Chapter 31: Teams

With that, Qi Jiaze threw open the car door and headed for the boys.

Qi Xingchen couldn't pull his brother out of the car for fear of a fight, so he had to get out of the car and follow him.

Running to the boy's side, Qi Jiaze rarely made a move, showing a look of surprise: "So it's you. If you don't go back to study, why are you wandering on the street?"

The boy didn't say anything, maintaining the position of holding his bag, and glancing sideways at Qi Jiaze and Qi Xingchen.

Qi Xingchen froze, the boy looked familiar, like he'd seen him somewhere before, but he was sure he hadn't seen him before.

Listening to Qi Jiaze's tone like he knew who he was, Qi Xingchen asked, "Jiaze, do you know each other?"

"I know him, he's in the same school and grade as me, but in a different class, he's in the third class."

"Since we're classmates, let's just forget about it," Qi Xingchen said, acting as a mediator. "Neither the car nor anyone else was hurt, so let's just forget about it."

"That's not going to work." Qi Jiaze said, "I don't think so.

He frowned and turned to the boy, "Hey, asking you, what are you doing hanging out in the middle of the road, dumbass."

"What does it matter to you where I am." The boy finally spoke.

"What's it got to do with me?"

Unfortunately, his words directly angered Qi Jiaze, Qi Jiaze stretched out his finger pointing to his shoulder: "You do not look at the car, head down crossing the road, by the car hit and killed are not wrong, know?"

The boy immediately took a step back, dodging his fingers, "It's none of your business how I die."

Qi Jiaze choked enough.

This sentence is even more infuriating, Qi Jiaze could not restrain his temper, took off his jacket and wrapped it around his waist, and raised his fists in a gesture of hitting the man.

Qi Xingchen, who was next to him, now saw that with his brother's good nature, if he wanted to hit someone, he would do it at the first opportunity.

He did not do it, and warned the boy to cross the street to look at the car, the words are not good, the starting point is kind, showing that he cares about the love of his classmates.

Instead, the boy was ungrateful, choked on one word more than another, and sounded a bit inclined to self-harm, probably because he was in a bad mood.

Qi Xingchen didn't want to cause any trouble and grabbed Qi Jiaze's arm, "Alright, no more arguing, let's go home."

"No, I must beat him until he kneels down and cries out for his grandfather today!"

"I don't have that much time to wait for you," Qi Xingchen pretended to be physically exhausted, "I'm really tired after flying all day."

"That ......"

Qi Jiaze Look at the boy, and then look at his brother, and finally still feel that out of anger is not as important as his brother, put down his fists to lay down his head, "Then it will be like this first ...... Don't you be complacent ah, wait for Laozi to go back to pack you properly."

Qi Jiaze put her clothes back on, finished warning the boy, and was ready to fight her way back home.

Qi Xingchen was a bit uneasy about the boy's state of mind and added, "Jiaze, it's going to be dark soon, you're all classmates, let's give him a ride."

"Brother, why are you elbowing out-"

"No need."

Without waiting for Qi Jiaze to finish his protest, the boy left with two words and turned away.

When the boy said that, Qi Xingchen couldn't help even if he wanted to. Shaking his head helplessly, he dragged Qi Jiaze, who had been enraged and evolved into a super Tyrannosaurus Rex, back to the car.

At home, Qi Xingchen is once again shocked by his dining room table.

Just see the long desktop from sitting to the right full of plates, each plate of different colors, Sichuan, Cantonese and Hunan cuisine ...... What do you want to eat everything, almost make a set of full banquet.

"What's the point of making so many dishes," Qi Xingchen cried, "can we eat them?"

"It's not that Dad watched Poor Traveler and felt that you didn't eat or sleep well outside, so he had to open up to give you a good tonic."

Qi Yuji pushed him back, "Go go go, go wash your hands, I'll multiply the soup for you."

Qi Xingchen went to the bathroom to wash his hands as instructed, and by the time he took his seat, a bowl of soup was already on his regular spot.

Qi Yuji should have made the soup himself, and he picked up the bowl and took a sip.

emmmm...... Fishy enough to vomit.

I don't know what's in it. Did Missy not taste it herself after she made it?

Qi Xingchen put down his bowl of soup in silence, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Qi Yuji looking this way.

Can't bear to let down Qi Yuji's expectant gaze, he lifted the bowl of soup again with pain, and heroically dried the bowl of fishy soup.

After dinner, he was grabbed by Qi Yuji for a long chat. When it was time to go to bed, perhaps the soup had taken effect, and he lay in bed bored out of his mind for minutes, forgetting to ask Qi Jiaze about his classmates.

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The time of the Communist Youth League appointment was ten o'clock at the Noah's Entertainment practice room. At seven in the morning, Du Lanxin made a life-threatening serial Call:

"Why are you still sleeping? The driver will pick you up downstairs at your house in half an hour, try to get downstairs on time. Remember not to drink water, it doesn't look good on camera if your face is swollen, and I let my assistant bring you breakfast, just eat on the way, don't dilly-dally and delay, pack up!"

Qi Xingchen had just woken up, and his mind was sifting through the information in this passage at a rapid pace.

"A chauffeur will pick you up" means that the company has given him a car.

"Assistant buys breakfast" suggests that the company has given him an assistant as well.

After a year and a month and a half, he's finally getting the treatment an entertainer deserves - and that's with the increased attention he's gotten through Poor Traveler.

Otherwise, with the original owner's character, if he didn't want to use the Qi family's resources, he might have been snowed in until what year.

He left the house ten minutes earlier than Du Lanxin said he would, and when the original owner's address was given as the name of the neighborhood next door, he had to walk there.

When I arrived at the designated place, the car had been waiting for a while. It's an ordinary Buick, a world away from Bai Ye's luxury RV, but it's better than nothing.

He nodded to the driver, signaling to open the door, and the driver and assistant couldn't help but open their mouths in surprise.

"Oh my god," the assistant couldn't believe it, "I watched Poor Traveler and thought you were exceptionally good looking, but I didn't realize that you were several times better looking in person than on camera ...... Ow ow ow sorry, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is An Ran, I'm three years older than you, I'll be your assistant from now on, please teach me more!"

Qi Xingchen secretly calculated her age, if she had joined the entertainment industry since she graduated from college, she would have only been working for a year by now, so her experience was obviously not rich enough.

Not being an intern was quite enough for him though, after all, he could do most things well on his own and there was really very little use for an assistant.

The driver is older, surnamed Qin, and is a simple man with an honest personality. At the end of the introductory session, An Ran hands Qi Xingchen his breakfast - two poached eggs and egg greens, a small box of purple potatoes, sundried fruits, and a mixture of boiled vegetables.

Last night's food was too greasy, this morning I just wanted to eat something light. Qi Xingchen took it and said as if she didn't mean it, "Is this the diet meal that Sister Xin asked you to bring me?"

"No," An Ran laughed, "I was looking at your profile yesterday and thought you were at an okay weight with a bad body fat ratio and made it for you myself."

Very attentive. After Qi Xingchen silently commented, he asked again, "Then how do I make arrangements when I arrive at the company in a little while, should I meet up with Sister Xin first, or go directly to do my makeup and hair?"

While asking the question, he kept a close eye on An Ran's expression.

An Ran said very naturally, "Haven't you discussed it? Then I'll call now and ask, just a moment."

Qi Xingchen heart completely relaxed.

The purpose of his question was to find out the relationship between An Ran and Du Lanxin. Generally brokers earned a cut and assistants were employed by the company, both belonged to different systems and had no interests.

However, there is no lack of agents using favors to train their assistants to become their beloved ones, always keeping an eye on the artist's movements.

If An Ran is Du Lanxin's confidant, he's restricted in his movements, and a lot of things won't work out well.

It was good that they didn't have a deep relationship, and Qi Xingchen ate her breakfast in peace.

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At eight o'clock, Qi Xingchen arrives at Noah's and Du Lanxin is waiting for him in the dressing room.

Seeing him in a simple, dignified black suit, Du Lanxin smacked his lips, "You know what you're doing."

Participating in official media interviews must be dressed formally and seriously, these as long as a little social experience people know.

Qi Xingchen was too lazy to pay attention to her, because he knew she wouldn't be able to jump around for a few more days. A long time ago, he had recorded the recording of his conversation with Du Lanxin, but due to the fact that he had few fans and little attention, he did not have the strength to start his own business, so he had been patient and did not move.

Now that he's reached over a million followers and has a majority of live fans, there's no way he's going to let this pimp thing continue to get the better of him.

He said lazily, "Do the makeup and hair, and show me the tableau by the way."

Du Lanxin, obviously not satisfied with his attitude, slapped an A4 sheet of paper onto the makeup table in front of him.

On the paper were written the questions that the journalists wanted to ask, but they were only about the reasons for going to Odense to perform on the streets, why he chose to learn acrobatics in the first place, what changes the traditional Chinese culture has brought to his life, and what he is going to do in the future, and so on.

These are questions that can be answered well or not so well, and it is important to keep in mind the importance of promoting positive energy and giving leadership to youth groups.

The makeup was almost done by the time he typed up a full ventriloquist's note, and he picked up his cell phone to check the time.

Accidentally saw Bai Ye's reply.

Bo: [landed late yesterday]

Qi Xingchen remained silent for a moment, always feeling that something was missing behind him.

--You landed in the middle of the night and didn't respond to the message because you were afraid of disturbing my rest, or were you too tired and asleep to see it and respond to my message?

Why don't you make it clear?

Waiting for me to guess?

Qi Xingchen raised an eyebrow, a cold grunt didn't go out, followed by two more new message alerts.

Bo: [The signal is not good here, I didn't finish sending that one just now]

Bo: [I guess you must have gone to bed this late and didn't reply in time]

...... Oh, so that's what it looks like. Qi Xingchen drops the corners of her eyes and puts away her cell phone.

"Mr. Qi!" At that moment the makeup artist suddenly called out to him.

"Huh?" Qi Xingchen was so scared that she hurriedly pressed the screen off.

"I'm painting your lips, don't laugh!"

"Oh oh, who laughed, don't accuse people, I, I didn't laugh ......"

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There were answers thought out in advance and the interview went well.

Asked about the reason for Odense's street performance, "Poor Traveler" has already aired, there is nothing to hide, he honestly said, "When I first recorded the show, I didn't have enough money for the trip so I wanted to make some money through the performance."

"Aren't you shy in a foreign land with so many strange eyes watching?"

"No shame," Qi Xingchen says with a smile, "I can't be too proud of myself for exchanging my hard work and sweat for money."

The reporter nodded and could tell that he was very satisfied. Qi Xingchen secretly thanked Bai Ye.

The interview was over in less than an hour. After sending the reporters back and forth to the car, Qi Xingchen spread out on the sofa and realized that the clothes on his back were all wet.

Du Lanxin also saw it and skimmed his lips, "It's normal to be nervous and scared when facing the official media for the first time, you behaved quite perfectly just now. Qi Xingchen, I didn't realize that besides your face, you have some other uses."

This sentence was tantamount to recognizing his ability, and it was not easy to get a positive comment from her, Qi Xingchen smiled and did not say anything.

"Well, it's almost time to rest and read the script."

"Uh-huh." Qi Xingchen took the script and turned to the first page.

The next moment, the name of the protagonist came into view, and Qi Xingchen's brain was "buzzing".

[Title of play: "Heart of the Sea"]

[Starring: Tao Tao, Feng Qingyuan]