Chapter 36

Qi Zhao fell asleep after replying one by one. When he was woken up by the alarm clock the next day, he still hadn't recovered and looked tired.

Qi Zhao didn't have the energy to prepare breakfast today. When he was about to drive to work and find a bun shop on the road, he suddenly received a message from Qin Zhuofa.

[Qin Zhuo: What do you want for breakfast? I’ll bring you some. ]

Qi Zhao smiled when he saw the news and replied: [Director Qin must have remembered it wrong, today's interview only started in the afternoon. ]

Qin Zhuo responded almost instantly.

[Qin Zhuo: Who stipulated that you can’t go to the morning for an interview in the afternoon? ]

[Qin Zhuo: As a partner of the Film and Television Department, I just want to arrive a little early to leave a good impression on the minister. 】

Qin Zhuo finished these two sentences of explanation about work according to Qi Zhao's question and then instantly changed his angle and said with some grievance:

【Qin Zhuo: I just want to see you as soon as possible. 】

Qi Zhao, who didn’t know that his first love had passed hundreds of years ago, saw that Qin Zhuo’s news was as stable as an old dog, but he still sent a cartoon emoticon with a familiar face and a few more sentences.

[Zhaojiu Plaything: I also want to see you soon. ]

[Zhaojiu Wanwu: I'm just afraid that not being able to hide our relationship will affect my work. 】

Qin Zhuo is very considerate.

[Qin Zhuo: I understand. In the film and television department, I will not affect your work because of our relationship. 】

【Qin Zhuo: After all, you said you don't accept office romances. I don't want to break up with my girlfriend just after I get one. ]

Qi Zhao felt inexplicably guilty after seeing the news about him.

If Qin Zhuo's favorability grows fast enough, what he is worried about will happen soon.

But across the screen, Qin Zhuo obviously didn't know these twists and turns in Qi Zhao's heart. Still caring about her breakfast.

[Qin Zhuo: What do you usually like to eat for breakfast? Sweet or salty? 】

Qi Zhao took the key and went out, pressed the elevator with one hand and replied with the other: "I can do it. You can bring me some if you choose which one is delicious." ]

Qin Zhuo responded with a hello.

But Qi Zhao didn't know how edible he was in Qin Zhuo's eyes. When Qi Zhao met him downstairs in the company, Qin Zhuo was carrying a big bag of things.

Qi Zhao glanced at the bread in the cowhide bag that was so full that it was about to overflow, and opened his eyes wide: "Hey, I asked you to bring some. Why did you take so much?"

Qin Zhuo smiled at her and stretched out his hand holding the bag. He lifted it up and said, "I don't know which one you like, so I bought some of the same."

The bag in Qin Zhuo's hand didn't look light, but when he lifted it up, he didn't have any difficulty and it looked like it had no weight.

However, the muscles in his arms bulged against the clothes.

Qi Zhao looked at the big bag of bread and felt a little dizzy: "The bread just made in these bakeries has a shelf life of only one or two days, and the two of us can't finish it."

"...Really?"

Qin, a tall man, said Zhuo felt that he could take one bite at a time.

However, he still gave his own solution based on Qi Zhao's concerns: "Then give points to your employees. They should like to eat it, right?"

Qi Zhao couldn't help but look at Qin Zhuo and smiled when he heard this. After a while, he joked: "Didn't you say that they were gossiping about us two days ago? Why are you giving bread to my employees now?"

Qin Zhuo thought of those gossiping girls, suddenly smiled and said mysteriously: " The bread is given as a thank you gift to thank them for gossiping."

Otherwise, he would not have expressed his feelings to Qi Zhao so early.

Qi Zhao pretended to be confused when he heard this, as if he didn't understand what Qin Zhuo was saying or what happened.

Of course, Qin Zhuo, who was kept in the dark, didn't know that Qi Zhao was acting.

He thought that the accidental assist was God's will, but he didn't know that it was a human-created necessity.

After Qin Zhuo asked Qi Zhao to pick two pieces of bread that he liked, he happily carried the bag and distributed the remaining bread to the employees of the film and television department.

Qi Zhao also followed him and explained behind him with a smile: "Director Qin said that you have worked hard these past two days. Please have some bread."

The uninformed employees cheered when they heard this. Only Xiao Zhao and the others were a few They looked at each other with their mouths wide open, then raised the corners of their lips again after they recovered.

After Qin Zhuo finished making a round, there was still a bottom left in the cowhide bag.

Qin Zhuo wanted to put the remaining bread into Qi Zhao's office. When he was leaving, the employees of the film and television department shouted in unison: "Thank you, Director Qin, for

the treat!" Qin Zhuo also smiled and said loudly: "It's a small thing."

Qi Zhao However, Qin Zhuo had a red face next to Qin Zhuo, and pretended to be serious and said to the employees: "If you eat Director Qin's bread, you have to work hard, you know?"

The employees of the film and television department did not face Qi Zhao like ordinary subordinates. She was so restrained and fearful towards her boss, and when she heard these words, she knew she was joking.

They all agreed: "I know, supervisor."

When Qi Zhao took Qin Zhuo back to the office, he found that he kept giggling while looking at him.

Qi Zhao asked: "Why are you laughing? Is there something on my face?"

Qin Zhuo smiled and shook his head. He felt that he was a little embarrassed to express his inner thoughts, but he still couldn't help saying it.

"Don't you think what we did just now is very similar to...what?"

Qi Zhao frowned: "What?"

Qin Zhuo turned his head away, the tips of his ears were a little red.

He spoke a little awkwardly: "Just... like giving out wedding candies."

They were both a man and a woman.

One person sends it in front, and the other one follows behind.

Qin Zhuo's heart was filled with excitement after he found his first love.

Qi Zhao, who had heard and spoken a lot of love words, felt unperturbed.

Qin Zhuo's heartbeat quickened and his ears burned. Qi Zhao didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he teased him: "I've never given out wedding candy, so I don't know if it looks like it."

After hearing Qi Zhao's words, Qin Zhuo quickly turned his head to look at her, not caring about his shyness. Afraid that she would misunderstand, he explained: "I only attended the wedding, and I never gave out wedding candies!"

"I know." Qi Zhao answered as he sat down on his seat and turned on the computer, preparing to take a look at today's work schedule. While waiting for the computer to turn on, she glanced at Qin Zhuo, raised the corners of her lips and asked, "But I remember that the wedding candies at the wedding seem to be sent to relatives and friends first and then to colleagues. Why did you do it the other way around?"

Qin Zhuo seemed to have thought of something when he heard this, and the heat on the tips of his ears quickly faded away.

He sat opposite Qi Zhao with a hint of irritation in his tone: "Don't mention it, Han Sansheng and the others haven't been quiet for a while now. When I was sleeping, they were chasing me asking when I could let them have a meal with you."

Qi Zhao didn't have any objections and said, "I can do either. You just need to set a time." After

hearing this, Qin Zhuo began to recall his schedule for the next few days and the free time of Han Sansheng and the others: "Then let's do it on Friday. Xiaoguan There is a meeting in the next two days, and the second brother has to go back to his old house on the weekend. Han Sansheng can do it anytime..."

Qin Zhuo was stunned for a few seconds without knowing what he thought of, and his mood instantly became depressed after he realized what he was thinking.

Qin Zhuo lay on the table and raised his eyes to look at Qi Zhao.

Like a large dog with its tail hanging down: "...I just remembered that I have to go out to a spot on the weekend to shoot the actual scenes of the movie."

Qi Zhao couldn't help laughing when he saw the aggrieved and big Qin Zhuo, and said: "Just go and shoot. Why do you look so lost?"

"The actual shooting location is a bit far away."

"Where are you going to shoot?"

"City A."

City A is thousands of miles away from their current city, just by plane. It also takes a few hours.

Qin Zhuo scratched his head irritably: "Originally, I wanted to wait until I came back from City A before confessing to you. I didn't expect that we would be separated as soon as we established our relationship."

Qi Zhao smiled at Qin Zhuo and comforted: "You are on a business trip. It's not like I'm going abroad. The transportation is so convenient now. I can see you whenever you want."

The schedule was set several months in advance. Qin Zhuo could only nod when he heard this.

Qin Zhuo stayed in Qi Zhao's office all morning, during which time he also helped her screen out a batch of unqualified director resumes.

When it was almost time to get off work, Qin Zhuo was sifting through his cell phone as to where to take Qi Zhao for lunch.

Qi Zhao's cell phone received a message from another man.

[Gu Ci: If you have time, can you come up? ]

It was not a message Ye Zhiyuan sent her. Therefore, Gu Ci's words probably refer to personal matters, or more likely to small matters.

Qi Zhao put away his phone and stood up.

Qin Zhuo saw Qi Zhao who was about to leave the office and asked, "Where are you going?"

Qi Zhao couldn't hide it from him anymore, so he replied half-truthfully: "I have some work arrangements to be handed over now. " I'll handle it."

"The boss?" Qin Zhuo lowered his eyebrows, his sixth sense was very keen, "Is it Gu Ci who is looking for you?"

"No, it's his assistant."

Qi Zhao's words were not true at all.

When Qi Zhao saw that Qin Zhuo didn't ask any more questions, he opened his mouth to block him: "It should be something on some documents. I'll be back soon."

As luck would have it, the first thing Qi Zhao saw when he got to the top floor was It was Ye Zhiyuan.

Ye Zhiyuan, who had just been pulled out by Qi Zhao to block the gun, had no idea about it. Instead, he said to her very politely: "Manager Qi, Mr. Gu is waiting for you in the office."

Qi Zhao knocked on the door and walked into the office. What attracts you at first glance is the picture played on the white wall.

The center was dark, but the four sides were darkly red.

The screen was still shaking, and Qi Zhao saw two fangs and a small tongue with barbs.

The camera seems to be in someone's mouth.

When Gu Ci saw Qi Zhao walking in, he immediately said to the projector: "Stop, she's coming."

Qi Zhao saw the picture suddenly brighten, and what came into view was a distorted small picture. Cat face.

Xiaoxiao seemed to be leaning against the camera, and the face on the screen looked like a funny mirror. The paws continued to poke the pet robot in front of him.

Her eyes are round, cute and smart.

"Meow?" Qi Zhao laughed and responded to Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, good afternoon."

Xiaoxiao stopped and became quiet after hearing Qi Zhao's voice.

Seeing Xiaoxiao calm down, Gu Ci was silently relieved.

He stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and explained to Qi Zhao: "This is the third pet monitor it bitten this morning." After

communicating with Gu Ci more, Qi Zhao could guess from his words. To a certain point: "Mr. Gu, what you mean is that Xiaoxiao wanted to talk to me, so he sabotaged the surveillance?"

"Yes."

Gu Ci looked up at the white wall and saw Xiaoxiao sitting upright and tilting his head, looking innocent. He looked a little helpless.

"I'm afraid it will eat glass shards."

Xiaoxiao didn't care about sabotaging pet monitoring at the factory. He was worried that Xiaoxiao would be injured if he swallowed glass shards.

Seeing that the matter was resolved smoothly, Gu Ci looked at the time, remained silent for two seconds, and picked up the phone.

Before Qi Zhao could speak, he heard the phone in his pocket vibrate.

Gu Ci stood up and looked like he was pressed for time: "I sent you the download link for the monitoring-related software. You can communicate with it on the software later. I have a meeting at one o'clock, so it's time to go."

Xili Qi Zhao, who was confusedly called to the top floor, returned to the film and television department in confusion.

When Qin Zhuo saw Qi Zhao coming down, he asked, "Has the work been done?"

Qi Zhao nodded: "They are just minor problems. After I figured out the plan, Ye Zhu asked me to come down."

Qin Zhuo heard what Qi Zhao said Then he felt relieved and took her to a restaurant that he had chosen for a long time.

In the next few days, Qi Zhao ate three meals with Qin Zhuo until Friday night.

Qi Zhao specially dressed up after knowing that she was going to have dinner with Han Sansheng and the others, but she still didn't expect that the meal would be so grand.

The surrounding setting looks less like a restaurant and more like a private courtyard.

A bamboo tube filled with water in the courtyard hit the stone. A small pool of living water at the bottom of the stone rippled, with a few dragonflies landing on it.

After Qi Zhao sat down, the first thing that came to him was not the menu, but a long queue of waiters standing by with dinner plates on standby.

There is even a symphony orchestra on standby in a pavilion not far from the courtyard.

Qi Zhao: ...Is she here to eat or to go to court?

Qin Zhuo didn't say anything, but Han Sansheng looked proud and looked at Qi Zhao as if he wanted to take credit: "How about it, Sister Zhao, is my small shop okay?"

Qi Zhao: ...is this called a small shop?

Qin Zhuo seemed to have read Qi Zhao's thoughts and said, "Han Sansheng just likes big things. When he heard that you wanted to eat with them, he booked a place in his shop."

Qin Zhuo said. Zhuo seemed to want Qi Zhao to relax and smiled at her: "But the food in his store tastes good and has a good reputation."

Han Sansheng nodded proudly when he heard this: "That's right! Sister Zhao I have whatever you want to eat in this store. If you don’t have it, I’ll call them and ask them to fly it over!” Qi Zhao is a customer now, so she has to do whatever

she wants. She smiled and said, “I don’t choose, anything is fine.”

After hearing this, San Sheng thought for two seconds and said to the waiters standing in a row behind him: "Then let's play it all again."

When Han San Sheng wanted to let the symphony orchestra play a song, Lu Fangchi stopped him: " Okay, brother, we are chatting and not filming a movie, so there is no need for background music."

Han Sansheng gave up.

But when he talked about making a movie, Fang Zhi thought of the movie that Qin Zhuo had been planning for a long time, and asked: "By the way, Brother Zhuo, you said the other day that there was investment in the movie, who did it sign to?" He

kept quiet all the time. Xiaoguan, who was sitting quietly aside, seemed to have never heard of this matter, with a puzzled look on his face: "Investment? Does Brother Zhuo need to find a company to invest in making a movie?" As soon

as Xiaoguan finished speaking, he received a look from Lu Fangchi. Warning, as if he suddenly remembered something, he immediately closed his mouth.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Han Sansheng immediately changed the subject: "Why don't you guess who Zhuo Ge's movie was signed to?"

Lu Fangchi and Xiaoguan went through well-known film and television companies at home and abroad in their minds, but could not come to a conclusion for a long time.

It would be fine if ordinary people received film investment, but based on Brother Zhuo's family background, there are too many interests involved and things to consider.

Lu Fangchi was a little impatient. He was getting more and more annoyed when he couldn't get the answer, and his brows were furrowed deeper and deeper. Finally, he asked Han Sansheng anxiously: "Who did you sign for?"

Han Sansheng was the most lively among these people and also knew Qin Sansheng. Zhuo and Qi Zhao, the person who had the most trouble with each other, laughed meaningfully after hearing this.

Then he got into trouble: "You would never have imagined..."

"It's signed to your sister-in-law."

Qin Zhuo interrupted Han Sansheng's last words neatly.

Han Sansheng, who was enjoying the fun of keeping Lao Er and Xiao Guan in the dark, almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he heard this: "Brother Zhuo... why did you expose me..."

Unlike the shocked Han Sansheng , both Lao Er and Xiao Guan were a little surprised.

He looked at Qi Zhao with curiosity and shock.

Qi Zhao was afraid that they had misunderstood Qin Zhuo's meaning, so he shook his head with a smile and explained: "I didn't invest the money, it was the company behind me that cooperated with Qin Zhuo."

Lao Er and Xiao Guan were even more excited after hearing this. Shocked: "Isn't it funded by my sister-in-law?"

Which company has such a big reputation?

When Han Sansheng heard that these two people were still confused, he revived with full health.

"Then which company do you think Sister Zhao belongs to?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Er and Xiao Guan glanced at Han Sansheng, and then turned to look at Qi Zhao in perfect agreement.

They all said in unison: "Sister-in-law, which company do you work for?"

Han Sansheng: Two mouthfuls of blood spurted out.

Qi Zhao was so amused by this scene that he couldn't help but curl his eyes, and laughed twice before speaking: "I'm from Linchuan." When

Lao Er and Xiao Guan heard this, they were stunned for a few seconds at the same time, frowned and asked He said: "Linchuan? Gu Ci's Linchuan?"

Qi Zhao nodded, but vaguely felt that something was wrong with their reactions.

It's not like they are simply asking, it's more like...in disbelief.

Han Sansheng worked hard, and in order to avoid being intercepted, he immediately said: "I didn't expect that Sister Zhao is actually from the Linchuan Film and Television Department, and she is also the director!"

Han Sansheng saw that his second son and Xiaoguan heard His words were astonishing, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.

But before he could feel proud for two seconds, he noticed something unusual.

After Lu Fangchi reacted, he looked at Qi Zhao with a frown and confirmed: "Sister-in-law, are you the director of the Linchuan Film and Television Department? The newly developed film and television department in Linchuan?"

Qi Zhao nodded, not knowing why he would It was this expression: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Lu Fang hesitated to speak, and finally gave a very cryptic instruction: "Sister-in-law, be careful."

"Gu Ci is not a simple person."

This is This was the second time Qi Zhao heard other people's comments about Gu Ci.

Different people, same negative comments.

When Han Sansheng heard what Lu Fangchi said, he seemed even more confused than Qi Zhao, the client: "What's wrong with Gu Ci? Isn't Linchuan a good company? Judging from the situation, the film and television department also attaches great importance to it. Why should we be careful about him?"

Lao Er and Xiao Guan glanced at Han San Sheng but said nothing.

Han Sansheng had never taken over his family's business and had never studied finance, so he naturally didn't know about Gu Ci's deeds.

But as the next heirs of the family business, Lu Fangchi and Xiaoguan were very familiar with Gu Ci.

Xiaoguan, who was not very talkative, also looked at Qi Zhao at this moment, with a worried expression: "Sister-in-law, you should pay more attention when you are in contact with Gu Ci. He is... very difficult to deal with."

This was the third time that she asked her. Be careful of people who care about words.