Chapter 196: Shackles [Thanks to the Bugfield Alliance Leader for the reward!] 】
In the end, Chen Feng still followed.
Not long after, Maserati drove into Caiweilu, the two got out of the car, and Chen Feng reluctantly changed into a suit.
He tried to speak several times, but Lu Wei didn't give him a chance.
After changing clothes, when the two went out again, Lu Wei, who was dressed in a conservative blue dress, quietly reached out and tried to hook his arm.
Chen Feng quietly avoided the side and did not accept her move.
When he was in the car, Chen Feng raised his hand and looked at the table below.
Since a few days ago, because he didn't wear a watch, and found a space to talk to a dirty person like Wang Xilei, Chen Feng simply became ruthless, and after coming back, he bought himself a Rolex and put it on his own.
"It's half past six, and if there's nothing to do later, I'd better go back early, and I still have to write."
Lu Wei nodded, noncommittal.
The car turned two small corners, turned into the European-style backstreet, and stopped again outside the small double-storey western-style building where Chen Feng had been here once.
The two got out of the car and walked side by side inside, but there were already many people inside, many men, women and children, chatting enthusiastically.
As they approached the gate, the two were noticed.
Many people leaned on the general to greet the two.
Mainly, of course, Lu Wei.
When Lu Wei was dealing with others, she quietly reached out again and tried to hook Chen Feng's arm.
Chen Feng dodged again.
But this time, she was ruthless, smiled stiffly, took another step to the side, and hooked Chen Feng's hand fiercely.
Chen Feng's whole person was a little bad.
Frankly, he was disappointed.
Before coming here, he had thought that Lu Wei might want to use himself as a shield.
But this kind of drama is too vulgar, and he thinks that with Lu Wei's rank, it will not be like this.
However, Chen Feng knew that in the early days of his business, Lu Wei helped a lot, even if it was, then he would admit it, let it be regarded as returning her favor, and after today's incident, it would be better to have a showdown with her immediately, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
In this way, about twenty minutes later, the news that the dishes were ready came from the restaurant inside, and the crowd went inside, and Chen Feng got a chance to be relieved.
He tried to withdraw his hand again.
Lu Wei held on tighter.
"Why bother?"
Chen Feng asked.
Lu Wei glanced at him, "You can cooperate with me a little today, okay?" ”
"But then there will be a scandal outside, right? You're also a public figure in a little bit, and it doesn't affect you well. ”
Chen Feng said this very bluntly.
Lu Wei shook her head, "Don't worry, there are no people here who like gossip and chew the root of the tongue, and they can't spread it." Look at those celebrities in the capital, they change their male partners every time they participate in a drinking party. What am I? Don't think about it so deeply, a male partner is not the same as a boyfriend, it's just a meal together, don't think about it. ”
Chen Feng was stunned.
If you think about it, it seems that this is really the case?
Those who came up to say hello didn't seem to know themselves at all, they treated themselves as air completely, and they didn't look at them, but they were very enthusiastic with Lu Wei, and no one joked with her that she had found a boyfriend.
Am I overly sensitive?
Chen Feng thought secretly.
Forget it, the upper class society of the 21st century is really out of place and difficult to handle.
On the contrary, it was the kind of "high society" of the thirty-first century that made him more adaptable.
I think back then, I could talk to many ministers and even the top leaders of the world government.
When it was time to eat, he kept saying that his boyfriend was not his boyfriend, and what Lu Wei, who had a meal with, did made Chen Feng doubt his life again.
She actually served Chen Feng vegetables from time to time!
Chen Feng was so creepy, as if the Lu Wei he knew in his eyes had changed someone.
He thought, this shouldn't be, you're not very old, and theoretically you don't have to worry about getting married, don't trick me, okay?
This doesn't match Lu Wei's temperament and style, right?
The atmosphere entered such a seemingly harmonious but in fact stiff situation.
Although Chen Feng was unhappy, it was always difficult to tear down her stage in public and embarrass her, so he only lowered his head and ate vegetables and rice silently, and he never drank a sip of wine when he was in a bad mood.
In line with the principle of not wanting to waste time, Chen Feng pricked up his ears throughout the meal, trying to eavesdrop on the chats of some "big shots", wondering if he could eavesdrop on some available business intelligence for Xingfeng Entertainment.
But soon he lost interest.
Don't look at these people chatting at the dinner table, all of them are pointing out the country and talking about national affairs, but if you carefully taste the content of their conversations, you feel that you have nothing to gain, and they are all nonsense that is not nutritious.
Although he didn't find anything from eavesdropping, Chen Feng observed something else.
He found that there was a man in his thirties in Beijing at the banquet who looked at him from time to time.
Although this person concealed his hostility well, Chen Feng's current acumen was not something that others could just fool around.
He suddenly realized that there was a ghost.
Chen Feng looked at Lu Wei again, who was putting vegetables into his bowl.
Well, it's all quibbles.
You're lying, you just want me to be a shield.
Rivals are ready.
It's too much.
I'll do you a little favor, it's not impossible.
But you and I have no grievances and no hatred, why do you want to trap me like this?
Don't you understand how much trouble the contradictions that pull me into your circle can cause me?
Chen Feng decided almost on the spot to part ways with Lu Wei from then on.
But soon he found out that the man in the capital did not seem to be a rival in love.
The man was married, and his wife sat next to him, and looked at him unkindly.
From other people's conversations, Chen Feng heard that the couple were not ordinary characters, and they each had their own backgrounds.
Then Chen Feng didn't understand the situation at all.
But he didn't care too much about it, and quickly put it behind him, these bullshit things, just don't touch them in the future.
At about eight o'clock, Chen Feng finished this unpalatable meal with great difficulty.
When he was about to get up and leave on his own, he was just casually agreeing with people at the table, but Lu Wei, who hadn't eaten a few bites of food, also stood up, "I'm sorry everyone, there is something at home, let's go first." ”
The two walked out of the door, and Lu Wei asked, "Come and sit in my Caiwei Mansion?" ”
Chen Feng thought that it would be good to be able to chat privately, "Okay." ”
Back in the small courtyard of Cai Weilu, the servant had already prepared drinks for each of them.
Chen Feng's is Taiping Monkey Kui, and Lu Wei's is coconut milk tea.
Under the gazebo in the middle of the courtyard, the two sat opposite each other.
Chen Feng did not rush to speak, but organized the language in his heart.
Showdown is a showdown, but after all, everyone has a friendship here, and he doesn't want to turn against him, so he just needs to be more vigilant in the future.
"Chen Feng, you must have doubts in your heart."
Lu Wei, who didn't want to sit opposite, opened her mouth first, interrupting Chen Feng's train of thought.
"Ah, yes. You're so abnormal today, not like you at all. I've got you covered. It's not that I'm talking about you, it's not good. I don't know those people, but I know they're certainly not small people. You didn't even notice the way the couple looked at me, hiding it deeply, but I think they wanted to eat me. Unbearable to death. Don't look for me for this kind of thing in the future, otherwise my friends won't have to do it! ”
Chen Feng said a lot.
His tone was half-joking, half-serious, but his attitude was very tough, and he even said it a little absolutely.
But Chen Feng knew that with Lu Wei's previous temperament, he would not bother with him.
And Chen Feng really didn't want to hide the detours in the clouds, which made him upset.
He hates hypocrisy and wrongdoing, so he simply has something to say.
Lu Wei first squinted her eyes and smiled, "I knew you would think so." But you misunderstood me. I'm sorry, I won't tell you first, because I don't want you to fight with someone at the dinner table, with your temperament, it will be like this. ”
Chen Feng was stunned, "Huh? ”
Lu Wei told him the ins and outs of the matter.
Xingfeng Entertainment went from scratch, was born out of nowhere, and then rose like a comet, Chen Feng sat on a market value of billions, and it only took a few months.
Chen Feng felt that he was a porter who "worked hard" to carry gold bricks, and it was natural for him to earn money with peace of mind.
But in the eyes of others, he is clearly a big luck, and it belongs to the windfall of those who should see it.
Commonly known as eye redness.
That couple is the representative of a certain group of people who feel that they have considerable influence in the industry, and Chen Feng should give them a piece of the pie because of his feelings.
This pattern of individuals borrowing the influence of certain groups to acquire a portion of equity in certain rapidly growing companies and turn it into their own interests.
Enterprises like Chen Feng, which maintain high growth and have no background, are the perfect "partners", so they come with "sincerity" and "butcher's knife".
They didn't think they were excessive, and even felt that this was the opportunity they gave Chen Feng, and the final situation was a win-win situation.
Chen Feng may be a little dissatisfied and resist, but in the end, he will definitely understand his good intentions.
Their abacus played very loudly, and they planned to have a meal with Lu Wei today, say hello, and visit Xingfeng Entertainment tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the place, he bumped into Chen Feng and Lu Wei in this small-scale party together.
And the two of them behaved very intimately, and it was clearly for them to see.
They didn't think that Lu Wei would take the initiative to help Chen Feng, but felt that Chen Feng didn't know where he heard the news that they were coming, so he made the first move and hugged Lu Wei's thigh one step ahead.
This is to kick the nose and face to declare sovereignty and deter Xiaoxiao.
They were really intimidated.
After all, Jiangnan Province is Lu Wei's territory, and this territory may continue to expand in the future.
Lu Wei has never been a backer to anyone before, so this is her first time.
Face must be given.
They can't grab this mouthful of rice, and they can't grab it.
Chen Feng listened to Lu Wei tell the ins and outs, but his mood was very complicated, and he was even a little anxious and resentful.
He vaguely remembered that in the previous timeline, Xingfeng Entertainment really encountered a similar situation a year or two later, but in the end, it turned the danger into a disaster.
What happened is mentioned in the historical records in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it has not been detailed, anyway, nothing happened in the end.
Later generations can only rely on speculation and speculation, and it has become an inconsequential historical unsolved case.
Now that he is back in the 21st century, he has personally experienced it once a year or two in advance, and Chen Feng understands the reason.
The one who quietly helped him prevent this catastrophe was the woman sitting in front of him who was usually intellectual and gentle, but did not hesitate to stigmatize herself in order to help him.
As for why it should have happened a year or two later, something happened earlier?
Chen Feng thinks the reason for this is also very simple.
In the last timeline, he sold out the previous music library and "Jiang Lang is exhausted", Xingfeng Entertainment has transformed from a super creative enterprise with explosive growth, under the leadership of Chen Feng and Meng Xiaozhou, to a business enterprise that has steadily developed by operating copyrights, and after ten years of dormancy, it has entered a new round of explosive growth by relying on the successive hit science fiction movies.
In the early April 2020 period of that year, Xingfeng Entertainment's sweet and sweet food was not so attractive in the eyes of some people.
But this time, the situation changed again, and after Chen Feng returned from Los Angeles, he announced big plans one after another, especially the announcement that the stock of songs instantly increased from less than ten to forty, and then set off an amazing trend.
Although Chen Feng does not care about external comments, his amazing influence exists objectively.
Chen Feng's butterfly wings flapped again, distorting the timeline again like a person exercising with a battle rope, and the chain effect caused by it was reflected in the hearts of the group of people represented by the couple, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back, quickly aroused the greed of the other party, and took decisive action.
All kinds of changes are happening imperceptibly, and when they appear in front of Chen Feng, it is such a situation that has never happened before but has "happened".
Chen Feng looked directly at Lu Wei, who had finished talking about everything and had been smiling at himself.
He has anger towards others, complaints and dissatisfaction with reality in his heart, but also gratitude to Lu Wei, and at the same time is a little embarrassed because he misunderstood the other party.
All complex emotions intertwined in the air, and finally converged into a sentence in his mouth.
"Thank you."
Lu Wei nodded, "No thanks, it should be." ”
In fact, Chen Feng wanted to say that you helped me a lot, and there was nothing to repay, but he suddenly felt that this would cause some kind of uncontrollable change, so he shut up.
I didn't think that Lu Wei was quite playful but raised Erlang's legs, held coconut milk tea gently, looked at the sky outside the pavilion where there were no stars and moons, and said.
"Actually, I can tell you're angry about it. This kind of thing makes you a little unexpected? ”
Chen Feng shook his head, "I can think of it, I have seen it on Weibo, and I have heard it when I chatted with netizens." It just fell on my own head, a bit of a surprise. ”
"Well, your anger is rightly rightly there. I empathize, and if it were me, I would be annoyed. For people who have more ideals and pursuits, the more disgusting this kind of thing is, because it is a stumbling block and thistle terrestris on the road to chasing our dreams. ”
Chen Feng: "But this is reality, it exists objectively, there is no escape, you can only deal with it." I can figure it out. ”
"It's good to make sense. But don't worry, we're friends, and I'll do my best to keep this from happening to you. ”
"Thank you." Chen Feng sighed again, "If those ugly garbage who indulge in unearned gains just because they will be reincarnated, and have no apologies for it, and take everything for granted, can have half of your kindness, the world will be much better." ”
Lu Wei glared at him, "Are you praising me or are you scolding me?" I'm pretty good at reincarnation. ”
Chen Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he gave his hand again and again, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made a mistake." This kind of thing shouldn't be compared to you. ”
Lu Wei shook her head again, sighed heavily, and became a little low, "People really can't decide their own reincarnation posture." I don't want to admit it, but I'm a part of it. I try to be a good person, I want to break free, I want to be myself. But I couldn't get rid of it, and I had to fit in, and even the way to solve the problem was the same as theirs. ”
Chen Feng was silent.
"Isn't it strange to say that people are strange? Obviously, no one restricted me, and everyone gave me the maximum range of autonomy, but I just didn't feel comfortable in my heart. I still care about the shackles that I can't see or experience. I can't choose what kind of family I was born in, and I should even be grateful. But I just felt that no matter how far I went, there were always shackles on my feet, and I could still hear the sound of chains clattering behind me. Am I having a problem with my brain? Too pretentious? ”
Lu Wei's tone suddenly became intense.
Chen Feng remained silent.
From the perspective of a bystander, Lu Wei's words are indeed quite something.
But if you look at it from the perspective of a historical reviewer, she realizes the true meaning of her own life.
This is the reason why she is also talented, but no matter how hard she tries, she can never be compared with Zhong Lei in terms of musical and artistic achievements.