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

How do you know if you don’t work hard?

“You can’t breach the contract,” Zhi Qi said indifferently. “Lu already said so when he sent over the contract. If you choose to withdraw from this variety show, then they are likely to consider changing the person who plays Liuli.”

“Why?” Zhou Chenxi was angry, “Isn’t this an overlord clause?”

 *violation of interests and restriction of rights.

“Do you think you are someone that is in high enough demand to deserve others employing the Overlord Clause ah?” Zhi Qi was also angry, “What are the benefits of bullying you? An exchange for a bunch of bad luck?”

Zhou Chen was silent.

Zhi Qi felt that he had spoken a bit too much, and coughed dryly, “It’s not that I’m forcing you, think about it yourself. This opportunity was presented to you, Lu made it clear that he wanted to take you with him before the shooting of 《The Journey to Fairyland》. Does Ren Qian have it so good? What about Shao Yunyi? Her schedule is full throughout the year yet she’s going. Being lifted so much like this, people would have thought it was something that fell in your lap, how about you?”

“There is no such thing as free lunch….” Zhou Chenxi whispered like a baby, “And they couldn’t lift me, I’m so heavy.”

“You…” Zhi Qi said, “You think about it again, okay?”

Zhou Chenxi was lying on his bed, thinking about Luo Xinghe’s recent itinerary.

Originally, he was lined up with advertising endorsements, auditions and commercial activities during this period. Why would he suddenly participate in this show?

Could it be because Lu Ji already fell in love with him? Or was it because this show was going to be hot?

Zhou Chenxi faintly felt that the latter possibility was more likely.

After all, at this stage, Lu Ji and Luo Xinghe hadn’t met each other much.

The main difference is that before, Zhou Chenxi would never believe the nonsense of “Luo Xinghe’s shows will be hot”, but now that he knows his koi physique, everything is different.

Zhou Chenxi was suddenly upset.

Is it possible that an opportunity that he finally obtained would be given to Luo Xinghe again?

If he doesn’t work hard, how does he know that he’ll fail?

Zhou Chenxi cheered himself up, then called Zhou Mingxuan, “Brother, do you have anything you want to tell me lately?”

Participating in this show, he felt the most sorry for his family.

Zhou Mingxuan’s laughter came over the phone, “What’s wrong with you? Is it because of the variety show?”

Zhou Chenxi was startled, “How do you know?”

“Go, do your best. I have already told the parents. Although they don’t support it, they both know that it’s useless to try and persuade you. So, they decided to travel abroad while they’re angry. It didn’t make much of an impact, though.”

Zhou Chenxi, “…” It sounds like it didn’t make much of an impact.

Knowing that Zhou Mingxuan was joking, his heart warmed, “Brother, there is one sentence I have forgotten to tell you.”

“Hm?” Zhou Mingxuan seemed to be busy, humming with a casual voice.

“For everything through the years, thank you.”

The pen in Zhou Mingxuan’s hand fell onto the table unexpectedly.

“DongDong—” someone knocked on the door outside.

Zhou Mingxuan hung up, and adjusted his tie, “Come in.” 

The secretary came in with a document, spread it out on the desk, and gave it to Zhou Mingxuan, “Zhou, this is the recent communication record of the young master you asked me to check, as well as his recent social software browsing records and action routes. Do you need me to follow up this month?”

Zhou Mingxuan opened it, glanced randomly, thought about it, and closed it, “No need.”

His younger brother has grown up, it’s time for him to grow up as well.

“Yes.” The secretary put the folder away and turned around to leave.

“Wait,” Zhou Mingxuan called suddenly, “Do you know… how to join a star’s support club?”

The secretary, “?”

After the official announcement of the lineup for 《Red Carp and Green Carp》, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet.

Zhou Chenxi discovered that his small transparent self really only has a sense of existence when rubbing on the heat of others.

【Ahhhhh, sister Yun! Is Sister Yun finally descending to the human realm?】

【Emperor Ren is so diligent and busy, isn’t it because there are new movies going on recently?】

【Luo Xinghe! I like him so much! Especially when he played Zhang Xinxin in 《The Stars Know My Heart》, he was simply playing himself. Didn’t he also take first place in the show 《I Am an Acting Show》 some time ago?】

【I think it’s shady. Just because of his acting skills? Many of them are older than him, and they have been rejected when they are better than him. Is that normal?】

【All of you are just envious, our family’s Luoluo is just that great!】

【Zhuang Jingle is Lu’s own artist, right? According to gossip, Lu Ji, the president of the Lu Group, is also participating in this show and funding it, so that’s why Zhuang Jingle is in it? The boss personally came out to support his own artists, fucking, what kind of plot is this? I need to brainstorm.】

【I strongly suggest giving up on the gossip. It’s not accurate. Shao Yunyi and Mr. Lu have been intimate with each other since they were young. Mr. Lu is on the show to chase his wife, right?】

【Ah this…】

【No matter what, Mr. Lu can be regarded as a typical Mr. perfect and highly eligible bachelor, right? Quick, look at this photo, Fking awesome. [Image] Can you believe that this is taken from a financial newspaper, not a photo from a popular magazine? Mr. Lu, please, stop running a company and make your debut!】

【Mr. Lu, stop running a company and make your debut! +1】

【I have a foreboding that Lu Group’s stock price will rise after the show is broadcast.】

【So who is Zhou Chenxi?】

Zhou Chenxi scrolled through it for a while before he saw his name in a comment underneath.

In the comments about various guests in the discussion, this one was very abrupt, as if it did not belong to this world.

Zhou Chenxi waited silently for a while, and found no one responded. He took a deep breath wanting to set things right and sadly puckered his lips “I’m just a newcomer. Actually, I have also acted in some dramas, but they are not very well-known.” After that he flung up his own Baidu Baike (basically wikipedia), and posted his disgraceful resume of his many supporting and background roles in costume dramas. When he refreshed it, he suddenly found that there were replies below.

【@ZhouChenXiGlobalSupportClub: You don’t know Zhou Chenxi? Oh, well you will know after watching this show [smile].】

“…” Zhou Chenxi stared at the smiling face and weird ID of the “Zhou Chenxi Global Support Club”. He got the feeling he was being blatantly taunted.

No way, he already had an anti-fan before he’s popular?

Zhou Chenxi hurriedly opened the homepage of the ID and found that it was empty, as if it were a newly registered account.

This anti-fan was more dedicated than the zombie fans his company bought for him. The zombie fans barely managed Weibo anyway, pretending to be a living person.

Maybe this was his real fan?

Zhou Chenxi followed the account with his own small account.

Sure enough there are fans such as this, overall they exist but there are some who are probably ineffectual.

Zhou Chenxi watched the other party’s fans jump from 0 to 1, thinking.

A few days later, 《Red Carp and Green Carp》  began filming.

The cast of 《The Journey to Fairyland》 had not been decided yet, and it would take some time before filming begins.

Zhou Chenxi remembered that in his previous life, Director Qin spent a lot of time looking for the lead actor of this drama, mainly because of the special temperament Immortal Monarch Liu had, coupled with the fact that Director Qin was picky, and he finally settled on Gong Rui.

So this time, the goddess of luck actually fell on Zhou Chenxi’s head?

After all, his process of winning the role of Liuli was fairly smooth, except for the accident in the elevator.

Zhou Chenxi was very happy when he thought of this possibility.

The few guests who participated in 《Red Carp and Green Carp》 were all quite well-known. Shao Yunyi and Ren Qian had big ranking positions, so each of them brought two assistants. Even Zhuang Jingle was followed by an assistant when he appeared.

Not to mention Luo Xinghe, Huangtian directly assigned him two assistants. They were worthy of being a big company.

Only Zhou Chenxi and Lu Ji had no one accompanying them when they got out of the car.

Zhou Chenxi was exhausted. He brought an oversized suitcase as Zhi Qi said that he was going to do his own styling for the show. He temporarily matched several sets of clothes for him, and all of them were taken into a photo album and placed in the box for him to compare. Clothes and some miscellaneous things all made his suitcase extremely heavy.

Lu Ji was much more put together. A medium-sized suitcase was all he had. When he got out of the car, his tall figure seemed to be automatically hit by a spotlight, and his straight collar casual wear (photo below) seemed to glow in the sun.

No wonder he didn’t need an assistant.

However, as the camera turned to his side, Zhou Chenxi struggled to get out of the car with his suitcase, and was caught by an obstacle in the door and fell.

But he didn’t fall flat. He didn’t know where the obstacle came from. It didn’t seem to have suddenly popped up just then, and Zhou Chenxi couldn’t see it at all because he was blocked by the big suitcase.

Once they got off the car, they had a camera shooting them by default, the show had already begun recording. Zhou Chenxi thought to himself, it’s over, he’s falling like a dog in the mud in front of national TV, forget it, he’ll fall to the ground first and with dazzling skill, roll over and get up. As long as he is not embarrassed, others are not embarrassed.

Suddenly a hand stretched over to help him hold the heavy suitcase.

The expected fall didn’t come. Zhou Chenxi opened his eyes and looked up. First he saw smoothly-lined arms, and then crashed into a pair of familiar black eyes.

The expression on Lu Ji’s face was faint, and his jawline cast shadows under the sunlight, making the contours of his face more distinct, “Fortunately I bought you personal insurance, but seeing you like this, the insurance company is very likely to go bankrupt by accident.”

Zhou Chenxi, “…”

After he had firm footing, he looked back at the door of the car, and sure enough, a small fire extinguisher came down at some unknown time.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, Mr. Lu,” the staff next to him hurried over to apologize, “The fire extinguisher in the car was just equipped according to the regulations. It seemed to be unfixed, so I immediately moved it.”

After all, Lu Ji was an investor. Everyone took into account his feelings. Lu Ji glanced at the staff member and said lightly, “Check the other cars. It’s best not to let it happen again.”

“Yes!” The staff ran away in a hurry.

Zhou Chenxi felt a little guilty inexplicably.

After everyone arrived, they each introduced themselves. Zhuang Jingle was first as he was the host of the show.

Taking advantage of Zhuang Jingle’s introduction to the rules and gameplay of the show, Zhou Chenxi quietly asked Lu Ji who was standing next to him, “Mr. Lu, in the entire show crew, was I the only one who got bought life insurance?”

“To be precise,” Lu Ji said, “I bought you an additional life insurance,”

Why, is it because he was particularly unlucky?

Zhou Chenxi gloomily thought to himself.

Or was the time he shouted ‘The program crew should buy me a huge amount of personal insurance’ on the side of the road heard by Mr. Lu?

In this regard, Lu Ji was happy to answer questions, “If someone else buys it, it’s extremely cost effective to go through the flow and buy it for you,”

Zhou Chenxi, “…” In short, it will save money.

It doesn’t matter, he’s used to it.

Zhou Chenxi smiled firmly, and comforted himself in his heart. That’s right, isn’t life like this, full of ups and downs?

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The author has something to say: Extremely, hardworking and diligent in running his household, Mr. Lu.