Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Miaomiao: Beat You Up
Tuanzi put on a stern little face, angrily clenching her small fists.
"Shan Huaidan and ETLO are both so bad, it’s too much!"
The system also gained a new understanding of these people’s malice and selfishness.
Shan Fengxing might not have snatched the endorsement; maybe from the beginning, their team had already agreed with ETLO that the endorsement was his from start to finish.
Jin Tong didn’t care about a child’s anger, he furrowed his brows in analysis.
"I have chat logs and calls here. If things go south with ETLO, it’s not impossible to hurt them and Shan Fengxing."
But in the industry, it’s common to swallow the loss in such situations. It’s simply because ETLO is capital, and if we go head-to-head this time, there will be way fewer advertisers looking for Gu Che next time.
Tuanzi understood and was very puzzled, "Clearly, it’s ETLO that’s in the wrong, so why would other capitals dislike my second brother going head-to-head with them?"
Jin Tong sighed, "Because they are capital, who knows when they might do something similar, and they generally don’t like artists resisting them."
This is why ETLO dares to act this way.
The harsh truth is, in the eyes of these capitalists, top stars are just products that can sell hot for a few years. Once that product is no longer useful, they just replace it with a new one.
As for Shan Fengxing, he is also a young artist and a competitor to Gu Che, so naturally, he’s happy to cause trouble.
"It’s also not easy to go after Shan Fengxing," Jin Tong said worriedly, "Creating some trouble for him before, that’s doable. But if we take him down in one go, this show would be a waste."
This drama isn’t long, they’re filming intensively and have already completed most of it, and if one of the lead actors has an issue now, Gu Che’s interests will also be harmed.
If investors, directors, and other actors know about Gu Che’s involvement, they might even blame Gu Che and refuse to collaborate in the future. Reality is this ironic; it’s Shan Fengxing who’s at fault, yet the victim has to be the one wary of every move.
"And we don’t have any evidence to take him down in one go."
Tuanzi’s face had turned into a bitter gourd.
Gu Che, who had been listening inattentively, caught a glimpse of her little expression out of the corner of his eye, and he manually smoothed her little face.
"Don’t frown, this kind of thing is common, don’t worry, we can handle it."
Tuanzi was worried, she felt that the food didn’t even taste good.
Looking again at her handsome second brother, she just felt he was a big softie, anyone could take advantage of him.
[Miaomiao: Second brother is so weak and pitiful, Miaomiao must help him!]
The system glanced at Gu Che, who appeared nonchalant, then looked at his lean physique, not seeing the weakness and pitifulness at all.
Gu Che soon returned to filming, and Jin Tong refused to leave, instead sitting in the RV contacting key fans, asking them to calm down the agitated fans, hoping they wouldn’t go overboard, or else the fall would be painful.
He also contacted people at ETLO, subtly probing them, urging them to sign the contract early. If they showed dissatisfaction, he hinted that Gu Che had a new endorsement and scheduling conflicts, all to test ETLO’s sincerity.
The other party became a bit flustered, saying they would discuss it with their superiors.
After hanging up the phone, Jin Tong tiredly rubbed his temples, feeling a burning gaze, turned to find Tuanzi intently watching him.
In that instant, he felt like a beast was staring him down.
"What’s up?"
Tuanzi tilted her head, her tone somewhat odd, "Why did you say that? Won’t it alert the snake?"
This seemed out of nowhere, but Jin Tong understood.
"The situation is at a standstill now, what I want is just making ETLO aware that we know they’re screwing us over."
TOH has already confirmed a new spokesperson, the contract will be signed tomorrow, Gu Che definitely won’t try to snag the endorsement. Moreover, TOH’s new spokesperson is a mutual acquaintance—Wu Ti.
Wu Ti is a friend of Gu Cheng, and Wu Ti’s son, Wu Yu, is a new friend Gu Miaomiao made on a show.
Jin Tong said with frustration, "Now it’s just hinting to them that we might expose this, so they’re in the wrong; maybe they’ll help bridge the endorsement elsewhere."
Tuanzi understood.
She was a little angry.
"It makes my second brother look like he needs their charity."
Fuming, Tuanzi opened the car door and left.
Jin Tong sighed helplessly, "Kids are just too naive."
Though, in fact, there was a fire in his heart as well.
If there were other solutions, he wouldn’t choose this one.
Tuanzi stomped her short legs, huffing with anger as she walked away, only to see the staff busy working.
She quickly ran over and found her second brother acting in a scene with Shan Fengxing.
Just as her second brother promised, his acting directly overpowered Shan Fengxing.
After a shot was completed, the director stared at the camera, his brow furrowed so tightly it could crush a fly.
"No, Mr. Shan, your emotion here is too weak, you need to be angrier, think about what it feels like to get punched. Right now, it’s like you’ve won a million-dollar lottery, you’re too happy."
Finally, that scene passed, only for the next scene, the director asked Shan Fengxing to evoke different emotions.
He was just shy of directly saying Shan Fengxing’s acting was like a piece of wood.
The other actors and staff looked at Shan Fengxing with odd expressions.
Shan Fengxing’s face was gloomy, almost dripping water.
He didn’t dare throw a tantrum with this veteran director, so he could only rub his temples, "Maybe I haven’t rested well, Director, can I take a five-minute break to get into character?"
The director agreed, then called Gu Che and several other actors over to discuss the drama.
Gu Che listened attentively, vaguely sensing something, turned his head to look and saw only a few staff members moving around.
An illusion? It seemed he just saw his sister.
Tuanzi quickly hid, crouching and secretly peeking, glancing at Gu Che, then angrily at Shan Fengxing, who was resting on a chair.
[Miaomiao: Scheming against my second brother, poor acting, and still has the nerve to rest?]
She picked up a small stone from the ground, thought about it, realized the stone itself could be evidence, so she simply threw away the stone and flicked her right hand, bending the middle finger and using the thumb to flick it out.
A blast of Inner Strength unseen by ordinary people shot out and directly hit Shan Fengxing sitting there.
Shan Fengxing was criticizing the water his assistant brought for not being hot enough when his calf suddenly hurt, feeling like it got hit by a rock, and his expression twisted immediately.
"Ah!"
He looked down, seeing no stone on the ground.
Rubbing his calf, he thought it was just an illusion.
Then the other calf started hurting too.
The pain swapped between legs, and he stood up with a grim expression.
"This is so strange, I might need to get it checked at the hospital."
He was planning to request leave from the director, but after walking over a meter, the leg no longer hurt, leaving him in a dilemma.
His assistant advised that the director was already displeased with him, and unless it was urgent, he shouldn’t ask for leave.
Shan Fengxing could only continue filming, but during the breaks, it was either his hands or legs that hurt.
Once he stood up, the pain vanished.
Always meticulous about his health, Shan Fengxing’s mind was already playing out several potential illnesses, just waiting for the day’s shoot to end so he could visit the hospital for a check-up.
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