Chapter 2 The Unreachable Genius Everyone wanted to have dinner with him...

The temperature in the box was low, and the cold wind touched the skin, grinding down a trace of chill.

Under the bright orange light, there was a faint aroma of wine. The food tasted a little cold. He didn't eat much. Li Su glanced at the table inconspicuously. The waiter should have just changed the bone plate.

There were four beautiful women of different styles and two handsome men wearing famous watches sitting at the round table. They were all very young, in their twenties, soaked in money and power. Their seemingly plain eyes were actually high and mighty.

"Do you have a door in your mouth?" Lu Jiayi walked to his seat and glanced at everyone with a look of anger and surprise.

Seeing that Li Su had followed to the empty seat next to him, Lu Jiayi put his arm around Li Su and introduced with a smile: "My friend, Li Su! We are in the same circle. Let's get to know each other first and have a chance to cooperate!"

People of different classes can be seen at a glance.

They saw Li Su's clothes clearly, and they also saw that she had no money, power, or resources.

Silence. Quiet.

In the midst of a cold shoulder that was almost like a show of power, Zhang Youqing, who was sitting opposite and replying to messages, raised her head hurriedly. Her polite smile was very light, with enthusiasm and alienation.

"Welcome!" Zhang Youqing gave Lu Jiayi face and raised her glass first, and others followed suit.

So the echoes of the mountains and ridges supported an almost perfunctory opening.

"Welcome", "Welcome".

"Thank you." Li Su smiled obediently and drank a glass with a group of people.

The red wine was swaying in her stomach. It was deep red and heavy.

"Sit down!" Lu Jiayi put down the wine glass, patted Li Su's shoulder, and sat down beside her.

Li Su nodded indifferently, and she gently tucked her bag behind her back. The sharp corner of the folder popped out of the soft canvas bag and stabbed her lightly.

The folder contained her prepared works, but...

Li Su tucked the folder deeply into it without leaving a trace.

She raised her eyes and looked at the people who were chatting enthusiastically with a gentle gaze.

Accept it. No one took the initiative to introduce themselves to her.

She was just a small pawn in this dinner party. No hurry.

The girl sitting on the other side of Li Su stared at Zhang Youqing. Seeing Zhang Youqing pick up her chopsticks and eat a few bites of food, she put her hand on the bottom of the cup, observed her expression and said enthusiastically: "The web drama I filmed a while ago has been aired, and the number of fans has increased by 300,000. It's really good!"

"I said that the director and the team are capable, and this drama has signed with Penguin Pictures, and the subsequent publicity and promotion resources are not bad. I was regretful that I didn't get the interview, but fortunately I have Youqing. Youqing can really help if I have any problems..."

"Chunqi," Zhang Youqing raised her hand to stop talking, her smile was not pleasing to the eyes, and she said objectively and distantly: "It's just a small favor, so don't say anything. I'm blushing. Besides, you are willing to bring money into the group and spend three million to buy the leading female role. I didn't do you any favors."

The boy sitting next to Youqing took the opportunity to speak out: "Some are happy and some are sad. I'm really miserable this time. The drama that cost tens of millions of dollars has a good reputation, but the data is really a flop. What's more hateful is that when we analyzed the reasons later, it turned out that the publicity and promotion were not done well?! - The problem is that I am responsible for the publicity and promotion! I didn't dare to open my mouth later. Oh, what a thing!"

Zhang Youqing's eyes turned into doting. She pinched Chen Shu's waist, touched his face lightly, rubbed his earlobe, and sang with him: "Chen Shu, you really don't have a good brain. Why don't you rely on your face to make a living? Mix in front of the screen, and I will support you."

"If there comes a day like that, I can only be half-served!" Chen Shufeng's handsome face was stained with angry red. He widened his eyes and said angrily: "I still want to fight with the young master!"

"Everyone who has received nine years of compulsory education knows that knowing yourself and the enemy will win every battle. If you want to win, you must first understand your opponent," Zhang Youqing looked at the opposite side with a hint of meaning and made a sticky joke: "Go, stick to Lu Jiayi, maybe you can get close to the young master."

What? Li Su was puzzled, staring at Chen Shu's movements, ready to stand up and protect Lu Jiayi at any time.

Then he saw that Chen Shu, who had a very low ignition point, stood up after being instigated by Zhang Youqing. His tall and strong body bloomed, revealing full of tension.

But he didn't really come over.

Chen Shu shouted to Lu Jiayi from a distance, "Jiayi, I really think there's a chance between you and the Young Master. Would you like to consider it? Although he has a complicated background, he has earned his way to this position with his bare hands."

Zhang Youqing smiled politely. Her eyes were direct and she added frankly, "At the beginning, everyone called him 'Young Master', and it was indeed meant to be sarcastic, but that's not the case in the past two years. He's very capable now."

"Yes!" Chen Shu held out one hand, like a cat whose reverse scales were stroked, and he could not describe everything at once. "Five years! It only took five years! When he won the Best Director Award for College Students in his first year, I could still say sourly, 'He worked hard'. I even turned a blind eye and looked at him with one eye."

"The second year, the Young Master set up a media company - when he signed those two amateurs, I put my hands in my pockets, and when he invested in that sweet campus youth drama, I looked down on him." Chen Shu twitched the corner of his mouth with a fake smile, "Who would have thought that I would be slapped in the face so quickly..."

Perhaps because they were worried that Lu Jiayi had been abroad for five years and didn't know much about the changes in the new upstarts in the circle, this master-servant couple, who played a double act, introduced the young master in a very comprehensive manner.

Li Su gradually had some guesses in her mind, and then heard Chen Shu angrily say:

"Who can tell me, why? A drama with a cost of 10 million yuan can generate 200 million yuan in revenue? And let those two amateur leading actors directly advance to the second line? Is this reasonable? Is there any reason? Humph! Stealing my Long Aotian's counterattack script, why haven't you overturned yet!"

After discovering that he was actually a cannon fodder villain, he decided to get up early every morning to draw a circle to curse the other party, and his ultimate fantasy of looking at his own reflection on the frosted ground was a pity.

Chen Shu's angry expression formed a strong contrast with his strong and surging figure and sharp handsomeness. Perhaps because of his impatience, his tone also brought out some northern accents, which sounded particularly humorous.

"Pfft." Chunqi, who was sitting on the right side of Li Su, couldn't help laughing. She propped up her arms to cover the corners of her mouth, enjoying the show, and deliberately added fuel to the fire, saying, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. Not only did it not fail, but the young master immediately made a gay-themed art film, which was directly nominated for an international award and gained both fame and fortune."

Like a balloon punctured by a needle, it collapsed in an instant. Chen Shu sat back half dead, frustrated, "Why don't you mention the web drama he invested in at the same time? It directly produced two top stars and became very popular. Now, it's completely out of reach."

Zhang Youqing glanced at Chunqi, her eyes a little cold, she reached out to hug Chen Shu, kissed his cheek, patted his head, as if patiently comforting a kitten.

Seeing that Chen Shu was not in high spirits, she teased him deliberately: "If I hadn't known that the young master was signing a contract in Jingbei, I would have suspected that the young master was eavesdropping at the door at this moment. To be honest, it's hard not to succeed if you can flatter someone so unnoticeably."

Chen Shu chuckled, then hugged Zhang Youqing back, holding her tightly, burying his head in her shoulders and breathing the breath of her body.

"Isn't this a failure?" Chen Shu complained weakly, and looked at Lu Jiayi with resentment.

Sitting up straight, Chen Shuyi said: "I took the lead myself once, and then I really realized how sharp and keen the young master's insight into the market is. This time I am completely convinced. The young master is indeed a rare genius. However, after he became completely popular, everyone around him became a 'mentor', and this time I really can't get close to him even if I want to."

Countless eyes were cast at Lu Jiayi. A tossing of singing and reciting, now it is revealed the deep meaning behind it.

Li Su finally confirmed: So, everyone wants to make friends with that "young master", but because there is no chance, everyone needs Lu Jiayi to act as a matchmaker.

Silently touching the phone. Li Su really wanted to search who this young master was.

He is the person that everyone cares about so much, he must get to know him, isn't he impressive?

"I'm really not familiar with the young master." The overly cold and hard answer curbed Li Su's actions.

Li Su turned his head and saw that Lu Jiayi's frosty face was full of indifference and resistance.

The thin cold wind suddenly began to drill into the bones of people, and the skin suddenly became dry as if it was about to scab, and it was tight.

Like the pause button was pressed.

Uncomfortable. Uncomfortable.

Suddenly hearing about Xu Shen's current situation, Lu Jiayi's throat seemed to be pinched by someone, tight and blocked. She subconsciously looked at Li Su, staring at Li Su's reaction.

But Li Su seemed to be a spectator who was not involved, too calm and calm.

Like a student who firmly believes that God rewards hard work, when he encounters a topic he doesn't understand, he decides to memorize it by rote. Li Su always has a smile on his face, listening attentively and patiently to everyone's free speech.

Li Su is memorizing. Memorizing people and things.

She has just graduated and is still on the edge of the film and television industry. She seems to understand all the rules and relationships discussed at this table.

Lu Jiayi was relieved instantly.

She was sure that Li Su should not have caught Xu Shen's existence.

It seems that she didn't know that his sharp blade was unsheathed, nor did she understand his success. Are Li Su and Xu Shen really... nothing?

A sneer appeared at the corner of Lu Jiayi's mouth. She didn't know what she was happy about until she saw Li Su pick up the phone, and she panicked for no reason.

She spoke subconsciously, just wanting to stop Li Su's action.

And the words spoken in a hurry were not thought about in time.

"Didn't I bring my friends to the dinner party I organized today to meet everyone?"

"You have to walk step by step. It's rare that we met when we were little and reached out to help each other."

"Who doesn't want to pick up something ready-made? I want to, too."

Lu Jiayi's heart was beating fast and he was upset.

All eyes shifted from Lu Jiayi's face to Li Su's face.

The eager expectation in all eyes turned into doubt and sneer.

"Her?" Chunqi did not hide the sarcasm in her words. The only kindness and goodness was that she said half of the sentence and kept the second half that everyone knew: Why can she be compared with the young master?

When the spotlight inexplicably hit the audience who was practicing cross-eyed. When Lu Jiayi dragged Li Su out to stop the situation regardless of her life or death, Li Su was panicked for a moment, but soon, she calmed herself down.

Now is not the time to collapse! Didn't you prepare yourself before coming in? Steady!

Deadhead, turn quickly! You idiot, think about what to say!

Li Su's thoughts were flying around. She seemed calm, but in fact, she was just forcing herself to hold back. She was tense and felt really helpless.

When she saw others, she was a child of destiny admired by thousands of people, but when she saw herself, she was an unknown person who looked down upon her.

There was such a huge difference, but they had to be put side by side... Li Su sympathized with Chen Shu, who had just gone berserk. She was pierced

by thousands of arrows in her heart, but she acted calm.

Most people's contempt was like a knife. Li Su, who was in a state of collapse, insisted on waiting, waiting for her only chance.

When Zhang Youqing's eyes turned from Lu Jiayi to Li Su, Li Su moved almost instinctively.

When her eyes met Zhang Youqing's, they smiled at each other, and Li Su raised his glass and took the initiative to clink his glass with Zhang Youqing's.

Coincidentally, coincidentally.

Friendly details. Friendly beginning.

Just like the moment she stepped in, Zhang Youqing took the lead in raising her glass to her.

Just as Zhang Youqing intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the name of every person who spoke, it seemed that she was introducing them to her.

The atmosphere was subtle and subtle.

Li Su's heart was in turmoil.

She extended an olive branch, but was afraid that the person would not help her again.

"Can you drink well?" Zhang Youqing asked Li Su across the table. Her tone was not very good, but not too bad either. It was mixed with a bit of dissatisfaction with Lu Jiayi's refusal, which aroused her disdain for Li Su's request for help.

Since she was ten years old, she has followed her family to participate in various drinking parties. Li Su thinks that she still understands some drinking table culture. Just like now, she understood Zhang Youqing's hint at once.

Forcing people to drink is to implement a slightly invasive obedience test.

I want you to drink, do you want to drink?

Very good.

When the storm finally came, Li Su's heart calmed down.

He leaned back and felt the sharp corners of the folder piercing his skin.

Li Su decided to face the challenge head on.

Burn the boats.