King of Capital

Chapter 78 Whose Lover is He?
The sun sets in the west, and the fiery red sunset glows gorgeously.

Before the evening rush hour arrived, Xie Jingxing drove out of the company in a low-key manner from the underground garage of the office building and headed to the manor on the outskirts of Sheshan to meet Concubine Pei.

"Keep up, keep up... Grass!"

The reporters who were waiting in the underground parking lot rushed into the cars and tried to follow the car, but their way was blocked by two cars that drove in the opposite direction into the parking lot passage. They could only sigh in frustration.

Xie Jing Xing stared at the rearview mirror quietly until all the reporters disappeared from his sight. He then turned his gaze to a sturdy middle-aged man with a short haircut sitting in the passenger seat: "What's your name?"

"Li Yan, Mr. Xie, you can just call me Lao Li."

The middle-aged man had a shallow smile, sat upright with his back straight and his hands on his legs, and looked very reserved.

Xie Jing Xing nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work in the future."

After the shooting incident, Old Xie began to quietly look for bodyguards for him, and finally found Li Yan and his two colleagues in Beijing. These three people had just changed their jobs and were originally planning to join a security company and work abroad, so it was just right to poach them now.

Such people with outstanding professional abilities will never lack food wherever they go, and in addition to money, they must also be given respect. Xie Jingxing chatted with him about many things along the way to cultivate their relationship, and finally made an appointment to go abroad to practice shooting and compare their marksmanship when they have time.

After returning to Sheshan Manor, Li Yan immediately took his two colleagues to work, checking the surrounding environment, designing security plans, and arranging the itinerary for tomorrow's business trip.

Xie Jingxing entered the main building of the villa and didn't see anyone. He stood in the living room on the first floor and shouted twice.

"I'm here."

Concubine Pei sat high up on the stairs, sticking her head out and half of her body leaning softly against the handrail of the stairs.

Xie Jing Xing walked up the stairs to her, frowned slightly and looked at her: "Why are you sitting here?"

“Watch the sunset.”

Princess Pei wore a set of casual sportswear today, with light makeup and plain clothes, no longer the glamorous star she used to be.

Her face was flushed and she was drunk and giggling, with a half bottle of red wine in her hand: "My mother is calling Mr. Wang in the room, do you want to go find her?"

Xie Jing Xing half turned his body and looked in the direction she was looking. Through the bright window, the brilliant sunset glow in the sky was vivid and spectacular. For a moment, he was confused about what was going on. He said in a gentle tone, "Go back to your room and drink."

Concubine Pei picked up the bottle and took a sip of wine. She tilted her head and said in a long tone: "Are you afraid that I will fall?"

"..."

"Then you, carry me and go back to the room."

Concubine Pei was quite drunk. Her movements were slow and clumsy as she opened her hands and acted coquettishly. Her eyes reflected the sunset and her watery face, making it even more pink and rosy.

Xie Jingxing silently bent down, put his hands through her legs and armpits and held her soft body in his arms. He was alert in his mind, and various thoughts flashed through his mind as he quickly analyzed the situation. For no reason, he thought of Lu Xiaobu's famous saying in the TV series Love Apartment.

——If you meet a woman who uses three stresses in a sentence, run away.

Unfortunately, at this moment, Concubine Pei was lying lazily in his arms, looking at him with a dazed look on her cold and pretty face. It seemed a little too late to run away.

The distance from the stairs to the master bedroom on the third floor was neither far nor near. Fortunately, the female star was very strict about controlling her weight, so Xie Jing Xing didn't sweat.

"Take me to bed."

Concubine Pei propped herself up and put her lips against his earlobe, feeling the warm, sweet and moist breath.

Xie Jingxing felt goose bumps all over his skin, and he threw her onto the bed with force: "That's enough, do you really not care about your reputation?"

"If you don't let me care, then I can't care. I'm not qualified to choose."

Concubine Pei sat up from the bed, supported herself with her arms and moved to the edge of the bed, her voice soft and her smile bright.

Xie Jing Xing restrained his expression and looked at her in silence for a moment. He opened his mouth and said, "I can work with you to clarify the situation, or I can just play dead. I'll ask a professional team in your circle to handle the specific PR strategy, and I'll pay for it."

"Okay." Concubine Pei responded decisively without hesitation.

"I will invest in two dramas for you, with a total investment of no less than 100 million."

Xie Jing Xing paused and added his explanation: "Even if we admit to the public that we are in a relationship, I will still be blocked by media reporters and scolded by netizens, and you will also be questioned and slandered by various rumors. I called Wang Zhonglei and asked him to find a hot spot to divert attention. The heat will pass in a few days."

"Ok!"

"You can tell me what you want."

"Will I be your lover forever?"

"..."

Xie Jing Xing remained silent, he knew this was a routine.

"Even if you raise a kitten or a puppy, you'll have some feelings for it after two years, right?"

Concubine Pei said this as she slowly knelt up, stretched out her arms to hold his neck, and then fell backwards.

The two of them hugged each other and sank into the soft big bed. The evening breeze blew gently, blowing away the ever-changing sunset in the sky, and the sun set and the moon rose. "Is this probably also considered emotional value?"

Xie Jing Xing thought to himself, and said with a tired sigh: "It's embarrassing for me to change my mind every day..."

…………

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the celebrity Pei Fei's official Weibo account updated the status: [Who is the lover~@谢景行]

This short sentence quickly topped the trending searches, and her studio's official certified Weibo account reposted it and issued a statement that it had formally filed a lawsuit against the boy band fans who posted the original video and multiple internet celebrity accounts and media that had spread the video for the second time, stating that Ms. Pei Fei and Mr. Xie Jingxing were in a normal relationship.

Countless die-hard fans of Concubine Pei were happy and worried and quickly called the police. They launched a heavy attack and madly abused the media and internet celebrities who jumped up and down after the news broke today, including Prince Wang.

Prince Wang, who was furious after being scolded, confronted netizens in the comment section: [I really don’t know what you are so proud of. Your dog mistress is paying for you, but she didn’t even post a Weibo to admit it. Instead of coming to my place to urinate and defecate everywhere, it’s better to let her husband stand up and say something. ]

[Master Wang, your ex-girlfriend definitely never called you her lover, right?] A few minutes later, Xie Jingxing responded on Weibo.

When Master Wang saw the response, his first reaction was not anger, but deep suspicion. This kid was so stupid that he could use someone else's WeChat account to call him an idiot and then quickly delete and block him. How could he be polite and call him Master Wang?

The attack power is too low, and I’m a little uncomfortable with it.

Prince Wang thought for a moment and responded on Weibo: [Princess Pei, you can use the sponsor's Weibo account to post updates randomly, you must have suffered a lot behind the scenes, right? ]

【Idiot! 】

Concubine Pei replied angrily with two words, threw down her phone and turned around and said, "How could he guess that I was using your Weibo account?"

"...Now he can't guess it." Xie Jingxing leaned against the bedside and smoked, feeling very annoyed.

Concubine Pei thought about it and regretted it and said: "Actually, it's okay for us to pretend we didn't see him and ignore him."

In her opinion, the Xie family was just at the bottom of the rich list, and it was not good to publicly criticize the son of the richest man.

At least she can get in touch with the big guys in the entertainment industry. It doesn't matter if she suffers a loss inwardly, but she must save face.

Xie Jingxing couldn't explain to her what the diminishing marginal returns effect was. The gap in social relationship resources caused by different industries and fields sometimes had nothing to do with how much money one had, not to mention the rich list. If Yunshan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group wanted to go public, it could take the fast track and get the green light at any time.

It should be said the other way around. If Prince Wang did not have the title of the son of the richest man, it would not be so good for him to argue with him, as people would think he was using his power to bully others.

"Can I accompany you on the business trip to Yunnan?" Concubine Pei changed the subject and took the initiative to propose.

In fact, because Xie Jingxing was studying abroad in New York, the two of them didn't have much time to spend together. Every time she flew thousands of miles to come to him, and apart from the things in bed, their interactions basically revolved around entertainment gossip, fame and fortune.

Now that she had obtained the status anyway, she began to desire more.

"can."

Xie Jingxing finished smoking, got out of bed and put on his clothes: "Stay by yourself for a while, I'll go talk to your mother."

In his opinion, Concubine Pei was quite smart. She knew what she wanted and was willing to give it up. But her problem was that she was easily influenced by her self-righteous mother.

In the past, he didn't care as long as it was a collectible as long as the person didn't commit suicide. But now that it has been made public, and to some extent the two people's public images are linked together, it is necessary to have a frank talk.

[If you really want to do good for me, just go along with him! ]

In the small living room, Pei Fei's mother looked down at the WeChat message her daughter sent, then looked up at the young man sitting in front of her with a dull expression, and forced a smile: "Jingxing, there's chicken soup in the pot, how about asking Fei Fei to get up and have some?"

"No hurry, Aunt Du, please call Wang Zhonglei first."

Xie Jingxing's tone was quite kind. He had just gotten off someone else's daughter's bed, so he was a little weak after all.

Pei Fei's mother's eyes lit up, and she quickly responded and called Wang Zhonglei. Her daughter had originally signed an eight-year 3:70 agency contract with Huayi Brothers.

Later, he was trapped by Xie Jingxing, and Liu Qiming stepped in to help change the agency contract to a common practice for first-line stars to set up personal studios under Huayi Company. Liu Qiming also stepped in to help resolve any major or minor issues.

This was the first time Xie Jingxing had personally communicated with Wang Zhonglei. He skipped the small talk and said bluntly, "Please help me deal with the public opinion, Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Xie is so polite. I have personally witnessed how Feifei has grown step by step to where she is now. Huayi is Feifei's family. If anyone in the company says they won't step up to solve the problem at this time, I will be the first to disagree!"

Mr. Wang on the other end of the phone was more loyal than the Liangshan heroes. He said bluntly, "We have already started to do it. Mr. Xie, please give me two days. I will give you a proper solution by the day after tomorrow at the latest!"

"Then I won't be polite with you. President Liu Qiming will go to the capital later to revise Concubine Pei's agency contract. She has saved some pocket money but doesn't know where to invest it. Please help recommend two high-quality projects." Xie Jingxing said lightly.

The Xie family does not have many resources in the entertainment industry, but Mr. Xie was able to get his lover, who had worked at CCTV for two years, to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage. If his son cannot control Huayi by both carrot and stick, he can forget about taking over.

Star actors are of the lowest class who cannot be on stage, and the same goes for theater owners. China has its own national conditions, and the media and entertainment industry is far less powerful than its European and American counterparts.

The call ended with President Wang being rude at first but respectful later, and Concubine Pei's mother's eyes changed when she looked at Xie Jingxing.

"It's not easy for Concubine Pei to get to where she is today. As a mother, you have to understand and support her, right?" Xie Jingxing asked.

(End of this chapter)