Mr. Zhou Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore!

Working hard may not always be successful!

After Zhou father and mother heard that Zhou Chenxi had returned home, they didn’t rush back, but said, ‘Let him reflect on himself at home.’ And continued to travel the world.

Zhou Chenxi thought it definitely sounded like his mom and dad.

Zhou Mingxuan was busy. After spending a day with Zhou Chenxi at home, he went back to work. Zhou Chenxi was bored and planned to go shopping at the mall to buy himself some clothes.

During his time in Tianwang Entertainment, not only was he poor, but the company was also poor. There were only a few artists under his company, and there were even less that got chosen. If Zhou Chenxi had given up, Tianwang probably couldn’t find anyone in such a short time, it was no wonder they didn’t want him to terminate the contract. It wasn’t easy to attract new people. It wasn’t like Huangtian Entertainment where Luo Xinghe was located, and new people would follow after a little beckon.

So on this day, Zhi Qi called Zhou Chenxi again.

This time, Zhi Qi’s attitude was different. He said forcefully, “Zhou Chenxi, come back to me soon. It is not easy to make money at such a young age. Are you really going to sleep on the road?!”

If he was the previous Zhou Chenxi and he didn’t receive the announcement to be given a chance, it was really possible he would sleep on the road.

But things are different now.

Zhou Chenxi was tired from shopping in the mall, and slowly found a place to rest on the side of the street outside the mall.

It was about noon, and a small vendor occupied the street with no one in line. Zhou Chenxi saw them selling fruit pancakes, so he went to buy one. He hadn’t eaten pancakes for a long time, he even asked the stall owner to add two more eggs. He felt very rich.

Zhou Chenxi waited for the fragrant pancakes to come off of the pan, and said frankly, “How do you know I can’t make money?”

He can definitely find a way to make money! He can’t just rely on his brother to raise him.

Zhi Qi persuaded, “You come back first, do you know how much the notice money is for the show 《I Am an Acting School》?” Zhi Qi named the number, “Even if you don’t make the top ranking, the notice money is very high. Don’t you keep saying that you want to live in a better house?”

The notice money for 《I Am an Acting School》 is indeed very high, and it is strange to think, he doesn’t know how the past Zhou Chenxi was able to survive, as all the good resources were robbed by Luo Xinghe. Even after so much time spent in the entertainment circle, there was no income at all, and even when he died, he was wearing only a few dollars worth of street goods.

“I won’t go back…”

Zhou Chenxi was about to continue when he heard the vendor next to him, “Sir, your pancakes are ready.”

“Thank you.” Zhou Chenxi hurriedly took a bite, squinting his eyes with all the happiness in the world.

So fragrant! Pancakes are delicious!

Zhou Chenxi continued, “Although the notice money for 《I Am an Actress》 is pretty high, it’s still a loss for me. Think about it, since I participated in this show how many accidents and injuries I have suffered?”

When Zhou Chenxi recorded the show for the first time, he accidentally ate the spicy lunch prepared by the show crew, and ended up choking and speechless, taking a not-so-good ranking. The second time he recorded the show, the overhead stage lights accidentally fell off and almost hit him on the head. On the third recording, he fell off the stage and actually hit his head.

Zhou Chenxi added, “I risked my life to record this show! What is the use of the notice money? They should buy me a huge amount of personal insurance instead! The security measures for this show are way too unsatisfactory! I don’t want to participate! I don’t want to work hard!”

Zhou Chenxi took a bite of the fruit pancake, and righteously said, “Working hard may not be always successful, but not working hard will always be easy!”

Zhi Qi: “…”

He didn’t know where Zhou Chenxi’s miserly words came from, and he wanted to disagree, but he was stunned for a while, so Chenxi simply cut off the phone call.

After sending Zhi Qi away, Zhou Chenxi was finally satisfied. He finished his last bite of pancakes and prepared to go home.

On the other side of the road, Lu Ji, the president of the Lu Group, just exited from an office building near the shopping mall and was about to get in a commercial vehicle. He suddenly stopped on the side of the road when someone mentioned the name of a variety show sponsored by his company.

——”The security measures for this show are way too unsatisfactory!…”

——”Working hard may not always be successful, but not working hard will always be easy!”

Lu Ji: “…”

The tall president glanced over and looked at the corner of the road not far away.

Diagonally opposite him, a food stall selling fruit pancakes was open. A young man with a tall figure, big eyes, and light linen short hair was eating pancakes while talking about the Lu’s company-sponsored program.

Lu Ji turned his head to the assistant behind him, “Go and check what’s going on with this show. If it’s really as he said, contact the show team immediately and ask for rectification, otherwise, we’ll immediately withdraw.”

“Yes!” The assistant quickly complied.

A few days later 《I Am an Acting School》 began recording as usual.

Zhou Chenxi submitted an application to withdraw from the competition, and the program group also went through the process. After the approval, an announcement was issued to notify viewers who watched the program of the withdrawal of a contestant.

《I’m an Acting School》 actually had an issue before, but the splash wasn’t very big. This year’s attention had suddenly risen, probably because of Luo Xinghe’s koi effect. The show was broadcast while filming. It had already been broadcast before, and after a few episodes, many viewers had an impression of Zhou Chenxi. Although his popularity was not high, some people noticed him because of his good looks.

【Zhou Chenxi? Is that the tall big-eyed little brother?】

【His acting skills are so bad that he can’t match Luo Xinghe at all. He probably knew that he couldn’t fight in the finals later, so he retired from the competition in shame.】

【I heard that there was an accident during the recording of the show, and one of the contestants was injured. That’s him isn’t it?】

【There is no need to to drop out, is there? Where is the professionalism?】

【Come on, it’s said to be an acting show when it’s really a talent competition in disguise. Speaking of acting, how many of the contestants are actually capable and famous on the show? It’s just a small matter. I’m keeping a little eye on Luo Xinghe, let’s stop talking and hope the show will quickly be resumed!】

This rise of publicity was never expected by the program team. Coupled with the Lu Group’s pressure, they immediately posted an official blog post stating that the program team would immediately rectify and strengthen various safety protection measures to prevent such accidents from happening in the future.

Zhou Chenxi doesn’t know about these online discussions because his brother Zhou Mingxuan had dragged him to work at Zhou’s company.

Being dragged by Zhou Mingxuan all the way up to the 20th floor, Zhou Chenxi laid like a lazy egg on the spacious and soft sofa in the president’s office. Spreading himself out, he said with little interest, “Why don’t you just kill me instead of putting me on duty? Don’t you know that I have no interest in the company’s affairs? I get a headache when I see a pile of reports. Brother, please spare me. By next week at the latest, I will definitely go out to find a job to pay you back with interest.”

“Where are you going to find a job?” Zhou Mingxuan raised his eyes, “Just based on your education and degree, if you weren’t my younger brother, I wouldn’t let you apply for HR in our company at all.”

Zhou’s Company has a master’s degree per capita requirement.

Zhou Chenxi felt an arrow in his knee. He turned over on the sofa, and covered his heart, “In any case, I’m an art student, don’t look down on people, ok? Do you understand art? Art is invaluable!”

Zhou Mingxuan sat behind his two-meter-wide desk and nodded unhurriedly, “En, you can take a small rice bowl and sit on the street to see if anyone can understand your art or not.”

That’s going too far!

Zhou Chenxi fumed and sat up angrily.

He wanted to take the exam for an art college in high school, and Zhou Mingxuan agreed without thinking.

The two brothers are three years apart. When they were young, Zhou father and mother were busy with work and didn’t have time to take care of them. It can be said that Zhou Chenxi followed behind the heel Zhou Mingxuan as he grew up. Later, since Zhou Mingxuan was the eldest son, he inherited the family business after his grandfather died, and helped Zhou father take care of the company. In Zhou Chenxi’s eyes, he was a parent-like existence.

When he was a child, Zhou Chenxi liked to paint. No matter how ugly it was, Zhou Mingxuan would keep his paintings intact. Later, Zhou Chenxi went to the Academy of Fine Arts and his painting skills became better and better, but he still dreamed to be an actor.

At that time, Zhou Chenxi was still young, probably only five years old. Don’t look at him now tall and thin, when he was a child he was short and ugly.

Because of his ugliness, the kindergarten children didn’t like to play with Zhou Chenxi, and he had no friends. Zhou Mingxuan would run to the kindergarten to help him fight when he was bullied. Later, Zhou Chenxi performed a short sketch on stage. Although Zhou Chenxi didn’t know what the sketch meant at the time, the people in the audience applauded him, saying that he acted well. The parents who came to watch the show even asked the kindergarten teacher what his name was afterwards.

From then on, the children’s attitudes toward him changed, even the teacher liked him more, and he suddenly became popular.

Acting was an obsession of Zhou Chenxi’s, and he had worked hard for his dream in his previous life.

Suddenly losing his dream, Zhou Chenxi really didn’t know what to do.

Zhou Chenxi became a little depressed. and stood up, “Let me think it over. Brother, if I’m sure of what I want to do, I’ll let you know, okay?”

Zhou Mingxuan realized that what he said just now was too much, and had no choice but to slow down his tone, “Go on then, don’t be too pressured since you’re the only one I have to raise.”

The sentence “I will raise you” even said in a roundabout way is worthy of Zhou Mingxuan.

Zhou Chenxi mumbled, “Who wants you to raise them”, feeling much more comfortable in his heart and quietly withdrew from the president’s office.

Since a minute ago, Zhou Chenxi felt his mobile phone vibrating. He went out and picked it up to see that it was Zhi Qi. Because he took too long to answer, the other party hung up automatically. Except for the missed call reminder, there was a message from Zhi Qi:

【I helped you ask around. The Lu Group recently invested in a drama called 《An Immortal Meeting》, which is a costume drama. It is recruiting actors and requires pre-auditioning. Are you interested in participating?】