Chen Zemian didn’t think anyone would bully him, but apparently some people thought otherwise.
For example, his good boss, Xiao Kesong.
Xiao Kesong still remembered the “coffee incident” between Chen Zemian and Liu Yuebo at the shooting range. When he met Brother Liu Yuebo at the birthday party this time, he mentioned it — intentionally or unintentionally.
Liu Yuebo’s elder brother, Liu Hao, is the leader of the cooperation between the Liu and Xiao families. After hearing what Xiao Kesong said, he turned around, found Liu Yuebo in the corner, and questioned him.
Liu Yuebo looked at Liu Hao, unconvinced, and said indignantly, “Brother, who told you that I bullied Chen Zemian?”
“What do you think?” Liu Hao asked with a raised his eyebrows, glanced at his silly brother.
Liu Yuebo finally reacted: “It was Xiao Kesong!”
“Don’t be hard on Xiao Kesong and the others,” Liu Hao said earnestly. “When you graduate, these friends will be your connections in the future. The Xiao family cooperates with us, and the Lu family is in its heyday. You should be smart — if you have good relations with them, you won’t suffer any loss.”
“Is it me who doesn’t want to?” Liu Yuebo leaned against the iron railing, his tone helpless. “Who in that circle doesn’t follow Lu Zhuonian around every day? Look who he cares about — he only plays best with the two from the Xiao and Ye families. They are childhood friends, and we have been friends since childhood. I can’t squeeze in.”
Liu Hao was murderous: “Then how did Chen Zemian squeeze in?”
Liu Yuebo: “…”
“Chen Zemian and they were childhood friends?” Liu Hao continued. “He knew Lu Zhuonian later than all of you, and he’s known Xiao Kesong for less than half a year. How come he’s successful?”
Liu Yuebo took a long puff of his cigarette. “He is shameless.”
Liu Hao slapped Liu Yuebo on the back of his head.
“Why did you hit me? He is so shameless.” Liu Yuebo covered his head and looked up. “He must have made his mother, Xiao Kesong, mentally retarded. He splashed coffee on me and then said he slipped. Xiao Kesong believed such outrageous words and thought I bullied him. He came to you to complain. I am so wronged. This kind of person would have been a treacherous flatterer in ancient times, confusing right and wrong and calling a horse a zebra.”
Liu Hao asked, “What else?”
Liu Yuebo gritted his teeth: “He also threatened me! He said that if he heard me swearing again, he would scald me to death with hot water.”
“No wonder you haven’t sworn much recently.” Liu Hao raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. “This person is more powerful than I thought.”
Liu Yuebo said unconvinced, “What ability does he have? He just has a powerful face!”
With such a beautiful and innocent face, even if you know he is talking nonsense, you can’t help but make excuses for him in your heart.
Liu Hao had met Chen Zemian and knew that what Liu Yuebo said was true.
Chen Zemian was born with an extremely beautiful appearance — so beautiful that he really had the capital to do whatever he wanted.
The most distinctive thing was that he was beautiful but not weak. He was not easy to push around and even harder to bully. He was more prickly than a rose. The whole poppy plant, which sways brilliantly, contains highly toxic alkaloids that can be fatal if touched.
Liu Hao pondered, “If you are a bully, it would be fine if Xiao Kesong reported you to me, but from what I heard from you just now, it was you who suffered at the hands of Chen Zemian, yet Xiao Kesong thought you bullied Chen Zemian?”
Liu Yuebo said “hmm” in a very suffocating and humiliating manner, and two streams of smoke came out of his nose like an angry bull.
“Don’t be so mean to him anymore,” Liu Hao commented bluntly. “You can’t beat him.”
Liu Yuebo also felt that he could not beat Chen Zemian.
Chen Zemian was like a male vixen and had bewitched everyone. The eldest brother had only seen Chen Zemian once from a distance but concluded that Chen Zemian was powerful after hearing a few words from him.
This was very rare.
Liu Yuebo was so annoyed that he lit another cigarette. “He has such a good relationship with Lu Zhuonian and the others now. If I don’t deal with him, how can he squeeze close to Lu Zhuonian?”
Liu Hao occasionally wondered if his mother had been drunk when she was pregnant with Liu Yuebo, otherwise why would his younger brother be so confused.
“When he didn’t have a good relationship with Lu Zhuonian, did you squeeze in front of Lu Zhuonian?”
Liu Yuebo: “…”
His elder brother found that the possibility of inspiring his younger brother to think independently was very slim, so he directly told Liu Yuebo what to do: “I will take you to apologize to Chen Zemian now, and you can play with him in the future.”
Liu Yuebo was shocked. “Play with him? We have the worst relationship among this group of people. How can we play?”
Liu Hao took a deep breath. “Have you ever thought about why you have a bad relationship with him? Because you are the gun being used as a gun. He is so favored by Lu Zhuonian now. Maybe others have taken the initiative to show goodwill to him.”
Liu Yuebo subconsciously retorted, “No way.”
Liu Hao said meaningfully, “If you don’t believe me, let’s go and see.”
A few minutes later, the Liu brothers returned to the banquet hall.
As soon as they entered, they saw Xue Duo, the young master of the Xue family, and Chen Zemian standing together, talking and laughing.
Obviously, someone had realized they could get close to Lu Zhuonian through Chen Zemian.
Liu Hao glanced at Liu Yuebo. “Did you see it?”
Liu Yuebo had nothing to say and lost his temper. He lowered his head and asked his eldest brother, “What should I do now? Even if I apologize to him, he won’t play with me. I was the one who targeted him the most before.”
“I’m your brother.” Liu Hao signaled a waiter passing by to stop, took two bottles of champagne, and handed one to Liu Yuebo. “And he is a smart man. He won’t bear a grudge against you.”
Because he knows you are stupid.
Chen Zemian felt a little sleepy after eating.
Suddenly, Xue Duo touched his arm and said, “Liu Yuebo is coming over.”
Chen Zemian looked in the direction Xue Duo was looking.
Liu Yuebo followed behind his elder brother and noticed the wine glass in Chen Zemian’s hand. He couldn’t help but think of the coffee that had been splashed on his head.
Chen Zemian put the champagne glass aside.
Liu Hao stood opposite Chen Zemian and said gently, “Hello, you must be Mr. Chen Zemian.”
Chen Zemian asked, “Who are you?”
Xue Duo introduced, “This is Liu Yuebo’s older brother, Mr. Liu Hao, vice president of Shangbo Pictures.”
Chen Zemian smiled, nodded, and said politely, “Mr. Liu.”
Liu Hao smiled and went straight to the point. “Mr. Chen, my younger brother has been a loser since he was young. I heard that he had some conflicts with you before. The child is ignorant; please forgive him.”
Chen Zemian was a little surprised. “Mr. Liu, you are too polite. It was just a joke; it can’t be considered a conflict.”
Liu Hao nodded. “Mr. Chen is generous and naturally wouldn’t mind. I have talked to him about it at home, and he has realized his mistake, but he never had the chance to apologize in person. I happened to meet you today and hope you don’t mind me disturbing you.”
His words were humble enough. Liu Yuebo knew that his elder brother was setting the stage for him. Even if he was unwilling, he couldn’t let his elder brother down.
Liu Yuebo took a deep breath and thought to himself three times, ‘Chen Zemian can be shameless, so can I.’ He finally prepared himself mentally and forced a smile: “Yes, Chen Zemian, I was wrong before. I’m really sorry.”
Chen Zemian didn’t know what the two Liu brothers were up to, so he glanced at Liu Yuebo and said, “It’s all a small matter; don’t take it to heart.”
Liu Hao said, “Yuebo has always been ignorant. Our parents are both abroad, and I’m busy with work, so I don’t often have time to take care of him. That’s why he developed such a reckless character.”
Hearing this, Chen Zemian smiled politely.
When Liu Yuebo saw Chen Zemian smiling, his spine tingled. All the horrible memories of being pinned on the sofa and threatened by Chen Zemian that day came flooding back, and he swallowed unconsciously.
Liu Hao pretended to be surprised and said, “This kid is fearless. This is the first time I’ve seen someone who can control him. It’s a good thing that someone outside the family can control him; it also makes us feel more at ease, so he won’t cause trouble everywhere.”
Chen Zemian said calmly, “Boss Liu is too kind. How could I possibly control Young Master Liu?”
“Mr. Chen, you’re too modest. I think he is quite honest in front of you,” Liu Hao smiled heartily and suddenly changed the subject. “I happen to have a business trip for two months next month. During this time, I’d like to ask Mr. Chen to take care of Yuebo. You can treat him as your own brother and talk to him when necessary. If he gets stubborn with you, just tell me and I’ll deal with him.”
Chen Zemian didn’t want to take care of the kid, so he declined immediately: “Mr. Liu and I don’t see each other very often. Even if I wanted to take care of him, I’m too far away and afraid I can’t do it.”
Liu Hao expected this and took out some prepared materials. He said, “I don’t want to trouble Mr. Chen unnecessarily. I’ll let him listen to your arrangements. Wherever you go, he will follow. Of course, it’s not good to ask for help without compensation. I have a house in Nanshan Villa; if Mr. Chen doesn’t mind, you can move there.”
Chen Zemian refused directly. “Mr. Liu, I still think it’s not very convenient.”
Liu Hao was not discouraged; he continued to sweeten the deal. “Besides the house, I will pay you an additional salary of 600,000 yuan. It’s just like hiring you to discipline my brother for me. Do you think this arrangement is okay?”
Chen Zemian wanted to stick to his original intention and not be swayed by money.
But that’s six hundred thousand yuan.
In two months, that’s 600,000 yuan — 10,000 yuan a day, which is much more money than making games, especially since his game was still in development, a time when money was being burned.
The production team had contacted him a few days ago and said that if they wanted to produce the 3D effects he requested, the budget might have to be doubled.
If he had this 600,000, his 3D could be even more exquisite.
Isn’t it just a two-month-old naughty child?
To prevent his game from being compromised, bring it on!
Liu Hao fully demonstrated the nature of a capitalist. After reaching an agreement with Chen Zemian, he immediately left Liu Yuebo with him, saying he had something to do and had to leave, leaving the two of them looking at each other in bewilderment.
The two had been on edge the last time they met, but today they were suddenly bound together by Liu Hao’s money, making the atmosphere inevitably a little awkward.
In the next few hours, Liu Yuebo deeply realized his elder brother’s foresight.
After following Chen Zemian for such a short time, he had more contact with Lu Zhuonian and others than in the past six months.
Chen Zemian had always been a loner, so the tall and strong Liu Yuebo behind him was very strange and eye-catching. Not only did the second-generation elites look at him sideways, but even Lu Zhuonian came over to ask him a question.
After listening to Chen Zemian’s brief summary of the cause and effect, everyone was speechless.
People had mixed opinions on the matter.
Xiao Kesong was furious: “Are you short of money? Why do you want to make money in any way? I’ll give you 600,000 yuan; please return it immediately — it’s an eyesore.”
Ye Chen said pertinently, “It’s not bad; it makes more money than working for Zhuonian.”
Lu Zhuonian looked indifferent. “I can give you more.”
Chen Zemian: “?”
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