43. "Anyway"
Tao Li was a little relieved, and dialed several more calls. After confirming them in turn, he let out a long sigh and leaned back on the couch, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ai Xin finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, washed the dishes, put the cold dishes in the refrigerator, wiped his hands and walked to the living room to sit down.
The two of them sat in silence for a while, but after all, Ai Xin couldn't hold his breath and slowly opened his mouth: "How is it?"
"Not very good. Tao Li shook his head and opened his mouth to talk about all the gains of today.
When the news first appeared, both of them panicked because they were too surprised. But calm down and think about it, most press releases these days have a part in the company. Even if the paparazzi take a candid photo, it is very likely that they will first take the photo to the company to negotiate the price, and if the negotiation is not appropriate, it may be exposed.
So such a large-scale bombardment news, Tao Li quickly judged that if someone didn't want to bring down Jinghai and maliciously planned, it could basically be concluded that the company did it intentionally.
But the key is that Jinghai is a hot and popular student, and it is understandable to stir up scandals for work, works and actors, but this kind of underground love affair exposure can be said to do more harm than good to Jinghai and the company.
In this case, why did the company do such a thing? It harmed Jinghai and did not benefit itself at all.
Tao Li never figured out this problem, and after a little thought, he decided to use the power of the masses.
Tao Li pulled the entire marketing department and public relations department of the company for an afternoon meeting, and the whole room was gloomy, no matter what idea was proposed, Tao Li always had a valid reason to overturn this idea. Finally, a newcomer came up with his own idea.
"Could it be...... The company used this method and method to warn Jinghai ...... "The newcomer stopped halfway through speaking, I don't know if I feel that what I said is wrong, or I don't know what to say later."
Tao Li squinted at the man, and suddenly felt that everything seemed to be clear...... He remembered that he seemed to have done something similar, and if the person he had always controlled wanted to be free, he would tell that person in his own way who had the final say in the world.
"So, do you think it's the company warning Jinghai?" Ai Xin sighed, feeling that he was too innocent.
"I can only say that this is the most likely, but I still haven't figured out why this way. Tao Li frowned, this is too risky, and if you are not careful, Jinghai's acting life may stop here.
"Nope. Ai Xin shook his head, "First, the new drama will be released soon, which can be dissolved into hype, because if it is not a fact, there is no other evidence; second, in this way, Jinghai's character will be more stable; third, take 10,000 steps back and say, there are still tens of millions of Jinghai after one Jinghai is abolished, and there will never be a shortage of newcomers in the circle." It's more reassuring to be an obedient puppet than a time bomb. ”
Tao Li was stunned, lowered his head and laughed.
"What are you doing?" Ai Xin gave him a blank look.
"It's nothing, as long as it's not Tong Yu's business, you can see it very thoroughly. Tao Li looked at her with relief, "I thought you were ruining your mind when you fell in love." ”
"Phew. Ai Xin kicked him, wanted to say something, and sighed and leaned back on the sofa.
Tao was silent, he knew how much grievances Ai Xin had in his heart, and she was not a submissive character. But Jinghai is also Tong Yu's friend, it seems that Ai Xin will not plan to seek justice this time.
Tao Li suddenly remembered the first time he saw Ai Xin, but it wasn't like now.
"What's the matter, you can't stop going out, right?" Tao Li glanced at her.
"It's fine. Ai Xin smiled and shook his head, "It's a big deal, just drive out." ”
"Can you open it now?" Tao Li frowned, looking at her suspiciously.
"It's nothing, but you ......" Ai Xin seemed to remember something, got up and took out two huge paper bags from the room, with gilded English letters printed on them.
She handed the paper bag to Tao Li and glared at him: "Have you forgotten your father's birthday again?"
"Hey. Tao Li touched his head a little embarrassed, laughed hastily, and took the paper bag in Ai Xin's hand, "Don't you just remember?"
"That's your dad. ”
"That's half your father!" Tao Li laughed, "We don't separate families." ”
"Okay, are you still going to the company today?" Ai Xin didn't bother to argue with him again.
"No, not this week, I'll stay with you at home. ”
"No, I don't. Ai Xin called, and Jiuguan ran out of the house, "You plan to let the company redeem itself, right?" ”
"Alas, that day, I pulled the little 100 people to a meeting, and it was so loud that my dad stopped for a week. Tao Li sighed.
"I know, then you can stay by yourself, I'll go sleep for a while. Ai Xin stood up with Jiuguan in her arms, as if she remembered something, and turned her head to look at Tao Li, "I gave you a double skin milk in the refrigerator, remember to drink it later." After speaking, he went back to the bedroom with Jiuguan in his arms.
"You still love me!" Tao Li looked at Ai Xin's back and shouted exaggeratedly.
Lying on the sofa for a while, Tao Li still sat up, looked at the two paper bags on the ground, flipped through them and took out the contents of them, it was a few vinyl records wrapped in kraft paper, it looked like it should have been some time from the cover, it seemed to be piano music and waltz.
Although Tao Li didn't love these things, he knew that these discs were definitely worth a lot of money. He sometimes really thinks that Ai Xincai is like the Tao family, whether it is a high taste in music, art, and food, or a low-key and gentle, rigorous and mature style. And his father, who has never been smiling, only smiles when he sees Ai Xin. Not only that, even if the two of them did the same thing, his father would only praise Ai Xin.
He remembers one time when he failed to invest and messed up, his father was furious in the office, and he broke a small expensive sculpture. The reason why my father was so angry was not because of how much loss he had, but because he had already advised Tao Li that this project could not be done. But Tao Li at that time only wanted to prove himself, and no one could stop him when his brain was hot, and he was killed by someone.
Just as his father picked up a golf club and was about to beat himself, Ai Xin knocked on the door and entered the office. After that, Tao Li stood outside his office for thirty minutes. He didn't know what Ai Xin said to his father inside, but he knew that when Ai Xin pushed the door out, his father's anger had disappeared. After that, my father successfully remodeled that project and made a lot of money from it.
He recalls his twenty years of schooling, where his father had only been to his school twice. The first time was when he graduated from college and attended the graduation ceremony as his and Ai Xin's family. The second time, when he was enrolled in graduate school, he still participated as his and Ai Xin's family. Strangely, he never felt jealous, but thanked Ai Xin for being able to see his father a few more times.
Usually Ai Xin was wronged, although he was distressed, he was not worried, he knew that Ai Xin had the ability to deal with it himself. But this time is different, not to mention that the other party is completely using her, the most important thing is that Ai Xin must have chosen to suffer this dumb loss.
Although it wasn't his intention, he still couldn't help but read the comments on Ai Xin on the Internet, and he was so angry in the office that he almost dropped the potted plant on the desk. If the secretary hadn't reminded him in time that this was his father's favorite pot, he might not have been able to sit at Ai Xin's house and eat dessert now.
Thinking of this, he felt a little grateful for the news, after all, he hadn't eaten a meal made by Ai Xin for a long, long time. When he was in college, going to Ai Xin's house every day to eat was one of his hobbies. But the work is getting busier and busier, and Ai Xin rarely cooks by herself anymore, and lately she has been cooking for that stinky boy.
Tao Lileng snorted, took out the double skin milk from the refrigerator, sat on the dining table and continued to send WeChat.
Tianhuan Entertainment Company.
Tong Yu leaned on the sofa in the lounge, and there were a few small artists sitting scattered in the room, all of whom should be waiting for the announcement. He didn't care, after all, the lounge wasn't his own.
Tong Yu looked at his phone, he and Jinghai had a group chat, and since the news came out, no one had sent messages in it, and there was no link to share the game. He knew that everyone didn't care, probably because of the relationship between him and Ai Xin, so they all chose to contact Jinghai privately.
But these days, Jing Hai has never contacted him, whether it is an apology or an explanation, and he doesn't know if he should ask Jing Hai something.
"Brother Yu. Ah Wei pushed open the door and handed Tong Yu a takeaway, "Your takeaway." ”
"Huh?" Tong Yu took the takeaway and paused for a moment, he hadn't ordered takeout at all. He glanced at the small ticket nailed to the bag, and sure enough, it was......
"Where's the delivery man?!" Tong Yu stood up and grabbed Ah Wei.
"Outside, delivery man?" Ah Wei was startled by him, and it took him a long time to react, pointing in the direction outside, "Just, just left......"
Tong Yu let go of Ah Wei and rushed out of the lounge directly, and several little artists in the room looked at him like crazy people. Sure enough, after so many years in the circle, it is not popular, and it is relatively easy to have problems......
Tong Yu rushed downstairs, but he didn't see the figure of the person, and after turning around twice, he still found nothing, and he leaned against the wall unwillingly, bowing his head and panting.
A shadow appeared in front of Tong Yu and stood still.
He looked up, and sure enough, it was the familiar figure, thin, small, and distressing.
"Teacher Tong. Ai Xin's voice came from behind the mask, and there was a stuffy feeling. Although the hat and mask obscured most of her face, he could see that her exposed eyes had turned into crescent smiling.
Tong Yu cleared his throat and looked at her with a frown: "Why are you here?"
Even if he wanted to see her again, at a time like this, he didn't dare to risk letting public opinion put any more pressure on Ai Xin.
"I want to see you. Ai Xin pulled down the mask, her smile was like a flash, and Tong Yu felt dizzy for a moment.
"......" Tong Yu couldn't hold back any longer, reached out and hugged Ai Xin in his arms, gently stroking her hair.
"What are you running around at this time......" Tong Yu patted the back of her head, as if he wanted to rub her into his chest.
After hugging like this for two minutes, Ai Xin coughed lightly twice: "Ahem, Teacher Tong, do you want to make headlines too?"
"No matter. Tong Yu's head was buried in Ai Xin's hair, making a muffled sound.