Chapter 476: Chapter 268: Dude, you’re really putting on an act!_2
“Although that’s true, Yun Yi didn’t suffer a loss either,” Zhou Mian said, then paused, suddenly realizing sothing.
“Two??? Who else?”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you.” Xu Qingyan smacked his forehead and laughed, “I figured that since the company was just established, it couldn’t be without a moneymaker, so…..”
“So what?” Zhou Mian was numb, “So Brother Xu, you went ahead and poached another pillar from Cloud Wing Entertainnt, no wonder I saw Jiang Ling beco popular again last ti I saw her.”
“Pretty much, she terminated her contract.” He spoke vaguely, taking a sip of his coffee, “I saw that she had nowhere to go, alone and looking rather pitiful, so I asked her if she would co to my company.”
Zhou Mian: “…”
“Brother Xu, you really are sothing.” Zhou Mian gave a thumbs-up and took a deep breath, “It’s the first ti I’ve seen a small company ntr a big one.”
At the sa ti, he was inwardly shocked, wondering how much money Xu Qingyan had spent. To be able to poach the diva from Cloud Wing Entertainnt, he was truly an NTR prodigy.
Indeed, he was the chosen abstract ancestor by Director Chen, possessing so real talent.
“It’s not as exaggerated as you think, it was just a matter of mutual need,” Xu Qingyan waved his hand, referring to the need for making money and becoming famous.
His new company needed a temporary crutch before it could fully stand on its own, to ensure money kept flowing in and to cover the deficit from filming.
Jiang Ling was that crutch. She wasn’t after money, she just wanted fa. Xu Qingyan, on the other hand, had little interest in fa; he only wanted to make money.
But Zhou Mian didn’t know this, so it sounded different to him.
“Ah, it’s not easy in any line of work, you have to sacrifice sothing.”
“Yeah.” Xu Qingyan thought Zhou Mian sounded odd but couldn’t make the connection, so he vaguely asked, “How about it? Are you interested in joining ?”
Although the two were friends, if they got down to business, there was sowhat a client relationship between them. Xu Qingyan trusted Zhou Mian with most matters.
Their usual interactions had a hint of a superior-subordinate dynamic, so if Zhou Mian really ca to work for him, it wouldn’t actually be too much of an adjustnt.
After beating around the bush, the truth ca out.
“I…” As soon as it ca to his own issues, Zhou Mian’s gaze dimd, “I haven’t been doing well lately, I do think about it, just afraid of holding Brother Xu back.”
“It’s okay, I’m currently planning a martial arts sitcom,” Xu Qingyan said carefully, “I want to assemble a team, but I don’t have the industry resources.”
“You co and help build the team, just get the frawork up. I’ll give you so extra days off; it shouldn’t interfere with you and your wife trying for a baby.”
At that, Zhou Mian couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
“We’ve already separated, what’s there to try for.”
“Ah?”
“Yeah, we had a fight over the New Year and have been separated since then.” Zhou Mian gave a bitter smile and said helplessly, “I’ve been busy working lately; I didn’t even go back for the holidays.”
“Haven’t you sat down and had a talk?” he asked.
There’s an old saying that it’s better to destroy ten temples than to break up one marriage. When it cos to dating it’s one thing, but after marriage, guys usually counsel reconciliation over separation.
After all, marriage is no laughing matter, and a breakup is harmful to both families involved.
“We talked, my wife keeps bringing up Mada Curie, saying Hemingway was able to write because his wife took care of the kids and such.”
“If it were just these things, it wouldn’t matter, but she kept looking down on for not asuring up to others. She went on about emotional value and the rituals of life.”
“Brother Xu, I consider myself a stable person emotionally. But honestly, can anyone really do all that? To earn money and take care of all these things at the sa ti?”
“She told a mother’s labor is worth 1.24 million a year and said that if we had a child, she would not only require compensation but also a salary.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyan instantly broke out in a cold sweat and took a sip of his coffee to calm his nerves.
“Haha, you’ve got quite a sense of humor.”
For a mont, the conversation fell silent.
He felt it was inappropriate to continue the topic. Although they were friends, Zhou Mian was in deep distress now. If the couple reconciled later on, it would change everything.
Xu Qingyan had seen such turnarounds before and wouldn’t rashly judge the situation.
After a while, Xu Qingyan changed the subject.
“Do you make 1.24 million a year?”
The question crushed Zhou Mian, who lit a cigarette and took a deep drag. He leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the sky, and murmured.
“I don’t.”
“I don’t really know what to say, you know what’s best for you.” Xu Qingyan sighed, “But I can’t offer you an annual salary of 1.24 million.”
After both n sighed for a while, Zhou Mian took the initiative to say.
“Brother Xu, let help you with the networking and team-building.”
“Alright, what about your situation?” Xu Qingyan asked, “You can’t go on like this forever, see if there’s any way to resolve it.”
“I don’t know, she wasn’t like this when we were dating,” Zhou Mian replied.
Xu Qingyan was silent, thinking it was good he hadn’t made any comnts. If Zhou Mian had no lingering feelings, he probably would have resolved the situation already and would not have complained to him.
Just let it be, respecting soone else’s fate.
Though Zhou Mian didn’t join, he introduced a lot of resources. The trip wasn’t in vain, and as they were about to part ways, a man and a woman approached them.
It seed they were headed for Zhou Mian. Upon closer inspection, Xu Qingyan recognized the woman. She was “Li Zhi” from the chat group, whose real na was Chen Niannian.
Xu Qingyan had t her backstage at “I Am the Song King,” and later found out she seed to have a special relationship with Zhou Mian, but Zhou Mian had denied it.
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