Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 350 349. The trap of emotional pull

As night fell, Jennifer sat blankly on the sofa in the dim apartment, looking at the door, waiting for the knock on the door.

The sky outside gradually darkened, night fell completely, there was no light in the room, and the expectations in Jennifer's heart gradually disappeared.

Looking at the white scarf placed beside the sofa, Jennifer grabbed it and threw it into the trash can. When she reached out to pull off the necklace around her neck, she hesitated.

Jennifer's fingertips touched the necklace, and finally put down her hand without taking it off.

Just think of it as a souvenir and remember that men can only talk sweet words and shouldn't expect any extravagant love.

Chen Li'an was holding a bouquet of flowers and had just walked up to the third floor of the apartment. He was thinking about what would be better to take Jennifer to eat later.

He didn't have much time in New York, and this encounter was very brief. Maybe he didn't know when he would meet next time, so he had to cherish this time.

Chen Li'an came to the deepest part of the corridor, looked at the door and knocked on it.

In the quiet apartment, Jennifer had just opened a bottle of wine and was getting ready to get drunk. She suddenly paused when she heard a knock on the door outside. Then she put down the red wine in her hand and immediately ran over to open the door.

The moment the door opened, the light from the corridor shone in. Jennifer looked at the beautiful flowers in front of her and Chen Li'an's beautiful face, feeling inexplicably aggrieved.

Chen Li'an looked at Jennifer's red eyes, raised his hand and touched her face and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Jennifer didn't speak, she just hugged Chen Li'an and buried her head in his arms.

Jennifer didn't know what was wrong with her. Maybe she felt aggrieved for waiting too long, maybe she felt that Chen Li'an had deceived her, or maybe she really had some feelings for Chen Li'an.

She couldn't explain her emotions, so she just hugged Chen Li'an and said nothing.

In the warm apartment, the lights were bright. Jennifer sat on the sofa and leaned on Chen Li'an's shoulder, eating pizza in small bites. Her eyes fell on the funny program on the TV, and she laughed out loud from time to time.

It seemed that the person who had been wronged just now was not her, nor was the person who was so angry that she wanted to beat Chen Li'an to death that morning.

Chen Li'an didn't like pizza very much, but he did as the Romans did and he was quite happy eating it.

The programs on the TV were very interesting, and Chen Li'an laughed out loud from time to time while watching them.

This picture is like the warm and sweet daily life of two young lovers in love.

It's just that there is a trace of loneliness hidden deep in Jennifer's smiling eyes. This kind of warmth is destined to be short-lived. Since it is short-lived, enjoy it well, and then forget it all after Chen Li'an leaves one morning.

Chen Li'an always creates a romantic and affectionate atmosphere when he is with a woman, and strives to be the most perfect, both psychologically and physically.

He has always understood one thing, a woman's love is not about loving you as a person, but the emotional value brought by loving you. A man who cannot provide emotions will not have love.

Of course, what Chen Li'an needs is not love, he just doesn't want this kind of thing to turn into a boring one-night stand.

There are also different types of scumbags.

Jennifer was very gentle this night, without the passion and wildness before, but Chen Li'an had a different feeling. It was an emotional vortex that was so sticky that it could wrap itself around, making people unable to help but fall into this kind of immersion. Feeling.

If you fall, congratulations, you will fall in love with a woman.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Li'an woke up early again, looked at Jennifer who was still sleeping soundly, kissed her forehead gently, got up again and left quietly.

After the sound of closing the door was heard outside, Jennifer, who was sleeping, opened her eyes, gently touched her forehead with her fingers, and finally sighed quietly.

She didn't know whether Chen Li'an had fallen or not, but she felt that she was about to fall. In the past few days that she had known Chen Li'an, she had been being led up and down by her emotions. If this continued, she would really be unable to resist.

Today is another day of waiting.

Jennifer nestled under the quilt, feeling glad that Christmas was coming soon, otherwise she wouldn't have had so much time to rest.

Chen Li'an is busy in the exhibition hall at this time. A reporter came to interview today, and there are still interviews for several magazines to do.

These media outlets were cautious enough and waited two days before coming, probably because they were worried that the same thing as in London would happen again.

Chen Li'an didn't care so much. He took the time to accept an interview at noon. After dealing with the interview with the art magazine, there were still interviews with two newspapers, but the interviews with newspaper reporters were much simpler.

After all, there won’t be much space in the newspaper, so you don’t need to ask too many questions.

After finishing these interviews, Chen Li'an had time to eat, which meant that the museum closed at noon for more than an hour. Otherwise, Chen Li'an might not have time to eat after the interview.

Ji Fa and Bo Qing had already prepared lunch for Chen Li'an. Seeing him wolfing down the food, they originally wanted to say something to him, but now they couldn't.

Ji Fa drank coffee and looked at Chen Li'an and said, "There will be another interview tomorrow."

"Yeah." Chen Li'an lowered his head to eat and asked without raising his head: "What interview?"

"Times."

"What the hell? Why would Time Magazine think of interviewing me? Isn't it the one on the cover?"

"Yes, but it's just the Asian version."

"Oh, I said so."

Ji Fa put down the coffee cup and said: "Actually, the Asian version is a bit inappropriate. You can definitely board it now."

"Forget it." Chen Li'an interrupted Ji Fa directly, wiped his mouth and said, "As long as I hold the exhibition now, it's impossible. Let's talk about it later."

Ji Fa thought for a moment and then nodded and said, "It's really impossible. Who asked you to carry out a propaganda mission?"

Bai Qing sat next to him and remained silent. After a while, he said: "Actually, the United States has a high degree of acceptance of Chinese traditional culture. I think it is much better than Europe."

Chen Li'an said with a smile: "There are many Chinese in the United States, and Chinatown plays a big role here. Chinese people most like to come to the United States when they go abroad."

Bai Qing nodded and said: "The United States is also more tolerant, but most people have prejudices and stereotypes about the Chinese. It seems that they only like traditional culture and find it novel, but they don't have so much respect for the Chinese."

"It's normal, that's why we want to promote traditional culture." Chen Li'an took a sip of coffee to refresh himself, and then said: "If we want people to take us seriously, we need to catch up with our economic strength. Let's take our time."

After Chen Li'an finished eating, he looked at the time and saw that the museum was about to open, so he went directly to the exhibition hall to get busy.

Tie-dye materials have been consumed a lot in the past two days. He has to check the inventory and find a way to order materials if there is not enough.

There are also some old comrades who have not been feeling well recently due to the cold weather and food problems, so Chen Li'an has to make arrangements.

When taking a group of masters to hold exhibitions abroad, these things are unavoidable.

After Chen Li'an checked the tie-dye materials and counted what was needed, he asked Liu Tao and a young man from the department to go to Chinatown in New York.

One is to buy ingredients, and the other is to order food and make some soup for the old chefs.

After the launch in the afternoon, Chen Li'an became busy again. There were really too many tourists visiting in the past two days, and he was extremely busy.

However, the effect is also very good, and many people will be curious about these traditional crafts after visiting it.

Some people want to spend money to buy Chen Li'an's works, but if they can't buy them, Chen Li'an recommends them to go to Chinatown to buy handicrafts. It is best to sign up for a Chinese class to learn more about Chinese culture.

But most of them are just for fresh ideas. Chen Li'an doesn't expect these people to really like Chinese traditional culture. It's enough to understand that China is a cultural power.

Promoting culture cannot be done once or twice. It requires long-term promotion and publicity.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, when Chen Li'an was about to take a break, a man he hadn't seen for a long time appeared in front of him.

Chen Li'an looked at Zhou Jie who suddenly appeared and immediately went to give her a big hug.

"Teacher Zhou, why are you here?"

Chen Li'an looked at Zhou Jie very excitedly. He hadn't seen Zhou Jie for a long time. Zhou Jie had almost never returned home in the past two years since she went abroad. Chen Li'an didn't come to the United States very often, so he saw very few of them.

Zhou Jie smiled and said: "If you don't come to see me, I can only see you and check whether you have practiced dancing well."

"Of course I did. I later found a dance teacher, but he wasn't as good at teaching me as you."

"Really? Who did you choose to be your teacher? Are the teachers serious?"

"Teacher Zhou, please stop teasing me. Let's go out and chat."

More than twenty minutes later, in a hotel room, Chen Li'an and Zhou Jie hugged each other as soon as they walked in. They hadn't seen each other for a long time and had too much to say.

Zhou Jie also asked Chen Li'an to dance a bit to check whether he had practiced well recently.

Chen Li'an thought that he had studied well with many teachers recently, so he gave Zhou Jie a try.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Jie looked at Chen Li'an who was sweating profusely and couldn't help but kicked him and said, "What the hell is this action? There is no beauty at all."

Chen Li'an said with a smile: "This action is very in-depth, and it is in line with our traditional culture. Men farm and women weave."

“Only men plow the fields, how can there be women weaving!”

"Weaving requires hands and feet, Teacher Zhou, now it's up to you, Li'an brand loom."

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Trample you to death! Little bad guy!

Zhou Jie stepped on the loom of the loom several times bitterly.

When night gradually fell, Chen Li'an suddenly remembered that Jennifer was still waiting for him in the apartment, but Zhou Jie came to see him today, so he definitely couldn't leave Zhou Jie to go on a date.

Chen Li'an had no choice but to take the phone and call Jennifer.

In Jennifer's apartment, she looked at the dark night sky, feeling inexplicably anxious. She didn't know how many times she had looked at the clock on the wall.

After waiting all day, it was now past seven o'clock, and Chen Li'an hadn't come yet, so she fell into emotional pull again.

"If you don't come, you won't come!"

Jennifer sat on the sofa angrily, thinking that she would never see Chen Li'an again and never come to this apartment again! The worst possible outcome is to find a secret base!

Angrily, Jennifer had various thoughts running through her mind, but she couldn't help but look at the door in anticipation of the knock on the door.

Soon a bell rang in the quiet apartment, but it wasn't a knock on the door, it was the sound of a mobile phone.

Jennifer looked at the phone number that was saved yesterday on her phone and immediately picked up the call.

"Hey, why aren't you here yet?"

"Aren't you coming tonight? Forget it if you don't come!"

".Then will you come tomorrow?"

Jennifer hung up the phone two minutes later and couldn't help but sigh, as if she already regretted letting Chen Li'an in that day.

Zhou Jie left the next morning. She still had classes at a dance school in the United States. This time she came over on the weekend, and now she had to rush back to take classes.

After Chen Li'an saw Zhou Jie off, he still felt a little bit reluctant, but after returning to the exhibition hall and getting busy, this emotion quickly disappeared.

It is already the fourth day of the exhibition. The New York stop is about to end. The next stop is Los Angeles. After Los Angeles, we will go to Canada.

After Canada, there are several countries in Asia.

However, Chen Li'an felt that there was no need to go to Asia to hold exhibitions. The financial crisis had almost squeezed them dry. Who would still be in the mood to spend money to see the exhibition.

You can barely eat, but you still appreciate art?

However, there is no need to change the plan that was made at the beginning. Let’s just give some spiritual comfort and sublimation to the poor people who are bankrupt.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Chen Li'an appeared at the door of Jennifer's apartment. This time, Jennifer opened the door before he knocked on the door.

Chen Li'an was stunned for a moment, wondering if she had been watching behind the door, so she opened the door so quickly.

Chen Li'an felt a little moved. He handed her the flowers in his hand, hugged her gently and said, "I've been waiting for a long time. I'm sorry that I'm late. There was an interview that delayed my time."

"It's okay, the flowers are very fragrant and beautiful." Jennifer said with a bright smile, as if she didn't care at all that Chen Li'an was late.

In the living room of the apartment, Jennifer arranged the flowers, turned to look at Chen Li'an and asked: "Which media will you be interviewed by? Some media interviews and reports will be different, deliberately creating public opinion."

After hanging up his coat, Chen Li'an said: "Times Magazine shouldn't write randomly."

"Time Magazine?" Jennifer's eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "Is it a cover interview?"

"Well, it's just the Asian version." Chen Li'an explained.

Jennifer hugged Chen Li'an's arm and said, "That's pretty cool. This is Time Magazine."

Chen Li'an smiled, but he didn't think it was very impressive. Gong Li was also featured in Time Magazine last year, and the eldest sister was also featured, so he couldn't be left behind.

But for Jennifer, Time Magazine is indeed quite powerful. Although she is a popular female star in Hollywood, she is still far behind Time Magazine.

During dinner, Chen Li'an looked at Jennifer and asked, "I'm going to Los Angeles next week. Do you want to go with me?"

Jennifer's eyes flashed with joy, but she still said hesitantly: "I don't want to go with you."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid of falling in love with you."

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When a person says this sentence, there is a high probability that he has fallen in love without knowing it.