Zhou Shuai was a reporter.
To make it sound better, he was an entertainment reporter. But as a matter of fact, he was just an experienced paparazzi.
Through some gossip and connections, he got to know about An Xiao’s previous whereabouts.
Then, he scanned through An Xiao’s Weibo.
Two months ago, when An Xiao was preparing for her new album’s debut, she had mentioned on her Weibo about her intention of requesting a song from Master Lin Yu.
After he investigated An Xiao’s schedule, he discovered that An Xiao had stopped at Hengdian for a day before returning to the company. She had not gone to find Lin Yu at all. Finally, it was the shocking launch of [Invisible Wings] that roared across the horizon.
Hence, that Barbarian Lu should be at Hengdian.
Of course, these inferences were not considered problematic as there were countless entertainment reporters like himself who rushed to ‘Meeting You’ coffeehouse. They didn’t hesitate to order the most expensive coffee just to ask about traces regarding An Xiao’s whereabouts. However, they received minimal results.
He wouldn’t be so stupid.
After all, there were so many people squeezed inside one coffeeshop, what kind of answers would they get?
This was definitely a waste of effort!
He had specially started from An Xiao’s closest friend, Xu Miaomiao, who was also a member of the KP girl group.
Heaven would never let the hardworking people down. Indeed, he had gotten the information that he wanted.
The composer and lyricist of [Invisible Wings] was a man named Lu Yuan!
Even though Xu Miaomiao didn’t know who Lu Yuan was, Zhou Shuai’s eyes brightened up!
At last, after much painstaking investigation and with the help of his assistant, he finally knew about this person Lu Yuan!
After hearing about Lu Yuan, he did a more thorough investigation…
F**k!
Poet… composer… screenwriter? And also a director?
These 4 identities scared him and almost caused him to pee his pants!
Then, he made a prompt decision to look for Lu Yuan. He had wanted to verify his true identity….
But who knew…
The flickering light went on and off from time to time.
This lounge was filled with smells of alcohol and tobacco. Even though the lounge was considered neat at one look, Zhou Shuai still felt nauseous. He had almost puked out the grilled fish from lunch.
Why?
Because his mouth had been stuffed with something.
What was it stuffed with?
It was smelly socks!
Yes!
Smelly socks!
What a tragic story!
“Fatty Wei, take another shot here. Yes yes! Here, another shot over here!”
“F**k, my name is Wei Wuji, stop calling me Fatty Wei or I’m going to get angry. Stop moving! Stay still and let us take a picture, yes! This is the posture!”
“That’s alright! How about another shot?”
“Click, click!”
“What’s the meaning of this expression as if you have nothing left to live for? We are good people, we have no choice either!”
“…”
Zhou Shuai’s upper body was bonded to the chair with his hands tied behind his back. As he looked at the two drunk men under the light, his mood instantly fell to an all-time low.
He knew that they had taken many indecent pictures of him under the flickering camera’s “click click” sounds.
Zhou Shuai did a count and they had taken over thirty shots continuously!
“Are you done yet?”
“Just two more shots, don’t these paparazzi prefer such shots with shocking effect?”
“Why don’t we pull down the remaining underwear?”
“This, this isn’t good…this is becoming nude shots. It will scare little children.”
“That’s true, let’s forget it then…”
“Yeah, we’re people with ethics.”
“Yes.”
At first, when Zhou Shuai heard Fatty Wei’s evil intentions, his body was twitching with fear and he almost crumbled. However, he finally felt relieved after hearing that the two men weren’t going to do as planned.
At least he could still cover up some embarrassment…
At least….
He had the last layer of dignity…
After they were done photographing, Fatty Wei put the negatives in his pocket and strutted to remove the socks stuffed in Zhou Shuai’s mouth.
“You, you guys, what have you done? I’m warning you, what you’re doing is against the law. Let me go…”
“Zhou Shuai, I’ve heard of you! A few years back, the movie star Liu Hongtao was vilified by you until he committed suicide by jumping off a building… You’re such a bad person…”
“You…what do you guys plan to do? Liu Hongtao was a two-timer, why can’t I expose him?”
“Yes, but you wrote a lot of untrue stuff about him in the news. This caused him to be condemned by everyone in the entertainment business!”
“I was just doing my job. That news report wasn’t written by me!”
“Sorry, whether or not it was written by you, we’re just protecting ourselves. Both of us are actually decent people.”
Lu Yuan let out a gentle cough. He looked at Zhou Shuai with a very sincere gaze and serious expression.
“Won’t you at least put down the camera first?”
“Cough, cough, alright, put it down, put it down. Oh yes, I’m Lu Yuan, the song [Invisible Wings] is written by me.”
“I know!”
“What else do you know?”
“I know a lot of things.”
“Are you doing this for a reward?”
“No, I’m trying to get exclusive news before everyone else!”
“I think we can collaborate on this…” Lu Yuan let out a smile “You smoke?”
“Yes!”
“Fatty Wei, help him light a cigarette!”
“It’s done…”
“Can you guys untie me now? I’m not used to talking like this… Moreover, is this a collaboration? This is more like being kidnapped by you guys! Furthermore, why did you guys take my photos! Tell me!”
“I can let you obtain exclusive news, but the time has yet to come…..”
“Then when?”
“On the night before our movie screening, which is the end of this month…”
“Screening? According to my investigation, both of you have been to many cinema chains these two days, but none of them is willing to screen your movie!”
“Yeah, we’re worried! Oh, do you have any connection?” Fatty Wei hesitated for a while. His eyes then brightened up and stared at Zhou Shuai.
“I will not help you guys!” Zhou Shuai spoke with indifference!
“I took many shots of you.” Fatty Wei shook his head.
“You’re threatening me?”
“Yes, I’m threatening you!”
“…”
Seeing how Fatty Wei’s appearance was bold and full of himself, Zhou Shuai felt a sudden ache in his head. In the past, he had always been the one threatening others, but now it was him who was being threatened.
“Are you gonna help or not?” Fatty Wei had a rude face and took off his top, revealing his fats. His facial expression was unreasonable.
“Let me go, I have a relative working in the marketing department of Jianeng Cinema. He’s a supervisor and can dictate some stuff…” Zhou Shuai finally surrendered.
Fatty’s gaze was a little ambiguous.
His anus couldn’t help but tighten.
“Sure.”
“Du du du.”
Just as Fatty Wei was untying Zhou Shuai’s ropes, Lu Yuan’s phone rang. Lu Yuan looked at his phone and saw that it was a call from Wang Jinxue.
“Director Lu, have you found a cinema?”
“Not yet…”
“Not very successful?”
“Yeah, but it doesn’t really matter…”
“Have you heard of Tianhe cinema?”
“Yes, I’ve heard before. I think they’re a cinema chain company that just opened last year, and its structure isn’t big…”
“Have you approached them?”
“Not yet…”
“You’re looking down on B-list cinema chains?”
“That’s not it. I plan to visit all the big cinema chains first, and then start to approach these…”
“I’ll get someone to send over the contract later.”
“Huh? You know the supervisor of that cinema chain?”
“I don’t really know the supervisor, but I do know the bosses.”
“Oh, how long have you known them for?”
“Not too long, just twenty years or so.” She faintly shook her head on the other side of the phone.
“Over twenty years?” Lu Yuan was stunned.
“Yeah, over twenty years…”
“That’s quite long, but for the dividends of this movie between us and the cinema chain, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to discuss. After all…”
“That’s nothing, I’ll settle it. Don’t worry about the contract. It won’t be at your disadvantage.”
“Oh….” Lu Yuan nodded and subconsciously took out a cigarette.
“Have you been smoking all day long recently?”
“Not really, I’ve not been smoking much.”
“How many packs a day?”
“Rubbish, I’m not that extreme. It’s only a pack.”
“Just quit it, aren’t you scared of getting lung cancer?”
“Not quitting… It’s impossible to quit in this lifetime.”
“Is that Chen Xi from Poetry Exchange pretty?”
“Pretty!”
“Kup.”
“???”
“Du du du.”
Wang Jinxue’s abrupt end of call made Lu Yuan feel ridiculous.
How brainless could this phone call tget?
She was angry?
Why would she be angry?
“A’Yuan, what happened?”
“The cinema chain is settled…”
“Huh? It’s settled?”
“Yeah…”