0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Chapter 337 American cockroach siblings

On the first day of the new year, while others were busy greeting each other, attending dinner parties and taking vacations, Yu Yu boarded a flight to the Free Country.

Of course, he is no longer the unknown passerby he was when he just returned to China last year. When he appears at the airport, he will inevitably be recognized by passers-by, but they think that he appears at the international airport just to return to his hometown or go abroad for vacation during the New Year.

The latter is obviously more in line with his identity as a rich second-generation playboy.

The Grammy Awards are held in the City of Angels on the west coast of the United States. The City of Angels, home to Hollywood, is a veritable paradise for the arts and entertainment. Generally, the first choice for the United States' entertainment awards or superstar concerts is here.

However, Yu Yu's business this time did not start from the City of Angels. His destination was New York, the economic center of the East Coast and the city that never sleeps.

IS's Free Country headquarters is in New York, as is Oliver's agency. Oliver thinks he should go around the company as Query and report in. He doesn't know if this is a ritual or not. It's more likely that he just doesn't want others to think that Query had secretly terminated his contract a long time ago.

Oliver is one of the few agents in the entertainment industry who is surrounded by countless paparazzi. Those paparazzi cannot directly dig out his identity from Query, so they can only resort to his agent Oliver as a second choice.

Oliver had long been accustomed to the feeling of being surrounded by secret cameras, and had learned a set of anti-paparazzi skills. What could be photographed were only some insignificant and superficial things. Even though the number of paparazzi had increased sharply due to the approaching Grammy Awards, it had no effect. The necessary defenses were still impenetrable.

In addition, with the Alaric family secretly manipulating the situation behind the scenes, when Yu Yu pretended to be a passerby and walked into the building, and soon after transformed into Query, wearing a hood and surrounded by a bunch of flash lights, no one knew when Query appeared in Oliver Company.

"Next, we'll go directly to the Larich Hotel suite for an exclusive interview." After letting Query show up to the outside world to prove that he was still breathing, Oliver sat in the nanny car and threw a stack of information directly into Yu Yu's arms.

"Oh, long time no see, Oliver. I missed you too." Yu Yu said sarcastically, flipping through a folder. "Poor me, I didn't even adjust to the jet lag after getting off the plane. I ran to see you with disheveled hair, but the next second, a trivial job was thrown in my face. I am worse than a slave as an artist."

"Language, political correctness is a hot topic in the industry lately, so don't start your attacks," Oliver said. "Besides, this is what you deserve after slacking off for half a year. Other artists have constant offline and online sales after releasing albums, but what about you? I'm helping you run the business, so why don't you just show up and cooperate?"

"If I stop doing business, will those awards that should belong to me be lost to me?" Yu Yu asked back, supporting his head with one hand.

Oliver opened his mouth to retort, but was speechless and stopped talking.

In fact, whether it is the Grammy Awards or the Oscars or Emmy Awards, the factors that influence the winners are never just the strength of the contestants. Capital operations, marketing, etc. are indispensable behind it, and sometimes these even occupy a dominant position.

However, if the strength reaches a critical level, the operation and publicity of capital can only serve as icing on the cake.

Yu Yu’s current business is the icing on the cake.

That's why Oliver was so helpless. Even if Yu Yu had been in a bad state and only started operating now, what belonged to him was still his.

Yu Yu found it a little funny to see Oliver's "frustrated" look. This hardworking and resentful agent just wanted to teach the naughty kid a lesson, but found that he was not in the right at all.

"Let's put it another way, is there anyone who can compete at this year's Grammy Awards?" Yu Yu crossed his legs. Even though he was still wearing a question mark mask, Oliver could imagine the nonchalant smile under his mask.

In music, even if he disguises himself well, he is always dazzling and powerful in essence.

"Of course not. You are already at the fault level."

Before Oliver could say anything, Query's fanboy Li Mu answered immediately with a face full of admiration. It was obvious that he was touched by Yu Yu's sudden strength. He even looked at her with starry eyes and blurted out something like "How handsome."

"Look, Oliver, Richard is more articulate than you. But we still can't be too proud. We need to be low-key when we're out in public. We need to acknowledge the strengths of others in music in order to make progress."

"Yes, yes, yes, our Q God is still the one with vision!"

Oliver stared at Li Mu's worthless face with empty eyes, and he didn't know who was the person who had complained to him about how exhausting it was to be Yu Yu's agent.

What's wrong? If you're just a die-hard fan instead of an agent, you're fine, right? Just because someone changed their skin, you start licking their boots?

"Richard, you're now known to the public as Yu Yu's agent. People who know the inside story will associate you with Yu Yu. So for safety and privacy reasons, you don't have to participate in the upcoming trip. You're Chinese and you have Chinese New Year traditions. Come home. I'll give you a short vacation. Go home and rest up, spend time with your family, and have a happy New Year."

Oliver spoke slowly.

Li Mu's worthless smile froze, and instantly turned into a bitter face: "But..."

"Do you want to be the culprit for Query's identity being exposed?"

Oliver's words undoubtedly hit Li Mu's soft spot, and he immediately said, "Okay, I'll pack my bags and go back tonight."

Poor kid, you've bullied him so badly. Yu Yu glanced at Oliver. Of course, the hood made his eyes obscure, but Oliver could understand the meaning behind his obscure gaze.

So what? You're talking as if you haven't bullied him before. Why are you bullying me? And bullying me so badly?

Arriving at the top floor suite of the Larich Hotel, Yu Yu couldn't help but snort in disgust when she saw the familiar figure leaning leisurely on the sofa and flipping through a magazine.

Although he thought of this possibility the moment he heard the name of Larich Hotel, he still felt a little unhappy when he actually saw Fiona.

So the next second he turned his head and said to Oliver, "There's a giant, promiscuous female cockroach in our room. Ask room service to clean it up and we can change rooms..."

"boom--"

"Look, this American cockroach will actively attack people." Yu Yu hugged the pillow that flew over.

"Cyrus!" Fiona gritted her teeth and threw another pillow at Yu Yu. "I'm a female cockroach, so what are you? Huh? A heartless male cockroach? You idiot, you're cursing at me by name, too."

"What is the female cockroach chattering about? I can't hear it clearly." Yu Yu scratched his ears.

"Stop playing word games. I'm scolding you. I gave you face in front of your friends in China before, but now you dare to act rashly? I can slap a male cockroach like you until you burst!"

Oliver quietly left the room, closed the door, leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window at the end, took out his cell phone and worked on the go.

Honestly, he'd long since gotten used to the siblings' way of interacting. If there were outsiders present, Fiona might have pretended to be elegant and aristocratic for a while, and her banter with Yu Yu would have been brief and to the point.

If there were no outsiders around, the two of them would have a good competition to see who was more vulgar.

Obviously, Oliver was not an outsider, so he could still see the scene of the noble brother and sister calling each other American cockroaches. He didn't know who the American cockroach had offended.

Ten minutes later, Oliver returned to the room and saw them sitting on opposite ends of the sofa, seemingly estranged from each other. He couldn't help but tease, "Hey, two American cockroaches, no, two Alaric, are you done catching up?"

"How unprofessional of the Larich Hotel to allow such unauthorized personnel into a guest's room so casually! This makes me even more worried about the privacy and personal safety of other guests in the hotel." Yu Yu rolled her eyes. "Mr. Agent, please call the hotel manager over."

"Mr. Agent, haven't you informed your artist of the schedule truthfully? This is a dereliction of duty on your part, but it's understandable. You tend to forget things easily, and Mr. Query is playing an identity game. You're not the only agent around him, so it's understandable that he gets confused sometimes." Fiona looked nonchalantly at her newly completed almond-shaped manicure.

"Oh? I wonder what kind of cooperation agreement my agent and Ms. Alaric reached. It must have been difficult for him. Faced with such a huge company, he had no choice but to agree. It's okay. I can still afford the penalty."

"Mr. Query is really straightforward. Your agent made the decision for me before he even said anything."

……

Oliver couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he heard the brother and sister calling him "Mr. Agent" left and right. He felt that he had returned to the room too early and should have waited another half an hour before coming back.

But there was no way out. He had already returned, and there were only three people in the room. When both the artist and the "client" were unreliable and not prepared to do their work properly, he, the slave stuck in the middle, had no choice but to bite the bullet and do it.

After Oliver's explanation, Yu Yu finally understood what was going on. Simply put, Larich had been bored out of his mind and wanted to go into the entertainment industry to make some money. This afternoon's so-called interview was also with Larich's emerging fashion magazine, Mx.

Of course, there was no need for Fiona, the CEO of Larich, to be present in person for the interview at the subordinate magazine. She came only to let Yu Yu cooperate with the development needs of the family business in the future and do some things within her responsibilities.

"Walking the red carpet with you on Grammy Day? That makes sense, since Query is such a hot talent at this year's Grammys."

Yu Yu, who has been in the entertainment industry for two lifetimes, was of course not surprised by this. When Fiona appeared in front of him wearing a Query helmet and broke the window paper that was originally only understood but not expressed in words, and frankly admitted that his family had known about his identity for a long time, he knew that what followed would definitely not be a happy family plot like "We all know that you have been hiding your identity for your dream, and we have always supported you behind the scenes. Now you can continue to spread your wings and fly openly."

Larich's crossover was partly for him, but certainly not solely for him. He was the future Duke of Alaric, and if he wasn't willing to give up his identity as a musician, then a more profitable and persuasive approach would be for the future Grand Duke to run another entertainment empire instead of Larich.

It is more logical and reasonable, and both public and private, to silence any possible criticisms.

"Oh, you don't have to do this." Yu Yu sighed.

Although Yu Yu's words were ambiguous, Fiona understood what he meant and knew that he knew why the family did this. She looked at him with a complicated expression, then smiled softly, shook her head, and sighed, "What a pity."

Similarly, Yu Yu also knew what Fiona was regretting.

If necessary, he could become more smooth and mercenary than anyone else, but unfortunately, he was not interested in that.