Mei, who had not managed to get a word in, smiled faintly. "Brother Zhu does have plenty of experience. But honestly, after all these years as an agent, he hasn't actually produced any first-tier singers. For the sake of your group's future, would you consider... me instead?"
Mei looked at Cheng Yu and smiled. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Shu Mei, Jie's agent. You can call me Mei."
Qing Chen and Ling Yi exchanged glances, then obediently hid behind Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu still had that deadpan, keep-strangers-away look. His expression did not change in the slightest. "I like fat people."
"So what?" Mei could not understand Cheng Yu's train of thought. "What does that have to do with choosing an agent?"
"Of course it does." Cheng Yu was getting a little impatient. Other than when work required it, he had always hated people who dug to the bottom of everything.
Cheng Yu tilted his head instinctively and looked at Mei expressionlessly. "Fat people are easy to bully."
Chapter 31
When Zhu Jianxin received the call, he was at the trainee dormitories with a crew of workers, renovating a dorm to Cheng Yu's specifications for "the standard occupancy requirements of an ordinary four-star hotel suite." Upon learning that Cheng Yu had personally selected him as his agent for the bizarre reason that "he's fat and easy to bully," Zhu Jianxin felt something inside him crack. It was as though he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he shuddered reflexively—he was so moved he was about to cry.
"How could I possibly deserve this..." Zhu Jianxin trailed off and did his utmost to decline over the phone. "How about choosing someone else instead?"
"I've already agreed." Cheng Tianguang's voice on the other end was sorrowful and heavy, as if he