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Li Shang has never been a bluffing person, once Su Rong said that, when he met Li Rui in the early morning of the next day, he disappeared immediately.

At that time, no one in the program team could react, and all the cameras that were following were thrown away. About half an hour later, Su Rong received a message from Chen Shu: "I followed, he is now in a private room." Yachting on the island, I was left on the dock."

"Understood." Su Rong replied calmly.

"You have to come here quickly, I can't get close to him at all, there is only a distant view."

"It's okay, just take a picture."

Li Shang spent the whole morning playing on the island. He completely put aside the small funds of the program group, and ordered a table of French food by himself, wearing sunglasses and basking in the sun on the beach, while the waiter next to him stood with an ice bucket and waited.

At noon, Li Rui finally couldn't help asking the program crew: "Where did Eddie go?"

The program crew didn't dare to speak, so they called Su Rong. Su Rong was very calm: "Tell her the truth."

Li Rui unexpectedly accepted the news calmly, which surprised everyone. She ate lunch in the hotel alone with a limited budget. In the afternoon, the program team called again. Su Rong thought there was something wrong, so she picked up the phone. , the voice over there was calm: "Is it Mr. Su?"

This was the first time he had a conversation with Li Rui, and he instantly understood why Tong Xiaojia was being ridiculed and wanted to be the host—this woman is Li Shang's mother, whether she admits it or not, she shaped Li Shang's entire life Childhood and adolescence directly changed Li Shang's life.

"It's me." He also said calmly.

Li Rui's Mandarin is a little bit jerky after living abroad for many years, but her words are still correct, which is a common feature of artists of that generation.It has always been true to itself, and it is difficult for people of this generation to imagine the world faced by that generation. It was an era of turbulent events and rivers and tides. Women who passed through that era may be vain, but they will never be so superficial that they are just presented by Rita. The rich lady in the gorgeous jewellery.

She asked: "You don't need to check in on the pink sand beach, do you?"

"Yes. Li Shang is now on a private island and probably won't be coming back."

"Can you send me the name of the island?"

"it is good."

Su Rong hung up the phone and told the assistant director: "Give her the name of the island, and the cameras will follow. If Li Shang doesn't cooperate, just shoot the distant view."

When Li Rui arrived on the island, it was almost dark.

Li Shang has always been very good at spending money, and it’s a trivial matter to rent an island. This time, the filming of the show is limited by the financial constraints, which almost drove him crazy. He has a lot of parts like his father. In fact, Li Rui has also read the speculation on the Internet. There are too many names in it, except his father's.

The beach after dark has a sense of peace, because apart from the sea, there is the sky, as if there is only one place in the world.Li Rui searched the entire beach and found him near the pier, and Li Shang also found her a long way away—she was dragging a lot of cameras behind her, it was hard not to notice.

He quickly stood up, the tall figure stood in the twilight, in a gesture of rejection.

Li Rui stood on the wet sand, and the waves came up layer by layer with foam, submerging her feet.

Then she suddenly stretched out her hand and began to untie the microphone. This action reminded her of the messengers in ancient times, who had to untie all their weapons before going to meet the leader. It was really funny.

Mai was thrown on the beach and quickly entered the water. There was noise from the earphones. Chen Shu took off the earphones and looked at Su Rong questioningly.A bunch of them all stood on the pier, looking at each other.

There is a saying in the industry that there is no real reality show in this world. Rita went even further, saying that the reality show itself is a paradox, as long as the camera intervenes, there is no reality.The attitude of the audience is also simple-good can come from the show, bad is really bad.If it is so bad in front of the camera, it must be worse behind the camera.

This rule made celebrities even more silent when they participated in reality shows. All of them could only play the role of the Virgin Mary and the Father. Occasionally, some people are ambitious and try to show their real personality. There is no turning point.The criterion for success or failure lies only in the strength of the marketing, and whether the audience buys it or not, both are indispensable.

But Li Shang acts like this, Li Rui throws wheat like this, so what is the truth?Show the air?No matter how good a reality show is, it cannot be broadcast through video and audio. If the audience cannot see it, it means it does not exist.However, there is no reality in front of the camera, so Rita's words are almost incomprehensible. Reality shows are paradoxes.

"It's okay." Su Rong was very calm: "Li Shang's wheat is still there."

"How is it possible." Chen Shu was so surprised, but the person next to him quickly confirmed, and even handed over the earphones, she almost didn't dare to pick it up: "How is it possible for Li Shang? He has been a star for so many years, how could he not?" Remember picking wheat?"

"It's not that he doesn't remember." Su Rong said calmly.

He just didn't pick it on purpose.

Chen Shu listened to a few words, with a look of pleading for help, and Su Rong smiled clearly.

"Don't dare to listen? Give it to me."

Rita has already left, but the people below all remember the swords and swords between Li Shang and Rita these years, and Rita still can't surrender, and they dare not easily stroke the tiger's beard. Although Li Shang's privacy is full of temptations, in the end, jobs are important.The girl who talked about the lawn of Li Rui's garden back then is still unable to find a job in the entertainment industry.

The voice in the earphones was very clear. In fact, Su Rong guessed as early as when Chen Shu reported Li Shang's activities all the way. Although he had a good time on the yacht feast, he didn't go into the water, apparently for this moment.

When Rita was leaving, Su Rong asked her why she was leaving, she finished smoking a cigarette in silence, and then asked him: "Sister, have you ever punched me?"

"No."

"That's a pity, you should fight." She smiled and asked, "Do you know the difference between a professional boxer and an ordinary person?"

Su Rong shook her head.

Rita raised her hand and threw a punch, Su Rong wanted to dodge, but she couldn't dodge, she punched on the cheekbone, the pain made him almost burst into tears. Rita laughed, reached out to touch his hair, Su Rong dodged instinctively, Rita immediately laughed.

"You see, you are not a person who is used to being beaten. When you are beaten, your first reaction is fear, while a professional boxer's first reaction is to fight back. If you have been beaten violently, you must know that when people are beaten violently, their thoughts are completely It's stopped, there's only fear, and your mind goes blank, and you don't even know when other people stopped."

"I used to be a very good boxer. When it was difficult, I never thought of giving up. I always fought back. I always thought that no matter how difficult it was, I couldn't beat me until I met Li Shang." Rita played He flicked the soot, and said lightly: "Li Shang is a monster."

"He is like a boxing machine, you know? No matter how you punish him, revenge him, no matter how you win him over, tame him, he will never be afraid, and he will never soften his heart. You punch him down , he must come back with a punch, at first you thought it was fun, gradually you started to feel tired, you started to be hurt, every time you punched, your arm felt heavy, you almost didn’t dare to punch, because you Knowing you'll never take advantage, he'll always fight back, he'll never get knocked down. He doesn't care about the consequences, he doesn't care about the cost, and he'll never stop unless you throw in the towel. At the end of the day all you have on your mind is throw in the towel."

Su Rong rubbed her cheekbones and was silent for a while.

"You're not talking about real punching, are you?" he asked.

"Fool." Rita rubbed his hair hard: "Of course I'm not talking about real punching."

"I'm talking about my career as a broker for Li Shang in the past three years."

The conversation between Li Rui and Li Shang was not long. It was Li Rui who left first, and took away some of the machines. Li Shang was still sitting on the beach, and the film crew stayed with him for a while. Chen Shu was probably caught behind The bugs in the bushes were biting me too much, so I came over and asked Su Rong: "Is he going to sit here all night?"

They regarded Su Rong as the spokesperson of Li Shang.

"I don't know." Su Rong replied instinctively, and then realized what she meant, and smiled apologetically: "Let the machines go back to the hotel, today's shooting is over."

"Leave one, always have a beginning and an end."

"No, I'll just stay."

Everyone left in boats, Su Rong jumped off the pier, the sand was very wet, and there was a slight salty taste in the sea breeze, this scene reminded him of the day he was on the Italian island, and he didn't go there that time.

Li Shang still sat quietly on the beach, as if no insects had bitten him.Just now Su Rong saw Chen Shu complaining in the group on her mobile phone, and she joked that bugs might not bite cold-blooded animals.

They regarded him as a cold-blooded animal, but this cold-blooded animal is so beautiful that it has the status it has today.

In the earphone that they dare not listen to, Li Rui said to Li Shang: "When you were young, you always liked to go to Malibu to play in the water. My mother was very worried and didn't know English, so I had to ask the housekeeper to pick up the children who drowned in their own swimming pool. The newspaper was on the breakfast table and it freaked me out."

Parents who want to get closer often use the trick of talking about their childhood, but unfortunately, Li businessmen don't buy it.

"Really?" He said calmly, "I just remember that when it was dark, it was Grandma who asked someone to come find me."

The "grandmother" they were talking about was an old maid used by Li Rui, who passed away last year. Since then, Li Shang has never been back to Los Angeles. Su Rong heard about it from Rita.

"I remember you had a kid who played well..."

"I got along well with a lot of people until seventh grade."

Su Rong knew that he was sent to that private school at the age of 14. Rita only knew that the school was ranked in the United States, but she didn't know that the proportion of Caucasian people in that town was 97%, and Li Shang's best friend in that school, Is an African-American.

That day on the ninth floor of Baili Media, Li Shang came to see him who had a fever and said a lot of things. He couldn't remember the most important sentence until he saw George in New York, like something buried in the mud Floating gradually from the water, he finally remembered.

At the end of the movie that day, he asked Li Shang, if you hate literary films so much, why did you go to film school.Li Shang smiled and said, "Since you told me a secret, I will tell you one too."

At that time, his face was burnt like a peach blossom, and he only knew how to nod.

Li Shang said: "Because there is only that place, and there are no classmates of mine. They either went to Stanford or Harvard to study business. I don't want to see them again in my life."

Because of the high fever, Su Rong's mind has no logic, only chaos. He can't think whether this is Li Shang's rare exposure of weakness, or the first time he speaks in a weak tone. He only remembers Li Shang's gentle smile at that time , then what he must have said is very important, and he should never forget it.

When you like someone, you want to know everything about him, you want to go to the school where he has studied, you want to walk the path he has walked, and see the scenery he has seen.Because it's all that made him who he is today, and made you fall in love with him hopelessly.

Li Shang's indifference, Li Shang's aggressiveness, the perseverance to fight back like a boxer, and the cruelty of revenge, Li Shang doesn't like to watch literary films, Li Shang doesn't believe in love...

All the answers must be found as early as the day he left Malibu Beach in the seventh grade, or even earlier, as early as many, many years ago.

And Li Rui gave the answer.

She said, "I'm sorry."

"Why?" Li Shang's tone remained calm.

"Your father..."

"I know." Li Shang interrupted her calmly: "I know how old he is, I also know his name, and I know where he lives. I don't need you to add anything."

"No, you don't know." Li Rui's voice was rare and weak: "Before you were born, everything was fine. You are the child we all wanted. We were planning the wedding at that time, and we also planned for you name. But your grandfather, he..."

"I know, Ship King."

"He was seriously ill at the time." Li Rui spoke out almost with difficulty: "My relationship with your father happened very quickly. I thought it was fate, it was true love, but I found out later that it was because the doctor said that your grandfather still You have six months to live. Your father's inheritance rights are not the first, and the inherited property is divided according to the head."

Li Shang laughed.

He was always ready to laugh.

"So that's why I was born?" He asked Li Rui, "For how much?"

"3000 million and [-] million, this is the price for a male, they are a traditional overseas Chinese family. This is the rule in your grandfather's will."

"Very good." He was still smiling: "It's quite a lot, have you spent all of it?"

Li Rui was silent for a while.

Then she said with difficulty: "But your grandfather changed doctors later, and his condition improved again."

Li Shang laughed.

It was rare for him to smile like this, it didn't look like he was insulted, but he seemed to be happy from the bottom of his heart, as if nothing in this world could defeat him, no matter how difficult the past was, it was just a joke.

"Thank you very much." He even thanked Li Rui: "I've grown up, and this is the funniest joke I've ever heard."

Everything has an explanation, those paranoid people, their determination to send him to a conservative school, those indifference and indifference, those awkward sense of distance, all have an explanation.There was even an explanation for Li Rui's ups and downs in her financial situation. She suddenly became rich a few years after Li Shang was born. Maybe that was the exact day when the ship tycoon died.

It's really good, like a comedy movie, a windfall, everyone is happy.

Su Rong didn't go over right away.

He stood on the beach and looked at Li Shang from a distance, while Li Shang just sat on the beach and looked at the sea without saying a word.

"Did you get what you wanted?" He asked Su Rong.

"I won't let it out." Su Rong told him, "I promise you with all my credibility and my life."

He even took out the memory card.

"Reputation?" Li Shang deliberately pronounced the back nasal sound.

At this time, he still wants to make this kind of joke.

In fact, Su Rong knew that he might not have expected that Li Rui would say this. He originally intended to keep the wheat and put Su Rong in the army. Just another Rita.

But Li Rui probably regarded this as the last chance for mother and child to meet, so she took off the microphone and said everything.

Su Rong couldn't say anything, she just walked over and sat down beside Li Shang.Li Shang ran in the sea for a day today, even his hair was astringent, Su Rong touched his hair casually, it was probably a habit left by his long career as a makeup artist, Li Shang didn't even hide.

His hair is thick and hard, like his temper, it is easy to show wildness, but most of the time he is restrained, restrained indifference, restrained presumptuousness.

"What?" Li Shang glanced at him: "I haven't seen a person worth 3000 million. Want to feel the texture?"

He probably doesn't allow himself to have any weaknesses in his life, so no matter how much he cares about, he has to say it as a joke.If Su Rong releases this recording, he must have a way to resolve it, it's just a change of manager, but before that, he must be able to play himself to death.

Chen Shu's adoring eyes were all misunderstood. She didn't tame him, and no one could tame him, because he didn't trust anyone.

"I'm sorry." Su Rong apologized to him softly.

"You don't have to be afraid of this right away," Li Shang was still mocking: "Maybe it's only [-] million Vietnamese dong."

In fact, this is a joke. There has always been only one ship king, and the currency unit used has never been the Vietnamese Dong, and may even be the US dollar.

"Li Shang."

Su Rong called him.

"It's a pity, I didn't even see the money..." Li Shang was still making fun of him.

He couldn't finish, because Su Rong covered his mouth with his hand, the skin under his palm was cool from the sea breeze, and his lips were slightly dry. This action was probably presumptuous, but Li Shang didn't move, he was just Looking at Su Rong quietly in the dark, his eyes are extremely dark blue, with a texture similar to gemstones, these eyes have never smiled, especially at this moment.

For a second, Su Rong wanted to kiss him, but it was only for a second.

In the beginning, I wanted to possess, possess, and see waves appear in his eyes, just for myself.In the end, he is willing to retreat, as long as he is happy, as long as he can laugh without any problems.

"It's time for kisses in general literary films." Li Shang reminded him softly.

"No." Su Rong also told him softly: "You should kiss the person you love, not me."

You keep asking me what I want, and I have never been able to answer you.At this moment, I seem to have found the answer.

I want you to be happy, I want you to be happy, I want to let go of those inherent haze, I want all your wounds to heal, I want all your past to let go.I want you to reconcile with the world, walk in the sunshine like an ordinary person, and then you finally fall in love with someone like I fell in love with you.

It's sad that your movie isn't about me, but that's okay.

Because not all literary films have a happy ending. Once you love someone, try your best, get what you want, and finally let go, the camera shoots upwards, the water meets the sky all the way, and the sky is blue, which is also a happy ending.

Back then, Xiao Lin must have had such a beautiful wish and was willing to be the shadow behind him.It's just that later, the wind and the clouds were turbulent, and the fate was paradoxical, which was not as good as people wished.

I'm not that ambitious and want a happy ending for a comedy movie.I just want the ending of a literary film. Be an agent worthy of entrustment, and accompany you for a while, and then the mountain will go far, and there will be a period later.

That's fine.

After filming on the beach that day, the crew's rumors were finally confirmed.

In fact, the fact that Su Rong likes Li Shang has always been rumored in the company. In fact, it is never new for a manager to like celebrities. You don't like him yourself. How can you make the audience like him?But it was the first time for someone like Su Rong to switch from a makeup artist to an agent.It seems to be extraordinarily painstaking, so it is especially worth passing on a biography, a few words of emotion, as a legend.

"They made a bet between you and the boss, Brother Rong." As soon as she returned to China, Huang Lei complained aggressively.

"Oh? What are you betting on?"

Huang Lei's face turned red immediately, and she ran away without saying anything.

After a while, she came over again and asked, "Brother Rong, they said that you and BOSS spent the night on the beach, is it true?"

"No."

There were too many bugs on the beach, Su Rong couldn't bear to bite, and came back soon.

"Then you are really on the beach..." Huang Lei suddenly became agitated, and ran away again without knowing what to do.

It's no wonder she was excited, for a cold-hearted person like Li Shang, the fact that he was with someone on the beach was already enough to arouse people's daydreams.Not to mention him, even Su Rong herself, if it was changed before, she would definitely have hope.

When young people read too many fairy tales, they are always easy to substitute.I feel that all sincerity should be rewarded, not to mention that the protagonist of the story is a likable character like Su Rong, no matter how you look at it, he deserves a perfect ending.

However, this story soon ushered in a turning point on the second day after Li Shang returned to China.

The next day, Huang Lei went to pick up Li Shang from Li merchants. She was standing in the living room sending a message while waiting for him to come down. A girl in a big T-shirt, Shi Shiran, came downstairs. She was light, like a white rabbit, and bumped into her. As people in the same industry, it is inevitable that it is a bit embarrassing, but we still maintain basic courtesy.Besides, he also knew Li Shang's style of behavior, and believed in the ability of the staff around him, so he smiled and said, "Hi!"

That was none other than Le Yingsi, the last survivor of the Four Little Huadans.