There was a saying,"one should stay far away from others in fear." It could also be understood as "one should be afraid of those who are far away." When dealing with big shots like Zhuang Yifan, if one wanted to maintain an equal cooperative relationship, one had to keep a sufficient distance. Otherwise, once they got too close, it was easy to be reduced to being the other party's vassal. At that time, they would be completely passive, and it would be difficult to have much say.
If they were further away from each other, they would still be allies on equal footing. Zhuang Yifan had to be polite to others in everything, but once they were close, he would become the other party's underling. If the boss wanted his underling to help, did he still have to be polite to others? That was only natural!
