A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 119 Exhaustion

"WTO Yanjing Forum?"

Li Mu had never heard of this event before and didn't know much about its definition or purpose.

Xu Jinwen nodded: "Yes, this year is our first year as a member of the WTO. As the 0rd member country, starting this year, we will hold the WTO Forum every year to discuss international trade order, the world economy, and so on. The date has been set for November 0th. You can come with us from Caijing magazine then."

Your English sounds quite good to me, at least; this is a rare opportunity.

Upon hearing this, Li Mu immediately looked at Bie Yan.

In his mind, an invitation personally extended by this high-ranking official of the Southern Media Group was a rare opportunity.

But—whether I go or not, it depends on what Brother Bie says.

After all, according to Brother Bie, he was tasked with keeping a close eye on the Ninth National Games, which is a very important event.

Bie Yan's reaction was simple: "Sure, go ahead. I think Xiao Li's English isn't bad anyway. Brother-in-law, you can arrange for someone to take good care of him. After all, Xiao Li doesn't have much experience in finance."

Xu Jinwen nodded: "Okay."

With that, the high-ranking official raised his wine cup: "Come on, let's have a toast."

Li Mu quickly picked up the cup.

Actually, the atmosphere at today's thank-you banquet was quite relaxed.

Although this was the first time Li Mu had met Bie Zhi and Xu Jinwen, it was clear that they had heard quite a bit about him. However, they still wanted to ask a few more questions to get to the bottom of things. For example, Bie Zhi was particularly interested in whether Li Mu was a member of the Youth League, and after learning that he had been a member during his university years, she nodded in approval, indicating that Li Mu's choice was correct.

Or they chatted about various things at the newspaper.

Everyone was part of the same system, and given the natural relationship between Li Mu and Bie Yan, the atmosphere was quite good.

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During the meal, which lasted until after 8 p.m., Li Mu obtained the phone numbers of these two big shots.

The dinner party then came to an end.

Bie Yan didn't drink any alcohol throughout the entire event, which means he might abstain from alcohol altogether in the future.

Li Mu actually agreed, after all, Brother Bie's habit of driving after drinking was indeed not good.

At the entrance of the restaurant, after everyone parted ways, Li Mu, who had drunk less than half a jin of liquor, glanced at his Santana parked to the side and, without a second thought, turned around and hailed a taxi.

After returning home and taking a shower, he sat down on the sofa and fell into deep thought.

My mind was filled with one thought: to be honest, since Brother Bie is "fine", then I shouldn't repeat the same mistake as Brother Fatty, right?

Without realizing it, a smile crept onto his face.

Then, he suddenly remembered something and wrote a sentence in his diary: "Tomorrow I will buy books on international relations and finance."

Then, unable to resist the gradually spreading effects of the alcohol, he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

The 6th was his last day of vacation.

After picking up his Santana early in the morning, he went straight to Xinhua Bookstore. When he came out, he had seven or eight books in his hand, and also a box.

A Chinese-English electronic dictionary produced by BBK Electronics.

It's really expensive. This thing that looks like a calculator costs more than 400 yuan.

No wonder Duan Yongping is a billionaire.

His phone rang right after he finished lunch.

Upon seeing the caller ID, he answered immediately: "Hey, Fan Bingbing, wow, you're calling me in broad daylight?"

Filming for "Give Me a Mom" ​​has been underway for a week now, and during this time, the big star's days have been almost completely reversed.

Furthermore, due to the tight schedule and heavy workload, the filming intensity of this drama was quite high, often starting at around 9 a.m. and working until 11 or 12 p.m.

His contact with the other party began to decrease.

He had barely uttered a joke when he heard the other person's exhausted voice: "Brother Li—I'm hungry, so hungry—"

Li Mu's lips twitched.

"I just finished eating—"

"I just finished eating too."

"—Are you still hungry?"

"Yes, I'm very hungry, that kind of hunger—a mix of hunger and craving, I want to eat your cooking. Where are you?"

Shall I come find you?

"Hmm—aren't you filming today?"

"Just finished filming."

Fan Bing's voice was incredibly low: "We didn't finish work until almost 1 a.m. last night. This morning around 6 a.m., we filmed a scene with the male and female leads in the early morning, and then filmed a few scene transitions—I don't have any scenes this afternoon, so I can rest for half a day. Brother Li—I'm hungry. I want to eat beef, drink soup, have a nice meal, and then sleep soundly."

"Okay then."

Originally planning to read some books in the afternoon, Li Mu, who was just trying to get through the day, replied, "Then you wait for me at the guesthouse? I'll go buy groceries and come back to pick you up?"

"----Where are you?"

"Home. But the place I buy things is at Friendship Store, which is quite far. I'm out of a few seasonings and don't have many other ingredients."

"Then come pick me up, let's go together—I just don't want to stay in the guesthouse anymore. Every day it's the same old routine of the hotel room and the TV station's model room—to be honest, Brother Li, the smell of paint in the model room gives me a headache every day. I want to go out for a walk and get some fresh air."

Li Muxin said to Guangzhou TV, "Look how much they've made the children suffer."

So he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll come pick you up."

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu shook his head helplessly, tossed the book on the table, grabbed the Audi car keys, and left home.

He wasn't one to dawdle; the entire drive to the guesthouse took less than twenty minutes.

Then I saw that pitiful figure wearing a baseball cap and a mask, squatting at the entrance of the guesthouse.

After two beeps, the other person looked up, stood up in a tired posture with their hand on their knee, and walked towards them.

"Brother Li."

The car door opened, and she got in, greeting us in a hoarse voice.

"Why is your voice hoarse?"

"I'm a little feverish. Brother Li, take a look~"

She moved closer to the central control panel and pointed to her eyes.

Li Mu turned his head and took a closer look, and saw the dense red blood vessels under her eyelids.

"Hmm, you're very popular. How come you look so tired?"

"Filming is very physically and mentally taxing. At first glance, it seems like acting, but in reality, you have to immerse yourself in the character's inner world—I've only just begun to figure this out, and I have to try my best to get completely into it and follow the character's joys and sorrows—"

She said some things that Li Mu couldn't empathize with.

That's too technical; even I, Old Li, don't understand it.

But it sounds impressive.

So, the two of them made their way to Friendship Store, taking advantage of the trivialities on set.

And it was during this journey that Fan Bing's originally hoarse voice gradually became clearer.

Admittedly, it's a beautiful day. The warm afternoon sun streamed through the car window, creating a cozy and pleasant atmosphere that instantly lifted my spirits.

Just as the car was about to reach the Friendship Store, a phone call came in.

Li Mu glanced at it and was somewhat surprised.

The caller is someone who should have contacted me long ago.

Zhao Fengrui.

More than a month has passed since the two met briefly at the GF Securities investment conference for the second time.

This person is really calm and collected.

Li Mu answered the phone and immediately put it on speakerphone, as it was quite busy and driving with the phone between his fingers wasn't very convenient: "Hello, Manager Zhao, it's been a long time."

"Haha, Mr. Li, it's been a long time! Hope I haven't bothered you?"

While Zhao Fengrui was speaking, Fan Taobing had already taken his phone and held it to his mouth so that it would be easier for him to speak.

"No, you said you needed to see me for something?"

"Yes, Mr. Li. It's like this: when we met last time, didn't you mention that your investment interests mainly lie in angel investing in small internet companies?"

"Yes, that's right."

"After learning about your needs, I recently compiled a list of projects that all require angel investment. Some of these projects, in my opinion, have considerable future potential. Mr. Li, are you free this afternoon? Would you like some tea?"

"afternoon?"

Li Mu subconsciously turned his head and glanced at it, saying, "I have something to do this afternoon, what bad luck."

"What about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow—how about this, Mr. Zhao, do you have electronic versions of these contracts? I'll give you an email address; you can send them to me. I'm actually quite busy lately. Just send me all the projects, and I'll take a look. If I'm interested, we can discuss them further?"

"That's fine, but I'll have someone redo it, which might take a few hours."

"It's okay, I'll send you an email address. Just send it to me when you're done."

"OK."

After hanging up the phone, Fan Bing asked curiously, "Is this Mr. Zhao the one we met before?"

"Do you remember?"

"Of course! The first time we met was at an investment conference, and he came over and gave me his business card. We also met once more at a cocktail party."

"It's him."

"Um—Brother Li, did I interrupt your work?"

Suddenly, she asked a seemingly unrelated question.

Li Mu smiled and shook his head: "I was on vacation anyway—not working during vacation is a basic human right."

"----hey-hey."

For some reason, the woman sitting in the passenger seat smiled even more brightly.

After buying a bag of groceries at the Friendship Store, the two headed towards Li Mu's house.

It was clear that Fan Bingbing was really tired. After shopping and getting back to her car, her head slumped down in the time it takes to go through two traffic lights.

Seeing this, Li Mu subconsciously slowed down the car.

She didn't wake up all the way home, until Li Mu shook her awake, reminding her to get out of the car, her eyes bloodshot.

"Brother Li————"

"Um?"

"I'm really tired, can I stop helping you for a bit?"

Looking at the exhausted-looking celebrity leaning against the elevator wall, Li Mu nodded: "Okay, you should rest for a while."

"it is good."

With that, the two returned to Li Mu's house.

Li Mu's original intention was to get her a new set of bedding so she could sleep in the guest room.

When I put the groceries in the kitchen and turned around to come out, I found her curled up on the sofa with her eyes closed.

this----

Fine.

Li Mu thought for a moment, then went into the guest room, tidied up the bedding, and came to the sofa. He shook her and said, "Fan Ye, why don't you go to your room and sleep?"

Fan Bing's red eyes were still sleepy. She stared blankly at Li Mu for a couple of seconds, then nodded woodenly, forced herself to get up, and staggered towards the guest room.

This is Brother Li's house.

She remembered.

So I feel very reassured.