Chapter 3446 Seeking assistance
Whether Li Menglong has the qualifications and ability to kick one of the girls out of the group is indeed a question worth examining. He himself may not be able to tell clearly.
In theory, he can do it. After all, he has enough influence on the company, and the girls are contracted artists under the company.
He just banned all the girls. As long as they were still within the contract period, they seemed to have no means of resistance unless they paid the penalty themselves and chose to change jobs.
But this is just a theory after all. Once it happens in reality, there is no need for the girls to come forward. Li Enxi will come to the door first.
And this is just forcing girls to change jobs, and there is still a big gap between kicking out a specific person among them.
In fact, as long as they can maintain consensus internally, even if some individuals change companies, they can still be counted as a member of the group.
Of course, the situation is often more complicated. When the company really wants to disgust a specific artist, you can imagine the pressure it faces.
The reason why Xu Xian said this was probably just teasing, but he didn't want Li Menglong to actually take action. He probably didn't have the courage.
Girls don't have good tempers. Li Menglong dares to bully their members? They dared to prevent Li Menglong from seeing the sun tomorrow!
So Li Menglong is playing with fire now. He only buys gifts for eight people. The targeting is too obvious.
"Don't worry, we have discussed it with them a long time ago. Who do you think is more suitable to be the unlucky guy? I personally think Kim Taeyeon is good!"
Li Menglong asked Xu Xian's opinion. Such happy things should be shared with others. He is not the kind of person who cherishes his own things.
It’s just that if you look at the same thing in the eyes of different people, they may get completely different emotions.
This is not about sharing Xu Xian's joy with her. It is clearly dragging her into the fire pit. Does Li Menglong feel that her life has been too comfortable recently?
This kind of offending thing is really not something she can get involved in. If she has to choose someone, can she recommend herself? She doesn't need this gift!
After all, taking Li Menglong's money to choose a gift for himself seems a bit weird, which Xu Xian wanted to point out before.
Now was an opportunity, but she felt that Li Menglong might not agree.
This feeling mainly comes from his past preference for himself. In fact, Xu Xian was flattered by this, but wanted to remind him to restrain himself.
Occasionally seeing the jealous eyes of those women, Xu Xian was afraid that they would appear at his bedside for no reason at midnight and stare directly at her. The scene would be terrifying just thinking about it.
It's just that Li Menglong didn't have any bad intentions, and it was difficult for Xu Xian to say these words. In short, he just got over in a daze.
Sure enough, Li Menglong's reaction met Xu Xian's guess. He didn't take Xu Xian's words at all. Instead, he was busy studying who could be more unlucky.
What can Xu Xian do about this? Her persuasion seems to be meaningless, so she can only start from her own side. After all, she purchased the gift, so she can always find some loopholes.
The two of them were each thinking about their own affairs, and for a moment it seemed as if they were competing in a battle of wits and courage.
All I can say is that Xu Xian is worthy of being a member of the girls, and I really broke my heart for them!
However, the development direction of the two people's mentality is still very different. Li Menglong is becoming more and more relaxed. Anyway, no matter who is unlucky, he is happy to see the result.
Xu Xian had a lot to think about, especially the matter of buying gifts. What was she going to buy for these women?
Although Li Menglong was not allowed to withhold funds for gifts, overall he was still quite nervous.
This money may not be enough to please one person. As a result, Li Menglong now wants to make nine women happy at the same time. Doesn't this create a problem for her?
Fortunately, she is also a member of the girls, and she is very familiar with the fetishes of this group of women, so there is still a possibility of success.
But this still requires her to spend a lot of time and energy, which makes her suffer even more.
Otherwise, stay in the company and continue working? As for gifts, she would always satisfy these women by subsidizing some extra money.
Xu Xian secretly disclosed this idea to Li Menglong, and was immediately denied by him.
Li Menglong's reason is also very simple. This kind of unjust money must be spent less, especially if it is spent on these women. This is not like beating a dog with a meat bun.
It's not that these women don't know how to be grateful, but Xu Xian's goodwill with them is already maxed out. It's impossible for them to love Xu Xian even more just because they give him some gifts.
As for the time issue, Li Menglong gave Xu Xian a full afternoon of vacation with a stroke of his pen. Is this enough?
In fact, it probably won't take that long, but the extra time will be given to Xu Xian to rest, which can be regarded as his small reward for Xu Xian.
After all, it seemed that Xu Xian was helping him. If he didn't show any signs of help, Xu Xian might choose to ignore it next time.
In short, Li Menglong gave Xu Xian a sum of money and an extra vacation. The combination of the two is quite enviable.
If the girls upstairs knew that such a good thing would happen, they would have made similar conditions. Are gifts as valuable as those that come freely?
But unlike those girls who just want to skip work, Xu Xian is a child who is full of enthusiasm for work.
Now that she was allowed to rest during working hours, she was confused for a moment and didn't know what to do.
In theory, she should take action. Buying gifts is a clear goal, but she also needs time to think.
But there was no room for her in the office. After Li Menglong wrote the leave note, he immediately kicked her out with an extremely firm attitude.
This "cold and ruthless" behavior really made the colleagues around him envious. In order to allow Xu Xian to rest more, Li Menglong really could do anything.
Can they also receive the same treatment? There is no need for Li Menglong to chase people away, they will not waste a second in the office.
It's a pity that Xu Xian was the only one who came out in the end. She not only received scolding from Li Menglong, but also received blessings from everyone.
However, everyone did not forget to tell her. The most important thing was to let her come back before get off work, otherwise Li Menglong would lead everyone to wait for her.
Even they can imagine Li Menglong's reason: When we get together, we are a whole, we are a family! Can we leave now that the youngest child is away? We must wait until... With these invisible pressures, Xu Xian finally made it to the first floor. She urgently needed a quiet space to organize her thoughts.
But she is not welcome on the second floor, and her presence as Xu Xian is still not tolerated here on the first floor!
Logically speaking, it’s already past lunch time, so why are there so many people in the store? They can't all be their fans, right?
Although Xu Xian does not belittle oneself, she is not arrogant to this extent, and the guests are generally older, not the age that their fans should be.
And with her appearance, the reactions of the guests also confirmed this.
After everyone saw her, most of them glanced at her casually without making any unnecessary movements, as if they were seeing a stranger.
To be precise, they are all strangers, but are you sure Xu Xian doesn't look familiar to her? She has also filmed a TV series!
Maybe this is the dilemma of being an artist. You want no one to disturb you when you walk on the road, but you don’t want no one to know you.
There is basically no balance that can be controlled. Xu Xian can only say that his efforts are not enough!
But she also knew the reason and pulled down all the girls upstairs. Among them, Yoona may be the only one who will receive the treatment of an artist.
This is not because Yoona's popularity has reached another level, but entirely because she has appeared in Japanese dramas.
This kind of TV series, which often has hundreds of episodes, is the killer of middle-aged and elderly people, and she, Seohyun, doesn't have the same opportunity to gain recognition.
Since no one knows me, it seems that it’s not impossible to find a seat and sit there for a while?
But Xu Xian's simple idea was ruthlessly rejected by the landlady. What if she was recognized immediately?
There are so many customers dining there, but Xu Xian is noisily asking for autographs and photos. No matter how you look at it, it will disturb the normal diners.
So I could only say sorry to Xu Xian. Fortunately, Xu Xian was not that unruly and willful person and he withdrew politely.
However, the proprietress may not be able to bear it, so she hurriedly chased Xu Xian out without giving Xu Xian a chance to reply. She just stuffed a roll of money into her hand and asked her to buy something delicious.
Looking at the roll of change in his hand, Xu Xian really couldn't laugh or cry.
First of all, she thanked the proprietress for her kindness. It could be seen that the money was just a handful, with some odd parts and some rounded up. It couldn't be a customer's meal fee, right?
Secondly, she was a little helpless. She, Xu Xian, was not young anymore and had long passed the age where she could be comforted with pocket money.
It seems that I will have to choose one more gift when I buy it later. But since I have already bought gifts for the boss wife, does Li Eunxi also need to be included?
After all, do colleagues who spend time together day and night want to give it away? What about those people in the company who help out from time to time?
Even with Xu Xian's financial resources, he couldn't help but feel heart palpitations. Otherwise, let's forget it, right?
Xu Xian is not the kind of person who is one-dimensional. To be an artist, you need to know how to be flexible, but what exactly should you buy?
Combining the money in her hands with her understanding of the girls, Xu Xian felt that no matter what she bought, she would end up being rejected. She even felt that the whole thing was ridiculous.
In this case, let's test it out. These are her advantages. It is not that easy for ordinary people to directly ask them about their preferences.
"I'm outside and I'm going to bring some drinks back. Do you need anything?"
Xu Xian took the initiative to ask on the phone. Of course, this was just the opening remarks. As long as they were willing to continue chatting, they could always talk about some key content.
But the girls' response surprised her. These women actually rejected her proposal. When did they become so self-disciplined?
Xu Xian looked at the phone screen repeatedly. Could it be that he had dialed the wrong number?
But both the number and the voice on the other side matched those of the girls, so it was Seohyun herself who was abnormal?
The girls also think so: "I'm not saying this to you as a sister. We are still living as artists, so we can't relax our demands on ourselves. Even coffee is still not as good as plain water. Are you listening? Hey..."
A series of busy signals represented Xu Xian's answer. It was not that she could not accept the lessons of these women, but before she spoke, could she reflect on herself? What qualifications did they have to say such things to her?
Xu Xian should not have too high requirements for herself. The reason why her figure seems not as good as that of those women is mainly because her own frame is relatively large, which is an innate "disadvantage".
But it can also be said from another perspective, the plumpness of her figure is not something that Kim Taeyeon can do with bean sprouts.
In short, they don't seem to be cooperating, and they probably know something.
But Xu Xian didn't bother to guess at all. Anyway, she just had to fulfill her agreement with Li Menglong, and she didn't have to worry about what they thought.
As for their preferences, if Xu Xian himself can't make up his mind, there is still another place to get the answer.
He found a random coffee shop and sat down. When he was ordering, Xu Xian subconsciously wanted to have a glass of iced Americano, but the "admonitions" of the girls echoed in his mind uncontrollably.
What else is there to say? Although it was not her personal preference, even from a rebellious point of view, Xu Xian ordered a "calorie bomb" without hesitation.
This is her original creation, adding all the ingredients that can be added, including but not limited to maple syrup, whipping cream and even cheese...
But when the coffee was actually served, Xu Xian didn't have the courage to take a sip. She could eat a lot more meat with the same amount of calories, so why did she drink this damn thing?
Sure enough, the girls were influenced. Isn't this their plan? Use provocation to make her Xu Xian surrender?
I have to say that this method is quite clever, but unfortunately Xu Xian has already seen through it.
She is currently focusing on their fan forum. It is said that every mature artist will have more than one trumpet account in the forum.
Not only for the sake of rhythm, but it would also be good to know more about the fans’ emotions.
At this moment, Xu Xian is using his administrative rights to push the posts posted by his own account to the front. As for the content, it is very simple. If you give gifts to girls, what will they like?
This topic is obviously open to discussion and even debate. After all, everyone has their own opinions, and they may even find fault with other people's opinions.
But Seohyun just needs to take the best of it, and of course he has to figure out the price.
Although she is prepared to spend extra money, if possible, it is better to let Li Menglong's intention be more pure. So is there a gift that is cheap and can please girls?