You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

The agreed-upon location was the executive suite of this five-star hotel.

The two took the elevator directly to the twelfth floor.

Following the thick carpet in the corridor, Gu Xiaowei quickly found the room number and gently knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door was pulled open from the inside.

Standing behind the door was a young woman in her early twenties, dressed in a standard black business suit.

The girl's gaze swept over the two of them, and when it landed on Lu Ci's face, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and her gaze lingered for two more seconds.

Then, she came to her senses, gracefully stepped aside, and gestured for him to come in: "Are you Mr. Lu Ci? Please come in."

"Hello." Gu Xiaowei immediately put on a professional smile and took the initiative to speak, "I'm Mr. Lu's assistant, just call me Xiaowei."

The two followed the girl into the room.

This is a very large, luxurious executive suite, lavishly decorated.

"Please have a seat." The girl led them to the spacious living room sofa. "I am the secretary of Mr. Zhang, the general manager of Xinghan Music Media Company. I am in charge of negotiating the performance collaboration for this music festival with you both."

As she spoke, the female secretary turned around and walked to the built-in mini-fridge next to her, took out two bottles of mineral water and placed them on the coffee table in front of the two of them.

Then, she took out two bound performance contracts and a detailed program plan for the music festival from her briefcase.

The female secretary had just sat down on the single sofa opposite her, ready to get down to business.

Just then, a faint, suppressed, and languid sound of panting drifted from deep within the suite.

The soundproof suite is well-insulated, but the sound is still exceptionally clear in the quiet living room.

Lu Ci paused slightly in his hand holding the water, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

Gu Xiaowei, who was sitting to the side, was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening inside. Her pretty face turned bright red, and she lowered her head awkwardly, not knowing where to look.

The female secretary sitting opposite her also froze for a moment, but quickly regained her composure and pushed several documents on the coffee table over to her.

"I've already discussed the specific price and cooperation intentions with your assistant on WeChat." The female secretary raised her voice, trying to drown out the noise coming from the bedroom:

"Mr. Lu, you can take a look at the contract and performance schedule first. If there are no objections, we can finalize the agreement, sign it, and then start selecting songs."

Lu Ci withdrew his gaze and glanced at the female secretary.

The person who claims to be Mr. Zhang's secretary, and the one exercising in the bedroom, must be Mr. Zhang.

The wealthy people in the entertainment industry really live a lavish lifestyle.

Lu Ci ignored the business contract and instead picked up the music festival's performance schedule and casually flipped through it.

When his gaze swept over the performance schedule, his fingers, which were turning the pages, suddenly stopped.

"Looking at this schedule..." Lu Ci looked up at his female secretary: "Does your company mean that I should be the one to open the show on the first day?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaowei, who was still blushing, suddenly snapped out of her daze and hurriedly leaned over to look at the proposal.

When you see what's written above:

"Warm-up session starts at 6 PM: Lu Ci"

Her delicate eyebrows furrowed instantly.

"When you were communicating on WeChat, you didn't tell me that Boss Lu would take the lead and make the opening remarks!" Xiao Wei said anxiously, her tone clearly showing dissatisfaction.

Music festivals are completely different from those fan-only solo concerts.

Music festivals are usually star-studded events that keep you hyped from afternoon until late at night.

The vast majority of ticket-buying audience members came specifically for the headlining acts or well-known bands.

Entry times were extremely fragmented, with many people only leisurely getting their tickets checked and entering after dark.

This leads to an awkward situation: around six or seven in the afternoon, the singers responsible for the opening performance are often faced with an empty field of grass and a few scattered audience members holding umbrellas to avoid the sun.

In this industry, having a singer "open" is basically just using them as a warm-up act, purely to keep the stage from being empty and to play some background music.

This was extremely disadvantageous for Lu Ci, who was planning to complete the system task through this music festival.

Even if he sang until his voice was hoarse, he couldn't possibly complete that task when faced with a few hundred sparse and unenthusiastic passersby.

The female secretary nodded calmly, adopting a businesslike attitude: "Mr. Lu Ci does have some fame on local short video platforms in Jiangcheng, but as you know, many of the artists we've invited to this Jiangbei Music Festival are established big names and top-tier bands in the industry."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "This collaboration is a win-win situation. Even if you're the first to perform, I think the official promotion from the music festival will help you gain a lot of fans."

A look of disappointment flashed across Gu Xiaowei's eyes.

She had originally hoped that this opportunity to perform together would help Lu Ci become a household name and cause a surge in his fan base.

She had absolute confidence in Lu Ci's voice and the typhoon, but unfortunately, even the most skilled cook cannot cook without rice. No one watched the opening performance, so what use was it if he sang well or was handsome?

They don't even get the most basic exposure!

Lu Ci ignored the female secretary's words and patiently flipped through a few pages of the three-day performance schedule.

Given his current status and experience, it's perfectly reasonable for the organizers to use him as cannon fodder in this opening position from a business perspective.

But when Lu Ci carefully scanned the subsequent schedule, he discovered a strange point.

In this plan, the name of the same person was listed for the entire three-day music festival, during the prime peak time period from 9 pm to 10 pm each night.

That person's name is Zhang Yuan.

This is highly unusual.

To ensure daily ticket sales and maintain a fresh appeal, large music festivals feature different headlining artists each day.

But this singer named "Zhang Yuan" not only dominated the prime time slot for three consecutive days, but even more outrageous is that top-tier celebrities like Xue Zhiqian and Xu Wei were scheduled for the 10 pm time slot!

In other words, the organizers spent a lot of money to invite these top stars not to be the grand finale, but to ensure that their fans would stay until the end and at least see Zhang Yuan's performance before seeing their favorite singer.

Seeing this, Lu Ci understood.

At that moment, the door to the master bedroom of the suite opened, and a man wearing a bathrobe walked out.

Lu Ci casually placed the proposal on the coffee table and leaned back on the sofa: "So, all that effort your company put into organizing this music festival, inviting so many A-list celebrities, is just to keep the prince company? You're trying to use the entire festival's viewership to promote this guy named 'Zhang Yuan'?"

Upon hearing this, the female secretary's expression changed slightly, but she remained silent.

Lu Ci looked at the man.

The man was about 1.7 meters tall and a little overweight.

The man dried his hair with a towel while giving Lu Ci an impatient look.

Then, his slightly swollen eyes landed brazenly on Gu Xiaowei, who was sitting to the side.

Looking at Xiaowei's face and her fair legs under her skirt, the man's gaze lingered for a moment before he slowly walked to the refrigerator next to him, took out a bottle of sparkling water, and unscrewed it.

"Sign it quickly," the man said, taking a sip of water. "Why make such a fuss?"

Lu Ci frowned upon hearing this.

Upon seeing this, the female secretary quickly stood up and introduced, "Gentlemen, this is Mr. Zhang Jianyao, the general manager of Xinghan Media."