Chapter 725: The Celebrity’s Friend
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The tabloid reporter was excited. Suddenly, he felt someone patting his back from behind. He was surprised and quickly turned around to look. What he saw was two black-s.h.i.+rted men staring at him coldly.
“Two big brothers, do you need me for anything?” The tabloid reporter asked nervously. It can’t be a robbery in the middle of the night, right?
One of the black-s.h.i.+rted men pointed at the camera in the tabloid reporter’s hand with a blank expression. The black-s.h.i.+rted man only uttered three cold words, “Give me that!”
“Ah?” The tabloid reporter was stunned. He thought to himself, Did I really encounter a robber? But, even it is a robbery, it will be fine as long as I keep the memory card of the camera in my hand. As for the others, it is not important. This news is worth N [1] number of cameras. Hence, the tabloid reporter replied, “Alright, alright, but can you give the memory card in the camera? It isn’t worth much. It’s only worth around thirty yuan or twenty yuan…”
The black-s.h.i.+rted man didn’t answer, but he took the camera from the hand of the tabloid reporter. Later, he took the memory card out.
“Thank you, thank you…” The tabloid reporter thought that the black-s.h.i.+rted man would return the memory card to himself. He just said thank you, but he noticed that the black-s.h.i.+rted man put the memory card directly into his pocket. He asked in doubt, “You are…”
The black-s.h.i.+rted man slammed the camera on the tabloid reporter’s face and said with hostility, “Go away. If you let me see you again, I will kill you!”
At this time, the tabloid reporter fully understood. He wasn’t stupid. Those people weren’t robbing him, but they didn’t want him to take pictures of things that shouldn’t be taken. That was why he was approached!
Is it the local underworld gang? Since the black-s.h.i.+rted man had a local accent, the tabloid reporter didn’t think these people were the bodyguards that Shu Ya brought from Hong Kong. Moreover, these people’s style and tone were not like bodyguards, but they were similar to the underworld of Hong Kong. So the tabloid reporter suddenly thought of this aspect.
He couldn’t help but s.h.i.+ver in the cold. It seems the trouble is quite deep here! The tabloid reporter lost all of his spirit abruptly. He thought it would be big news, but now it seemed that this news was simply impossible to bring back!
The tabloid reporter had encountered similar situations in Hong Kong. He knew that such people couldn’t be offended, or else his trouble would be endless. As he was about to leave, he noticed that he was surrounded by a group of black-s.h.i.+rted men.
“You… you… what else do you want?” The tabloid reporter was shocked. When he saw that the two black-s.h.i.+rted men just now were among them, he became terrified in an instant. Would they want to kill me to keep me silent?
It turned out that the two black-s.h.i.+rted men had just reported the incident to Bao Sanli. How could Bao Sanli treat it sloppily? He was afraid that if something went wrong, Yang Ming would blame him. He couldn’t shoulder such a responsibility! So he ordered that this person be controlled first.
So, obviously, this tabloid reporter was taken into the Tavern Heaven on Earth.
At this time, the tabloid reporter had finally confirmed that he had really encountered underworld members! It was impossible to reason with these people. He couldn’t help but regret it. I’m far away from home. I don’t want to just disappear like that…
Yang Ming naturally noticed the tabloid reporter’s petty action, but after seeing someone take care of him, Yang Ming didn’t handle it hands-on. These people were the elites selected by Bao Sanli. If they couldn’t handle these little things well, then Yang Ming had to suspect there was something wrong with Bao Sanli’s ability.
“The car had broken down. Do you want to use a van?” asked Yang Ming as he pointed to the Jinbei van in the parking.
“How could I be so delicate?” Shu Ya smiled faintly, “I have also sat on the bus!”
“You take the bus? Wouldn’t the pa.s.sengers on the bus get overexcited?” Yang Ming naturally didn’t believe her.
“Of course, it was the time before I became famous…” Shu Ya sighed. “Actually, being able to ride on a bus with your lover to look at the scenery in the city freely is quite a blissful thing…”
Yang Ming got in the van and started it. Yang Ming drove the van slowly along the road. Yang Ming asked Shu Ya, “Have you been to Song Jiang before?”
“I have been here. I like it very much.” Shu Ya replied vaguely.
“The nightlife here should be far worse than Hong Kong, right?” Yang Ming smiled. At this moment, most of the shops on both sides of Song Jiang Street were dark and stopped operating. There were only a handful of fast-food restaurants that were open 24 hours a day. The store and the pharmacy were still lit.
“That is true. But this place is quite amiable and warm.” Shu Ya said, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have set the first stop of the concert here. Right, you haven’t said it yet. You came to me at such a late time. Do you have an emergency?”
Originally, Yang Ming still didn’t know how to talk about it. After all, it was a bit rude to find someone in the middle of the night. Although Shu Ya owed Yang Ming, it wasn’t appropriate to talk about business when they met. Hence, he chatted casually as he planned to lead into the topic after the two got more familiar with each other.
Now, when he heard that Shu Ya took the initiative to mention this, he took the opportunity. “This is the case. I have a jewelry company that would be launching a series of couple’s jewelry on Valentine’s Day, but my compet.i.tor also prepared to use this opportunity to promote his. They found themselves a singing group called the Brown Sugar Bean Paste Buns to be their spokespersons. I don’t know any celebrity but you, so I just looked for you…”
When Yang Ming said this, he found himself shameless. The tone of his words seemed to indicate that Shu Ya was just a common little celebrity with nothing special.
However, Shu Ya didn’t mind at all. “Are you about to ask me to be your jewelry company’s spokesperson?” On the other hand, she thought, When did Yang Ming have a jewelry company? It seems that Yang Ming is now quite different from the past. Are there any other secrets within him?
From the last encounter on the Alice cruise s.h.i.+p, Shu Ya found Yang Ming unpredictable. He had mysterious skills and ruthless means. It was a totally different image with the Yang Ming in her memory. However, these two different persons had started to merge together slowly in Shu Ya’s mind, overlapping itself gradually.
The Yang Ming she saw now was exactly the image of the big brother next door. He seemed very sunny.
“Probably this intention…” Yang Ming was embarra.s.sed about it.
“What are the benefits?” Shu Ya raised her head beautifully and looked at Yang Ming.
“I don’t know how much your endors.e.m.e.nt fee would be, but I won’t pay less than others.” Yang Ming apparently misunderstood Shu Ya’s meaning and thought she was referring to the endors.e.m.e.nt fee.
“Not this…” Shu Ya rolled her eyes. “Do you think I’m like a miser?”
“I can’t tell, but you don’t seem like it.” Yang Ming wasn’t stupid. As Shu Ya said so, it naturally meant that she wasn’t short of money.
“I always disliked being the spokesperson for a company. There were only a few companies which belonged to my father’s friends where I can’t push them away.” Shu Ya said.
“Are you hinting to me that if I want to ask you to be a spokesperson, I must first become friends with your father? Is that what it means?” Yang Ming teased Shu Ya.
“You are just taking a detour.” Shu Ya was a little angry.
“This is called save the country with a curve [2], an opportunity will come unexpectedly.” Yang Ming smiled.
“Up to you, but even if it’s my father’s friend, if I don’t want to, then it can’t be helped.” Shu Ya’s words were like a checker on the chessboard to Yang Ming.
Yang Ming scratched his head and said in a troubled manner, “What do I do?”
“I have asked, what are the benefits?” Shu Ya really didn’t know if Yang Ming really didn’t understand or couldn’t understand it. However, Yang Ming wasn’t such a stupid person in her memory, right? But, she caught a glimpse of slyness in Yang Ming’s gaze. Shu Ya knew that Yang Ming was intentional. She said in annoyance all of a sudden, “I have given you the chance. I’m going to reject you.”
Yang Ming noticed Shu Ya’s playful expression. How could he not know that she was joking with him? But toward Shu Ya’s forthright manner, Yang Ming was a little surprised. He used to watch the entertainment news on TV on how celebrities acted arrogantly. Now, looking at Shu Ya, there was no such thing as arrogance.
“What benefits do you want?” asked Yang Ming.
“As a celebrity, most of the time I’m lonely.” Shu Ya didn’t answer Yang Ming’s question, but said, “You also know that I have no chance to go shopping. I work all day long. I have very few friends…”
“What do you mean? Let me be your friend?” Yang Ming heard Shu Ya’s meaning between the lines.
“Why not?” Shu Ya threatened as she bared her teeth. It was cute.
“It is not that. If you’re not afraid that I would kill you, then do what you like.” Yang Ming naturally won’t refuse to be closer with Shu Ya. With that, it would be convenient to ask about Su Ya’s story later.
“Why do I need to be afraid…? You didn’t a.s.sa.s.sinate me at the time. Do you still want to settle the score after the incident?” Shu Ya wasn’t afraid. She held the trump card in her hand. In the worst case scenario, she would tell the truth. She didn’t believe that Yang Ming could do it.
“Can we talk about the main thing now? When can you help me shoot some advertis.e.m.e.nts for my company?” asked Yang Ming.
“Can we talk about this after tomorrow? I don’t want to talk about work-related stuff. It hurts my brain when you mention it.” Shu Ya said, “Can you tell me more about your things?”
“I say… are you here to probe me?” Yang Ming was a little vigilant. After all, his ident.i.ty was somewhat sensitive.
“Friends should be honest with each other, right?” said Shu Ya.
Fine. Friends should be honest with each other. I will remember. When I ask you something in the future, let me see how you answer!
Yang Ming said after a slight hesitation, “I have something to say. What do you want to know?”
“For example… Why did you appear on the Alice? Why did you want to a.s.sa.s.sinate…” As she spoke until this point, Shu Ya lowered her voice, “Why would you a.s.sa.s.sinate someone?”
“You mean Dorsk? Do you know what he does?” asked Yang Ming.
“I heard from my dad. He is a big drug lord…” said Shu Ya.
Yang Ming didn’t want to talk too much with her, because his ident.i.ty as an a.s.sa.s.sin couldn’t be disclosed after all, but he could use his underworld ident.i.ty to say things, so he said, “If I tell you that I’m the leader of Song Jiang’s underworld, would you believe me?”