88. Self-Cultivation of Men Who Live Off Their Husbands
Zhong Li recognized the person, but the boy in front of her wore a white suit today, and his face was retouched, making him more handsome and three-dimensional. He was obviously a man.
She thought about the time when she said she wanted to support him on impulse. The next day, her secretary found out that he was still a junior student at the Film Academy. He was 23 years old this year, six years younger than her.
Zhong Li sighed in her heart. It turned out that she was really impulsive.
The outside world's views on her have always been mostly positive. Everyone praised her for her calmness, wisdom, and superb skills. She was able to expand the Zhong family's industry to its current scale in less than ten years. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is a heroine. But Zhong Li is still a person after all. She is not made of iron. In addition to her busy career, she also has her own little girl side that is unknown to others.
Zhong Li has shown a talent different from others in learning since she was a child.
She graduated from junior high school at the age of twelve, took the college entrance examination at the age of fourteen, and obtained a bachelor's degree from the School of Business of Shuimu University and a graduate degree from an Ivy League school at the age of eighteen. She returned to China at the age of nineteen and began to work in the family business of the Zhong family.
This journey is a legendary story of a great man, a typical child of other people's families.
In fact, the reason why Zhong Li was able to devote herself to studying was simply because she had no friends.
As the daughter of a gangster, she was always followed by a long line of bodyguards when going to and from school. Except for those boys who were obsessed with being gangsters during the second-year syndrome, no one dared to approach Zhong Li, and the biggest purpose of those boys approaching her was just to worship her father as their big brother.
When Zhong Li was fourteen years old, she fell in love with the school hunk. It can't be said that she liked him to this extent, but she had some affection for him.
Su Can, the school hunk of Zhong Li's high school, was three years older than her.
He was cheerful and handsome, and he looked youthful and sunny even in a loose and ugly school uniform.
Unlike Zhong Li, he had friends almost everywhere. He was a big boy with an outstanding family background and good academic performance, which satisfied the fantasies of most girls who were just beginning to fall in love at that time.
Zhong Li also likes Su Can, or rather, she envies Su Can.
She mustered up the courage to get rid of the bodyguards her father arranged for her for the first time, just to confess to Su Can.
At that time, Su Can tactfully rejected her, saying that she was very good, but they were not suitable.
The smart Zhong Liming understood what the other party meant, his father was an official, and her father was once a bandit.
It’s not sad, Zhong Li felt that confessing to Su Can was just her immature middle school period. In fact, she didn’t feel ashamed of being rejected. On the contrary, this immature failure made her grow up quickly.
I don’t know who spread the news of her confession to Su Can. Zhong Li, who originally had a bad relationship with people, was completely isolated. She simply got used to being alone, and it didn’t matter whether she was isolated or not.
She gradually changed from a little girl who liked pink and occasionally had some naive fantasies to a cold and decisive business woman.
And Su Can, in that year, completely disappeared from her life.
That day in Blue, when this woman who was 29 years old but almost 92 years old, calm as water, and had never thought about her lifelong affairs, saw the man who was 60% similar to Su Can at the time, sitting in the dim light and singing softly, like whispering, like whispering, Zhong Li was a little moved.
She didn't know whether she regarded Yan Chu as a substitute for Su Can who she didn't get at the time, or whether she just liked this type of boy. Now she is no longer the same as before. Rumors have no effect on her, and no one in the Zhong family can make her decision.
Without thinking much, Zhong Li asked Yan Chu who came down from the stage to support him.
Even if it was to fulfill a dream when she was 14 years old, Zhong Li felt that the money was worth spending.
At her current level, no matter how much money she has, it is just a symbol. What can be more important than making herself happy?
But now, looking at Yan Chu standing in front of her and smiling at her, Zhong Li felt a tricky feeling for the first time.
She said the word "support" so happily that she forgot that she had never had a boyfriend.
If you really want to be a qualified sponsor, how can you make yourself look more sophisticated? This is quite urgent.
"Secretary Jiang, the takeaway you ordered."
After sending away the people from Mobi Company, the front desk also brought up the takeaway.
"Give it to me."
Yan Chu took the takeaway box naturally and looked at the packaging. It was from Dingweixuan, which specializes in high-end health-preserving dishes. The price is not cheap. Two dishes and a soup cost about four or five hundred yuan.
Jiang Xin sighed that the days of being kept were so comfortable. I wonder if the president still needs a warm bed.
"Irregular diet is always bad for the stomach. If you have stomach problems, you can't forget to eat often. You can't eat cold food. In fact, it's better to eat freshly cooked meals every day. Make sure the ingredients are clean and hygienic. No matter how good the restaurants outside boast, they are always not as reliable as making them yourself."
Yan Chu carried the lunch box in one hand and consciously held Zhong Li's hand with the other hand and walked towards her office.
"I have started learning how to cook, but I am not very good at it. Don't worry, you will be able to eat the loving bento I made soon."
Zhong Li didn't react for a moment, and was led by him into the room. The door of the office was closed, and Jiang Xin couldn't hear the rest of the words.
Is this the consideration of the little wolf dog?
Jiang Xin was a little envious and jealous. Her boyfriend was busier than him at work. When they were together, they basically relied on takeout to solve the problem of eating.
Just now, she thought that the other party was in a hurry and didn't eat, so she ordered dinner for herself. Unexpectedly, it was for Zhong Li. He was really working hard to do this.
But what can I do if I am still envious? Consideration bought with money is also considerate. As long as there is money, it will be fine.
This seems a bit wrong. When did her three views become distorted?
Zhong Li was led by Yan Chu's hand and sat upright on the sofa. Only then did she realize what Yan Chu did.
"You like winter melon soup, Longjing shrimp and stir-fried kale, millet porridge nourishes the stomach, you can drink more."
Yan Chu took out the food and dishes in the package one by one. The takeaway boy delivered them in time. All the dishes, including millet porridge, were just the right temperature.
"You?"
Zhong Li frowned. Although they were in a relationship of being kept, were they so close?
"Don't worry. This is my first time being kept, but I will try my best not to waste your money. Keeping me will definitely give you more value for money."
Yan Chu smiled, his big white teeth almost blinding people.
"Drink it while it's hot. I just heard from Secretary Jiang that you haven't eaten anything except two cups of coffee since noon."
Yan Chu helped Zhong Li break the chopsticks and handed it to Zhong Li after making sure that the temperature of the porridge was not too hot.
He didn't know whether he should take the initiative to feed her at this time, but thinking about Zhong Li's personality, this approach might cause the other party to be disgusted. As a qualified little wolf dog, he couldn't do anything to make the sponsor happy.
After a few mouthfuls of warm pumpkin millet porridge, the originally painful stomach soon felt much better.
"I thought Secretary Jiang ordered this. How do you know I have stomach problems and what I like to eat?"
Zhong Li picked up a piece of winter melon and asked casually.
"It's all over the Internet. The youngest and most beautiful female rich man, so many people are shouting that they want to give birth to a baby for you. I think I'm quite lucky. I will definitely do this job well."
Laughing again, Zhong Li lowered her eyes, thinking that it didn't seem to be a wrong thing to keep the young boy in front of her on impulse.
Whether the other party regards being kept as a profession or something else, the consideration from the opposite sex makes Zhong Li feel different.
She thinks that if the other party always behaves well, the time of keeping can be longer.
It took some time to eat, and it was almost too late to do the styling.
Zhong Li is now wearing a women's suit from a niche high-end brand in France. The simple and neat tailoring design is very suitable for her temperament. The stylist simply didn't let her change clothes, but helped her touch up her makeup and re-do a capable hairstyle.
Big red lips, some exaggerated emerald earrings, the aura broke through two meters and eighty at once. Even if she went to a banquet, she would not make the host feel perfunctory at all.
One is black and the other is white, one is handsome and the other is bright, walking together, they look very harmonious.
Zhong Li looked at the young man beside him with satisfaction.
"There will be many people in the entertainment industry at this banquet. Aren't you a student of the Film Academy? You can seize this opportunity."
Although Zhong Li was the one who supported the other party on a whim, since the other party is now hers, she will naturally satisfy him if he wants anything.
Here it comes, a unique dialogue for the sponsor.
Yan Chu thought about what the tutorial on the Internet was for the sponsor's words.
"Don't feel embarrassed, these are what you deserve. I am very satisfied with today's dinner."
Zhong Li straightened his collar, ignored the stylist's words, and re-buttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, which finally made him feel more comfortable.
Yan Chu's silence just now made her think that the other party was at a loss, and it was rare to show the first smile of the day, comforting him like a senior comforting a junior.
"Well, thank you, Mr. Zhong. I will try my best."
Yan Chu also realized the other party's misunderstanding, but it doesn't matter, the ending is the same.
"Calling Mr. Zhong is too unfamiliar. In the future, you can call me Sister Li like everyone else."
She is six years older than him, so it is not too much to call her sister.
"Can I call you Li Zi? It seems to be more intimate. Our current relationship is different from others, isn't it?"
The rule of seducing the sponsor is to act coquettishly appropriately so that the other party will gradually get used to the fact that you are different from others.
Zhong Li didn't expect Yan Chu to suddenly make this request.
Li Zi was her childhood nickname, but after she grew up a little, no one called her by this nickname anymore. When she heard it suddenly, she was a little dazed.
"It's just that in private, when it's just the two of us, in front of outsiders, I still call you Sister Li."
Yan Chu took Zhong Li's hand, and gently scratched the palm of the other's hand with his fingertips, his eyes were wet, like a coquettish little puppy.
"Cough."
Zhong Li took back his hand somewhat flusteredly and coughed several times to cover up his slightly red cheeks.
"You can only yell like that when there's no one around."
If Zhong Li hadn't confirmed that Yan Chu was innocent, although he had been a school idol since he was a child, he didn't have any good friends of the opposite sex before her. Even in the blue world, he only sold his art but not his body. Just based on the other party's behavior just now, she suspected that he was a playboy from time to time, seducing people with full power.
"Okay."
When Yan Chu smiled, he always habitually showed his white teeth. Zhong Li keenly noticed the embarrassment, nervousness and finally happiness in the other party's eyes that he couldn't hide in time.
So the seemingly skilled seduction action just now, the other party also pretended to be handy?
Holding back the smile in her heart, Zhong Li felt that if the other party could make her happy often, the price of 500,000 a month would be worth it.
He really worked hard to learn to please her as he said.
Afterwards, please keep up the good work.
*****
Many big names in the entertainment industry attended the golden wedding of Gao Bi Gao and Zhang Dong. Many media gathered outside the hotel. Although they couldn't enter the inner field, it was also good to take some photos of the big names.
Gaobi Gao Group has many cinema chains, which almost occupy 15% of the market share. Therefore, for the golden wedding of Chairman Gaobi Gao and his wife, everyone who has something to do with the entertainment industry came. After all, they are all in this circle, and no one can guarantee that they will have a movie released on that day. It is also good to ask Gaobi Gao to arrange the film. It is also a good thing to make a good relationship.
Those 18th-tier small stars also knew this news and were trying their best to get in. You should know that there are not only many seniors in the entertainment industry, but also internationally famous directors and bosses of several major entertainment companies coming tonight. If you can show your face in front of those people, your future may be different.
"Actor Zhang, look here."
"Ding Dang, look here."
Outside the hotel, the flashes of the cameras almost connected to the daylight. The stars were relatively good-tempered. When they heard the media people shouting, they would stop and stand outside the hotel to let them take a few photos.
Compared with them, the big bosses and famous directors of those companies were not as good-tempered. They almost came and went in a hurry, and there were many bodyguards standing around them to block the media from taking pictures.
Zhong Li is the same. She doesn't like her life to be overexposed to the media.
"Boss Zhong, look here."
The youngest female billionaire in China, with a net worth of over 10 billion, rich, beautiful and single, is simply a female version of a diamond bachelor. Marrying her is equivalent to marrying a diamond mountain.
Unfortunately, as the boss of an entertainment company, Zhong Li's life is like an ascetic monk. She always goes back and forth between the company and home. She has never been seen to have any intimate behavior with any of her artists. The third-rate tabloids want to report some gossip about her, but there is no evidence to support it.
However, today, Zhong Li, who has always attended the dinner alone, unexpectedly had a young man in a white shirt beside her. The media's keen nerves were suddenly mobilized, and they didn't care about the little flower wearing Valentino's unreleased spring couture. The cameras were all aimed at Zhong Li.
Unfortunately, she was surrounded by security personnel. Everyone only saw the back of the mysterious young man, and didn't even see his face clearly, and watched him enter the hotel.
"Whose son is that?"
The media didn't think of anything else about the man who could be brought by Zhong Li to attend the golden wedding banquet of Mr. Zhang openly.
"I don't know, I didn't see it carefully, did anyone see it clearly?"
A group of people asked each other.
"He walked too fast and was blocked by bodyguards, so I couldn't see anything clearly."
All the media reporters said that they didn't see the man clearly, and even the photo was just a blurry back.
But it's better to have a photo than not, and they have already drafted the title.
# The billionaire female president holds hands with a mysterious man, who will win the Sonorous Rose. #
It doesn't matter what the truth is, as long as there are clicks.
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"Mr. Zhong."
Zhong Li didn't arrive early, and many people had already come to the banquet hall. When they saw her appear, they came over with wine.
"This one?"
Yan Chu looked a little unfamiliar. He was not a son of a family they knew, nor was he a famous artist in the entertainment industry.
But he was brought by Zhong Li anyway, and the eyes of others looking at Yan Chu were very friendly.
"Yan Chu, our new talent that Tianqi is promoting this year, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Chen, this is still a young man, if there is any offense in the future, I hope you will forgive me."
The two middle-aged men in front of them, one is the CEO of Juxing Entertainment, and the other is the CEO of Gemini Entertainment.
It is said that colleagues are enemies, but there are many exchanges of interests in the entertainment industry, and the pie is so big that it is not enough for one company to eat it. Therefore, even if you hate each other to death on weekdays, sometimes there are some cooperative projects, and everyone is still friends.
In this big dye vat, it is not just the actors who can act.
"Where did Mr. Zhong dig up such a good seedling? Don't worry, your uncle Chen and I cherish talents the most, so don't say those polite words."
The two of them looked at Yan Chu obscurely. In the past, Tianqi had some newcomers, but they had never seen Zhong Li bring those people to participate in a banquet like today. It seems that the other party attaches great importance to this young man. Is it because he is optimistic about the other party's potential, or...
We are all the CEOs of entertainment companies. Who is less cunning than the other?
However, in view of Zhong Li's past behavior of not entering strangers, and her current frank attitude, it seems that she is too insignificant, and she speculated that Zhong Li would normally promote newcomers to the company today.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhong Li took Yan Chu towards today's protagonist and his wife.
The cocktail party and dinner are actually a small sorority party. People who come here are all here to expand their connections. Even though Zhong Li is already in a very high position, there are many people who are better than her in Huaxia alone. Now, it's far from the point where you can act recklessly.
So those domineering CEOs on TV who don't go to work every day and are just busy chasing that imbecile girl who poured coffee on him are all lies. Real CEOs don't have that much time to fall in love.
Fortunately, Zhong Li had already drank a bowl of porridge to fill her stomach before coming. Otherwise, just the glasses of red wine would have been enough to overwhelm her stomach. This was because Yan Chu tried his best to stop the wine.
"This new guy from Zhong Corporation is very interesting."
It was He An who spoke, and there was a smile in his words. It was not ridicule, but kindness.
Looking at the young man opposite who was drinking for Zhong Li, he was very smart.
He An is considered one of the top directors in China. He does not sign with any agency and has his own studio.
In the early days, he was famous for making commercial films with large-scale scenes. Almost every film he made was a huge hit and could often break the box office record of the year.
The current box office record for Chinese movies is a comedy film he shot the year before last. It was low-cost, but it was released during the Spring Festival. It is packed with laughs, easy to understand, and suitable for the whole family. With an investment of 60 million, it received 2.5 billion. It can be said to have created a miracle in the history of Chinese movies.
Now he is considered one of the directors most favored by investors, but the other party also has its own troubles.
That's why his movies are always easy to win and hard to win.
Not to mention the comments from outsiders, film critics within the film industry always criticize his films for having no purpose and not profound connotations. Such popcorn movies do not deserve the title of great director.
Until now, except for some second- and third-rate awards that he looked down upon, the best director awards that were recognized by mainstream domestic benchmark awards had passed him by, which made He An feel aggrieved.
At this level, money and everything are empty. What he wants now is fame. He wants to make a literary film that caters to a niche audience to win awards. This is his first time trying to shoot a cold theme, because His move made the investors who were vying to invest in him hesitate. After all, this was the first time He An tried other themes. If they pounced, their money would not be blown away by a strong wind.
"I heard that the movie that Director He is currently preparing has not yet found a suitable investor?"
Zhong Li held Yan Chu in one hand and asked He An with a glass of almost untouched red wine in the other.
"Mr. Zhong is interested?"
He An cheered up. Although it was a literary film, he had really invested a lot in this film. With his assets, of course he could afford the cost of this film, but if he really made the investment, he would also The vitality is severely damaged.
He An was not completely confident about approaching this field that he was not familiar with. He was also afraid that he would fail and lose all his money.
"As long as Director He's name is on it, I'm interested in it."
Zhong Li implicitly praised He An: "I plan to invest 50 million in this movie, but I don't know if Director He will give me this opportunity."
Fifty million was just enough to fill the gap that He An needed now. It was too late for him to be happy, so how could he refuse?
In addition, Tianqi's reputation has been very good in recent years and he will not use investment to criticize the director, so there is nothing for him to hesitate.
"The person next to me is a third-year film school student, Yan Chu. He is a newcomer that Tianqi is highly recommending this year. I wonder if Director He has a suitable role for this child in the film he is preparing."
Zhong Li's red lips parted slightly, and He An's heart skipped a beat of joy. It turned out that this investment was not about drinking.
This is really He An's misunderstanding of Zhong Li. To be honest, she and Yan Chu haven't been together for long, and they haven't spent huge sums of money to support him. Investing in He An is just her pure trust in him.
With his name, it is unlikely that this movie will make a loss when it is released. At most, it will barely make up for the loss, and even if it does, it won't be much.
Even if he really lost money, when He An couldn't find investment, he was able to provide help in times of need. This kind of goodwill could not be bought at other times.
Fifty million, she can afford to lose.
Next time, when he gives up the artistic films that he can't control and switches to commercial films, if he wants to invest, he will have priority. This deal will not be a loss no matter what.
As for Yan Chu, it was completely incidental.
Zhong Li looked at the grateful eyes of the little wolfdog next to him and felt a little guilty.