Chapter 53: Ruthless
It was Zhang Manyu who opened the door, wearing a cheongsam with her hair coiled up and dressed maturely, exactly the same as when "Police Story" premiered. If it weren't for hearing her voice, Chen Ping'an would almost not recognize it.
Recognizing Zhang Manyu, Chen Ping'an had too many doubts. For example, why Zhang Manyu is dressed like this, why is she at his house, what is she doing at his house so late, and how did she get in.
"Mr. Chen, you're back." Zhang Manyu smiled and said hello, helped Chen Ping'an help Shang Geyundun to the sofa, and poured Chen Ping'an a glass of water, "I've been waiting for you all night." β
Wait for me? Chen Ping'an frowned: "What are you waiting for me to do?" Didn't you tell you to go to the company tomorrow? Don't talk yet, go and change this outfit before you talk. You still can't deduce that taste, it's so deliberate that I don't feel comfortable looking at it. β
"Hmm." Zhang Manyu reluctantly responded, then turned around and ran back to Chen Ping'an's room, seeing Chen Ping'an dumbfounded. After a long while, Zhang Manyu came out of the room, took off her makeup and changed into her usual dress, holding a neatly folded cheongsam in her hand, wearing a strange coat, and walked in front of Chen Ping'an.
The coat was obviously a men's suit, it was tattered, but it was very clean, and it seemed that Zhang Manyu cared a lot. What puzzled Chen Ping'an was that the coat was a little familiar to him.
"What are you doing at my house so late?"
"Wait for you, I told you."
"Then you sue me, how did you get in?"
Zhang Manyu pointed to Shang Geyundun, who was leaning on the sofa and smirking: "He gave it to me." β
Old Shang? This livestock!
Chen Ping'an was furious, he always knew that Lao Shang was very **, but he never thought that this guy would dare to hit Zhang Manyu's attention, and he had already succeeded in seeing the posture!
Grabbing Shang Geyundun by the collar, Chen Ping'an roared: "You bastard! Say, what have you done! β
"Hiccup...... Chen, what are you doing...... We drank ......"
"Drink your mother's legs! Say, you and Zhang ...... Why did you give the key to Zhang Manyu? β
"Zhang, who is Zhang Manyu? Oh, you say Maggie...... Belch...... She said come and help clean up the house, I thought, thinking about saving trouble and money, so I matched her with a key ......"
Whewββ
Shang Geyun's words were intermittent, and Chen Ping'an easily understood, threw it back on the sofa, and let out a long breath. He didn't notice that just as he pressed Shang Geyun to ask what it was, a sly smile flashed on Zhang Manyu's face.
"Mr. Chen, drink a glass of water to suppress the shock."
The slender jade hand held the water cup and stretched it out in front of Chen Ping'an, the girl's body fragrance was mixed with a faint perfume smell, Chen Ping'an couldn't help but take a deep sniff. Then the next moment, he pushed Zhang Manyu's hand away: "What did you say?" What is the convulsion? β
"Were you angry just now, thinking something was going on between me and him? You don't have to lie to me, I feel your anger. β
"Don't say these useless, it just so happens that you are here, let me ask you, Zhang Ziyang asked you to sign a contract, why didn't you sign it?"
"You changed the subject, did you have a weak heart?" Zhang Manyu had a triumphant smile on her face, "You don't have to worry about signing the contract, I will definitely sign a contract with Dark Horse International if I am willing to lose the bet, but before I sign, I have something to ask you." β
"Just ask."
"Why did you save me that day in the fire, even at the risk of your own safety? It was dangerous, and if you were a minute too late, you might have to die with me. β
This girl...... Chen Ping'an felt something: "Did you misunderstand?" I saved you because you are valuable and can bring me good profits, otherwise why don't you see me save others? β
"Are you not even afraid of death for the sake of money?"
"Of course I was afraid, didn't I know it at the time! Now that you're done asking, go to the company tomorrow and sign the contract, or I'll be careful of scratching your face. Chen Ping'an flashed his nail clippers again.
Zhang Manyu was not afraid: "Scratch my face, how can you use me to make money?" β
Sound like this, how do I look like a pimp? "Okay, it's past twelve o'clock, I want to rest, you can go."
"I still have something to say!" Zhang Manyu suddenly stroked the cheongsam in his hand, and his tone was melancholy, "Mr. Chen, there are only two favorite clothes in my life, and this cheongsam is one of them, do you know which one of the other ones is?" β
How do I know how to go!
"The other one is the coat I wear." Zhang Manyu pulled the coat into his arms, gently stroked it as if touching a clear person, and Chen Ping'an was covered with goosebumps when he saw it, "The owner of this coat is a big hero, no matter what others think, at least in my eyes, he is a big hero." He almost died in the fire to save me, and he was injured in order to save me. Although he didn't take saving me to heart, I couldn't forget that it was that person who was there for me when I was most desperate, protecting me and giving me hope. Mr. Chan, do you understand? β
Hiss - this is the rhythm of repaying the favor with the body! Chen Ping'an gasped, and Zhang Manyu looked at him emotionally, which made him feel more stressed.
"Maggie, I'll tell you again, I saved you purely because of your potential worth. If you want to repay me, then sign the contract and film well to make money for me. β
"You're lying! If you didn't care about me, why were you angry! β
"That's because I don't want to see the future double actress die! It's too late, you go back early, and remember to go to the company tomorrow to sign a contract! β
Chen Ping'an rudely pushed Zhang Manyu out of the door and slammed the door shut. Zhang Manyu slid down the wall with two clothes in her arms, squatting in the aisle, crying silently.
A minute later, hope came and the door opened.
"Don't cry, I'll send you back." Chen Ping'an, who had changed his clothes, walked out, "Are you hungry, do you want to have some supper?" β
The tears had not dried up, and a smile reappeared on her face, Zhang Manyu wiped away her tears: "You still care about me." β
"You're my cash cow, can I not care about you?"
After the two finished supper, Chen Ping'an drove Zhang Manyu back to the dormitory.
Zhang Manyu's dormitory is not very far away, it is provided by wireless, dirty streets, old buildings, noisy pedestrians, and vendors, all indicate that the rent here will not be high, and the grade of Longxiangyuan is simply heaven and earth. Think about it, with wireless stinginess, how good can the dormitory provided to artists be?
Chen Ping'an got out of the car and opened the car door for Zhang Manyu very gentlemanly: "You live here?" β
"Hmm. Go up and have a glass of water, Mr. Chen? β
It's so late...... "Okay, it just so happens that I'm thirsty too." β
Such an answer made Zhang Manyu overjoyed, hugged the two most precious clothes in her life, and walked into the corridor side by side with Chen Ping'an.
Although it was already one o'clock in the morning, the lights in many dormitories were still on, and wireless artists came and went from time to time. Wireless filming is very rushed, for example, a drama has 20 episodes, there may be four directors filming, each filming five episodes, the actors follow the director out to go out to the location during the day, and have to go into the studio with the director to film at night.
When Chen Ping'an sent Zhang Manyu back, many artists had just returned from the set, and some artists came back a step earlier, and now they have asked acquaintances to go downstairs for supper. For example, Liang Chaowei, Miao Qiaowei and Zhou Xingchi, five young men and women who had just finished eating supper and sent Qi Meizhen and Zeng Huaqian back, were chatting downstairs, and after seeing Zhang Manyu and Chen Ping'an, the five of them greeted each other warmly, stared at Chen Ping'an for a while, and when the two went upstairs, the five immediately began to talk about the relationship between Chen and Zhang.
Not only them, Chen Ping'an sent Zhang Manyu upstairs on the way, and saw many familiar and young faces, many of which were common faces in later film and television dramas, but at the moment they were still living in the dilapidated dormitory building provided for them by wireless.
Many people will greet Zhang Manyu after seeing the two of them. The bold directly joked about Chen Ping'an and Zhang Manyu, and the reserved ones also talked behind their backs, Chen Ping'an kept a gentlemanly smile and did not defend himself, Zhang Manyu also walked beside Chen Ping'an with a smile, and even took the initiative to hold his arm.
"Maggie, you're back!"
"Hey, who's this? Your new boyfriend? β
"Whose son is it?"
"What a pretty boy, I just don't know if I have any money."
"Seeing that he doesn't look like a rich boy, it can't be Maggie upside down, right?"
"Shhh......hh
The dormitory is not big, Zhang Manyu's roommates don't know what to do outside, and there are only the two of them in the dormitory for the time being. The dormitory was quite chaotic, and there were ** pants on the balcony, Chen Ping'an couldn't help but look at it twice.
"Mr. Chen, drink water." Pouring a glass of water for Chen Ping'an, Zhang Manyu began to clean up the dormitory, "The conditions where I live are relatively poor, not as good as Mr. Chen, which makes Mr. Chen smile." β
"Hehe, you don't have to be presumptuous. Follow me, and I promise that in the future you will be able to afford even a villa in the mid-levels. β
Following you? Zhang Manyu looked at Chen Ping'an with resentment: "Let's talk about the future in the future, now I'm afraid that I can't even afford to live here." β
This is the dormitory provided by wireless for employees, Zhang Manyu not only did not renew the contract with Shaw Brothers, but she also made up her mind to leave wireless when her contract with wireless expired this year, so she will soon be unable to live in this dormitory.
Thinking about what happened, Chen Ping'an smiled: "You don't have to cry poor in front of me. Tomorrow, I will honestly go to the company to sign a contract, and the company will arrange a dormitory for you, and the conditions are guaranteed to be a hundred times better than here. β
I didn't mean that...... Zhang Manyu looked at Chen Ping'an, who was pretending to be stupid, and asked, "Does the company have a dormitory?" Where is it? β
"I have a high-end apartment of 2,300 square feet in Mong Kok, and now no one lives in it, so you can live in it first, and use it as a dormitory for female artists in the company." Most of the money in Chen Ping'an's hands has been bought, except for the villa in the middle of the mountain, there is no problem with taking out one or two sets of high-end apartments in other prosperous areas as company dormitories, anyway, he will not sell them in a few years.
After chatting casually for a few more words, Zhang Manyu's roommate came back, Chen Ping'an got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Manyu was not easy to keep.
Chen Ping'an was still worried about the possible harvest downstairs, so he politely refused Zhang Manyu to send him downstairs and left alone. At this time, it was close to two o'clock in the morning, there was basically no one in the corridor, and most of the lights in the dormitory were out.
But when he passed by a dormitory, the door of the dormitory suddenly opened, and a girl about 20 years old suddenly called out his name: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Chen Ping'an Chen?" β