Lunar New Year's Eve: "Woof!"
When Nan Jingheng arrived at the orphanage, Chu Zhaoyang and the others were already there.
Lin Chu cooked a soup pot for the kids on the coffee table while the adults ate the spicy pot at the dining table.
The spicy pot's aroma permeated the air as the water in the pot boiled, making Yan Ningbai salivate.
He looked back with his black eyes and blinked a few times before running over with his bowl and chopsticks. "Daddy, daddy, I want to try it too."
Yan Huaian glanced at him. "I thought you couldn't eat spicy food?"
Yan Ningbai gulped. "I … I'll try again, just a small bite."
His chubby thumb and index finger were pressed together, leaving only a small gap. It was really very small.
Yan Huaian scooped up a piece of beef and blew on it a few times before putting it in Yan Ningbai's bowl.
Yan Ningbai took a small bite and his eyes turned red from the spiciness. He quickly closed his eyes and opened them after holding it in for a long time. He turned around and realized that his friends were looking at him eagerly.
"Is it good?" Stone blinked and asked, also gulping.
Yan Ningbai resisted the urge to drink water and squinted his eyes with an intoxicated expression. He licked his swollen lips and said, "It's delicious, not spicy at all!"
Yan Huaian: "Uh …"
Everyone at the dining table: "Uh …"
They were clearly crying from the spiciness just now.
Stone thought about it and said, "Then … I'll try it too."
The other kids looked and quickly said, "I want to try it too!"
"I want to eat too!"
"I want to eat too!"
Everyone went over with their bowls.
The adults put pieces of cooked beef into their bowls but didn't dare to give them vegetables, which were spicier than the meat.
In the end, the little fellows even stuffed it into their mouths with great sincerity, and all of them shed tears.
Tian Tian cried on the spot from the spiciness and kept looking for water with a red face.
After drinking some water, they felt better and looked at Yan Ningbai, wanting to settle the score with him.
Yan Ningbai was already sitting on a small chair by the coffee table and was secretly feeding the beef slices. He looked up and blinked innocently. "I really don't think it's spicy!"
Then he puffed out his chest proudly. "I can eat spicy food!"
Squatting by his feet, New Year's Eve puffed out its chest too. "Awoo!"
"Uh …" Yan Beicheng scooped up a piece of cuttlefish and slid it into Lin Chu's bowl. He said to Yan Ningbai, "Don't spoil New Year's Eve."
Everyone: "Uh …"
After finishing the hotpot and cleaning up, Yan Beicheng said, "Leave these pots and pans here. There will be more gatherings in the future."
The dean didn't refuse and gave them to Yan Beicheng's Eve.
Lin Chu was still a little worried. He pulled the old dean and said, "If Zhu Hexuan comes again, don't open the door for her. It's so scary that it's like this again. We're all work. If we's not here, who will you find then? We of of of work. If we of is, we Eve, we will Year, and of Eve?
The old dean nodded in agreement. Lin Chu knew that the old dean was soft-hearted. He was afraid that next time, he would have to let Zhu Hexuan in. He would not give up unless he was tortured by her a few times.
Lin Chu didn't say anything else and left with Yan Beicheng.
When he got home, Yan Beicheng wasn't in a hurry to shower and change his clothes. Instead, he sat on the sofa in the bedroom. He only took off his suit and placed it on the sofa, holding his phone.
Lin Chu looked at his relaxed expression and thought that he was chatting on WeChat, so he took out his phone. In the 8864 group chat, only Han Zhuoli and a few other bachelors were chatting. Chu Zhaoyang would pop up from time to time to prove his existence.
Lin Chu went over curiously. "What are you looking at?"
Yan Beicheng pulled her to his side and generously showed her the phone screen. "I remember the photo we took under the old locust tree in the orphanage."
Although it was night time, Yan Beicheng's phone's camera function was quite good. At that time, there wasn't much light. Even with Yan Beicheng's phone, it was still very clear. Furthermore, it looked quite artistic.
Lin Chu had taken a photo with him when he was young. At that time, she was sitting in his arms. Although he was only a 15-year-old boy, he was already quite tall. However, at that time, his body had not really begun to grow. Even so, her head only reached up to his chest.
And in the photo of the two of them under the old locust tree, he had grown taller, and she had also grown taller. In the photo, her head could reach Yan Beicheng's chin.
Yan Beicheng even purposely lowered his head and pressed his chin against her temple. The two of them were very intimate.
Lin Chu almost forgot about this photo. She said happily, "This is good. Send it to me. I want to set it as my profile picture."
Yan Beicheng smiled and sent the photo to her.
Lin Chu moved very quickly and changed it in a few seconds. Yan Beicheng thought about it and changed his profile picture to the same photo.
These days, Lu Weining didn't pester Yan Beicheng and Lin Chu because she was really busy.
Star Innovation had signed a few artists, and one of them was signed after a lawsuit with another management company. That artist said that his contract with his original company had expired, but the company refused to admit it. Star Innovation really wanted to sign him and wasn't afraid of a lawsuit. The bigger this matter got, the better. It was very helpful for the artist's exposure.
Sure enough, that artist made the headlines for two days in a row.
The reason given by that artist was that his original management company didn't arrange the exposure, TV series, and movie arrangements for him as promised. Therefore, Lu Weining wanted to strike while the iron was hot. After signing that artist, she immediately arranged for him to be the main character in a TV series with high attention.
But the strange thing was that after talking to a few producers, they all beat around the bush. Then, a few days later, the news that the main character had been confirmed came out.
Lu Weining wasn't too surprised. This kind of thing was normal. Although that artist had a lot of fans, he hadn't been in the industry for long and didn't have many resources. Lu Weining had made up her mind to support him. She simply used her own company to invest, find sponsors, buy popular novels, and tailor a TV series for that artist.
But for some reason, she contacted many sponsors, including some that she had been working with quite happily, but there was no reply. Some tactfully refused, saying that they didn't have any intention in this regard.
If this wasn't enough to make her feel that Star Creation was being targeted, then from this week onwards, the movies, TV series, advertisements, variety activities, and announcements that the other artists under Star Creation had already negotiated with were cancelled before they signed the contracts.
And it wasn't just one or two. As long as it was a popular artist under Star Creation, they wouldn't be able to escape. The rest of the second and third-rate artists had very few opportunities to begin with and could be ignored.
Then, if Lu Weining still didn't realize that she was being targeted, she would be stupid.
She exhaled irritably, leaned back in her chair, raised her head, and pinched the corners of her eyes.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door. Lu Weining relaxed her tightly furrowed brows. "Come in."
The person who came in was Sister Lan, the most capable manager of Star Creation. Star Creation's artists were all led by Sister Lan.
"CEO Lu, the situation in the company has been very strange recently. I asked a friend to inquire about it. He told me that recently, the artists in the company had originally negotiated for the activities, TV series, and advertisements, but in the end, they didn't go through. The other party changed their minds at the last minute. But in the end, these contracts were all signed by the Han Corporation, "Sister Lan said.
Lu Weining opened her eyes abruptly. "The Han Corporation?"
Sister Lan nodded. "They're all from the Han Corporation. The Han Corporation brought out some second-rate and first-rate artists. Their second-rate artists are already close to the first-rate artists under our company. They even brought out two super-first-rate artists to work with. "
Lu Weining's face was tense. Usually, it was more difficult to find artists under the Han Corporation to do activities. One reason was that they were big names, and the other was that their schedules were not easy to arrange. Even if they could squeeze out, if the artists were not willing, there was nothing they could do.
Only those that the Han Corporation left out could get the other companies, including Star Creation.
But suddenly, the Han Corporation could let so many artists come out to take on TV shows and activities. Even if the price was much higher than Star Creation's, those businessmen and producers would probably be happy.
"There's another show." Sister Lan said the name of a show that was previously in the process of casting. "It's confirmed that Yu Yan will play the female lead. These few years, Yu Yan has only been acting in movies and hasn't taken on any TV series. She suddenly agreed to take on this show. I didn't find out the exact price, but I heard that it broke the highest in the industry. But the sponsors happily increased their sponsorship, and the producers gave up on Shu Yuxin without hesitation. "
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