GHML – Chapter 33.1: Phone From Three Years Ago (1)
Shang Jing got out of bed. Even though he did not play any games last night, his sleep quality was bad.
Just then, the area beside his pillow vibrated. He rubbed his eyes and picked his phone with a dead expression. It was a call from Lin Lin.
“Hello, Lin Lin?”
Lin Lin adopted a fast and clear tone whenever she talked about work. “He Jiang previously tasked me to find some easy talk shows or endorsements for you. After some selection on my side, I have shortlisted a kitchenware endorsement and a live recording session. Are you interested in any of them?”
After a night of thinking, Shang Jing made up his mind to get a divorce after the filming of the variety show ended, regardless of whether he had enough to repurchase his father’s house or not. He was in great need to escape He Jiang’s social circle and have his own so it would never come to the point again where He Jiang was out drinking and not picking up his calls and the only thing he could do was guard an empty house like a distraught and lonely wife.
He was too careless to let himself degrade back to the starting point.
The kitchenware endorsement, if he was not wrong, was offered to him based on his title of ‘He Jiang’s virtuous wife’. It would definitely not survive their divorce and would instead get into legal troubles with the brand.
Shang Jing: “I’ll pass on the endorsement, I’m not a celebrity anyway.”
Lin Lin: “What about the live recording session? During the session, the host would pick out questions the netizens were most curious about and conduct an interview with you. I’ll make sure to review the questions before the session to make sure there are no hard questions. It will be 40 minutes long and the remuneration after tax is 1.8 million yuan.”
Shang Jing swallowed the words of rejection that were at the top of his tongue back into his system. The remuneration was truly attractive and money was just best friend.
Shang Jing: “Ok.”
Lin Lin: “Ok, I’ll go ahead and prepare the contracts for that. If things go smoothly, they will broadcast the preview this afternoon and you’ll be able to go live tonight. Please free up your schedule. The venue can be at a recording studio or in He Jiang villa.”
He Jiang’s double standards were beyond obvious. All along, he had been unwilling to reveal any part of his private life to the public. But for Shang Jing, he called her early in the morning to ask her to arrange for Shang Jing’s work activities to be held in a location that was comfortable to him, even if it meant at the villa. And since it was the very first time the villa was going to be shown to the public, he had asked her to negotiate for double pay for Shang Jing.
Shang Jing: “I’ll go to a recording studio.”
He Jiang doesn’t like strangers coming to the villa.
With the details of the live recording in place, Shang Jing hung up the phone. It was then that he saw the message He Jiang sent him today morning. Sending a word of acknowledgement back to He Jiang, he set his phone down to one side and headed to the piano room for practice.
Filming for the variety show would resume the day after and he would not be able to practice for an extended period of time. It was paramount for him to make full use of his free time now.
At 5PM, Lin Lin personally ferried Shang Jing to the recording studio. As an accomplished manager, she was rarely required to be at the filming locations of the celebrities she handled. But He Jiang had requested her to do everything related to Shang Jing personally.
By 6.30PM, Shang Jing was done with his makeup and was chatting with the host. It was better for him to familiarize himself with him to prevent any awkwardness during the live recording.
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Host Ning Ning: “Our leader really values you. He has allowed you free reign during the recording. We have also gotten someone to monitor the comments in the live channel, only letting comments that pass our evaluation into the public. There will be an interaction segment through the comments section with fans later. I can guarantee there wouldn’t be any negative comments. But if there are some that successfully escaped our net, just ignore them.”
Shang Jing: “Thank you. You can call me Xiao Jing. I’ll do my best to cooperate with you and the team.”
“Xiao Jing.” A deep male voice sounded from behind him.
Shang Jing instantly turned his head to look for the source of the voice. A man, dressed in a navy blue suit and had one hand in his pocket, was walking towards him.
“I hope you don’t mind me calling you that,” The man asked with familiarity.
Confusion was written all over Shang Jing as he looked at the man. He was not someone he recognized.
Ning Ning quickly got up and introduced the man. “This is CEO Wang. The reason why the live recording could move so quickly is all because of him.”
Wang Sheng let his gaze linger on Shang Jing’s face for three seconds before stretching out a hand. “Hello, I’m Wang Sheng.”
Seeing the sudden change in development, Lin Lin’s heart skipped a beat and quickly shot a message to Xiao Bei to check on Wang Sheng’s private life.
This couldn’t be happening. He’s just going on a live recording and He Jiang is going to have a new love rival?
If He Jiang found out about this, he would definitely tear the 1.8 million yuan contract to shred right this moment.
It did not take long for Xiao Bei to gather Wang Sheng’s information. Wang Sheng was the nephew of some higher management personnel of the broadcasting platform. Riding on the coattails of his predecessor, he was offered a leadership position upon entering the company. He was interested in males and was currently actively looking for a virtuous wife to be married to.
And Shang Jing’s character on the variety show was exactly what Wang Sheng was looking for, to the point he was willing to risk the wrath of He Jiang to try to win him over.
But Shang Jing did not share the same sentiments as him. He did not like the way Wang Sheng looked at him, thinking it felt a little oily. Therefore, after a simple shake of the hand, he excused himself to the toilet.
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However, when he came out of the cubicle, this CEO Wang was right in front of him, arranging his hair in the mirror.
“What a coincidence, seems like we are destined to meet.” Wang Sheng wasted no time in announcing his motive. “I’ve watched your variety show and like you alot. Would you consider leaving He Jiang for me?”
Shang Jing: “No.”
Wang Sheng: “You don’t have to answer me in such a hurry. You should take some time to really think things through. He Jiang would never marry you. He would never risk losing his fans for you. As for me, I’m a golden bachelor whom you’ll be able to marry immediately. After we’re married, I’ll never let you come out to work. You just have to stay at home and… wrap dumplings for me.”
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