Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Ke Ming had just finished recording a session and was surrounded by his assistants in the lounge. He was scrolling through Weibo on his mobile phone.

When he saw the figure at the door, he was stunned for a moment and hurriedly threw away his phone and walked over: "Brother? Why are you here?"

Sui Si smiled reluctantly at him: "Xiao Ming."

Ke Ming had already seen Weibo. He roughly knew the whole story. Without saying much, he took Sui Si to sit on the sofa and asked his assistant to make Sui Si a cup of hot coffee.

This lounge was specially allocated to him, and it was full of his people. No one would spread the word.

Ke Ming let the others go out, closed the door tightly, turned back, and sat down on the sofa directly opposite Sui Si.

"I know everything." Ke Ming said, "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Sui Si couldn't speak immediately.

After all these years of living, he never thought that one day he would have to do something like this. The fingers holding the coffee cup stiffly bent and he rubbed it nervously several times.

The person in front of him is Ke Ming.

They have been together for so long, and they will still be together in the future, and they will get married in a while.

He wouldn't let Ke Ming suffer, he thought.Even if he gets married, he will pay back the money he borrowed. It can also be calculated based on bank interest, and he will repay the principal with interest when the time comes.

Sui Si lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, swallowing the bitter and hot liquid down his throat.

"Xiao Ming..." Sui Si said in a shy voice, "Do you have any money left in your hand?"

Ke Ming paused and did not speak immediately.

"It's calculated as if I borrowed it, based on the loan interest rate."

Sui Si didn't wait for him to speak, and immediately added: "The money I have now is really not enough... I didn't want to find you at first. You also saw on Weibo that the studio owes Yu Tang a lot of salary."

Sui Si had smoked countless cigarettes these days. He looked haggard and his voice was hoarse: "I didn't want to owe him any money. I didn't know there was such a thing. I plan to wait for the funds to turn over after a while.I just paid compensation to Yu Tang, and now there’s a lot of commotion on the Internet, and I can’t help it..."

"Brother, brother." Ke Ming interrupted him softly, "Don't be impatient yet."

"The money thing... we'll talk about it later."

Ke Ming held down Sui Si's arm and used a little force on his hand.He had gradually straightened out his thoughts and his tone became smoother: "You don't need to explain to me, I know what's going on."

Sui Si managed to calm down, stopped talking, and looked up at Ke Ming.

Ke Ming asked: "Have Assistant Yu told you about the problems with the contract and salary before?"

"No." Sui Si closed his eyes. He had a severe headache. "I don't know...he never told me this."

Ke Ming: "Then why do you say it's your problem?"

Sui Si was stunned for a moment and looked at Ke Ming.

"You are not good at running the studio at all. You don't know anything about the studio or the team, and you don't know the specific regulations of its operation." Ke Ming said, "When the studio was run, didn't you give Yu Tang full authority to be responsible for it??”

Sui Si listened to his words, her throat moved feebly, and she looked sideways: "...Yes."

Last time, Ke Ming actually said that he was not familiar with the processes of the studio and the team, and did not know the inner workings at all.

At that time, he still wanted to refute, and also wanted to tell Ke Ming that even if he was unfamiliar with it, he could still learn it now.

Although Yu Tang resigned, he still left him a complete set of regulations for running the studio. He is learning from scratch now. It is a little late, but it is too late.

…

But one thing after another these days, Ke Ming kept saying this again and again, and he seemed to be vaguely convinced.

If you want to set up a studio in the entertainment industry, you have to deal with the twists and turns.It is necessary to straighten out the tangled connections, to act according to circumstances, to be able to stretch and bend, and to find out the hidden rules of the undercurrent...

Maybe he's just not naturally good at it.

"Yu Tang is fully responsible. He has only received this small amount of money every month for these years. Doesn't Yu Tang know that there is a problem with his contract?"

Ke Ming said softly: "Why didn't he mention it to you?"

"He didn't bring it up." Ke Ming said, "Isn't it because he doesn't want it?"

"Why should you bear this responsibility?"

He relies on the stage to maintain his popularity, needs to take care of his voice, and cannot drink irritating things.Ke Ming held the warm water and lowered his gaze: "I don't know how to fight or ask for it. If someone else takes away his share, isn't it also his own problem?"

Sui Si failed to answer.

He instinctively felt that Ke Ming's words were a bit extreme, but at the same time he didn't know what to say.

There were so many facts happening these days that Sui Si's mind was completely confused. It took him a little extra effort than usual to wake up from this logic: "Xiao Ming, listen to me."

"Listen to me." Sui Si raised his hand and put his hand on Ke Ming's shoulder, "I know your growth experience... I know. You told me that this kind of thing is necessary to survive."

"You grew up in an orphanage. According to your rules, this is normal."

Sui Si said: "Ke Yutang is different, he——"

Ke Ming asked in a low voice: "Is he different?"

"The whole Internet knows that he is my assistant and that he is my legal spouse. How can it be the same?"

Sui Si felt helpless and smiled bitterly: "I can't say this to the public, Xiao Ming, I will be kicked out of the circle by them."

Ke Ming lowered his head and sat silently under his palm.

Sui Si couldn't see Ke Ming's self-abandonment attitude, and temporarily gave up the idea of correcting Ke Ming's extreme ideas.It has become a habit for him to take care of Ke Ming. Even at this time, he still tried his best to put down his entangled troubles and patted Ke Ming's shoulder twice.

"Xiao Ming... your agent came to see me before, and my attitude was not very good." Sui Si explained, "I was in a bad mood at that time, and it was not directed at you."

"I'm afraid you may misunderstand." Sui Si said, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to borrow money. I don't blame you."

In the final analysis, this is still a matter between him and Yu Tang.

Because of him, Ke Ming had already had some vague resistance to Yu Tang in the past few days.

As a result, today... I came to him and wanted to borrow money from him to give to Yu Tang.

Sui Si can understand that Ke Ming would be angry because of this matter.

Ke Ming has been so well protected these years. Any public disturbances are handled by Yu Tang, and public relations funds go directly from Sui Si's studio.Yu Tang kept a close eye on things and always took precautions before they happened. Ke Ming had never encountered a situation like today.

Celebrities are different from actors. They feed off traffic and suffer backlash from traffic. Every step they take is bloody.If you get involved in any kind of controversy casually, the public relations fee will start at least one million. If you are blackmailed by a black publicist again, no matter how much money you spend, you will just have to admit it as if it was wasted.

In the industry, Sui Si's annual income makes many people jealous, but with such a bottomless pit that can only be entered but cannot be exited, the funds are not as abundant as outsiders think.

It is also because of this that when something goes wrong this time, even the hush money cannot be paid.

But Sui Si never intended to break up with Ke Ming.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with him protecting Ke Ming. He just wanted to have a good talk with Ke Ming so that Ke Ming could understand the difficulty of this matter: "Xiao Ming, you don't know-"

Ke Ming raised his head: "I don't know?"

Sui Si was stunned.

Ke Ming had lowered his head and said nothing just now, so he didn't pay attention. Only now did he realize that Ke Ming's eyes were full of tears.

"I don't know your thoughts on me, or the money you spent on me behind your back."

Ke Ming trembled and said hoarsely: "I don't know anything, so I can let you take care of me with peace of mind. I won't help you when you are short of money. Because I came from an orphanage, and I value money more than anything else.", you recognize money but not people, right?”

"Xiao Ming!" Sui Si frowned, "Why do you think so? That's not what I meant..."

Ke Ming looked at him: "Where did my money go? Do you know why I dare not tell you?"

Sui Si's heart sank without any trace.

Ke Ming's money... was spent?

He had no idea where Ke Ming's money was spent, and he never asked. He managed to calm down and stretched out his hand to support Ke Ming: "Xiao Ming, I -"

"Do you know..." Ke Ming's chest rose and fell violently, and his delicate eyes turned red, "I bought a house for the two of us?"

Sui Si raised his head in shock, his eyes falling on him.

"I don't have a household registration, so I can only buy a single-family villa with no purchase limit... Last time I asked you to choose, and you said you liked a house with a garden, so I picked a garden for a month."

"House prices in the Imperial Capital are too expensive. After working for several months and accepting this variety show, I barely scraped together enough money. I only had a few million left for emergencies."

"I know I shouldn't be in such a hurry. My agent advised me to leave more money for turnover. Anyway, the company has arranged a place for me to live, and the house price will be lower after the Chinese New Year."

"Yes, blame me. Blame me for not calculating in advance that something will happen to you now. Blame me for not preparing money for you earlier. Blame me for not knowing anything."

Ke Ming was trembling slightly: "But I see you living in that small shabby apartment. The air conditioner buzzes every time you turn on the water, and the power goes out when you turn on the water. I can't sleep every day, and I just want you to be comfortable.The place where I live..."

Sui Si sat in a daze, his original thoughts shattered by these words.

The overwhelming guilt overwhelmed him, involuntarily squeezing away all doubts and confusions.He couldn't say another word, he just stretched out his hand and held Ke Ming in his arms.

"Sell the house and use the money to pay back to Assistant Yu."

Ke Ming trembled in his arms: "I don't want it anymore. I don't want the house. It's for you anyway. It's all the same..."

"Xiao Ming...Xiao Ming." Sui Si used some strength on his arm to hold him tightly, "I was wrong, I'm sorry."

Sui Si said hoarsely: "If you don't want to sell the house, I'll find a way... It's my fault. You don't have to worry about this anymore."

In the villa, Yu Tang and the system were holding popcorn and looking at the picture on the surveillance screen. No one could say anything.

"He has such acting skills."

Yu Tang couldn't figure it out: "Why didn't Ke Ming become popular when he was an actor?"

If he could reach this level of proficiency in acting, he would have already upgraded his acting skills to S level, upgraded to Long Aotian's leading role department, and acquired a consortium from scratch.

The system didn't know either, so it sneaked over and stole popcorn one by one into the sea of consciousness: "Probably because of the inertia of the plot, he must become a popular star, overcome all difficulties with Sui Si, and finally get married..."

The system looked at the background data and was suddenly shocked: "Host, the protagonist's favorability bar has turned black!"

"Black and red are not important." Yu Tang focused on the key point, "Has the value increased?"

The system carefully confirmed: "It has gone up, directly increased by 10, and now it has reached 92."

Yu Tang breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's okay...thank you Ke Ming."

Some time ago, the protagonist's favorability between attack and reception has been fluctuating and falling, and it almost dropped to 80 a few times.

Yu Tang saw it and was anxious in his heart. He once asked the system to go back and ask if there were any special effect cards related to love that could increase his favorability and lower his IQ.

This public opinion turmoil was investigated by the system intrusion network, and it was found to be someone secretly hired by Qi Xingwen Studio.

Those photos of his office were just smoke bombs, the purpose was to draw out the salary slip and put Sui Si on the stove to roast, and he would never give up.

The nature of this incident has escalated. It is no longer just a small fight in the entertainment industry, but also involves discussions on the protection of labor rights, legal rights protection, and human rights under workplace bullying.Once it is handled improperly, the news on the Internet will not only be about the entertainment section, but also the social and legal sections will have a place.

The Sui family has been in politics for several generations and is also powerful in the alliance military. It is impossible to let this matter continue to deteriorate and hand over such ready-made leverage to political opponents.

How to deal with Sui Si is a matter for the future. If Sui Si cannot come up with a suitable solution, the Sui family will definitely step in and solve this crisis for him.

According to the logical deduction of the system, Sui Si failed to borrow money from Ke Ming, and his favorability will drop sharply. In a series of subsequent avalanches, it will eventually fall below the passing line of 60.The relationship between the two people broke down from then on, and it ended with a BE ending of "a piece of cake and a bad breakup".

…

Logic is dead, people are alive.

Although the systems are working hard to study human nature, they still ignore the subjective initiative of human beings under crisis.

Ke Ming did not lend Sui Si a penny, but through his superb acting skills, the two people's favorability increased instead of decreasing, and even rarely returned to the original value.

"Host." The system held the popcorn in the sea of consciousness, "You learn it, you learn it."

Yu Tang held a pen in one hand and a notebook in the other, staring at the screen intently: "I'm studying, don't talk."

The system quickly calmed down.

Yu Tang rewinded the tape and played it again at 0.5x speed. Holding his notebook, he concentrated on taking notes against the "Basic Cultivation of Actors" open on the table in front of him.

The system watched from the side, waved a flag for him for a while, and then couldn't help but say: "Host, Ke Ming is very strange."

Yu Tang didn't even raise his head: "What's so strange?"

The system asked: "Why did he deliberately not return the people in the studio to Sui Si?"

Before this, Sui Si's studio was seriously short of manpower.He tried to ask Ke Ming if he could get back the half of the people he had given away, but Ke Ming didn't give it back to him.

Of course, this can also be explained by being stingy and only willing to take advantage rather than suffer losses. Ke Ming was afraid that his studio would have problems and was reluctant to return the person to Sui Si. He would rather watch Sui Si suffer because of the closure of the studio.

But this time, Ke Ming was extra generous and bought Sui Si a villa.

Yu Tang buried his head in taking notes without raising his head: "Who said it was bought for Sui Si?"

The system was stunned: "What?"

"This is a house purchase before marriage, and Sui Si's name is not on the property certificate."

Yu Tang recently checked the files under Ke Ming's name, and casually pulled up a "Pre-marital Property Notarization" and showed it to the system: "If there is a divorce, this villa belongs to Ke Ming, and Sui Si won't get a single floor tile..”

The system faced the darkness for the first time, and the screen was filled with small snowflakes: "..."

"If you want to make a study report in this area, you can come and ask me."

Yu Tang said: "I used to be an intern at a law firm. In order to buy a law firm, I read more than 50,000 records of civil disputes and criminal crimes."

system:"……"

"But you're right." Yu Tang stopped writing and pulled back the progress bar. "Ke Ming's refusal to return those people is not because he is stingy."

The system is confused: "What's the reason?"

"Because he wants Sui Si to know." Yu Tang said, "Sui Si can't do anything."

The system flashed red light blankly.

"He repeatedly instilled ideas into Sui Si, making Sui Si think that he knew nothing about studio-related content and that it was impossible to learn it."

Yu Tang said: "Next, he should accidentally 'leak' something on purpose."

Yu Tang: "For example...more things that happened to me in the past."

The system asked: "So that Sui Si's career will be even worse?"

Yu Tang nodded.

Although this kind of behavior is tantamount to holding the blade of a knife and stabbing someone, which really hurts Sui Si's vitality, and Ke Ming himself has to pay a big price, the risks and benefits are also equal.

As long as the returns are high enough, no matter how high the risk, some people are willing to take it.

"But...what are the benefits of doing this?"

The system couldn't figure it out: "Do you want Sui Si to be unable to stay in the entertainment industry and then return to the Sui family? The Sui family doesn't like Ke Ming and will not allow them to be together."

The system opened the original work and flipped to the last page: "In the end, Sui Si and Ke Ming got married, only after breaking up with their family. They left the Sui family together and lived a happy and ordinary life from then on."

The Sui family is a family that has traditionally been involved in the military and politics. It has a serious prejudice against the entertainment industry. It was originally unwilling for Sui Si to become an actor, and it was even less willing for Sui Si to be related to a popular star.

The Sui family did not have much respect for family status, and Sui Si was not required to find a well-matched spouse.But those stubborn elders with tough tempers would rather acquiesce in allowing Sui Si to find an ordinary person to be with in a down-to-earth manner than to agree with Sui Si to find a traffic star who spends his days gossiping about this and that.

Yu Tang was noncommittal and took the original book and flipped through it.

Sui Si always thought that he hid this matter very well and Ke Ming never noticed it.

How could you not notice it?

Sui Sihui suddenly decided to marry an assistant, and avoided suspicion with Ke Ming in public.Ke Ming is not stupid, and it is impossible not to notice the hostility of the Sui family towards him.

But this hostility... is not impossible to eliminate at all.

"Let's deduce it." Yu Tang said, "If Sui Si becomes frustrated and loses hope in life under the continuous blows, but Ke Ming never leaves and always accompanies him to tide over the difficulties, there is a chance that this kind of true human love can impress the Sui family.How many?"

The system calculated quickly and flashed the red light in surprise: "...70%!"

The answer given by the data deduction is very comprehensive, and the system opens the coordinate chart: "The worse Sui Si's situation is, the higher the probability!"

"The changes in the plot caused by us made Ke Ming see this opportunity, and he will subtly PUA Sui Si."

Yu Tang stole some popcorn from the system: "I've never thought of this idea before..."

He was eating popcorn and randomly drawing a few lines on the light screen with one hand.

This was the first time that the system saw him making cards in the sea of consciousness. Yu Tang sketched randomly on the light screen. Every time he touched a point, countless thin lines with faint flowing light were immediately derived. These lights were intertwined in vertical and horizontal directions, and Yu Tang wasSticking to the outline, it is gradually coming together into a distinct shape.

The system did not dare to disturb him and asked him in a low voice: "Host, host, what is the name of this card? What is it used for?"

"People's hearts are dangerous-" Yu Tang casually mentioned a name, suddenly came back to his senses and stopped moving.

There was a pause in the movement of his hand, and the vaguely formed cards suddenly spread out.

The system was anxious and regretful: "Ah..."

Yu Tang stood for a moment, raised his hand, and completely disrupted the light.

He dialed it very carefully, and every ray of light was shattered by him. Even with the most advanced system, there was no way to restore this card.

"It doesn't matter." Yu Tang said, "This card should not have been made."

System confusion: "Why?"

Yu Tang said nothing.

He was inspired by Ke Ming's work. This method of constantly undermining others' self-confidence to break down their psychological defenses and get what they want step by step is not only efficient, but also very easy to succeed as long as it is used properly.

But once this kind of thing is made as a card, it will become a poison-quenching blade.

There is no good or evil in cards, but no one can completely guarantee the use of cards.

When he left this book, he had obviously left enough business talent for the character Yu Tang. However, under repeated blows and long-term high pressure, this talented young man was gradually polished.Cleaned away the last bit of life force.

In fact, Yu Tang has never asked the system. If all behaviors that do not conform to the logic of the character are prohibited, why did he prepare to jump into the river and drown himself back the day he returned the book, but he did not notice any resistance.

…

Making cards consumes a lot of mental energy. Yu Tang forcibly stopped the production process, and did not get the mental compensation from the feedback after the cards were formed. In the blink of an eye, a large number of small light spots flew around in front of his eyes.

"When making a videotape of this section, remember to label Ke Ming a high-risk behavior and never imitate him."

Yu Tang pressed his eyebrows, rubbed them vigorously, and helped record the voice-over in advance: "After experiencing countless turmoils, Ke Ming affectionately accompanied the heir of the Sui family who was PUAed by him, and they lived a happy and extraordinary life together..."

The system hesitated for a long time and whispered: "But Sui Si is not the heir of the Sui family."

Yu Tang: "...ah?"

He had just reviewed his script and turned it over: "As written earlier, Sui Si, who was trained as an heir, came to the orphanage to do charity."

"It was originally yes, but then it wasn't." The system flashed a small red light, "When he entered the entertainment industry, he voluntarily gave up his identity as the heir. The host took the Tool Man script, and this part is not included."

Yu Tang: "..."

"The Sui family is actually still secretly investigating him. Nie Chi was sent to do this."

The system said: "If he performs well enough during this crisis with the help of Ke Ming, he may still be recalled, but just one day ago, Nie Chi submitted an evaluation report to the Sui family, deeming him unqualified."

System: "The current heir to the Sui family is named Sui Qi."

Yu Tang asked: "Are the names of their family members lined up in a line from front to back and randomly named in the order of roll call?"

"The next heir is called Sui Shisan..."

The system happily flashed the red light: "What?"

"It's okay." Yu Tang rubbed his forehead, "Keep this secret from Ke Ming."

This was a huge gamble. Ke Ming had calculated so much that he even put himself in it just to get Sui Si back to the Sui family.

As long as he returns to the Sui family, he will have an unparalleled heir that no actor can match.

Ke Ming is the best at this. He likes to gamble, dares to take risks, and dares to put up chips.

Back in the orphanage, Ke Ming used all the candies as chips and bet on Yu Tang's future.

But...this time, I will probably lose all my money.

Yu Tang: "Use all means to completely intercept all information channels through which Ke Ming may come into contact with the Sui family."

The system hadn't heard the host issue a task like this for a long time, so it turned off the red light and quickly entered the command.

"W&P should have filed a divorce lawsuit for me."

Yu Tang: "Find a way to push forward the progress and give Ke Ming a place as soon as possible."

The system thought for a while, found an accelerator card in stock, sneaked into the judge's house through the data, and posted it on the judge's bedside.

"Prepare a box of quick-acting Jiuxin Pills." Yu Tang said, "Put them in the warehouse first."

The system responded and placed an order: "What does the host want Suxiao Jiuxin Pill for?"

Yu Tang: “If the protagonist, Gong Shou, learns some bad news on the wedding day, and one or both of them suffers a heart attack, will it be considered a perfect ending?”

system:"?"

"Just in case, I still need to get the experience points from the completion."

Yu Tang patted it: "Get ready, we don't have much time to stay in this book."