Chapter 16: Anyway, Idiots Don’t
Having said that, and without caring that the artist’s face was turning between white and red, Chen Wei didn’t say another word and directly grabbed Han Chi, pulling him away from that place of trouble.
It was also shortly after that when Chen Wei suddenly had the idea of approaching Zhou Sijin.
When he first knew he had this thought, Han Chi resolutely disagreed.
But Chen Wei was stubborn.
He went behind his back and secretly inquired about everything related to Zhou Sijin.
During that time, Han Chi lived in fear every day.
He was afraid Chen Wei would accidentally do something wrong and anger Zhou Sijin, making it impossible for him to survive in this industry.
But to his surprise, a few months later, Chen Wei suddenly told him that he had already had a relationship with Zhou Sijin.
Looking at the intact Chen Wei in front of him, Han Chi was completely dumbfounded.
Because the two events happened so close in time, Han Chi had always felt in the beginning that Chen Wei had taken such a huge risk to approach Zhou Sijin for his sake.
So from then on, he began to think of every possible way to secure resources for Chen Wei, doing his best to plan and arrange for him.
But he hadn’t expected that the “Buddhist” nature that had always been rumored about Chen Wei wasn’t just talk!
Chen Wei was simply too chill; aside from film and television dramas, he wasn’t interested in any advertisements or endorsements.
Plus, later on, with Zhou Sijin’s intervention, he could rarely make decisions regarding Chen Wei’s affairs.
Chen Wei’s indifference to fame and fortune resulted in him not having much fame in the entertainment circle even after three years.
Unable to see any value in Chen Wei, the company was unwilling to waste extra resources on him.
Fortunately, they had Zhou Sijin helping them out behind the scenes over the years; although they were only small-budget web dramas with poor production, they still allowed Chen Wei to have a better life than other thirty-eighth-tier artists.
Now that Chen Wei finally had some heat on the internet thanks to the fermentation of the A-L event, Han Chi naturally didn’t want to let go of this opportunity to openly “pluck the company’s wool.”
If he remembered correctly, the company had just recently bought the film and television adaptation rights to a big IP novel.
Han Chi had actually researched this novel.
It was about a group of protagonists growing together, bravely overcoming various hardships along the way, and finally working together to defeat the ultimate villain boss to restore peace to the world.
Although the story was old-fashioned, it was considered a classic “gratifying” male-oriented plot.
Han Chi didn’t dare to think about the male lead.
What he was thinking about was the final villain character who concealed his identity to join the protagonist group, helped them strategize along the way, successfully gained everyone’s trust, and didn’t expose his identity until the very last episode.
Having managed Chen Wei for so long, Han Chi had gained a bit of an understanding of the things he was interested in.
He had always liked things that were challenging.
And this role seemed perfectly custom-made for Chen Wei.
So, this trip to the management company was a must for Han Chi.
It was just that Han Chi hadn’t expected to meet his former “old friend” so soon.
A sudden braking caused the car to lurch forward.
Due to inertia, Chen Wei and Han Chi’s bodies uncontrollably crashed toward the front seats.
Fortunately, both were wearing seatbelts and reacted quickly enough.
Before they made intimate contact with the front seats, they quickly reached out to brace themselves against the seatbacks.
Judging from the sound they just heard, someone must have hit the back of their car.
But this was the entrance to the company’s underground garage.
On a downward slope, a single mistake could lead to a major accident.
If the driver hadn’t been experienced and stepped on the brakes in time…
Their car would probably have been pushed straight down the slope because of the inertia from the impact.
So, was the person who hit them “intentional” or accidental?
What kind of grudge or resentment did they have to want to put them to death like this?
Damn it!
Where did this idiot come from!
Han Chi was fuming with rage.
Quickly unbuckling his seatbelt, he opened the car door and got out with a face full of anger.
At this moment, their car was at the junction of the flat ground and the slope.
Although there were anti-skid measures on the slope, no one dared to gamble on a “what if” in such a situation.
Angrily knocking on the rear car’s window, Han Chi was just about to burst out with insults.
However, at the moment he was about to speak, he saw that familiar, sickening face beneath the sunglasses.
“Are you an idiot?”
The insult escaped his mouth without even passing through his brain.
The flat tone combined with the calm expression on Han Chi’s face could be described as the height of mockery.
The smug expression originally on Jiang Chuan’s face was replaced by suppressed displeasure.
He was a star; long-term etiquette training made it impossible for him to say such nasty insults.
But this was the first time he had been stared at and called an idiot.
He subconsciously wanted to talk back, “You’re the idiot.”
But just as he opened his mouth, he seemed to think of something and reflexively shut it again.
Wouldn’t talking back be a disguised admission of the fact that he was an idiot?
Jiang Chuan’s face looked terrible.
This feeling of being stuck—obviously angry but not knowing how to talk back—made a breath feel very firmly blocked in his chest.
There was a long silence in the air.
Until Chen Wei got out of the car behind Han Chi.
The moment he saw Jiang Chuan’s face in the silver-white sports coupe, Chen Wei understood everything.
Raising his hand to pat Han Chi’s shoulder, Chen Wei acted as if he were mediating a fight:
“Don’t say that, Brother Han. After all, ‘fools have their own foolish blessings.'”
Once he finished speaking, both Han Chi beside him and Jiang Chuan in the car turned their heads to look at him at the same time.
Completely not expecting Chen Wei to speak up for him, Jiang Chuan wanted to take the opportunity to start a conversation with Chen Wei, trying to use it to ignore Han Chi and eliminate his embarrassment.
However, just as the smile had barely begun to form…
“I don’t know if fools have foolish blessings, but anyway, idiots don’t.”
A minor incident at the company entrance that didn’t cause an accident wouldn’t be made into a big deal.
It was precisely because he knew the company wouldn’t take their side in this matter that Han Chi dared to tear off his face with Jiang Chuan now, publicly pointing at his nose and giving him a foul-mouthed scolding.
Jiang Chuan was fuming!
Han Chi, having finished his scolding, didn’t give Jiang Chuan any time to react.
Quickly giving Jiang Chuan a middle finger and shaking it slightly, he and Chen Wei turned around and left, one after the other.
Afraid Jiang Chuan would do something desperate, they didn’t get back in the car.
The two of them walked directly toward the main entrance of the company, opposite the underground garage.
Before Jiang Chuan could enter the company building, Han Chi beat him to it and knocked on the Director’s office door.
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