Chapter 245: Fighting for Huo Sicheng
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qi Shaoze was watching the live broadcast. Hearing Movie King Jiang’s words, a mysterious glint passed through his peach-blossom eyes.
He immediately stood up and walked towards the door.
Movie King Jiang stood up and followed behind Qi Shaoze.
“Hmm?” Qi Shaoze looked at Movie King Jiang sitting in his car. “What are you doing getting in?”
Movie King Jiang leaned lazily in the passenger seat, his voice attractive and suggestive: “What do you think?”
“I’m the sponsor of the Peach Lotus Cup,” Qi Shaoze understood Movie King Jiang’s words. “It’s proper for me to go to the Peach Lotus Cup, but isn’t it inappropriate for you?”
“It’s proper for me to go as well, after all, I’m from Xingmeng Entertainment. Plus, if you and Miss Gu encounter anything, I can draw the fire away from you,” Movie King Jiang had no intention of getting out of the car. “I’m a very enlightened person.”
Qi Shaoze was speechless.
He had moved Movie King Jiang, this brick, so much in the early stages, that the actor had become so enlightened now.
“You indeed are very enlightened.” He drove the car himself. “For the next film, you choose which actress you want to promote to stardom.”
“I’m interested in ‘The Emperor’ Movie King Jiang directly spoke up, then added, “But this project is controlled by Huo Corporation. The producers selecting the cast are also from Huo Corporation, so it might be difficult for me to get the lead roles, both male and female.”
Upon hearing ‘Huo Corporation’, Qi Shaoze’s expression changed, his hands gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white.
“My contract with Xingmeng Entertainment still has five years left, ” Movie King Jiang looked nonchalantly ahead, “If you don’t put in some effort, by that time, I might not be Xingmeng’s star anymore. Maybe I’d even be under some third-rate company, and given my relationship with you, I might even be shelved.”
Qi Shaoze’s eyes were deep and serious, his tone intensifiying: “You’re implying that I’ve offended Huo Corporation.”
“It’s not implying, it’s openly saying you’ve offended Huo Corporation,” Movie
King Jiang stated frankly. “If you offend Huo, then it’s bad news. Huo Corp’s President Huo Sicheng, although disabled, is decisive and ruthless. If you offend him, considering the current changes and devouring happening inside
Xingmeng, it won’t be long before they can’t be protected.”
Qi Shaoze thought of Huo Sicheng, his face showing undisguised anger.
“I’m already trying my best to stop Huo Corporation,” he spoke gravely. “But within the Qi family’s assets, Xingmeng Entertainment is insignificant. My grandfather already knows about Huo Corporation entering Xingmeng, and he told me to just sell it to Huo.”
“The old man has extensive connections; if he tells you to sell, something must have happened,” Movie King Jiang frowned slightly. “If you’re going to sell Xingmeng, terminate our contract beforehand. I’m planning to set up my own studio.”
“I haven’t sold Xingmeng yet,” Qi Shaoze became more irritated. “You’re already thinking of running away.”
“Couples are like birds in the same forest, flying apart in times of trouble,”
Movie King Jiang casually said. “I don’t want to be shelved during my career’s rise, especially not by Huo Corporation’s President Huo Sicheng.”
“You and I are not a couple,” Qi Shaoze said unhappily. “Having known you for so many years, I know your character. If you really want to go solo, I’ll terminate your contract later tonight. But although Xingmeng is insignificant to the Qi family, I won’t let Huo Sicheng get it cheaply.”
Movie King Jiang finally turned to look at Qi Shaoze, his eyes serious as he asked, “How exactly did you offend Huo Sicheng?”
Qi Shaoze pressed his lips together, remaining silent.
Movie King Jiang stared at Qi Shaoze for a long time, his face showing sudden realization.
“I understand now.” He opened his phone to watch the Peach Lotus Cup live broadcast, his gaze locked on Gu Qingcheng, who was commenting on the competition. “The mountain you’ve always talked about, I understand who it is today, it’s Huo Sicheng!”
Qi Shaoze’s car suddenly braked.
Movie King Jiang lurched forward; if not for the seat belt, his head would have hit the windshield.
He looked at Qi Shaoze in shock. “What are you doing?”
Qi Shaoze’s face was frosty as he coldly spat out two words, “Red light.” Movie King Jiang turned to look and indeed, it was a red light.
“Although it’s a red light, you shouldn’t stop so suddenly.” He rubbed his shoulder, which was hurt by the seat belt. “How can you pursue Miss Gu with such an impatient temperament! With the previous Fu Nanjue, and now Huo Sicheng, how can you compete with them with such impatience?”
Qi Shaoze remained silent.
“Women need to be coaxed,” Movie King Jiang turned off his phone, opening the mirror to reveal a pair of sharp, deep eyes. “No matter how strong a woman like Miss Gu is, she’s still a woman. It’s best to coax a woman when she’s vulnerable, and you need to be skillful in doing so, she…’
“What you’re saying is useless,” Qi Shaoze interrupted Movie King Jiang. “You don’t understand Gu Qingcheng! She’s different from other women, considered the most unique among the others.”
Movie King Jiang: “Every man thinks the woman he likes is unique.”
“No.” Qi Shaoze shook his head. “I said you don’t understand her. I’ve known her for six years, and I thought I knew her well from spending so much time with her. But in reality, I understand nothing about her, while she has long seen through me.”
Movie King Jiang: “How so?”
“She’s very smart,” Qi Shaoze continued to drive. “She appears strong and fierce, seemingly without much cunning, but actually, her schemes are very heavy, the kind that is deeply hidden and patient.”
“So, you were played by her,” Movie King Jiang said with a realization. “Otherwise, given your past situation with Miss Gu, you would have been together with her. Now you’re always in Xingmeng, obviously not seeing her
anymore.”
“That’s right,” Qi Shaoze’s brows furrowed deeply. “I always thought she knew nothing because every time she met me, she was talkative and smiling, no different from when we were together. It was only when she clarified everything to me that I realized she knew everything and just pretended not
”
“You were played around like a monkey by her,” Movie King Jiang laughed. “It’s indeed impressive for Miss Gu to make you, Qi Shaoze, fall.”
Qi Shaoze recalled Gu Qingcheng’s ruthlessness towards him, a trace of wounded bitterness crossing his eyes. “Since then, she doesn’t answer my calls, doesn’t reply to my messages, doesn’t see me.”
“It’s uninteresting to pursue easily available women; a challenging woman like Miss Gu is more intriguing,” Movie King Jiang advised Qi Shaoze. “Hearing about Miss Gu’s type, the man for her needs to withstand her personality. I think you can. At least she hasn’t blocked your number, which means there’s still something to discuss between you. Today, when you go there, you should be warm and concerned, can’t say no to her, listen to everything she says, coax her into happiness, and then proceed step by step.”
“Forget it, don’t teach me,” Qi Shaoze was disinclined to listen to Movie King Jiang. “Gu Qingcheng is not like those female celebrities you flirt with; she is unique, no one can guess what she’s thinking.”
Movie King Jiang: “Regardless, making her happy is always right.”
Qi Shaoze paid no more attention to Movie King Jiang.
Qi Shaoze only arrived at the Peach Lotus Cup venue when it was almost over, and the media immediately surrounded Movie King Jiang for interviews.
Gu Qingcheng sat at the makeup table, removing the heavy hairpins from her head. Hearing the door close, she thought it was her teacher, Li Jing. She asked, “Master, are you free tonight? Shall we have dinner together? It’s been a long time since we ate together.”
“I see your teacher is busy arranging things for students, she probably doesn’t have time,” Qi Shaoze’s gentle voice resounded.. “Look, how about I accompany you for dinner?”
