Caring for brother

Chapter 6

Ye Fan returned to the bedroom and stared at the ceiling, motionless.The nurse didn't dare to touch him, so he quietly left the room after washing him up.

The purpose of Ye Fan's coming back this time is to restore the old relationship with his brother, but Xu Shengyao turned his eyebrows at him coldly when he first met, and when he thought of this, he felt very sad. If it wasn't for the rib injury that didn't allow it, he would have wanted to form a ball. Give yourself a hug.

Alas, let alone balls, even if he farts under the quilt now, he still can't lift the quilt to let the fart out.

It was already early in the morning, and Ye Fan's jet lag hadn't adjusted yet, so he lay on the bed without any sleepiness, thinking wildly about all kinds of experiences in these years.The more he thinks about it, the more he is sober, and the more he thinks about it, the more sad he is. He feels that it is a bad move for him to go back to China at the risk of his injury getting worse. If he showed his foresight in official affairs a little bit, Xu Shengyao would definitely regret talking so seriously today.

He was thinking happily when suddenly the bedroom door was pushed open with a creak.Obviously Ye Fan is the owner of this room, but he immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

The essentials of pretending to sleep are three things: steady breathing, relaxed expression, and absolutely no movement.

When Ye Fan heard a footstep in the room that was neither as gentle as the female nurse nor as heavy as the male bodyguard, he suddenly realized who the person who broke into his room in the middle of the night was.

He suddenly lost his sense of proportion, and his intact left hand, hidden under the quilt, tightly grasped the bed sheet under him. After 15 seconds, he realized that he was about to suffocate, and only then realized that he had forgotten how to breathe since Xu Shengyao opened the door.

The sound of Xu Shengyao's footsteps was getting closer, and the light from the corridor poured in through the open door, casting a light in front of Ye Fan's bed.Xu Shengyao approached slowly under the light, and finally stopped in front of Ye Fan's bed.

Ye Fan's whole body was stiff, but a kind of hope rose in his heart, did he come to apologize, like in the movie, to confide his heart in front of a sleeping person's bed?Should he sit up and cry with his brother, or continue to pretend to be asleep—what if he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Ye Fan, who was pretending to be asleep, waited contentedly to eavesdrop on his brother's sincere apology, but he waited and waited, but only waited for Xu Shengyao to help him raise the quilt, then turned and left.

When the door closed with a "click", Ye Fan opened his eyes so angry that his hairs would explode.He actually left without saying anything?Why didn't he apologize?After he was injured, he didn't even have a word of condolences. The first sentence was to ask about his sin, where did the scratching brother who loved and spoiled him when he was a child go?

Xu Shengyao left Ye Fan's room, called the butler who was standing by, and asked him to send someone to bring dinner to Ye Fan's bedside.

The housekeeper hesitated for a few seconds: "But the young master is already asleep, wouldn't it be good to wake him up to eat?"

Xu Shengyao said: "When Diao Diao was a child, I used to coax him to sleep. I can tell whether he is really sleeping or not. I'm afraid he's hungry after being sullen for so long. Go get ready."

Secretary Yu on the side looked at it and shook his head. Just now, when the boss and himself were eating, they looked like they couldn't eat, and put down the chopsticks without moving twice.Now he actually has the leisure to care about whether his brother is hungry or not. He really deserves the nickname "Xu Xidi" that Ao Lanren privately gave him.

Half an hour later, the butler came to report, saying that Ye Fan was indeed awake when he entered the room, and Ye Fan ate all the dinner that was served, especially the few pieces of braised pork ribs that were gnawed clean, with teeth marks on the bones. Also looks vicious.

Xu Shengyao nodded after hearing this: "It's good to eat it. In addition, let the kitchen stew more pork rib soup in the future. According to the standard of five meals a day, I will let you eat it. If your teeth are worn down, you will be good."

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After a month, several ribs in Ye Fan's chest grew slowly, and the doctor finally allowed him to leave the mobile hospital bed and move around in a wheelchair instead.

This month Ye Fan has been very depressed. On the one hand, he is physically injured and cannot move freely. Most of the time he is bored in the house watching movies, surfing the Internet or directing the bodyguards to play games ("You f*cking idiots! Give away your head again! ”), on the other hand, Xu Shengyao leaves early and returns late every day. The purpose of Ye Fan’s return is to ease and repair the relationship between brothers. It can be seen that he can’t see each other, so how can he talk about relaxation?

They only had five dinners and three breakfasts together a month, and the rest of the time Xu Shengyao was either working overtime or on his way to overtime.The two obviously lived under the same roof, and Ye Fan didn't have as many chances to see Xu Shengyao as the doorman at home.Even those eight rare opportunities to sit at the same table, the two still didn't speak much—the two brothers were taught not to talk since they were young.In fact, Ye Fan had left this rule behind after puberty, but every time he wanted to say something, he felt embarrassed to speak when he saw his brother's tired face.

Ye Fan's right arm is broken, and every time he eats, he awkwardly uses the spoon in his left hand to feed it into his mouth. There will always be a servant who prepares vegetables by his side, who will give him whatever he wants to eat.

Once he was eating with his brother, and there was Dongpo pork on the table that he hadn't eaten for a long time.But the table was big, and the plate of Dongpo meat was placed in front of Xu Shengyao. He pointed to the dish and asked the servant to pick it up for him. Just as the servant was about to start, Xu Shengyao said, "Let me do it."

Ye Fan was happy for no more than three seconds, and watched helplessly as Xu Shengyao picked up the carved carrot on the edge of the dish and put it in his bowl.

Ye Fan: "...I have never eaten carrots since I was a child."

Xu Shengyao was expressionless: "I will eat when I grow up."

Ye Fan ate it aggrieved, Xu Shengyao saw that he honestly gnawed the carrot flower clean, nodded in satisfaction, and personally put the largest piece of Dongpo meat on Ye Fan's rice.

This time, Xu Shengyao said the most words among the eight meals. If Ye Fan didn't know clearly that his brother had his own in his heart, Xu Shengyao would really be pissed off.

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This day Ye Fan slept until the sun was up, as usual, the first thing he did after waking up was to ask the servant brother if he was gone.I thought I would receive another reply "Mr. has gone to the company" this time, but I didn't expect to hear the answer "Mr. is at home in the morning and will have lunch at home" today.

Ye Fan subconsciously turned his head to look at the sun, and squeezed himself again—it's not a dream, the workaholic brother is really at home today!

After he finished washing, he didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so he yelled at the servant to push him to see his brother.

The servant said hesitantly: "But Mr. Xu is meeting guests in the study."

"The ones I can meet at home are definitely not some work guests, but his friends." Ye Fan said confidently, "What kind of friend does my brother need to carry me behind his back?"

The servant thinks about it too, and the guest who came to visit today is a big star, handsome and gentleman, his sea blue eyes are like the starry sky and the sea, I feel like I can go to heaven after being stared at by him for three seconds.Mister doesn't let the servants come close to ask for autographs, but now the young master wants to go, so won't she be able to see more celebrities by sending him there?

Thinking of this, the servant pretended to be moved by Ye Fan, and pushed the impatient Ye Fan to the study.

The reason why Xu Shengyao didn't go to the company today was because his old friend Andrew, whom he hadn't seen for many years, was coming to visit.At the beginning, the first company that Xu Shengyao took over was Xingui Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xu Group. At that time, Xingui was incompetent. Xu Shengyao met Andrew who had just won the title of actor at a reception.The two of similar ages hit it off right away. It just so happened that the other party intended to leave the original company at that time, so Xu Shengyao recruited him with 12.00% of the shares.

The outside world has been rumored that Andrew is the boss behind the upstart. Although there are some deviations from the facts, Andrew is indeed the second largest shareholder of this entertainment company (but does not participate in decision-making).Even Wang Jiandong, the current head of the upstart, does not have as many shares as he does. After all, he supported the company with only one person's appeal and attracted a lot of talents for the company.

However, eight years ago, Andrew suddenly wanted to quit the entertainment industry, and went to the best film school in the Vulture Country to learn directing alone, until he recently returned after graduating from PHD.

Andrew's return to China this time has been hyped up in the media, and his younger brother, An Ruifeng, the current first brother of the upstart, helped to fuel the flames.Now no matter where he goes, there are a bunch of paparazzi following him, and his slightest movement can grab the headlines. What Andrew wanted to talk about today was very important, and he didn't want to go to Xu's headquarters to be stared at, so he simply asked Xu Shengyao to meet at home.

After the two met, they chatted about the current situation and regained the familiar feeling.After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the topic quickly turned to business.

"I want to make a movie, Lao Wang told you, right? Although the script writer is a newcomer, but the plot is very tense. This "Dog Lung Man" has the potential to become popular." Andrew cut to the point.

Xu Shengyao already knew why he came here. He took a sip of tea from his teacup and said slowly: "An, he did report this matter to me more than a month ago. But in business talk business, the reason why he dismissed it This matter was ordered by me."

There was no trace of anger on Andrew's face, he just asked why in a flat manner.

Xu Shengyao said: "When you were the most popular, you left all your fans to study abroad. OK, we support you. The company found you the best mentor through the relationship and sent you to the best director for internship. Later You send your brother over here and tell me that your brother will definitely be popular, OK, we support you too, the best resources in the company are all on An Ruifeng, praise him like you did back then, he is really up to date, now He is a well-deserved upstart brother."

Andrew nodded: "Our brothers really want to thank you. Without the resources you provided, Ruifeng would not have become popular so quickly....Of course, my brother, I believe, even if he is not in this company, he should still be popular. It's just a matter of time."

"Then I don't understand." Xu Shengyao leaned back on the sofa, and tapped the armrest beside him with his fingers: "Now that you come back to prepare your first movie, the company must strongly support it. But why didn't you choose An Rui as the leading actor? Feng, why should I choose that... Wang what?"

"Wang Lili, his name is Wang Lili." Andrew explained earnestly: "This time the script is not suitable for Ruifeng at all. Old Wang should have told you that this time it is a story of a low-level character struggling in society. And it doesn't match in terms of age."

"Then why don't you just choose a script that suits your brother?...Okay, I understand that all of you as directors have your own considerations about the script. Maybe this script really has magic power that you can't let go of. Then the 40-year-old in our company There are plenty of mature and rough actors, why did you choose a third-rate star from a third-rate company?"

Just when Andrew was about to fight back, a voice suddenly came from the door of the study interrupted their conversation - "A third-rate company only means that their resources are third-rate, but it doesn't mean that their actors are also third-rate."

The two subconsciously looked towards the door, and saw a big boy with plaster casts on his hands and legs sitting in a light wheelchair, pushed in by a servant through the door of the study.Of course, this person is none other than Ye Fan.

Because Xu Shengyao was not meeting a subordinate of the company, but an old friend, so he did not lock the door of the study.Ye Fan confidently believed that he didn't need to knock on the door at all, so he turned the handle without even saying hello, and happened to hear Xu Shengyao's belittling of Wang Lili at the end of the conversation.

It's fine if there are other celebrities that I don't know, but it's Wang Lili!Wang Lili, Ye Fan's male god for many years!Although he is not good-looking, but with great acting skills, good figure and good personality, he is definitely Ye Fan's no.1 favorite male star.Now that he actually heard Xu Shengyao criticize his male god, Ye Fan immediately became anxious, and yelled loudly regardless of his health, but the injury on his ribs caused him to cough for a long time.

Xu Shengyao originally wanted to severely criticize him for his bad habit of entering the study without knocking and interjecting at will, but when he saw Ye Fan was coughing out of breath, he became anxious, walked to the wheelchair in a few steps, and ordered the servant to go Calling the doctor, he gently followed Ye Fan's back.

In fact, Ye Fan was not that uncomfortable at first, he coughed more than a dozen times and it was almost enough, but when he saw that his brother cared about him so much, he pretended to cough several times - this was the first time his brother behaved like this after he returned home. Look anxious.Every time I saw him at the dinner table before, it was either a face of "I'm really tired from working overtime" or a face of "It's basic politeness to eat without speaking", or a face of "Although I have no expression on my face, I can Guaranteed to start criticizing your" face as soon as you say the first word.

Xu Shengyao is like a big iceberg standing in the distance, Ye Fan's small sailboat rowed desperately, but he couldn't get over it.However, today Xu Shengyao took the initiative to care about him, just because he coughed twice - if he had known that he should have acted as terminally ill, he fainted every two days, and vomited blood every three days, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to get his brother's gentle treatment in exchange for pity .

Ye Fan's acting skills can only be missed by his caring and chaotic elder brother, in Andrew's eyes, he is really full of flaws. Andrew waited for a while, seeing Xu Shengyao throwing himself on his younger brother wholeheartedly, he thought that he really deserved the nickname "Xu Xidi" that Ao Lanren gave him.He guessed that Xu Shengyao didn't have the energy to chat with him about the new movie today, so he said goodbye and planned to come back next time.

Unexpectedly, when he passed by Ye Fan, Ye Fan actually stopped him while coughing (poorly).

"An," Ye Fan looked up at him, Andrew was very familiar with that obsessed look, "Can you help me get the male god's autographed photo?"

"Male god?" As soon as he heard these two words, Andrew took it for granted, "Where do you need me? There are many in Xingui company. If you like An Ruifeng, just send someone to get it." Shuai has fans everywhere, and every day he sends a dozen or so acquaintances who ask him for autographs from the brothers.

Ye Fan hurriedly said: "My male god is Brother Li, not An Ruifeng."

This is really strange, Wang Lili has been a supporting role in the industry for more than ten years, and he belongs to the type of people who look familiar on the street but can't remember the name anyway. Andrew chose him as the leading actor in his first movie because of his solid skills. He didn't expect to meet Wang Lili's fan today, and his status is not low.

Andrew joked: "It's okay to ask him to sign, but you have to ask your brother to get the film investment in exchange."

He was just joking at first, but he didn't expect Ye Fan to take it seriously. He turned his head and said to Xu Shengyao, "Xu Shengyao, hurry up and invest in his new movie. "Dog Lung Man" has Li Ge as the male lead, and the box office can exceed ten!" Hundreds of millions!"

Andrew listened to him and felt that he was arrogant. Wang Lili has only acted as the male lead three times in the years since his debut. The ratings of TV dramas and movie box office are not high, so he dare not boast how much the movie can sell. Qian, I didn't expect Ye Fan to trust Wang Lili's acting so blindly.

Xu Shengyao: "...Why don't you cough now?"

"..." Ye Fan: "Ahem!"

Xu Shengyao hated others lying to him the most. Regardless of the big or small things, if Ye Fanruo told him honestly, even if it went against his original intention, he still had room for consideration.Now Ye Fan actually lied to him with his illness, which made Xu Shengyao very dissatisfied, and felt that his concern and nervousness were all a one-man show.

"Since your body is so uncomfortable, go back and rest." Xu Shengyao said calmly, and asked the nurse to push Ye Fan's wheelchair back.By the way, he told the servant that in the next three days, Ye Fan's sick meals must have carrots in every dish, and he is not allowed to leave the table until he finishes eating.

Seeing that he was in a fit of anger, Andrew told him that the film investment would definitely be ruined, so he hurriedly made an appointment for the next meeting, and left without looking back.It has always been a protracted battle with the boss to invest in this kind of thing, and he never expects to succeed once.

In a blink of an eye, all the people in the study room left. Xu Shengyao sat at the desk for a while, his eyes were on the documents, but he couldn't settle down to work.Feeling depressed, he simply called the bodyguards beside Ye Fan and asked them, "How come no one reported to me about fishing and chasing stars?"

Although he has taken over an entertainment company, he himself has no interest in the entertainment industry. He knows only a handful of celebrities, and he doesn't even watch movie series on weekdays.If it wasn't for Andrew's obsession with making an unknown old actor the male lead, he really wouldn't even know who Wang Lili was.

It turned out that it was such a coincidence that the actor he looked down on was the "male god" of Diao Diao... This title really made my heart hurt.

The bodyguards looked at each other, at first Xu Shengyao only asked them to report on Ye Fan's friendship, attendance, and outings, but he didn't ask them to report how many movies he watched and which star he liked.Besides, Ye Fan seldom went to the cinema when he was in Vulture Country, and even if he did, there would be no Panda Country movies released. They had never heard of Ye Fan mentioning Wang Lili as an actor, so of course they had no way to report it.

Seeing that they couldn't say anything, Xu Shengyao waved them away.He leaned on the sofa to rest for a while, his mind full of thoughts, after a long time, he took out his mobile phone and called Wang Jiandong.

"Jiandong, An came to see me just now."

Wang Jiandong said: "I knew he would not give up, and I will definitely go to you in person." He has been in charge of Xingui Entertainment for so many years, and he has a unique vision. The director has a lot of topics to talk about, and the fan effect is also high, but it's a pity that this film really doesn't match his younger brother's acting style."

Xu Shengyao asked again: "What is the relationship between that Wang Lili and him?"

"He said he was a friend. It is said that he was close to each other before going abroad. His acting skills are quite good, but the company is too small and has no resources. He is old and looks average, so he has never been popular. I have always suggested that An choose our upstart talent. As an actor, because of his shareholder style, his popularity can at least rise to another level."

Xu Shengyao closed his eyes, remained silent for a long time, and said: "If Wang Lili's acting skills are good, let's scoop him up as a new rich man before the casting is revealed, so that the fat will not flow to outsiders."

Wang Jiandong almost didn't hold the phone when he heard this: "Ah? Your big boss with tens of millions of dollars in a second, when did you bother to ask about the poaching of such a small actor?"

Xu Shengyao's tone was helpless: "Who makes him like it."

Wang Jiandong nodded silently, thinking that for the casting of An's movie, the boss specially poached cold-bench actors from other companies, the relationship is really good.