Across the long river of three thousand years, Xie Qian miraculously resonated with King You of Zhou’s thoughts.
Dazzled by Wen Ying’s smile, when he came back to his senses, Xie Qian also felt somewhat uneasy.
He was not King You of Zhou, and Wen Ying was not Bao Si!
This time, Xie Qian skipped Gong Sheng as the middleman and directly contacted Xu Mei.
Fortunately, today was the weekend. Xie Qian and Wen Ying did not have classes, so they had plenty of time to handle this matter.
Xie Qian spoke directly, and Xu Mei listened in a daze.
She could understand each word from young Master Xie’s mouth separately, but together they sounded so awkward.
Did young Master Xie really mean Cao Bo?
Xu Mei believed Cao Bo had some character, but she never expected Cao Bo to angrily hit a reporter at the press conference.
Xu Mei was stunned for a long time before she picked up her assistant’s phone to send Cao Bo a text message.
“Thank you.”
These three seemingly abrupt words contained Xu Mei’s extremely complex emotions. While Xu Mei was lost in thought, the assistant’s phone vibrated, and a new text message appeared in the inbox.
“Hah, it has nothing to do with you. This is my own business.”
It was Cao Bo’s reply.
Cao Bo, this person, had not changed at all. His bit of character would not increase.
But this time, Xu Mei did not argue with Cao Bo. She said “thank you” again.
Regardless of why Cao Bo did that, his actions were indeed protecting Xu Mei.
Although Xu Mei had prepared herself mentally for her scenes to be cut, she was naturally happy if they were not cut.
For the drama “Alley People”, Xu Mei had filmed it very seriously.
She absorbed every performance lesson arranged by Jiaxin like a sponge.
Xu Mei read the script of “Alley People” repeatedly many times and pondered her role many times on how to act it.
When there were no scenes for Xu Mei, she squatted in the crew to watch others film. The veteran actors’ performances gave Xu Mei a lot of acting inspiration.
When she learned that the company had helped her apply for the “Magnolia Best Supporting Actress”, Xu Mei also wanted to know if she could win the award.
If she was nominated but not selected, it was because her skills were inferior.
If the scenes were cut, the award application would naturally come to nothing. Without even a chance to compete, it was too unfair for Xu Mei.
…
Cao Bo, who had run away midway from the press conference, hid in his own office.
Before receiving Xu Mei’s text message, Cao Bo was slapping himself.
Zhao Dong’s call came faster than Xu Mei’s text message. Zhao Dong was too lazy to understand Cao Bo’s mental journey of switching sides on the spot and just coldly stated the facts, “I often hear people say impulse is the devil. Mr. Cao’s actions perfectly illustrate this. Does Mr. Cao know what you have missed?”
What did he miss?
He just missed a large sum of remuneration.
And the promise to help introduce connections.
When they first met, Zhao Dong said that Cao Bo was more capable than General Manager Guan.
Why was it that every time a project was prepared, the capable Cao Bo assisted the less capable General Manager Guan?
Because General Manager Guan had a good wife, a large company scale, and more funds than Cao Bo!
If Cao Bo also had a noble person to help, with Cao Bo’s ability, soon it would be General Manager Guan assisting Cao Bo.
The prospects described by Zhao Dong were too tempting for Cao Bo!
Such a good opportunity, yet ruined by Cao Bo himself. With Zhao Dong’s cold mockery, Cao Bo was extremely regretful.
But Cao Bo also wanted face and did not immediately admit his mistake to Zhao Dong. He still stiffened his neck and held on.
After hanging up Zhao Dong’s call, Cao Bo slapped himself left and right.
Otherwise, should he call Zhao Dong back and still cooperate with Zhao Dong?
Cao Bo’s heart was truly in turmoil. His bit of character was teetering, about to collapse, when he received Xu Mei’s text message!
“Thank you”, three simple words, yet they made Cao Bo’s nose tingle.
Cao Bo thought of the engagement with Xu Mei.
That day, Xu Mei stood on the rooftop terrace, threatening General Manager Guan and Liang Dan. If they did not agree to her demands, she would jump from the terrace.
General Manager Guan and Liang Dan, the couple, feared the matter would be impossible to resolve. They pulled Cao Bo with a bunch of promises, and Cao Bo cooperated with Xu Mei’s request, proposing to Xu Mei on the terrace.
That day was Xu Mei’s transformation from innocence to scheming.
Cao Bo always felt he was coerced into proposing.
Later, when Xu Mei switched to Jiaxin and wanted to dissolve the engagement with him, Cao Bo was very angry, feeling Xu Mei treated him like a beck and call.
For a while after the breakup, Cao Bo always dreamed of Xu Mei.
In the dream, Xu Mei stood on the rooftop terrace, the wind blowing her long skirt. Her expression was crazy and desperate. She smiled at Cao Bo and jumped… Cao Bo woke from the dream, sweating profusely.
No one helped Xu Mei, so Xu Mei either died or was reborn.
Long after the breakup, Cao Bo realized this. He felt guilty towards Xu Mei.
Even before the rooftop incident, his affection for Xu Mei had cooled. As Xu Mei’s boyfriend, he should not have sat by and watched Xu Mei suffer!
Fortunately, this time, he made up for his past mistake. He did not kick Xu Mei when she was down.
Cao Bo originally wanted to reply “no need to thank”, to maintain the demeanor of the best ex. But the sent message was “Hah, it has nothing to do with you. This is my own business”… After sending, Cao Bo wanted to chop off his hand. This tone was too childish. Xu Mei might be so smug, thinking he still had lingering feelings for her!
Fortunately, Xu Mei did not mock him and said thank you again.
Cao Bo did not continue to reply to the text message, but after thinking, he removed Xu Mei’s number from the blacklist.
“I have done right by you…”
Cao Bo murmured to himself.
Thinking of the large remuneration that was almost in hand but flew away, Cao Bo’s heart did not hurt so much.
As for the connections Zhao Dong mentioned, alas, since they were not really used, just pretend they did not exist!
…
Gong Sheng, according to Xie Qian’s instructions, public relations every media reporter who attended the “Crown of Thorns” launch press conference.
Only the reporter who was beaten at the press conference was omitted.
It was not that Gong Sheng was careless. It was Zhao Dong who did not give Gong Sheng a chance. After the press conference, Zhao Dong personally accompanied the beaten reporter to leave.
By evening, the news of the launch press conference was gradually reported by various media.
Because Gong Sheng was willing to spend money, most media evaluations of this matter were relatively fair. They did not spend too much ink on Xu Mei. The focus was still on the news event itself.
The beaten portal website reporter called the police.
He also took photos as evidence, clamoring to do an injury assessment and to sue Cao Bo to death.
Zhao Dong had been waiting for Cao Bo to soften. He felt Cao Bo would figure it out.
Who knew there was no movement until evening. Cao Bo was actually determined to protect Xu Mei?
This was quite tricky.
Zhao Dong was irritated and signaled the portal website reporter to proceed as planned.
Under Zhao Dong’s instruction, the beaten reporter concocted a news article. Cao Bo lost control and hit someone because the reporter’s question made Cao Bo lose face. So many people at the scene knew that Cao Bo had been cuckolded by Xu Mei. Cao Bo was furious.
Cao Bo had just left the police station when he saw the related report. He almost spat blood.
A groundless cuckold hat. He did not want to wear it, but that Zhao guy insisted on putting it on him. Damn, how vicious?
“You dog Zhao Dong, I wish you marry ten wives and have ten sons in the future. Five with belly buttons but no assholes, five with assholes but no belly buttons!”
