King of People

In Tan Xiaoqing's impression, Brother Lin, who makes the majority of girls crazy in love, is a frigid person.

He's played cool characters, cool as hell.

He has also acted in sexy roles, and the aura of desire exuding from his whole body makes every audience's adrenaline soar.

He has also acted as a pervert with a twisted mind, an ordinary person struggling in real life, a simple student who has never been out of society... He has acted in everything, and he can play well, but none of them are him.

Zhu Yilin himself is neither sad nor happy, just like a cold vase.

This vase is too beautiful, like a work of art, but it is still a vase, without human emotions.

Because of this, Tan Xiaoqing didn't believe that Zhu Yilin and Lu Jiachuan were in love, and she couldn't imagine what it would be like to be in love with brother Lin.

Moreover, the target shouldn't be... Lu Jiachuan.

Sure enough, Zhu Yilin's answer was as she expected.

"No." Zhu Yilin denied that he and Lu Jiachuan "had a relationship" with a very flat tone, "It was just an acquaintance before."

"We knew each other before?" Tan Xiaoqing was puzzled.

Zhu Yilin looked at her and frowned slightly, Tan Xiaoqing immediately shut up, not daring to ask any more questions.

Zhu Yilinming didn't want to say it, but Tan Xiaoqing was really afraid of him.

She didn't quite understand before, why should she ask such things in person?Wen Xian could obviously call Zhu Yilin in person, it would be more direct and protect privacy to the greatest extent.

But Wen Xian didn't know what to think, she asked her to ask everything, and then asked her little assistant to relay it to herself, and at the same time asked her what state Zhu Yilin was in when she answered the question.

"Status", this word is too delicate.

When Tan Xiaoqing was the "middleman" for the first time, she was very at a loss. After so many times, she faintly felt that she understood a little bit. Wen Xian seemed to be very worried about Zhu Yilin's mental state-maybe he was afraid that he would be under too much pressure, public figure It is easy to suffer from neurasthenia.

But Mr. Wen was too busy to keep an eye on Zhu Yilin, so he had to remotely control her and let her be the star's nanny and monitor.

The "Monitor" finished today's task, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The follow-up of hot searches has nothing to do with her. Zhu Yilin has a professional public relations team behind him, serving him 24 hours a day, and maintaining his image online and offline.

Tan Xiaoqing glanced at Zhu Yilin again, reconfirming that his emotions were normal. It seemed that his previous friendship with Lu Jiachuan was not worth mentioning, at least not enough to affect him.

Only then did Tan Xiaoqing feel relieved, and briefly explained what he wanted, and then left the room, worrying about Zhu Yilin's dinner menu.

At this time, 17:23.

As soon as the female assistant left, the living room immediately fell silent.

The water on the coffee table was cold, Zhu Yilin stared at the water glass without moving.

He had a sudden urge to smoke, but he had quit long ago.

When was the last time you smoked?

It seems that many years ago, he played a role with more than three lines for the first time. Late that night, he silently recited those three lines hundreds of times, and then thought while smoking: When will it be possible?

What does "can" mean, he dare not think deeply.

too long ago.

Why do you remember these old almanacs again?

Zhu Yilin leaned her head back on the sofa and pressed her temples.

He can't smoke now, one is unhealthy, and the other is that it affects his image. "Zhu Yilin" has long been a brand, and it is easy to go to the altar, but it is difficult to get off the altar. In the eyes of fans, he is a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world, but only drinks dew, noble and glamorous.

Although he is indeed quite cold, this is not a false personality.

Zhu Yilin was surprisingly dazed. When he didn't need to work, he often didn't know what to do.

This is a common problem of people without hobbies, who are too busy to develop hobbies.

So my mind was empty, and I remembered the hot search again.

Lu Jiachuan...

Just as these three words rolled around in my mind, the phone rang before any taste could be brewed from the dusty memories.

It's Wen Xian's call.

This woman probably finished listening to the small report from the "monitor" at this moment, and finally came to talk to him in person.

"Hello." Zhu Yilin calmly connected.

Wen Xian laughed first, although the two of them are old partners, and they belong to a community of interests, they are closer than relatives, but with Zhu Yilin's "orphan temper", Wen Xian and him have been working together for so many years and Wen Xian can't get close, so he still speaks politely : "Yilin, you just woke up? Don't sleep too long during the day, it's easy to suffer from insomnia at night."

Zhu Yilin said: "There will be a night show tonight."

Wen Xian was silent for a while: "Director Zhang deserves to be Zhou Baopi. If this is the case, you are still busy at night. Let me make a long story short."

"You said."

"I want to ask about Lu Jiachuan."

"Ok, I know."

Wen Xian laughed again, she is different from Tan Xiaoqing, she has no desire to gossip, she only has business purposes, so even if she asks the same question, her tone is quite different: "I heard that you and Lu Jiachuan knew each other before, how is your relationship? Can you talk to him?"

Zhu Yilin frowned: "What do you want to talk about?"

"I want to sign him." Wen Xian said bluntly, "I asked someone to inquire, and there is indeed a big problem with Boguang. Young Master Lu will not be able to inherit his father's billions of dollars in inheritance. It is a blessing not to be in debt."

"..."

"I've also heard—the gossip in the circle is not true. Some people say that Lu Jiachuan is an illegitimate child who was taken home halfway through. The Lu family's statement is that he studied abroad when he was a child and returned to China when he was an adult. , but in fact he has never been abroad. Mrs. Lu, that is, Lu Jiachuan's stepmother, has a very bad relationship with him. Now that Boguang's building has collapsed, the Lu family is closing the door and breaking up. The water is very deep. "

Zhu Yilin didn't say a word, Wen Xian thought to herself and sighed: "It's no wonder that people call him a disaster star, what kind of fate is he? Wherever he goes, he can control wherever he goes, but in the end it's superstition, he can't force others to cheat, There is no way to force anyone to take drugs. A group as big as Boguang suddenly collapsed. It is not a day's cold to be frozen three feet. It is better to say that he is unlucky than others."

"Yeah." Zhu Yilin didn't accept her emotion, and his tone was still cold, "Why do you want to sign him all of a sudden?"

Wen Xian said: "I think he can be popular, no, he is already popular. I mean, he can be popular on his own without relying on negative news. He is a good seed. Yilin, what do you think?"

Zhu Yilin knew her very well, and snorted lightly: "A good seedling of a cash cow?"

"What's the difference? You're also a cash cow, but you're an even better actor." Wen Xian didn't care, "By the way, when did you know him? Why didn't I know? Was it before you debuted?" ? Then do you know that Lu Jiachuan is really an illegitimate child?"

"Does it matter?"

"..."

He didn't say anything, Wen Xian tactfully didn't ask.

In fact, after Zhu Yilin's repeated reactions, Wen Xian could vaguely see that the relationship between Zhu Yilin and Lu Jiachuan probably couldn't be described as "before acquaintance".

But the relationship between people is deep and deep, and shallow is also shallow.

She didn't know what kind of past Zhu Yilin and Lu Jiachuan had, but she could be sure that they had no contact in recent years.Now that the contact is broken, no matter whether it is a profound friendship or an unknown love, it is all in the past tense. Who didn't point to the past?

There is no need to mention the past.

Zhu Yilin is not a sentimental person.

Boss Wen is a businessman by nature, he thinks about others by himself, exes and old friends can be transformed into social contacts, Zhu Yilin must understand her thoughts, she really wants to sign Lu Jiachuan.

"Lu Jiachuan has never had a company." Wen Xian said, "He used to be supported by Boguang, so he didn't have to sign with a brokerage company, but now he can't even get new plays, so if he doesn't sign with a company, he will go to the Northwest Wind in the future? Expect Boguang to come back from the dead , I think it’s useless. But now the whole world knows that Boguang is down, and Lu Jiachuan is desperate. Except for the company he offended, other companies want to sign him, and they want to take advantage of his downfall. Of course we won’t do this kind of thing, but we also want to make money, so the terms of the contract should be as favorable to us as possible.”

"Okay, I know what you mean." Zhu Yilin stood up from the sofa, poured out the cold water in the glass, and got a new one, "If you want to sign, sign it."

Wen Xian smiled again: "You know Young Master Lu's temper, am I afraid that we won't get along? Since you know him, why don't you talk to him in person?"

"..."

Zhu Yilin was silent for a few seconds, Wen Xian heard the sound of drinking water on the other end of the phone, it was soft but clear.

Just when she thought Zhu Yilin disagreed, the voice on the phone said, "Okay, give me a contact information."

Wen Xian hung up the phone and sent him a mobile phone number.

Zhu Yilin stared at these eleven digits for a long time, and the more they looked at them, the more they looked familiar. When they were saved in the address book, sure enough, the number already existed - Lu Jiachuan didn't change the number after so many years of no contact.

But Zhu Yilin had already changed his number.

When he called, the buzzer beeped about five or six times, and the phone was connected, and a strange yet familiar voice came from the opposite side, very alienated: "Hello."

Zhu Yilin paused: "Hi, I'm Zhu Yilin."

"..."

With a "bang", something fell down, and there was a rush of noise from the phone, followed by the sound of footsteps. Lu Jiachuan seemed to have gone far away, and only responded to him when he walked to a secluded place: "Zhu, Zhu Yilin ?”

There was a little panic in the surprised voice.

Before Zhu Yilin could speak, Lu Jiachuan said again: "Are you here to settle accounts with me?"

"Huh?" Zhu Yilin didn't understand.

Lu Jiachuan said: "I didn't mean to do the hot search, I deleted it, but it doesn't seem to be useful, sorry."

"..."

Zhu Yilin didn't answer for a moment, Lu Jiachuan's voice dropped for a moment: "I really didn't mean to cause trouble for you by accident."

"En." Zhu Yilin suddenly ran out of words, and it took him a few seconds to remember what his purpose for making this call should be.

"It's okay." Zhu Yilin said, "I'm not looking for you for this, but for something else. I don't know if you have time to talk about it."

"……What's up?"

"It's not easy to talk on the phone. When are you free? Let's make an appointment to meet."

"Now!" Lu Jiachuan said suddenly, "I'm free right now, is it convenient for you?"

"..."

Zhu Yilin is silent, Lu Jiachuan's reaction is very different from what he expected, he thinks that their conversation should not go so naturally after they haven't contacted each other for nearly seven years.

Seven years.

too long.

He couldn't even remember what he was like seven years ago.

The Lu Jiachuan at that time was clearly still in his mind, but it was different from the arrogant young master in the entertainment news, as if they were two different people, and it was difficult to overlap their images.

But this phone call, after only talking a few words, he suddenly felt a little familiar.

This familiarity stuck in his throat.

"I'm filming in Bincheng recently." Zhu Yilin said in a low voice, "It's almost finished, I can't leave before the end."

But Lu Jiachuan said: "What a coincidence, I'm in Bincheng right now, where are you? I'll go find you, are you busy? Is it okay to meet?"

Zhu Yilin seemed to sigh softly when he heard him: "Long time no see, I thought... we would never see each other again in this life, brother."