Distributing Sweets Daily Chapter 5

The two of them had just come out of the restaurant after dinner when Aaron called.

When Leo heard the voice, he immediately realized that his agent was upset, and his tone was a little exaggerated, "Who made our Brother Zheng angry? I will immediately call Shanshan to go and stop him and beat him up! We will make him pay a heavy price for underestimating our Three Musketeers of Youli Entertainment!" Ye Shanshan is another artist managed by Aaron.

"Who the hell wants to form the Three Musketeers with you two?" He said this, but Aaron laughed outright and pretended to clear his throat, "Okay, okay, let's get down to business. You saw the news and hot searches Right? "

"I saw it all. I saw the news while I was having dinner. I couldn't get through to you on the phone, so I went to check Weibo. After reading it, I was so angry that I lost my balance. I couldn't even eat!"

Qi Chang'an, who was standing next to him, heard this and turned his head to look at Leo, smiled, and made a "three" sign, which meant that he had clearly eaten three large bowls of rice at noon. Leo covered his eyes with a grimace, then made a "shush" gesture, and then mouthed Ethan - a little secret.

"You really should eat less. Don't come back when you're fat. Then, when I'm struggling to lose weight, you'll cry in front of me. I won't give you any sympathy." Aaron muttered a few words as usual, and then said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."

Leo's expression also became more serious, and his first sentence hit the point, "Have we contributed to the trending searches and press releases?"

Although looking at this rhythm, I feel that it is definitely not Aaron's handiwork, but to be on the safe side, I still have to ask. He must at least find out first whether the two parties cooperated to commit the crime or were unilaterally tied up for hype.

From the time he debuted at the age of nineteen to now, Leo cannot be unfamiliar with such things as speculation. Regardless of whether it is his own intention or not, the company will definitely try every means to keep him popular. When he first debuted, Aaron even gave him the label of "first love on campus", but at that time he was really young and could stand it. As for now---Leo thought in his heart that he should still Can I become a "campus janitor uncle"?

After thinking about it, he realized that his thoughts seemed to have gone astray again. Leo quickly stopped him, found a bench under the shade of a tree, sat down with Ethan, and then directly pressed the speaker phone.

Aaron's voice came from the phone, "No, I didn't contribute at all. I knew about this two hours before you did." Aaron sighed and said, "I apologize to you this time. I have implicated you."

"Brother Zheng, calm down. As soon as you apologized, I felt something big was going to happen," Leo touched his chin, "but the story seems to be very complicated and bloody!"

"Leo, I'm warning you, don't make up your mind about things that are there or not, otherwise when you come back, I will lead the dog to your door and stand there without leaving!"

Leo immediately backed down, "Oh well, you have a dog in your hand, the world is yours, I give you my all!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Ethan could feel that the relationship between Leo and his agent should be very good, and their daily conversations were very interesting.

Aaron returned to the topic, "Yun Shu came to me a few days ago and asked me to help her. It has been more than a year since her comeback, and apart from being a judge on a variety show, she has no movies to shoot. The people she offended before she retired are now more popular than her, and they suppress her everywhere. Her situation is very difficult."

When Chinese actresses reach the age of thirty-five, they generally fall into the embarrassing situation of not having a good script to film, let alone someone like Yun Shu who quit the industry and got married at her peak. If it weren't for its own incredible strength, coupled with its incredible resources, there would be no way to regain its former glory.

"Are you...relentless?"

"I'm not stupid!"

Leo felt that when Aaron said this, he should have rolled his eyes at him from afar.

Aaron continued to speak, his tone was not good, "She was the one who caused trouble back then. She suddenly terminated the contract and ran away to the other side, and then the mistress married into a wealthy family. She came to me that day, and I refused outright. I didn't expect that she would do it today. Such a big drama."

"Don't be so angry when you're middle-aged. It's harmful to your health." Leo quickly united the front with his agent. "Did she try to cut it off first? After all the hot searches were bought, she thought of coming to you, and while While crying, he said that he was in a difficult situation and needed a chance to turn around. After that, he remembered the passionate years of working together and finally said, I am your artist anyway, and as long as I don't publicly deny it, the heat will pass in a few days. It doesn’t have any impact on me, and you still earn a few days of hot searches for nothing?”

Staring at the shadows of the leaves swaying on the ground, Leo's tone was relaxed from beginning to end. "At the end, it must have been said that we are all in the same circle, and she has a lot of resources and connections, and can help me."

Aaron was silent for several seconds, and then asked in surprise, "Did you install a bug in my office? How do you know so much?"

Leo snorted, his tail almost lifted up to the sky, "You know all this without eavesdropping, okay? These tricks are all left over from me, haha, I'm awesome, right? Do you admit that you underestimated me before?"

"You are so powerful, then tell me how I responded?"

"I must refuse sternly!" Leo was looking at the shadows of the leaves. For some reason, his eyes suddenly went to Ethan's exposed ankles, and he continued, "Brother Zheng has always been wrong. The evil forces lower their noble heads!"

Aaron laughed again, "Then I won't say much. I'll go talk to Director Zhang first to see if we can release the news that you are experiencing life and preparing for a new movie. Anyway, we won't take the blame for this."

"That's right, I absolutely won't take the blame! I've never been in a relationship before, and taking the blame will cause serious emotional damage to the person I'm going to fall in love with in the future!"

"I really admire you. You are a single man and you still worry about nothing."

After hanging up the phone, Leo's smile faded a little. Looking at Ethan who had been sitting quietly beside him, he sighed, "Thank goodness my agent didn't compromise, otherwise my innocence would really be gone!"

Ethan nodded, "But even if Director Zhang agrees to release the news, there is no way to prove that you were in Qinli Town that day and did not go on a date with Yunshu."

"That's right." Leo kicked the leaves on the ground and regained his smile, "Let's wait for the news first and see how Director Zhang responds."

Leo didn't have to report to the police station until 3pm, so he just followed Ethan to the carpentry school. Master Zhuang, who taught carpentry, was a taciturn middle-aged man. When he saw Leo following him, he nodded and said nothing.

Taking a bottle of white wine he bought on the road and placing it next to the wooden bench, Leo greeted the other party before following Ethan to the workshop.

After entering the door, Leo found a short stool and sat down, watching Ethan whittling wood first. Wearing a white shirt, Ethan spread his long legs slightly, leaned down slightly, and processed the wood with a focused expression. It was very pleasing to the eye from any angle.

After appreciating it for a few minutes, Leo couldn't help but take out his phone to play a game. He was fascinated when he suddenly heard Ethan's voice, "Qin Dynasty."

"Huh?" Leo subconsciously raised his head, "A Zhan?"

After calling out the name, Leo finally realized that Ethan had started to act randomly anytime and anywhere. The other person's eyes were so deep that he was drawn into the play again in seconds.

The sunlight shines in through the wooden lattice window, reflecting the warmth of the room. There is half-processed wood on the bench. Ethan is holding a plane in his hand, and the thin wood chips fall to the ground, like flowers blooming all over the ground.

He looked at "Qin Chao" and said lightly, "Didn't you ask me yesterday where my family went?"

"Qin Chao" didn't expect that he would suddenly mention this. He found that "Xu Zhan" didn't want to mention it before, so he didn't ask again. Now he realized from the other party's expression that the answer might not be good.

"Where...are you going?"

"Xu Zhan" lowered his head, and his exposed neck looked fragile. His eyebrows were hidden in the shadows and could not be seen clearly, but the faint harshness in his voice made it impossible to ignore, "They are all dead."

"Qin Chao" froze on the spot in an instant. He imagined countless answers, but he didn't expect it to be this one. He tugged at the corner of his mouth with difficulty, "Didn't I feel fine last time when I came back? How did they...die?"

"Xu Zhan" didn't say anything, his head still buried, but his thin shoulders suddenly began to tremble, and several water stains appeared on the smooth and clean wood.

Standing on the spot, "Qin Chao" clenched his fists, walked over in a few steps, raised his hand and patted the other party's shoulder.

The plane fell to the ground with a "clack". Xu Zhan slowly put his head on Qin Chao's waist, raised his hands, and grabbed the corner of his clothes. He used too much force, and the clothes wrinkled in a short while. His tears fell into the sawdust and disappeared in an instant.

Leo was waiting for Ethan's next line, but after more than ten seconds, he still hadn't heard it. Just as he was about to ask if he had forgotten his lines, he suddenly realized that the shoulder under his palm was still trembling slightly. His heart skipped a beat and he felt that something was wrong.

After hesitating for a moment, Leo slowly squatted down and asked nervously, "Are you okay?"

After he finished speaking, Ethan raised his head to look at him, the despair in his eyes rushing straight into Leo's heart, making his breathing suddenly tighten.

But Leo inexplicably felt that this should not be the emotion of Xu Zhan in the script, but more like the emotion coming from Ethan himself. The despair was too deep, like a bitter wine that had been brewed for many years.

Thinking of the lines Ethan read before, Leo restrained himself from thinking deeply. However, he didn't know how to comfort him. After thinking for a long time, he took out a fruit candy from his pants pocket, tore open the candy wrapper and handed it to Ethan, "If you feel bitter in your heart, you might feel better if you eat something sweet?"

The more they got along, the more Leo realized that Ethan was actually a person who was not easy to approach. He seemed friendly and easy to approach, but that was all on the surface. He was actually very defensive inside.

But who doesn’t have a little secret scar? Leo is not prepared to poke other people's pain points in the name of helping. After all, if he puts himself in his shoes, if anyone pokes his small scar, he can directly blow it up into a rainstorm of pear blossom needles!

After thinking about it, I can only take out some fruit candy to express my concern and comfort.

It turns out that fruit candy works wonders!

Ethan took the candy and put it in his mouth. He recovered after a while and apologized in a hoarse voice, "Sorry, I couldn't control my emotions just now."

"It's okay, it's very understandable! When I was filming a costume movie, my brother's character passed away. After that scene, I cried until my skin was dehydrated!"

Seeing that he was probably fine, Leo exhaled and relaxed and sat down on the ground, only to jump up in the next second, "Damn, there's a hidden weapon down there!"

Ethan quickly reached out and lifted up a layer of sawdust, revealing the covered wooden rasp and square. Leo said "haha" twice in embarrassment and silently picked up the short wooden stool.

After that, the atmosphere was still a little awkward. Leo felt that this was not a good way to go on. After thinking for a while, he said, "The scene I just had with you suddenly made me understand why you won the Best Actor Award at an international film festival for your first film, and why your second film won all three major film festivals."

Before this, the two people's chats were very daily and never involved work. It was as if they recognized each other's qualifications as partners the first time they played together.

Ethan's eyes were focused and he listened carefully.

"Suddenly I don't know what to say," Leo paused and simply counted on his fingers, "You have mysophobia, poor health, are prone to allergies, and are very picky about food, but you are still willing to come to a remote place like Qinli Town and stay there for two months. You even got nine cuts on your hands to learn carpentry."

"This is what it should be." Ethan's tone was very natural.

"Yes, it should be, but to be honest, this is the first time that I have spent two months trying to figure out and experience the life of a character for a movie. In order not to be recognized, I have to sleep 20 minutes less every morning and put on makeup to disguise myself. Last night I was wondering if it was worth it."

As he spoke, Leo laughed, but his tone was very solemn, "But just now, when I saw you suddenly broke down because of your role, I suddenly understood a truth--it is natural to pay for the role. "

After saying that, he felt embarrassed again, "Haha, do you think the style of the painting changes a little too fast? It's already switched to chicken soup for the soul."

Ethan didn't say anything, but just repeated what Leo had just said - "It's natural to pay for the role." After that, he suddenly stood up, took out a small item from the bamboo basket on the tool table, and handed it to Leo.

Leo took the thing in his hand and asked cautiously, "Is this... for me, or is it just for me to see and give it some friendly compliments?"

What he held in his hand was a wooden carved maple leaf, only the size of a palm. The "leaf" was very thin and the carving was rough, but it was obvious that it was made with great care. Leo didn't want to give it back after taking it in his hand.

"This is for you." Ethan smiled and returned to his usual self. "I just learned it. I failed with more than 20 leaves before. This is the only successful one."

Leo immediately put his hands behind his back, "It's mine, don't take it back!"

"good."

Leo was holding the wooden maple leaf and turning it over and over to look at it carefully. Aaron's phone called again, and he directly pressed the speaker phone.

"We have discussed it with Director Zhang. The crew will directly release the news about you and Ethan cooperating as the double male leads in the new movie, and then spend money to speculate and directly reap the first wave of popularity of the movie. However, this plan requires Qi Only if Ethan agrees, after all, you are at the forefront of the situation. If Ethan doesn't agree, then only you will be released. "

Glancing at Ethan who was right next to him, Leo pretended, "Well, I'll ask him later and then I'll get back to you."

After the call was hung up, Leo pretended to cough and blinked, "Mr. Qi, can you help me?"

Ethan smiled and nodded, "Okay, what do you need me to do?"

"Director Zhang will send out the video of our scene that morning, and Brother Zheng will explain how the two of us experienced life in a remote town. Anyway, I want to make it clear that I am very far away from City B and I am very busy. It's impossible to go on a date with Yun Shu." Leo touched Mu Fengye with his finger, "The evidence is sufficient. You just need to say that I am with you, and then sit back and watch."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Leo huddled under the air conditioner in the police station office, scrolling through Weibo with his mobile phone, and found that, as expected, several marketing accounts had been launched, including "That goddess who amazed you back then" or "When mentioning the clouds" Shu, do you remember xxx? "Such a character cut video, or a very straightforward "Yun Shu has spent the past ten years in vain!" and other similar pictures.

As Leo watched, he felt disgusted in his heart. This year's publicity team is not good. The traces of hype are too obvious. It's too fake and will easily lose popularity. It's better to spend money to invite me to go!

At 4:20, Director Zhang updated his Weibo, posting the previously agreed-upon video of the scene. At 4:27, Youli Entertainment’s official Weibo account reposted the post, emphasizing that Leo had gone to a remote town with Ethan to film a scene almost half a month ago, and had not returned to City B since then.

Twenty minutes later, the small group of internet trolls prepared by Aaron had already stabilized the public opinion and were just waiting for the publicity team from the production crew to enter.

Leo breathed a sigh of relief and went to check Ethan's Weibo again, when an update came out ------

"In the past ten days, he has been with me Leo day and night."

After watching it several times in a row, Leo felt more and more uneasy. He carefully opened the comment section and found that, as expected, it was distorted.

"------Aww! Look what I found? Day, day, night, night, all together!!!"

"------Sure enough, the official candy is the sweetest! I'll go get a basin to hold it!"

"------Chang'an Leo, even the name reveals a dog-abuse atmosphere! This CP, this fairy will stand first to show respect!"

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