NOVPUBUpon hearing Kang Wen’s words, Li Xuan’s heart sank with a thud, and he instantly felt that something was wrong.
As expected, Wu Bin, who had been contemplating, lost his good expression in an instant.
"Demands? I don’t have any demands, okay? Can’t I just not want to cooperate with you?"
Kang Wen’s face immediately turned extremely ugly.
After all, he was a celebrity, yet he was being rejected by Wu Bin one after another—where was he supposed to put his face?
Li Xuan quickly stood up to smooth things over.
"Hahaha, classmate Wu Bin, let’s not be impulsive now," he said.
"As the saying goes, harmony brings wealth. Cooperation would be beneficial for both parties. Why don’t you consider it a bit more carefully?"
Li Xuan truly lived up to his role as an agent, adept and versatile at handling various situations.
He had long noticed that Wu Bin was not an ordinary university student, excited beyond measure at the prospect of working with a celebrity.
Wu Bin gave him the impression of being extremely calm, and most importantly, he seemed not to take them seriously at all.
Wu Bin shook his head nonetheless.
"No need, I’ve said I don’t want to cooperate with you. President Xu, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going back. I still have some unfinished business at the company."
Xu Wenyao nodded his head.
"Sure, go ahead. Just remember to prepare an act, as you’ll be performing on stage tomorrow."
Wu Bin indicated he understood and then turned to leave the office.
Once Wu Bin left, the atmosphere in the office became awkward once more.
Xu Wenyao, too, was no longer as enthusiastic as before; he poured himself a cup of tea and began to drink it, seated in his chair.
Li Xuan said somewhat awkwardly, "President Xu, about this matter..."
Xu Wenyao didn’t even lift his eyelids as he said indifferently, "Hasn’t classmate Wu Bin already made it very clear? He doesn’t want to cooperate with you, and as the president of the university, there’s nothing I can do either."
"Please return, and as for the cooperation with our school, there’s no need for you to feel compelled. After all, we are just an agricultural university. We need to stay grounded and not aim too high."
"There’s a media school nearby; if you’re interested, you could take a look over there."
Upon hearing Xu Wenyao say this, the three of them once again had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
After all, Xu Wenyao’s attitude now was utterly different from earlier on.
Before, Xu Wenyao had seemed to want nothing more than to immediately take them for a tour around the university, to introduce the situation of the Agricultural University.
But now, it was as if Xu Wenyao had suddenly lost interest in them, just short of directly showing them out.
The three were not oblivious to social cues, knowing that continuing to stay there wouldn’t lead to any fruitful discussions.
They stood up, exchanged a few pleasantries with Xu Wenyao, and then left the office.
Once back in the car, Kang Wen couldn’t help but start cursing.
"Damn, these young people nowadays really don’t know what’s good for them. They have the chance to work with us and they still don’t want it. Has his brain been kicked by a donkey?"
Li Xuan snorted coldly.
"You have the nerve to say that if it weren’t for your blabbermouth earlier, classmate Wu Bin probably would have been willing to cooperate with us. You’re aware of his online popularity; if we could’ve gotten him to cameo as a supporting actor in our movie, our box office could have easily doubled!"
As a top agent, Li Xuan’s rebuke was such that Kang Wen didn’t dare to utter a single retort.
"So what do we do now, go straight back to the production crew?"
Kang Wen spoke up, "I didn’t expect Wu Bin to hold such high status at the Agricultural University. Just looking at the president’s attitude tells you everything. As soon as Wu Bin refused us, the president turned his back on us immediately—it’s as if Wu Bin were his own son."
"Talking about staying grounded, my foot. When we arrived at the Agricultural University, why didn’t he tell us to stay grounded then?"
Li Xuan sighed and said, "Let it go, maybe it’s just not meant to be. Since Wu Bin is unwilling to work with us, we can only continue filming according to our original plan."
Just as Li Xuan was about to have the driver head back to the set, Zhu Hong suddenly spoke up, "Old Li, can you find somewhere to park? I want to talk to Wu Bin alone again."
Kang Wen was somewhat astonished.
"No way, Xiao Hong, with your status, how can you just go talk to Wu Bin alone?"
"Shut up."
Zhu Hong looked at Kang Wen with impatience on her face.
"If it weren’t for your blabbering, would I need to do this?"
Kang Wen was left speechless by the retort.
Li Xuan also felt it would be a huge waste to let Wu Bin go just like that, so he instructed the driver to pull over, and then got out of the car with Zhu Hong to look for Wu Bin.
To avoid causing a stir, both of them donned sunglasses and headscarves.
Although this attire made them both stand out, nobody recognized them along the way.
Right when the two arrived at the foot of the dormitory building, they saw Zhu Ling dragging Wu Bin’s hand, squatting on the ground and acting coquettishly.
"Brother, I want to eat skewers, and I also want crayfish."
Wu Bin rejected her flatly with a cold face.
"No, the stuff you want to eat is bad for the body, and where would you even get skewers and crayfish in the middle of the day?"
Zhu Ling started squatting on the ground and playing stubborn.
"I don’t care, I want to eat! If you don’t let me, I won’t go back with you!"
Wu Bin’s face remained calm.
"Fine, then don’t go back. Stay here; I’m going back first."
After saying that, Wu Bin was about to walk back, but Zhu Ling grabbed onto his arm with both hands.
"Hmph, I won’t let you go back either!"
Wu Bin tried to drag Zhu Ling along forcibly but found the girl to be like a dead weight, getting heavier the more he tried to move forward.
Without needing to say it, Wu Bin knew she must be using the special powers of her Dragon Clan.
He Bingbing covered her mouth and chuckled lightly from behind, and the netizens in the live stream also started laughing heartily.
"Brother Wu has met his match, seems like only Zhu Ling can handle him."
"Having such a sister must be quite tough, where does one find skewers in broad daylight? Isn’t this making things difficult for people?"
"Behind every successful man, there is a woman like this holding him back. Everybody just get used to it; don’t be nervous."
"Let her eat! If I had such an adorable sister, I’d personally grill skewers for her! There’s no reason not to spoil her!"
The interaction between the two was quite normal, but to Li Xuan and Zhu Hong, it seemed anything but ordinary.
"Wu Bin has such a beautiful sister?"
Li Xuan’s eyes lit up.
As a star scout, Li Xuan’s eye for promising talent was very accurate.
Zhu Ling had a temperament different from ordinary people, lively and vivacious.
Such a temperament indicated her potential to become a great star — if she appeared on the screen, perhaps her achievements could even surpass Zhu Hong’s!
Li Xuan was tempted.
Before, he only wanted Wu Bin to play a supporting role, but now with Zhu Ling, he felt that he could even give them both more important roles.
With this in mind, Li Xuan couldn’t help himself and quickly walked over to Wu Bin.
