"You believed him just because you saw his car? Don’t tell his car had a Sanqiang Entertainnt logo on it, so you just took his word for it. Alright, Sis, just get to the important parts and tell everything at once."
’If that was really the case,’ he thought, ’Bai ngyao was so gullible it should be taxable.’
Bai ngyao nodded. This ti, she cut the nonsense and explained the whole story from start to finish.
The gist of it was this: a man nad Mu Linsen claid to be a talent scout and said he could make Bai ngyao a star.
Bai ngyao was skeptical at first. However, after seeing his car and license plate, she called a friend who was a traffic cop. She had them check the vehicle’s registration and discovered it really did belong to Sanqiang Entertainnt. After that, she was about fifty percent convinced.
With that fifty percent of trust established, he then invited Bai ngyao to visit a film set for a screen test.
When she arrived at a filming location and saw all the crew mbers wearing Sanqiang Entertainnt uniforms while organizing a shoot, her belief grew even stronger.
And this ti, the screen test was a resounding success.
A director with a big beard and a very artistic vibe lavished praise on her, complinting her natural acting talent. He even said she could have been the female lead, but unfortunately, the role had already been cast internally. The reason, he explained, was that the chosen actress’s family had invested three million in the production.
What woman doesn’t love a good complint? On top of that, the bearded director had an ecstatic look on his face, as if he were gazing upon the next Best Actress Oscar winner. This completely swept Bai ngyao up in her dream of becoming a star.
The blow from Bai nghan returning with Fang Chenyi was especially huge. She had felt overshadowed by Bai nghan since they were children. She had finally found a rich husband to show off in front of Bai nghan and her family, but just a few days later, Bai nghan brought Fang Chenyi ho. Compared to Fang Chenyi, her "rich" husband wasn’t even fit to hold a candle to him.
This recent blow to her ego made her even more desperate to beco a star—to beco soone even more successful than Bai nghan.
The day after her screen test, just as Bai ngyao was daydreaming about becoming an overnight sensation, she got a sudden call from Mu Linsen. He told her that the third female lead role was likely off the table. The reason? Another actress’s family had invested 300,000 for the production, so they could only offer her a walk-on role, though they’d try to give her as much screen ti as possible.
How could Bai ngyao, her head full of starry dreams, possibly agree to that? She imdiately asked him if she could get the role of the third female lead back by investing 500,000 in the production herself.
Mu Linsen didn’t agree right away, saying he needed to discuss it with the directors. Bai ngyao waited for what felt like half a day before finally getting a call back. Mu Linsen told her the directors had made a decision: because her acting was so exceptional, they wouldn’t need 500,000. If she matched the other offer and invested 300,000, the role of the third female lead was hers.
And just like that, Bai ngyao, who had harbored a sliver of doubt about them being scamrs, beca utterly convinced. After all, what kind of con artist turns down 500,000 just to ask for 300,000?
Once Bai ngyao agreed to invest, the other party was quite thorough in their approach. They didn’t just send her a random account number. Instead, they brought her back to the film set. There, in a luxurious office, they both signed an agreent, and she transferred the money.
Of course, the story didn’t end there.
Clutching the contract and script, Bai ngyao returned ho excitedly and started practicing her lines. As it happened, Chen Xi had business dinners for the next couple of days and ca ho dead drunk each night, so he didn’t notice anything unusual about her.
Then, the next afternoon, Mu Linsen called again with more bad news for Bai ngyao: the family of the other actress who wanted the third female lead role had invested another 500,000 in the production!
Under pressure, the production had no choice but to give the role to the other actress.
Bai ngyao, who was already fully imrsed in her role, didn’t hesitate for a second. She imdiately offered to raise her own investnt to one million!
This went back and forth until it got to the current situation, with her having invested over six million in total.
Even at this point, sinking deeper and deeper into the scam, Bai ngyao still believed them without a doubt.
It wasn’t until yesterday morning that Chen Xi, waking up after a drunken night’s sleep, happened to notice several transfer notifications on his phone. When he looked closely at the amounts, he was horrified. More than half of the net worth he had spent years building was gone.
He woke up Bai ngyao, who was still sleeping next to him, and after grilling her, she finally confessed the truth.
Chen Xi, not just as a businessman but even as a re outsider to the situation, saw through the sche instantly. But Bai ngyao refused to listen, insisting that once she was a star, she’d earn that pittance back in no ti.
Furious, Chen Xi called this Mu Linsen directly, but the phone was turned off.
Helpless, Chen Xi took the still-unconvinced Bai ngyao and a few friends and drove to the offices of Sanqiang Entertainnt. However, the people there knew nothing about the situation. They flatly denied ever having an employee nad Mu Linsen...
"Did you call the police?"
Bai nghan asked after listening to Bai ngyao’s story.
Bai ngyao nodded.
"We did, but the police can’t find that Mu Linsen, and Sanqiang Entertainnt dia Co., Ltd. won’t even give us the ti of day."
Fang Chenyi had been listening silently at the side, his brows furrowed. At that mont, he suddenly picked up the pile of promotional materials for Sanqiang Entertainnt dia Co., Ltd. from the coffee table—the ones Mu Linsen had given Bai ngyao.
He then stood up. "I’m going to use the restroom."
After nodding to everyone, he headed straight for his second uncle’s bathroom.
Of course, he hadn’t brought the materials with him just to use the toilet. ’He wanted to see if he could get his hands on so shares of Sanqiang Entertainnt dia Co., Ltd.’
’How? By picking up junk, of course.’
Once in the bathroom, Fang Chenyi spread the materials out on the vanity. He then took the woven bag out of his pouch, picked up one of the promotional flyers, and tossed it inside.
[Host has collected one promotional flyer. System reward: 100 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check for confirmation.]
[Host has collected one promotional flyer. System reward: 100 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check for confirmation.]
...
After more than ten attempts, with only one flyer left and no special system reward triggered, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but sigh. ’Looks like I was being too naive. Special rewards don’t just appear because you want them to.’
With that thought, he casually tossed the last promotional flyer into the woven bag.
[To be continued...]
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