Chapter 49

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Xiaobai said she wanted to climb a tree, not a question, not a command, but a statement. After saying that, she hugged the tree trunk and prepared to climb up.

When she said she would climb, she meant it, not just for fun.

Zhang Tan saw her use her hands and feet to climb up, though not as fast as a little monkey, she could certainly catch up with a baby monkey, her movements were agile, clearly she had climbed a lot.

"Isn't this dangerous, Xiaobai? It's very dangerous," Zhang Tan said, wanting to pick her down directly, but knowing that with her domineering and cute personality, she would definitely get angry and might even bite him.

"This is my strong point, having claws is dangerous," Xiaobai panted.

"Why do you want to climb the tree?" Zhang Tan looked at Xiaobai, who had already climbed to this height.

"Just for fun."

It meant that she just wanted to climb the tree, no other reason. Where her heart led, her actions followed. A journey to climb a tree on a whim.

"This isn't good, Xiaobai. It's dark, and it's dangerous on the tree, and your clothes will get dirty," Zhang Tan was ready to take action to bring Xiaobai down, as she was almost out of his control.

"Shh! There's no danger on the tree, Uncle, come with me," Xiaobai said, not only not stopping but also trying to get him to join her.

Seeing that she was about to succeed in climbing the tree, Zhang Tan decisively reached out and caught her.

"What? What are you doing!!! Don't touch me!"

Xiaobai flailed her arms and legs, very upset that her efforts were in vain.

She glared at Zhang Tan fiercely, ready to pounce and bite him at any moment.

Zhang Tan instinctively placed his briefcase in front of his chest, a useless but necessary barrier to block the little dog.

"Don't climb the tree, it's dangerous, you're still a child."

Xiaobai pouted, glaring at him: "You're making me so angry~~ Get lost!"

Zhang Tan wasn't angry, he chuckled and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Want to watch cartoons at my place? I have bear drinks waiting for you."

Xiaobai listened and became less angry, but... she shook her head and refused.

"What? You don't like watching cartoons?"

"I do."

"Then you don't like drinking bear drinks?"

"I do."

"Then why are you shaking your head?"

"Bear drinks are good, but I don't have money, what's the point?"

"I'll buy you one, it's free."

Xiaobai shook her head, didn't speak, and moved to the tree again, preparing to climb it once more.

Zhang Tan blocked her: "Don't climb the tree. I'll take you to drink bear drinks and watch cartoons. Isn't that better?"

Xiaobai dodged him, annoyed: "What's better? I said I don't have money, I don't have money, I can't drink anything!"

She was so fierce, even offering to buy her a drink made her angry. Zhang Tan found her hard to deal with and went back to call Teacher Xiaoliu.

Teacher Xiaoliu was about to shout to stop her, but Zhang Tan quickly stopped her: "Be careful, you might scare her and she'll fall."

"emm, you're right."

Teacher Xiaoliu ran over, and Xiaobai had already noticed her. She tried to speed up, but she was still a step too slow and was caught by Teacher Xiaoliu, who carried her down and forced her back to the classroom.

Xiaobai grumbled as she was escorted away, and Zhang Tan watched her and Teacher Xiaoliu's figures, feeling a bit accomplished for preventing a potential accident.

Back home, Zhang Tan washed up, feeling much fresher. He was about to watch a movie on the sofa when he suddenly remembered that his public account hadn't been updated for many days.

"I'm probably going to get a lot of complaints."

He opened the Xilixi video website, and the account in the upper right corner showed over 50 unread messages. Opening them, they were all urging for updates, asking why he hadn't updated.

"Huh?"

Zhang Tan noticed one message that was different.

"I am Li Rui, the planning manager of Yonglong Entertainment Company. I want to discuss a collaboration with you. If you're interested, please add my WeChat..."

Yonglong Entertainment Company? Planning manager? Zhang Tan thought about it for a moment, not making a hasty decision, and continued browsing other messages. After reading them all, he reopened this one. If it wasn't a scam, then they probably wanted to work with him.

Zhang Tan opened his account, "Zhang Tan's Marvel," which had already reached 160,000 followers, giving it some value. Most importantly, it was a professional film and TV account, and the other party claimed to be from Yonglong Entertainment Company, which sounded like a film and TV company.

When he registered the Xiaoyu account, he worked late nights to make videos and manage the account to attract ads. Now, he finally had a response.

Zhang Tan searched for Yonglong Entertainment Company online. It was indeed a real company. He visited the official website, which was quite large, with business involving films and TV series. Checking the list of released works, he found one he had seen and two he had heard of.

This was a legitimate and reputable company.

Zhang Tan applied to add Li Rui's WeChat and was approved within a minute.

"Hello, are you the UP主 of Zhang Tan's Marvel? I am Li Rui, the planning manager of Yonglong Entertainment Company."

Zhang Tan didn't rush to reply but opened the other party's Moments, seeing many posts related to films and TV, even photos with celebrities.

Although he knew that if the other party was a scammer, their Moments would be carefully crafted and hard to spot, he still felt more inclined to trust them.

"Hello, Mr. Li, I'm Zhang Tan. What can I do for you?"

The other party succinctly explained their intentions, which matched Zhang Tan's guess: they wanted to place ads on his public account.

"Mr. Zhang, can you take a call? We can discuss it in detail."

Zhang Tan initiated a voice call, and the other party's voice sounded young.

After about ten minutes, they ended the call, agreeing to meet at a coffee shop on West Chang'an Street at 7 PM the next day.

Specifically, Yonglong Entertainment Company had produced a film that was about to be released and was conducting a promotional campaign, and they had chosen Zhang Tan's platform.

Zhang Tan looked up the film Li Rui mentioned, "Tomorrow's You," a youth romance film produced by Yonglong Entertainment Company, with an investment of 80 million yuan and featuring well-known actors and a director.

He didn't know what would happen tomorrow, but there was no point in overthinking it. Zhang Tan closed the webpage and prepared a new video. Whether this ad deal would work out or not, it at least showed that with fans, there would be advertisers, and the future was bright.

As Zhang Tan, energized, was busy, the doorbell rang.

Xiaobai?

The person most likely to knock on his door at night was Xiaobai.

Opening the door and looking down, sure enough, it was Xiaobai.

"Uncle, I brought you some fries."

She handed him a small paper bag containing a handful of fries.

"Are these for me? Ah, thank you."

He felt relieved, fearing that Xiaobai had come to fight, given that he had reported her to Teacher Xiaoliu.

Treating her with kindness, Zhang Tan became more enthusiastic.

"Come in, come in, sit down. What's up? Where did you get these?"

Didn't you say you didn't have money?

Xiaobai didn't come in, just pushed the fries into Zhang Tan's hand.

"Chengcheng's dad gave them to me."

"Ah? Dad?" Zhang Tan was surprised, seeing Xiaobai's look of "you're so silly," and quickly asked in a Sichuan accent, "What do you mean?"

Perhaps the Sichuan accent bridged the gap, and Xiaobai giggled, explaining that it meant "dad."

Dad? I thought it was a creepy uncle!

"Did Chengcheng's dad just bring them?"

Xiaobai nodded, saying that Chengcheng's dad had just taken the kids home and left the fries and chicken wings.

"The chicken wings are already eaten," Xiaobai said frankly, meaning that Zhang Tan shouldn't expect any.

The fries were what she had saved for him.

Zhang Tan checked the time, 10 PM. Chengcheng's dad usually came home after 11 PM.

"Have you eaten? You can eat them yourself," Zhang Tan said.

Xiaobai's face showed some displeasure, and she waved her hand, saying, "I brought them for you, so eat them. What are you talking about?"

"I'll eat them, of course. I really like fries."

Xiaobai immediately brightened up and circled around Zhang Tan's feet.

He wasn't sure what this meant, one of her confusing behaviors.

"Eat them slowly, I'm leaving, bye~~"

"Come in and sit for a while."

Zhang Tan didn't dare to mention the bear drinks, fearing it would backfire.

"Bye~~"

Xiaobai waved her little hand and left without a trace.