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Kiss of Venus - Chapter 51

Published at 5th of May 2023 09:38:20 AM


Chapter 51

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 Chapter 51

 

Yu Wan saw the row of ellipses Wu Mian sent her and asked, “Is it difficult to invite Li Shen?”

    

Wu Mian: He is definitely more difficult to invite than the others. Does your client only want Li Shen?

    

Yu Wan: Yes.

    

Wu Mian: How about this, you first send the information about the couple and the wedding over. The company will evaluate it first. 

    

Yu Wan: Okay, I will send you the information late. Thank you, Manager Wu.

    

Wu Mian: It’s no trouble, it’s work after all. But why didn’t you ask Li Shen directly?

    

Wu Mian couldn’t hold back his gossipy nature and asked the question he really wanted to ask.

    

Yu Wan: You said it, this is work. Naturally, it is more appropriate to contact the company.

    

“...” This lady is quite a high achiever.

 

Before getting off work, Yu Wan put together all the information Wu Mian wanted and sent it over. The next day, she accepted an interview with Beautiful Bride magazine. The topic of the article for the magazine is "Wedding Tips for Couples".

    

Yu Wan has been a planner for so many years and has attended hundreds of weddings, both large and small. The accidents and emergencies encountered and details that are easily overlooked by newlyweds are basically summarized in this article.

    

It is everything you need to know.

    

After dinner, Yu Wan was busy working on the article. Li Shen finished cleaning the kitchen and looked at her typing on the keyboard for a while. He couldn’t help but say, “Wanwan, how long are you going to keep on writing? Didn’t you say to go to sleep together?”

    

“It’s only 8 o’clock. Do you want to sleep now? Why don’t you go out for a run? I will finish after you come back.”

    

“I can run ten kilometers in less than half an hour. Are you sure you will finish by then?”

    

"I can..." She also made an appointment with Huang Manfu to talk about the wedding tomorrow. She must finish writing the first draft today.

    

The phone on the table dinged. Yu Wan glanced at it and quickly picked it up.

    

It is a message from Wu Mian.

    

Wu Mian: I’m sorry Miss Yu. I think it is impossible to invite Li Shen. His agent refused.

    

Yu Wan pursed her lips and asked, “Is there any room for discussion? The client said the performance fee can be negotiated.”

    

Wu Mian: It’s not about the performance fee. His agent was very firm about the decision and even scolded me [covers face]

    

“....”

    

Wu Mian: His agent Chi Lu, you should’ve seen her at the wedding before. She is a very powerful person [covers face] Her artists are very popular and she is one of the best agents in the company. If she doesn’t agree, there’s nothing I can do. 

    

Yu Wan: I understand. Thank you, Manager Wu. 

    

Wu Mian: Your client, Huang Manfu, I know him...If you can’t explain it to him, you can ask Li Shen directly. Based on your relationship, he will definitely help you.

    

Yu Wan was wondering what Wu Mian thought their relationship was when Li Shen who was about to go on a run, leaned over. 

    

“What’s the matter, you don’t look too good.”

    

Yu Wan saw him moving closer and his complexion became worse. She quickly locked her phone and smiled at him, “Nothing, it’s just my client asked to meet tomorrow. Thinking about it gives me a headache.”

    

“Is the client difficult this time?”

    

“Kind of, he is asking for a lot.” Yu Wan put her phone in her pocket and pushed Li Shen, who is about to go for a run, away. “Go run, I will finish it later.”

    

"En." Li Shen put on his running shoes, opened the door, and walked out.

    

After his night run, Yu Wan still wasn’t finished writing the draft. After taking a shower, he sat next to Yu Wan, "Today is the last day of my break. You promised to sleep together."

    

“.....” Yu Wan’s typing fingers paused. Forget it, she can finish writing it tomorrow morning in the office. She saved the draft, turned off the computer, and stood up, “I’m going to take a shower.”

    

Li Shen stood up with her, “I’ll go with you.”

    

“....Did you just take one?”

    

“I can shower again.”

    

“.....”

    

Yu Wan slept pleasantly that night. The next morning, Yu Wan got up early and went to the company to write her draft. She had an appointment in the morning to discuss the wedding but he suddenly has to receive a client so they had to reschedule for tonight.

    

In this line of work, they would often cater their time to the client’s needs. But those who make an appointment in the early morning are at night are not very likable. However, Yu Wan couldn’t do anything about it but agree with a smile.

    

The specific location of their meeting was only sent by Huang Manfu’s assistant just when she was about to get off work.

    

“Qingnan Allet?” Yu Wan frowned. She seldom goes to bars. Even when Li Shen used to sing there, she would only go occasionally. The bar environment is very noisy and not suitable for discussion. She guessed that Huang Manfu must have met a client at Qingnan Lane and called her over in passing.”

    

It’s a coincidence that the bar Huang Manfu was at was the same one Li Shen sang at before. After Li Shen became popular, the bar used it as a business opportunity. Not only do Li Shen’s fans like to go there, but many aspiring singers as well. 

    

The singer in the bar looks similar to Li Shen in the way he dresses and sings. Although he sings well, Yu Wan thinks it is impossible to imitate. 

    

While Yu Wan found Huang Manfu in the bar, Li Shen was in Chi Lu’s office.

    

“There are still three more months left in the year. You have an endorsement next and a duet.

    

Li Shen looked up at her, “Duet?”

 

“En.” Chi Lu wasn’t particularly willing to sing a duet but the song was really good. After several discussions, she still agreed, “Li Chengcheng will soon graduate from her group. She has a lot of fans and the company will try to nurture her. She will be the female protagonist of an upcoming drama adaptation. The production company wants you two to sing together. I’ve already listened to the song. The music and lyrics are by Duan Zhiming so it is guaranteed to be a good song.”

    

Li Shen frowned. He believed in Duan Zhiming’s skills in producing songs. Since the company specially invited Duan Zhiming, it seems that they are really trying to push Li Chengcheng up. However, he feels that Li Chengcheng’s singing ability is far from great.

 

“Sister Lulu, I heard Li Chengcheng’s songs before. She is the main singer of the group and her voice is recognizable. It is not that she doesn’t have any talent but only the studio recordings are listenable. She is prone to making mistakes during live performances.”

 

"I've also heard of this. She is prone to making mistakes because she has too little experience. Also, her own singing skills are not a big problem."

    

Li Shen smiled and didn’t say anything. Li Chengcheng had been active longer than him. She had no experience singing live because they never sang live. They pay more attention t stage performances instead.

 

As if knowing what his smile meant, Chi Lu coughed, "After Li Chengcheng goes solo, she will definitely not be the same as before. The company will strengthen her training and will sing better in time."

    

“Then I won’t sing with her on the same stage until she improves.”

    

“....” Chi Lu thought, he doesn’t want to sing together on stage, at least he agreed to enter the recording studio.

    

Li Shen left Chi Lu's office and was about to go home. Seeing that he doesn’t look so good, Xiao Dong asked him with concern, "Brother Shen, what's the matter? The company won't really let you sing at the wedding, right?"

    

Li Shen frowned at turned to her, “What wedding?”

      

“Oh right, you don’t know. Sister Lulu specifically said not to tell you….” Wait a minute, did she just unintentionally tell him?

    

“.....”

    

“What wedding are you talking about?” Li Shen asked again.

    

Xiao Dong looked at him tearfully, “Brother Shen, just pretend that you didn’t hear anything.”

    

“Then I will go ask Chi Lu instead.”

    

“....” Xiao Dong grabbed the corners of his clothes and smiled, “It’s like this, there is someone named Huang Manfu who wants to invite you to sing at his wedding but Sister Lulu rejected it.”

    

"Huang Manfu?" Li Shen's eyes moved. Why does this name sound familiar? Where has he seen it?

 

The moment the elevator door opened, Li Shen finally remembered where he had seen this name-it was in Yu Wan's plan.

    

Huang Manfu seems to be her current client.

    

But if this is the wedding Yu Wan is in charge of, why didn’t she say anything to him? Since the company refused, will the client cause her trouble?

    

Li Shen couldn’t help but take out his phone to call Yu Wan.

    

Just after Yu Wan found Huang Manfu and said a few words to him, she was dragged for a drink. After the phone rang, she found the opportunity to run away, "Excuse me, President Huang, I will answer the call first."

    

She walked to the side and saw it was Li Shen, “Ah Shen, are you home?”

    

"Still at the company." Li Shen frowned subconsciously when he heard the noise around her, "Where are you?"

    

“Oh, I am at the bar you used to sing at. The client asked to meet here.”

    

“Is your client Huang Manfu?”

    

“En.” Li Shen always sticks to her side when she is working so it isn’t strange that he will know the name of her client. 

    

“Does he want me to sing at his wedding?”

    

Yu Wan blanked and asked, “Did your company tell you?”

    

Li Shen pursed his lips and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about this?”

    

“Uh, this is work. I want to set a boundary between work and personal.”

    

“.....” Even if she didn’t say it, Li Shen already knows. She doesn’t want to make things hard for him. He was about to speak when he heard someone on the phone asking Yu Wan to drink.

    

“I won’t talk to you anymore. My client is waiting for me.”

    

Once Yu Wan hung up, Li Shen got into the car and frowned. He said to Xiao Dong, “Go to Qingnan Lane.”

    

“Huh?”

    

“I said, go to Qingnan Lane.”

    

"...Okay." Xiao Dong drove the car out and asked in a low voice, "Brother Shen, are you going to have a drink?"

    

“Look for someone.”

    

“Oh.” As long as it wasn’t for drinking, it is fine. If he gets drunk in a bar, tomorrow's headline may be "Popular singer Li Shen got drunk in a bar last night, he looks to be frustrated in love."

    

“Miss Yu, why do you take so long to answer a call?” Huang Manfu held a mug of beer with ice 

 

“I really can’t drink President Huang.” Yu Wan smiled and blocked his drink. She tried to divert his attention with the wedding, “I contacted Xingyao but Li Shen’s agent rejected the offer.”

    

"Why does the agent disagree, do they think I haven't given enough money?" Huang Manfu was upset, "Contact his agent again. I want to invite Li Shen. Isn't he just a singer? Does he need to put up airs?”

    

Yu Wan’s face changed. She suppressed the words in her heart and squeezed out a smile, “I will try to contact Li Shen’s agent again. But for the wedding venue, do you really want it to be at St. Beasley Cathedral?”

    

Huang Manfu glanced at her, “What’s the matter, does the cathedral not let me have the wedding there if Li Shen doesn’t come?”

    

Yu Wan smiled, “No, you can hold the wedding at St. Beasley Cathedral but there are requirements and decorums the newlyweds must follow. If you want it to be held there, you will need to be taught it first.”

    

Huang Manfu’s face sank again, “Where are there so many rules? I don’t see others have to learn stuff when holding church weddings.”

 

Yu Wan bit her tongue and continued to smile, “The other churches in A City do not have this requirement. Also, Starlight Park and Lize Park specially built churches for weddings so there aren’t any rules. If you find it troublesome, you can consider switching to Starlight Park. The church there is also very big?”

 

“Big? Is it bigger than St. Beasley Cathedral? You wedding companies think I don’t know anything and want to mess with me? I have already checked it before. The biggest church in A City is St. Beasley. I want the biggest one, not the second biggest!"

    

“.....”

 

:)

    

While Yu Wan was patiently trying to explain to Boss Huang Manfu, Li Shen had already reached the entrance of the bar. Xiao Dong saw him come here and felt a little nervous, “Brother Shen, who are you looking for? I can go in and help you look. You used to sing here so many fans came here to visit. It would be bad if they recognize you.”

    

Li Shen thought for a while. He took a blonde wig from the back seat and put it on.

    

“.....”

    

She watched him put on a wig, a cap, and a mask and finally put on her coat. Her coat is specially prepared for the air-conditioned room. It is a loose-fitting medium-length coat. When worn on Li Shen, it becomes a stylish short coat.

    

After Li Shen dressed up, he raised his head and asked her, “Can you recognize me now?”

    

“....No.” It’s not that it is unrecognizable, it just looks strange.

    

"Then I will go in now. You will wait for me here, I will come out soon."   

    

“Okay.” Xiao Dong saw him go out and worriedly asked, “Be careful Brother Shen. If anything happens, contact me immediately.”

    

"En." Li Shen put his hand in his pocket and walked into the bar.

    

“....” Did the bouncer actually let him in? Forget it, with Brother Shen’s figure and the way he is dressed, he does look fashionable.

    

Li Shen was more familiar with the bar than Yu Wan and found her in no time. A large chubby man is holding a mug of beer in his hand looking like he wants Yu Wan to drink. But when Yu Wan refused to take it, he wanted to grab her wrist.

    

Li Shen rushed over, pulled away the man’s hand, and had Yu Wan go behind him. She looked at the tall blonde man in front of her...is he blonde? The colorful lights in the bar made her feel uncertain.

    

“What are you doing?!” Huang Manfu slapped the table. When Li Shen pulled his hand away, the beer accidentally spilled on his hand.

    

Li Shen looked at him contemptuously and coldly replied, “I’m taking my friend home.”

    

Yu Wan heard his voice and although it is very low, she recognized it was Li Shen’s.

    

“Are you really here to pick up your friend or to cause trouble, huh?”

    

Huang Manfu’s voice is louder than before. Yu Wan can tell that he is very angry and quickly moved up and pleases, “I’m sorry President Huang. My friend didn’t mean it.”

    

As she said this, she took a tissue out of her bag and wanted to help him wipe the beer from his hand. Huang Manfu avoided her and said angrily, “Is this your friend? I think you guys are doing it on purpose!”

 

“President Huang, it really is a misunderstanding.”

    

“Misunderstanding? Did you think it will be all over by saying it is a misunderstanding?” Huang Manfu looked to be unreasonable, “Immediately apologize to me! Otherwise, you don’t have to work on this anymore! I will also blacklist your company!”

    

Yu Wan blocked Li Shen, who wanted to speak behind her. She smiled and apologized to Huang Manfu, "I'm sorry, President Huang. I'm really sorry, this is our fault. Please calm down."

    

"Humph!" Huang Manfu coldly snorted, then looked at Li Shen, "And you, you have to apologize to me!"

    

Yu Wan pursed her lips and said, “President Huang, my friend didn’t mean it. I will apologize to you with a drink.”

    

"Not you, I want him to apologize! If he doesn't apologize, I will file a complaint against you! Blacklist your company!"

     

Li Shen clenched his fist and Yu Wan stayed silent. Many people around them looked over. Finally, Li Shen bent over and was about to apologize to Huang Manfu, but was held back by Yu Wan, "Are you really ready to apologize to him? Why are you apologizing to him?"

    

Li Shen looked at her in a daze. Huang Manfu saw her stop Li Shen from apologizing and yelled, “If you don’t apologize, this won’t end!”

    

Yu Wan also yelled at him, “You go file a complaint, blacklist me! I won’t be taking your case!”

 

 

 

 





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