Chapter 43 Feeling indescribably down

"I'm sorry, But I have no intention of taking in apprentices." What? He said no! Jun Yang next to him was dumbfounded; the boy actually said no to his young lady, without any hesitation! Xiaorou Xu bit her lip and asked unwillingly, "Why don't you accept me as your apprentice?" "Ah." Kris Chen sighed and said, "You and I are of the same level, If I accept you as my apprentice, won't it be inappropriate?" Xiaorou was amazed; she didn’t expect he would give a reason like this, but in the antique field, the one who’s competent gets respected; he’s just unwilling to take her as his apprentice by saying so. She’s very depressed when thinking of this. Seeing his young lady being so depressed, Jun went over and whispered something to her. Xiaorou's eyes suddenly brightened up; she nodded, "Director Yang, I think it’s a good idea." She said to Kris again, "Kris, you refuse to take me as your apprentice and I’ll respect your decision, but would you say no to me again if I’m asking you to be the Honorary Treasure Appraiser of our Treasure Court?" Kris looked indecisive. Xiaorou added more conditions, "Thirty thousand dollars of wages and you don’t have to work everyday; plus you only have to show up when needed, how does it sound?" God, thirty thousand dollars a month, no need to work every day, where could one find such a good job! Being a person in charge, Jun could get at most ten thousand dollars a month; he was so envious. "Kris, are you going to refuse me again?" "Well... Since you begged me... All right, then!" Kris said reluctantly. Seeing Kris accepted her offer, Xiaorou said delightedly, "Great, so it’s a deal." Kris smiled, and said goodbye to Xiaorou since it’s getting late. The next morning, just as Kris arrived at the office, Xue Mi came in to report her work. "Mr. Chen, the program ‘I am a big star’ will be on show today. It’s Rui Liu’s first performance; would you like to go and watch?" Kris shook his head and said, "No, if she wants to be an artist, she has to go through this by herself. You just have to set up a device for me to watch the show live." If Rui wanted to be an artist, she should overcome her own fear, shouldn’t she? What’s more, the Su Family was responsible for Rui’s training and marketing, with Mary Su being the person in charge, wouldn’t his appearance make things confusing? "Yes, Mr. Chen!" Xue nodded and hurriedly went to arrange things as Kris asked. Half an hour later, a live screen appeared on the projection screen of the office. It had to be said that Rui Liu was born to be a star. With Mary’s careful training and design, Rui looked even more attractive on the stage; audiences were screaming for her. But something went wrong while she was singing. The headset and the microphone suddenly went wrong at the same time, thus Rui couldn’t catch the rhythm, though she had always been good at singing. As a result, the words and rhythm couldn’t match. Finally, Rui had to return to the backstage in the sound of discussions of the audiences. The incident was soon posted online by the media, which said Rui was lip-synching arranged by the program to raise the show's popularity and create a topic. In the end, there’s only one problem, Rui Liu’s singing ability was not qualified because she had to do the lip-synch! Seeing these news, Kris hit the table and called Xue into the office. "It's not that simple.Go find out what happened." Xue said yes and called the program directly. Finally she found out why. "Mr. Chen, there are three people in charge of Rui's headset equipment at the backstage, but they all said they had done their job well; clearly, they are shirking responsibility." Xue fumed. Kris smiled coldly; clearly, they plugged their own ears while stealing a bell; Rui’s incident must have something to do with these three people. "Ha ha, shirk responsibility?" Kris sneered and said, "Ok, you bring them over here." "Yes, sir!" Seeing Kris’s face, Xue knew that he was really angry, so she did not dare to say anything else and went out hurriedly. After Xue left, Kris dialed a number. "Guobang, come to Huanyu Group, right now!" Twenty minutes later, the three backstage staff were brought into the office, looking very calm. Sitting on the office chair was Guobang Liu dressed in suit. Kris had many ways to get them to tell the truth, which wasn’t that easy to perform; besides, he didn't want more people to know his identity. So he called Guobang Liu over. "Now, tell me why Rui Liu’s headset went wrong on the show." Guobang stared at the three closely and asked in a cold voice. Sitting on the sofa, Kris was smoking leisurely. The three people seemed to have discussed it in advance; they shook their heads simultaneously, indicating that they did not know. All three of them noticed Kris and thought he was Guobang's bodyguard. Guobang smiled and said coldly, "Not telling the truth, huh? Do you know who I am? I am god damn Guobang Liu!" Guobang Liu? On hearing this name, they all trembled and looked at him in fright. Who does not know Guobang Liu in Westriver City? He’s the man invincible both in the legal and illegal world. Why.. why was he here? What's his relationship with Huanyu Group? "Still not talking? Fine, but let me tell you something; if I finally find out this matter has something to do with you three, I hope you are still tough enough to face the consequence by then." As soon as he finished those words, the staff standing in the middle could not pretend any more; he said immediately, "Mr. Liu, I’ll tell..." Since the man in the middle said so, the other two could not pretend, either. They looked at each other and slowly told the truth. The three men spoke for a few minutes and explained everything. Guobang waved his hands and told the three men to leave, and then he stood up from his chair and said to Kris, "Master Chen, things are clear now." Kris smiled, stood up and patted Guobang on the shoulder, "Ok, Guobang, you’ve got quite a reputation, which is so convenient because you scared them all." "Master Chen, I am so flattered; I wouldn’t be what I am today without you." Guobang shook his head and said hurriedly. Kris chatted with him for a while and let him go. A few minutes after Guobang’s departure, Jane Tang called. "Where have you been fooling around these days, you rubbish? It’s been a mess at home; just get your ass back here as soon as possible!" Kris automatically ignored Jane’s insult; he knew it must have been for Rui Liu.. After all, Mary Su was in charge of Rui’s training and marketing. Jane did not want to call Kris at first, but after this thing happened, The Old Lady of the Su Family was very angry and required all the people of the Su Family be present; that’s why Jane just made the phone call. This incident was very, very serious. It’s said that The Old Lady even smashed her most beloved cup after hearing the news! ... On the way back, Kris called Rui. Rui was staying in her upscale apartment offered by the company, feeling indescribably down. Seeing it was Kris calling, she hurriedly picked up her phone, "Brother Kris, I am so sorry, I am such a useless person that I screwed it all up the first time I am on stage." She was very nervous, because of her mistakes, the good resources invested in her were all wasted, which made her panic; she thought Kris called to blame her. "It's not your fault. I've found out that it’s the internal problem of the Su Family." Rui’s mouth was wide open, "What? How come?" "I know you have a lot of doubts right now, but now I need you to do as I say..." After hearing Kris's instructions, Rui quickly nodded, "I understand, Brother Kris; I will do as you say." "OK." Kris hung up the phone.