After returning to City S, Ren Qingzhou was actually quite busy. After all, this was his hometown, and he had many friends who he had grown up with. Since he went to the imperial capital for development, it had become very difficult for everyone to meet. Coupled with the special nature of Ren Qingzhou's job, it was even more difficult to meet.
Now that he was finally back, there were one gathering after another among his good buddies. It was always easy for guys to bond. They could reminisce about the old days just by having some skewers and drinking some beer.
Everyone knew that Ren Qingzhou was good - looking. In school, he received the most love letters in the class, and the girls passing by on campus always took an extra look at him.
His roommates in the dorm were jealous that he was so popular with girls. They thought he would be the type to keep changing girlfriends, but who would have thought that he had only one girlfriend in high school, and later he was even dumped by her.
Everyone felt better then. It seemed that even a handsome guy's love life wasn't always smooth. Handsome guys could also be frustrated in matters of the heart.
Ren's mother also missed her son very much. Usually, she had a lot of business to attend to at home and couldn't always go to the imperial capital. She was really happy that he could stay at home for a longer period this time.
Even though he was so busy, Ren Qingzhou still always wanted to go to Haining Road.
He even somewhat hoped that one day when he was walking on the street, he would suddenly run into Su Tang. What would Su Tang say to him? Would she be surprised?
He had many scenarios in mind, but he also knew that it was impossible. If Su Tang could recognize him, others surely could too. Haining Road was very close to the industrial park, and he didn't want to be the subject of any entertainment news.
However, it wasn't that difficult to see Su Tang. Li Momo sent him a message saying that Tencent wanted to do a short interview with him, which would only take about an hour to record.
This kind of interview should usually be booked in advance. They were in such a hurry, most likely because the person they had originally made an appointment with had stood them up, and they wanted him to save the day.
Sure enough, he heard Li Momo say on the phone, "The director of their entertainment department is on good terms with me. She said the star they originally invited couldn't make it and asked me for help. She also said that Tencent might start adapting a big IP next year and they're interested in cooperating with us. I think we can take this opportunity."
Ren Qingzhou didn't like to talk about work during his rest time, and he disliked it even more when work interrupted his rest.
But thinking that if he went to Tencent, he might be able to see Su Tang, Ren Qingzhou decided to agree for the sake of seeing her. "Okay, when?"
"Ten o'clock tomorrow morning at their headquarters. Can you go alone?" Li Momo was always worried about her artists.
"Are you going to fly here right now?"
"No, I don't want to." Li Momo refused. Pretend I never asked. You can handle it.
"Teacher Ren, we're really grateful that you could come." The director of Tencent's entertainment department seemed quite nice. Seeing Ren Qingzhou come alone, she even assigned a on - site assistant to help him.
The little assistant's eyes sparkled. It was as if she had "I like Ren Qingzhou so much" written on her face.
While Ren Qingzhou was getting his makeup done, he felt that she had been staring at him hesitantly for a long time.
Taking advantage of the stylist going out, Ren Qingzhou asked her, "Do you have a pen?"
The little assistant was obviously a die - hard fan of Ren Qingzhou. Knowing that he had a history of signing for the staff, she quickly took out a pen from her pocket and even provided a photo.
She felt like she had reached the peak of her life. How exciting!
Ren Qingzhou signed his name quickly. The little assistant was so excited that she kept thanking him. "I've liked you for years! I was so happy when I heard you were coming today! I didn't expect you to really sign for me! Thank you, thank you." She could write a long post to commemorate this glorious moment.
"Thank you for your support." Ren Qingzhou returned the pen and the photo to her, then asked, "Where is your software R & D department?"
"Teacher Ren, you can start shooting after you've read the script." A relevant staff member knocked on the door to inform him.
After the shooting was completed, Ren Qingzhou declined the director's offer to see him off and sneaked up to the ninth floor by himself.
As soon as the elevator door opened, he met a gentle receptionist. "Sir, may I ask who you're looking for?"
"I..." He couldn't very well say that he was looking for Su Tang... Nor could he ask Su Tang to come out and pick him up...
Why did their company have a receptionist right next to the elevator?
Why couldn't he see any part of the department without going through the reception?
His wish to secretly see Su Tang was shattered.
Ren Qingzhou answered awkwardly but politely, "Sorry, I went to the wrong floor."
Ren Qingzhou calmly pressed the elevator button and went downstairs.
As soon as he got downstairs, he saw Su Tang. She was wearing a yellow down jacket with the zipper pulled up high, wrapping herself tightly.
In this rather monotonous season, this bright yellow figure was particularly eye - catching and immediately caught Ren Qingzhou's attention.
Almost instinctively, he called out, "Su Tang."
Only after he called out did he realize something was wrong. Should he know Su Tang?
Hearing her name, Su Tang instinctively looked over and saw a man wearing a mask and a hat.
He looked extremely familiar, but she couldn't quite figure out who he was. Su Tang walked over and tentatively asked, "Who are you?"
Fang Ting looked at this man and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out who he was.
Ren Qingzhou felt that compared to the current awkward situation, the previous one was nothing. However, since things had come to this, he had to bite the bullet.
"I'm Ren Qingzhou."
The probability of one's idol accurately calling out one's name on the street was so low.
She actually didn't recognize her idol. Well...
Su Tang felt bad about herself and thought she was not good enough.
"Hello, hello. You still remember me!" Su Tang was flattered.
Should I remember you... Ren Qingzhou's mind was racing, and finally he came up with a reasonable explanation. "Your name is easy to remember."
Su Tang suddenly understood. Her name was indeed very easy to remember, which was highly consistent with his fans' name. No wonder he remembered it. But this name was given by her mother, and had nothing to do with Ren Qingzhou...
"Are you here for work?" She wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask about his work, but it was better than just standing there awkwardly.
Based on the principle that they were friends, Su Tang expressed the greetings between friends.
From the moment he called out to her, Ren Qingzhou had been scolding himself for speaking too fast in his heart. "I'm here to record an interview. You'll be able to see it in a while."
At this moment, Su Tang was thinking about something. They had met three times already, and he even remembered her name. Could he give her an autograph?
It was a pity that Ren Qingzhou couldn't hear her inner call and had no idea that he was an idol to someone.
He had completely forgotten the fact that Su Tang was essentially a star - chasing girl.
Fortunately, there was the all - powerful Fang Ting. "Well, we're half - friends, right?"
Ren Qingzhou nodded. They could be just friends, or he didn't mind developing other relationships.
"Then could you give her an autograph?" Fang Ting got straight to the point. "She's wanted your autograph for a long time but has never won one."
Su Tang had always been unlucky. She had participated in countless Weibo giveaways but had never been selected. She didn't have a single autographed photo of Ren Qingzhou yet.
Ren Qingzhou looked a little embarrassed. Su Tang said considerately, "If it's inconvenient, then..."
"No, it's quite convenient. How many do you want me to sign?" He just didn't have a pen or paper. He didn't know how to sign for her.
Fang Ting pushed Su Tang, who seemed to be in a daze. "Take it out!"
"Take what out?" Su Tang looked confused.
"The photo! Where should I sign?" Su Tang came to her senses and took out a photo from her wallet. Fang Ting handed Ren Qingzhou a ball - point pen...
"Sorry, we only have a ball - point pen. Make do with it." Fang Ting was a bit apologetic. She had heard that some stars were very picky about the pens for signing, but this was just a ball - point pen she had casually grabbed from the table, which cost less than two yuan.
Moreover, it was a pen that was out of ink. Ren Qingzhou scribbled for a long time but couldn't write a single word. "Do you have another pen?"
There really wasn't one at the moment.
Where could they find a pen on the street?
"It's okay. I'll mail you one later." Ren Qingzhou was gentle and considerate.
"No, no. That would be really too much trouble." Su Tang quickly refused.
It wasn't troublesome at all. "It's okay. Leave me your phone number."
Su Tang still had work in the afternoon. After leaving her contact information, they said goodbye. Fang Ting kept exclaiming, "Ren Qingzhou is really as gentle as it says on the Internet. He has such a good personality. He seems very polite. Your male god is really nice, Su Tang."
Watching Ren Qingzhou walk further and further away, Su Tang couldn't help but secretly take a photo of his back. "He's really a nice guy. He was also very gentle the last time I saw him. The most important thing is that he actually remembered my name. I'm so excited that I still haven't calmed down."
"But I thought you were very calm and composed just now."
"That was just the calm on the surface, okay? In fact, my heart was about to jump out. My idol is really so handsome! Aaaaaaaa!" Su Tang was crazy with excitement.
For the rest of the afternoon, Su Tang kept giggling suddenly, which scared everyone in the department.
After giggling, she didn't forget to share her joy with Song Yang.
"I saw your boss today!"
"My goodness, your boss is really so nice!"
"He still remembered my name! I'm so excited! Aaaaaaaa!"
Ren Qingzhou was startled by Su Tang's message. Although Su Tang often sent him messages, this was the first time she was so excited.
"Is this what you girls mean by wanting to marry someone?" Ren Qingzhou replied.
Su Tang was amused by him. "You also browse Weibo?"
Ren Qingzhou often peeked at the posts on Weibo. Sometimes he would find the interesting posts written by some fans quite funny. Although his Weibo wasn't completely managed by himself, it wasn't entirely left to the team either. To prevent any accidental slips on his main account, he even had a small account for peeking at the posts to satisfy his daily need for gossip.
"Yes, I even know that many people are shouting that they want to marry my boss and have written one long post after another." Ren Qingzhou actually wanted to ask what Su Tang's Weibo name was, but he was a bit embarrassed.
"Hahahahahahaha Our Zhouzhou is still young. We can't think about him like that."
Ren Qingzhou suddenly realized that Su Tang was quite young, but she was actually a mother - fan.