ALL NOVEL Chapter 2
Gu Mingxu was stared at by Fu Yanhe with a cold, scrutinizing, and appraising gaze. He felt a kind of oppression. He gradually became nervous and asked at a loss, “What’s wrong, Brother Fu? Is there something on my face? You’re looking at me like that.”
Fu Yanhe ignored the question and asked straight to the point, “What do you want from me?”
After getting to know each other, it seemed that every time he saw Gu Mingxu, he always came to him for help.
For example, working with Gu family, or helping him win endorsements…
This time, he didn’t know what it was.
Although Gu Mingxu was only adopted by the Gu family, the treatment he enjoyed was not bad. The Gu family treated him very well. If he wanted the moon, they wouldn’t hesitate to give it to him. Gu Mingxu was able to do well in the entertainment industry at a young age. He debuted as a member of a super idol boy band. As a member of the family, the help and management of the Gu family were indispensable.
But the Gu family didn’t have an entertainment company, so they couldn’t reach too far into the entertainment industry.
The Fu family wasn’t involved in the entertainment industry much, but to put it bluntly, the Fu family’s foundation and capital were not comparable to the Gu family. If they went into the entertainment industry, they still had some say.
When Fu Yanhe thought of himself in the dream, he realized just because of the person in front of him who was ordinary in everything: average-looking, not good at singing, not good at dancing, awkward when acting, even making embarrassing appearances in variety shows and offending people, with a hard-to-explain temper. Because of this unworthy man, who hang around men like a king of sea raising plenty of fish to choose. Fu Yanhe had set up a special entertainment company to praise him, and he had done more stupid things, completely ignoring common sense. Fu Yanhe suddenly felt nauseous to realize that he was obsessed, as if someone had pressed his head and reluctantly made him eat something repulsive.
At this moment, he was facing that repulsion.
Even though he was a majestic emperor, he felt aggrieved because he had to be in the same room with something he found distasteful and breathe the same air.
The empress, he needed the empress’ comfort, and the empress’ kiss and hug that could soothe his hurting heart.
But his empress, he didn’t know where she was yet.
The road to find his empress was long, and his heart was sad from missing her.
The more he missed the empress, the more Fu Yanhe disliked Gu Mingxu. Cold air emitted from his body unconsciously, and the temperature in the office dropped several degrees.
Fu Yanhe’s business-like attitude and cold tone made Gu Mingxu a little uncomfortable. After all, he had met Fu Yanhe several times before. Not to mention how enthusiastic Fu Yanhe had been, his attitude was polite and kind, and he seemed like the brother next door when they interacted.
However, thinking about what he heard from Manager Gao about Fu Yanhe getting angry during the meeting, Gu Mingxu felt Fu Yanhe’s cold attitude was not directed at him, so he didn’t take it to heart.
“Brother Fu, I heard Director Zhao’s new play is about to start filming, and I want to participate in it.”
Gu Mingxu was really not polite to Fu Yanhe, and it was not a big problem to open his mouth.
Director Zhao’s name was resounding throughout the film and television industry. The films he produced were basically both well-received and box-office successes. He had won many international awards. If people acted in one of his films, even if they were not the lead role, their status would be promoted. With good luck, they could also rise to the top.
It was extremely difficult to star in Director Zhao’s film. For Gu Mingxu, who only had popularity but no acting skills, it could be said to be as difficult as reaching heaven.
The high quality of the film made Director Zhao very strict about the use of actors. He personally watched the auditions, and there was more than one audition, and they had to go through numerous screenings and assessments.
Gu Mingxu had participated in the talent show and debuted at the age of 18. He was 20 this year. As expected, the boy band he was in would be disbanded this summer, and the members would go solo.
Idols from boy bands had only a few development paths in the entertainment industry. They could transform into singers, actors, live broadcasters, become variety show stars, and participate in various auditions to stir-fry their fame.
Gu Mingxu obviously made the choice to act, and he wanted to get into the film industry and get a high starting point.
“There will be an open casting call before filming starts. If you want to act, you can audition. What are you doing with me? Do you want to go to through the back door?”
Fu Yanhe glanced at Gu Mingxu casually.
He saw the other party’s face change slightly, the corners of his lips tightened, as if someone had exposed his thoughts, and he became angry with embarrassment.
Gu Mingxu really had the idea of going through the back door. He was self-aware of his abilities and knew he would not be successful in auditioning. He had good popularity and more than 10 million fans, but Director Zhao did not choose actors based on popularity.
But going through the back door was disgraceful and harsh to hear, so when Fu Yanhe pointed out the words “go through the back door,” Gu Mingxu’s self-esteem was hurt.
Gu Mingxu felt Fu Yanhe was cruel, that he didn’t think about him at all or sympathize with his difficulties. Unlike his brothers, they could solve everything as soon as he opened his mouth and would not say such ugly words.
Thinking of this, Gu Mingxu’s eyes turned red, with tears in his eyes, he said with a weak cry, “Brother Fu, don’t speak so harshly.”
Hearing this, Fu Yanhe raised his eyebrows slightly and let out a slight cold scoff. “Most of the truth is unpleasant.”
Gu Mingxu was slightly startled.
“Leave if you have nothing to do. I don’t accept idlers.”
Fu Yanhe didn’t have much patience to watch Gu Mingxu’s performance. He had seen this kind of trick countless times when he was the emperor. Pretending to be weak and pitiful—today, it would be called a weak and helpless little white flower.
The word “idler” stabbed Gu Mingxu again. Seeing that Fu Yanhe really wanted to see him off, he bit his lip and finally revealed his true feelings.
“Brother Fu, I heard that Aunt Ruan and Director Zhao were classmates and friends. Can Aunt Ruan say hello to Director Zhao and let me act in Director Zhao’s movie? Just a small supporting role, not the first male lead or the second male lead.”
Hearing Gu Mingxu mention his mother, Fu Yanhe leaned forward, tapped his slender fingers on the desk, and his eyes became much sharper.
The preparation work was quite complete, and he also knew that his mother and Director Zhao were old classmates.
“Not the first male lead or second male leads? Ha, you’re not too whimsical.”
This sentence was obviously sarcastic, and Gu Mingxu’s face turned pale.
“Go back. My mother’s classmates are not my classmates; I can’t make the decision.”
“It’s not too much trouble, as long as Aunt Ruan tell Director Zhao—”
Before Gu Mingxu finished speaking, Fu Yanhe waved his hand and interrupted, “Young Master Gu, can’t you understand people? If it’s not troublesome, go talk to Director Zhao yourself. It’s better to ask yourself than using others. Instead of thinking about how to find someone to bridge the gap, it’s better to enroll in a class and learn acting. If you want to be an actor, you must have real skills. If you don’t have the skill, don’t get a certain job.”
“By the way, I’m not familiar with you. My mother didn’t give me a younger brother. Just call me Mr. Fu. Don’t call me wrong next time.”
Brother Fu?
Did Gu Mingxu have a disease that makes him like to recognize people as his older brothers? Everyone was his brother, and he called everyone familiarly.
Fu Yanhe said it with no mercy. No matter how thick-skinned Gu Mingxu was, he couldn’t continue to stay shamelessly and could only leave in despair.
Before leaving, he accused Fu Yanhe in an accusatory tone, looking extremely sad, “You have changed. You were not like this before.”
There was disappointment in the tone.
Fu Yanhe’s temples jumped wildly.
‘You are so bold and unruly that you dare to offend him.’
When he was the emperor, except for the empress, who would dare to point his nose and talk nonsense? It would be unreasonable not to reward him with a set of palms on mouths and hit with the board and go to the underworld with full package.
Now that he was interested to reward someone, he couldn’t dye the floor with red anymore.
Useless, frustrated.
It was okay to be the boss but he couldn’t act unreasonable.
Why did it get worse now? Was it because he didn’t have good dealings with the underworld in his previous life?
Otherwise, why couldn’t he continue to be emperor in this life?
It was better to be an emperor.
Fu Yanhe sighed.