On July 6, Danofi's headquarters held a brand launch event, and the season's flagship S260 series models were officially released.
The S260 is divided into three models: family sedan, off-road, and MINI. The average price ranges from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan, which is considered to be a relatively affordable product of Danofi.
Just one day before the press conference, Danofi announced Cheng Xi as the official spokesperson for the S260 series on its official blog.
This time, Danofi appointed him as the brand ambassador for the entire Asia-Pacific region, which shows how much they value him.
At the media reception dinner on the day of the press conference, Danofi's current CEO Milton Zhou, and Cheng Xi traveled together and accepted interviews from several major media outlets after the dinner.
Shi Tian didn't know about this originally.
He had blocked Zhou Sifu's name on major social media a long time ago, thinking out of sight, out of mind, but he failed to stop Danophi from buying trending searches everywhere.
While driving to a meeting with a distributor in the early morning, the car screen connected to the mobile phone Bluetooth made a "ding" sound, and a notification popped up in front of him:
[Sung Hee was caught having a late-night tryst with Danofi CEO, is their relationship exposed? Click to see more details——]
After glancing at the screen, Shi Tian turned off the in-car screen and asked the assistant sitting in the passenger seat: "How long will it take for the meeting to start?"
It’s none of Zhou’s business whoever he wants to date.
After not hearing a reply from the assistant for a long time, Shi Tian glanced out of the corner of his eye and found that Assistant Chen, who was originally sorting out meeting materials with his head down, was staring at the in-car screen in a daze.
“…”
Noticing the boss's gaze on him, Assistant Chen finally reacted and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, nothing."
What's going on with this little model? Why is she openly two-timing?
Assistant Chen thought that's not right.
Strictly speaking, their President Ji is the one who is playing both sides...
Pretending to be completely unaware, Assistant Chen lowered his head and continued to prepare materials. Suddenly, he heard Shi Zong say, "Read that news to me again."
"...Okay, Mr. Shi."
Assistant Chen swallowed his saliva and hurriedly swiped the screen of the phone on the stand: "Recently, the popular online male model Cheng Xi was photographed going home with a senior executive of a certain brand late at night after a brand launch. According to insiders, the senior executive is the current CEO and Chief Executive Officer of Danofi——"
After reading the press release written by the entertainment reporter full of exaggerated words to Mr. Shi, Assistant Chen found that Mr. Shi didn't seem to have any special reaction.
It was the morning rush hour and there was a brief traffic jam ahead. Shi Tian honked the horn, but the traffic showed no sign of moving forward.
The traffic jam happened to occur at an intersection in the city center, with large shopping malls that had just opened on both sides of the road.
He just opened the window to get some fresh air when he noticed that a huge outdoor screen in the shopping mall was playing a brand advertisement for Danofi's latest series of models.
In the picture, a boy in jeans is driving an off-road vehicle in the wilderness. He leans against the car window with his face turned sideways, takes off his sunglasses in front of the camera, and smiles wildly in the wind, looking young and energetic.
On the right side of the advertisement, there is a line of introduction: [S260 Series Asia Pacific Brand Ambassador: Cheng Xi].
The vehicle ahead finally began to move slowly. When Assistant Chen heard it, he said in a joking tone, "This is Zhou Sifu's little lover, huh?"
Assistant Chen suddenly felt like crying but had no tears.
What is going on?
How could he tell Mr. Shi that this person was not only Mr. Zhou's mistress but also Mr. Ji's?
--
When Zhou Sifu took Cheng Xi away from the cocktail party, the time had already jumped to ten o'clock in the evening.
The car that picked them up was parked in front of the hotel gate, and the flashing lights on the opposite side of the street never stopped since the two of them appeared.
Zhou Sifu didn't seem to be trying to avoid being photographed by a bunch of entertainment reporters and paparazzi. He walked to the black car, and first gentlemanly opened the back door for Cheng Xi, who was wearing his coat, and then sat in the passenger seat and drove away in front of everyone's eyes.
Finally, out of the range of the paparazzi's camera, Cheng Xi quickly took off the suit draped over his shoulders, carefully folded it placed it next to his seat, and whispered to the man in the passenger seat: "Mr. Zhou, just take me to the next intersection, and the company will send a nanny car to take me back."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the man sitting in the passenger seat ask back: "Isn't Mr. Cheng's work for today not completed yet?"
Hearing Zhou Sifu say this, Cheng Xi suddenly realized something and quickly apologized: "...Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I forgot."
Since the press conference three days ago, he has had to accompany Danofi's big boss to various social occasions every night and deal with the media's bombardment.
In the beginning, the media that filmed and disseminated the two people's images on the Internet were all found by the Danofei marketing team. Unexpectedly, with the addition of the online movie that had just been completed, the dissemination effect was surprisingly good.
In the following days, those lying in ambush around the venue were not only the reporters arranged by Danofi, but also many other media who rushed to the scene after hearing the news.
In addition to coming to the hotel to take pictures, these people would also wait near Danofi, their own residences, and Zhou Sifu's residence in order to get first-hand evidence of the scandal.
It was precisely because he knew this that Zhou Sifu would make a special trip to take him home every night.
After all, just the title "Cheng Xiqing | Seducing a wealthy man, the two had a tryst in their honey nest at midnight" can generate several news stories.
Because he felt it was not safe, he did not dare to send a message to A Lin these days, and A Lin did not take the initiative to contact him.
But, it happened to be tonight...
Zhou Sifu saw the anxiety and uneasiness in the face of the person in the back seat, but he remained calm throughout.
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After a few days of testing, he has confirmed some of the ideas in his mind.
If Cheng Xi is just greedy for money and resources in the circle, then you can get much more by being with him than by being with Ji Yuanlin.
However, even though he had given hints and provided Sung Hee with an opportunity to get in touch with him, Sung Hee still just dutifully "acted" in front of the public according to the script he gave, and did not dare to do anything that inappropriate.
If this is because of his deep love for Ji Yuanlin, it doesn't seem to make sense.
If that were the case, then this person wouldn't have insisted on declaring himself "single" in front of him.
There must be something else going on between Ji Yuanlin and Cheng Xi, but no one has discovered it yet.
Things are getting more interesting.
--
It was late at night and a light rain was falling from the sky.
The car rushed out of the dark night and drove into a high-end villa community in the suburbs.
The first thing Zhou Sifu did after getting out of the car was to open the umbrella in his hand, walk to the back door, and considerately open the door for Cheng Xi.
Perhaps because of the rain, there were not many media waiting at the gate of the community tonight. There were only one or two vans parked across the street.
As soon as he got out of the car and got under Zhou Sifu's big umbrella, Cheng Xi's face suddenly turned pale.
His eyes passed over Zhou Sifu's shoulder and stared motionlessly at the door of his home.
A Maserati was parked in front of a lawn not far from the villa. In the drizzle, a man in a suit and tie stood outside the car door with an umbrella. It seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time.
Before the man could make any move, Zhou Sifu spoke to the driver behind him: "Old Zhao, go and ask Mr. Ji to come over. I haven't seen him for a long time."
When Cheng Xi, who was standing side by side with him under the umbrella, heard this, his back subconsciously stiffened, but he still stood there without moving.
Old Zhao walked to the Maserati holding an umbrella and said something to Ji Yuanlin. Ji Yuanlin's face suddenly turned ugly.
After hesitating for a while, he finally turned off the lights of the car and strode towards Zhou Sifu.
When he came in front of the two, Ji Yuanlin looked a little cold, but he still nodded to Zhou Sifu as a greeting: "Mr. Zhou."
His eyes never fell on Cheng Xi who was standing next to Zhou Sifu, as if he didn't know this person at all.
Zhou Sifu smiled sympathetically, his tone neither polite nor distant: "It's late at night, why is Mr. Ji standing here alone in the rain?"
Ji Yuanlin's eyelids twitched suddenly, and his tone was a little unnatural: "The drinking party at my friend's house just ended, and I didn't expect to meet Mr. Zhou here."
Seeing that Ji Yuanlin had no intention of admitting that he came to see him, Cheng Xi's face became increasingly ugly, but fortunately, he did not show it in front of the two of them.
"So that's how it is." Zhou Sifu nodded in understanding, "Mr. Ji is busy. He's getting married tomorrow, and he still has time to visit relatives and friends today."
"It's getting late. Mr. Ji will be busy tomorrow, so go back and rest early." He handed the umbrella to Cheng Xi beside him and opened the car door behind him. "By the way, I will make up the gift money another day."
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Zhou Sifu had just asked Lao Zhao to drive when he heard someone knocking on the window outside the car.
Pressing down the lower part of the car window, he looked sideways at the two people with different expressions outside the window: "Mr. Ji, is there anything else?"
Outside the car window, Ji Yuanlin bent down in the rain and came to within half a meter of the car door. He gritted his teeth and whispered, "...Zhou Sifu, listen carefully, I have no hostility towards you. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."
"oh?"
With his eyebrows raised slightly, Zhou Sifu said slowly, "Ji Yuanlin, you think too highly of yourself."
--
Driving back to the company, Lao Zhao heard President Zhou's instructions to go home and rest first and not to wait for him to be taken back to the apartment.
When talking about this matter, Lao Zhao always felt it was a bit strange.
A model as famous as Chengxi can buy properties in expensive villa residential areas, but her boss, who is ranked on the Forbes list, has been living alone in a rented house despite owning countless properties.
It was almost half past eleven at night. Zhou Sifu took the elevator to the top floor and used his access card to scan open the door of the office.
At this time, there was no one else in the entire company except the security guard on duty. The office was dark, but the city streets below were still brightly lit, reflecting some light in front of the huge glass windows.
He didn't seem to intend to turn on the light. He stood quietly in the dark for a while, then walked to the coffee machine and got a cup of black coffee. He held the coffee cup and sat back in the office chair in front of the window.
Lifting the cup and taking a sip, Zhou Sifu, as if suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, returned to the tea table, took out two packets of sugar from the jar, and poured them all into the cup.
The searchlights from the port shone in from the window, illuminating half of his face. He leaned back in his chair alone, his eyes slightly closed, as if he had fallen into a light sleep.
Zhou Sifu had a dream.
He dreamed of the production workshop in that remote small county eight years ago.
Eight years ago, shortly after graduating from university, he joined the Danofi Group as a management trainee through campus recruitment.
DanoFi's training process for management trainees is to first work in the factory workshop for two years, and then pass multiple levels of assessments before they can continue to be promoted.
His adoptive father had just passed away due to illness at that time, so he was homeless and had to live in the company's staff dormitory, relying on the 1,000 yuan monthly food and lodging allowance from the company to survive.
The environment of the production workshop was not very good. He wore work clothes every day and went to work with the workers at 8 a.m. to learn vehicle system assembly knowledge. To learn more and gain more practical experience, he was the last one to leave the workshop every night.
On the night of his 22nd birthday, it was already 9 pm after he registered all the equipment information. He accidentally fell when he climbed out from under the car chassis, and his body was covered with a layer of muddy water left on the ground after washing the car.
On the way to the public bathhouse to take a shower, he received a call from the security guard saying that someone was looking for him outside.
Who else would look for him at this late hour?
He didn't expect to see that man outside the factory gate.
Shi Tian was holding a steaming takeout lunch box in his hand, wearing a newly bought suit, and standing outside the gate, panting and waving at him.
He and Shi Tian found a step outside the door and sat down. He watched Shi Tian in silence as he took out the takeout boxes from the bag one by one and placed them side by side in front of him, asking him to eat them while they were hot and not let them get cold.
Seeing him wolfing down the food in the lunch box, Shi Tian patted his back and asked him to eat slower.
While eating, he asked Shi Tian: "Why did you come to the county?"
Shi Tian wiped the sweat from his head and couldn't help fanning himself with the back of his hand. He said that the VP of the department brought them to the provincial capital to discuss financing business. He checked and found that the provincial capital was only a few dozen kilometers away from here, so he took a bus on the side of the road and rushed over after getting off work.
At that time, Shi Tian had just joined a well-known investment bank and was still in the probation period. He was busy from morning to night every day. At the busiest time, he didn't even have time to make a phone call.
Worried that the dust on his body would dirty Shi Tian's suit, he deliberately kept a distance from Shi Tian.
When he raised his head from the lunch box and wiped his mouth with paper, he found that Shi Tian took out a pack of paper from his pocket and said to him very seriously: "Master Zhou, just close your eyes."
He closed his eyes obediently and felt the person in front of him slowly approaching him. He thought Shi Tian was going to wipe the stains off his face, but he didn't expect to feel a chill on his lips.
Shi Tian put his nose against his and kissed him.
The first kiss was just a touch and then it ended. Shi Tian pointed at the dusty spot on the tip of his nose and said with a smile, "Look, I'm as dirty as you."
There were no stars that night, and they kissed in the darkness for a long, long time, until the moon hid deep in the dark clouds and heavy rain fell from the sky.
He took Shi Tian's hand and ran with him in the heavy rain until they came to the eaves of an abandoned old building. The rain kept falling, and they stood side by side under the eaves, their bodies soaked by the rain, like two drowned rats.
Taking out the MP3 that Shi Tian had given him a long time ago from his pocket, he handed Shi Tian a pair of headphones and asked him if he wanted to listen to some music while waiting for the rain to stop.
Shi Tian said that since he turned 22 today, he would listen to the 22nd song on the playlist.
He flipped through the MP3 and found that the 22nd song on the playlist was quite appropriate, it was called "Happy Cloudy Day".
-So I walked calmly into the crowd
- Sometimes I want to see the clouds flying but there is no wind
-Tell Yuntian to stop making trouble
- I've missed you for so long.
-I looked up and saw it/I was
The music alarm of the mobile phone echoed in the huge office. Zhou Sifu slowly raised his eyes from his light sleep and found that the sky outside the window had brightened. The dawn light shone through the window and sprinkled on his shoulders, so dazzling that he frowned.
After turning off the alarm, Zhou Sifu stood up from the window, picked up the suit hanging on the back of the chair, and left the office without looking back.
The moment the door closed, the computer was awakened from hibernation and the time on the screen jumped from July 9th to the 10th.
On the calendar placed on the desk next to the computer, July 10th was circled by someone with a marker.
His wedding