Dreaming With My Dragon Lover - Chapter 149

Those middle-aged men who were gathered around Daisy earlier to watch the table dance immediately echo Mr Jia’s words in pushing Yuan Ge into a corner and egging him on.

Yuan Ge is very annoyed. Arthur Guan has saved Daisy from the fire but put him into the frying pan instead, which is simply fanning the flames of this bunch of lewd men. However, in front of so many people, he cannot argue with him blatantly, so he has no choice but to respond coldly, “You are mistaken, young master Guan. I am not good at dancing.”

Arthur Guan doesn’t bother to say anything about Yuan Ge’s denial. He casually snaps his fingers at Liu Sang, who immediately gets the message and turns on the large QLED TV in the room, connects it to the USB player and a dazzling dance performance begins to play in front of the crowd.

Although the video clip is somewhat dated, the solo dancer in the footage appears to be professional, with a handsome figure and a youthful face. The background banner on the stage shows that this is in fact a video recorded during the National Art College Entrance Examination, and the performer of this Pathétique Rhapsody is none other than Yuan Ge.

Yuan Ge is astonished to see the dance video in front of him. This performance from his high school days, even if there was a video, should have been for internal viewing only, and not even he himself had ever seen it before. He cannot help but ask in surprise, “Where did you get this video from?!”

Arthur Guan smiles smugly, ignoring Yuan Ge’s question, and says towards the others in the room, “If he could perform so well in a mere art exam, naturally you can imagine how high his performance level was in the Peach Blossom Cup, right?” He makes a gesture to Liu Sang as he speaks.

Yuan Ge watches the pictures switch on the screen, expecting Arthur Guan to continue showing his winning performance at the Peach Blossom Cup, but instead the TV shows a set of high definition stills of a stunningly beautiful young man, almost life-size on the huge screen. He is naked with well-toned muscles, wearing heavy smokey eye make-up, but sitting curled up in just a pair of plain white briefs, knees up to cover his private parts, arms crossed around his shoulders as if in self-protection, and yet he has several ropes dangling from his upper body as if to deliberately arouse the viewer’s desire. Most seductively, his eyes are pure and innocent, filled with a longing for redemption. Even through the lens of time, a hint of the boy’s shyness and unease in front of the camera can still be detected.

“My goodness, this set of photos is hot! Mr Yuan, when were they taken? It’s you in the college days at most, right? The photo looks so young! The expressions are so rich and the ability to titillate the audience definitely has the potential to become a superstar!” As the first person to remark, a well-known producer sets the tone, his eyes twinkling.

“Yuan Ge is what is called a man favoured by God. Just look at him, a textbook explanation of what an innocent face and a seductive body are. Even those top flower boys at Guan family’s Roxy Heaven can’t be as pure and alluring as he is!”

Wang Xiaowen, the renowned scriptwriter of King Guan Entertainment, looks at the screen and then at Yuan Ge, takes a sip of wine and smacks his lips lightly in a playful manner.

“You’re absolutely right! Our Second Master has seen a lot of people, how could he choose the wrong person? Our leading man is youthful and energetic in his art exam videos, innocent and lovely in his college photos, while looking positive and manly in person. Alas, the buzzwords these days are a bunch of adjectives. The latest aesthetic trend set by female viewers for male celebrities are all contradictory in nature. You can’t believe how demanding the world is on men’s appearance. A man like Mr Yuan who is naturally good-looking, has not had plastic surgery and can satisfy the needs of female viewers is an absolute godsend!”

Roxy Heaven? Yuan Ge has pondered for a while before he realises that the “Roxy Heaven” they were talking about could be the top private club in China, known as the Billion Yuan Club, where the minimum personal net worth required to become a member is one billion yuan. Guan family’s private club that Nomi mentioned that he couldn’t get into even if he sold himself may be referring to this club.

But now is not the right time to mull over this information.

A bunch of so-called bigwigs comparing some flower boys from Roxy Heaven to me obviously do not mean well. They appear to be complimenting me on the surface, but in fact they are all sucking up to Arthur Guan. And just look at the way they are looking at me, even if they are singing my praises, they must be thinking something dirty in their minds. This Arthur Guan, what does he take me for!

“Where on earth did you dig up the video of my art school exam and the poster I took when I studied overseas!” Yuan Ge angrily questions this imperious man, feeling quite offended at Arthur Guan’s disregard for his privacy.

“Quite a big temper you’ve got there!” Arthur Guan looks at Yuan Ge and sneers, “Do you think there’s anything in the world that I can’t get my hands on?” He points to the carpet in front of him and says, “People here would prefer to see you perform your dance on the Peach Blossom Cup live. Like it or not, you’re going to do a ballet for us now. I have gathered these people here today with the aim of getting them to invest in the male lead in my new film. You must prove before them that you have what it takes.”

Yuan Ge immediately exploded with fury at these words, “Why should I dance for you!”

“Because I CHOSE you to be the male lead of my next film!” Arthur Guan’s tone suddenly becomes cold and harsh.