Lincheng, where it hasn't rained for most of the month, is very hot even at night.
On the top floor of the Weir Building in the city center, a reception is quietly going on.
The huge open-air balcony is occupied by a swimming pool, several entertainment facilities and playful young men and women, the lights are flickering, and the hidden speakers are playing soft music.
Probably driven crazy by the weather, the deeper the night, the more people gathered by the swimming pool.
Entering the balcony, the lights brighten up, the wine glasses are staggered, the air is mixed with a faint fragrance, and the successful people greet each other and talk about the scene.
A few people are dancing, a few people are drinking tea, and a few people are gossiping with each other.
The corridor away from here is much quieter.
Maybe it's not long since the reception started, or maybe it's because there's nothing interesting here. It's an excellent place where you can see the beautiful scenery of Lin City, but few people pass by to stay.
There was only one person who had been sitting on a chair by the corridor from the beginning of the reception to the present.
He put his hands on the table to support his chin, his lips were slightly pursed, and he looked down at the night scene of Talin City outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. His long eyelashes reflected the colorful light under the light above his head, casting blurred shadows on his lower eyes. .
Every time you blink, the imperceptible colored light on the eyelashes shakes up and down.
"Xu Yu, are you listening?"
There was a sound coming from the Bluetooth headset, and Xu Yu casually leaned on his index finger on his cheek, subconsciously moving it.
"I'm listening." Xu Yu replied in a low voice.
In just a short while, the drone he was staring at had already flown from left to right, and then from right to left many times. The red light of the opposite building flashed no less than 100 times, and there was no traffic jam on Huandao Road. Relief, the moon is not round, the stars are not bright.
Nothing very interesting.
"Well," said the female voice on the phone, "I seem to have found it."
Xu Yu: "Tell me."
Over there: "Wait a minute, you wait."
Said it was found, but there was no sound from there again, and it became the sound of mouse and keyboard tapping again.
Xu Yu sighed softly.
It was his assistant Zhao Xiaoyun who was on the phone with him. They were discussing the termination of the contract with the company.
Xu Yu is 21 years old at the moment, his birthday will be in a few days, and he will be 22 soon.
The 19-year-old Xu Yu is still in college. By chance, he participated in a talent show "Hello Sing and Dance", and signed a contract with an entertainment company for ten years in a daze.
It's not all deceit, but it's not much better. I can only blame Xu Yu for thinking too little at the time, trusting others too easily, and his bad luck.
Not only was he unlucky, but those friends who were in the same period as him were also unlucky.
Originally, everything was impressive, but not long after the talent show was broadcast, the response was very good, and it also attracted many viewers and fans.
It was at that time that his company took this opportunity to find several boys who were ranked in the top 30 at that time, persuade them one by one, and win them over one by one, giving them their vision and future, and finally signed ten boys.
Xu Yu is one of these ten.
It was pretty good at the beginning, because of the relationship between the company's packaging and program editing, the popularity of the few who were signed has soared.
But before the fifth episode was broadcast, the show was exposed with inside stories and black material.
A boy who has always been in the top five, was exposed by netizens with bed photos with the producer, and some unequal treaties between the two that could not be put on the stage, including shady and shady operations in the voting part of the show.
Fans who were sincerely chasing stars collapsed overnight and began to scold the program group on Weibo.
The ratings of the program fell to the bottom in an instant, and all the top rankings were taken away by netizens, and they found a lot of evidence that was not true, aggressively denying the top few.
When the fifth episode aired, all the support that the barrage should have had turned into abuse.
The popularity of the show has plummeted, but a lot of money has been invested, and many shows have been recorded in advance, so I can only bite the bullet and continue.
Do one episode, get scolded for one episode, until the end.
Roughly speaking, it has been three years since this incident, and many details have been forgotten and cannot be studied, but every time Xu Yu thinks about it, he can't help but sigh, and regret that he signed that word at the beginning.
At that time, he was fascinated by the promise given by the other party, and naively thought that the company would really introduce him to many musicians he liked, and would really lead him to make music well.
It is indeed unlucky to say that it is unlucky, but Xu Yu is the luckiest one among the unlucky ones.
Probably acting too aloof during the show and seldom talking, Xu Yu was the one who was attacked the least and also the one who recovered the fastest after the show.
If what you want is not written in the contract, the company has an excuse for not performing.
The few boys who were signed at the beginning were left in the corner by the company, and they were taken out for a walk when needed, and ignored when they were not needed.
Xu Yu was the one who got sneaked the most.
In the past three years, because of the contract, Xu Yu participated in many variety shows that were not well-known and nutritious, and even fired Xipi, whom he didn't want to fire.
Probably because he doesn't take the initiative to cooperate, and he doesn't know how to manage himself. The company is gradually giving up on him now.
The latest news about him, that is, last week, was sent by someone from the company, saying that he was staying out at Zhou Jie's house at night, and then Zhou Jie called him and began to say some ambiguous words.
Xu Yu couldn't bear it at that time, and after thinking about it in bed for a long time, he called Sister Yun and said that he would terminate the contract with the company.
Zhou Jie is the Xipi arranged by his company. The company just signed it last year.
Probably wanting to pull Zhou Jie out, he was assigned to Xu Yu.
Xu Yu felt that he was confused enough, but Zhou Jie couldn't help him.
He wasn't at Zhou Jie's house at all that day, it was a photo from last year, and Xu Yu wasn't the only one who went to Zhou Jie's house.
The company I signed at the age of 19 has achieved nothing until now. I didn't get what I wanted, and waved a lot of what I didn't want.
"Have you found it yet?" Xu Yu asked Sister Yun.
"I found it," Sister Yun replied, "But I have to call Miao Miao to confirm first. Please wait for me for a few minutes, and I will call you later."
Xu Yu hummed.
There was a beeping sound from the earphones, and within two seconds there was no more sound.
Xu Yu picked up the fruit wine on hand and took a sip.
The moment he raised his head, he saw a strange scene in his peripheral vision. When he turned his head, he saw three girls gathered together at the end of the corridor not too far away, screaming strangely, and one of them was taking a picture of him with a mobile phone.
After being discovered, the girl who took the photo immediately put away her mobile phone, and the three of them huddled together and pretended to look elsewhere.
Xu Yu took his gaze back and took another sip of wine.
Sister Yun didn't keep him waiting for long, but within two minutes, the call came again.
Xu Yu picked it up.
"I probably understand," Sister Yun said, "There's a lot of content, I've sorted it all out, but there's a problem." Sister Yun suddenly stopped talking.
Xu Yu asked: "What's wrong? Tell me."
Sister Yun: "Do you really want to terminate the contract? Even if there is a problem with the contract, you still have to pay a lot of liquidated damages."
Xu Yu said firmly: "Terminate the contract."
Sister Yun: "Okay."
Xu Yu asked Sister Yun to check a lot of things. At this critical moment, Sister Yun slowed down and told Xu Yu bit by bit.
Xu Yu grabbed the cup and listened to each sentence, and said yes when he needed a response.
The more you listen, the worse your mood gets.
Xu Yu subconsciously picked up the glass again, and found that he had finished drinking the fruit wine on the table.
Between getting another glass of cider and leaving the place, he chose the latter.
Xu Yu pressed the table and stood up. At this moment, he found a different picture from the corner of his eye.
It's still where the three girls were, but it's not them.
On the other side of the corridor, several men walked over. The leading man was in a thin black windbreaker with his hands in his pockets. He lowered his head slightly and was listening to the man in a suit beside him.
Just by looking at them like this, one can understand the difference in the identities of these people.
Obviously, everyone is very respectful to the man in front.
Listening to Sister Yun's analysis for a few seconds, these men had already come to the side, as long as Xu Yu moved his legs, they would leave side by side, so he took half a step back, sat back on the chair, and made way for the visitor.
"President Su, I have already sent it to you, you can take a look if you have time."
The man in the suit finally finished speaking, and the man walking ahead also raised his head. At this moment, the man inadvertently cast his eyes on Xu Yu.
Suddenly their eyes met, Xu Yu blinked unnaturally, and quickly turned his head away.
Xu Yu thought that these people would leave soon, and he would also be able to leave this place soon, but unexpectedly, this man stopped in front of him.
Obviously because Xu Yu stopped, the two were almost facing each other, and the distance was no more than two meters.
Xu Yu lowered his head a little, and whispered, "Sister Yun, wait a minute."
"Sir," the man took another step towards Xu Yu, and said, "Hello."
Xu Yu nodded: "Hello."
The person in front of him suddenly squatted down, and picked up something in the blind spot blocked by his coat.
"Is this yours?" He stood up and asked Xu Yu.
Xu Yu looked down at his palm, there was something lying on it.
Very unfamiliar, Xu Yu guessed it was a cufflink.
Xu Yu shook his head: "It's not mine."
The person in front of him nodded and put his hands away, not chasing the source of the cufflinks any more.
There was no intention of leaving immediately.
He looked at Xu Yu with a polite and polite tone: "Excuse me, may I ask, what is your name, sir?"
Xu Yu propped his elbows on the table, and smiled politely at the gentleman in front of him.
Xu Yu: "Sorry, I have no comment."