Difficult to quit

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Li Qinghai called his assistant Xiao Chen in the car and asked him to check Zhuang Yi's information.

He lived in the opposite direction from Zhuang Yi's house, and it was already late when he got home. Li Qinghai drank alcohol today and felt a little sleepy, so he went to bed.

In the dream, he was standing in that long corridor again. The walls on both sides were white, and there were billboards introducing health knowledge on the walls.

He walked forward step by step, and sure enough, he reached the door of the ward. He looked through the glass and saw that 15-year-old Zhuang Yi was lying on the hospital bed, with an oxygen mask on his face and gauze wrapped around his body. Tubes were drawn from him to the cold equipment; his chest rose and fell barely visible, and everything was eerily quiet except for the beating green lines on the bedside EKG machine.

Li Qinghai suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling above his head in the dark, panting violently.

He has never slept well. The bedroom is equipped with airtight curtains. After the curtains are drawn, the room is almost completely dark. He adjusts his breathing in such darkness, sweat overflows from the pores of his body, and he is clammy and cold. stick to the body.

After a long time, Li Qinghai turned on the bedside lamp, took out a few pieces of paper to wipe off the cold sweat on his face, opened the bedside table, took out one of the four identical medicine bottles side by side, poured a few into his mouth, Swallow it dry.

He put down the medicine bottle, found an audio on his phone and clicked to play it.

At the beginning of the audio, there was a "chacha" noise, and then a voice with a smile sounded: "Brother Qinghai, I'm singing."

There was another pause of a few seconds, and the boy's a cappella sounded.

"The dark sky hangs down

Bright stars follow

worms fly worms fly

Who are you missing..."

The timbre of this audio is not good, with noise, it was casually recorded many years ago with poor quality equipment.

Li Qinghai clicked the single loop mode, and the clear singing voice of young people echoed in the huge darkness, mixed with the electronic sound of "Zi Zi", which made people feel at ease in a different way.

Li Qinghai slowly closed his eyes amidst the cyclical singing, and his breathing gradually stabilized.

As usual, I woke up at five o'clock the next day.

The phone turned off after playing songs in the middle of the night. Li Qinghai pressed his throbbing temple to charge the phone.

He went to take a shower, the hot water relieved his headache, came out and took two slices of bread and threw them into the toaster.

He lives alone in a house of more than 200 square meters. The kitchen is decorated in a simple and elegant manner, with all kinds of equipment, but it is cold, and many things seem to have not been touched at all.

Stuffed two slices of bread, the driver came to pick it up at seven o'clock, held a meeting in Yihai in the morning, and went to "Star Information" to continue the meeting in the afternoon.

Li Qinghai had a hasty lunch at noon, and asked the driver to drive to the "Star News" magazine. At 02:30 in the afternoon, he listened to the editor-in-chief's report on the recent activities in the conference room.

"Star News" is an old-fashioned entertainment magazine. In recent years, it has been severely impacted by electronic magazines and online media. The sales volume of the magazine has dropped sharply and it is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Just before the magazine announced its closure, Li Qinghai bought it in the name of his mother Yang Ping. He adopted the model of parallel publication of electronic magazines and paper magazines, and with the backing of Yihai, he revived the magazine in three months. A magazine that is about to be discontinued.

Later, "Star News" held a series of activities, and its sales soared all the way, and now it has ranked among the top five entertainment magazines in the circle.

There was a PPT on the projection screen, the editor-in-chief Luo Jing spoke passionately, and his eyes frequently turned to Li Qinghai who was sitting in the main seat of the conference room.

However, Li Qinghai listened absent-mindedly, his mind was circling around the matter of Zhuang Yi, and he had a headache.

Seeing this, Luo Jing thought that the boss was not interested in the content of his speech, so he quickly ended the speech and asked Li Qinghai: "Today there is a filming of the 'Youth' event, is the boss going to see it?"

Li Qinghai originally wanted to say no, but glanced at the artist's school uniform photo on the projection screen, changed his mind, nodded and agreed.

The studio is downstairs. Apart from the ones being filmed, there are four or five artists waiting in the lounge next to them. They all wear various styles of school uniforms and look youthful.

The theme of this issue of "Star News" is "Cha Classmate Youth", which is in line with the theme of the graduation season campus, and the selection is held in the form of photos. The magazine invites artists to participate in the shooting, and also accepts social contributions.

The excellent photos initially selected by the magazine will be posted on the website, official blog, and e-magazine, and will be voted by the public. Every week, the most popular models will take photos alone and publish them in the next issue of the magazine.

The top ten most popular will be able to sign a contract with "Star Information" to become the exclusive model.

When Li Qinghai walked to the door of the lounge, Xiao Chen came up to him in a hurry and handed him three folders, "Boss, here are the documents you want."

Li Qinghai took it over, and Xiao Chen found a total of three young boys named "Zhuang Yi" among the unknown [-]th-line starlets in the entertainment industry.

Li Qinghai found his Zhuang Yi from inside.

Zhuang Yi, 22 years old, graduated from a third-rate university, signed a contract with the small company "Star Tour Entertainment", and is now an [-]th-tier star.

Attached are some film and television works that Zhuang Yi has participated in, all of which are secondary roles, and the lines of the whole play do not exceed ten lines.

Xiao Chen painstakingly found Zhuang Yi from the corner of the group photo taken by the crew, and circled it with a red pen.

The door of the lounge opened at this moment, and Zhuang Yi and Li Qinghai who came out met each other face to face.

Li Qinghai tilted his wrist slightly, and stood up the folder, so that Zhuang Yi could not see the photo of himself inside.

Zhuang Yi saw that Li Qinghai was still following someone else, so he brushed his shoulder and passed by, pretending not to know him.

He walked all the way to the bathroom, when the door of the studio opened, Zhou Yang came out with his neck stretched after taking the photo, saw Zhuang Yi's back, raised his lips disdainfully, and followed him to the bathroom.

Zhou Yang and Zhuang Yi belong to the same company, but their positions are far different. Zhuang Yi took a taxi to shoot without even bringing an assistant; while Zhou Yang was accompanied by his manager Wang Xun, and Wang Xun is still inside. Discussing with the photographer about photo processing, he remembered the rumor that Zhuang Yi entered the "Ming Yan" clubhouse yesterday and was actually saved by a big boss, and felt very upset, and wanted to take the opportunity to stab him a few words.

Zhuang Yi went into the bathroom, saw that there was no one else in there, and lit a cigarette.

He didn't wake up until noon today, and hurried this way again, without having time to eat.After he arrived, the makeup artist did the styling and asked him to wait. The wait lasted for more than an hour. On the contrary, Zhou Yang, who arrived later than him, went in to shoot as soon as he arrived.

With a hangover, a stomachache, and low blood sugar, he felt that his spirit was very low, and he didn't know when it would be his turn to shoot, so he went to the toilet to smoke a cigarette to refresh himself.

After taking two puffs, Zhou Yang came in, and Zhuang Yi stood aside, not wanting to talk to him.

Zhou Yang washed his hands, stood in front of the mirror and straightened his hair. Then, as if he had just discovered him, he asked knowingly: "Isn't this Zhuang Yi? You haven't taken pictures yet? Wait for an hour, these people are really real , Do you understand that first come first come first?"

Zhuang Yi let out a "hmm" and didn't want to talk nonsense with him.

Zhou Yang raised one side of his mouth and smiled, and suddenly approached Zhuang Yi, whispering in his ear: "What are you shooting, go back. In fact, you know in your heart that the company asked you to come to carry my shoes, and I will brush them for you in the next issue." Go down, why bother to humiliate yourself!"

Zhuang Yi's eyes turned cold, and he turned to stare at Zhou Yang and said coldly: "How did you get to where you are today, you know best in your heart, don't fart in front of me and annoy me, do you think you can still be popular? "

"Ha! I'm so scared!" Zhou Yang patted his chest exaggeratedly, with a provocative and dazzling smile, "What if I annoy you, don't do it! You don't want to lift my shoes, some people are rushing But you, can you see if there is any other place willing to accept you after Star Tour Entertainment?"

He remembered what happened last night, and his tone was full of malice, "What's the matter, I heard that a big boss saved you yesterday, so you thought you had a backer, and you could make a name for yourself in the circle with this face? You deserve it too!"

He stretched out his wet hand to pinch Zhuang Yi's face, but Zhuang Yi swung it open with his hand, and the cigarette butt brushed past Zhou Yang's arm, burning a small hole in his white shirt.

"Zhuang Yi, are you burning me? Do you want to leave a scar on me!" Zhou Yang was annoyed immediately, and pushed him hard. Zhuang Yi lost his energy and was pushed hard by him against the sink. The severe pain in his waist made him bend his body involuntarily.

Zhou Yang was still angry, pinched his chin with one hand, lifted him halfway up, and said viciously: "I tell you, if I'm in Xingyou for a day, you can't be popular, you should give up your heart! "

Zhuang Yi looked at him calmly, and said contemptuously: "I'm not popular, you don't know how dirty you are."

Zhou Yang suddenly became angry, "Do you think you are so clean! What did you do with the boss surnamed Li in the toilet yesterday, so that he can protect you, huh? Zhuang Yi, you——"

Before he could finish speaking, his hand was suddenly held down.

The man's hand was extremely strong, and when he squeezed his wrist, he released his strength, and squeezed his hand away from Zhuang Yi's chin inch by inch.

Zhou Yang suddenly turned his head and said angrily, "Who the hell is that!"

The young man standing behind him was tall and well-tailored. The tailored suit outlined a slender and well-proportioned figure. There was a deep shadow between his handsome eyebrows.

"Me," he licked his teeth, and said casually, "it's the boss surnamed Li you mentioned."

"What do you think of me?"

Li Qinghai stared at him condescendingly, his indifferent gaze seemed to be staring at a mouse performing acrobatics.

Meeting his gaze, Zhou Yang suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

This man obviously came from a wealthy family, and he should be elegant and noble, but Zhou Yang felt a huge oppressive force, and he couldn't breathe.

Xiao Chen and Luo Jing stood at the door, and no one came in. Wang Xun squeezed over from the crowd, and immediately apologized: "Second young master, Zhou Yang is blind and doesn't recognize you. I apologize for him if I offended you. Compete with him!"

Li Qinghai glanced at him and let go, Wang Xun quickly pulled Zhou Yang behind him to block him.

Li Qinghai recalled the information he had just seen, and asked, "Are you Zhuang Yi's manager?"

"That's right, that's right," Wang Xun nodded and bowed, "Zhou Yang also followed me. Young people are ignorant, so I asked him to apologize to you. Don't be angry!"

Li Qinghai glanced at him: "Then what are you waiting for?"

"Hey, hey!" Wang Xun responded, dragged Zhou Yang out from behind, and slapped him on the back lightly, "It's okay, why don't you be mean, why don't you hurry up and apologize to the second young master!"

Zhou Yang has never met Li Qinghai, but he has heard of the famous "Second Young Master Li". He never thought that his casual satirical words about Zhuang Yi would make the Second Young Master listen carefully, and immediately bowed with a pale face, " Second Young Master, I'm sorry, I said something wrong, don't bother with me."

Li Qinghai didn't even look at him, "Apologize only halfway?"

Zhou Yang was still ignorant, Wang Xun immediately slapped him again, "Apologize to Zhuang Yi immediately!"

Zhou Yang glared at Zhuang Yi resentfully, and bowed again reluctantly, "Zhuang Yi, I'm so mean, I'm sorry."

Li Qinghai then waved his hands and said, "Get lost."

Zhou Yang still wanted to speak, but Wang Xun hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled him away.

Li Qinghai looked at Zhuang Yi again, his face was a little pale, his head was covered in cold sweat, a blister formed at the corner of his mouth, the traces of hangover were clearly visible on his face, he looked in a very bad condition.

Li Qinghai reached out to help him, "You are not in good condition, go back and rest first, and shoot again next time."

"No need." Zhuang Yi pushed away his hand and stood still, "I can shoot."

Li Qinghai frowned, "Even if you are in this state, can you compare with Zhou Yang?"

He was surprised before that with Zhuang Yi's appearance, even if he couldn't become popular, he wouldn't be reduced to a little-known [-]th line.

Just now he understood that Zhou Yang and Zhuang Yi have similar looks and temperament, they belong to the same channel, and they are signed by the same agent. Accompany him to run, and make way for Zhou Yang when necessary.

Zhou Yang was right in one sentence: With him in Xingyou for a day, it is impossible for Zhuang Yi to become popular in Xingyou.

Li Qinghai's tone was not very good, "If you can't compare to him, you will be overwhelmed by him, and you won't be able to turn over, you know?"

"I have to shoot today," Zhuang Yi's eyes flashed with stubbornness, "You don't understand."

Just stepped on the face of Zhou Yang and Wang Xun, this account will definitely be counted on his head, Wang Xun is his manager, there are many ways to grind him, including making him never have the opportunity to step into "Star News" studio.

This kind of thing happened too many times in the past, and the filming, audition, etc. that were negotiated, disappeared inexplicably.

If he doesn't shoot today, he may never be able to shoot again.