At this moment, Tang Zheng, who was also in loungewear, suddenly appeared at the stairway on the second floor. He was holding an entertainment newspaper in his hand and looked at Tang Xiaoxiao, who was in the living room, with a strange expression on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he went downstairs, threw the newspaper on the coffee table and went back to his room again.
“What was that?” Tang Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Zheng’s retreating figure in bewilderment and her lips twitched. “Crazy.”
Tang Jingchen picked up the newspaper and handed it to Tang Xiaoxiao. “Take a look. The front-page headline of today’s entertainment page is the scandal caused by the female lead of ‘On the Bank of Qing River’, Yang Shan. After she became famous, she kicked her manager away, signed a contract with Shengshi Entertainment, and completely left out the manager who had been through everything with her. It’s really too much and a little too ungrateful.”
Seeing the photo printed in the newspaper, Tang Xiaoxiao could not help but roll her eyes. “These reporters are really everywhere. They even managed to take photos of this.”
Her cell phone rang again and Tang Xiaoxiao glanced at the number before she answered with a faint smile, “Hello, Cheng Mu. You should be still promoting the movie, why did you call me suddenly today?”
“Of course I need to call you to express my sympathy.” Cheng Mu on the other end of the line was in a rare good mood. “I didn’t expect that she would be secretly photographed backstage. During the press conference just now, Yang Shan got into some conflict with a reporter when he asked her about this. She was scolded by Director Cao and listening to them now… they should be throwing things.”
Tang Xiaoxiao chuckled. “Hey, hey! You’re not here to find out who is guilty, are you? At around six in the morning, Yang Shan called me and screeched at me like a banshee. She said that I deliberately disclosed this matter to the media… What do you think?”
Cheng Mu could not help laughing. “Xiaoxiao, you don’t need to insult me this way, right? If you want to play her to death, you would never have retaliated in such an unskilled way. It’s insulting your profession as a manager. I really don’t know what she is thinking.”
“Ignore her.” Tang Xiaoxiao shrugged helplessly and said in a professional tone, “After the promotion of the movie, are you going to take a few days off? Or, do you want me to get you some jobs?”
Cheng Mu thought for a while. “I don’t need to rest. Let’s strike while the iron is hot and accept a new script.”
“Okay, I’ll choose a suitable one for you.”
After hanging up the call, Tang Xiaoxiao was about to go to the dining room for breakfast when she saw Tang Jingcheng staring at her with a strange expression. He was completely stunned and seemed to have no idea who the girl in front of him was.
“Hey! Brother, I’ll get angry if you look at me with those eyes!” Tang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes again. “Brother, from tomorrow onwards, I’ll arrange for you singing, dancing, acting and other comprehensive training. Accept it honestly and work hard!”
“Xiaoxiao… are you really an entertainment manager?” Tang Jingchen seemed to be a little unconvinced as there was doubt on his elegant and handsome face. “It’s not your hobby? And you’re not joking around?”
Tang Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips angrily. “Brother… you’re too much!”
Tang Jingchen raised his hands and made a gesture of surrendering.
“What a rough woman.” Mu Li suddenly appeared in the corridor on the second floor. He glanced at Tang Xiaoxiao and said in a cold voice, “You should go to the Royal Kensington Women College in England to learn the etiquette of a noble family. It’s really embarrassing to know such a rude woman like you.”
Hearing this, Tang Xiaoxiao smiled instead of getting angry. Her smile was bright and her eyes were narrowed like a little fox. “Oh, really? Brat, I’ll make you even more embarrassed. How about that, hm?”
Then, Tang Xiaoxiao grabbed a pillow on the sofa and threw it at Mu Li. One by one, she picked up and threw pillows at Mu Li.
“Hey…! You rough womー!”
Before he could finish, another pillow was flung in front of him. Mu Li saw that the situation was bad and turned his body to avoid it. Before he could make a sound, another pillow had flown over again, and he had no choice but to do a backflip to avoid it.
Before he could even let out a breath, the third pillow had been thrown. He had no choice but to move his body and dodged it quickly and nimbly.
Then, the fourth, the fifth pillow…
The living room and second floor had become a chaotic battlefield and was completely in turmoil.
This war ended with the defeat of Mu Li and the exhaustion of Tang Xiaoxiao’s “weapons”. The last pillow hit Mu Li in the back of the head. All the pillows in the living room had become the victims of the war and the two nannies wanted to cry but had no tears when they saw the mess in the living room.
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Donghai Television was one of the top local TV channels in China. Its main variety show, ‘Meeting with the King Cards’, was also the top three in the national variety rankings. It mainly showed variety and entertainment and had consistently high ratings. The four hosts had become household names and often went on other appearances on the side.
The guests invited in this week’s show were the main members of the movie, ‘On the Bank of Qing River’, including the female and male leads, Yang Shan and Cheng Mu, the supporting character, Wen Ruoyi, and the director Cao Hao. After all, if they gave face to the domestic mainstream media, it would be more convenient for them to meet with people again.
When Tang Xiaoxiao arrived at Donghai TV station, the crew and program staff had already started the rehearsal. The seating in the studio was already full of people and the director of the program kept dispatching staff of all departments. The stage was lively and full of song and dance. Among the dancers, Cheng Mu and Yang Shan posed for the cameras. On the surface, they looked to be the compatible couple that would make people envious.
The four hosts were sitting among the audience. With Ouyang Wen as the leader, they were sitting separately. Coincidentally, Ouyang Wen was sitting in the corner seat of the first row. There seemed to be an empty seat beside him and a tall girl who hurried in did not seem to notice that it was one of the hosts of the program beside her. She sat down, wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, and took out a thermos flask from her bag. Opening the cover, the scent of lemon mixed with the fresh scent of green tea and sweetness of honey floated out from the flask.
Seeing the girl beside him, Ouyang Wen shook his head helplessly. “Haha, you’re really smart! You even brought your own drink.”
The girl gave a playful smile. “Why, you’re jealous? It’s no use to be jealous…”
“Okay.” Ouyang Wen said, “When you opened your bag just now, I took a quick peek and there seems to be another bottle?”
The girl rolled her eyes and shook the thermos flask in her hand. “I really didn’t know that such a popular host would be so thick-skinned and a glutton to boot?”