The corners of Yang Shan’s lips were covered in blood as her cheeks were completely red and swollen. It was as if she had been slapped many times. She was kneeling pitifully on the carpet as she sobbed sorrowfully.
“I-I don’t want to be a celebrity anymore…” Yang Shan sobbed softly, “Chief Zhao, please… can you let me go? I don’t want to be a celebrity anymore. I’ll return you all the money and we can remove the contract, alright?”
Zhao Gangzhi smirked coldly as his index finger tapped at Yang Shan’s chin. “Yang Shan, do you really think our Shengshi Entertainment is your house? You can come and leave as you want? Let me tell you, once you’ve entered our Shengshi Entertainment’s doors, you have to get our permission even if you want to die!”
“W-Why… are you treating me like this?” Yang Shan stared at Zhao Zhigang as she sobbed, confusion flashing in her eyes. “I didn’t do anything wrong! Who asked Zhao Le to hit my mom?”
“Because Zhao Le is my son!” Zhao Zhigang smirked, “Is this reason enough? Yang Shan, let me tell you, this is the entertainment industry. Under its bright and radiant appearance on the outside is the scariest thing you will never be able to imagine! However, since you’ve already entered this industry, you will be a high-class sl*t that rides thousands and will be scolded by millions! If I were you, I would rein in my young miss’ temper and be a big celebrity obediently… If not, hmpf, you probably don’t know what kind of existence Shengshi Entertainment’s public relations department is, right?
“You can definitely think of the department as the eighteen levels of hell, a den of monsters because this will be more painful than you will ever imagine!”
“All of you are f*cking a**holes…” Yang Shan felt so much hatred her eyes had turned red. “Aren’t you scared of the law? I will go and sue all of you to court and sue you for abuse!”
Zhao Zhigang laughed out loud. “Young lady, you’re indeed too naive. You can go sue us if you dare to. Let me tell you, no one will absolutely dare to take this case even if you sue all the way to the capital. This is Shengshi Entertainment! Compared to others, young lady, your treatment is already good enough. Because you were brought in by my son, I have to put something nice for my son too. If not… with what you’ve done, it’s enough for you to go to the public relations department already!
“You probably don’t know, right? Countless idols and superstars had died because of the public relations department… They didn’t manage to run away from Shengshi Entertainment’s control even until their unfortunate deaths. If a big superstar like them can’t even do anything to us, what can a little pathetic girl like you do?!” A glow suddenly sparkled in Zhao Zhigang’s inverted, narrowed eyes. “Little girl, let me advise you to be more obedient… If not, an ‘accident’ might just happen to your mother and that politician father of yours! Don’t think of us Shengshi Entertainment as that simple.”
Yang Shan froze for a moment as her mind took in everything. After a while, she finally understood that she had already jumped into the fire pit and could no longer jump out of Shengshi Entertainment’s devilish control. As a result, she gritted her teeth as ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. “Chief Zhao, if you take care of a person for me, I will listen to you obediently!”
“Is it your old manager, Tang Xiaoxiao?” Zhao Zhigang sat in his master chair casually as he sipped on tea. “Although I, Zhao Zhigang, am powerful, I know the rules of the industry as well. I cannot care about the bad relations between the two of you. It’s none of my business that you’re incapable. Just because you didn’t know the rules and you can’t fight against her, so what? I won’t interfere in this.”
“But, don’t you need me to bring benefits to the company?” Yang Shan lifted her head arrogantly as ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. “If you take care of her and make her sing for me, wouldn’t I bring a greater benefit to the company when I become a real top singer?”
Zhao Zhigang blew softly at the tea leaves floating in his cup. “She’s prettier than you, more talented than you, more experienced than you and smarter than you… Why would I waste her talent and grant you, the mud that can’t hold up the wall with assistance?”
“Because I’m more obedient than her.” Yang Shan smiled darkly, yet confidently.
Zhao Zhigang chortled in laughter as he stood up and walked towards Yang Shan, before he lifted her head. “I heard… that you’re still a virgin?”
Yang Shan’s pupils constricted instantly. Although she had already expected such things, still…
“Mmm, mmh…!”
Zhao Zhigang pulled up his zipper with a lecherous laugh as he exhaled in satisfaction, “Hold it in your mouth first before you spit it out… Don’t worry, our boss has special preferences for virgins. I won’t touch you before he takes your virginity. However, you need to use another method… hehe…”
Yang Shan glared at Zhao Zhigang with fake coyness, before she closed her eyes and held back her disgust as she tried to satisfy the other’s desires.
Regret filled her suddenly. If Director Cao didn’t pick her back then, would she not need to experience the humiliation she did today? If she listened to Tang Xiaoxiao’s advice back then, would she not need to be in this circumstance?
The entertainment industry that enjoyed the cheers of countless people and looked so vibrant and radiant on the outside was actually so dirty and disgusting. However, it was a pity that things could not return to how it was in the past anymore.
‘I, Yang Shan, am no longer that innocent and naive female university student from back then. For Father and Mother, to continue living, I can only bite down and continue… However, Tang Xiaoxiao, even if I’m going down to the depths of hell, I will definitely pull you down with me. You can only fall with me for the rest of your life!’
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At Donghai City’s Garden Hotel, Tang Xiaoxiao was sitting in the hotel’s café, casually enjoying a cup of Italian espresso coffee. Fragrant milk was added in it, though no sugar had been added. The cup of coffee exuded a thickness and elegance unique to coffee. She tasted a small sip. The bitter yet fragrant taste, together with the milky white porcelain coffee cup, made it feel a little like they were in a different country.
Sitting opposite of Tang Xiaoxiao was the producer and director of the movie, ‘Stormy Winter City’, Wang Zihe and Liu Kang. Both of them were holding a cup of coffee each as well as they stared at Tang Xiaoxiao. The scorn in their eyes was unconcealed.
“Producer Wang, Director Liu, I’ve already seen the script you’ve brought with you,” Tang Xiaoxiao acted as she was thinking about it, before she placed the cup of coffee down on the table. “I’m really grateful for your favor for our Cheng Mu, but… I don’t think the character in this script suits our Cheng Mu.”
The producer, Wang Zihe, chuckled coldly as he acted as though he was above everyone else. “Miss Tang, with your young age and experience, I’m afraid you can’t tell what is a good or bad script, right? Let me advise you to give the script to Cheng Mu first, so that he can decide himself.”
Tang Xiaoxiao knew very well that the two of them looked down on her due to her young age. She furrowed her eyebrows as she replied steadily, “A young age doesn’t represent one’s insight, right, Producer Wang and Director Liu? Besides, since I am Cheng Mu’s manager now, I have the right to help him choose his scripts. This is the trust he has given me, so I have to do my best.”
Director Liu Kang let out an angry huff as he picked up the script that was placed on the table. His eyes met with Wang Zihe’s before he stood up. “Since Miss Tang isn’t willing to give us face, we’ll excuse ourselves then!”
Tang Xiaoxiao got up and waved her hand. “Then, I won’t send the both of you to the door.”