Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The recording was almost complete. After finishing everything, Yan Han turned off the recorder and carefully tucked it away. His expressionless face returned, and he said coldly, “So I won’t sign with Tianhua. Please, you and the judges, don’t interfere with the outcome of the final match.”
Director Wang, despite his initial panic, had now calmed down. He sneered, “I didn’t expect you’d dare set a trap in front of me.”
“Want to threaten me? Be honest, young lady. You have a long way to go. Don’t ruin your future for a single competition.”
After all, the experienced are the wisest. He was tasked with recruiting talent from the company and organizing this competition.
Since he was responsible for organizing the competition, he wouldn’t be easily threatened by a high school student.
Having said that, Director Wang, who was suppressing his anger, said, “My little classmate, I think you have watched too many TV dramas. Do you think you can shake a tree with just a recorder? What’s the use of this recording? Do you expect it to have any negative impact on us?”
Yan Han ignored his attitude and said, “This recording will not have any impact on this small competition, but I believe the media will be more interested in Tianhua’s involvement. Well, if it is leaked out, it can be regarded as a small scandal in the industry.”
“Hehe, you are quite arrogant.” Director Wang was not threatened by him at all. “I advise you to give me the recorder now. Of course, you can leak the conversation just now, but have you ever thought about your future study and life?”
“What do you mean?” Yan Han blinked in confusion, looking like he didn’t understand what he was saying.
Director Wang sneered cruelly, “If you can bring a minor scandal to Tianhua, then what do you think Tianhua, with its strength, can bring to a student like you? Young student, society isn’t what you imagine, filled with people like me who will reason with you. I can still say this to you now, but if you really mess up, Tianhua won’t be reasonable with you! Think about it: is your safety and your future more important, or is winning a place in the competition and the prize money more important?”
Yan Han took a small step back after hearing this.
“You, you think you’re gangsters, you can do whatever you want!”
Although he tried to keep his expression calm, his words betrayed a certain timidity typical of a young person his age.
Seeing this, the director escalated his anger. “You want to try? I’m not trying to scare you. If you’re smart, just hand over that recorder to me right now, and I’ll pretend what happened today never happened and let you go.”
Students were like young, fearless calves, understand their desire to rely on themselves to change the fate that has been imposed on them.
He understood this, and his words were pleasant, but he wasn’t about to let this go.
Being threatened by a young man who wasn’t even an artist in his company meant all his years in the industry had been for nothing! Director Wang had already made up his mind, waiting for the frightened student to hand him the recorder, and then he would…
Unexpectedly, after taking a step back, the student regained his footing, no longer showing any fear. Instead, he said impatiently, “You’ve been talking so much, are you done yet?”
And then, as Director Wang stared in astonishment, Yan Han pulled out a recorder from his other pocket, a faintly glowing red one.
Director Wang: “…”
Director Wang cursed furiously: “F**k! You are playing tricks on me!”
Yan Han took out two recorders at the same time and shook them at him calmly, “If the first one can’t have any impact on Tianhua, I think the second one should be about the same. I heard that the higher-ups have been cracking down on gangs recently. Do you think that if I expose this information, Tianhua will be investigated? Even if you are just trying to scare me, Tianhua will be fine in the end, but do you think you will be in the company in the future…”
“You deliberately set me up to say so much… You little bit*h, I didn’t expect that you are so despicable at such a young age!”
“It’s a bit despicable.” Yan Han himself did not deny it, “But didn’t you persecute me first? I just wanted to participate in the competition fairly.”
“What on earth do you want to do!”
“I told you, I just want tomorrow’s competition to be fair and just,” Yan Han said. “As soon as the competition is over and I receive my prize money, I’ll return these two recorders to you. I won’t transfer or store any of the conversation records for personal use. I swear.”
Director Wang calmed down for a moment before saying, “…Okay, I promise. Remember your word. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Yan Han shrugged. “I mean what I say.”
With that, Director Wang turned and left fiercely, but he didn’t actually leave. Instead, he barricaded the door and called the TV station’s security.
Yan Han had already been trapped alone in a room at the TV station, and now he was personally blocking the door, so the person inside couldn’t escape even if they had wings. Only children negotiate conditions. In the adult world…
Director Wang, standing outside the door, straightened his clothes. He could just take the recorders back and be done with it. How could he let her compete tomorrow?!
Anyone who rose to the position of director at an entertainment company must have connections. Director Wang happened to have someone at the TV station, so he called four security guards. Pointing to the small reception room he was personally guarding, he said, “She’s in there, she stole my things. Go in and help me subdue her and see how I deal with her!”
The security guards understood, exchanged glances, and one of them kicked the door open.
But the room was empty. Where was the thief Director Wang had mentioned?!
“This… Mr. Wang, are you sure?”
“How is that possible?” Director Wang hadn’t expected that in just a few minutes, from the time he left to make the call to the time the security guards arrived, someone could have turned upside down.
Pushing past the security guards, he rushed inside. The small reception room was completely empty, its layout clearly visible; there was no place to hide.
Still determined to search the house thoroughly inside and out, everyone’s eyes finally fell on a half-open window… This window was not only open, but the screen had been pulled up, making it look like…
“How is this possible! This is the third floor!”
Director Wang and the security guards leaned over the window and looked out in disbelief… This direction faced the lawn of the small garden downstairs, but even so, would someone really jump from here? If they jumped, they would probably break their legs, right?
However, the downstairs was empty at this time, so how could there be any signs of someone jumping out of the window and escaping?!
“Boss Wang, what did the thief take from you? How about we check the surveillance and call the police?” One of the security guards asked.
“No need to check the surveillance. I know who the thief is. I’m really sorry to bother you today.”
Despite saying this, Director Wang’s face was surprisingly grim.
Originally, he didn’t think an ordinary high school student with two recorders could cause any major uproar. He’d just planned to call security and confiscate the recorders out of sheer caution, to avoid any further complications.
But after this incident, he began to feel uneasy.
That high school student wasn’t just any ordinary person.
This thought suddenly spread through Director Wang’s mind, like a contagious virus, gradually invading his thoughts.
Meanwhile, this no ordinary high school student, our Brother Yan, was sitting in the back seat of a luxurious SUV, being safely escorted out of the TV station’s gates.
Beside him, Lin Jianlu pursed his lips. After a long silence, he said, “I can go in and get you. Actually, you don’t have to do this at all.”
“Huh? What?” Yan Han feigned indifference.
Lin Jianlu looked at him with a helpless look, his lips moving, but no sound came out, only to utter two words: “Jump off the building.”
Yan Han: “Ahahaha, wasn’t I just trying to look cool in front of you, Big Brother Lin?”
Then he scratched his head and chuckled.
Lin Jianlu pursed his lips again and fell into serious thought: “Could it be that you are addicted to jumping off buildings?”
“…”
“Then what are you going to do next?” The issue of jumping off buildings was temporarily put aside, and the two returned to serious topics.
“Just participate in the competition as normal tomorrow, according to the agreement I discussed with Director Wang. He asked the judges to score me normally, and I will give him the recorder later.”
“Yeah.”
Lin Jianlu slightly lowered his eyelids, and his long eyelashes trembled slightly, “Then aren’t you afraid that they will retaliate against you afterwards?”
He didn’t know that the people of Tianhua were so arrogant just to use security guards to snatch a recorder, and he couldn’t help but feel a little worried…
“What am I afraid of?” Yan Han rolled up his sleeves indifferently, “Come one and beat one, come two and beat them together.”
“…”
Lin Jianlu looked at him helplessly again, “Stop it.”
“…Then…” Yan Han stopped joking, rolled his eyes, and said to Lin Jianlu, “Then I’ll have to trouble Master Lin to protect me afterwards.”
As he spoke, the charming persona that he had carefully polished in the past suddenly appeared, and he leaned his head on Master Lin’s shoulder with a smile, and his voice became soft and gentle, really a bit like a little bird.
The driver ahead, who had accidentally witnessed the scene, nearly threw the steering wheel out of his grasp. Lin Jianlu, accustomed to this, remained calm, merely glancing sideways at the furry head resting on his shoulder. With an indulgent, yet subtle, look, he said, “Okay.”
The next day, Yan Han competed as usual.
Because he still held onto the evidence, and Director Wang was unsure of his background, he felt wary and instructed the judges to give their scores normally.
Without the added layer of rigor, Yan Han, with his outstanding performance and immense popularity, unsurprisingly took first place in the final round. He also topped the overall rankings for the three finals, so naturally, he pocketed the 50,000 yuan prize! By the final day, nearly all the new recruits had been recruited, and most of the contracts with the partners had been finalized. The company’s goal had been achieved. As for who would be crowned champion, Tianhua hadn’t intended to use such a small competition to promote its newcomer, so even if the winner didn’t sign with Tianhua, it wouldn’t be a major loss for the company.
Director Wang still had the final say on who would be the champion.
But what was infuriating was that this person wasn’t chosen by him on purpose, but because he was threatened!
… You know, the girl who came in second was actually willing to give him a bonus to win the championship, but now, not only did she not receive the bonus, but the person who dared to threaten him took first prize!
Who could stand this feeling of being looked down upon?
Director Wang was so angry that he swore that as soon as he got the recorder, he would teach that ignorant person a lesson!
What if he won the championship? The total prize money was only 50,000 yuan, and he wanted to make sure that person would live to get it but not live to spend it!
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