Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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On the way from the cabin to the restaurant, Director Wen was always uneasy, thinking about finding an excuse to get Tang Moning out as soon as possible, so that Xue Jue and Zu Qi would not hold him accountable.
Unfortunately, Director Wen hadn’t found a suitable reason until the four of them arrived at their reserved seats and sat down.
Just when Director Wen was about to give up this idea out of frustration, he suddenly heard Xue Jue, who was sitting opposite him, say, “Is this your friend?”
Director Wen looked up at Xue Jue and found that Xue Jue’s eyes were fixed on Tang Moning, who had hardly spoken.
“He is a friend of my friend.” Director Wen answered smoothly and deliberately distanced himself from Tang Moning. Then he turned to Tang Moning and said, “Don’t you have something else to do? Why don’t you go and do your thing first, and I’ll discuss with you the matter you asked me for help after I finish my meal.”
“What?” Tang Moning couldn’t keep up with Director Wen’s train of thought and looked at him in confusion.
Director Wen didn’t give Tang Moning time to react and kicked him hard in the calf under the table. Tang Moning gasped and frowned in pain.
If the previous Director Wen had seen Tang Moning like this, he would have been extremely heartbroken, but at this moment he was completely unmoved, and his expression became even colder because of Tang Moning’s slowness.
“You’d better leave quickly. Don’t keep people waiting for too long.” The intention of chasing people away was quite obvious.
No matter how dumb Tang Moning was, he understood what Director Wen meant. He immediately felt embarrassed. He looked at Director Wen and then at Zu Qi who was watching the show opposite him. Then he gritted his teeth in embarrassment, stood up and left.
Tang Moning’s departure actually made the atmosphere at the table more relaxed. At least Director Wen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put those random thoughts behind him. He then concentrated on discussing the script that would start shooting next year with Xue Jue.
Putting aside his character and personality, Director Wen did have a great talent for directing movies, otherwise he wouldn’t have won so many internationally renowned awards and even made it abroad when he was only in his thirties.
Xue Jue was very interested in the script that Director Wen had spent five years personally working on, and even Zu Qi listened to it with great interest.
Originally, Xue Jue was planning to arrange for the person in charge of the branch to discuss the matter with Director Wen, but now that Director Wen came directly to him, he decided to suppress it.
Who let Director Wen get involved with Tang Moning?
So when Director Wen, who was determined to get his investment, heard from Xue Jue that he needed to consider the matter, he was stunned on the spot.
“Why, why do you still need to consider it? Don’t you like the script I wrote very much? Mr. Xue, the preparation work on my side is about to begin, and I really can’t afford to delay!”
Compared to the impatient Director Wen, Xue Jue seemed much calmer. He smiled meaningfully and said, “You should know why I am considering it.”
Hearing this, Director Wen was stunned, and suddenly he understood something.
This little episode passed quickly, and Zu Qi and Xue Jue spent another five days playing at the beach.
Before traveling through time, Zu Qi lived in an inland city. He was busy with work and seldom went out to play. The only time he went to a foreign beach was during an activity organized by the company during the Chinese New Year.
However, that travel experience was nothing special for Zu Qi. All his colleagues had families with them, and he was the only single guy stuck in the middle, feeling extremely embarrassed and ashamed.
This time, with Xue Jue’s company, he felt that life was interesting no matter where he was. Even if they stayed in the hotel and didn’t go out, the two of them could spend the whole day together without feeling bored.
But what surprised Zu Qi was that he hadn’t seen Tang Moning in the past few days. Instead, Director Wen, who still lived in the wooden house next door, came to say hello to them from time to time.
Zu Qi didn’t take the matter to heart, thinking that Tang Moning might have had work to deal with or was afraid of being photographed by paparazzi so left first. However, when he and Xue Jue came back from vacation and went to the company, the first gossip he heard was about Tang Moning.
Xiao Dengzi pulled Zu Qi to the conference room mysteriously, and after making sure that there was no one around, he whispered, “Tang Moning was beaten by Director Wen’s wife.”
“What?” Zu Qi was shocked, “When did it happen?”
“Just two days ago,” said Xiao Dengzi, feeling both emotional and gloating, “I heard that they hired someone to beat Tang Moning so badly that he was hospitalized and hasn’t come out yet. They also deliberately chose to beat him in places with more flesh on his body, so there weren’t too many marks left. Plus, Director Wen and the others have connections, so I’m afraid Tang Moning won’t be able to hold them accountable.”
After saying that, Xiao Dengzi clicked his tongue, and finally concluded, “I don’t know why Tang Moning got involved with Director Wen and his wife. Anyway, President Wang is very angry, and his future is completely over.”
Zu Qi still couldn’t figure it out, “What does this have to do with Director Wen?”
“Director Wen and his wife have always lived their own lives. In the past, Director Wen raised so many lovers, but his wife didn’t say a word. Now when it came to Tang Moning, why did his wife suddenly jump out and stand in the name of the main house. Don’t you think it’s weird to beat Tang Moning half to death in this name?”
Zu Qi scratched his hair: “It’s a bit strange…”
But if they considered the conversation between Xue Jue and Director Wen a few days ago, it would not be so surprising.
Director Wen intended to teach Tang Moning a lesson in front of Xue Jue, and he was ruthless even though Tang Moning had followed him for a while.
Within two days, Zu Qi saw Tang Moning’s name top the Weibo hot search list within three hours. It was said that Tang Moning had clung to Director Wen’s golden thigh and was domineering in the company, snatching resources from other artists at will. Even Tao He and other lackeys were dug out and scolded by netizens.
Tao He and others could not withstand the attacks from netizens and directly cleared their Weibo accounts without reporting to the company. Some were even worse and confronted netizens in the comment section and then announced their withdrawal from Weibo.
As to whether they really quit Weibo, no one knew. The only thing they knew was that these people would hardly appear on any TV or variety shows from now on.
The Tang Moning incident caused a sensation on the Internet and involved a series of victims, Zu Qi being one of them. Later, Zu Qi took advantage of the situation and became a hot topic again.
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