Chapter Fifty-Four p1
“Ming Songrui?” Yu Zhao was slightly taken aback, and asked with a hint of confusion: “What does her good relationship with CEO Bo have to do with me?“
Xu Zhidie didn’t want to say more, and said with a serious expression: “It has nothing to do with you, I just hope that Miss Yu doesn’t mention Miss Ming in front of CEO Bo when you have nothing to do. Ever since Miss Ming went abroad to study against CEO Bo’s wishes, CEO Bo has been very unhappy, and gets angry every time she hears Miss Ming’s name.“
Yu Zhao nodded silently, and said sincerely: “Thank you for the reminder, Assistant Xu.“
Before Bo Chi approached her, she and the other party were completely from two different worlds. She didn’t know the other party’s name, hadn’t seen the other party’s appearance, and didn’t know the other party’s interests and dislikes.
Now that she suddenly had such a close relationship with Bo Chi, she was walking on thin ice, afraid that Bo Chi would dislike her and take back the large sum of money.
No matter what Xu Zhidie’s purpose was in reminding her, she was very grateful to the other party for lending a helping hand at this time.
Xu Zhidie’s expression didn’t change, and she didn’t care about Yu Zhao’s seriousness.
After all, she wasn’t like the other party, rootless and helpless, and could only cling to Bo Chi like a dodder flower.
She had risen to the position of assistant by her own ability, so naturally she didn’t need to be so careful. As long as she had the ability, even if Bo Chi changed seven or eight lovers, she would still stand firmly in this position, behind Bo Chi.
——Simply put, lovers may come and go, but Assistant Xu is forever.
Xu Zhidie was very satisfied with her position, and valued the orders given by Bo Chi even more. She spread out the selected scripts one by one, and said: “Miss Yu, choose one you like. These are all good scripts that have been carefully selected. Although some of them haven’t found investors yet, CEO Bo said that as long as you like it, she is willing to invest and support you.“
If she was grateful to Xu Zhidie, then Yu Zhao was full of entanglement towards Bo Chi.
She couldn’t understand Bo Chi’s thoughts, and didn’t know why the other party was so good to her. This unease made her afraid to accept this gift. She pushed the scripts back, shook her head, and said: “CEO Bo has already helped me a lot, I’ll make my own way in the entertainment industry.“
Xu Zhidie remained unmoved: “Bo Chi said something before I left. If you are unwilling to accept her kindness, she is happy to give these to Tao Su.“
Yu Zhao’s face immediately darkened, and she gritted her teeth: “No way!“
Tao Su was her nemesis. They were both children from the same orphanage, and their relationship was neither good nor bad. Until Tao Su grew up, one day she suddenly stole all the director’s savings, plunged into the entertainment industry, and became a popular actress. Yu Zhao hated her – the money she stole was the pension that the director had just received. Before receiving it, the director had made detailed plans, part of it was to buy books and pens, no matter how hard it was, she couldn’t delay their studies, part of it was to buy some winter clothes, and they had to be big so that every child could wear them, and the last part was to be used as scholarships to encourage them to study and recognize their efforts.
The plan, which took everything into account, was ruined by Tao Su alone. She entered an entertainment company with the money that winter, debuted with her weak and delicate temperament, and when she was praised and loved by netizens, the children in the orphanage were still wearing thin clothes, their fingers swollen from the cold, flipping through the books they had studied, and diligently consolidating their knowledge.
The director was kind-hearted. Although she was sad, she didn’t resent Tao Su, and didn’t even think of ruining Tao Su’s current life. But Yu Zhao was different. She kept all the accounts in her heart, determined to make Tao Su fall back into the mud, tear off her pure ‘little jade girl’ facade, and let everyone see her true face!
Now that Bo Chi had sent these precious scripts, and stated that if she didn’t want them, she would give them to Tao Su, Yu Zhao had to accept them even if she didn’t want to owe this favor.
Seriously, it was a small matter for her to be taken advantage of, but it was absolutely not okay to let Tao Su take advantage!
She hated Tao Su to death, how could she let Tao Su get any benefits from her!
Not only that, she also had to act seriously, to climb up to Tao Su’s level step by step, and let the other party be dumbfounded and unwilling, and could only respectfully submit to her!
Yu Zhao was beautiful, with a gorgeous appearance, and her ambition was not small.
She began to read the scripts with a determined heart. After carefully reading them one by one, she decisively chose a big female lead drama: “This one.“
On the path of acting, besides talent and acting skills, there was another important point, which was suitability.
Now many scripts were sweet dramas with happy enemies and sweet candy, and the female leads were mostly cute and silly – although it was a bit inappropriate, Yu Zhao still instinctively thought of Bo Chi at this time. Bo Chi could sit in the position of CEO of a large company, so she was definitely not a confused person, but her appearance was truly cute, with big round almond eyes. Even if she had a cold face, it was hard to get angry at her, and people couldn’t help but think of the word ‘tsundere’ – in comparison, a face like Yu Zhao’s, which was too beautiful and flamboyant, with an aggressive beauty, was hard to find a suitable script for.
After all, when Bo Chi was unhappy, it only made people feel soft-hearted, but when she was unhappy, it would make people feel alienated, and she would even be scolded as an arrogant bitch.
If the character wasn’t suitable, the audience wouldn’t be able to immerse themselves, they would feel that Yu Zhao was seriously disconnected from the role, and would always be detached from the plot, unable to empathize. Under such circumstances, no matter how good an actor’s acting skills were, in the eyes of the ‘gods’, it would only be a deliberate and clumsy performance.
Moreover, Yu Zhao didn’t want to play the stereotypical ‘silly white sweet’ role, nor did she want to solidify her precious first impression as a ‘vicious female supporting character’, so she didn’t think much, and decisively chose the cool and refreshing big female lead script where ‘the male leads are all background characters, and can also rely on this old lady if necessary’.
Xu Zhidie worked with Bo Chi in venture capital, and couldn’t tell whether Yu Zhao’s choice was good or bad. She could only carefully remember the name of the script, then stood up and said: “I’ll go back and tell CEO Bo now. If there’s any news, I’ll send the audition information to Miss Yu.“
Yu Zhao’s eyebrows relaxed, and she smiled politely: “Thank you, Assistant Xu, I’ll see you out.“
After leaving the old residential area where Yu Zhao lived, Xu Zhidie got in the car and returned to the company.
When she knocked on the door and entered the office, Bo Chi was signing documents with a bitter face. The workload left by the original owner was not small, and since she was here, she couldn’t just destroy the other party’s years of hard work.
In order to finish her work as soon as possible and squeeze out time to go on dates with her little lover, she had to work overtime and try to finish her work.
When she heard Assistant Xu’s report, she put down her pen, quickly rubbed her sore wrists, leaned her head back, and pretended to listen with her eyes closed like a boss, actually taking the opportunity to relieve her sore neck.
Just as she finished listening to Xu Zhidie’s words and was pondering what to say, a pair of slightly cold hands suddenly grabbed her wrists.
Bo Chi’s heart skipped a beat, she opened her eyes calmly, looked at Xu Zhidie, who had walked to her side and half-knelt down, and said in a very CEO-like tone: “Hmm?“
Xu Zhidie’s expression was calm, her soft hands kneading Bo Chi’s wrists: “You’ve worked hard these past few days. I’ve learned some massage techniques myself, which can make your hands feel more comfortable.“
Her strength was neither too light nor too heavy, and her expression was calm and composed, without any signs of crossing the line.
Bo Chi looked away, the laziness in her bones surfacing, and let her do it, continuing the previous topic: “Since she likes it, let her act. You go to the ‘Rise of the Phoenix’ crew this afternoon and take care of this matter. If they have any conditions, agree to them if they’re not excessive. You can handle the funding issue yourself, and you don’t need to report to me if it’s within ten million.“
“Okay,” Xu Zhidie readily agreed, and then asked: “Mr. Ming’s birthday banquet is scheduled for next Saturday. The gift has already been bought, but the male companion hasn’t been decided yet. Do you have anyone in mind?“
Bo Chi immediately perked up: “No male companion, let Yu Zhao go with me. You take her to Monica later, and customize a few dresses… Forget it, I’ve already finished most of my work here, I’ll take her there myself in two days.“
Xu Zhidie frowned slightly, and reminded tactfully: “CEO Bo, this is Mr. Ming’s seventieth birthday, and Miss Ming Songrui is likely to return to China to celebrate his birthday. If you take Miss Yu there, what if there’s a misunderstanding? Even if Miss Ming doesn’t come back, the Ming family might not give you a good look when they see Miss Yu’s face.“
Bo Chi glanced at her, and said leisurely: “Misunderstanding? Misunderstand what? Yu Zhao is my girlfriend now, not anyone’s substitute. I like her, so I’m taking her with me. Why shouldn’t they give me a good look? And what right do they have to misunderstand?“
Xu Zhidie was stunned, and looked up to carefully examine her expression.
Bo Chi let her guess, and insisted: “I just like the gorgeous and generous type. Whether it’s Yu Zhao or other people, it’s just that they fit my aesthetic, so I pay attention to them. If you want to talk about misunderstanding, you shouldn’t overthink it. After all, Yu Zhao’s personality is completely different from others.“
Who this ‘other person’ referred to, Bo Chi and Xu Zhidie both knew.
However, Xu Zhidie didn’t believe Bo Chi’s words. As Bo Chi’s classmate and a top student who graduated in the same batch as her, Xu Zhidie knew her temperament better than anyone.
Before meeting Ming Songrui, Bo Chi was a standard straight girl, treating everyone’s advances equally, and rejecting them all, so that Xu Zhidie once thought that work was her true love.
It wasn’t until after overcoming all obstacles and entering the company by relying on her classmate relationship with Bo Chi that Xu Zhidie gradually discovered that she wasn’t a straight girl, but had a white moonlight in her heart. Except for that white moonlight, no one could enter her heart.
If you said that Bo Chi didn’t fall for Yu Zhao because of her face, Xu Zhidie would be the first to not believe it.
But since Bo Chi wanted to deny this matter, she naturally wouldn’t be so foolish as to annoy the other party, and immediately said along with her words: “I understand.“
Bo Chi nodded with satisfaction, withdrew her claws, picked up the pen again, and continued to work with explosive potential.
After working busily until evening, and finishing all the work at hand, Bo Chi finally escaped from the endless work, rubbed her sore temples, got in the car, and said wearily: “Go to Yu Zhao’s.”
Xu Zhidie sat in the driver’s seat, her expression calm: “Okay.“
Yu Zhao was cooking dinner at home.
After talking with Assistant Xu in the morning, the other party sent her the time and place of the audition in the afternoon, her efficiency was amazing.
She was grateful, and also cherished this opportunity, so happy that she couldn’t help but spend more money when buying groceries, and bought some ribs to celebrate a little.
Warm yellow light filled the small and cramped room. She was wearing an apron, a smile always on her lips. Just as she finished blanching the ribs, she heard a knock on the door.
She was slightly stunned, but didn’t think much, only thinking that the aunt opposite her was short of some oil, salt, soy sauce, or vinegar, and came to borrow some from her urgently.
As a result, when she opened the door with a spatula in her hand, she was caught off guard by Bo Chi’s gaze.
Bo Chi would wilt when she was too tired. Even when she came to see her little lover, she looked listless and couldn’t get her spirits up. After nodding slightly to Yu Zhao, she naturally walked into the house and looked for shoe covers in the shoe cabinet.
Yu Zhao didn’t have any friends visiting, and didn’t prepare shoe covers at all. Seeing the usually cold CEO Bo standing there, not stepping inside because she couldn’t find any, she absurdly felt that the other party not only had delicate features, but even this well-behaved personality was extremely cute.
After a moment of daze, Yu Zhao said: “No need for shoe covers, just come in.”
Bo Chi looked at the floor, and said as a matter of course: “You just mopped the floor when you came back tonight, right? I went to two companies today, and the soles of my shoes are not clean. If there are no shoe covers, give me a pair of slippers.”
Yu Zhao also glanced at the floor, and found that the water stains from when she came back had already completely dried. She could only see cleanliness with her naked eyes, and couldn’t guess when she had mopped it, so how could Bo Chi be so sure that she had mopped it when she came back at night?
Yu Zhao was puzzled, but didn’t ask, but took out two pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet and put them in front of Bo Chi and Xu Zhidie.
Bo Chi reacted a beat later, and said to Xu Zhidie: “It’s getting late, you go back and rest, and come downstairs to pick me up at eight o’clock tomorrow.”
Xu Zhidie’s movement of bending down to take off her shoes paused, and when she looked up, her gaze swept over Yu Zhao’s silent face, then she said meekly to Bo Chi: “Okay, good night.“
After she left, the door closed, and only Bo Chi and Yu Zhao were left in the room.
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