After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn

After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 283 100 Million Investment & Film Start Ceremony

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Don’t know if he really admitted to being wrong, or because of Li Xiaoheng’s presence he had no other choice. Cheng Baodong’s attitude at the dinner table was quite good, he offered a toast to make amends, and put on a subordinate demeanor, voluntarily offering to drink three glasses of wine as self-punishment. From time to time, he would glance at Li Xiaoheng who was sitting next to Tao Mu, afraid that Tao Mu would take advantage of the Li family’s power to make things difficult for him.

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This was so obvious that Principal Liu and Guo Yaning, who were at the same table, were a little embarrassed. Cheng Baodong was originally born in an affluent family and had an arrogant temper. And over the years, because of his successes, he had been praised too much by the film crew and investors. Now that he suddenly had to lower his head, he still couldn’t put down his pride. Therefore, it was inevitable that his attitude would be awkward, and a bit too contrived.

Fortunately, since Tao Mu came, he never thought of putting on airs to embarrass Cheng Baodong. It was not that Tao Mu wanted to smile away his grievances, it was just for the sake of Principal Liu and Guo Yaning. With Tao Mu’s temperament, since he agreed to make peace, he would pull it off beautifully. Embarrassing Cheng Baodong at the dinner table was not embarrassing Cheng Baodong, but embarrassing Principal Liu and Guo Yaning.

Sure enough, seeing Tao Mu decisively drink a glass of wine, Principal Liu and Guo Yaning both showed smiles on their faces. They quickly struck up a conversation, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became much more lively.

On Cheng Baodong’s side, his agent and Wang Boyuan accompanied him. Speaking of which, Tao Mu and Wang Boyuan also have some affinity. Back then when Tao Mu served as Wang Boyuan’s martial arts stand-in, Wang Boyuan already felt that Tao Mu was not a mediocre person. On the set, he had an intention to bring their distance closer. It was a pity that although Wang Boyuan had a good vision, his temperament was indecisive and his management company was also short-sighted. Fearing that Wang Boyuan would suffer losses if he took the initiative to show his friendship to Tao Mu, they used all kinds of coercion both openly and secretly to prevent him from doing so. So when Tao Mu’s usefulness began to show itself and they wanted to show goodwill, FlyNews.com had already soared up into the skies. Thus, when most of the entertainment industry was vying to please Tao Mu, Wang Boyuan’s icing on the cake became unnecessary.

This time when Beijing Film was going to make a big production movie, Wang Boyuan, as an outstanding graduate of Beijing Film, an A-list superstar in the circle, and Cheng Baodong’s best partner, naturally wanted to join in with all his strength. Although he failed to win the double male lead, the role played by Wang Boyuan in the film was also a very important male supporting role. It was the instructor who trained the male protagonist back then, and was later sent abroad to perform missions. In the film, the hero and several other special forces went on missions to support Wang Boyuan’s role.

It was also because of this that Cheng Baodong wanted to give Wang Bo a chance to play the double male lead role. In Cheng Baodong’s view, Wang Boyuan, as an A-list superstar in the circle, had a large chance of winning, but he didn’t expect to kick the iron plate. Not only didn’t he get to eat the mutton, he ended up getting rubbed off with a foul smell. Even Wang Boyuan himself felt very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Tao Mu didn’t want to quibble with Wang Boyuan. The several people chatted about film preparations at the dinner table. Guo Yaning even asked for a cameo role for fun. The meal could be regarded as having ended on a happy note. During the dinner, Principal Liu also successfully persuaded Mr. Li, who made it clear he wanted to support his boyfriend, to inject 20 million yuan into the film, which added with the 40 million yuan from Tao Mu’s film and television company, and the 20 million from Beijing Film and Huajing Production Studio, the crew had not yet fully finished with pre-film preparation, yet the filming funds have already been pulled to 80 million. Principal Liu, who was a little drunk, even expressed excitedly that he would find a way to attract two more investors and strive to increase the cost of the filming to 100 million. At that time, it would also be a publicity point for the public.

For many colleagues in the industry, it was not easy for a film to attract an investment of 100 million even ten years into the future. But for capital parties like Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng, it was not difficult to find two more investors to contribute 20 million.

For example, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment, which have been cooperating happily with Tao Mu, and so long as Tao Mu called, raising another 20 million was not a problem at all. Even if they were to go home and tell their family members, whether it was the Fengxing Group or the Li family, they could also easily hand over 20 million.

Cheng Baodong originally had a lot of complaints about his speaking power. But seeing that the crew’s filming funds have risen, as a commercial film director, even he had never made a major production with a capital of more than 100 million. It was practically comparable to a Hollywood blockbuster. So considering the huge benefits involved, Cheng Baodong didn’t say anything anymore.

Winning on a matter of pride was important, but it was not so important that Cheng Baodong would put his career achievements on the line. Even Cheng Baodong’s attitude when facing Tao Mu became more friendly. Afraid that if Tao Mu was truly dissatisfied he would really squeeze him out as the director——although it seemed that this kind of thing was unlikely to happen at present.

On the second day of the dinner, the news that Beijing Film and Tao Mu’s film and television company was going to make a big commercial movie with a shooting cost of more than 100 million yuan spread all over the entertainment circle. Like a drop of cold water falling into a pan of hot oil, the already lively entertainment industry immediately exploded. The major media reported and shared the news one after another. They invariably compared this movie with those big-investment Hollywood blockbusters, and even compared this movie to “the light of the rise of domestic movies.” Tao Mu and the investors behind him have also become representatives of conscientious producers in the industry. Because of this 100 million shooting budget as a gimmick, “Soldier Elite: Unsheathed Knife”, which was not yet even officially launched, instantly topped the major search rankings and news headlines. Many entertainers and actors who could get in touch with Beijing Film began looking for ways to increase their connection, all wanting to play a role in the movie.

For Tao Mu’s fans, “Soldier Elite: Unsheathed Knife” was also the first time Tao Mu would be playing the leading role in a movie. This young and handsome idol made his debut three years ago. His career path was very different from those artists of his generation who devoted themselves to developing in the film and music circles. Tao Mu was repeatedly evaluated by the media as “the most unprofessional actor in the entertainment industry”. Because every time he made a big splash, it was either in the business sector or in the financial sector.

Clearly he was an actor, and he studied in the acting department of a prestigious film and television school, but he had not made many serious works. The works produced by him have been great successes and as an actor he actually won the title of domestic top tier producer. Even FlyNews, which was created from scratch, has become an indispensable social software for young people in China. The number of real-name registered users was soon to exceed 200 million. Not to mention his achievements in the financial market.

It was a great honor for the fans to become a fan of such a multi-talented idol. However, more often than not, it was also a painful thing. Because Tao Mu didn’t participate in commercial performances other than filming, he didn’t take entertainment gigs, and he didn’t even have many scenes in the movies and TV dramas he filmed. The edited videos with him in it on BulletScreen.com did not even exceed twenty minutes. Such a brutal reality lasted for three full years, one could imagine how much Tao Mu’s fans were suffering.

But the long wait finally ushered in the light at the end of the tunnel. With the completion of “Soldier Elite”, everyone could finally look forward to the summer vacation next year. From a single episode, at least a 20-minute cut could be made for the male protagonist. For many fans, this was simply commonplace. But for Ceramics, this was probably the happiest thing in the world.

Not to mention that after “Soldier Elite”, there would be “Soldier Elite: Unsheathed Knife”. A TV series broadcast during the summer vacation, and a big movie presented on National Day, which meant that Tao Mu’s figure would be active in the second half of the year!

For a while, Tao Mu’s FlyNews and the official FlyNews of “Soldier Elite: Unsheathed Knife” had fans checking in every day. In such an atmosphere of great joy and restless enthusiasm, “Soldier Elite: Unsheathed Knifed” finally started filming.

On the day of the start-of-filming ceremony, all the famous media in the entertainment industry came to join in. The location of the opening ceremony was set at the auditorium of Beijing Film. The atmosphere was a bit like a school orientation meeting. At the beginning, there were speeches by the principal, the military and other leaders.

Tao Mu and several other actors were all wearing their combat uniforms during filming, and sat neatly on the stage. The young men in their twenties, who had just been trained in the army for more than half a year, sat there upright, all tall and straight like poplars. Full of vigor and sharpness, it made people’s eyes shine when they looked at them.

In contrast, Wang Boyuan, who was also an important supporting role and also appeared in a combat uniform, was not so energetic in appearance. At least at first glance, it couldn’t be seen that he was a soldier.

However, considering Wang Boyuan’s special status in the film, that he had not undergone military training was actually more in line with the background of his role in the film.

The start-of-filming ceremony had come to the question-and-answer period for reporters. All the media reporters eagerly raised their hands, all directed at Tao Mu. The questions asked were also varied, except for some perfunctory questions related to the movie, almost all of them were asking about Tao Mu’s relationship. Especially the engagement ceremony two months later. Some media even directly asked Tao Mu whether he would invite the media or friends in the circle to attend the ceremony.

The media would definitely not be invited. But all friends in the circle would be present. Tao Mu jokingly said: “I have been in the circle for a while, and I have sent many people red envelopes. Of course, I have to take this opportunity to earn it back. It is okay for everyone not to come, but the red envelope must be delivered.”

This caused everyone to roar with laughter. Another reporter asked Tao Mu about the song he composed. After all, the registered users of FlyNews.com would exceed 200 million very soon. Everyone wanted to know when Tao Mu would sing. Some people even began to look forward to what kind of gifts Tao Mu would present to everyone when the registered users of FlyNews.com exceeded 300 million.

Tao Mu didn’t want his presence to steal the spotlight from the rest of the crew. So he didn’t answer too many questions that have nothing to do with the movie, but just told everyone to pay attention to his official FlyNews account. Then he gave up the microphone to Wang Boyuan and others.

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After the start-of-filming ceremony, all the actors took film stills. The style of the photos inherited the tradition of all war movies, highlighting the tough guy temperament. Tao Mu was standing alone in front, wearing a combat uniform, with thick camouflage paint on his face, and holding a submachine gun. Wang Boyuan and several other main actors were standing on both sides of Tao Mu in a herringbone pattern. The background of the poster was gunpowder and the fires of war, and the visual effect was very rough and grainy. In addition to this, a solo poster of each person was also shot. As the most popular actors in the circle, the posters of Tao Mu and Wang Boyuan were snapped up by many fans as soon as they got off the press. Li Xiaoheng, who had always regarded himself as a fan of Tao Mu, even secretly custom ordered a huge life size poster photo of Tao Mu, and hung it on the wall of his office.

But Tao Mu didn’t know about it yet. Because after the film stills were taken, the wealthy crew went directly to Africa to shoot the location.

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 044 Protect Yourself

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Shi Fengyue stared at the containers, and after carefully identifying them, raised his hand to make a mark, and continued to walk forward.

About ten minutes later, he stopped next to two stacked red containers, and further ahead was an open space with a diameter of about 50 meters. Only a container with an area of about four square meters was placed in the middle, and in front of the door of the container, two people stood looking around vigilantly.

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Shi Fengyue retracted his gaze and leaned against a container. The knuckles of his raised right hand bent and knocked on the container. A dull but also crisp sound sounded. The two people exchanged looks, and soon, a series of rhythmic knocks followed the first one after another.

One person frowned and looked in the direction of the sound: “What’s going on?”

The other person raised his leg and took half a step, hesitantly suggesting: “Go and see?”

The first man raised his hand, and along with another heavier knock sounding, he said in a deep voice, “I’ll go, you stay here and keep guard.”

The man walked step by step in the direction of Shi Fengyue with cautious and barely audible steps. He vigilantly remained alert of any sign of trouble, and walked into the pile of containers.

Shi Fengyue leaned against the wall of a container, listening to the sound of footsteps approaching with lowered eyes. When the sound of footsteps reached very close by, he stretched out his hand sideways very quickly, and before he even had a chance to take a breath the person who came was already subdued by him between the elbows.

He covered the man’s mouth with one hand, lowered his head and whispered in his ear, his words low and almost inaudible. His other hand holding the lighter was lifted by the man’s left ear, slender fingers flicking it casually, causing the dusty metal lighter to open and close in a strange rhythm.

The man’s struggling movements slowly stopped, his eyes gradually turned from clear to blank, and after a moment, when his eyes regained clarity again, Shi Fengyue let him go.

But strangely, as if he couldn’t see Shi Fengyue at all, he walked away without saying a word.

The person waiting in front of the container didn’t hear any movement, and his heart was in his throat the whole time. He didn’t relax until the other came out, and only then did he laugh and curse as he walked towards him: “I thought something was wrong, you f**king——”

The moment the two met up, the expression of the smiling man froze. He looked at the switchblade buried in his stomach in disbelief. But just as he was about to speak, he was knocked out by a hand.

Shi Fengyue stepped out, brushed past the man, opened the door of the container and walked in. But still the man turned a blind eye as if he couldn’t see him.

Jiang Chen heard the commotion outside and the conversation that ended abruptly. Just as he was about to listen carefully, he saw the door being pulled open, and a tall figure appeared outline in the sunlight.

The sudden light made him squint his eyes, and when his eyesight recovered, the newcomer was already standing less than half a meter away from him. Jiang Chen’s eyes widened slightly, and his tone could not conceal his surprise: “Shi Fengyue?”

Shi Fengyue squatted down in front of him, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes: “Having fun?”

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment. The sudden appearance of Shi Fengyue made his mind go blank for a rare moment. So at this time, when he heard the other’s completely incomprehensible question, he didn’t know how to answer it for a while.

After about half a minute, he hesitated and asked, “…..Why are you here?”

“It seems that you want to play a kidnapping game.” Shi Fengyue fiddled with the lighter, and said quietly: “So I followed to see the excitement.”

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched, and after a few seconds, he asked, “How did you get in?”

“I walked in.”

Jiang Chen paused, listening to the silence outside, and suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Shi Fengyue raised his eyes, with his back to the light his eyes appeared very dark. His voice was like his eyes, and one couldn’t distinguish his emotions: “Both are still alive, and the ones who left will not find out anything when they come back. It will not affect your plan.”

Jiang Chen quickly met his gaze, and the moment their eyes met, he saw himself reflected in Shi Fengyue’s eyes——his surprise clear at a glance——since he was seen through, he didn’t need to keep pretending, so he said: “Thank you.”

Shi Fengyue paused the hand that was playing with the lighter, and the cold metal lighter pressed against the boy’s chin, raising his gaze. Shi Fengyue looked into Jiang Chen’s eyes carefully and analytically, and only saw openness, clarity, and brightness.

He quickly withdrew his hand and the finger pressed against the lighter paused. It seemed that there was a warmth on it that was different from the temperature of the metal. He moved his finger away, put the lighter back into his pocket, and said mildly: “I don’t care what plans you have, if you don’t come out within an hour, I will send someone to bring you out.”

Walking to the door, Shi Fengyue suddenly paused, turned around and walked back again.

Jiang Chen was thinking about the difference between one hour and his planned time, when he felt that a candy was stuffed in his mouth. He raised his eyes, and before he could speak, he was stuffed with a few more candies one after another, and the sweet milky taste spread on his tongue.

“Protect yourself.”

With those few words, the door of the container closed again.

Jiang Chen had candies in his mouth, and the sweet taste diluted the stuffiness in the container. He looked thoughtfully at the few gleams of light that were struggling to get under the door.

An hour ago.

Jiang Chen hadn’t come back since he went out for a morning jog. Today, Yang Si didn’t need to go to the hospital so she specially bought a lot of Jiang Chen’s favorite foods to make up for the guilt of letting him eat out alone during this period of time. Before Jiang Chen went out, she also specifically told him to come back for lunch earlier.

But who knew, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon, yet Jiang Chen hadn’t appeared and his phone couldn’t be reached either.

At first, Yang Si only thought that he went to look for Shen Xu and Huo Bo, but after contacting Shen Xu and Huo Bo, she found that Jiang Chen had not gone to them at all. This made her worried. She knew her son very well, and since he was a child he had never gone back on his word. He never missed appointments and was very punctual. Since she said it was lunch, Jiang Chen would never be home later than twelve o’clock.

The wall clock in the center of the living room was ticking. Every time the minute hand moved, Yang Si felt more uneasy. She wondered if it was her mother’s instinct making her think wildly. She kept getting a bad feeling.

At a quarter past one in the afternoon, Yang Si’s cell phone rang.

She immediately connected the phone, her tone holding unconcealable anxiety: “Chen Chen?”

“Yang Si?”

On the other line was a male voice that was deliberately lowered and ambiguous. Almost as soon as she heard this voice, Yang Si already had a premonition. She tightened the grip she had on the pillow in her lap and said, “It’s me.”

“Your son is in our hands. If you want him back, prepare 300,000 yuan. I will send you the account number and give you two days. We will release him as soon as the money arrives. I advise you to be obedient. If you call the police, I can’t guarantee whether your son will live or die.”

When she heard the first sentence, Yang Si’s face had already paled. She tried her best to calm herself down amidst the sound of the man’s weird voice, but as long as she thought about what might happen to her son, no matter how rational she was, she couldn’t help it, all her reasoning disappearing in an instant. When the man finished speaking, she immediately said: “I’ll give it to you right away, don’t hurt my son, I’ll transfer the money to you right away.”

Yang Tianci, who was hiding near the park, had a gleam of joy on his face when he heard the words, but after a while, his expression sank again. His sister did not even hesitate to take out 300,000 immediately. His sister was more wealthy than he imagined. Even though she clearly had money, when he came to their house to ask for money before, she not only didn’t give it, she said she would cut off their relationship, completely uncaring about their sibling relationship.

Since she was unkind, then don’t blame him for being unrighteous.

Yang Tianci sneered in his heart, and said slowly: “I was wrong before, it is not three hundred thousand, it is one million, I will give you an extra half a day, two and a half days, when the money arrives in the account before twelve noon the day after tomorrow, there won’t be a single hair missing on your son’s head, but if it doesn’t arrive…..” He hung up the phone before finishing speaking.

Yang Si put down her phone and immediately ran to the room to search for all the passbooks at home.

From the money Jiang Chen took out, after Jiang Zhuo’s treatment, there was still about 100,000 yuan left, and the family also had some savings before, so the total was about 270,000 yuan. If it was 300,000 yuan, she could find a friend to borrow the rest, but one million…..where was she going to collect that money?

Just as Yang Si was frantically holding the passbook, her cell phone rang again.

“Hello, is this Ms. Yang Si?”

Yang Si was taken aback for a moment, and her heart squeezed again: “I am…..”

“We are the Public Security Bureau of Zhonghai District, Yan City. Half an hour ago, we received a report from the masses. Someone kidnapped a boy at the west gate of Jiexin Park. The boy was wearing a white T-shirt and black slacks and is about 1.78 meters tall. Do you still remember what your son was wearing before he went out?”

Yang Si opened her mouth and said with difficulty after a long time: “It’s my son.”

“Ma’am, don’t worry, we have locked onto your son’s location based on the surveillance footage and the photos sent by the masses. He is now in the neighboring Xing City. We have dispatched the police and contacted the Xing City police to cooperate and help. We will do our best to protect his safety and rescue him, please wait at home and don’t startle the enemy.”

“I just received a call…..the kidnappers told me not to call the police. They said that if I called the police, they would kill my son.” Yang Si’s hand holding the phone turned white, and she enunciated word by word: “Mr. Police, I beg you, you must protect the safety of my son, if it is not absolutely surefire, I can raise enough money to give them, I don’t want my son to be harmed.”

“Ma’am, we understand your feelings very well, and we promise to do our best to protect your son’s safety and rescue him. During this period, I hope you can remain calm, and if the kidnappers contact you, you must contact us at the first opportunity.”

“Okay…..”

After hanging up the phone, Yang Si slumped down on the ground, her mind was in a mess, full of imaginings that were difficult to continue even thinking about with just the beginning. She clutched the phone tightly, forcing herself to calm down, the clock ticked every minute and every second, and the worries in her heart increased bit by bit.

When the hour hand pointed to four o’clock, her cell phone finally rang, and she picked it up almost at the first second when it rang: “Hello? I’m Yang Si, is…..”

“Hello, we are the Public Security Bureau of Zhonghai District, Yan City. We have successfully rescued your son Jiang Chen and are on our way to bring him back to Yan City. There is still about an hour’s journey away. You can wait at the Public Security Bureau first.”

“Is he hurt? Did those people hurt him? Where is he hurt? How is he now?”

“Ma’am, you can rest assured that your son is safe and unharmed.”

Yang Si breathed a sigh of relief, and said incoherently: “I’ll be right over, thank you, thank you so much comrade policeman, thank you so much, thank you…..”

…..

Jiang Chen was sitting in the police car, replaying the scene just now in his mind.

Less than 20 minutes after Shi Fengyue left, the two people who had left before came back. Not long after, a quarrel erupted outside. They spoke too fast and in a mix of various dialects so Jiang Chen couldn’t hear clearly, but from bits and pieces he could infer the reason for their quarrel: one of the two people who were guarding the door just now was injured and passed out, and the person who stabbed him was the other one who stayed behind to guard him.

The argument lasted for nearly fifteen minutes, until it was interrupted by a ringing phone. The conversation was very short, but after hanging up the phone, their movements immediately became even louder. Jiang Chen heard their panicked footsteps and words:

“The cops are here, Boss seems to have been discovered, what should we do?”

“We did it so covertly, how could we be discovered so quickly…..”

“I said that Huang Kai bastard is a traitor. But you didn’t believe me, he must have leaked the secret!”

“What are you doing still blabbering so much? Run!”

“But what about the one inside?”

“Who cares?”

“No, if Boss is arrested, we will have lost one person. If we don’t finish this business deal, we will lose out on the money as well. Didn’t the person above want this kid’s life? Let’s kill him first, at least we will have completed the task?”

“Is this okay? Boss said that the identity of the other party is unknown, and the money must be in the account before doing anything.”

“It’s already at this time, just grab the money we can, besides he has seen what we look like…..”

The door of the container was opened, and three men walked in one after the other, one of them was holding a knife in his hand.

Jiang Chen watched them calmly. He stepped back a little bit, broke away from the rope on his hand while the approaching man swung his knife, and avoided the attack.

The unexpected situation stunned the three of them. They looked at each other and then surrounded him.

Jiang Chen calculated the time and delayed them as much as possible.

Sure enough, seeing that they couldn’t take Jiang Chen down, the three of them became anxious. The police were outside, and every minute and every second that was delayed, the possibility of the three of them being caught would be even greater. After trying to catch Jiang Chen several times but being dodged by him, one person lost his patience and said, “Forget him, the cops will come soon, if we don’t leave, it will be too late!”

“But…..”

“But what, let’s go!”

The three of them retreated in a hurry, but Jiang Chen’s attack was reversed from the previous one of only defending and not attacking, his movements suddenly becoming fierce. The man closest to him was thrown over his shoulder, and the phone in his pocket slipped out. Jiang Chen swept the screen at a glance and saw that a countdown was displayed. He avoided the man holding the knife, but his face was lightly grazed by a punch.

Just then, the police burst in.

The absolute suppression of numbers and force quickly brought an end to this rescue mission.

As the victim, Jiang Chen was naturally protected and had a ride in the last car. Before he got into the car, the man whom the three thought had already been arrested was escorted by another wave of police. This man was the driver whose face was the only one not captured by the surveillance.

What caught Jiang Chen’s attention was that the long black trench coat this man was wearing was very similar to the one Shi Fengyue was wearing just now. It seemed to be just a coincidence, but he was inexplicably concerned. He got the feeling that it was linked to the answer he wanted to know.

Thinking of Shi Fengyue coming and going like no one’s land, Jiang Chen frowned slightly, feeling like he caught on to something but also that he had ignored something. This feeling of being blocked by an unknown force when he was about to get the answer made him uncontrollably think over and over again about the meeting with Shi Fengyue that lasted less than two minutes, and all the clues he knew so far.

The knocking sound outside before Shi Fengyue appeared, Shi Fengyue’s long black trench coat similar to the leader of the kidnappers, the kidnapper who stabbed his companion as if he had clearly seen Shi Fengyue but seemed to have lost his memory of it, the kidnapper who was stabbed silently and was considered a traitor, what Shi Fengyue said to him, the lighter Shi Fengyue was holding at the time…..

The lighter!

A thought flashed in Jiang Chen’s mind, and the answer was just within his grasp.

At this moment, the conversation started by the police who came up halfway interrupted his train of thought.

The young policeman lowered his voice mysteriously and said, “Just now, there was an interrogation in the front, and we have already learned something. Do you know that the injured one among them was stabbed by one of their own people, because of internal strife.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes and looked over.

The other two policemen were also very curious: “Why the infighting?”

“Disagreement over money?”

“It doesn’t seem to be the case. Apparently the one who was injured had a conflict with their leader and leaked the news because of resentment.”

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“Maybe it’s true, it didn’t even take us half an hour from the time we received the call to locate the victim’s location. Someone provided the suspect’s picture, hiding place, and license plate number. Except for the people among them, who could give us the information just in time like this?”

“That’s true…..”

“If you put it that way, it seems to make sense.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze, but after being interrupted, when he wanted to find that train of thought from before, he couldn’t figure it out no matter what.

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Source of Calamity CH 044 Feeling Upset

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“CEO Shen, please take a look at this project.” The assistant placed the document on Shen Zhen’s desk. Shen Zhen was now running back and forth between both companies such that he had a big headache. He knew that this was because his ability was not strong enough. Qin Xing had so many businesses under him, but he was not as busy as he was. He only understood the tip of the iceberg on a lot of things. If he wanted to understand in depth, it was not enough to just watch and listen. He had to participate in these projects himself.

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Shen Zhen took the project list, read it carefully twice, and then asked, “When will the bid be made?”

The assistant quickly said, “March next year.”

That piece of land was originally a wasteland, there were no residents around, there was no bus line, the subway was still under construction, and the highway was not close by either. Shen Zhen didn’t have much of an impression of this piece of land. Relying on the memory of his previous life would not work. Shen Zhen said: “Call for a meeting before getting off work.”

Assistant: “Yes, CEO Shen.”

The book did not record everything in detail, sometimes the next chapter took place a few years later, but these years still have to be lived a day at a time, and the people in the story were still moving.

After the meeting, Shen Zhen left the company after the bottom line of the bidding price was determined.

Shen Li was being led by his senior to look at the data. The senior had a bad temper, but he had a lot of skills. At the beginning, Shen Li retorted back at him, but after being yelled at countless times, he behaved——because this senior was too big and strong-looking. He could tell at a glance that he wouldn’t beat the other in a fight, in fact he would definitely be hammered.

Seeing Shen Zhen getting out of the elevator, Shen Li wanted to file a complaint. It was best to fire this senior who was so fierce to him and let him know he had backing. However, when Shen Zhen stepped out, he didn’t even spare him a look and the senior was still glaring stared at him on the side. Shen Li could only continue to listen to the senior’s ramblings with a despairing face.

He swore that when he got into the management level, he would definitely drive out this ignorant senior!

The road ahead was long and lengthy.

Shen Zhen was going to see the Su siblings tonight. He brought them both to meet a lot of people a while ago, but Shen Zhen didn’t know if they had benefited or not. It just so happened that the Su siblings wanted to invite him to dinner, so Shen Zhen agreed.

The cooperation project was given to them, and the contacts were also given to them. If the Su family still couldn’t get themselves together, even the gods wouldn’t be able to save them.

Su Yutong was wearing casual clothes, and when he saw Shen Zhen from a distance, he waved hello. He had a smile on his face, and his whole person looked completely new compared to before, the gloom between his brows completely disappearing.

“Brother Shen.” Su Yutong smiled and walked over, Su Jinghan also smiled at Shen Zhen, “Brother Shen.”

Shen Zhen was also hungry, and the three of them went to their reserved private room in the hotel restaurant and waited for the food to be served.

As soon as Su Yutong sat in his seat, he started talking nonstop. He never knew the world could be like this. Now when he went out to socialize, no longer did people point at him behind his back. Everyone had proper and polite smiles on their faces. Although they knew that these smiles were not sincere from the heart, but how many people in this world were sincere to others? It was already good to just look sincere on the surface.

The companies that had previously rejected the Su family have now offered olive branches one after another.

Su Yutong knew that for these companies, it didn’t make much difference who they cooperate with, but cooperating with their Su family was to show goodwill without harming their own interests.

The young masters who used to be sneering and sarcastic as soon as they saw him now had to smile in front of him.

The atmosphere at home was also unprecedentedly good.

There was no youngest uncle making trouble at home, and no Su Shiqing making trouble outside. Such a life was really comfortable indeed. Their company’s turnover and stock were also rising steadily. Sometimes Su Yutong woke up and worried that everything now was just a dream.

After waking up from the dream, he still had to continue to worry over trivial things, getting a headache every day over Su Shiqing, and helping his father reason with his youngest uncle.

“My youngest uncle came back again.” Su Yutong was gossiping about his own family, “Su Shiqing left him and my youngest aunt in Qin Yue’s house. They ran out of money and went to find Su Shiqing, but the Chu family refused to let them in. Now they can only be shameless and go back to the Su family.”

Su Jinghan was peeling shrimp beside him, and said with a smile, “Dad didn’t let them in.”

After finally getting rid of the family’s troublemaker, they would be brainless to let them come back again.

Although Father Su still had feelings for his little brother, as the head of the family, if his words have no weight and change from day to day, then how could he convince the public? Not to mention Su Yuan, even his other younger brothers probably wouldn’t take him seriously.

After all, the price to pay for offending him was really too little.

Shen Zhen didn’t have much thought about the Su family’s affairs, so he just hummed.

Su Yutong said quickly: “Brother Shen, I will treat you as my own brother from now on. If you want me to do anything, just ask me.”

He almost didn’t pat his chest to guarantee the ticket.

Shen Zhen wiped his mouth with a napkin, without much expression: “En.”

After parting ways, Su Yutong whispered to Su Jinghan, “Sister, I don’t think Brother Shen has any hostility towards our Su family, he just simply hates Su Shiqing.”

Su Jinghan breathed out through her nostrils: “Who doesn’t hate Su Shiqing?”

Su Yutong: “…..It seems that everyone likes him except us.”

Su Jinghan: “That’s because they have blind eyes, and their eyes are covered with feces!”

Su Yutong didn’t expect that his elder sister, who was always praised by the elders as a lady, could say such a thing. Su Yutong stammered and said: “Sister…..that…..don’t talk about uh, feces. “

Su Jinghan smiled slightly, and turned into a gentle and polite rich lady again. She took her brother’s arm and whispered, “I only talk like this in front of you.”

Su Yutong had no choice, after all they were twins, he could only be the trash can for his older sister. However, Su Yutong said: “I think Brother Shen was is good, and our ages are not so apart, and Brother Shen doesn’t have a girlfriend…..Sister…..”

Su Jinghan was taken aback, she shook her head and said, “Don’t be so daring with your words, I have no other feelings for Shen Zhen.”

“I think Brother Shen is pretty good. Although he looks cold, you don’t need to worry that he will be unfaithful and he also has his own company. He is rich and has status. The most important thing is that he is young, and there is the Qin family behind him.” Su Yutong didn’t understand, “What are you dissatisfied with?”

Su Jinghan took a deep breath: “The situation at home is so much better now, yet you don’t want to take this opportunity to completely lift up the family, but you want to sell your sister for glory?”

Su Yutong: “Sister, your words are very strange. I just listed Brother Shen’s conditions.”

Su Jinghan: “Then go yourself, I trust you.”

Su Yutong mumbled: “Forget it if you don’t like him, it’s not like I said anything.”

At this time, Su Shiqing also learned about the current situation of the Su family from Chu Haoyi’s mouth. He sat by the bed and didn’t know what to feel. He thought that without him, the Su family would go downhill. After all, if he was there, Ah Yue would take care of the Su family, but now that he was not part of the Su family, the Su family was instead getting better and better. This gap in reality made him unable to breathe.

What scared him the most was that there had been no news from Qin Yue this whole time. He knew that Qin Yue loved him deeply, but he also needed to live his life. Now Chu Haoyi was his only life-saving rope. He couldn’t lose Chu Haoyi, at least before Qin Yue returned, the Chu family was his only refuge.

But he was not doing well in the Chu family. Mrs. Chu didn’t like Chu Haoyi, the illegitimate son, and she hadn’t said a word to her husband for nearly two years because of this. Although Mr. Chu treated this only son who was also not raised by his side very well, but not well enough to treat Su Shiqing well for his son’s sake.

What’s more, being born in such a family, marriage was also a bargaining chip. If Chu Haoyi got married obediently, Mr. Chu wouldn’t care if he played around with men, but the fact that playing around actually turned into love, to extent he wasn’t willing to get married, Mr. Chu couldn’t stand this at all.

So in the Chu family, Su Shiqing was also a marginal person. Even if the servants like him, even Chu Haoyi’s half-sisters also like him, but without the approval of the elders, he couldn’t get any benefits at all.

“Hao Yi.” Su Shiqing looked at Chu Haoyi with tears in his eyes, “I have nothing now, if you leave me too, I really don’t know what I should do.”

Chu Haoyi comforted: “Shi Qing, don’t think too much, I will protect you and let you live a good life, no one will bully you, and I won’t let you be wronged again.”

At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, Chu Haoyi looked at his watch, and said, “Go to bed early, I will take you to recognize people tomorrow.”

He wanted to introduce Su Shiqing to his friends.

Su Shiqing showed a flattered expression, but soon became depressed: “I, I am a cripple now…..”

“No.” Chu Haoyi looked at Su Shiqing seriously, with a earnest and deep expression, “You are complete in my heart.”

“Hao Yi…..” Su Shiqing was moved.

“You should rest earlier.” Chu Haoyi stood up.

At this moment, Su Shiqing grabbed Chu Haoyi’s hand. He lowered his head, face blushing red, and his voice was small like a mosquito buzz: “You…..don’t leave tonight.”

Su Shiqing understood one thing at that moment just now, that was, he loved Chu Haoyi. Although he also loved Qin Yue, falling in love was not something one could control. He felt that all his actions came from emotions that could not be restrained.

“Shi Qing, do you know what you’re saying?” Chu Haoyi looked at Su Shiqing.

Su Shiqing nodded slightly.

But Chu Haoyi didn’t answer, he just said: “Shi Qing, you’re just too tired, you should rest first, I’m going back to my room now.”

After speaking, he didn’t give Su Shiqing another chance to say anymore, and left the guest room where Su Shiqing was staying as if fleeing.

Chu Haoyi returned to his room, took out his mobile phone, and pulled up the photo album, which contained a photo of him and Su Shiqing in his childhood. Su Shiqing was the only ray of sunshine he saw in his childhood. He was like a traveler walking in the dark. When he saw a beam of light, he started to run wildly, thinking that that beam of light was everything in his life.

But now…..

He seemed less sure.

Su Shiqing hadn’t broken up with Qin Yue yet, and some time ago he even told him that he loved Qin Yue deeply.

If he really loved the other deeply, how could he say such a thing just now?

Love was inherently full of possessiveness and exclusivity.

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Chu Haoyi threw the phone aside, feeling very upset.

He wished that Su Shiqing belonged to him, but not in this kind of situation.

It was as if the pure garden in his heart had been polluted, and the strong and kind person he loved also had a greedy and social climbing side.

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After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book

After Two Lifetimes I Was Reborn Back Inside A Book CH 043 Came To See The Excitement

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At half past six the next morning, Jiang Chen put on his earphones and went out for a morning run.

When he ran around the park for the second time, the voice of Changjiang came from the earphones: “The target persons have appeared, in the eight o’clock direction. One person is 1.78 meters tall, of medium build, dressed in gray shirt and black trousers, and the other is 1.8 meters tall, slightly heavyweight and dressed in black shirt and pants. They are fifty meters away from you, and the distance continues to shrink.”

Jiang Chen breathed steadily, and whispered: “Save a screenshot.”

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Changjiang could hack into any monitoring system without anyone knowing it, but the conditions required to run it were too strict and couldn’t be directly applied to the mobile phone, so Jiang Chen designed a little program that could connect it to the computer and could receive voice commands through the mobile phone. If there was someone in Jiang Chen’s room at this time, they would see that the computer screen was displaying dozens of surveillance footage near the park, as well as a screenshot that quietly appeared in the corner and was silently stored in a folder.

“After 200 meters, there is a van with the license plate YO43XXX. There are three people. The surveillance camera is blurred and the driver’s appearance cannot be captured. There are two people beside the car. One is 1.72 meters tall, of medium build, wearing a black fisherman’s hat, and the other is 1.75 meters tall, of medium build, wearing a black baseball cap.”

Jiang Chen joked habitually: “Your information collection speed on this aspect is pretty good.”

“There is no limit on the type of clothing information on the Internet, and it is the most information captured at present——at six o’clock direction, the two people behind you have accelerated, and they are now away from you by 26 meters, 20 meters, 15 meters…..”

Jiang Chen’s steps slowed down almost imperceptibly: “Act according to the plan.”

While speaking, he raised his hand and took off his earphones. When movement came from behind him, he turned sideways to avoid it, and then started fighting with the two.

The sneak attackers didn’t expect Jiang Chen to be able to evade them. They lost the opportunity, and it actually became difficult to subdue him despite two-on-one.

The two threw punches more and more anxiously. It was still early at this time, and there were no pedestrians on this street for the time being due to road construction ahead, but the longer the delay, the greater the possibility of them being discovered. One of them avoided Jiang Chen’s attack, and called out: “Come over and help!”

When the two people outside the van at the corner heard the shout, they looked at each other and ran towards this side. In the black off-road vehicle on the opposite road, the man who had his eyes closed in meditation also opened his eyes with a frown.

Shi Fengyue stared coldly at the three people fighting on the street through the window of the car. The young man who was attacked was obviously handling it with ease, but for some reason he deliberately maintained a balance until two more people ran over to the street corner, and the balance was broken. The young man who was attacked from both sides seemed to be unable to keep up and after being punched a few times, he staggered and fell to his knees.

The rest of the people immediately subdued him and pulled him to stand up. When they turned around, Shi Fengyue saw the young man’s face clearly, and raised one eyebrow.

The teenager was dragged away by several people and disappeared around the corner, and then the sound of a car starting could be heard.

Inside the off-road vehicle, the man tapped the edge of the steering wheel with his bony forefinger. He lowered his eyes in a seeming daze or ponder for a few seconds, then stepped on the accelerator to follow.

In the van, Jiang Chen’s head was covered with a black cloth, and he was squeezed into the middle of the last row between two people, one left and one right. The car stopped after driving for about two hours. He was pushed out of the car and made twists and turns who knows how many times for nearly half an hour before being pushed into a house.

Jiang Chen stood still, quietly listening to the movements around him.

Outside the door, a voice came: “I didn’t expect this kid to be quite good at fighting.”

“I think you two are just too lousy at it. We caught him within two strokes. You should practice some more.”

“You were able to catch him as soon as you came over because we exhausted his physical strength first, and picked up a ready benefit, yet you have the nerve to brag to the two of us here.”

“I——”

Someone interrupted them, cutting off the quarrel before it could really start, and said: “Don’t quarrel, watch him, don’t mess it up.”

“What can be messed up.” Someone laughed: “A little kid who has barely grown up, are you afraid that he will run away?”

“Yeah, this place is like a maze, he can’t get out even if he wants to run.”

“No matter what, be vigilant. No matter how easy the money is, it won’t be ours until it arrives. If he runs away, our efforts will be in vain.”

“Understood, we will definitely keep an eye on him.”

“I went outside to check the situation, and if there are instructions from above, ttell me immediately.”

The outside soon became quiet, and Jiang Chen basically knew what he wanted to know from their conversation.

Yesterday he collected information on all the abandoned warehouses in Yan City and the suburbs near Yan City. According to their description, this place should be a warehouse where abandoned containers were piled up from the neighboring Xing City, numbering in the hundreds if not a thousand and all messily occupying a wasteland in the outskirts. People who were not familiar with the place were likely to get lost.

That they would choose this place, and be sure that he would not get lost, proved that this group of people were either familiar with this place, or have mapped it out in advance. No matter which, it meant that it was not the first time they have done this kind of thing. However, they probably didn’t know who the instigator of this kidnapping was, let alone what the purpose of kidnapping him was, so they could only obey the instigator’s instructions and wait to act.

Creak——

The rusty old iron door rubbed against the ground, making a harsh and heavy sound.

Jiang Chen sat in the same place, hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, and then dazzling light met his eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw a man wearing a peaked cap.

The man in a peaked cap crouched in front of him, looked at him carefully, thought of something, and clicked his tongue in pity. He stood up without saying anything, turned around and went out to close the door again.

Jiang Chen looked at the door where only a faint light could be seen shining through, and soon looked away. There was only one possibility this group of people would take off the black cloth on his head at this time, and let him see their appearance. They had received an order that they could not let him leave alive.

At this time, Changjiang should have intercepted the phone recordings between He Qianjian and the kidnappers, but He Qianjian must be relying on something to dare to go this far, and his backing was naturally the system in his head. Jiang Chen broke free from the hemp rope that bound his hands, and re-tied a knot that could be opened as soon as he exerted slight force. He lowered his eyes and thought, wondering which would come out on top, Changjiang or the system in He Qianjian’s head.

However, no matter who won or lost, as long as Changjiang and the system in He Qianjian’s head exchange moves today, his goal would be achieved.

But by bit, time passed, and the off-road vehicle, which was half stuck in the reeds and half on the road, remained silent.

The man in the peaked cap who came out to watch for a long time, finally let go of his worries. This should be a car parked here a long time ago, but they just didn’t notice it before. Why was such a good car parked in this wilderness? Actually, it was not too strange, because the terrain around here was peculiar, many racing gangs would come here to play, and then when some young master’s car had a problem they would just leave it on the side of the road to be towed away after ten days or even half a month.

Sitting in the car, Shi Fengyue called his friend expressionlessly, asking him to quickly call someone to help him pull the car.

When Li Nanfeng received his call, he rolled his eyes and said, “Young Master, didn’t I tell you that with your sense of direction to not go running around? And you drove the car to the wilderness? Where are you even going? If it was even more remote, I’m afraid I’ll have to use police dogs to find you.”

Shi Fengyue propped his chin with one hand, looked out the window casually, and said lazily: “Don’t talk nonsense, come quickly.”

“I’ll need time for me to arrive!” Li Nanfeng said: “What part of your brain went wrong now? You have been working all night but you don’t sleep and instead go to the suburbs of Xing City to have fun. If you hadn’t called me, just looking at the location, I would have thought you were kidnapped.”

Shi Fengyue: “I just saw someone kidnapped and thought it was interesting, so I followed to see the excitement.”

Li Nanfeng was instructing his subordinates to set off immediately, and when he heard this, his raised hand paused in mid-air, “Seriously? Who? Do you know them? Or is it your enemy? That you would want to watch this kind of excitement?”

Shi Fengyue said casually: “The son of a patient.”

Li Nanfeng paused, then hesitated: “Then should I bring a search and rescue dog? Or call the police?”

“No need.” Through a window, Shi Fengyue watched the man in the peaked cap come back out again to examine the car window, and said lightly: “I think he can solve it by himself.”

“Fine.” The corner of Li Nanfeng’s mouth twitched: “The person who was kidnapped could solve it by himself. But you, the person who came to see the excitement, drove your car into a ditch, and needed me to send someone to rescue you. You are truly independent, truly capable, truly—— “

“Truly what?”

“Truly a man after my own heart.”

After hanging up the phone, Shi Fengyue watched the man in the peaked cap walk from the front window to the door of the driver’s seat, then bent down and knocked on the window, and was completely undisturbed.

The man in the peaked cap didn’t know it, but the car in front of him had been specially modified, not only was the sound insulation effect excellent, but also the window glass was covered with a layer of military anti-peeping film that could be mobile controlled. When it was shut off, it was like normal glass and transparent inside and out. But when it was turned on, only the people inside could see the outside, but the people outside couldn’t see the inside, no matter how close their face was pressed, it was useless.

He didn’t hear any movement, so the man in the peaked cap circled around the car again, then touched the roof, coming away with a layer of dirt and dust. Only then did he completely put down his doubts, turned and left.

When Shi Fengyue woke up, more than two hours had passed, and it was almost two o’clock in the afternoon. He took a sip of water, calculated the duration of time Jiang Chen had been imprisoned here and frowned slightly. He grabbed a handful of candy and put it in his pocket, then opened the car door.

Avoiding the man in the peaked cap that was smoking on the side, Shi Fengyue walked into the maze of containers that were piled up haphazardly that the road could not be seen clearly. He stood at a fork and paused for a moment, then raised his legs and walked in one direction.

After walking for about twenty minutes, he heard the sound of conversation not far away, and the sound of footsteps getting closer:

“I’m starving to death. I wonder if the food in the car is enough for the few of us. There is also a person locked inside. After dividing it up, I imagine that little bit of food could barely be enough to taste.”

“Why do you care what the one inside eats. After today, he’ll be dead. It doesn’t make any difference whether he eats or not.”

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“Hey, that’s right, that kid is pretty good at fighting, it’ll be easier to strike when he’s lacking energy.”

…..

When the two of them were far away, Shi Fengyue stepped out. He walked a few steps forward but then stopped suddenly.

——When those people came out, they had wiped off the special marks they drew on the containers.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn

After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 282 Song Recording & Apology

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“”Beyond Reincarnation”?” Cheng Yi took the work that Tao Mu gave him, and went through it carefully in his heart, with a slightly strange expression.

The lyrics! Full of “reincarnation”, “fate”, “repeated memories”, “frozen time”, and fantasizing that the original real world had been shattered, and wanting to go back in time to piece together the past, but couldn’t do it with all one’s strength. Just like a broken mirror that could not be mended, all affinity was imprisoned in the time fragments. A person lost in the cycle of reincarnation, until all emotions were exhausted, but was finally saved by another person who broke the cycle of reincarnation. All obsessions have been dissipated, and one could finally welcome the new life with lover and family.

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Cheng Yi felt that even though Tao Mu had established a huge family business by the age of twenty, in fact, he was still a child who was unrestrained in fantasies and imagination. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to write lyrics like this.

It was just falling in love, who hadn’t at least once in their life. But reincarnation, fate, and time, the concepts were too grand. Those who don’t know might think they were filming “Triangle”!

Cheng Yi commented secretly in his heart, but his face was very serious: “The lyrics are good. Very beautiful and full of fantasy. Do you want to shoot a MV with CEO Li?”

With such lyrics written, it would be a pity for the script’s creativity if it didn’t get a Hollywood blockbuster level MV! Cheng Yi once again sighed that Tao Mu lived up to his reputation as a film and television producer, he couldn’t even forget his job even when writing songs and filling in lyrics.

Tao Mu blushed slightly, coughed lightly, and said seriously: “No thanks on the MV. I’m going to sing this song at our engagement ceremony. Our family’s CEO Li will accompany me on the piano. I think it would also be quite meaningful to edit and make a MV out of engagement ceremony clips.”

Even singing it at the engagement ceremony! Cheng Yi suddenly remembered that Tao Mu had indeed mentioned this matter. But Cheng Yi thought that Tao Mu would compose an indie pop love song, only for it to turn out full of concepts like reincarnation and fate, are you sure it is suitable for the wedding scene?

Of course, whether it was suitable or not, it was not Cheng Yi’s place to comment. He just smiled and said, “I remember that the engagement ceremony is two months away?”

Tao Mu nodded. Cheng Yi smiled and said: “Then we still have plenty of time to polish this song. Let’s discuss the arrangement first…..”

After meeting with Cheng Yi, it was already beginning to darken outside. Tao Mu didn’t expect that it would take so long for the two of them to discuss work together. They haven’t even been in the recording studio yet!

As a top tier music producer with a halo in the Chinese music scene, Cheng Yi was actually a little afraid of entering the recording studio. The main reason was that Tao Mu’s singing performance in KTV back then was simply too stunning. It was like the devil’s voice ringing in his ears, and even until now, when Cheng Yi would hear it in his dreams, he could still think of the fear of being dominated by Tao Mu’s singing that day!

So this time, big producer Cheng also spent a long time psychologically preparing before he was confident enough to step into the recording studio with Tao Mu.

However, what surprised Cheng Yi was that Tao Mu didn’t use his devil voice skills this time. The whole recording process lasted from morning to night. Tao Mu sang the song more than 30 times, and his emotions became more and more full each time. Although his singing skills were still immature, Cheng Yi actually heard touching emotions in Tao Mu’s singing.

It was the touching feeling of seeing thousands of sails, washing away all the lead, and going through all hardships, and finally being able to stay together in the same boat under wind and rain for a lifetime.

Standing outside the recording studio, Cheng Yi looked through the glass window at Tao Mu, who was earnestly singing inside. He couldn’t understand why it was that these two people were just in love, yet there were so many heavy emotions about life and death. Could it be that actors were naturally more emotional than singers, and it was easier to get into the emotions of a character, and even the emotions of a song?

There was a knock on the door outside, Cheng Yi frowned, and motioned for the assistant to open the door. Li Xiaoheng in a suit and leather shoes walked in from the outside, and smiled at Cheng Yi: “Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Cheng.”

Cheng Yi glanced at Tao Mu in the recording studio, and asked with a smile, “Mr. Li is here to pick up your lover?”

Li Xiaoheng nodded. He was actually a person who didn’t like to talk much, not to mention that Cheng Yi and Tao Mu were still at work. Li Xiaoheng didn’t want to affect the other party’s work. After entering the door, he stood obediently behind Cheng Yi, staring affectionately at Tao Mu in the recording studio.

Cheng Yi was very strict with his works. Even if Mr. Li was by his side, Cheng Yi insisted that Tao Mu record it two more times until he was satisfied, before finally letting him get off work.

Tao Mu eagerly came out of the recording studio, and asked Li Xiaoheng, “Why did you leave work so early today?”

Li Xiaoheng smiled but said nothing. He didn’t want to say that in order to get off work early, he moved a lot of work to tonight. He just wanted to see with his own eyes what Tao Mu looked like in the recording studio.

“I have visited the set for every movie and TV series you made. Of course I can’t be left behind when you are recording a song for the first time.”

When Cheng Yi, who was standing by, heard this, he inexplicably had the illusion of being hit by something that felt suspiciously like dog food on his face.

Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng wanted to invite Cheng Yi to have a meal in order to thank Cheng Yi for his help by “risking his life” (Cheng Yi’s original words). As a result, at the dinner table, Tao Mu received a call from Principal Liu and Guo Yaning. Both called to speak for Cheng Baodong. However, the reason and the way of speaking of the two were quite different from each other.

The principal of Beijing Film was playing the card that “everyone was from the same school and should be united in the same spirit”. He felt that there were already very few directors from Beijing Film. Although Cheng Baodong’s actions were a bit unethical, but since Cheng Baodong had realized his mistake and was willing to drink to Tao Mu to make amends, Principal Liu still hoped that Tao Mu could forget the petty faults and just smile away his grudges with Cheng Baodong. At least until the film was finished peacefully.

Principal Liu complained to Tao Mu: “…..You also know that there are very few great directors from Beijing Film. Relatively speaking, there are not many choices. If our Beijing Film was like Yan Film, putting aside the international scope of influence, just speaking of the domestic circle, so long as there are directors of commercial films who could be named more than on one hand, I would not force you to cooperate with Director Cheng.”

But the current situation was that Cheng Baodong was the only director of commercial films that Beijing Film could produce. Therefore, even if just considering the reputation of the directing department of Beijing Film, Beijing Film didn’t want to see Cheng Baodong’s scandalous rumors all over the Internet. What’s more, Cheng Baodong’s black material was at best some unspoken rules in the circle that could not be put out in the open. Many directors did the same.

Principal Liu was so earnest, it could be called words from the heart. Having said so much, Tao Mu couldn’t let the school lose face along with Cheng Baodong, let alone make it difficult for Principal Liu. It was just a meal, and Cheng Baodong was going to be bowing his head to him! Tao Mu had nothing to complain about. But the ugly words must be said up front: “Since I am the producer and investor of this film, I hope that in future cooperation, Director Cheng can position himself properly. Don’t always challenge my scope of work.”

Compared with other producers in the industry, Tao Mu still respected the director’s ideas during the production of the film. This was also an important reason why directors who have worked with Tao Mu were full of praise for Tao Mu. Because Tao Mu could fully balance the director’s artistic pursuit and the commercial nature of the work. Moreover, when Tao Mu was the producer, he usually gave the director a lot of say.

Except for people like Cheng Baodong who don’t distinguish between black and white and want to take a bite of everything. No matter how tolerant Tao Mu was, he couldn’t stand someone jumping on his head and bossing him around. It was not that Cheng Baodong, as a director, was not unable to raise requirements over casting and script revision, but if he bypassed Tao Mu, the producer and investor, and directly went to persuade the school and make small moves behind the scenes, then that was really treating Tao Mu as a fool.

If Tao Mu swallow this and not fight back, then everyone who cooperated with Tao Mu in the future would follow suit. If everyone treated Tao Mu as a fat sheep to be slaughtered, how could he do his job?

Principal Liu could certainly understand Tao Mu’s concerns. In private, he also thought that Cheng Baodong’s actions were a bit excessive, so he agreed wholeheartedly. Even before the dinner, he made a special call to Cheng Baodong’s agent and told the other party to remember this.

In contrast, Guo Yaning’s words were more casual.

“Director Cheng was kind to me, and you are also the benefactor who made me transform my image successfully. I can’t afford to offend either of you. Today, this sister, I will put my face here. CEO Tao, you can just do what you want.”

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Tao Mu laughed aloud. But he agreed to Principal Liu, so naturally he wouldn’t refute Guo Yaning’s face.

So the next night, Cheng Baodong, who was dragging his feet but could not forgo bowing his head, got his wish and invited Tao Mu to a dinner. The only thing that was a bit out of his expectations was…..Li Xiaoheng insisted on coming!

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 063 The King And His City

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The patients who left from the headquarters of the Free Chamber of Commerce were excited to find that they had recovered their health. They bowed to the King repeatedly before leaving reluctantly to return to their respective places of residence.

These people described the King to others with passion and love they had never known before.

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While other people who failed to participate in the ceremony were envious, the King’s attendants in red cloaks walked into the streets of Koszoya. This time, they were welcomed like never before. People flocked to these executors of the King’s will to receive rose coins tied on white ribbons from their hands.

There was even a bold girl who squeezed into the crowd, stood on tiptoe, and dropped a thankful kiss on the face of the King’s young attendant.

This was absolutely impossible to happen before!

In the past, people avoided the King’s entourage like they were tigers, either trembling in fear or full of resentment. Where had there been such a scene full of respect and love?

The King’s attendant was originally seriously distributing rose coins, but suddenly he received such preferential treatment, and the hand holding the rose coin was left suspended in the air. His face was blank for a moment, and then it turned red like his cloak. Seeing this scene, the people around him let out good-natured laughter.

Light and happiness, these things that the people darex not hope for have returned to Koszoya.

These were the things as precious as the plague gradually dissipating.

Wonderful, peaceful.

General Sheehan stood at the window facing the streets, watching the commotion of the crowd.

He watched his soldiers who had been feared in the past receive cordial greetings from the people, watched those cold and hard young men show all sorts of embarrassment in the face of such enthusiasm, and watched the people spontaneously organize parades. They waved all the colorful ribbons they could find, shouting “The glory of the rose bless Koszoya” and “God bless my King” over and over again.

General Sheehan couldn’t help but also smiled.

“God bless my King.”

He resisted the urge to follow the happy parade, raising the rose coin tied on the white ribbon in his hand.

When the procession passed by an inn, a wandering painter who temporarily lived in Koszoya leaned out of the window with most of his body.

Inspiration burst into his mind, and he trembled all over. After waiting for the procession to leave, the impoverished painter quickly set up his panel.

He wanted to memorialize all this!

The moment the brush fell on the cloth, the wandering painter knew what the painting should be called——

“The King and His City”.

His quick strokes on the canvas broke all painting traditions since the Return of the Holy Spirit movement.

He wanted this canvas to be a canvas in which there was no god to take pity on the world, no Holy Spirit to transcend worldliness, no angels to guide the people. He wanted the sky above the city covered by dark clouds to break through the clouds, the rose representing the national will to bloom, and the people to follow the King’s envoy, with sincere smiles on everyone’s face.

He wanted to make “mortals” the protagonists of art.

………………

“You succeeded.”

Charles stood with the King at the window, smiling softly, with a touch of pride in his tone.

Koszoya was a port city, and no King had ever stayed here before. After the ceremony, the King temporarily rested in the number one residence of Koszoya, which was once owned by the Ross family. As the wealthiest family on the southeast coast, the Ross Manor was considered quite luxurious.

The King was also looking at the city that belonged to him.

After the crows transformed from the plague doctors completed a wonderful performance, they scattered all over the city, and the large number of plague doctors quickly cleaned up the plague in the entire city. This was combined with the action of the King ordering his people to issue rose coins, and thus the desired result of the King had been achieved.

From today on, in this city, the status of the rose in the people’s hearts would be higher than that of the cross.

Despite such a great achievement, there was no smile on the King’s face.

The enthusiastic cheers of the people did not make him smile.

Charles sighed in his heart, becoming more and more aware of the nature of his godson. He was frighteningly sober and frighteningly calm. He would not be dazzled by the appearance of victory. Such a person would always look farther away.

When ordinary people were cheering for success, as the leader of success, his eyes were on the various crises hidden behind these grand scenes.

This was what a monarch should be like.

There was no peace in being a king, let alone indulging in joy.

“What are you thinking about?”

Charles asked gently.

“The Holy Court.”

The King answered.

Captain Hawkins captured the man in the black cloak that night. After Captain Hawkins’ secret interrogation, he got some key information——there were instigators behind Qatani’s actions, they and the Qatani kingdom had reached a secret agreement.

Although he didn’t directly receive the answer of who the instigator was from that person, he could guess it.

The shadow here was exactly the same as the shadow of Legrand’s split: the Holy Court.

“The Holy Court wants to establish a nation.” The King said slowly, he was thinking about something, “It should be soon.”

“Are you sure?” Charles was taken aback, his expression suddenly became serious, “The Holy Court wants to establish a nation.”

Just repeating this sentence once, Charles felt the scent of blood sweeping towards his face, as if he could see the endless flames of war in front of him.

The King nodded slightly.

This was a judgment drawn from the Koszoya incident.

The Black Death did not infect Legrand, which was definitely a dangerous signal for the Holy See, but they did not choose to intervene directly, but instead made a detour, using Qatani to trigger the plague in the southeast and cause turmoil.

Why did they want to do this?

Because their main strength must be focused on Bressi at this time, and if they want to build a country, Legrand was definitely the strongest obstacle. The Holy Court wanted to drag down the power of the Rose royal family in Legrand first, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the plan.

Such urgency proved that they would act soon.

When the assassination failed some time ago, the Holy Court seemed to have no response on the surface, but the Qatani incident showed that the Holy Court was by no means unresponsive, but had a bigger plan.

“This is just the beginning.”

The King whispered, resting a hand on the railing while standing against the wind.

Charles was silent for a moment: “I am at your command, Your Majesty.”

The King smiled slightly as he watched a crow fly by in his field of vision.

There was one more thing he didn’t say.

Even if this time, Hell did play an important role in solving the plague, the King still did not relax his vigilance because of this

——On the contrary, he cared more about the connection between the Rose royal family and the Devil, and Hell.

Whether it was the Duke of Buckingham or the former knight commander of the Templars, even Charles and the others, they were no strangers to the Devil and the power from Hell.

Hell was restricted, the Holy Court controlled the earth, and the enemy of an enemy was a friend. Under the premise of having the same enemy, the two sides could cooperate with each other at certain times. In this kind of cooperation, “trust” was an absurd joke. The two sides were just using each other for their own purposes.

This was a political norm.

However, there was one point.

The King felt that the relationship between Hell and the Rose royal family was not as simple as cooperation in the face of a common enemy. The contract between the Devil and him was not simply a soul contract.

He was guessing in his mind, but needed more clues.

While lost in thought, the sky had already dimmed.

With the cold wind blowing, the King looked at the dark night and asked in a low voice, “Was it a night like this?”

Charles was taken aback for a moment, and after seeing the King looking towards the port, he understood what the King meant. He was silent for a moment, then replied: “Yes, Your Majesty.”

Yes, it was a night like this one.

Qatani’s plague ship threw the corpses into the city, and the pirates of Walway bravely sailed out of the port to meet the plague ship. And the Iron Rose Cavalry searched for all the corpses.

“Let’s go, take me to see where they fought.”

The King said softly.

Charles glanced at the sky, and wanted to dissuade him.

The King saw his intention.

“They fought and died for me.” He said flatly, “Let’s go.”

Charles bowed deeply: “I thank you on behalf of my Walway brothers.”

…………

Port.

The sea breeze was so strong that it rolled up the one’s cloak. The King stood still on the shore, looking at the sea under the night sky. The night tide rose and fell on the sea, and the water was as dark as ink.

“Where are their tombstones?”

The King asked.

“There are no tombstones.” Charles stood beside the King, his blue eyes staring at the sea he was familiar with. “There are no tombstones, Your Majesty.”

Pirates were not as happy as people think.

Although they were free, most of the time, they had to endure the narrow space and poor living conditions on the ship during the long voyages. While gaining freedom, they were also doomed to be expelled by the land, unable to go ashore to drink to their heart’s content. Few pirates lived long, and most died of disease, sword, or the gallows.

The Walway Pirates were no exception.

But unlike ordinary pirates, their love for the sea was branded into their bones.

So when the Walway pirate died, his brothers simply sent him into the sea. He was born in the sea and rested in the sea after death.

This was where they belong.

“There is one thing, I think they want you to know.” Charles said gently, “you gave them respect, so they serve you. It was their own choice to die for Legrand’s honor. It’s an unprecedented happy ending for them.”

“Take me to where they rest.”

The King was silent for a long time after listening, before saying quietly.

The gangway was lowered from the ghost ship docked at the pier, and the King stepped aboard.

During the Koszoya Plague, the Walway pirates suffered the most casualties. Except for the people on the three ghost ships and one envoy ship from Hell, two-thirds of the pirates on the other clippers died.

Could it be that some of them, perhaps, had once drunk on the same ship as his father, saw him as the child of their good brother, and thus were willing to fight for him?

The King did not know.

When the pirates on the ghost ship saw the young King accompanied by Charles, they subconsciously jumped up, trying the best to salute the King. The King nodded to them all.

Watching the King go to the bow accompanied by first mate Charles, an old oarsman muttered to himself: “So alike.”

The ghost ship sailed to the place where the naval battle was held that day, and this was also the burial place chosen by the Walway pirates themselves. Buried in the place where they won victory, these pirates have extraordinary pride. Perhaps it was because of this pride, they could become the most famous pirates on the sea.

“They will be remembered.”

The King gazed at the sea that swallowed his soldiers, and promised.

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“I trust you.”

Charles replied.

Footsteps were heard behind him, the King turned his head, and the Witch in the pointed hat curtsied to him. Lifting her head, the witch stared at the King with her dark eyes.

“I want to ask you something, Your Majesty.”

The Witch said.

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