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Chapter 349: Chapter 165: Brother, Are You Bored of Learning?
Having agreed to meet Cheese tomorrow in Mianyang, Su Huai returned to Yuji’s live streaming room to kill time.
It was after 10 p.m. when Gu replied to his messages.
"Huaihuai, I’m fine, sorry for making you worry..."
Without a second thought, Su Huai sent over a video call request, and she, with no celebrity pretense, accepted it while seemingly under the weather.
Looking at her pale and weak appearance, Su Huai’s eyes widened, "You call this ’fine’?"
"I’m really fine," Gu continued to deny stubbornly, "Just a little cough... cough cough!"
After a couple of coughs, she ended the video call on her own accord.
Then she texted, "Let’s not talk, otherwise Andy will scold me... I’m really okay, it’s just a bit of inflammation, I’m used to it."
Alright...
Su Huai couldn’t quite understand but decided to respect her self-assessment.
"Okay, take care of yourself, I’m waiting for your lively return."
"Don’t worry, just a week or so, I’ll be fine soon!"
Dizzy, do you have some misunderstanding about ’soon’?
A small cold takes a week or so to recover?
Su Huai noticed that she had used the word "just" three times in four sentences, which was out of character for her. This deliberate emphasis was obviously aimed at not worrying him, which was heartachingly sensible.
Sigh, since you insist, what can I do?
Su Huai silently sighed and replied cooperatively, "That doesn’t sound serious, I can finally be at ease... Get some good rest, see you after the holiday!"
"Mm-hmm!"
The chat ended with two affirmatives, Su Huai tossed his phone aside, covered himself with a blanket, and sulkily went to sleep.
...
On October 6th, at 6 a.m. sharp, Su Huai sprang out of bed and started to pinch his face.
Today, not caring for anything else, he added a slight raise to the brow ridge, aligning it with his eyebrows.
If a man wants to look handsome, his face should be smooth but his bones should not.
Having a smooth face and prominent bone structure are not contradictory; the former depends on muscle and fat, while the latter relies on the shape of the bones.
Only with both can one achieve top-tier and enduring good looks.
Thirty days of fine-tuning allowed Su Huai plenty of room to experiment, so he was bold and unhesitant with the changes.
Looking at the brow ridge that fit seamlessly with the edge of his eyebrows, Su Huai nodded in satisfaction, feeling he had become one point handsomer.
I’m not greedy, one point handsomer each day, and in 24 days I’ll be godlike!
After tidying up and preening for a while, Su Huai headed straight to SKP.
Tricking different girls required different tactics, an introduction to the playboy tactics: know thyself, know thy enemy.
Normally, at this stage, a playboy would strategically gather as much information as possible about his target.
Su Huai didn’t need to bother with that.
If asked who knew Li Jiajia best in the current era, it would undeniably be Huai himself.
People working in MCN agencies—especially those in operations—had to carefully study a few internet celebrities as benchmarks.
Contrary to what outsiders might think, the benchmarks were not Viya, not Li Jiaqi, even less Dong Yuhui; they had made their models work by standing on the shoulders of giants, catching the tailwind of the era. With such powerful support, there really wasn’t much to study.
In particular, Dong Yuhui, who was articulate, radiated a love for life, reverence for existence, and respect for culture from his very core. He was seen as the top influencer least likely to be replicated, so what was the point in studying him?
On the contrary, Li Ziqi’s transition from domestic to international sales and then to building her brand was, for a considerable length of time, the focal point of study within the industry.
By the time Su Huai genuinely entered the field, Weilian had already lost the lawsuit, Li Ziqi was restarting but finding it challenging to return to her peak, and the case she left behind was causing sighs among every operator.
So, in truth, Su Huai didn’t know how to deal with the 2024 onwards Li Ziqi, but he did know what kind of person the current Li Jiajia was.
After knowing thyself and knowing the enemy, comes the first Chapter of the playboy tactics: Image Design.
Preparing for battle with proper attire, Su Huai’s venture to SKP was precisely for this purpose.
After much hurrying at the location, akin to fighting a battle, he finally managed to get everything envisioned done before boarding the plane.
At 2:30 p.m., Su Huai descended from Mianyang South Suburb Airport in low-key fashion.
Cheese was holding a sign at the entrance, waiting for him; the sign read "Assistant Su" in bold letters, and Su Huai spotted him immediately.
Cheese was not old, in his thirties, still considered young.
With a handsome face, dressed in a suit and shoes, short hair and thick eyebrows, he had a stylish and elite demeanor.
Previously, the changes in Xingyu’s shareholder information and contract signings had been handled by the lawyer alongside Mo Jian, his fourth cousin; Su Huai only provided a power of attorney and did not personally step in, so this was their first offline meeting.
Cheese was searching intensely, trying to reconcile his mental image of a business elite, but the person approaching him turned out to be...
A male model?!
Su Huai raised his hand to wave, smiling as he greeted, "Cheese, right? I’m Su Huai."
"Ah?... Ah!"
Cheese was momentarily startled, then fumbled a handshake, "Assistant Su, nice to meet you! I am Cheese, real name Li Shizhi, you really are... youthful and fashionable!"
Forgive him, he could find no other words.
Today, Su Huai was dressed rather flamboyantly.
His top was a dark red oversized hooded leather coat from the earlier Valentino fall men’s collection this year, originally an Armani classic grey coat, which the designer boldly transformed into rather flashy attire.
Yet in a year when Dior, Saint Laurent, LV, and Gucci all went for flashy designs, this hooded coat was deemed the most wearable among them, challenging to top.
Su Huai had on a white round neck vest underneath, the medium cotton vest stretched tightly around his chest and abdomen, outlining an impressively attractive shape.
