Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Yu Tang stood at the door and did not enter the office immediately.

He ran all the way over and asked the system to put away the projection in advance in order not to get in trouble.

According to past practice, Yu Tang also knew that Sui Si would probably be angry if he couldn't see his people in the office.

But the situation in the office in front of me is still a bit strange.

Yu Tang held on to the doorframe, wondering whether he should go in and disturb him.

His hesitation, in Sui Si's eyes, became Yu Tang's uncontrollable instinctive fear of the electric shock device.

"It doesn't matter...Yutang."

When Sui Si spoke, his voice was hoarse and his words were so harsh that he said, "You——"

He turned on the electric shock switch unintentionally. He wanted to ask Yu Tang how to turn off the damn thing, but halfway through, he realized that it was useless to ask.

He couldn't move at all.

The current was precisely controlled at the critical point that would not cause irreversible physical damage. The intense pain made Sui Si's eyes turn white, his hands and feet became weak, and he had no strength at all.

The electric shock device is specially designed to punish people. Once it is turned on, there is no way to turn it off without the help of others.

"Yutang." Sui Si tried his best to soften his tone for fear of scaring him, "I don't know how to close this. Come here... help me close it."

Yu Tang stood at the door, looking at him steadily, his face slightly pale.

Sui Si almost ran out of energy to speak. He looked at Yu Tang and urged in a hoarse voice: "Hurry——"

Sui Si's throat was filled with the smell of blood, and when he wanted to make another sound, there was a sudden blockage in his throat.

He thought of the lounge back then.

This was not the first time that Yu Tang was punished by his manager.Sui Si remembered that it was because Yu Tang was too nervous every time he spoke to his collaborators, and his enunciation of words was unclear. He practiced it many times but could not change it no matter what.

Sui Si watched the manager take Yu Tang away, thinking that it was just a few words of training, and then increase the intensity and practice a few more times.

When he returned to the lounge, Yu Tang was huddled in the corner of the room, as if he had no strength and was fished out of water, his whole body was trembling slightly.

"Teacher Sui, Teacher Sui."

Yu Tang was trembling, and his eyes were even a little blurry, but he still tried hard to reach out and pinch a corner of Sui Si's clothes: "Help me, I..."

Yu Tang looked at him steadily, his face pale and transparent: "I'm in pain..."

Sui Si didn't see anything wrong with Yu Tang and felt that Yu Tang was lying.

He never liked this kind of person, so he looked coldly at Yu Tang who was acting for a while, then pulled back the hem of his clothes.

…

Sui Si closed his eyes hard and suddenly felt regretful.

That was the first and last time Yu Tang asked him for help.

Yu Tang never told him that he was in pain again.

Footsteps came through the door.

Yu Tang came back to his senses and without caring about anything else, he quickly came over to support him and reached out to turn off the electric shock device.

"Don't move!" Sui Si's heart skipped a beat as he looked at Yu Tang holding his hand, "Be careful—"

Electric current does not distinguish between people. If you contact someone without taking insulation measures, you will inevitably be affected by the current.

Sui Si frowned. He heard Nie Chi say how afraid Yu Tang was of this. He turned around and looked at Yu Tang: "Are you okay?"

Yu Tang was chewing the anti-shock bubble gum that had been inserted into the system urgently. It was difficult to speak. He raised his eyes with a warm and suspicious look.

Sui Si breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart became heavier.

When Yu Tang turned off the electric shock device, he saw the display screen. The current intensity was only one level.

Yu Tang had no reaction to such electric current and had only one answer.

Yu Tang has long been used to it.

"Why did you hide it from me?"

Sui Si's voice was hoarse and his tone was heavy: "This cannot be in compliance with the labor law. Why not apply for labor arbitration?"

Yu Tang helped him sit down on the sofa, brought a glass of water over and asked in a low voice: "What?"

Sui Si met Yu Tang's gaze, closed his eyes, and took a sip of water from his hand without saying anything else immediately.

Yu Tang's education was too low, and his knowledge was incredibly narrow. During the years he worked in the studio, he only had limited exposure to the car and wheel industry in the entertainment industry.

Sui Si changed his words and explained patiently in words he could understand: "Look through the clauses in your work contract. It is impossible to allow them to treat you like this..."

Yu Tang hesitated and swallowed his words.

Sui Si didn't like seeing him like this and frowned: "Just say what you want to say. What's wrong?"

Yu Tang said softly: "I don't have a work contract."

Sui Si was stunned.

"When I came to the company, you were planning to build an independent studio, so you didn't sign the company's contract for me."

Yu Tang explained: "After the studio was established, I didn't have a higher-level direct leader, and it was hard to sign a contract for myself..."

"At that time, my manager punished me." Yu Tang said warmly, "Actually, it was to target you."

Sui Si's throat felt stiff. He didn't know why Yu Tang suddenly said this. He opened his mouth and heard himself asking: "What?"

"The contract is about to expire. If you want to develop independently, the company will definitely not be willing. They can't do anything to you, but they will target the people around you... Fortunately, you were not affected at all back then."

Yu Tang stood up, took out a dry towel, came back quickly, and put it beside Sui Si.

"It's my fault." Yu Tang said, "In these years, I have handled the company's actions alone, and I did not train deputies who could fill the vacancies in time."

Yu Tang returned to his desk and tidied up the messed things. He lowered his gaze and looked very meek: "I will try my best to ensure a smooth transition, but when I step down, the studio will inevitably be turbulent for a period of time."

"Next, if you plan to completely leave the brokerage company and go solo, the resistance will be even greater and may affect other people around you."

As soon as he talked about work, Yu Tang's tone immediately returned to the neat and steady tone that seemed to have been trained.

Sui Si looked at Yu Tang, his chest sinking a little.

Yu Tang squatted next to the sofa, turning over the plot synopsis in his mind, focusing on giving him the spoilers as allowed by the rules: "In the future, when I am no longer here, you must be prepared..."

His words failed him.

Yu Tang stopped talking, looked at his wrist that was tightly grasped by Sui Si, and raised his eyes.

He is much thinner than before, his face is not very good, his lips are pale, but his eyes are darker and cleaner.

Yu Tang didn't speak and quietly raised his head. His black and white eyes were gentle and moist, like a tamed silent and obedient hound - this was how Sui Si had always felt.

He always felt that he had tamed Yu Tang.

"You're no longer here." Sui Si spoke slowly, with a frighteningly ugly expression on his face, "What do you mean?"

Yu Tang was confused by the question and looked at Sui Si without saying anything.

He didn't speak, but Sui Si woke up.

On the desk behind Yu Tang, there was actually a document always placed in the most conspicuous place.

Sui Si was in a hurry to find someone and rummaged through Yu Tang's desk. He was deceiving himself and didn't even touch the document.

Yu Tang had been with Sui Si for five years. Except for a fake marriage, Sui Si never gave Yu Tang any title or formal contract.

The only document he signed personally was the notice of Yu Tang's expulsion.

"I...fire you."

Sui Si struggled to speak, his tone was a bit stiff, and he reluctantly explained: "I'm not trying to drive you away."

Yu Tang agreed quickly this time. He nodded and said briskly: "I know, it's to prepare for divorce."

Sui Si: "..."

Sui Si hadn't thought about divorce these days. He didn't want to mention it and deliberately avoided the topic: "No."

Sui Si paused for a while and finally found a suitable reason: "I want you to rest."

"You have worked too hard these years." Sui Si didn't even notice it himself. He spoke quickly, as if he was specifically explaining to Yu Tang, "I want you to relax a little bit."

Yu Tang was a little stunned. He looked at Sui Si for a while and then lowered his gaze.

Yu Tang repeated softly: "Fire me... to make me feel more relaxed?"

"Yes." Sui Si said, "Yutang, you are overthinking... some things are not so serious."

The way Yu Tang looks now, maybe one day he will really collapse in this office.

Over the years, he has never been kind to Yu Tang, but he doesn't want Yu Tang to drag him down bit by bit, completely drain him, and die in this studio.

"It's not that serious." Sui Si slowed down his tone and patiently advised him, "I'm not the only one who is following the studio model. Many people in the circle are doing this. Every studio is running. There is no job that you can't do in person..”

Sui Si sat up straight. He seemed to have found the confidence to continue speaking, and his face gradually became better: "Don't think so much. The running-in period may be a bit rough. It will be fine after this period of time. WorkThere is a dedicated person in charge of everything in the office, and it will be the same without you. Come home with me to recuperate—"

Yu Tang said slowly: "It's the same without me...?"

Sui Si frowned.

He said so many words, but I don’t know why Yu Tang just listened to this sentence. He patiently suppressed his temper and touched Yu Tang’s thin shoulder: “What’s wrong?”

Under his palm, Yu Tang seemed to have suddenly lost the strength to keep functioning, and remained motionless and silent.

"System, system."

Yu Tang thought this was an excellent opportunity and typed the system in his mind: "I can answer at this time, since it's the same without me, why not divorce now?"

There is no music for the system either. Holding the anti-shock vest, the mechanical voice trembled: "You can give it a try..."

The system hid in Yu Tang's sea of consciousness, and bravely gave him an idea: "Give it a try! The Supervision Department has a few seconds to react, so the host should speak faster!"

Yu Tang nodded in his mind, clenched his fists, and took a deep breath.

He crumpled the system into a ball and stuffed it behind his back, looking at the fluctuating OOC value. When the system was not paying attention, he temporarily changed the punishment target of the Supervision Department to himself.

Sui Si noticed something strange about him and looked down: "Yu Tang?"

"It's the same without me." Yu Tang raised his head. He spoke quickly, as if he had already prepared the manuscript, and there was a slight yearning on his usually calm face. "I understand, please let me go -"

Yu Tang suddenly lost his voice.

Sui Si's heart tightened and he held his shoulders firmly: "Yutang?!"

Yu Tang was half-kneeling in front of the sofa.

He tried a few more times to open his mouth in vain, but still no sound came out of his throat.

Sui Si hugged him with both hands, half-circling him and half-hugging him on the sofa.

"It's okay." Sui Si said hoarsely, "It's okay... Just take it easy, it's okay."

Yu Tang lay on the sofa and raised his head to look at him.

"Speak, Yutang, like me."

Sui Si stared at him, slowed down his speech, and rubbed Yu Tang's shoulders and back again and again: "Speak."

Of course Yu Tang knew it was okay.

He took a risk and wanted to OOC once. He thought that even if he failed, he would just give it a try. Who knew that the punishment this time would be a 300-minute ban on the package.

The Ministry of Supervision has always been strict in its attitude. He said it was 300 minutes, but he couldn't even say a word about the 299th minute.

Not to mention words, he can't even make the most basic sounds now.

Sui Si half hugged Yu Tang, his expression extremely ugly.

He held Yu Tang's arm tightly, his hand almost trembling. He touched the phone and pressed it several times before finally dialing Nie Chi's number.

After two seconds, the other end was picked up: "Mr. Sui?"

"You showed me Yu Tang's diagnosis before, saying that he may be in danger of developing aphasia due to long-term electrical stimulation of his cerebral cortex and mental stimulation."

Sui Si had no time to chat: "He can't speak now. Is there a doctor? Ask them to go to my residence. I will take him home now -"

Nie Chi was quiet for a moment and asked, "Even though you knew about this, did you still stimulate him enough to cause aphasia?"

Sui Si paused for a moment, opened his mouth, but did not answer.

He... didn't know Yu Tang was so fragile.

This was not the first time he said these words to Yu Tang, and he didn't know why Yu Tang's reaction was so intense this time.

"I understand, let's take the doctor over."

Nie Chi did not ask further: "Let's not mention this matter now, there is another more important matter."

"What's more important than this?!" Sui Si could hardly suppress his anger. He hated Nie Chi's businesslike and indifferent tone, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about other things, just bring someone here!"

"It's really not my business."

Nie Chi said: "W&P's first cross-border cooperation invitation, their first attempt to select a brand ambassador, you are the most promising candidate."

Sui Si didn't speak immediately.

Of course he knows this, and it is also the most important trump card he can play in his hand after accumulating enough capital to break away from the Sui family.

W&P is not an ordinary luxury brand. It has constant political connections with the Alliance Star headquarters. Once this cooperation is completed, he will have the strength and capital to talk directly to the Sui family.

"This matter..." Sui Si asked hoarsely, "What does it have to do with Yu Tang's aphasia?"

"It's just a contract."

Sui Si was a little irritated: "It's not convenient for him to talk now. Who can talk differently? Go ahead and find someone in the studio..."

"W&P has extremely high requirements for the professionalism of the partner team. Their chairman has a very weird temper and only talks to people he likes. Before this, Assistant Yu was always responsible for connecting with them."

Nie Chi was business-like: "Originally, we were scheduled to discuss the signing in detail three days ago. I tried to contact him but was rejected by the other party."

"This contract can be given to you. It took Yu Tesuke half a year to win it from hundreds of bids."

Nie Chi said: "The other party clearly requested Assistant Yu to come forward. After learning that Assistant Yu was ill, the meeting was postponed to today."

Sui Si clutched the phone, and there was a buzz in his head, as if he had been punched hard in the head.

He never knew this.

He had always believed that this circle was nothing more than survival of the fittest. As long as the strength was sufficient, those resources would come as a matter of course.

From his debut to now, he has had a smooth journey. He can get everything he wants without any effort.

...Survival of the fittest.

Sui Si raised his head and his eyes fell on Yu Tang.

"There are still three hours left. You need to find a new spokesperson who has enough professionalism and extensive knowledge about luxury goods, who has many experiences working with brands, and who they like."

Nie Chi: "If you can't find them, I'm afraid you will have to go and talk to them in person."