Seeing that the caller’s number area was hidden, Shi Su instinctively thought it was an advertisement or sales call, didn’t answer, and directly hung up.
However, just as she was about to raise her head and talk to Jun, the phone rang again.
She looked at the number for a while before answering: "Hello, who is this?"
After the call connected, all she heard was the sound of the wind, with no one speaking.
Shi Su listened for a few seconds: "Hello?"
There was still no voice from the other side.
"Hello?"
Still no response.
Shi Su hesitated for a moment, decisively hung up the call, looked up at Jun and said: "Fifty thousand it is, fifty thousand!"
Nothing is more important than safety, especially with Mianmian around; she must ensure their living area is sufficiently secure.
Seeing Shi Su’s unusually resolute eyes after receiving such a bizarre call, Jun was shocked: "You can’t be serious about renting, are you? Have you gone mad? How much are you earning now? After the previous drama and the upcoming new one in which you are about to join the cast, how much is left in your hands after sharing the pay? The signing fee from Tilans is definitely quite generous, but not much is left in your hands after sharing. When did you become so extravagant? Besides, aren’t you already living in Kaixing Mansion? Doesn’t Mr. Jing..."
"Oh yeah, the signing fee from Tilans hasn’t been paid to me yet. When will the company settle that fee for me?"
Jun immediately rolled her eyes at the incandescent lamp above the makeup room: "You know the bad habit of Yijia Media’s finance department better than anyone. Don’t they always drag payments to the artists until the very last moment? I guess you’ll have to wait at least another month."
Shi Su looked at Jun with a look of sympathy, and at the same time pondered her own future with a similar sentiment.
In this industry, it’s not uncommon for unknown actors to sign contracts with agencies that have unfair clauses; Jun is really kind as her acting agent and studio owner. Jun even advanced her the pay for the scenes in "Yao Platform" from the studio’s accounts, otherwise, Shi Su would’ve starved waiting for the agency to settle her payment.
This time, the signing fee from Tilans is a huge sum, Jun has a hard time advancing the money, so they can only hope for the company to pay.
"Alright then, find some time to chase the finance department for me, I urgently need it." Shi Su said, getting up to leave.
It’s getting late, and now Mrs. Qin has probably already put Mianmian to sleep a long time ago. She needs to go back, take a bath and sleep, and be full of energy to face each and every future task!
Working hard and earning money diligently is the only way to live justifiably in a house that costs fifty thousand a year!
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Jun sent Shi Su back to Kaixing Mansion and once they stopped outside the gate, Shi Su rarely stood outside, gazing back and forth at the several luxurious apartment buildings.
Thinking about the fifty thousand she is going to spend to live there for a year, she felt the need to get her eyes full first.
Lu Zhao happened to be driving out from inside, seeing Shi Su standing there not knowing what she was looking at, he stopped the car beside her, honked once, and rolled down the window to greet her: "Miss Shi Su."
Shi Su turned around, saw the familiar black Bentley, glanced at Lu Zhao, and smiled to greet him: "Assistant Lu, what a coincidence, are you just passing by?"
Lu Zhao: "Not passing by, Mr. Jing had a temporary meeting with a partner after leaving Shuiyue Qingtian, talked over things, and just came back."
This evening Jing Jihan indeed had something to attend to, so Shi Su made use of the spare time to go to the makeup room.
"Isn’t there still some distance from here to the Yu Jing Group office building? Why bring him here if you dropped him back?" Shi Su looked bewildered.
"..."
"Ah, I understand now, your Mr. Jing was toasted quite a bit tonight and decided to walk some way to sober up before returning to the office, right?"
"..."
No one would have expected that Shi Su still doesn’t know Mr. Jing lives upstairs from her.
Shi Su turned her head to glance in the direction of Yu Jing Group: "Your Mr. Jing walks really fast, he’s already so far that I can’t even see his silhouette."
"...Miss Shi Su, you’re really humorous."
"Humorous where? It’s late, go back to rest quickly, bye-bye." Shi Su waved at Lu Zhao, turned back to admire the splendid scene near Kaixing Mansion.
Hearing the car drive away, Shi Su stood there for a while longer, then checked her phone.
The WeChat message she sent to Jing Jihan before the banquet still hasn’t been replied to.
After taking him up to the sixth-floor box of Shuiyue Qingtian in the evening for dinner, she found an excuse and returned to the makeup room on the second floor, during which he never mentioned anything about her message.
Tsk.
Rent or not rent, give me an accurate reply.
As she walked to the apartment, Shi Su transferred some money to Jing Jihan via WeChat.
Shi Su: [Transferred 20 bucks.]
After a long time, there was still no movement from Jing Jihan.
Finally feeling speechless, Shi Su entered the elevator with the phone in hand, thinking that during the night at the banquet, he diligently blocked out potential suitors for her, yet after blocking them, he just patted his trousers and left, which basically fits the classic saying of using and discarding someone without hesitation.
Ten or so minutes later, on the thirty-second floor of Kaixing Mansion, Jing Jihan came out of the bathroom and finally saw the transfer record sent by Shi Su.
Jing Jihan: [?]
Shi Su finally received a reply, mimicked him from before, and replied: [I was just checking if I had been blocked.]
Jing Jihan: [The recipient received the payment.]
Shi Su: ...???
Seriously?
Even twenty bucks?
Yet after receiving the money, Jing Jihan didn’t say anything else, not even sending her any additional punctuation marks.
After waiting for quite a while, making sure that he really had no intention of replying further, Shi Su was frustrated.
Taking her twenty bucks just like that, does a dignified CEO not feel the least bit of shame?
Can’t negotiate about the twenty bucks, big sponsor?
I want to rent the house!
Mrs. Qin came out from the bedroom, saw Shi Su sitting on the sofa looking conflicted, and quietly asked: "It’s already past eleven, and you just came back, are you hungry? Want me to heat up something for you?"
Shi Su finally glanced at the time, realizing it was so late, she gave up on her fit over the twenty bucks, put down the phone, and said: "I’m not hungry, I already ate tonight, what time did Mianmian go to sleep?"
"She was asleep by nine o’clock, and before that, she was mumbling about how you would wear a pretty dress today, asking me to find photos online to show her tomorrow." Mrs. Qin said with a laugh: "Well, get your rest early, I’m heading back now."
Shi Su got up to see Mrs. Qin out, took a shower, and then went back to the room to cuddle up with the sweetly sleeping Shi Mianmian and go to sleep.
Before falling asleep, she opened Weibo to see whether the studio had posted any official pictures of her in the gown that evening, wanting to save them for Mianmian to see tomorrow.
She suddenly saw the hot search prominently displaying the names of Four Seas Entertainment and Shi Yunyin.
Clicking in, she found that Four Seas Entertainment had just issued a statement an hour ago, saying the contract between Shi Yunyin and Four Seas Entertainment had expired, and neither party intended to renew it. They also announced that they would hold a press conference on Friday to publicly detail the cancellation of the engagement between the Shi and Yi families.
The internet exploded completely.
Contract expired, engagement canceled, this clearly indicated that Shi Yunyin was being kicked out of Four Seas Entertainment.
Curious onlookers: Is there some billionaire’s secret drama behind this? So exciting?