Hengtai gave its entire staff a rare half-day off for a team-building outing at the cinema.
The company reimbursed the movie tickets.
The money came out of a certain Mr. Chu's personal account.
[President Chu, should I email you the retouched photos?]
The message came from Sun Binghe.
Chu Yilan: [Send them here in the chat. I'll save the full-resolution originals.]
He lowered his head. Shen Lian lay asleep beside him, wrapped in a blanket, a faint weariness lingering between his brows.
With only one chance a day to indulge, neither of them held back. Shen Lian, especially, insisted on going from stubborn provocations to begging for mercy. Only once he was left dazed and muddled would he feel thoroughly satisfied.
Sun Binghe fired off more than a dozen messages, all pictures of "Li Kuan." The number of fans voluntarily promoting the film this time was staggering. Perhaps they loved the character too much-several talented photographers and artists had joined in, working overnight to produce pictures for free.
Characters becoming breakout hits was nothing unusual, but this was the fourth male lead-and Shen Lian, at that!
His fans kept bumping up the old posts where his haters had trashed his acting, grinning from ear to ear.
After admiring the beautiful pictures, Chu Yilan asked in the group chat with complete seriousness: [Aren't you going to see the movie?]
Feng Yueshan: [? What's a movie? Never been interested in those.]
Ning Sixian: [Don't engage him...]
Sure enough, Chu Yilan continued typing: [Shen Lian's in it. It's pretty good. You should all go and cultivate your artistic sensibilities. I'll reimburse you.]
Xu Jingge, who had only joined the group a little while ago, laughed at the exchange: [Chang Qing's in the entertainment industry too, but even I'm not as deranged as you.]