The signing ceremony between Teng Xing and Li Xing Chen was made very grand, all kinds of reporters and colleagues flocked to the venue, because of the large number of people and miscellaneous, Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan also entered the venue smoothly.
The host of the signing ceremony, who was invited by a famous talk show host from Hong Kong Island, was also present along with several of Teng Xing's artists, including Lin Jia Li, who had just signed a contract with Teng Xing not long ago. To say the least, it also gave Li Xing Chen enough face.
Hundreds of people in the venue, their attention was focused on today's protagonist, and no one noticed Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan sitting in the last corner.
Dressed in a white suit, Lu Handong sat in the center of the podium, on the left hand side is his deputy Wu Junyun, on the right hand side is today's unquestionable protagonist Li Xingchen, the remaining several stars, in turn, sat on both sides.
The explosion of the popularity of "Bravehearts" has allowed Starry Lee to hit the first salvo on the road to the movies, transforming himself from a TV starlet to a movie star, and his fame and value have risen by a big step. In terms of fame and popularity alone, he is the hottest actor on Hong Kong Island these days.
After his contract with Bao Zhu Tai expired, everyone was concerned about where he was headed. The original news released was that he would sign with Wen Nan Film, which seemed logical. Unexpectedly, Wennan Pictures held a celebration banquet only a few days ago, and Li Xing Chen turned around and signed with Teng Xing.
This is just a blatant slap in the face of Wen Nan. In the end, it's a small company that can't keep people.
How the media speculated, Qiao Wen did not care, his attention was all on Li Xing Chen at this time.
These months down, because often visit the class, he and Li Xingchen get along quite a lot, each other early ? is a friend. Having lived two lifetimes, he didn't dare to say anything else, but he thought he still had a little bit of skill in reading people.
Li Xing Chen is by no means an ungrateful white eyed wolf, and what was previously ? said well, it is impossible to backtrack without saying a word, and hit their faces in this way.
Most importantly, in those months, Qiao Wen clearly felt that Li Xing Chen was very happy in the crew, the former kind of gloom almost disappeared from his face, and he genuinely enjoyed spending time with them.
And at this moment sitting on the stage Li Xing Chen, that originally ? disappeared gloom, clearly and again his whole person shrouded, did not even go to slightly cover up a bit.
Qiao Wen narrowed his eyes, he was one hundred percent certain that this contract was not signed by Li Xingchen voluntarily.
When the emcee finished his introduction, Lu Handong, as the boss, picked up the microphone and stood up, mouthing the words to start his performance. Qiao Wen didn't listen to a single word, but just kept staring at Li Xing Chen who had her head down next to him.
After Lu Handong finished his sprawling speech, he turned his head to look at Li Xingchen and smiled, "Chen, you come and say a few words to your reporter friends."
Li Xing Chen was as if he hadn't heard.
Lu Handong was displeased in his heart, but he still wore a smile on his face, patting one of his large hands on the other's shoulder and repeating another sentence, "Ah Chen, say a few words."
Li Xing Chen suddenly came back to his senses, stood up in a trance, blankly swept the banquet hall, his eyes inadvertently landed on the faces of Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan in the corner, slightly stunned, and as if electrocuted, hurriedly moved his eyes away.
"Thank you all!" His lips opened and closed for a moment, and eventually only those words emerged with difficulty.
The emcee is a person smart, see the situation is not right, busy out to round off the scene, greeted the two staff will be a huge check sent up, is a million signing money. A big sign, Lu Han Dong and Li Xing Chen each holding a head held in front of the bottom of the reporters clicked photos.
It's just that the camera shows one with a spirited frown and one with a downcast and depressed face.
The signing ceremony wasn't lengthy, and Li Xingchen didn't accept the interview, saying it was urgent and leaving the venue early with Lu Han Dong, leaving only a few Teng Xing stars to deal with the excited media.
Seeing this, Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan also left early and quietly followed Lu Han Dong's group of people before they were noticed.
They went to the underground parking lot.
The parking lot was empty at the moment, just their group.
It happened so suddenly that Qiaowen almost didn't react. He only saw a group of people ahead of him, stopping beside a Mercedes-Benz. Lu Handong suddenly turned back and swung his fist up to ruthlessly smash Li Xingchen's face, saying angrily, "What the fuck do you mean by putting on a mourning face, did someone die in your family?"
Li Xingchen reacted in time, but he still couldn't dodge the punch.
The thud stung in the hushed underground.
Qiaowen's heart fluttered with it, and he knew with his toes how heavy the punch was.
Li Xing Chen covered his face and looked at the angry Lu Han Dong in shock. And Lu Han Dong obviously not finished, raised his fist and ready to punch again, or Wu Zhunyun pulled him back: "Brother Dong rest his anger, in a few days A Chen will enter the group, if you break your face can not shoot the movie."
Li Xinghai also trembled and blocked in front of his cousin, coyly saying, "Boss Lu, it's my brother who doesn't know what he's doing, don't be angry." He also pulled Li Xing Chen and said, "Ah Chen, don't apologize to Boss Lu's yet."
Li Xing Chen was shocked and humiliated, one of his hands hanging down at his side clenched into a fist, glaring fiercely at Lu Han Dong with an iron face.
Lu Handong snorted, "What? You still want to fight me back? I don't want to see if you have this ability? I tell you, you signed a contract with us in black and white, a million signing money ? has been into your account, you voluntary or not, ten plays honestly to me to finish shooting. If you don't want to do it, then according to the contract, pay double the signing bonus and the total film remuneration to their own redemption." Said, and viciously spat a mouthful, "I fucking give you enough face, to give you such a big ceremony, but also let a few stars under my banner to give you as a companion. You are good, the whole face with a dead mother. A playwright also really take themselves seriously, I step on you is not as simple as stepping on the dead ants.
Li Xinghai said with a shy face, "Boss Lu, don't be angry, it's Chen who doesn't know what he's doing."
Lu Han Dong looked at Li Xing Chen with contempt and said, "Men in your line of work, there are plenty of ass sellers, if you really upset me, believe it or not I'll send you to the old man's bed."
Li Xingchen clenched her lower lip, and her eyes turned red.
Lu Handong cursed and relieved his anger, snorted coldly and said, "Let's go!"
He took a few of his men and got into the Mercedes-Benz car, and quickly left in the dust, leaving only the two brothers of the Li family where they were.
Seeing that his cousin always covered one side of his face and said nothing for a long time, Li Xinghai tentatively asked, "Chen, let brother take a look at your face?"
"It's fine." Li Xing Chen hung his head and waved his hand, "You go first, I want to be alone."
As if he didn't hear it, Li Xinghai continued, "Ah Chen, it's not that my brother said you, you're too unintelligent, what an occasion today, you're collapsing your face the whole time, and it's too much of a loss of face for Boss Lu, and it's no wonder that he doesn't get angry!"
Li Xing Chen ignored it and only said, "Go away, I really want to be quiet."
Li Xinghai sighed, still saying, "People have to bow their heads under the eaves."
Li Xing Chen seemed to finally be unable to bear it, lifting his head and roaring in anger, "I told you to leave! Can't you understand human language?"
Li Xinghai seemed to realize that his cousin was really angry, and hurriedly said curtly, "I'll go this way this way, leave the car to you, I'll go out and call a cab. Don't stay outside for too long, be careful of reporters coming down later."
Seeing that his cousin's face was so ugly and scary, he didn't dare to nag any more, and opened his two not-so-long legs and ran away quickly.
After waiting for the people to leave, Li Xing Chen drooped his shoulders and walked over to the nearby load-bearing pillar, leaning on it as if unloading, slowly sliding down towards the ground, and then burying a face in his knees.
Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan, who were standing in the shadows, looked at each other with a tacit understanding, nodded, and walked over towards the man crouching on the ground.
The two have been walking to the front of Li Xingchen, the other only afterthought reacted to, about thought it was a reporter, hurriedly wiped his eyes and raised his head, when he saw the familiar two faces above, first of all, shocked eyes wide open, and then as if remembering what seems to be, and hurriedly lowered his head, stood up to the sentence "I'm sorry", and then fled like hurriedly to their own I'm sorry", and hurriedly fled to my own car.
Only he just opened the door to get on the car, Chen Canaan ? via eye bright hand quickly drilled into the passenger side of his car, by the way, to stop his hand to start the car, and turned back to open the door of the rear seat, so that the speed of the slightly slower Qiao Wen get on the car.
Qiaowen sat up nonchalantly and spoke, "Tatsu, we're friends, what happened, why don't you tell us?"
"Right, when my Pretty Boy Nan's friend is in trouble, would he just stand by and do nothing? Speaking of which, that Laotou Dong Ke this is not a thing, you are at least the star he just signed, even with you to do it!"
Li Xing Chen lowered his head, unwilling to show his red and swollen cheeks to the two of them, and said in a muffled voice, "Ah Wen and Ah Nan, it's me that's sorry for you guys, so don't ask, I don't want to drag you into this."
Qiaowen laughed softly, "No matter what, you have to tell us what's going on, it's better for everyone to work together to figure it out than for you to suffer alone in silence like this."
Chen Canaan concurred, "Yes, what is Laotou Dong, we are still afraid of him, he is a triad, we still have Brother Feng and He Xing Society, really pissed us off, let people drag him into the Kowloon Walled City to do away with him, God knows what."
Jovan: "......"
When Li Xing Chen heard him say this, he raised his head and said, "Don't tell Brother Feng, I don't want to cause trouble for him."
Qiao Wen said, "Chen, we are law-abiding citizens, we won't just use the triad set to solve problems. You don't have to be afraid, you tell me what's going on first, and we'll slowly figure it out together."
Li Xing Chen shook his head, "Ah Wen, Lu Han Dong is not something to be messed with, this is my own matter, I really can't drag you guys down. What's more,......" he paused slightly, "I ? have signed with Tengxing, and it's useless to say anything ? now. If I'm not wasted at Tengxing in these three years, you guys will still be willing to accept me by then, and I'll work with you guys again."
Qiao Wen knows that his mind ? is determined, and it is not good to be aggressive, only turned to ask: "You are coerced by Lu Handong before signing this contract right?"
Li Xingchen was silent.
Qiao Wen was convinced and asked again, "Lu Han Dong made the movie originally to clear his name, it's impossible to casually use human life as a threat, it's only possible that there's some kind of handle that fell into his hands."
Li Xing Chen still didn't say anything.
Qiaowen continued, "You've always been a decent and disciplined person, there's no way you could have any handle that could be coerced by him, so it would have to be your cousin."
Li Xingchen suddenly raised his head and looked at him in a pleading manner, "Ah Wen, don t ask, things ? have come to this, even if I tell you, what can I do?"
Qiao Wen saw that he was about to break down, obviously not wanting to talk to himself about this matter. He guessed that besides not wanting to cause them trouble, he also didn't want to publicize the family scandal.
"Okay, I won't ask. But no matter what, you're still a friend to me and Nan, and if you need help with anything, you can tell us right away."
"That's right," Chen Canaan concurred, "Although we are not as rich and powerful as Lu Han Dong right now, nor do we have a big tree at our backs like he does, we are not people without any skills at all, so you don't have to always worry about dragging us down with you."
Li Xing Chen choked, "Thank you."
Qiao Wen thought for a moment and said, "You're in an unstable state right now, I'm afraid it's not safe to drive, so let Nan drive you back."
Li Xing Chen didn't refuse this time and readily switched places with Chen Canaan.
When the car drove out the door, it happened to encounter a wave of reporters who also tried to stop the car for an interview. Chen Canaan made a turn and swam like a dragon, leaving the people behind.
Li Xing Chen originally thought that the first thing that Qiao Wen Chen Canaan did, was to come and question why he betrayed himself. Didn't want to, they didn't suspect his behavior at all, and were concerned about what had happened to him from start to finish.
He was slightly reassured that they were indeed true friends, and he, Li Xing Chen, turned out to have true friends as well. And so the pain and humiliation brought about by Lu Han Dong's punch, unconsciously diminished quite a bit.
Just more and more guilt in my heart.
The car drove to the bottom of his apartment building, Chen Canaan turned off the engine and got off with Qiao Wen.
Li Xing Chen also came down, Lu Han Dong's punch didn't save any energy, his face was still red and swollen, but he could still see the original handsome, he hung his eyes and whispered, "Ah Wen Ah Nan, thank you."
Chen Canaan waved his hand without much concern: "Just drive a car to send you back and ? anyway, today I and Xiao Qiao have nothing to do. You go back to take a good rest, get some medicine to wipe your face, you are the one who has to rely on your face to eat, don't let Laotou Dong that bastard ruin your face, I think he is just jealous of you looking pretty boy."
Li Xing Chen smiled bitterly and looked at the two men enviously, "You two brothers are so affectionate."
Qiao Wen raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Canaan, right into a pair of his eyes that were quite a bit smug, and then also reached out to put a hand on his shoulder, "That's, Xiao Qiao and I are going to be together for the rest of our lives, a life-long friendship, a knife on our necks, we won't betray each other either."
His words meant something, and also rubbed salt into someone's scars, and Li Xing Chen's red and swollen face really floated up once sadness.
Jovian hurriedly poked the guy beside him in the waist with his elbow, signaling him to keep his mouth shut.
Chen Canaan obediently shut his mouth.
"Tatsu, go back to rest and get your face right. Call us if anything happens." Saying that, he added, "I still say, no matter where you are, you're still a friend of Nan and I."
Li Xingchen's eyes flushed red as he nodded vigorously.
Because of Li Xing Chen's signing with Teng Xing, Wen Nan Film was bound to be harassed by all kinds of reporters these days. In order to clear the air, Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan didn't go back to the apartment, but went to the Mid-Levels Villa.
As soon as he entered the house, Chen Canaan leaned back and lay down on the leather sofa, sighing, "Lai Tou Dong, this servant street, are we really going to stand by and watch Chen being forced to shoot for him for three years? Who knows what he'll make Ah Chen shoot? Maybe a porno movie? Isn't that what Teng Xing is good at?"
Qiao Wen hadn't thought of this originally, but after he mentioned it, the alarm bells went off. With Li Xing Chen's popularity, it is certainly a waste to make this kind of movie, but Li Xing Chen is not voluntarily signing with Teng Xing, and he just threw away his face at the signing ceremony, and in the future, there are many places to offend Lu Han Dong, and it is not impossible for the other party to force him to make a pornographic movie in a fit of rage.
Qiao Wen was sitting at Chen Canaan's feet frowning in contemplation when the phone next to him rang, and he casually picked it up to answer it.
It's Jiang Yu Feng calling.
"Joe, what's going on with Tatsu? Wasn't he supposed to be working with you guys? Why did he suddenly sign with Laitou Dong? Xue just called me crying, saying that Chen must have been forced to sign with Tengxing."
Qiao Wen said, "We only found out today as well, but it's safe to say that Chen was indeed coerced by Laotou Dong."
"No, why didn't he ask us for help if he had something? No matter how muddy Laotou Dong is, knowing that Tatsu is under my protection, he definitely wouldn't dare to mess around."
Qiao Wen said, "I couldn't contact him a few days ago, he should have been controlled by Lu Han Dong's side, so I guess he couldn't ask for help. My guess is that he should have been forced to sign a contract before regaining his freedom."
Jiang Youfeng exploded on the other end of the phone and sighed again, ''If Ah Xue knew about this, she'd probably be furious. What should we do now? Is there any room for maneuver?"
Qiao Wen said, "The contract ? has been signed, if the contract is broken you have to lose a few million dollars. A Chen used to be in the TV station to get a salary, plus some business activities, income and movie stars can not compare, this money he can not afford. Besides, letting Lu Han Dong get such a sum of money for nothing, that's simply too unreasonable." He paused and added, "The problem now is that A-chen is afraid of involving us, not telling us what happened, and telling us to stay out of it."
Jiang Yu Feng sighed, "This guy ...... is really ......"
Qiao Wen said, "No matter what, we definitely can't just sit back and do nothing about this, if Ah Chen really stays in Tengxing for three years, he'll probably get depressed and commit suicide. I'll go and find out what's going on, and then I'll find you if I need help."
"Well well well, if you need any help, call me anytime. Laotou Dong while ? we Kowloon Walled City and Xing Society are not yet afraid of him."
Qiao Wen laughed: "Wind brother, now the walled city ? is not a three zones of unregulated area, you beware of yourself, the previous lawlessness that set can not be used again."
Jiang Youfeng smiled, "Don't worry, I have my measure."
Hanging up the phone, Qiao Wen turned back, Chen Canaan ? sits up, wide open a pair of black eyes looking at him, see him look over, legs shrink, buttocks move, people almost directly pasted him.
"What?"
Chen Canaan's eyes gleamed as he said, "Otherwise, let's directly kidnap Li Xinghai and ask him for a clear answer, I think that guy is just a bear bag, his younger brother didn't even dare to let out a single fart when he was beaten up, and he even asked Chen to apologize to Laotou Dong. Capture him here, and I guess he'll be able to tell us everything just by casually scaring him."
Qiao Wen lost his smile, ''Instructor Chen Class Master Chen, why are you still engaging in that triad thing? It's not hard to arrest someone and ask them, but can you guarantee that what you ask is the truth? Li Xing Hai is a goon, but that doesn't mean he's stupid, on the contrary, he's much more savvy than his cousin. Maybe he didn't ask for the truth, and even spooked the snake, making Lu Han Dong have his defenses up."
Chen Canaan nodded, "That's true."
Qiao Wen said, "But the problem definitely appears to be Li Xinghai, I'll ask Zhang Jiaming to help find out what kind of handle he has on Lu Handong."
Chen Canaan skimmed his mouth and despised, "Anyway, this is an oaf, if I had such a brother, I would have been beaten to death long ago."
Jovian laughed and shook his head.
Chen Canaan finished, suddenly as if he remembered something, a mistake, stared at Qiao Wen, eyes can be called "affectionate", and then grabbed his hand: "Xiao Qiao, you can rest assured, I can never be such a brother, even if the knife on my neck, I will not betray you. I will not betray you even if a knife is on my neck."
This look of faith in him was very pompous, causing Qiao Wen to cry and laugh, "Got it."
Chen Canaan gripped his hand harder and continued, "However, if someone puts a knife to your neck and tells you to betray me, you'll sell it right away."
Jovan: "......"
Damn, it's kinda touching.