Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Sui Si's body swayed and he stood still.

There was some confusion and irritation on his face, and he instinctively wanted to argue. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Nie Chi is not the first person to mention this matter.

The matter between him and Ke Ming is certainly not a secret within the studio.The studio had too much to take care of itself these days, and several ministers who had not yet resigned either explicitly or implicitly couldn't help but ask Sui Si whether the remaining half of the staff could be transferred back first.

Nie Chi simply put the question in front of him that everyone dared not say openly and clearly hid in their eyes.

Sui Si was breathing heavily and his voice was too hoarse to speak. He raised his head and stared at Nie Chi.

Nie Chi was hired by the Sui family.

Even if this kind of person with another salary seems to be working for him for the time being, his purpose must be to use every opportunity to hint at a breakup, so as to break up him and Ke Ming and let him return home honestly.

... This question must have been caused by Nie Chi deliberately misinterpreting the current situation in order to mislead him.

Sui Si was so confused by the events of the past few days that his thoughts were in a mess. He couldn't figure out the sophistry in Nie Chi's question for the moment, so he simply said nothing and waited coldly for Nie Chi to continue talking nonsense..

Nie Chi looked down at his watch and walked straight to the door.

Sui Si: "..."

"Stop!" Sui Si went to stop him, "Where are you going? You -"

Nie Chi looked at him inexplicably: "Go home, Mr. Sui."

Sui Si's face looked a little ugly.

He didn't expect Nie Chi to leave immediately.

But since he had already made up his mind, no matter what Nie Chi said, he would never listen. Logically speaking, there seemed to be no reason to ask Nie Chi to continue talking.

…

But why can't Xiao Ming come and ask him?

Sui Si knew that Ke Ming's staff was actually very tight.But even if you just ask him, if Ke Ming's team is not full of people, he will not really transfer half of the people back.

From the time of Yu Tang's accident until now, Ke Ming has called every day, gently and tolerantly helping him to relieve himself, listening to him vent, and even setting aside one night to come to his home to be with him.

But from the beginning to now, Ke Ming has never asked him once whether he needs to return the manpower of the studio.

If Nie Chi insists on talking about this matter today, Sui Si will be too annoyed to think about it and will only feel that the other party is sincerely provoking.

But Nie Chi didn't say anything. Sui Si was attracted by that question and began to lose control of his thoughts.

Sui Si frowned, with a faint gloom in his eyes. He suppressed those complicated thoughts, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took two deep puffs, forcing himself not to think about it.

"Mr. Sui, please get out of the way." Nie Chi said, "It's already four minutes past seven."

Sui Si raised his gaze, but he couldn't recover, so he just asked in a hoarse voice: "What's the matter with you?"

Nie Chi shook his head: "No, it's just that my overtime salary during non-working hours is five thousand yuan."

Knowing that the studio's financial flow has been tight recently, Nie Chi stood at the door and kindly reminded him: "If it exceeds five minutes, it will be rounded up and calculated as three hours."

Sui Si's face turned pale, and he was so agitated by these words that he almost choked back in his chest.

Not to mention that this professional manager is so inhumane that he is so willing to ask for overtime pay... How can there be such a rounding bandit algorithm?!

There is too much work these days, and Nie Chi will inevitably have to work overtime. Based on this calculation, how much money has he spent?

In the past, studios had ample funds, so this little money was certainly nothing.But now that I have lost so much, I wish I could break a penny in half and spend it. But at this time, there is such a strange expense...

"I will collect the overtime pay myself from the finance department and will not increase the workload for the studio."

Nie Chi said: "My hourly wage is not high. After Mr. Yu resigned, many companies and studios in the industry sent out invitations. I have roughly read that in the contact letters they gave, they quoted non-working hours.Overtime hourly pay——”

Sui Si interrupted him sharply: "That's enough!"

Nie Chi stopped talking.

"Let's go." Sui Si didn't want to hear anything about Yu Tang now. He had a severe headache and had begun to feel that it was a mistake to get entangled with this professional manager. "I don't want to see you... go out today."

Nie Chi nodded: "Yes."

Sui Si was exhausted and didn't want to say a word anymore. He walked back to the sofa and fell in, raising his hands to cover his eyes.

Nie Chi opened the office door.

He never disobeyed Sui Si's wishes. He used his work phone at the door to contact the cleaning staff for Sui Si, and left Sui Si's deserted and messy office on time at 7:06.

In the villa, Yu Tang just cooked a hot hot pot for himself.

In the warm air-conditioned wind, the light strips simulating natural light illuminate the entire room softly and brightly.

The steam is hazy, the bright red spicy soup base is rolling, the rapeseed is emerald green, and the thinly sliced beef slices are rolled up by the iron, and the aroma wraps you up inside.

"System." Yu Tang held a piece of freshly cut radish in his mouth and arranged the work vaguely, "Watch carefully, and turn to low heat in three minutes."

The system beeped and set a three-minute countdown.

Yu Tang opened the refrigerator.

Despite repeated assurances from the psychological counselor, W&P's people were still worried that he had not recovered all his life skills and accidentally starved himself to death at home.

When Darren left, he not only left a life-level monitoring bracelet that could be used to alert him to help at any time, but also took him to the refrigerator and asked Yu Tang to identify the name of each vegetable. He even repeatedly told him that these vegetables should not be directlyTo eat, you have to wash them, cut them into different shapes, and throw away part of the inedible roots.

Yu Tang had no choice but to make a whole bowl of noodles with oil, which finally reassured the worried W&P employees. He didn't teach him how to use kitchen knives and cooking utensils, and left the villa in an orderly manner while burping.

"Let's eat." Yu Tang cut the tofu and ham slices and asked the system, "Do you have a way to come out to eat?"

The system had been staring at the red hot pot soup for fifty seconds, with the flashing red light causing a miserable storm in his consciousness.

Yu Tang: "..."

Yu Tang went to make himself a bowl of dipping sauce, got a can of iced Coke, bought a package of hot pot flavored potato chips for the system, and sat back at the dining table.

On the high-definition LCD TV opposite the dining table, the system is broadcasting the live drama of the studio.

After Nie Chi left, the office became quiet.

Sui Si wanted to take a nap. He was exhausted from running these days and fell on the sofa. He was soon so tired that he fell asleep unconsciously.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get a sound sleep even this time. After about ten minutes, I was woken up by the cleaning staff who came to clean up the office.

Sui Si staggered a little while walking, and his eyes were bloodshot from extreme exhaustion. He didn't even have the strength to get angry this time, so he walked out in silence.

He stood in the empty corridor for a long time, walked to the end, took out the key, and opened Yu Tang's office.

There was no one in the office, the lights that used to stay on almost all night were turned off, and the room was dark.

…

"Host, host."

The system is still unable to understand many complex human behaviors, turning appetite into a motivation for learning, holding a notebook: "Why does Sui Si come to your office?"

Yu Tang didn't quite understand either, so he taught the system blindly: "It's probably because it's quiet here and he wants to catch up on his sleep here."

The system flashes a small red light and takes notes honestly.

Yu Tang picked up a chopstick full of fat beef, blew it until it was half cold, and put it into a small porcelain bowl filled with dipping sauce.

The system suddenly asked: "Host, what is this?"

"This is the dipping sauce." Yu Tang taught him, "I also learned it from others. Boil the spicy millet with boiling oil, add minced garlic, minced celery, a spoonful of vinegar, a small spoonful of salt, three tablespoons of mahjong, and put it in after it cools down.coriander."

system:"……"

Yu Tang looked up and saw the new paused picture on the screen: "..."

Yu Tang: "This is a unique human attempt to use some unproven supernatural concept to interfere with the objective laws of things, and is the product of concrete projection of ideas."

The system didn’t understand: “What?”

Yu Tang: "Pray for blessings and a protective blessing bag."

The two lucky bags in Sui Si's hands were already very old. If Yu Tang hadn't reviewed the previous plots recently, he would have barely remembered them.

It was only two years since Yu Tang entered the studio.

Yu Tang is too young to believe whatever others say.He heard someone say that there was a temple on the mountain, and the lucky bag he asked for would always work, so he remembered it in his heart.

That was the first time he got three days of rotational leave since he started working.Yu Tang quietly went up the mountain and was extorted from his one month's salary sincerely, in exchange for two lucky bags.

He knew that Sui Si liked Ke Ming, so he prayed for Sui Si to have everything go well and for Ke Ming to have a successful career.

He originally wanted to ask for one for himself, but the money was not enough for him.

Yu Tang was reluctant to take the cable car. When he walked down the mountain, he picked up a small round white stone on the roadside, washed it, put it in his pocket, and treated it as a "talisman for eating sweets every day" for himself..

He made a mistake that time.

The studio held an emergency meeting. Yu Tang was on the mountain. There was no signal on his mobile phone and he failed to receive a call from his agent.By the time I got down the mountain and saw the missed call, I had already missed the time.

“I really wanted to ride the cable car.”

Yu Tang only remembered so much. He even forgot why these two lucky bags were not given out, but he still vividly remembered that his legs hurt when he hiked down the mountain for three days: "The cable car ticket is only 20 yuan, and the two lucky bags are only 20 yuan."A thousand dollars.”

Yu Tang, who had just come to the Qingqing Spare Tire Department, had never experienced this grievance. He almost ignored OOC and went online to take over the business of praying for blessing bags. He sold these two small cloth bags that cost no more than ten yuan at an additional price of 2,500 yuan.

The system was more interested in this, was a little surprised, and flashed a small red light: "Can the lucky bag still intercede?"

"I can also burn incense, copy Buddhist scriptures, and plate all kinds of hand-strung walnuts."

Yu Tangzhen has studied this whole set of businesses. When he talked about it, he felt no longer sleepy and said, "It's not difficult to start from scratch. You can accumulate the first pot of gold. The difficulties and excitement are all behind..."

He really liked this, and he got excited when talking about it. He pulled the relevant information sent by W&P as an example, and checked out several hidden dangers and potential points to be explored.

The system concentrated on listening to the lecture, trying hard to take notes, and no longer paid attention to the ever-changing surveillance video.

In the picture, Sui Si stood for a long time before walking to the desk.

The entire studio has been in chaos these days, and no one has time to clean up the office. Things that were knocked over in the chaos are still in place, the windows are half open, and Yu Tang's desktop is covered with a light layer of dust.

Yu Tang was discovered in this office. The employees in the studio only dared to talk quietly and never dared to be heard by Sui Si.

But Sui Si still heard it.

Yu Tang had no sense of autonomy at that time. He returned to the studio and relied on inertia to work, but he could no longer save any energy at his disposal.

The employees who came to the office noticed something strange about him and called out a few times. When Yu Tang didn't respond, they went over and patted Yu Tang on the shoulder.

Yu Tang sat in front of his desk, his outstretched hand resting on the edge of the desk. He was lightly tapped and fell down silently.

…

Sui Si lowered his head and looked at the two old fortune bags in his palms.

Yu Tang didn't know where he heard the news, but he actually went to the mountain to ask for such a thing.He missed the call on the mountain, saw the missed call when he came down the mountain, and rushed back in a hurry, already missing the time.

The manager was originally very dissatisfied with Yu Tang. He didn't listen to Yu Tang's explanation and notified the human resources department to terminate the contract directly and asked Yu Tang to pack up and leave.

Yu Tang was so frightened that he huddled in the corner of the bathroom alone and refused to come out even if no one called him.

Sui Si was in a good mood that day and felt that there was no need for such an attack on an assistant. He rejected the manager's arrangement and took the initiative to stop the human resources department and asked someone to take Yu Tang back to continue working.

The turmoil was quite big, but calming down was just a casual matter, and no one took it seriously.It was Sui Si's birthday in a few days. Yu Tang was almost relieved. He finally summoned up the courage to stop Sui Si with a blushing face and stumbled to give him a birthday gift.

Sui Si didn't have the habit of celebrating birthdays, and he never believed in these random blessing things. He waved his hand casually, confiscated it, and asked Yu Tang to take it back and wear it for fun.

…

Sui Si put the lucky bag on the table and picked up the things that fell on the ground.

He still didn't believe that the lucky bag would have any effect, but he suddenly remembered that Yu Tang thought he was really going to be expelled that day.

No matter before or after, Sui Si had never seen Yu Tang scared like that.

Shivering and sweating profusely, his whole body looked like he had been fished out of the water.Huddled in a corner, holding his head tightly, he would only mechanically repeat "I'm sorry" and "Don't drive me away" over and over again.

No one can pull it, and I don't know how a skinny and weak half-year-old child can get such strength.

After that time, Yu Tang never took a day off again.

Even if he later became Special Assistant Yu in charge of the entire studio, and someone advised Yu Tang to take a vacation to relax, he would just laugh, shake his head, and go back to his office to continue handling trivial tasks that were not too urgent.

Sui Si was used to someone always being around, used to having someone arrange everything in silence at any time.

It was only now that he finally realized that it would be so difficult to accomplish this thing that he thought was the most ordinary thing without Yu Tang.

Sui Si held the two lucky bags and sat back in the chair.

He was really exhausted by the events of the past few days. After sitting in a quiet office where no one was disturbed for a long time, he finally took out his mobile phone and broadcast a familiar number.

The other end connected quickly, and in the slightly noisy background, Ke Ming's voice came from the microphone: "Brother?"

Ke Ming was at the recording site of a variety show.

Sui Si had not been able to formally contact the work for several days. When he first heard the echo of the sound check, it even seemed a little strange: "Xiao Ming."

"What's wrong?" Ke Ming asked softly, "Brother, where are you? What happened again?"

Still outside, there were many people, and his voice was very low, but he could still hear clear concern.

Sui Si had originally thought about it, but suddenly couldn't say it: "...It's okay, Xiao Ming, I -"

On the other end, there was a faint voice from Ke Ming's manager urging him to come over.

Ke Ming was arguing with his agent. He was probably covering the microphone, and his voice came intermittently: "...No, my brother has something to do...Others first..."

Sui Si listened and suddenly woke up.

In order to be with him, Ke Ming and his manager Jian said that they would bear all the consequences themselves, and they didn't even take their future and development seriously.

How could Ke Ming deliberately not return that half of the team to him?

It's just that there were too many things in the past two days, too busy and chaotic, and I didn't think about it for a while.

Just a reminder, Ke Ming will definitely agree more simply than anyone else.

Sui Si actually didn't want Ke Ming to return the person. He originally selected Ke Ming as the most capable elite in the team. Now, half of Ke Ming's backbone are people from Sui Si's studio, so he rashly selected him.There will definitely be problems if you come out.

Sui Si had suffered enough from the studio shutdown, and it was impossible for him to involve Ke Ming in order to solve his own difficulties.

After Sui Si figured this out, he felt much better.He exhaled and said with a smile: "It's nothing... Xiao Ming, I want to ask you something."

"Yeah." Ke Ming probably changed places, and the noise around him was much quieter. "Brother, tell me."

Sui Si held the phone, hesitated for a moment, and touched the record button.

"It's not a big deal." Sui Si said, "There are not enough people in the studio. Do you still remember, the half I put on your side..."

He just wanted proof.

Not to prove it to myself, but to prove it to Nie Chi, and slap that inhumane professional manager in the face——

Sui Si's thoughts stopped for a moment. He heard the unusual silence on the other end, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart: "Xiao Ming?"

Ke Ming still didn't speak.

Sui Si clutched the phone, his smile still on his face, but his body felt a little stiff for some unknown reason.

Sui Si had just thought about it. He was going to tell Ke Ming that the half of the people were not in a hurry to come back and see if they could help share some work remotely. If not, it didn't matter. He would think of a way.

But now, listening to the sudden silence on the other side, his words suddenly got stuck in his throat.

"Brother... you listen to me, you listen to me."

Ke Ming spoke very quickly: "It's not that simple. You're not familiar with the studio and team processes, and you don't know the ropes."

Sui Si's throat moved.

He sat for a while and then asked in a low voice: "What?"

"Don't worry, I'm still here. If you are short of money over there, I can fill it for you first."

Ke Ming said: "For the half of the team, we have to meet and discuss it in detail."

Sui Si said nothing.

He actually wanted to ask Ke Ming how complicated the matter was, and he could not elaborate on it until they met.

Ke Ming has been recording in the past few days and it is impossible to come back in time. It will take another week at least for the two of them to meet.

In the current situation, if the gap cannot be filled within a week, he will really...have no choice but to accept the few ministers sent by the Sui family.

If the Sui family takes over the studio, he will no longer be able to protect Ke Ming from being targeted.

The Sui family intended to ban Ke Ming, and Yu Tang had been dealing with this matter for several years.Sui Si kept the secret a secret, and during the years the two of them were together, Ke Ming actually didn't notice it at all.

Sui Si wanted to explain this to Ke Ming, but he didn't have the strength at all.

He suddenly wondered, when Yu Tang was speechless and looked at him quietly, was it because he no longer had the strength to speak?

Is Yu Tang disappointed with him?

When did these disappointments begin, how much have they accumulated, and have they reached the point of no return?

"Brother..." Ke Ming didn't hear his response and felt a little uneasy, "Brother?"

Sui Si looked at the flashing recording prompt on his phone.

He just wanted to record Ke Ming's answer and play it to the professional manager.

"Brother, are you angry?"

On the other end, Ke Ming's voice trembled a little. He was scared, almost crying: "I didn't mean that, I just want to find a solution that has both ends. It's not easy for the two of us to get to where we are today. We have to thinkgood……"

"I'm not angry, Xiao Ming." Sui Si said, "It's okay, don't think too much."

Ke Ming stopped talking, his breathing still a little messy.

Sui Si closed his eyes: "I listen to you."

He picked up the two lucky bags and slowly held them in his hands.

Yu Tang's gentle voice sounded in his mind.

The assistant who had just run out of the hospital blocked his car with her body and followed him intently: "Teacher Sui."

After getting the fake marriage contract, he sat quietly in the office all night. Yu Tang appeared in front of him the next day with red eyes and a firm gaze: "Teacher Sui."

Sitting in a wheelchair, looking pale and numb, Yu Tang was completely closed off from communicating with the outside world.

Yu Tang handed him the lucky bag, his whole face turned red and he couldn't speak completely.

He was just picked into the team next to him. He was still very young. He was wearing old clothes that had been washed white, and he almost looked like a student.

…

"When you finish this period of work, find a time and let's discuss it."

Sui Si said to Ke Ming: "Discuss... what to do."

"We'll see then." Sui Si said, "Go and get busy."

Sui Si stood up. He put the two lucky bags into his pockets and put them away. Without waiting for Ke Ming's reply, he hung up the phone.