Chapter 108: Played Too Wild

The meaning behind the existence of paparazzi companies.

Is to secretly photograph the private lives of celebrities and the wealthy.

Using it to extort and blackmail them.

Because these people are very rich.

And once people have money,

They inevitably get involved in vice, gambling, drugs, or other illegal activities.

As long as the paparazzi catch them with some handle,

These people have to obediently pay up.

Whatever amount they ask for!

Otherwise, once their behavior is exposed,

They'll lose even more.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the entertainment circle sees many big scandals exposed every year.

In reality, far more get suppressed.

Most are smoothed over by the power of money.

Those celebrities who refuse to compromise and won't pay up

They can only be obediently exposed by the paparazzi, doomed beyond redemption.

What the paparazzi want is just money.

Not to destroy the celebrities.

So after photographing this evidence,

They contacted Yang Mi and Tang Yan's managers right away.

Demanding a massive hush-money fee!

This 30 million is just the starting price.

For every day of delay, another 10 million will be added.

Yang Mi frowned and said: "We didn't seem to have any intimate behavior in public, did we?"

"Even if they caught us staying in the same room for a long time, is that alone worth 30 million?"

"And they say there's heavyweight evidence — I bet it's just a bluff, don't bother with them."

At this moment, Tang Yan licked her lips and spoke up weakly.

"Su Chen, last time we were on the street…"

"We weren't photographed by him, were we?"

Yang Mi was completely stunned.

"On the street? What did you two do on the street?"

Tang Yan blushed, too embarrassed to speak.

Su Chen briefly explained the experience of him serving as a craftsman that time!

Yang Mi nearly spat blood on the spot.

"That crazy? Even if you're chasing thrills, you can't play like this!"

"Ordinary couples doing this would already be wild enough."

"A top-tier actress and an up-and-coming top-tier fresh-faced idol — and you dare play this wild?"

This is skipping rope on the edge of courting death!

Yang Mi calmed her emotions a bit.

"That's it? Nothing else, right? Like hooking up outdoors or something… you know what I mean."

Tang Yan hurriedly waved her hands.

"Absolutely not! It's not as perverted as you're imagining."

"That one time outside was the only time…"

For a moment,

Yang Mi was somewhat at a loss.

She was considering whether to gamble!

Gamble that their one time wasn't photographed by the paparazzi.

If Yang Mi chose not to pay,

And the gamble paid off,

Then the other side, with only this evidence,

Could at most sling some mud at them and tarnish their reputation a bit.

Nothing serious!

Life goes on as usual afterward.

If the gamble failed,

And the other side really had photographed the scene of Su Chen serving as a craftsman and exposed it,

Then even if the two of them weren't banned outright,

The higher-ups would step in and greatly restrict their resource tier.

Their acting careers would be more than half ruined.

Tang Yan, as a top-tier actress,

Earns over a hundred million every year.

Su Chen, as a potential top-tier fresh-faced idol.

Once he blows up big, his annual income would start at two to three hundred million.

By then, the money lost would far exceed thirty million.

The paparazzi have precisely seized on this psychology of the stars.

That's why they dare to extort with impunity.

Su Chen said with certainty: "I dare confirm there couldn't possibly have been anyone secretly filming nearby at the time."

"The footage those paparazzi got of us walking isn't from that time either."

"Most likely it's just a bluff."

Even though Su Chen was this certain.

Yang Mi was still wavering.

After all, the stakes were enormous.

The interests involved here couldn't be measured by a billion or even eight hundred million.

Yang Mi genuinely didn't quite dare to gamble anymore.

The idea of spending money to settle the matter and move on began to sprout.

It's just thirty million, isn't it?

Two months of her income, that's all!

Throw in two months of income.

In exchange for an entire career.

Still pretty worth it!

It's like spending big money to buy insurance.