Chapter 69: 069 I think you dream faster.
“Sorry for dragging you into this mess,” Shi Lan said calmly, her apology was merely lip service, devoid of any real intention.
At that moment, a WeChat message from Manager Yan came through, “How did it go?”
Shi Lan: “Getting the cold shoulder here.”
Manager Yan: “Shall I prepare a feast tonight to soothe your anger?”
Shi Lan: “A beating would cool me off even better.”
After replying to the message, Shi Lan finished typing an eight-page-long email, clicked send, then shut down her computer: “Let’s go. There won’t be any outcome even if we wait until tomorrow.”
Tang Ze was so angry his face turned red: “Just you wait.”
Miss Shi Lan had always had top-notch mental composure, as if she came by today only to use Glory’s office to mooch some internet, and she left with just as much nonchalance.
Of course, Glory’s employees knew there was someone waiting in the reception room, but they had been instructed to ignore her. An audition? Who gave her the audacity?
And just like that, the news that An Lan had waited six hours for an audition at Glory without even meeting the person in charge spread like wildfire in the entertainment industry.
It was all too common for small-time artists to be suppressed .
Everyone in the circle laughed at Shi Lan for overestimating herself.
The news quickly reached the ears of Gu Chengyu and Chen Beini.
Although Chen Beini had long anticipated this outcome, hearing about Shi Lan’s humiliation firsthand still made her snicker in hiding: “That’s why it’s important to know your place.”
Gu Chengyu, listening to Chen Beini’s mockery, didn’t feel any pleasure, only finding her face more and more repulsive.
“Chengyu, your birthday is coming up soon, and this will be the first one I celebrate with you. I want to make it special,” she said.
Gu Chengyu subtly pushed away Chen Beini’s arm and refused: “No need. Let’s keep a low profile on set.”
Chen Beini looked into Gu Chengyu’s eyes, feeling that something had changed about him, and said, “Don’t tell me you’ve started to pity An Lan now? You do remember how badly she screwed you over, right? If it weren’t for me exposing your chat logs, everyone would have thought you were two-timing, you know?”
“But you almost had her die in the emergency room,” Gu Chengyu countered.
Chen Beini stared at Gu Chengyu in disbelief, then suddenly let out a cold laugh: “So, now you want to get justice for her?”
Without a word, Gu Chengyu, still in costume, went off on his own.
After a day full of hassle with Shi Lan, Tang Ze returned to the drama crew’s hotel at five in the afternoon. He had thought about taking Shi Lan to the beach to unwind, but seeing her indifferent, he decided to just drop her off at her room: “Are you sure you don’t need me to give you a pep talk?”
Shi Lan put her computer down and slumped into the sofa: “You should save your pep talks for yourself.”
“I’ve never been humiliated .”
“So what?” Shi Lan retorted.
“You have to become famous, you must,” Tang Ze pointed at Shi Lan, “I will fight for resources for you back at the company. Before you know it, not just Glory, but even top stars will be begging to work with us.”
“I think you’d better hurry up with your dreaming,” Shi Lan shot him down without mercy, “Now go away, I have scenes to shoot tomorrow.”
“It’s all because of that scum Gu Chengyu that you got delayed; do you remember how popular you were with the public back then? Without all that mess, you’d be more famous than Chen Beini by now.”
Hearing this, Shi Lan lifted her head and glared at Tang Ze.
Getting the hint, Tang Ze quickly raised his hands in surrender: “My bad, I’m leaving.”
Then, Shi Lan threw her phone to Sun Ling: “Don’t sleep tonight, keep an eye on the phone at all times, and don’t miss any calls.”
Although Sun Ling didn’t understand why, she still agreed. After everything that happened today, she felt downcast and turned to ask Shi Lan: “An Lan, aren’t you really angry?”
Angry? When the female mogul was starting her own company and was betrayed, nearly ending up in jail, she remained as unshaken as Mount Tai, let alone this.
The scheming Miss Shi Lan thought to herself that it wasn’t time for a counterattack yet, only fools judge by appearances.