Animation Company was established.
That year, “Super Star” once again became a phenomenally popular TV series, and several songs written and composed by Gu Pan herself became the most popular songs of the year. Only then did everyone realize how talented she was, and they became more curious about what kind of person Gu Pan was.
Two years later, a well-known foreign director started filming the movie “Monster City”, spending millions of dollars on special effects and models alone. After its release, it received a lot of praise and box office. The interludes and ending songs in the movie were originally arranged with farm songs. The stimulating and chaotic electronic music was widely praised.
“So they want to compete with each other just in terms of music?” The media was eager to find out the true identities of these two people and dig into their relationship in detail.
However, this is impossible. It was said that the only person who knew their identities was Editor Qian of the magazine publishing house, but she had just been allocated a room…
The publishing house had a welfare benefit. As long as you have been an old employee for more than 10 years, you can apply for employee welfare housing. The house was in an excellent location, with kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools nearby, and the community was 40% green, and the price was only one-third compared to the surroundings.
It was said that as a formal editor like Qian could use her salary in installments to buy a 110-square-meter house with two living rooms, one kitchen, two bathrooms and a balcony within ten years at most. How many people could afford to buy such a house in their lifetime, and they were allocated at a low price…
It’s great to be rich! It’s great to have separate rooms! Wow, that’s amazing, so Editor Qian wouldn’t sell out the magazine.
In this way, Yinong and Gu Pan were still mysterious and legendary, but the person behind the magazine, “He Tiantong”, was gradually known to the public. He was young, rich, handsome and had no bad habits. All the above were not important. What was important is that this boss was very generous.
Not to mention the housing allocation, he had incurred so much hatred from other bosses that he almost caused several colleagues to jump ship from their publishing house.
He also bought insurance for all his employees, including interns, and provided them with maternity leave (for both men and women) and pregnancy leave. He also organized two travel vacations of at least seven days every year and gave out year-end bonuses. The most successful employees could even earn sixteen months’ salary in a year.
“If there weren’t two wealthy people named Yinong and Gu Pan in that company, the publishing house would have been bankrupt long ago with just this prodigal son.” One colleague said sourly.
However, An Yinong Publishing House did not go bankrupt by him. Instead, it became more and more prosperous and opened four branches overseas. An Yinong also wanted to establish an art university to cultivate professional painting talents, so Xie Jiu bought land, poached people and communicated with the mainland government.
Later, an art college and a medical college were established in a small city in the south. They would not know at that time that decades later, the two schools would be separated by only a street, and this street would be connected by an overpass, and would become a nationally renowned first-class institution of learning, and would eventually be donated to the country and become a key university.
An Yinong and Xie Jiu were so close and powerful, but they were always hidden in the dark. The Hong Kong media finally felt something was wrong. In fact, An Yinong had no intention of hiding their relationship. He and Xie Jiu went in and out together during college, and they simply lived together after graduation.
A magazine took a photo of Xie Jiu and An Yinong watching a movie together. They behaved intimately. Their relationship was finally confirmed, and the other members of the He family also knew about the two of them.
Grandpa He, with a head full of silver hair, calmly drank his tea: “Why are you looking at me? The answer is written on my face.”
“Dad, look at this matter…” asked the uncle, “Should we suppress it?”
“Tiantong doesn’t care, so why should you care? Don’t worry, he has his own ideas. Just do what you need to do. You are all more antique than me.” As soon as Grandpa He left, the He family became quiet again.
Sister He, who is already a successful director, cautiously raised her hand: “In fact, they have been together for several years.”
“What?!”
“That’s too much!” He Chengjue was so angry that he jumped up and down, “Our A-Tong is still a child!”
Li Yufeng was a little calmer: “Shut up, Atong is grown up, it’s normal for him to like someone. But why Xie Jiu?”
He was of the same gender, and he was eleven years older than him. Could it be that… An Yinong lacked fatherly love?
Li Yufeng’s gaze made He Chengjue’s whole body tremble with fear. He said, “Xie Jiu is such a ruthless person, and his mind is calculating. What if he has some bad ideas for Atong? How can Atong be his opponent?”
“I am more worried about the outside public opinion. They don’t dare to make up stories about Xie Jiu, but they may dare to make up stories about Atong.” Li Yufeng frowned.
“Let’s see who dares!” He Chengjue was very angry, “I’ll find a lawyer to sue them to death!”
“It’s not whether they dare to ask questions, but how people look at the rumors. Alas, there are so many roads, but Atong chose the most difficult one. People are afraid of what they say.”
As a result, the next day, the wealthy Mr. Xie Jiu responded to this matter in all newspapers and on television, including the He family (why not make money when you have it? You have to make money from your own news).
“Before I met him, I didn’t believe in karma. After I met him, I hoped to do more good things to keep him safe. I’m glad he was brought home.”
WhiteMoon x BlackSun 