"Hey! You said, how much is the value of the photo just now? How about it? Do you have time to sit down and have a good talk?"

Valerie's words were sent in the whistling wind. Lu Yiqi looked over according to the sound, but did not react, but just watched quietly.

The calm eyes fell quietly on Valerie, without words or emotions, and could not even notice any color. They looked at Valerie's face carefully, but the "no emotions" action itself had already conveyed enough emotions, especially after Valerie's question, "calmness" itself was an attitude.

Valerie was a little uneasy in his heart.

In fact, Valerie doesn't like this. She did not intend to publish a photo of Lu Yiqi's mother, from beginning to end. She just pretended to be ready to do this and forced Lu Yiqi to submit. This was just a means to the goal. If Lu Yiqi saw through it, then... Valerie would not publish the photo in revenge:

To be honest, Jiang Wenjin's photos are really not of news value, unless they can have some hype significance on Mother's Day.

Now, Valerie felt Lu Yiqi's calm gaze. She seemed to be able to smell the smoke in Lu Yiqi's eyes. The invisible and intangible anger made people feel like an undercurrent. She had a premonition that she seemed to step on Lu Yiqi's reverse scale.

On the one hand, she was a little worried because the reverse scale might mean a storm. On the other hand, she was a little excited because the reverse scale also meant a breakthrough. After searching hard for more than half a year, she finally found the gap.

Valerie was slightly distressed, and her guilt made her hesitate and couldn't help questioning her choice again - is this really good?

However, there is no turning back when the arrow is drawn. Is there still room for maneuver now?

Then, Valerie noticed Lu Yiqi's expression, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a shallow smile, "The value of news is always waiting for a price, it depends on the value of me as a coach. So, are you willing to take a bet on a deal and then destroy all future cooperation opportunities? Or are you inclined to give up these unpredictable means and look forward to real friendship."

Speaking of this, Lu Yiqi's eyes flashed slightly, "Miss Granger, to be honest, I'm a little disappointed. I thought we were friends."

The smile was still on the corner of his mouth, but the sharpness of his words made Valerie's heart tighten:

Counterattack, is that coming?

The decisive indifference flowed out of the words, and Valerie could even clearly feel the turbulent anger behind Lu Yiqi's smile.

If you choose to surrender at this time, everything can turn around. After all, Lu Yiqi gave two choices, right?

But Valerie was also a little annoyed. "Two choices", are they so domineering and tough? There are no other possible options for development! So, is Lu Yiqi threatening her?

"Coach, it seems that our definition of friends is really very, very different." Valerie's eyes gathered again, and his hesitant mood quickly stabilized - tough and tough, she was not afraid of them at all, "I am waiting for an opportunity to have an in-depth interview. It's the ninth month, but I am still standing by."

Smile and laugh, laugh and scold.

Valerie's words were also sharp, but in just one sentence, the situation was reversed in an instant - judging from Lu Yiqi's repeated refusal to interview, they were indeed not friends.

"My fault." Lu Yiqi was still calm, and his anger did not leak out. He was even in the mood to joke, raised his hands and made a surrender gesture, and admitted his mistake calmly.

This was something Valerie did not expect. Her jaw couldn't help but lifted up gently, occupying the commanding heights to put pressure on Lu Yiqi.

But immediately, Lu Yiqi changed his subject and said, "I shouldn't think that I and the reporter can be friends. This is definitely my fault."

Valerie's smile stiffened to the corner of his mouth: Sure enough! This guy!

"If I remember correctly, so far, I have only accepted all the formal and informal interviews, which should be from espn."

Speaking of this, Lu Yiqi's words paused for a moment and looked at Valerie meaningfully. Although he did not say it further, the meaning was obvious; then, the smile on the corner of Lu Yiqi's mouth rose gently again.

"For all the reporters, I try to stay equally and wait for the end of the season, and we still have plenty of time to talk in depth slowly, but not now. For the Green Bay Packers, our season is not over yet, and I don't want the focus to shift or generate unnecessary gossip. This is the position as a head coach."

"Obviously, some of the special treatments that I think are not enough for Miss Granger."

Lu Yiqi's eyes fell on Valerie. The calm words did not mock or ridicule, but it was more of apathy, but such indifference made Valerie feel uneasy:

At this moment, she realized that Lu Yiqi's attitude towards him was indeed special; and now, this indifference represents more meaning. Like other reporters, she is just an ordinary reporter in Lu Yiqi's eyes, and the special treatment has ended.

Perhaps, they are indeed not friends, not from any perspective; but relatively speaking, they are not the relationship between ordinary journalists and coaches, until now.

Such thoughts flashed through my mind, but Valerie was unable to catch them in time, because Lu Yiqi's words did not end there.

"So, tell me, what price do I have to pay?"

Lu Yiqi is serious.

Valerie has indeed grasped his weakness. He does not want Jiang Wenjin's photos to be revealed. Perhaps it is a photo with no news value for ESPN, but it is an unbearable consequence for Lu Yiqi - he really does not want his work to disturb his parents' daily life.

Perhaps, in Chinatown, everyone knows that Lu Yiqi is the son of Lu Jiayan and Jiang Wenjin, and neighbors are bound to discuss it, but the attention of the news media is at a different level.

Not to mention whether there will be supportive and opposing fans who continue to harass them, just talking about the media's attention and negative remarks on social networks, and the pressure and burden that come with it is enough to completely break the pace of parents' life.

Lu Yiqi, who is a journalist, knows the consequences more clearly than anyone else, so he needs to do everything possible to stop media coverage.

Of course, for the news media, it is a matter that can be reported or not. As long as Lu Yiqi is willing to bow his head to cooperate, they will naturally be happy. This is called taking each of them.
Chapter completed!