Chapter 39- The Domineering President Is Unhappy. He’s Going to Make Someone Bankrupt.

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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):

-云舒( yún shū)- Yun Shu, the female lead

– 舒 儿( shū ér)- Shu’er, Yun Shu’s nickname.

– 傅然( Fù rán)- Fu Ran, the male lead in our novel and the original novel

– 方灵( fāng líng)- Fang Ling, a scriptwriter and Yun Shu’s friend.

– 乔颜( qiáo yán)- Qiao Yan, the female protagonist of the original novel.

“Just wait and see. This celebrity will be done for soon.”

Fang Ling’s prophecy came true.

On the same night, a marketing account [1] leaked news of the bullying incident, with pictures and screenshots of chats with alleged film crew members.

The popularity of this drama was originally not very high, but Fu Ran invested a lot of money. His film and television company was well-off that they could hire the best directors and exceptional team. The script, the director, and the team were all above average. After the news got out, a lot of people naturally wanted to join the film crew.

Several recently famous young female celebrities wanted to join, and they were even willing to lower their pay.

The film crew seriously considered and then… offered a lot of insignificant minor roles to them. Furthermore, they did so in a “take it or leave it” attitude.

What a joke. There is such a great financial backer behind the film group. Is there a need for them to bow down to anyone?

Some well-known celebrities decided to leave, but others chose to join the film crew. The film crew adhered to the principle of not using site traffic for nothing. They promoted it well; thus, the drama was well-known before its broadcast, drawing many people’s attention.

Hence, it immediately created a huge stir once the bullying incident was leaked.

Some fans of the young celebrity didn’t believe she was such a person. They kept giving bad reviews to the marketing accounts. Some people exposed Qiao Yan and her Weibo account. Many fans even went to the film group’s Weibo, Yun Shu’s, and the other main cast’s Weibo to fill their homepage with comments.

One fan left a message saying that the evidence was unreliable. Therefore, the marketing account released over ten Weibo posts, each with a photo and even a picture of the first time the young celebrity bullied her own assistant.

This was a perfect illustration of what was meant by, ‘Since you asked for the receipts, I will do so.’ [2]

Furthermore, the junior assistant herself followed suit and tearfully complained of being bullied by the young celebrity for half a year. She also said she sought legal assistance to pursue the matter to the end.

Fang Ling was certainly eating melons [3] all the time. Because when Yun Shu was having her breakfast the following day, Fang Ling eagerly shared the first-hand information she got—

Someone was helping this junior assistant behind the scenes, and this matter would definitely end up in a lawsuit. It didn’t matter if she won the lawsuit or not because the young celebrity would definitely be at a loss regardless of how it ended.

Fang Ling clicked her tongue in wonder and said, “This Qiao Yan is really not simple at all.”

Yun Shu ate a mouthful of the vegetarian bun to calm down a bit. She thought. That’s for sure. After all, she’s the female lead.

— In the novel’s world, the words “he/she is the male/female lead” can explain everything.

“What’s wrong?”

Fu Ran, who rushed to Yun Shu’s hotel with breakfast early in the morning, was a bit displeased. He realised that ever since he became her boyfriend, his standing was getting worse by the day. In front of him, there was work, her manager, and Fang Ling… It seemed that the whole world had snatched his girlfriend. Even her breakfast time that he squeezed out was not spared. She didn’t pay any attention to him, this official boyfriend.

—Mm. The person who didn’t pay attention to him the most was his girlfriend. It simply couldn’t get any worse.

Fu Ran did not show unhappiness openly on his face. It was mainly because it was not important what expression he showed. He only asked Yun Shu in a very roundabout way, wanting to know Yun Shu’s recent situation. When he found out——

“Heh. I didn’t think I would be paying that much money for them to have this kind of person hired.”

The domineering president, who was also the financial backer, was unhappy and wanted to bankrupt someone. [4]

Yun Shu watched Fu Ran expressionlessly reprimand the head of the film and television company and secretly sent Fang Ling the most freshly baked melon. “The financial backer is not happy. The young celebrity is going to leave the film crew.”

[1] 营销号(yíngxiāo hào)- Marketing accounts are mainly public accounts that collect some specific content, process them into specific information, and then publish these information. However, the purpose of these marketing accounts is not to create and share content, but to obtain traffic or benefits as the fundamental purpose. These marketing accounts would usually post about celebrity gossip, popularisation of knowledge, news and information, and chicken soup for the soul. Credit: Zhihu

[2] 求锤得锤(qiúchuídéchuí)-Since you asked for the receipts, I will do so./ (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied

[3] 瓜(guā)- It is an internet slang where melon refers to gossip.

[4] 天凉王破(tiān liáng wáng pò)- It is a popular phrase that is shortened from “The weather is getting colder. Let’s make the Wang Company go bankrupt.” This originated from a novel and became popular after a netizen posted this phrase.