QWAPMP Chapter 26
by VolareHearing the other person’s nervous voice, Yan Ye finally spoke, smiling faintly, “I know, what’s wrong?”
Song Xi went silent again, just staring at his manager.
Yan Ye connected his phone to Bluetooth, and while driving, asked, “Are things going well over in C City?”
“Good, very good!” Song Xi replied blankly, almost answering whatever Yan Ye said. In the end, he forgot the purpose of his call.
Qiao Xin listened, wanting to snatch the phone and ask for him.
The call ended, and Qiao Xin was dumbfounded, “You hung up?”
Song Xi replied dully and nodded, “Mm!”
Qiao Xin took a deep breath and asked, “Did you forget what you called for?”
Song Xi explained, “Didn’t forget.”
“Then why didn’t you say anything?” Qiao Xin asked, the bit of anger in his chest slowly calming down.
“He was driving. He said to talk about it when he comes to visit the set,” Song Xi’s tone was a little awkward. He deeply regretted not saying it on the phone just now.
If Boss Yan came to visit the set, and he asked for the Baosen endorsement face-to-face, would the other party laugh at him for being overestimating himself?
Qiao Xin let out an “oh” and turned to leave. After walking just two steps, he stumbled and suddenly woke up, “You just said Boss Yan is coming to visit the set?”
Boss Yan! That’s a busy person. He’s coming all the way from A City, traveling thousands of miles to C City to visit Song Xi on set!
This seemed impossible no matter how you thought about it.
Song Xi nodded. Qiao Xin’s expression became strange. He looked Song Xi up and down, patted his shoulder, “We’ve finally come through the hardship. You’re truly a simpleton with a simpleton’s luck!”
Is Song Xi simple? In Qiao Xin’s opinion, a little.
As the eldest son of the Song family, why did he bother getting involved in the muddy waters of the entertainment industry for no reason? When he had no resources and was being bullied, he didn’t even think to use the Song family to pressure others!
Unlike other artists, who, if they had someone backing them, would wish everyone knew they had someone behind them.
Just after leaving the set, Song Xi and his manager were called out, “Brother Song, our Sister Chu said she’s treating everyone to dinner tonight. We hope you can definitely come.”
The person speaking was called Xiao Qiu, Chu Hui’s assistant.
Chu Hui was the female supporting character in this drama. Although she had the most scenes with Song Xi in the script, their relationship was strained. Why would she suddenly invite him to dinner?
Song Xi was about to refuse when Xiao Qiu quickly added, “Sister Chu also invited the director and others. The location is Dongfeng Hotel.”
Dongfeng Hotel was a famous three-star hotel in C City, not close to where they were filming. Song Xi was genuinely reluctant to go to this sudden invitation.
Qiao Xin nudged him with his elbow, smiled politely at Xiao Qiu, “Got it. You can go back first. We’ll be there in a bit.”
Xiao Qiu left, and Song Xi said, puzzled, “Why is Chu Hui suddenly inviting me to dinner?”
Qiao Xin took a makeup remover wipe to clean his face, thinking for a moment before saying, “I don’t know. Since the director is going, let’s go and take a look too. Let’s not let people think we’re putting on airs and can’t be invited.”
Song Xi removed his makeup and agreed with his words, nodding. Thinking that Xiao Qiu said it was tonight, it was still early, so it wasn’t too late for him to go back to the hotel where he was staying to change clothes before heading over.
When Song Xi arrived, the wine table was already full of toasts and exchanges. There were several empty red wine bottles on the table.
It seemed someone had deliberately blurred the time to “tonight.”
It was only seven o’clock, and so many bottles were empty on the table. He didn’t know what time these people started drinking.
Before Song Xi even entered, several pairs of eyes looked towards him.
Qiao Xin also saw the clue, “Oh dear, look at my memory. I shouldn’t have let Song Xi go back to change clothes. That’s what caused the delay.”
As a qualified manager, Qiao Xin didn’t hesitate to take the blame upon himself. Even knowing that Chu Hui had deliberately had her assistant give the wrong time, it wasn’t a good time to point it out.
“Oh, I thought Song Xi was too tired from filming to come over,” Chu Hui said in a snarky tone.
Song Xi had fewer scenes today than the two leads present. Chu Hui’s remark was clearly implying something about Song Xi.
“My apologies, it was my fault. I didn’t expect Sister Chu’s assistant to give me the wrong time. I should have confirmed the time with you beforehand to come earlier, so I wouldn’t have kept everyone waiting so long,” Song Xi retorted without ceremony.
Qiao Xin blinked several times, almost twitching, but he couldn’t stop Song Xi from speaking.
With Song Xi saying that, Qiao Xin decided to throw caution to the wind and stopped saying nice things. Chu Hui deserved to be challenged a few times.
Chu Hui didn’t expect him to dare say it publicly. Her red lips pursed, and she wrapped her arm around the middle-aged man next to her, “Uh, that’s my fault. Next time, next time I’ll personally tell Song Xi.”
The man whose arm she was hugging wrapped his hand around Chu Hui’s waist and sneered, “Director Qiao, are actors nowadays all so impatient and disrespectful to their seniors?”
Having finally gotten a chance to relax and drink, Director Qiao was flushed from the wine. Hearing this, he looked up at Song Xi from his wine glass, “Song Xi, come, pour a drink for President Zhu.”
Zhu Jincai runs an entertainment company with many artists under him, including an award-winning actress. Director Qiao’s next project is a female-led drama, and he intends to invite this actress to star. This is why Director Qiao didn’t want to offend him.
Moreover, it was just a drink. If Song Xi drank it, the matter would be over, which would also be good for Song Xi.
Song Xi didn’t drink immediately. He was stunned for two seconds, as if he thought of something, and his face suddenly turned red.
Everyone present thought he was refusing out of disrespect, and the atmosphere changed instantly. Only Chu Hui showed a gloating smile.
Qiao Xin stayed by Song Xi’s side, immediately poured a glass of wine, “I’ll drink on behalf of Song Xi,” and explained that Song Xi doesn’t drink, asking for their understanding.
“If Song Xi doesn’t drink, then let’s not make it difficult for him,” Chu Hui had achieved her goal, smilingly shook Zhu Jincai’s hand, and said in a coquettish voice, “President Zhu, do you remember promising me last time that you’d help me get the Baosen endorsement?”
Baosen, hearing these two words, everyone present’s eyes fixed on Chu Hui, including the two leads who had remained silent.
They were very smart. Since Song Xi came in, they hadn’t said a word, seeming to have no intention of getting involved in this mess.
And now, the female lead Xu Xuecai’s envy in her eyes was almost impossible to hide.
Although she was already a first-tier actress, she didn’t have any international brand endorsements.
The male lead Qu Jinghong’s veins were bulging on his hand holding his chopsticks, showing his great emotional fluctuation.
Indeed, many actors were actively vying for this endorsement. Hearing that someone else was about to get a head start, how could they be willing?
Seeing these subtle changes in expression, Chu Hui’s lips curved up.
Although she was only playing a female supporting character, she was about to get a good endorsement, which was Xu Xuecai’s dream.
Then she looked at Song Xi. As Chu Hui’s gaze fell, it met a pair of fierce eyes.
She was stunned for two seconds and only snapped back to reality when she heard Zhu Jincai’s voice.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already mentioned the endorsement you want to the people over there. Believe me, you’ll get the contract soon.”
Hearing this, Chu Hui cast aside her fear from Song Xi’s eyes just now and tried even harder to please Zhu Jincai.
Xu Xuecai’s face wasn’t looking good. She and Qu Jinghong left first, using the excuse of needing to get up early for filming tomorrow.
Song Xi looked at the leftovers on the table, completely losing his appetite, and also wanted to leave.
Chu Hui smiled radiantly, but her words were again difficult, “Song Xi hasn’t eaten a bite and is leaving so soon. Is he not giving me face as the host?”
Before Song Xi could speak, Zhu Jincai, the sugar daddy, upon hearing his little lover’s wronged voice, threatened, “Which company’s artist are you? So ignorant of the rules?”
“Lexing. If President Zhu has no other matters, I’ll be leaving now,” Song Xi didn’t want to offend anyone, nor did he want to be controlled.
The director was pretending to be drunk, slumped over the table, clearly not wanting to deal with this matter. So, whether he left now or not didn’t matter.
“If you don’t drink this glass of wine before you leave today, believe it or not, I’ll make sure you can’t survive in the entertainment industry!”
Song Xi’s departing back stiffened.
Zhu Jincai thought he had scared him and was about to laugh out loud.
Song Xi took out his phone from his pocket.
It turned out his phone was ringing.
Song Xi answered the phone while pushing open the private room door and leaving.
Qiao Xin followed behind him. As they were about to walk out, he turned back to the ugly-faced President Zhu and smiled, “Please remember, President Zhu, the company our Song Xi is in is Lexing. Yes, yes, that’s the Lexing that was acquired by Yan Shi recently.”
The latter sentence was entirely intentional on Qiao Xin’s part, aimed at making Zhu Jincai furious but unable to do anything about them.
“President Zhu, don’t be angry. Song Xi is just an eighteen-tier nobody. It’s not worth ruining your health over him,” Chu Hui fanned the flames intentionally or unintentionally.
As she said this, Zhu Jincai indeed calmed down quite a bit, but the idea of getting back at Song Xi didn’t diminish.
He was just a small celebrity. As long as he sent some gifts and said something to the management of Yan Shi responsible for Lexing, Song Xi could just wait to be frozen out!
Outside the hotel entrance, the manager immediately lowered his voice and asked, “Who called you just now?”
Song Xi raised a handsome eyebrow, his eyes bright like stars, and smiled, “Boss Yan. He’s already in C City.”
Hearing this, Qiao Xin was happy, but seeing Song Xi smiling like that, he reminded him, “Are you going to mention the Baosen endorsement to Boss Yan?”
Putting it nicely, it was mentioning; speaking bluntly, it was asking for it.
Baosen was Yan Shi’s, and Yan Shi was Yan Ye’s company. With just a word from him, the Baosen endorser wouldn’t be certain.
Even though Chu Hui and that President Zhu spoke with such confidence, Brother Qiao felt that until the contract was signed, anything was possible.
“If Chu Hui gets this Baosen endorsement, then I definitely have to ask Boss Yan for it,” Song Xi lowered his eyes, recalling Chu Hui’s provocative smile, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Just then, a Porsche Cayenne that had been parked by the roadside lowered its window, revealing a handsome and cool face.
Song Xi’s steps forward stopped. His mouth hung open, and for a moment, he couldn’t speak.
This car had been parked here since they came out of the hotel, and he and his manager happened to be standing here talking. He wondered if Yan Ye had heard their conversation.
Song Xi felt a little ashamed and awkwardly turned his neck away. He didn’t dare mention the conversation from earlier now.
Qiao Xin felt the same way. He should have known better than to tell the ride-hailing driver that they were standing next to a Cayenne waiting for him.
There were so many luxury cars in the world, Qiao Xin and Song Xi never expected that Yan Ye would drive such a low-key car as a Cayenne.
“I’m staying at the same hotel as you. We can go back together since it’s on the way!” Yan Ye opened the car door and invited the two people outside.