The morning in the mountains was far colder than at the foot of the mountain, and Shen Tong was wearing a black suit jacket, but he still felt cold in his hands and feet in the room. Meiya wore a black bandeau dress, but she didn't show any cold, seeing Shen Tong looking at herself with a puzzled expression, Meiya, who was still carrying high heels, pulled up the flesh-colored tight undershirt on her shoulders and showed it to Shen Tong. It turned out to be a "artifact" to protect the body from the cold.

Mei Ya lifted her high heels and knocked on the door at the same time, Shen Tong opened the door, and Li Zhi in a black suit and black tie stood outside the door, and Li Rui in a white double-breasted dress and black trousers. Shen Tong noticed his white bow tie and the black armband on his right arm. The dark sky made the hallway look unusually gray.

"Miss Zhang, we have to go to pick up the eldest aunt." Li Zhi said to Meiya, who nodded. She walked to Shen Tong's side, kissed Shen Tong goodbye, and then walked to Li Rui's side and hugged him, and kissed him on the forehead.

Looking at the two people who disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Li Rui walked into the room with his hands behind his back. He sat on the bed, his right hand reached into the quilt covered by Shen Tong and Meiya, and felt the temperature inside.

"That's good." Li Rui said calmly, smiling at Shen Tong, who was standing on the collar of his shirt and preparing to tie his tie.

"Look at you like this, it doesn't look like you're giving Lao Dou a funeral." Shen Tong pulled out a silk black tie from the suitcase scattered on the ground. Li Rui stood up and walked over to him, took the tie from his hand and began to tie a Windsor knot for Shen Tong.

"I don't know the old man very well, and to be honest, I was confused when I first received the news that I was the only heir in the will. And then I was coerced into dealing with these things. I didn't talk to him much, and the one I talked about the most was the one I had before the start of my freshman year. So, I really don't know how to express sadness. It's like a neighbor who lives upstairs from me, just listening to the noise but never fitting into his life. Of course, he didn't seem to want me to fit into his life. But my younger brother is very sad. They are uncles and nephews, I am stepsons, and I am an outsider compared to them. ”

Li Rui tied the tie knot for Shen Tong, inserted the collar brace into the hole at the tip of the collar, and then smoothed and sorted out the collar for Shen Tong.

"Don't say your blood is cold, I know you actually care." Shen Tong adjusted the tightness of the tie with his fingers, and then buttoned the top button of the jacket.

Li Rui didn't answer, he moved his gaze to Shen Tong's cuffs, and he reached out and picked up Shen Tong's right hand.

"Your cufflinks are really tasteless, so ugly, change them." As he spoke, Li Rui took out a wooden locket that was some years old from the inner pocket of his dress, which contained a pair of black mother-of-pearl cufflinks. Even people like Shen Tong, who rarely pay attention to luxury, know the rarity of this pair of cufflinks.

"It's precious." Although Shen Tong said that it was precious, his hand was very honest and took off his brass gold-plated cufflinks.

"Is there less valuable?" Li Rui showed the easy-going and gentle smile that he usually used, and put the pair of cufflinks on Shen Tong. He never concealed his instinctive liking for Shen Tong, which was no different from Meiya's liking for Shen Tong, but because of his gender, he couldn't express it as passionately as Meiya. He likes to give Shen Tong gifts, pens, watches, lighters, cufflinks, collar pins, etc., all of which Shen Tong loves—in Shen Tong's words—"little things full of rituals." I'm afraid that in terms of these gifts, Li Rui gave Shen Tong far more than Meiya gave Shen Tong.

Shen Tong walked to the mirror and looked at the pair of cufflinks on his folded sleeves. Li Rui walked over and patted Shen Tong's ass and walked out of the room. Shen Tong smiled evilly, and suddenly looked at Li Rui's lone back, a feeling of loneliness made his heart tighten, and then he walked out of the room with Li Rui's back.

Walking out of the villa, walking through the boulevard, and arriving at the square, there were already guests present, and the first guests were those related to the farewell ceremony. The pastor of the church, accompanied by a serving brother, was busy on the small pulpit under the black canopy, and Li Rui stepped forward to greet the pastor. The pastor stepped down from the pulpit and gently touched Li Rui's shoulder and said, "Don't be sad, be happy." Our brethren returned to the Lord Jesus with peace and happiness in his kingdom, free from pain and trouble. ”

Li Rui's expression was calm, he lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "May the Lord protect his peace, and may the Lord grant me peace in me, give me and bless me, and let me guard everything behind him." ”

After bidding farewell to the pastors, they walked along the passage of the square to the hall of the building facing the podium. Along the way, Shen Tong saw many young and beautiful faces touching up their makeup on the folding stools in the square. These girls are as beautiful as they have been plucked out of the cover of a fashion magazine, with hot bodies and body curves that even professional models would be jealous of, a kind of curve that can only come from genetic superiority, and even the most expensive and superb plastic surgery hospital in Shenzhen cannot create such a charm.

When they arrived in the hall, a woman in a black dress and long skirt was already standing in the center of the hall, her slender and plump figure was particularly slender and agile against the background of a fur shawl. Seeing Shen and Li Rui, she generously opened her arms to greet them, Li Rui politely hugged her, and she didn't even need to step on her feet or tilt her head when she kissed Li Rui's side face.

"Mr. Rui, please mourn." The woman said.

"Mr. Yang, thank you for coming today."

"Mr. Shen." She nodded politely to Shen Tong, and Shen Tong also nodded politely in return.

"I was really terrified when I heard the news of the chairman's passing. Last month we celebrated Christmas together in Sanya. I made an appointment to let him see which of these newcomers had potential after the New Year, but hey, it was too sudden. ”

Li Rui's hands naturally rested on her waist, and he said, "He's still really energetic." ”

"Who's to say it's not." There was a flash of spring on her face, but she seemed to suddenly realize that Shen Tong was still there, so she naturally retreated half a step. Then she raised her hand and began to grope for something in the breast pad of her bandeau gown, she continued, "Today, my colleagues in the company said that they would come to see the chairman on his last journey, and everyone here has been personally taken care of and guided by the chairman. She took out a small envelope that was not too thin and handed it to Li Rui, "A little heart, Mr. Rui, the company has a part in the chairman's affairs." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Yang has a heart." Li Rui took the envelope casually.

"I know that you and the chairman have different preferences," she leaned close to Li Rui's ear, "The 'pony' will arrive later," and returned to the normal distance, "I won't let them disturb you today, and everything that should be explained and arranged has already been explained." In the evening, I will ask you for advice and communication alone. She held Li Rui's right hand with one hand.

"Mr. Yang, you are always so caring, I think Li Zhi's kid will definitely be very useful." Li Rui's smile was very measured.

"Hey, Zhi is always quite family-oriented." She smiled naturally and ripplingly, and she also took it in a measured manner, this is a real celebrity. She knew that today's theme was farewell and funeral, and it was not yet time to start frivolous.

"There's no need for everyone to wait in the square, how cold it is. It's still so early, let's come in and get a bite to eat at the restaurant. When the other guests arrive, they will go to the square to mourn together. Li Rui patted the back of her hand holding her hand with one hand.

"Hey," she withdrew her hand and lowered her head, "The chairman treats people humbly and gently, and treats everyone like family. The modeling industry is too cruel, and nobles are too important and too rare. She suddenly remembered something, raised her head and said, "Look at my brain, I know you're going to be busy today, and I won't take up much of your time, so I'll go see them." She bowed gracefully to Li Rui.

"Mr. Shen." She turned to Shen Tong again, squatted slightly, and walked to the square behind after Shen Tong nodded in return. Flat-heeled shoes didn't make a sound when they stepped on the ground.

Shen Tong noticed that Li Rui was looking at him, and he spread out the palm she had just held to Shen Tong, and inside was a folded note with a string of phone numbers written on it in lipstick.

"Yang Qingran, I know. It's the owner of a modeling agency. Shen Tong reached out and took the note, and there was a line of small words written with a black eyebrow pencil under the number: "If it is convenient to transfer it to Mr. Shen." Shen Tong glanced at Li Rui with a look that seemed to be puzzled, but in fact they were both clear to each other.

"Feibi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Mr. Yang knew that I didn't need it, so he left it for you. ”

"Is she that powerful?"

"How do I know. But the old man always likes the best," Li Rui put his hand on Shen Tong's buttocks, "You want to know, call and try it yourself, Miss Zhang doesn't care anyway." ”

"Fuck off!" Although the two of them made vulgar jokes, Shen Tong still put the note in his coat pocket. They realized how out of place such a joke was now, and they reverted to their solemnity.

Times have changed and changed, and the stage of Vanity Fair may have been turned upside down, but the underlying logic driven by desire has never changed. In the industry, a modeling company like Yang Qingran is vividly called a 'supermarket', because the appearance fee of the models is clearly marked, in addition to the business scope that can be written on the business license, the high appearance fee also includes those that cannot be written on paper. The newcomer model who is not famous is called "cold fresh meat", the old model who is not popular is called "meat steak", the hot and well-behaved and sensible person is called "sirloin", and the once brilliant and now outdated is called "sea urchin". Responding to a call is called a "private auction", and a group door-to-door service like this today is called a "catwalk".

Young and beautiful bodies only serve fame and fortune, and in Yang Qingran's industry, the average career cycle of practitioners is only 18 months. The best ending is to go ashore, marry someone who doesn't care about their professional experience, and then live an ordinary life. However, the vast majority of people will only leave with physical and psychological pain scars and aging, and then treat this momentary wound with the shadow of the second half of their lives in their own nameless corners. Knowing this, there are still endless beautiful faces coming forward one after another. Because the extravagance and brilliance after "success" are like the red apples in the Garden of Eden, tempting everyone who is hungry and thirsty.

In every company that has successfully survived in the industry, there will always be one or two successful predecessors, and their gorgeous lives and legendary experiences make every soul enslaved by desire not hesitate to exchange their short-term exquisite body for a ticket to Vanity Fair, and everyone in them will feel that the next "success" is themselves.

As for Yang Qingran, she is familiar with all this and thorough. In her mind, making money with physical advantages is the same as making money with hard work, wisdom and knowledge. Even if you lie down and strip naked, you still deserve respect. If you have a good appearance, you must cash in as soon as possible while it is still valuable, otherwise, like all goods with an expiration date, you will only be left in the garbage and rot after expiration.

As Oscar Wilde said, "Everything in the world has to do with the pleasure of men and women, except pleasure itself, and pleasure has to do with power." ”