give you a soft spot

The meeting date was arranged by Mr. Jiang, and it was December [-]th, Kakang Siyao's first birthday.In the afternoon, it was a big dinner for all the staff, but I had to be absent to discuss business.

Bi Gong sent me to the appointed teahouse, I went upstairs and entered the private room to see the people inside and settled at the door.

Sitting in the room is Bai Yang.

How could Mr. Jiang want to discuss cooperation with me, I was cheated again.

Bai Yang saw through my emotions and stood up: "If you don't use this method, I'm afraid you won't want to see me."

I really wanted to turn around and walk away, but my feet didn't listen to me. I tried to calm down and said, "Using means to achieve goals is indeed what you are good at."

Bai Yang sighed and continued: "Cheng Ming, let's talk."

This sentence again.After hearing this, I smiled instead of anger: "What do you want to talk to me about again?"

"The matter between you and Xi Zhuo," Bai Yang pushed his glasses, and there were sharp eyes through the lens, "It's not all what you think."

I snorted, stared at him and said, "He asked you to come again?"

"He didn't know that I came this time."

I took a deep breath to calm my mind, untied my coat and sat opposite Bai Yang, and said as patiently as possible: "With your strength, it took you two months to write the story, isn't it too slow?"

Bai Yang sat down and poured me a cup of tea. The antique background did not match our modern clothes.He pushed the teacup over with earnest eyes: "I don't ask you to believe it, I just ask you to listen to it."

I held the cup of hot tea, watched the tea leaves swirling down in the cup, and said in a ruthless tone, "I still have something to do, so I'll give you 10 minutes, I hope you can finish talking earlier as before."

Bai Yang sideways took out a folder from his bag and handed it to me: "Look at this first."

I hesitated whether to cooperate with him or not. No matter whether he came by himself or was sent, I was afraid that I would not be able to tell the truth from the fake and then fall into the trap.

Forget it, it's not the first time I've been tricked, the worst result is just that I get up and leave, why cowardly and dare not even take the trick.

I took the folder and put it on the table in front of me. I read the name of the cover and did not open it directly. It is an internal document of Xizhuo Entertainment Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd.After Bai Yang nodded, I started to read.

"You can look at the date. This is the relevant document on the company's personnel changes at the end of last year." Bai Yang took a sip of tea, "The big layoffs were led by Luo Shu, and a total of 29 people, large and small, were dismissed from the management."

My eyes fell on that list. I didn't know most of them, but there were a few that I was familiar with, including Liu Muran, Song Tian, ​​and Zheng Tianxiang, all of whom I dealt with frequently within the scope of my duties.Thinking about it carefully, the last time I followed Xi Zhuo back to the company, these people were indeed gone.

Bai Yang continued: "Brother Zhuo has been filming outside all year round, and many company affairs are handed over to Luo Shu. As time goes by, the real power is gradually deprived. The company looks peaceful and unified on the surface, but it has long been divided into two factions. Standing in Luo Shu's Everyone over there hopes that Brother Zhuo will only concentrate on making money as a company artist, instead of coming back occasionally to intervene in the company's affairs."

"Isn't Luo Shu Xi Zhuo's friend for many years?" I asked without raising my head.

"So what, many people in front of Yili don't recognize their relatives."

I looked up: "But what does this have to do with me?"

"Because it has nothing to do with you, Brother Zhuo wanted you to stay out of the matter completely. The situation at that time was that once Luo Shu was moved, he would definitely fight back with all his strength. However, we couldn't figure out how much he knew about your existence at that time. After all, his cousin Sun Ji has been on our side for a long time. There are two results of forcibly unplugging Luo Shu, one is that he can't find any excuses for Xi Zhuo and has to leave by himself, and the other is that the Xi Zhuo he will master Zhuo's homosexuality made a big mess and ruined his star career, and he will be killed."

I digested Bai Yang's words with too much information in silence.

"To Luo Shu, you are the deadly dagger beside Brother Zhuo. And to Brother Zhuo, you are his weakness that he can't get rid of. If you want to keep the company and reputation, you are doomed to start a war without gunpowder smoke. , after repeated discussions, we decided to send you away in advance before doing anything."

I couldn't help asking: "He can explain the cause of the matter to me clearly, and I will cooperate with him to go by himself."

Bai Yang sighed, and clasped his hands together on the table: "No one can predict the future, if you send away your company for a big change, and if there is an accident and things become serious, Brother Zhuo will inevitably lose his reputation and ruin his future. He doesn’t need to eat all the bullets in the world, he wants to ensure that you can live a stable life without being disturbed while uncertain about the future.”

My memory surged, I remembered that before I went to South Korea to participate in the CM promotional filming, the company did have rumors of layoffs. At that time, some colleagues asked me to ask, but I didn't know it at all.

"Actually, you don't need to understand the bloody storm behind it. You just need to understand that he never tempted you because he didn't believe you. On the contrary, he did it because he knew you would choose to be silent. Leave him without a sound. He has been weighing the best way," Bai Yang looked at me squarely, "If I force you to leave as a manager, it will hurt much less than him telling you to break up. You are sad During his life, he was also having a hard time, and he couldn't help contacting you through an internet celebrity."

I was shocked, it turned out that Bai Yang knew everything.

"After pulling out all the people who should be pulled out and becoming the top leader in the true sense, he went to you. He was still frightened just after the incident subsided. Even when he came to you, he asked me to go to Europe to help him locate and post a blog. Traveling at the end of the year."

"If that's the case," I stared straight at Bai Yang, "then why did he continue to lie to me by explaining how you treated me?"

"He who is fearless is also afraid. He is afraid that you will know that he has lied to you, and he will rush to kill the truth. He is afraid that you will not understand those intrigues and will blame him even more. This is why he dare not come to see you until now. , he decided that he had lied to you and should be punished for not being by his side."

I closed the document in my hand: "Since he doesn't fight for it anymore, why should you be active."

Bai Yang didn't speak any more, just drinking tea.When the empty teacup was placed on the table, he said, "It would be nice if you knew him from before."

"What do you mean?"

"I have been with him for so many years, and I am the most qualified person to say that he has changed. Your appearance has made me see a different him. Due to the heavy work pressure and long-term immersion in various roles, brother Zhuo has the ability Mildly depressed, it was too difficult for us to make him happy outside of the role, but you did it with ease."

I was stunned, what I saw was Bai Yang who was pouring tea, but what was in my mind was the back view of Xi Zhuo sitting alone in the room with no lights on.Feeling stuffy in his heart, he took a sip of tea suddenly, the warmth slid down his esophagus into his stomach, but he didn't feel warm.

"His image in front of the screen is not exactly him. In private, he is sentimental and uncontrollable. Since he has you by his side, I see the two of him slowly overlapping, and all the shadows cast on him are bright. Come on, this is also the most direct reason why I came to see you without telling him. After you left, he seemed to have returned to the original point, rarely showing a smile outside of filming all day. He is not a love expert, and he is deeply aware of I was wrong, so I want to come and ask you personally, do you have to leave him?"

Do you have to leave him?

This voice kept repeating and amplifying in my ears, and each sound was torture, whipping my wavering heart.