Shi Zhou frowned imperceptibly, silently looking at Zhao Yanqing in front of him.
The other party was wearing a high-end wine red formal suit and vest, and the white shirt inside was embellished with a dark blue floral tie, which still gave people the usual romantic and golden taste.
"What? It's only been two months since we last met, and Mr. Shi doesn't know me anymore?"
Zhao Yanqing fastened the buttons of his coat slowly, and there was still a bit of bitten blood on the right side of his lower lip, which was left by a lover.
Because of Song Mingyan, Shizhou's impression of Zhao Yanqing was not good.
He suppressed the disgust in his heart, turned sideways to make way for the person in front of him, "Mr. Zhao, please go ahead."
There was a slight push sound from the toilet door on the inside, and within three seconds, another young man in a fine attire came out from inside.
Shi Zhou looked over Zhao Yanqing, and recognized the young artist on the inside at a glance, and the system in his mind searched for the right relevant information at the same time——
The other party is also one of today's red carpet stars, named Luo Yicheng.
Luo Yicheng was originally a model, and later participated in an online short drama that unexpectedly became popular, and only half a foot stepped into the entertainment film and television industry.
Over the years, the other party has acted in many small-budget online dramas, and mixed up a lot of male first and male second. It was not until last year when he appeared as the third male in the TV series "Ning Yun" that he gained a lot of attention.
From then on, Luo Yicheng's resources seemed to be on the hook——
First, he won the male lead of a period drama "Extraordinary Charm". After the film was completed in June, he took on the male lead of the big IP "Drunken Country" adapted from the novel non-stop in August.
Looking at Zhao Yanqing who was still standing at the door and Shi Zhou who suddenly appeared, Luo Yicheng obviously stopped his pace.
He consciously lowered his head to check his appearance, but unfortunately he was still half a beat behind.
Shi Zhou had already noticed the ambiguous hickey half-hidden under his collar, as well as his somewhat red and swollen lips.
Some things, go without saying.
The system hugged its own virtual popcorn while watching a movie, 【Zhoubao, it seems that Luo Yicheng's soaring resources in the past half a year is because he climbed up to Zhao Yanqing?Your circle is really chaotic. 】
Shi Zhou's perceptive eyes patrolled Zhao Yanqing and Luo Yicheng, 【With Zhao Yanqing's means and capital, the number of lovers inside and outside the circle may not be counted with two hands. 】
Seeing Shi Zhou's eyes, Luo Yicheng felt guilty and uncomfortable, and could not help coughing lightly, "This is..."
"I almost forgot that the two of you haven't met yet, come on, let me introduce you - Shi Zhou and Luo Yicheng."
Zhao Yanqing acted as an intermediary, "You two are the male protagonists of popular costume dramas recently."
In addition to Shi Zhou and Sheng Yanwen's "Troubled Times", in which Luo Yicheng plays the male lead and popular actress Qin Meng plays the female lead, "Drunken Country" is also one of the hottest upcoming shows.
To put it bluntly, these two original novels have always been equally famous in the rankings of major websites. Now the two dramas are going to be filmed and broadcast at the same time, and they are expected to be broadcast on the stars in November.
At that time, comparison and competition will be absolutely indispensable.
Suddenly, a bit of disturbance from the first broadcast of "A Troubled Times" appeared in Shi Zhou's mind, and his eyes gradually darkened.
Zhao Yanqing glanced at Luo Yicheng briefly, then fixed his focused gaze on Shi Zhou's face, "You two are about the same age, if there is a chance, I will organize a dinner party, and you two can make friends to discuss each other?"
Luo Yicheng saw Zhao Yanqing's intentions towards Shi Zhou, and let out a sinister smile in his throat, "Mr. Zhao is joking, Mr. Shi has been a popular actor in less than four years since his debut, how dare I, a young [-]th-line actor, dare to climb up to him."
Shi Zhou curled his lips slightly, but did not respond.
Zhao Yanqing was slightly displeased, "Yi Cheng."
Luo Yicheng received the warning from Zhao Yanqing's eyes, gritted his teeth and smiled, "Of course, if Mr. Shi doesn't mind, I am willing to make this friend anytime."
In the entertainment circle, it is the basic principle not to form evil with others, but this does not mean that Shi Zhou is willing to be a soft bun for others to handle.
Shi Zhou's lips curled up with an elusive arc, and he answered, "Mind you, Mr. Luo and I are not the same kind of people, and we can't talk to each other even if we make friends."
"..."
Luo Yicheng's face changed slightly, he didn't expect Shi Zhou's rejection to be so merciless.
Shi Zhou noticed the change in his expression, and casually added a dose of fuel, "By the way, Mr. Luo can ask Mr. Zhao for Song Mingyan's contact information. I guess, you two should have a lot of experience to exchange as friends. "
The system applauded after listening to it, [Wow!Our Zhoubao Yin and Yang are so angry that they are in place. 】
Shi Zhou was almost annoyed by the system's rainbow fart, but Luo Yicheng changed his face before he could, "You..."
Who is Song Mingyan?
At the beginning, he climbed into Zhao Yanqing's bed to try to get resources, but he was banned because of targeting Shi Zhou. Now he is an amateur who doesn't know where he is fooling around!
Luo Yicheng felt that he had backbone and strength. After debuting for five years, he had no resources, so he could only spin around in low-budget online dramas. After finally catching a brilliant male number three, he immediately broke into the public's attention.
Zhao Yanqing planned to keep him a long time ago, and only last year he gave him the male lead of "Excellent Charm" as a gift. Besides, brand-name clothes, watches, and various resource endorsements were given away like water.
Luo Yicheng, who was originally unwilling to be inferior to others, gradually tasted the sweetness, and finally heaved a sigh of relief because of the huge resource of "Drunken Country".
Just now was the first time he took the initiative to 'serve' Zhao Yanqing, but unfortunately the occasion was wrong, the two of them hadn't made it to the last step.
How could he expect to bump into Shi Zhou when he was going out, and be ridiculed by the other party overtly and secretly?
Shi Zhou caught Luo Yicheng's hesitant rebuttal, and remained unmoved, "Mr. Luo, I advise you to cover the hickey on your neck before you find an excuse to rebut."
Once a person has fallen, it is useless to use any good excuses to whitewash it.
Shi Zhou still remembers that in the original world trajectory——
"Drunken Country" was just in the middle of the broadcast, Luo Yicheng exposed a lot of scandals in the modeling industry when he was young, which instantly affected himself and the ratings of the TV series. " were forced to put on hold indefinitely.
"..."
Luo Yicheng suddenly stretched out his hand to block his neck, showing an extremely humiliated expression.
This look caught Zhao Yanqing's eyes, and his displeasure suddenly increased, "Yicheng, go back to the banquet hall to find the director and the others. The TV series will be released soon. As the male lead, you have to promote it well. Don't be an eyesore here."
Or don't agree at the beginning, and after agreeing, you will be aggrieved, and who will you show it to?
Zhao Yanqing completely lost the tenderness and sweetness of the intimacy just now, and the order to chase away guests was cold and direct.
Luo Yicheng was about to tremble with anger, but he didn't have the courage to refute Zhao Yanqing. He threw an innocuous eye at Shi Zhou, and walked out of the bathroom.
Zhao Yanqing didn't pay attention to the angry Luo Yicheng at all, and only said to Shi Zhou, "Another disobedient, Mr. Shi laughed."
"Whether it's Song Mingyan or Luo Yicheng, they have nothing to do with me..."
Shi Zhou really didn't want to continue entanglement with Zhao Yanqing, so he asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhao, you can't be so obsessed with this bathroom, right? If you keep blocking the doorway to prevent people from entering, I can only change to something else."
Under the yellow light in the bathroom, Shi Zhou's eyebrows and eyes look even more seductive and blurred, and the roses outlined on his neck make people really want to pick them.
Zhao Yanqing's eyes changed again and again, and finally suppressed the turmoil in his heart, "Mr. Shi, please go ahead, I'll take a step first."
...
After confirming that Zhao Yanqing's figure had disappeared at the end of the corridor, Shi Zhou let out a soft breath and walked into the bathroom, 【Fifteen, help me check the behind-the-scenes investment distribution of the drama "Drunken Country", the more detailed the better. 】
After receiving Shi Zhou's instruction, the system immediately started searching.
Shi Zhou walked to the sink again, recalling the "popular costume drama" that Zhao Yanqing mentioned just now, and couldn't help recalling the unexpected incident when "Ghost Times" and "Drunken Country" competed in the ratings competition——
In the early stage of the broadcast of "A Troubled Times", there was a very serious leakage of feature film resources.
The first ten episodes accidentally appeared on a high-definition online disk version before the broadcast, and the feature film has not yet been broadcast on TV stations. The 'pirated' resources are already flying all over the sky?
The crew immediately adopted remedial measures and made a serious statement, but unfortunately, the plot of "A Troubled Times" is one after another, and some netizens still chose to watch it in advance on online disk resources.
Due to the forced early broadcast, the ratings and popularity of the first two weeks of broadcast of "Ghost Times" were far below the crew's expectations.
On the contrary, "Drunken Country", which was broadcast steadily, firmly occupied the popularity champion in the first half month.
Fortunately, the resource leak of "A Troubled Times" was limited to the first ten episodes. Once the subsequent episodes were broadcast, coupled with the vigorous promotion of the crew, the heat of the competition was finally regained.
Until the end, "Troubled Times" firmly occupied the top spot of the hot drama list.
Just as I was thinking about it, the system sent the found real-time data to the virtual panel, 【——Zhoubao, I found it! 】
The investors of "Jiang Li Jiang Shan" involved a total of six companies, among which the investor who accounted for the most money was called 'Haohan Media', and the legal representative of this company was called Zhao Ye.
The system explained in detail, 【Zhao Yanqing and him are uncle and nephew. 】
In other words, Zhao Yanqing used the name of his nephew to invest in the drama "Drunken Country", so he has the right to let Luo Yicheng, who is not very famous, directly become the male lead.
Shi Zhou made a rough guess, wiped his hands and went out, "It seems that he failed to invest in "Troubled Times", so he changed his investment path to "Drunken Country"?"
The system has already captured Shi Zhou's memories just now, and asked, [Zhou Bao, then you said, is the resource leak of "Troubled Times" back then related to Zhao Yanqing and the others? 】
After all, as two ancient costume dramas of the same type that were in the ring at the same time, if something happened to "Troubled Times", the biggest beneficiaries would definitely be "Drunken Country" and its investors.
Shi Zhou walked towards the banquet hall, 【High probability, but not 100% sure. 】
At that time, he only stayed on the set as the leading actor to film with peace of mind and appeared on variety shows for publicity. All the things he did, such as resource leakage, were handled by Ling Feng and others.
In any case, now that he has the opportunity to do it all over again, Shi Zhou must avoid the possible losses caused by the crew of "Troubled Times".
This drama is not only the work of him and Sheng Yanwen, but also the crystallization of the painstaking efforts of all the crew members. This time we must maximize the benefits.
While walking, Shi Zhou thought, and suddenly heard an urgent reminder from the system, [Zhou Bao, be careful behind you! 】
Shi Zhou turned around quickly, but it was still too late——
Two strong bodyguards appeared from nowhere, and each of them clamped Shi Zhou's hands, pulling and dragging him forcibly into a closed room.
- pat.
As soon as the door of the lounge was closed, the light source in the corridor was completely cut off, and Shi Zhou's eyes seemed to be covered in darkness for an instant.
The system sensed that something was wrong, and immediately adopted the emergency system, [The host has been detected to be in a dangerous environment, and the [Night Vision] skill point has been actively purchased, please be careful! 】
As soon as the mechanical sound fell, Shi Zhou felt as if he possessed special equipment in the game, and the darkness in front of his eyes suddenly became brighter, enough for him to see the entire environment layout clearly.
Sure enough, Zhao Yanqing, who had agreed to 'leave', stood four or five steps away from Shizhou, with a playful smile on his lips.
"..."
Shi Zhou kept quiet on purpose, pretending to search the door in the dark.
He tried to press the doorknob, but it couldn't be opened at all, 【Fifteen, confirm the location and coordinates of this room, and send it to Yanwen and Sister An immediately. 】
The system maintains a vigilance of 12 points, [Yes! 】
Zhao Yanqing entered this room earlier than Shizhou, and had already adapted to the completely dark environment.
He looked at Shi Zhou's fumbling figure in the dark, and approached slowly with certainty, trying to embrace this body that Xiao had thought about for a long time in his arms.
Unexpectedly, Shi Zhou had already anticipated his approach, seized the opportunity to turn around quickly, and swung his powerful fist suddenly in the darkness.
"roll!"
A word of disgust burst out between the teeth, accompanied by the sound of heavy punches.
Zhao Yanqing was punched hard on the right cheek, caught off guard and took two steps back, and immediately after, the rusty smell of blood filled his mouth.
- pat.
Shi Zhou found the switch on the wall, took the opportunity to turn on the light and looked directly at Zhao Yanqing, "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean?"
Zhao Yanqing spat out a mouthful of blood, suppressed the overwhelming anger, and asked with a sneer, "Shizhou, you really don't save me any face? What do I mean, can you still not understand?"
The more he can't get it, the more he wants it.
The door of the room was blocked by two bodyguards, and Shi Zhou couldn't leave the room for a while.
Zhao Yanqing approached in no hurry, "You stay in a place like Huayu, why not follow me with peace of mind? I promise you can get whatever you want."
Shi Zhou's eyes were full of unresolved frost, and he turned on the microphone and taunted, "Zhao Yanqing, why do you think I would fall in love with you, an old man with half a foot buried in the ground?"
"..."
Half a foot in the ground?old man?
Zhao Yanqing ground his back molars secretly, and a glint of light flickered in his eyes, "Shizhou, I've already given you enough face, being too cold and too sharp in this entertainment circle is not a good thing."
Before the lingering sound fell, he quickly narrowed the distance between the two.
Zhao Yanqing has picked up the clothes of dozens of young artists in his life, so he naturally knows the fastest way to 'trap' a person's hands.
He grabbed Shi Zhou's coat and opened the collar in an instant, and flipped it backwards with great skill.
"...!"
Shi Zhou's hands were forced to fold back, the pain invaded his nerves, he was accidentally pinned against the wall by Zhao Yanqing.
Zhao Yanqing looked at Shi Zhou's flash of panic, and the burning anger finally turned back to unbearable desire, "A person like you is not suitable for playing hard, you should be soft and bullied."
His gaze slid from Shi Zhou's eyebrows to the tip of his nose and thin lips, and then moved along the superior jawline all the way, finally fixed on the rose again.
Soon, the sharp-eyed Zhao Yanqing noticed something strange, and tentatively rubbed off a corner of the rose petal with his fingertips, revealing the naturally more alluring inner core.
"Are you a hickey? Or a birthmark?"
Shi Zhou's eyes changed slightly, and in the next second, the smoke alarm above their heads suddenly burst into a sharp sound, and the emergency water distribution equipment on the ceiling dispersed a large amount of water.
This was an emergency method that Shi Zhou came up with in an unfavorable situation. As expected, Zhao Yanqing was caught by the 'hickey marks' and the alarm sound.
With his hands trapped, Shi Zhou immediately seized the opportunity, raised his knee without hesitation and hit the opponent's most fatal part.
"—Hiss!"
Where did Zhao Yanqing try this kind of taste before? Even though he always pays attention to superficial skills, he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Shi Zhou took the opportunity to escape from Zhao Yanqing's confinement, quickly picked up the decorations on the coffee table that he had long cherished, and used the system's skill points to smash the opponent's head accurately and hard.
The two moves in succession caused Zhao Yanqing to gasp in pain, and lost the ability to fight back for a while.
Seeing this, Shi Zhou continued to pick up the decorations for self-defense, and opened a long distance vigilantly and calmly.
The sprinkling of water on the ceiling hadn't stopped, and the shrill alarms inside and outside the house rang out even more.
No matter whether Sheng Yanwen and Dean can come in time, at least someone will notice the movement after such a commotion.
Suddenly, the locked door from the outside was kicked open——
Standing in Sheng Yanwen and seeing the situation clearly in the diffuse water vapor, he decisively pulled Shi Zhou who was close behind him.
"Are you okay?"
"fine."
Sheng Yanwen confirmed Shizhou's situation for a while, and then looked at Zhao Yanqing who was almost submerged in water and blood.
The suddenly cold aura surpassed the limitations of age and experience, and it was so cold that the water mist in the entire room could condense.
"..."
Zhao Yanqing saw Sheng Yanwen's eyes clearly, and shivered for no reason.
When Sheng Yanwen's father, Sheng Congyun, was famous for his ruthless methods when he was young, he created an unshakable Beidou film and television, but now Zhao Yanqing suddenly sensed something——
A tiger father has no dog.
Sheng Yanwen was probably more frightening than his father, even if he didn't say a single harsh word, his eyes alone could make him stuck in place and unable to move.
The two sides confronted each other without speaking.
Sheng Yanwen knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and he didn't want to waste time on scum like Zhao Yanqing.
He looked at Di'an and Hanhan who were surrounded by Shizhou with anxious faces, and directly ordered, "Sister An, Hanhan, please stay and watch and deal with it."
As he spoke, he quickly took off his coat and put it on Shi Zhou's body.
"Contact Jin Song directly if you have something to do, I will take Shi Zhou back to the hotel first, so as not to be seen as expanding the situation."
De'an knew Sheng Yanwen's character well, and also understood that someone must stay here to deal with the aftermath, so as not to spread any news that would be unfavorable to Shizhou.
"Okay, Shi Zhou will ask you first."
...
Sheng Yanwen led Shi Zhou into the hotel elevator quickly, and pressed the button for the 22nd floor.
Shi Zhou, who hadn't recovered from his senses, was stunned, "Aren't we going to the parking lot on the first floor?"
"No, you're all wet, you'll catch a cold if you go out and blow the night wind directly."
The hotel where the dinner was held was the only high-star hotel in Hengcheng. Many stars who had been filming in Hengcheng all the year round habitually booked a room here as their temporary residence.
Sheng Yanwen stayed in another hotel this time with the crew of "A Troubled Times", but he has always had a year-round suite in this hotel that he can use.
Sheng Yanwen explained the reason in a calm tone, and brought Shi Zhou back to the room, "Go take a hot shower by yourself, I remember there are brand new underwear in the closet, I'll get them for you later."
"..."
Shi Zhou always felt that Sheng Yanwen's words and deeds were not right, but he couldn't find the reason for a while.
Sheng Yanwen met his hesitant expression, and an uncontrollable desire to control emerged, "Shizhou, go take a hot shower, right now."
Shi Zhou rolled his Adam's apple slightly, and obediently responded, "Okay."
...
10 minute later.
Shi Zhou came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe.
Sheng Yanwen sat in the small living room and waited quietly. When he saw him approaching, he raised his water glass and signaled, "Is it still cold? Drink some warm water."
"Why isn't it cold..."
Shi Zhou secretly observed Sheng Yanwen's expression, and caught a glimpse of the allergic red marks on the back of his hand, "Why are you allergic? Didn't you say you swallowed the medicine?"
Sheng Yanwen didn't care about the allergic symptoms, and simply explained, "After you left, Director Sun brought the two producers over again."
The kindness of the production teachers was hard to get over, Sheng Yanwen could only drink two more glasses to save face.
If it wasn't for this delay, he should have gone out of the banquet hall to look for Shizhou, who has not returned, instead of waiting for the other party's location to call for help before rushing away.
Shi Zhou sat beside him, worried, "Do you have any medicine here? Or should I take another one?"
"No need." Sheng Yanwen asked back, "Why did you bump into Zhao Yanqing again?"
Shi Zhou saw that his serious eyes had not completely subsided, so he had no choice but to repeat everything that happened not long ago, "...that's it, I didn't intend to provoke him."
Sheng Yanwen didn't speak, but still stared at him without blinking.
Shi Zhou was so stared at by him that his heart was beating like a drum, and he took the initiative to approach him softly, "Are you angry?"
"He really didn't have time to do anything to me. Instead, I beat, kicked and smashed him."
Shi Zhou stretched out his still red knuckles, "Look, I was beaten so hard, it still hurts now, can you rub it for me?"
Sheng Yanwen's gaze rested on his jade-like knuckles, he didn't move, he just replied, "I'm not angry, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable after drinking."
He has been tense since he received the help message from Shi Zhou's location, so he is very dizzy at the moment.
"I knew you were holding back. You must have left a spare medicine in the suite, right? I'll go find it for you..."
As soon as Shi Zhou got up, he was dragged back to the sofa by Sheng Yanwen without warning.
The original posture of the two sitting side by side changed instantly, and became a pressing position of one up and one down.
Sheng Yanwen confirmed with a tight voice, "That bastard Zhao Yanqing really didn't do anything to you?"
"..."
Seeing Sheng Yanwen's drunken eyes gradually appearing, Shi Zhou coaxed a child, "No, I won't lie to you."
Sheng Yanwen's drinking capacity of "pour half a glass" because of allergies has not changed in 800 years, and now he is drunk and rough, and he even started to swear.
Sheng Yanwen's increasingly hot eyes fell on Shi Zhou's birthmark, which was more like a hickey than a carefully drawn rose, and it was Shi Zhou's natural allure.
Probably the alcohol had paralyzed the mind, but Sheng Yanwen didn't suppress the desire in his heart this time.
He stretched out his hand to cover the scorching heat, and asked relentlessly, "What about here? He didn't touch it either."
"..."
Shi Zhou thought of Zhao Yanqing's short-lived touch, and guiltily looked away.
Sheng Yanwen noticed the loophole, and let out a sour smile, "Did he touch it?"
In the face of Sheng Yanwen's desire to control, Shi Zhou's lying skills are equivalent to zero.
He had no choice but to explain vaguely, "Just, just a second or two, I washed it several times when I just took a shower."
"Really?" Sheng Yan asked with a drunken gleam in his eyes, "Is it really clean?"
The wine that entered his throat at the dinner party evaporated into the most bewildering smell, and Shi Zhou's whole body became hot from being provoked by Sheng Yan's few words.
"Yanwen, I..."
"Time Continent."
Sheng Yanwen intercepted Shi Zhou's voice, and rubbed his slightly calloused fingertips against the warming birthmark.
He took a deep breath, as if he was desperately suppressing it, but also as if he was about to smash the can, "Shi Zhou, I'm sorry."
Shi Zhou's breath trembled, "What, what?"
"I know the show is not finished yet, I shouldn't cross the line..." Sheng Yanwen approached Shi Zhou's ear and apologized hoarsely, then lowered his head and approached his fragile neck.
"But this place, no one can touch it!"
The other party was wearing a high-end wine red formal suit and vest, and the white shirt inside was embellished with a dark blue floral tie, which still gave people the usual romantic and golden taste.
"What? It's only been two months since we last met, and Mr. Shi doesn't know me anymore?"
Zhao Yanqing fastened the buttons of his coat slowly, and there was still a bit of bitten blood on the right side of his lower lip, which was left by a lover.
Because of Song Mingyan, Shizhou's impression of Zhao Yanqing was not good.
He suppressed the disgust in his heart, turned sideways to make way for the person in front of him, "Mr. Zhao, please go ahead."
There was a slight push sound from the toilet door on the inside, and within three seconds, another young man in a fine attire came out from inside.
Shi Zhou looked over Zhao Yanqing, and recognized the young artist on the inside at a glance, and the system in his mind searched for the right relevant information at the same time——
The other party is also one of today's red carpet stars, named Luo Yicheng.
Luo Yicheng was originally a model, and later participated in an online short drama that unexpectedly became popular, and only half a foot stepped into the entertainment film and television industry.
Over the years, the other party has acted in many small-budget online dramas, and mixed up a lot of male first and male second. It was not until last year when he appeared as the third male in the TV series "Ning Yun" that he gained a lot of attention.
From then on, Luo Yicheng's resources seemed to be on the hook——
First, he won the male lead of a period drama "Extraordinary Charm". After the film was completed in June, he took on the male lead of the big IP "Drunken Country" adapted from the novel non-stop in August.
Looking at Zhao Yanqing who was still standing at the door and Shi Zhou who suddenly appeared, Luo Yicheng obviously stopped his pace.
He consciously lowered his head to check his appearance, but unfortunately he was still half a beat behind.
Shi Zhou had already noticed the ambiguous hickey half-hidden under his collar, as well as his somewhat red and swollen lips.
Some things, go without saying.
The system hugged its own virtual popcorn while watching a movie, 【Zhoubao, it seems that Luo Yicheng's soaring resources in the past half a year is because he climbed up to Zhao Yanqing?Your circle is really chaotic. 】
Shi Zhou's perceptive eyes patrolled Zhao Yanqing and Luo Yicheng, 【With Zhao Yanqing's means and capital, the number of lovers inside and outside the circle may not be counted with two hands. 】
Seeing Shi Zhou's eyes, Luo Yicheng felt guilty and uncomfortable, and could not help coughing lightly, "This is..."
"I almost forgot that the two of you haven't met yet, come on, let me introduce you - Shi Zhou and Luo Yicheng."
Zhao Yanqing acted as an intermediary, "You two are the male protagonists of popular costume dramas recently."
In addition to Shi Zhou and Sheng Yanwen's "Troubled Times", in which Luo Yicheng plays the male lead and popular actress Qin Meng plays the female lead, "Drunken Country" is also one of the hottest upcoming shows.
To put it bluntly, these two original novels have always been equally famous in the rankings of major websites. Now the two dramas are going to be filmed and broadcast at the same time, and they are expected to be broadcast on the stars in November.
At that time, comparison and competition will be absolutely indispensable.
Suddenly, a bit of disturbance from the first broadcast of "A Troubled Times" appeared in Shi Zhou's mind, and his eyes gradually darkened.
Zhao Yanqing glanced at Luo Yicheng briefly, then fixed his focused gaze on Shi Zhou's face, "You two are about the same age, if there is a chance, I will organize a dinner party, and you two can make friends to discuss each other?"
Luo Yicheng saw Zhao Yanqing's intentions towards Shi Zhou, and let out a sinister smile in his throat, "Mr. Zhao is joking, Mr. Shi has been a popular actor in less than four years since his debut, how dare I, a young [-]th-line actor, dare to climb up to him."
Shi Zhou curled his lips slightly, but did not respond.
Zhao Yanqing was slightly displeased, "Yi Cheng."
Luo Yicheng received the warning from Zhao Yanqing's eyes, gritted his teeth and smiled, "Of course, if Mr. Shi doesn't mind, I am willing to make this friend anytime."
In the entertainment circle, it is the basic principle not to form evil with others, but this does not mean that Shi Zhou is willing to be a soft bun for others to handle.
Shi Zhou's lips curled up with an elusive arc, and he answered, "Mind you, Mr. Luo and I are not the same kind of people, and we can't talk to each other even if we make friends."
"..."
Luo Yicheng's face changed slightly, he didn't expect Shi Zhou's rejection to be so merciless.
Shi Zhou noticed the change in his expression, and casually added a dose of fuel, "By the way, Mr. Luo can ask Mr. Zhao for Song Mingyan's contact information. I guess, you two should have a lot of experience to exchange as friends. "
The system applauded after listening to it, [Wow!Our Zhoubao Yin and Yang are so angry that they are in place. 】
Shi Zhou was almost annoyed by the system's rainbow fart, but Luo Yicheng changed his face before he could, "You..."
Who is Song Mingyan?
At the beginning, he climbed into Zhao Yanqing's bed to try to get resources, but he was banned because of targeting Shi Zhou. Now he is an amateur who doesn't know where he is fooling around!
Luo Yicheng felt that he had backbone and strength. After debuting for five years, he had no resources, so he could only spin around in low-budget online dramas. After finally catching a brilliant male number three, he immediately broke into the public's attention.
Zhao Yanqing planned to keep him a long time ago, and only last year he gave him the male lead of "Excellent Charm" as a gift. Besides, brand-name clothes, watches, and various resource endorsements were given away like water.
Luo Yicheng, who was originally unwilling to be inferior to others, gradually tasted the sweetness, and finally heaved a sigh of relief because of the huge resource of "Drunken Country".
Just now was the first time he took the initiative to 'serve' Zhao Yanqing, but unfortunately the occasion was wrong, the two of them hadn't made it to the last step.
How could he expect to bump into Shi Zhou when he was going out, and be ridiculed by the other party overtly and secretly?
Shi Zhou caught Luo Yicheng's hesitant rebuttal, and remained unmoved, "Mr. Luo, I advise you to cover the hickey on your neck before you find an excuse to rebut."
Once a person has fallen, it is useless to use any good excuses to whitewash it.
Shi Zhou still remembers that in the original world trajectory——
"Drunken Country" was just in the middle of the broadcast, Luo Yicheng exposed a lot of scandals in the modeling industry when he was young, which instantly affected himself and the ratings of the TV series. " were forced to put on hold indefinitely.
"..."
Luo Yicheng suddenly stretched out his hand to block his neck, showing an extremely humiliated expression.
This look caught Zhao Yanqing's eyes, and his displeasure suddenly increased, "Yicheng, go back to the banquet hall to find the director and the others. The TV series will be released soon. As the male lead, you have to promote it well. Don't be an eyesore here."
Or don't agree at the beginning, and after agreeing, you will be aggrieved, and who will you show it to?
Zhao Yanqing completely lost the tenderness and sweetness of the intimacy just now, and the order to chase away guests was cold and direct.
Luo Yicheng was about to tremble with anger, but he didn't have the courage to refute Zhao Yanqing. He threw an innocuous eye at Shi Zhou, and walked out of the bathroom.
Zhao Yanqing didn't pay attention to the angry Luo Yicheng at all, and only said to Shi Zhou, "Another disobedient, Mr. Shi laughed."
"Whether it's Song Mingyan or Luo Yicheng, they have nothing to do with me..."
Shi Zhou really didn't want to continue entanglement with Zhao Yanqing, so he asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhao, you can't be so obsessed with this bathroom, right? If you keep blocking the doorway to prevent people from entering, I can only change to something else."
Under the yellow light in the bathroom, Shi Zhou's eyebrows and eyes look even more seductive and blurred, and the roses outlined on his neck make people really want to pick them.
Zhao Yanqing's eyes changed again and again, and finally suppressed the turmoil in his heart, "Mr. Shi, please go ahead, I'll take a step first."
...
After confirming that Zhao Yanqing's figure had disappeared at the end of the corridor, Shi Zhou let out a soft breath and walked into the bathroom, 【Fifteen, help me check the behind-the-scenes investment distribution of the drama "Drunken Country", the more detailed the better. 】
After receiving Shi Zhou's instruction, the system immediately started searching.
Shi Zhou walked to the sink again, recalling the "popular costume drama" that Zhao Yanqing mentioned just now, and couldn't help recalling the unexpected incident when "Ghost Times" and "Drunken Country" competed in the ratings competition——
In the early stage of the broadcast of "A Troubled Times", there was a very serious leakage of feature film resources.
The first ten episodes accidentally appeared on a high-definition online disk version before the broadcast, and the feature film has not yet been broadcast on TV stations. The 'pirated' resources are already flying all over the sky?
The crew immediately adopted remedial measures and made a serious statement, but unfortunately, the plot of "A Troubled Times" is one after another, and some netizens still chose to watch it in advance on online disk resources.
Due to the forced early broadcast, the ratings and popularity of the first two weeks of broadcast of "Ghost Times" were far below the crew's expectations.
On the contrary, "Drunken Country", which was broadcast steadily, firmly occupied the popularity champion in the first half month.
Fortunately, the resource leak of "A Troubled Times" was limited to the first ten episodes. Once the subsequent episodes were broadcast, coupled with the vigorous promotion of the crew, the heat of the competition was finally regained.
Until the end, "Troubled Times" firmly occupied the top spot of the hot drama list.
Just as I was thinking about it, the system sent the found real-time data to the virtual panel, 【——Zhoubao, I found it! 】
The investors of "Jiang Li Jiang Shan" involved a total of six companies, among which the investor who accounted for the most money was called 'Haohan Media', and the legal representative of this company was called Zhao Ye.
The system explained in detail, 【Zhao Yanqing and him are uncle and nephew. 】
In other words, Zhao Yanqing used the name of his nephew to invest in the drama "Drunken Country", so he has the right to let Luo Yicheng, who is not very famous, directly become the male lead.
Shi Zhou made a rough guess, wiped his hands and went out, "It seems that he failed to invest in "Troubled Times", so he changed his investment path to "Drunken Country"?"
The system has already captured Shi Zhou's memories just now, and asked, [Zhou Bao, then you said, is the resource leak of "Troubled Times" back then related to Zhao Yanqing and the others? 】
After all, as two ancient costume dramas of the same type that were in the ring at the same time, if something happened to "Troubled Times", the biggest beneficiaries would definitely be "Drunken Country" and its investors.
Shi Zhou walked towards the banquet hall, 【High probability, but not 100% sure. 】
At that time, he only stayed on the set as the leading actor to film with peace of mind and appeared on variety shows for publicity. All the things he did, such as resource leakage, were handled by Ling Feng and others.
In any case, now that he has the opportunity to do it all over again, Shi Zhou must avoid the possible losses caused by the crew of "Troubled Times".
This drama is not only the work of him and Sheng Yanwen, but also the crystallization of the painstaking efforts of all the crew members. This time we must maximize the benefits.
While walking, Shi Zhou thought, and suddenly heard an urgent reminder from the system, [Zhou Bao, be careful behind you! 】
Shi Zhou turned around quickly, but it was still too late——
Two strong bodyguards appeared from nowhere, and each of them clamped Shi Zhou's hands, pulling and dragging him forcibly into a closed room.
- pat.
As soon as the door of the lounge was closed, the light source in the corridor was completely cut off, and Shi Zhou's eyes seemed to be covered in darkness for an instant.
The system sensed that something was wrong, and immediately adopted the emergency system, [The host has been detected to be in a dangerous environment, and the [Night Vision] skill point has been actively purchased, please be careful! 】
As soon as the mechanical sound fell, Shi Zhou felt as if he possessed special equipment in the game, and the darkness in front of his eyes suddenly became brighter, enough for him to see the entire environment layout clearly.
Sure enough, Zhao Yanqing, who had agreed to 'leave', stood four or five steps away from Shizhou, with a playful smile on his lips.
"..."
Shi Zhou kept quiet on purpose, pretending to search the door in the dark.
He tried to press the doorknob, but it couldn't be opened at all, 【Fifteen, confirm the location and coordinates of this room, and send it to Yanwen and Sister An immediately. 】
The system maintains a vigilance of 12 points, [Yes! 】
Zhao Yanqing entered this room earlier than Shizhou, and had already adapted to the completely dark environment.
He looked at Shi Zhou's fumbling figure in the dark, and approached slowly with certainty, trying to embrace this body that Xiao had thought about for a long time in his arms.
Unexpectedly, Shi Zhou had already anticipated his approach, seized the opportunity to turn around quickly, and swung his powerful fist suddenly in the darkness.
"roll!"
A word of disgust burst out between the teeth, accompanied by the sound of heavy punches.
Zhao Yanqing was punched hard on the right cheek, caught off guard and took two steps back, and immediately after, the rusty smell of blood filled his mouth.
- pat.
Shi Zhou found the switch on the wall, took the opportunity to turn on the light and looked directly at Zhao Yanqing, "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean?"
Zhao Yanqing spat out a mouthful of blood, suppressed the overwhelming anger, and asked with a sneer, "Shizhou, you really don't save me any face? What do I mean, can you still not understand?"
The more he can't get it, the more he wants it.
The door of the room was blocked by two bodyguards, and Shi Zhou couldn't leave the room for a while.
Zhao Yanqing approached in no hurry, "You stay in a place like Huayu, why not follow me with peace of mind? I promise you can get whatever you want."
Shi Zhou's eyes were full of unresolved frost, and he turned on the microphone and taunted, "Zhao Yanqing, why do you think I would fall in love with you, an old man with half a foot buried in the ground?"
"..."
Half a foot in the ground?old man?
Zhao Yanqing ground his back molars secretly, and a glint of light flickered in his eyes, "Shizhou, I've already given you enough face, being too cold and too sharp in this entertainment circle is not a good thing."
Before the lingering sound fell, he quickly narrowed the distance between the two.
Zhao Yanqing has picked up the clothes of dozens of young artists in his life, so he naturally knows the fastest way to 'trap' a person's hands.
He grabbed Shi Zhou's coat and opened the collar in an instant, and flipped it backwards with great skill.
"...!"
Shi Zhou's hands were forced to fold back, the pain invaded his nerves, he was accidentally pinned against the wall by Zhao Yanqing.
Zhao Yanqing looked at Shi Zhou's flash of panic, and the burning anger finally turned back to unbearable desire, "A person like you is not suitable for playing hard, you should be soft and bullied."
His gaze slid from Shi Zhou's eyebrows to the tip of his nose and thin lips, and then moved along the superior jawline all the way, finally fixed on the rose again.
Soon, the sharp-eyed Zhao Yanqing noticed something strange, and tentatively rubbed off a corner of the rose petal with his fingertips, revealing the naturally more alluring inner core.
"Are you a hickey? Or a birthmark?"
Shi Zhou's eyes changed slightly, and in the next second, the smoke alarm above their heads suddenly burst into a sharp sound, and the emergency water distribution equipment on the ceiling dispersed a large amount of water.
This was an emergency method that Shi Zhou came up with in an unfavorable situation. As expected, Zhao Yanqing was caught by the 'hickey marks' and the alarm sound.
With his hands trapped, Shi Zhou immediately seized the opportunity, raised his knee without hesitation and hit the opponent's most fatal part.
"—Hiss!"
Where did Zhao Yanqing try this kind of taste before? Even though he always pays attention to superficial skills, he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Shi Zhou took the opportunity to escape from Zhao Yanqing's confinement, quickly picked up the decorations on the coffee table that he had long cherished, and used the system's skill points to smash the opponent's head accurately and hard.
The two moves in succession caused Zhao Yanqing to gasp in pain, and lost the ability to fight back for a while.
Seeing this, Shi Zhou continued to pick up the decorations for self-defense, and opened a long distance vigilantly and calmly.
The sprinkling of water on the ceiling hadn't stopped, and the shrill alarms inside and outside the house rang out even more.
No matter whether Sheng Yanwen and Dean can come in time, at least someone will notice the movement after such a commotion.
Suddenly, the locked door from the outside was kicked open——
Standing in Sheng Yanwen and seeing the situation clearly in the diffuse water vapor, he decisively pulled Shi Zhou who was close behind him.
"Are you okay?"
"fine."
Sheng Yanwen confirmed Shizhou's situation for a while, and then looked at Zhao Yanqing who was almost submerged in water and blood.
The suddenly cold aura surpassed the limitations of age and experience, and it was so cold that the water mist in the entire room could condense.
"..."
Zhao Yanqing saw Sheng Yanwen's eyes clearly, and shivered for no reason.
When Sheng Yanwen's father, Sheng Congyun, was famous for his ruthless methods when he was young, he created an unshakable Beidou film and television, but now Zhao Yanqing suddenly sensed something——
A tiger father has no dog.
Sheng Yanwen was probably more frightening than his father, even if he didn't say a single harsh word, his eyes alone could make him stuck in place and unable to move.
The two sides confronted each other without speaking.
Sheng Yanwen knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and he didn't want to waste time on scum like Zhao Yanqing.
He looked at Di'an and Hanhan who were surrounded by Shizhou with anxious faces, and directly ordered, "Sister An, Hanhan, please stay and watch and deal with it."
As he spoke, he quickly took off his coat and put it on Shi Zhou's body.
"Contact Jin Song directly if you have something to do, I will take Shi Zhou back to the hotel first, so as not to be seen as expanding the situation."
De'an knew Sheng Yanwen's character well, and also understood that someone must stay here to deal with the aftermath, so as not to spread any news that would be unfavorable to Shizhou.
"Okay, Shi Zhou will ask you first."
...
Sheng Yanwen led Shi Zhou into the hotel elevator quickly, and pressed the button for the 22nd floor.
Shi Zhou, who hadn't recovered from his senses, was stunned, "Aren't we going to the parking lot on the first floor?"
"No, you're all wet, you'll catch a cold if you go out and blow the night wind directly."
The hotel where the dinner was held was the only high-star hotel in Hengcheng. Many stars who had been filming in Hengcheng all the year round habitually booked a room here as their temporary residence.
Sheng Yanwen stayed in another hotel this time with the crew of "A Troubled Times", but he has always had a year-round suite in this hotel that he can use.
Sheng Yanwen explained the reason in a calm tone, and brought Shi Zhou back to the room, "Go take a hot shower by yourself, I remember there are brand new underwear in the closet, I'll get them for you later."
"..."
Shi Zhou always felt that Sheng Yanwen's words and deeds were not right, but he couldn't find the reason for a while.
Sheng Yanwen met his hesitant expression, and an uncontrollable desire to control emerged, "Shizhou, go take a hot shower, right now."
Shi Zhou rolled his Adam's apple slightly, and obediently responded, "Okay."
...
10 minute later.
Shi Zhou came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe.
Sheng Yanwen sat in the small living room and waited quietly. When he saw him approaching, he raised his water glass and signaled, "Is it still cold? Drink some warm water."
"Why isn't it cold..."
Shi Zhou secretly observed Sheng Yanwen's expression, and caught a glimpse of the allergic red marks on the back of his hand, "Why are you allergic? Didn't you say you swallowed the medicine?"
Sheng Yanwen didn't care about the allergic symptoms, and simply explained, "After you left, Director Sun brought the two producers over again."
The kindness of the production teachers was hard to get over, Sheng Yanwen could only drink two more glasses to save face.
If it wasn't for this delay, he should have gone out of the banquet hall to look for Shizhou, who has not returned, instead of waiting for the other party's location to call for help before rushing away.
Shi Zhou sat beside him, worried, "Do you have any medicine here? Or should I take another one?"
"No need." Sheng Yanwen asked back, "Why did you bump into Zhao Yanqing again?"
Shi Zhou saw that his serious eyes had not completely subsided, so he had no choice but to repeat everything that happened not long ago, "...that's it, I didn't intend to provoke him."
Sheng Yanwen didn't speak, but still stared at him without blinking.
Shi Zhou was so stared at by him that his heart was beating like a drum, and he took the initiative to approach him softly, "Are you angry?"
"He really didn't have time to do anything to me. Instead, I beat, kicked and smashed him."
Shi Zhou stretched out his still red knuckles, "Look, I was beaten so hard, it still hurts now, can you rub it for me?"
Sheng Yanwen's gaze rested on his jade-like knuckles, he didn't move, he just replied, "I'm not angry, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable after drinking."
He has been tense since he received the help message from Shi Zhou's location, so he is very dizzy at the moment.
"I knew you were holding back. You must have left a spare medicine in the suite, right? I'll go find it for you..."
As soon as Shi Zhou got up, he was dragged back to the sofa by Sheng Yanwen without warning.
The original posture of the two sitting side by side changed instantly, and became a pressing position of one up and one down.
Sheng Yanwen confirmed with a tight voice, "That bastard Zhao Yanqing really didn't do anything to you?"
"..."
Seeing Sheng Yanwen's drunken eyes gradually appearing, Shi Zhou coaxed a child, "No, I won't lie to you."
Sheng Yanwen's drinking capacity of "pour half a glass" because of allergies has not changed in 800 years, and now he is drunk and rough, and he even started to swear.
Sheng Yanwen's increasingly hot eyes fell on Shi Zhou's birthmark, which was more like a hickey than a carefully drawn rose, and it was Shi Zhou's natural allure.
Probably the alcohol had paralyzed the mind, but Sheng Yanwen didn't suppress the desire in his heart this time.
He stretched out his hand to cover the scorching heat, and asked relentlessly, "What about here? He didn't touch it either."
"..."
Shi Zhou thought of Zhao Yanqing's short-lived touch, and guiltily looked away.
Sheng Yanwen noticed the loophole, and let out a sour smile, "Did he touch it?"
In the face of Sheng Yanwen's desire to control, Shi Zhou's lying skills are equivalent to zero.
He had no choice but to explain vaguely, "Just, just a second or two, I washed it several times when I just took a shower."
"Really?" Sheng Yan asked with a drunken gleam in his eyes, "Is it really clean?"
The wine that entered his throat at the dinner party evaporated into the most bewildering smell, and Shi Zhou's whole body became hot from being provoked by Sheng Yan's few words.
"Yanwen, I..."
"Time Continent."
Sheng Yanwen intercepted Shi Zhou's voice, and rubbed his slightly calloused fingertips against the warming birthmark.
He took a deep breath, as if he was desperately suppressing it, but also as if he was about to smash the can, "Shi Zhou, I'm sorry."
Shi Zhou's breath trembled, "What, what?"
"I know the show is not finished yet, I shouldn't cross the line..." Sheng Yanwen approached Shi Zhou's ear and apologized hoarsely, then lowered his head and approached his fragile neck.
"But this place, no one can touch it!"
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