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"Coming back?"

As soon as he returned home, Gu Heng heard Gu Changzhi's voice in the kitchen.

"Well, it's back, Dad."

"Then come and get a hand."

"Here it comes."

Gu Heng responded, took off his coat, and came to the kitchen to help Gu Changzhi bring a few dishes back to the table.

Father and son sat opposite each other.

"Have you had a friend come to visit you these two days?" Gu Changzhi sandwiched two green vegetables for him.

After returning from South Korea last year, Gu Heng spent most of his time at home, and only returned to his own residence when he was busy with work.

And in the past few days, Gu Heng has not gone home.

"Yes, a friend from Seoul came over, and I haven't seen him in a while." Gu Heng replied simply.

"No wonder." Gu Changzhi was not suspicious.

"Speaking of Seoul, you should follow up more on the project of this movie, although the version in South Korea is a small test, but we have not really applied the intelligent production integrated system to film shooting," Gu Changzhi advised, "There are still many differences between movies and dramas, don't take it lightly."

"I understand." Gu Heng bowed slightly.

Gu Changzhi's planned road to film and television industrialization, although Jing Sheng is not going fast, but it is also a step by step.

In the past two years, Jingsheng has used the software platform of Yunguo to explore a complete set of standardized prototypes of film and television production through a series of self-made dramas.

Not only did Yunguo stay in the first echelon of the platform, but it also initially walked through the membership business model and reached the breakeven point for the first time.

And now, Jingsheng has finally begun to try to throw the first stepping stone towards the most profitable film production.

Although the scale of the production fund this time is still at the level of tens of millions, it is a start and should not be overlooked.

"Okay, then I'll not be too long-winded, let's eat." Seeing that Gu Heng should be serious, Gu Changzhi didn't say anything more.

Quiet for a dinner.

Gu Heng was about to clean up the bowl quickly, but Gu Changzhi said, "Put the bowl in the sink and soak it, let's go downstairs for a walk first."

Gu Heng nodded and did not refuse.

......

In the summer, the sun sets very late.

Although the two had already had dinner, when they arrived downstairs in the community, there was still a touch of orange-red light of the sunset on the horizon.

Gu Heng accompanied Gu Changzhi and paced silently.

Between father and son, although the relationship has long been eased, it is still silent.

This has little to do with relational emotion.

Just like during the Spring Festival this year, Li Zhien, who had a mouthful of pickle-flavored Chinese, came to visit his home, and he and Gu Changzhi could chat happily.

"Ah, you are not allowed to run! Stop me!"

"I'll run, a little!"

At the same time that the immature child's voice reached the ears of the two, a little girl with a bright smile bumped into Gu Heng's leg.

"Be careful," Gu Heng pinched the girl's face, "What if it breaks?" I can't afford it."

"Hehe, thank you, brother~" The little girl smiled with a red face.

"Run, your brother is coming after you again."

"Uh-huh!" The girl glanced at the boy who was following closely behind her, and took a quick step, "Goodbye, brother!"

Looking at her back as she ran away, Gu Heng shook his head with a smile, "Dad, let's go." ….

Gu Changzhi also retracted the gaze that fell on the girl, and suddenly said, "The friend that Liu Chen introduced to you last month, didn't you go to see again?"

Gu Heng paused on his feet, and then said, "I'm a little busy, so I won't go."

"Work is always busy," Gu Changzhi hesitated unusually before he said tentatively, "Did you interact with people when you were in Seoul last year?"

Gu Heng didn't answer, but frowned, and then asked, "What did Zhi'en say to you?"

This is tantamount to acquiescence.

Gu Changzhi smiled, "You have two photo frames on your own bedside table, one has a photo of Zhien and Zhong Xun, and the other has been empty for such a year, can you also blame Zhien's girl?"

After a pause, he added, "I did ask her once, though."

Seeing that Gu Heng was silent, Gu Changzhi asked again, "What is the reason? It can't be because you're coming back to help me, is it?"

"It's not." Gu Heng shook his head and denied it.

"It's fine," Gu Changzhi smiled gently, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to explain to your mother."

"Separation and merger are common things in life, and no one can guarantee that the first, second, or even third person they meet is the right person."

Gu Changzhi patted Gu Heng's arm and motioned for him to sit down on the stone chair in the community.

The afterglow of the setting sun falls on the stone table, forming several irregular pieces of light and shadow.

Looking at the children running and chasing in the community, Gu Changzhi narrowed his eyes before continuing,

"The separation of two people, sometimes it is not to the point where they have to separate, it may be at a certain moment, all kinds of emotions surging and colliding, and the strings are broken at once."

"From an after-the-fact perspective, you might even think, why did you break up? Why don't you keep trying?"

"But the truth is, you separated, maybe because of immaturity, maybe because of timing, maybe because of something else, but in short, you and that girl paid the price."

"If there's a chance to make up for it, of course that's great, but probably most of the time, it's just missed, so ...... You have to learn to come out on your own."

......

"Yuna is here, wait a minute."

Behind the desk, seeing Lin Yun'er pushing the door in, Li Zhiyuan hurriedly handled the matter at hand.

Although Girls' Generation's Dongying tour has come to an end, it doesn't mean that he can also be idle.

The follow-up itinerary and development planning of the group members are all things that he needs to worry about together.

"Coffee?" Li Zhiyuan got up and sat down on the sofa in the office.

"No need, thank you oppa." Lin Yun'er shook her head.

"It's fine not to drink too much coffee."

Li Zhiyuan didn't care and poured her a glass of ice water.

"When I was younger, I always thought that coffee was a good thing, and when I went to work during the day and party at night, two cups of coffee a day was not enough. But at this age, I realize that I only sleep two or three hours a day with coffee, but I don't want to pay any price for my body, how can there be such a good thing? Now this insomnia and migraine alone is enough to kill......

"OPPA should pay more attention to the body." Lin Yun'er said softly. ….

"Pay attention to your body....... Let's encourage each other," Li Zhiyuan smiled, "Listen to Ha Na, do you want to try the audition invitation for that script?"

"Uh-huh~ I think it's a good opportunity."

"It's a good opportunity, otherwise I wouldn't have hesitated to let Hana deliver it to you."

Tasting Li Zhiyuan's words, Lin Yun'er frowned and said, "Oppa doesn't want me to try it?"

Li Zhiyuan nodded first, but shook his head again.

"First of all, you also know that there are so many meals that can be filled in the company's pot, maybe each of you is still very young, but the girlhood as an idol group is about to pass its seventh year, even if you are still in the first echelon of popularity, but ......"

It's not so cost-effective to throw too many resources into the Girls' Generation combination.

Lin Yun'er was silent.

In the past year, although Girls' Generation has made some achievements in the two markets of Dongying and Europe and the United States, it has not broken through the bottleneck substantially.

And the mini-album ". Although the word-of-mouth evaluation is good, the sales volume and the results of one person are not very good.

In other words, the company has

I saw the ceiling of Girls' Generation, a group that ruled the South Korean song scene for several years.

"So, no matter what, you've all reached the point where you need to think more about your personal development, whether it's solo debut, or continuing your career as an actor. You can see the value of this audition opportunity, and you can be considered sober and smart."

Speaking of this, I don't know what came to mind, Li Zhiyuan's face changed, "Of course, sometimes being too smart may not be a good thing."

Lin Yun'er's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Zhiyuan waving his hand.

"The market in China is much larger than in South Korea, and it doesn't conflict with the interests of the company, so it's certainly good to give it a try, not only for the current opportunity, but also for the future development, you know?"

Lin Yun'er hummed softly, "Then why is OPPA still ......?"

Judging from the meaning of Li Zhiyuan's words, it is obvious that he supports her in this attempt, but at the beginning of these words, he did not have this attitude.

"Because the previous words were all said to you as an agent."

"But as a brother who has known each other for so many years, of course I know that Sunny girl is encouraging you to call me Uncle Agassi or something, but no matter what, as half an elder of you girls, I always want to say something else to you."

"Oppa, you say." Lin Yun'er said seriously.

"Don't be so serious," Li Zhiyuan grinned, and then continued, "Yun'er, I have seen your efforts for more than a year, but I can also see that your state is actually not very good, right?"

"At a certain stage of life, when you encounter something that you can't solve or figure out, you can bury your head and work hard for a while, which is a very effective method, but don't just get used to bowing your head and working hard, but forget what your efforts are for," Li Zhiyuan pointed to the ice water held by Lin Yun'er's hands, "No matter how important your work is, it's only a part of your life, and it's more important to learn to take care of yourself, understand?" ….

Lin Yun'er pursed her lips, "I know about OPPA, thank you."

"It's good to understand, haha," Li Zhiyuan nodded with satisfaction, and a sense of accomplishment from a life mentor instantly swelled up in his heart, "Then take a good rest for a while, and then I will let Hana send it to you if there are other suitable invitations in the future."

Lin Yun'er blinked, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, "Thank you oppa, but this audition invitation ...... I still want to try it."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyuan frowned, "Yun'er, ....... you?"

"This time, it may be a little different from my previous job."

......

Smack.

Lin Yun'er opened the door of the office from the inside.

Walking into the hallway, she poked Sunny who was sitting on a bench with her chin propped up and dozing off, "Sunny Ernie, wake up."

"Huh?" Sunny shook his head, sat up straight and yawned, "Yoona, why have you been talking to Zhiyuan OPPA for so long?" This Aga ......"

In the middle of speaking, the office door was pushed open.

After two seconds of staring at Li Zhiyuan, who was holding a coffee cup, Sunny smiled, "Zhiyuan oppa."

Lin Yun'er tugged at the corners of her clothes, and the two hurriedly left under Li Zhiyuan's indifferent and cold gaze.

If you want to kill someone, you can't hide it.

It wasn't until he got out of the company building and got back into the car that Sunny breathed a sigh of relief, "But it's bad enough to ......."

Starting the car, she drove Lin Yun'er away. Firm.

"Is it the company that has gone back on it? I don't want you to take that audition?" Sunny asked.

"Ani," Lin Yun'er shook her head, "The company is still supportive, and they talked about some other things, so it was delayed."

"That's good," Sunny said with a relieved smile, "The location is."

If you're in Tsuseong, it's very close to him."

Lin Yun'er didn't answer Sunny's words, her eyes fell on her palm, not knowing what she was thinking.

"I said Miss Lin Yun'er, you really don't just plan to audition, do you?"

「...... I don't know." There was a hint of hesitation in Lin Yun'er's tone.

Sunny opened his mouth to speak, but after glancing at Lin Yun'er's expression, he hesitated to swallow the words back.

After all, this is a matter between the two of them, and they can't say too much.

Lin Yun'er took this step, which is actually a kind of beginning, and as for the subsequent development of the situation, it may really only be handed over to a soft-hearted god.

"Where are you going?" Go back to the dorm or not?" Sunny asked her.

"Send me back to my lodgings, I'm sorry for Ernnie."

「OK。」

The car moved quietly all the way and soon arrived downstairs at Lin Yun'er's residence.

After waving goodbye to Sunny, Lin Yuna walked into the unit building.

But the moment the elevator door opened, she suddenly stopped, turned around and walked out of the unit building, crossing the road to the 24-hour convenience store opposite.

"Miss, what are you going to eat?" The aunt of the oden window asked with a hearty smile.

"Hmm......" Looking at the steaming oden in the window, Lin Yun'er was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses, and subconsciously said, "Two fish balls, one shrimp ball, two slices of kelp......

"Hey, has Miss come to the store to eat before?"

"Huh?"

"Shrimp balls used to be available, but they didn't sell very well because they were more expensive, and then I didn't sell them at all," the aunt explained with a smile, and then asked, "Can I change it for something else?" How about crab sticks?"

「...... Yes, thank you."

"I should say thank you to Miss," Auntie asked as she busied herself, "Do you like shrimp balls very much?"

"Uh-huh...... It used to be."

"Before?" Auntie was amused by her words and asked, "Isn't it now?" Otherwise, why would you order this?"

Lin Yun'er was dumbfounded for a while.

A moment later.

Holding a somewhat hot oden cup, Lin Yuna sat down on the steps downstairs of the unit building.

Picking up a fish ball with a skewer, she took a bite.

Well, it's still the same taste as before.

It's just that......

Looking at the newly replaced crab sticks in the cup, she felt as if something was stumbling in her heart.

Ah, the sea