They whispered about two things: first, why the big boss would take time out on Monday morning, the busiest day of his life, to meet him. Second, why the big boss would change his flight back to LA for him?

　　As he passed by a few people, Cheng Xi saw a girl hurriedly raise her head, and there was a bit of contempt and disdain in her eyes when she looked at him.

　　Having been in this circle for too long, he has long been accustomed to such looks. When he first debuted, he would go back and forth to the places of debauchery every midnight, and the wealthy businessmen would look at him like this. But now, those who once looked down on him may not have the chance to see him even if they nod and bow to him and try to warm up to him.

　　Money is not everything, but it can achieve many goals.

If it weren't for Ji Yuanlin, he would still be sitting in the KTV with his collar open and drunk, allowing himself to be humiliated.

　　He knew that the people outside the door had guessed his purpose, so they looked at him like that.

　　At least I guessed half of it right.

　　Cheng Xi followed the CEO's secretary through a bright corridor and arrived at a thick wooden door. Outside the door was an exquisite carpet, and both sides of the corridor were lined with wine cabinets with dimmed lights. This office was very different from the one he had first met Zhou Sifu.

　　The secretary introduced him to the door in a businesslike manner: "This is where Mr. Zhou takes a lunch break and entertains close friends. Don't look around after you go in. I will pick you up outside in half an hour."

　　Chengxi quickly said thank you.

　　Giving him a meaningful look, the secretary stepped forward and knocked gently on the heavy door: "Boss Zhou, I've brought the person here."

　　"Enter."

　　Someone inside the door said.

　　Chengxi walked into the door with his head lowered, holding the corner of his clothes tightly with his hands, and looked very nervous.

　　The door slowly closed behind him, and he found that this was a circular hall designed like a living room, with tables, chairs, sofas, floor lamps, and an area specifically for drinking tea and tasting wine.

　　The big boss of Danofi was sitting on the sofa, working on a tablet. He was wearing a casual pure linen round-necked shirt, his hair hanging down a little, and his edges and corners seemed not as sharp as the last time we met.

　　Hearing the approaching footsteps, Zhou Sifu raised his eyes from the tablet and happened to meet the gaze of the person in front of him.

　　After entering the door, Cheng Xi said nothing, but just pursed his lips and took two steps forward.

　　When he was less than half a meter away from Zhou Sifu, he raised his hand and slowly unbuttoned the top two buttons of his collar. Then he knelt in front of the thick carpet, stretched out his slender and beautiful fingers, and placed his fingertips on the smooth fabric of the man's trousers in front of him.

　　The man didn't seem to resist what he was doing.

　　He couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. The first step of the plan should be considered a success.

　　Cheng Xi's immature and tense voice rang out in the empty hall: "Mr. Zhou, do you want to..."

　　After staring at him condescendingly for two seconds, the man in front of the sofa laughed unexpectedly, but the smile did not reach his eyes: "Mr. Cheng used this method to hook up with Chairman Feng Yu?"

　　After standing there for a moment, Cheng Xi quickly supported his knees with both hands and began to explain in a trembling voice: "Mr. Zhou, I, Mr. Ji and I are just partners... It was all arranged by the agency."

　　Zhou Sifu nodded slightly, seeming to understand.

　　Finding that Zhou Sifu had no intention of continuing, Cheng Xi stood up from the sofa. He found a sofa opposite and sat down, crossing his hands in front of his knees, and after a while, his eyes became red.

　　Watching Zhou Sifu sipping his coffee one sip at a time and ignoring him, he could only sit there, not daring to make any rash moves.

　　After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Sifu finally put down the tablet in his hand.

　　He raised his head and said to himself slowly, "Mr. Cheng, it's hard for me to cooperate with you if you are like this."

　　"Once the news gets out, not only will the effectiveness of our cooperation be greatly reduced, but Danofil's early marketing will also be wasted." Zhou Sifu turned his head and asked with interest, "Mr. Cheng didn't consider this risk before signing the contract with us?"

　　"Mr. Zhou, I——"

　　"In this case, there is no need for us to continue cooperating." Zhou Sifu pushed a document across the coffee table. "This is a notice of breach of contract. Mr. Cheng, please go back."

　　After taking the document, Cheng Xi stared at the series of eight zeros at the beginning of the column for the amount of breach of contract, sat on the sofa, lowered his head, and said nothing for a long time.

　　Zhou Sifu spoke slowly: "Why, Mr. Cheng, do you have any objection to the amount of compensation you need?"

　　He clasped his palms together until his knuckles turned white. After a long time, he saw the young man opposite him raise his head. The red marks at the corners of his eyes disappeared completely, leaving only a pair of bright eyes.

　　"Mr. Zhou, let me tell you the truth." Cheng Xi moved his lips as if he had made up his mind and spoke slowly, "It was the boss of our agency who came up with the idea of letting me serve and seduce Mr. Zhou. I have another trump card and I want to talk to Mr. Zhou in private."

　　Zhou Sifu, who was sitting opposite him, seemed to have expected him to say that and smiled slightly: "Okay, then let me hear what Mr. Cheng has to say."

　　Seeing that Zhou Sifu's expression was gradually easing, Cheng Xi quickly sat up from the sofa: "I can come forward with the agency to declare that the previous rumors were all false news."

　　"Impossible." Zhou Sifu retorted calmly, "Your marketing account already has the photos, and they will soon spread all over the Internet. Mr. Ji and his company have just been involved in a lot of lawsuits, and you have exposed this kind of scandal. How are you going to solve it?"

　　"So, I need Mr. Zhou to do me a favor." Cheng Xi raised his head and stared at the man in front of him. "Next month is my first international fashion show in Paris. I can't miss this opportunity. I know that Danofi's public relations team is the strongest in the industry. Mr. Zhou, please ask them to contact the marketing account and buy out this photo through their connections."

　　Zhou Sifu held the coffee cup and leaned back on the sofa lazily: "Why should I help you do such a loss-making business?"

　　When Cheng Xi heard Zhou Sifu ask this, he did not respond immediately.

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　　He suddenly remembered the early days.

　　He had just made his debut at that time and met the young and promising businessman Ji Yuanlin in a desperate situation. Although he used his body as an exchange, Ji Yuanlin still gave him a steady stream of money and an endless amount of black cards, allowing him to make a name for himself in the modeling industry.

　　As the number of times he met Ji Yuanlin increased, to get the money promised by Ji Yuanlin, he could be said to be obedient and submissive to his lover. He knew that Ji Yuanlin liked to be ruthless in bed and had a desire to abuse, but he always just endured it silently and never dared to complain.

Over the past few years, he had always done what Ji Yuanlin said. Although he could occasionally show a little temper, he knew deep down in his heart that he still had to obey Ji Yuanlin completely.

　　The more you care, the more you worry about gains and losses, and the more you worry about gains and losses, the more you care. The psychologist told him that this was a psychological state of being mentally controlled by his partner for a long time, but he had fallen too deep and couldn't get out.

　　If he can maintain cooperation with the big boss of Danofi this time and have a stronger alliance of interests, then from now on, he will have his bargaining chips.

　　As his thoughts gradually returned to him, he found that the man sitting opposite him was still looking at him patiently, as if waiting for his answer.

　　"You have helped me with this. Not only will the brand reputation of Danofi not be affected, but I can also continue to support you during the show and promote the S260 series during interviews. This is a win-win situation."

　　After a pause, he took a deep breath and threw out his trump card: "Mr. Zhou, I have evidence that proves that Mr. Ji and I are indeed ordinary partners."

　　--

　　After hearing Cheng Xi's words, Zhou Sifu's expression finally relaxed.

　　Stirring the sugar in the coffee, he pulled the corner of his lips and said lightly: "As far as I know, the relationship between the two big bosses Feng Yu is no longer a secret. Does the other boss know about your so-called 'cooperation'?"

　　Seeing that the situation seemed to be turning around, Cheng Xi quickly replied: "The other boss doesn't know, he doesn't care about this matter. The relationship between Mr. Ji and her husband has not been good recently. They are in a dispute over the partners' debts, so her husband usually doesn't know about our private dealings."

　　After he finished speaking, Cheng Xi realized that he almost said something wrong, and quickly added in a low voice: "I, I mean the dealings at work..."

　　Zhou Sifu raised his eyebrows, seeming to be a little hesitant.

　　The topic came to an end, and no one in the hall continued to speak. Until Cheng Xi finally couldn't sit still anymore and was about to explain with a little anxiety, when he suddenly saw the man opposite him put down his coffee cup and picked up the tablet that had been thrown aside.

　　"Tell me," Zhou Sifu said, "what is your so-called evidence."

　　After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Xi pursed his lips and spoke softly, "Mr. Ji and I both have some side jobs, but due to our public identities, we disguised them as private exchanges."

　　“We are now jointly doing some overseas investments.”

　　Sung Hee told the man in front of him.

　　"Overseas Investment?"

　　"Well," Cheng Xi continued as he considered his words in his mind, "All rich people will make this kind of investment. Sometimes they have too much money and there is no way to preserve its value, so they invest in some real estate or real estate abroad."

　　"First, they open an account with my identity, which exempts me from some business taxes, and then they share the profits with me. This kind of investment is not illegal, and several friends I know are doing it."

　　Zhou Sifu narrowed his eyes thoughtfully: "That's all?"

　　"That's it."

　　Chengxi answered firmly.

　　Zhou Sifu did not ask any further questions.

　　Although the young man in front of him tried his best to restrain himself, his eyes were still dodging.

　　Seeing Zhou Sifu's cold reaction, Cheng Xi also realized that this experienced boss of a listed company did not easily believe the reasons he gave.

　　He recalled what Ji Yuanlin said when he gave him the first sum of money. Ji Yuanlin said that what they did in private must never be known to anyone.

　　However, he had no way back. If he failed to produce strong enough evidence, the man in front of him would immediately ask his secretary to pack him up and throw him out, and he would face a huge amount of compensation that he could not pay.

　　Thinking of this, Cheng Xi gritted his teeth and took out a copy he had prepared long ago from his trouser pocket: "This is a deed for purchasing real estate in Arizona in my name half a year ago. If Mr. Zhou doesn't believe it, you can check the information of the remitter behind it."

　　Half an hour later.

　　After seeing Cheng Xi off and watching him get into the nanny car back to the company, Secretary Alan returned to the president's private lounge on the middle floor of the building.

　　When he entered the door, he saw the boss had just opened a bottle of expensive Scharzhofberger and was gently shaking the bottom of the glass to decant the wine. He seemed to be in a good mood.

　　Taking the red wine glass handed to him by the boss, the secretary sat in Chengxi's original seat and carefully tasted the mellow wine in the glass.

　　After taking a sip, he couldn't help but ask, "Boss Zhou, did you specially call Cheng Xi here today because of Feng Yu's incident?"

　　Several assistants outside thought that the boss was meeting his lover in the private lounge in broad daylight and must be planning to do something shameful, so they excitedly chattered about it for the whole morning. Only he knew that if it weren't for the recent disturbances with Feng Yu, the boss would not have canceled the flight at the last minute just to meet this little model.

　　Zhou Sifu took out a document from the coffee table and threw it to him: "Go and check whether the actual buyer of this apartment is a financial account under the name of Fengyu Group."

　　The secretary said yes, and asked uncertainly: "Mr. Zhou, are you going to take action against Feng Yu now?"

　　Zhou Sifu raised his eyelids: "Do I look like a junk collector?"

　　"No, no, no, no, no—"

　　He knew that his boss had always disliked Feng Yu. Since Feng Yu was in an unprecedented crisis, once it filed for bankruptcy liquidation and the debt liability was transferred, the couple would go to court to fight the lawsuit themselves, and they would be able to acquire it at a very low price.

　　"After you find out the source of the account," Zhou Sifu said, "send the information to Feng Yu's CFO Cui Yuanming, and let him handle it himself."

　　The secretary quickly agreed, but still didn't quite understand Mr. Zhou's motive behind this.

　　The boss of the company was determined to stir up trouble. Once the evidence of Feng Yu's abnormal funds flowing overseas was exposed, the debt dispute between the two big bosses of Feng Yu would become much more complicated.

No.

　　Another point suddenly occurred to him.

　　It depends on who transferred the money overseas. If the final responsibility is attributed to one party, the other party will gradually gain the upper hand.

　　However, the investigation process involving law enforcement agencies is time-consuming and laborious, and it takes a long time to get results.

　　Could it be that... the boss is secretly trying to delay the progress of this lawsuit?

　　Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the boss leaning against the sofa say calmly: "I have a friend."

　　"He's smart and has excellent grades. As long as he spends time reviewing seriously before each exam, he will be in the top three in the grade." Zhou Sifu lowered his eyelids slightly and swirled the wine in his glass. "Later, there was a period when his monthly exam scores dropped slightly. The teacher asked him the reason. He said that his parents were getting divorced at that time, and he had to run out every day to find his mother who ran away from home and persuade her to come back home, so he didn't have much time to review."

　　The secretary didn't know why the boss suddenly told her this, but she still asked seriously: "What happened next?"

　　"Later, during the second monthly exam, he used his spare time to study day and night and finally got first place again. My classmates all said that this person is just like that. As long as he has enough time, he can overcome any difficulties."

　　As soon as he finished speaking, he found that his boss had opened his eyes at some point.

　　"If he wants time, I will give him time."

　　--

　　After finishing a morning's work, Zhou Sifu boarded the afternoon flight to Los Angeles on time.

　　Danofi's North American headquarters is in Los Angeles, and the new R&D center is located in a small California town dozens of kilometers away from downtown LA. The company's stock has remained high since its listing, so he travels back and forth once a week to the R&D center to accept research from some local North American brokerages and meet with some new investors.

　　The plane was ten minutes away from takeoff. Zhou Sifu had just put on his headphones and was about to hold a pre-trip meeting with foreign executives before takeoff when he heard Alan calling him, "Mr. Zhou, there is a call transferred from your office. The caller claims to be Mr. Shi Tianshi from Feng Yu, and he has something urgent to talk to you about."

　　Zhou Sifu's hand that was typing on the keyboard paused noticeably.

　　Seeing that the online conference room on the screen was being connected, Alan couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhou, how about I talk to Mr. Shi and tell him that you are in a meeting now and call him back after you land?"

　　Before Alan finished speaking, he saw his boss reaching out his hand, motioning for him to give him the phone quickly.

　　After pressing the pause button, Zhou Sifu said with a cold face and expressionless face: "Hello?"

　　“…”

　　There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

　　After a burst of noise, the other party's phone seemed to be transferred to another person's hand. After a while, a cautious voice came from the receiver: "Well, um...Excuse me, is this Mr. Zhou from Danofi?"

　　"I, I'm the president's assistant of Fengyu Group. You can call me Xiao Chen."

　　Zhou Sifu: “…”

　　Alan: “…”

　　Things change over time and no one can escape from fate.