Chapter 376: Don't compare human nature with a dog, because people are sometimes worse than dogs

Even when things reached this point, Lu Shuxian still refused to give up.

She really couldn't bear to let go of Qiguan Mingzhu, this cash cow!

Without her, how could she establish a foothold in the company?

For the past 5 years, she had devoted herself entirely to managing Qiguan Mingzhu, and it was only this year that she sensed some crisis, so she took the initiative to ask the company to assign a few newcomers for her to manage, and immediately brought them to Qiguan Mingzhu to show their faces.

Originally, her idea was that one was a senior sister and the others were junior sisters and brothers from the same sect; if Qiguan Mingzhu let a little bit of resources slip through her fingers, it would be enough for the newcomers to develop very well.

But things did not progress as smoothly as she had imagined. Qiguan Mingzhu was very resistant to newcomers. It had been three months since she took over the newcomers, and to this day, she hadn't been able to scrape any scraps from Mingzhu's jobs.

Under such circumstances, Lu Shuxian would absolutely not let Qiguan Mingzhu leave.

She sobbed and said: "You know my family situation. I had no choice, which is why I had crooked ideas about your jobs. But since you're unwilling, I haven't made any unauthorized arrangements in the past few months, so we can still communicate."

"I've kept in mind what jobs you want to run. How can you say I completely ignored your opinions and ideas?"

"If you change jobs to Chenxi Entertainment and face a brand new manager, she might not do as well as I do, and she might not know your temper better than I do. Mingzhu, I know I was wrong. Give me another chance, please. I can help you hide it from the company."

Lu Shuxian's mournful expression changed instantly, and she said excitedly: "Right, the company doesn't know you want to change jobs yet. I can pretend all this never happened, and I can still help you negotiate a better contract with the company."

"Five years... you've been at Century Entertainment for five years. How many 5 years does a person have in their life? If you change jobs to another company now, your seniority starts from zero, and you have to re-adjust, which is a huge headache."

"But as long as you stay at Century Entertainment, I guarantee that everything will be based on your opinion from now on. You can take whatever you want to take, and I will try my best to help you find higher-quality jobs. I will absolutely not let you touch third or fourth-tier jobs again, okay?"

Lu Shuxian grabbed Qiguan Mingzhu's arm tightly, as if she were grabbing a straw to save her life.

Her status at Century Entertainment was all built up by Mingzhu's hard work. Without Mingzhu, she was nothing.

Lu Shuxian understood very well that in the entertainment industry, a circle that changes every day, she could no longer keep up with the rhythm, nor could she push out a hit artist.

Only artists like Qiguan Mingzhu, who had already experienced the tempering of time, could continue to develop in the circle.

Facing her bitter pleading, Qiguan Mingzhu's mind was complex, filled with emotions. Past memories came flooding back, making her feel a bit dazed—

It wasn't that there was no honeymoon period in her cooperation with Lu Shuxian; they had also spent some very pleasant times together.

But soon, all kinds of trivial matters at work piled up, diluting that bit of pleasure.

Life isn't just about ideals and struggles; there's only the cold reality, day-after-day work, and a career that makes no progress.

These things Lu Shuxian said weren't the first time she'd said them; she had repeated them countless times.

When she first discovered she was skimming referral fees from third and fourth-tier jobs, she pointed it out. At that time, Lu Shuxian had only been managing her for three months. Understanding the severity of the situation and fearing she would change managers, she even knelt down to beg for mercy, holding her legs and crying bitterly.

She couldn't bear to be cruel, and although she couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes, she still let Lu Shuxian continue as her manager.

But skimming kickbacks is like a man visiting a prostitute; once there's a first time, there will be a second.

The opening that was made didn't receive severe punishment, and after kneeling and kneeling, it became a habit.

Anyway, it was just crying, howling, and kneeling, and begging for forgiveness behind closed doors. When the day broke and she opened the door to walk out, she was again a decent-looking person, pretending nothing had happened.

Losing face for a moment, in exchange for lasting pleasure later—kneeling and begging for mercy became a superficial means, neither light nor heavy.

A person's bottom line can really be very low.

Don't test human nature with a dog.

Qiguan Mingzhu watched Lu Shuxian's crying coldly, then her excitement, her agitation, and finally, under her calm gaze, it turned into the awkwardness of a one-person show.

Finally, Lu Shuxian sheepishly lowered her hands and said cautiously: "Mingzhu, what do you think?"

Qiguan Mingzhu took a deep breath: "I don't think much of it. Sister Lu, go back. My mind is made up."

Lu Shuxian was nearly on the verge of a breakdown. She had already done this; what else did Qiguan Mingzhu want her to do?

Did she have to jump off a building in front of her for her to change her mind?

She roared hysterically: "You will regret it! Century Entertainment won't let you go! You will definitely regret it! Qiguan Mingzhu, do you think you're so clean? I have records of all the things you've done before! It won't be that easy for you to leave Century Entertainment!"

"Qiguan Mingzhu..."

"Qiguan Mingzhu..."

"Ding-a-ling—Ding-a-ling—"

A sharp ringing sound rang out. Qiguan Mingzhu was startled awake from under the covers. She struggled to reach out from under the covers to find her phone and discovered it was a call from Seeing Jin Li.

She answered it.

Seeing Jin Li's voice was uncharacteristically serious: "Did you already show your hand to your manager yesterday? Does Century Entertainment know you want to change jobs?"

Qiguan Mingzhu reached out to rub her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. It took a while before she said "Hmm."

"It was already too late after I finished talking to her, and you had already gone to sleep, so I didn't tell you."

Mentioning last night, it was truly a chaotic night.

Knowing she wouldn't change her mind, Lu Shuxian used every vicious curse she could imagine to berate her with a twisted expression.

It was because her cursing was too loud that it disturbed the neighbors upstairs and downstairs.

Plus, the neighbors upstairs and downstairs were all artists. The residential area they lived in was home to second and third-tier artists, and occasionally one could see a first-tier one, so those artists didn't dare to come up to persuade them, just silently called the security guards.

In the end, Lu Shuxian was dragged away by the security guards.

The security guard threatened her: "I don't care what happened between you, but making such a loud noise at this hour already constitutes disturbing the peace. If you don't leave, I'll call the police right now and have them drag you away!"

Lu Shuxian glared at Qiguan Mingzhu hatefully, shook off the security guard's obstruction, and was so angry that she didn't even wait for the elevator, taking the stairs instead.

Qiguan Mingzhu finally got some peace and quiet.

But she still underestimated Lu Shuxian's fighting power. She finally fell asleep, only to dream of Lu Shuxian chasing her and scolding her at every moment, calling her ungrateful, calling her heartless, calling her to die a horrible death...

Seeing Jin Li said on the phone: "It's a good thing I guessed last night that you were going to show your hand to your manager and called Sister Fang in advance. Sister Fang said she would have the PR department keep an eye on the public opinion regarding you recently."

"Just this morning at 7 o'clock, Century Entertainment made their move and released a lot of black material about you on the internet."

Seeing Jin Li thought about the news she scrolled through when she woke up, those revelations...

Emmm, it was almost a comprehensive siege on her life, work, and emotions.

The news was half-true and half-false. She didn't know how Lu Shuxian knew so much about Qiguan Mingzhu. In her impression, Lu Shuxian and Qiguan Mingzhu weren't very close.

And Pearl was originally a person with very clear boundaries.

Work is work, private life is private life; she wouldn't want her work colleagues to know.

Qiguan Mingzhu's hand rubbing her acupoints paused, and she said "Oh" calmly, "I expected them to do this long ago. It doesn't matter."

"It really doesn't matter?" Seeing Jin Li said, "Why don't you take a look? It's better to clarify some of the black material; some of it is ridiculously fake."

Qiguan Mingzhu curled her lips and said in a low voice: "No matter how ridiculous, it's not as ridiculous as the various rumors that spread when Pink Girls first became popular. At that time, the capital in the industry used every possible means to target us, saying all sorts of things."

Seeing Jin Li twitched her lips. Thinking of the various "sugar daddies," "sugar mommies," and "sugar brothers" that popped up at that time, she couldn't help but feel very...

Speechless.

"That's true, but try to respond as much as possible. By the way, my manager asked if you need their help; they are very willing to help you plan."

Qiguan Mingzhu refused without thinking: "No need. After all, I haven't changed jobs to Chenxi Entertainment yet, so let's not have them get involved. I've also prepared some materials myself and will entrust a lawyer to speak for me later."

Seeing Jin Li: "Okay."

Seeing Jin Li just took the time to make a call to Qiguan Mingzhu. When she saw the news at seven in the morning, she didn't call; she just left a message for Sister Fang and then started her study livestream.

Just now, when she went to pour water to drink, she found that it was already ten o'clock, so she made this call. Her phone also had several long WeChat messages from Sister Fang, all analyzing the black material about Qiguan Mingzhu.

Seeing Jin Li took a few glances; she just needed to know that these were all black materials deliberately released by Century Entertainment.

Seeing Jin Li sent a WeChat message to Sister Fang, indicating that Qiguan Mingzhu would delegate this matter to a lawyer and Chenxi Entertainment didn't need to worry. Then she leisurely returned to her study desk and continued to take out test papers to brush up on questions.

【She's here, she's here, this terrifying woman is here again!】

【It's not that I'm saying anything, she's been livestreaming since 7:30, and after finally taking a break at 10:00, is she going to start the second round at 10:10?】

【Ah, is this the study life of a high schooler sprinting for the college entrance exam?】

【You guys only focus on the frequency of her brushing questions and her study schedule, but I'm different. I only focus on Seeing Jin Li's grades. I find that her math and science are getting smoother and smoother. Don't you think her accuracy rate is a bit terrifyingly high?】

【+1, the set of math problems Seeing Jin Li brushed this morning, our school just tested it last week. The school copied it directly and gave it to us for a pop quiz. Although it wasn't a formal monthly exam, everyone took it very seriously, but the results weren't ideal.】

"According to Seeing Jin Li's grades, she would be enough to rank in the top 100 in our school; she could definitely reach the undergraduate line!"

【Aren't you guys being too conservative? I think she can definitely rush into the first-tier line. As long as her Chinese grades are a little better, 985 and 211 aren't impossible to think about.】

【Wow, Seeing Jin Li's Chinese is very good...】

【I don't believe it. Why does she never do Chinese papers?】

【New here, right? Seeing Jin Li's Chinese is really good...】

【I'm an old fan; I've been following Seeing Jin Li for a year. Why have I never seen her do Chinese papers?】

【Because Seeing Jin Li really doesn't do them, she only does them occasionally. But that speed of brushing questions shocked me. Even many high school teachers were blown out; it's a pity you didn't see it.】

Even though many netizens in the livestream room were saying that Seeing Jin Li's Chinese grades were very good, more netizens didn't believe it. If her grades were really good, why didn't they see Seeing Jin Li do Chinese?

Could it be that her Chinese grades couldn't compare to her science grades, so she kept doing science and didn't want to let her fans be too disappointed?

These netizens, after all, didn't understand Seeing Jin Li as well as the fans did, and still thought she cared a lot about face.

But honestly.

If she really cared about face, Seeing Jin Li shouldn't have livestreamed studying science from the beginning.

Because her initial science grades were really lagging. _(: 3」∠)_

On the other side, Qiguan Mingzhu got up slowly to wash up.

There was square bread in the living room. She opened the refrigerator, took a few slices of luncheon meat, fried them simply, spread sauce on them, and cut the square bread in half. That was a simple version of a sandwich.

There were no jobs today—no, to be precise, there were no jobs during this period. But today she was in the most leisurely mood and even poured herself a glass of milk to drink.

Before, she didn't like to move and just drank plain water.

After eating and drinking her fill, she opened the blog with great interest.

As soon as she logged into the blog, the official account pushed several news items to her. The first was a recent livelihood hotspot, and the second, third, fourth, and fifth were all about her black material.

【Breaking news! Qiguan Mingzhu exposed for meeting an eighteen-year-old male model late at night!】

Oh, that was three years ago when she participated in a fashion show event. This model walked the show with her and had some relationship with the person in charge of the brand at the time.

Because she couldn't get a taxi late at night, and she hadn't left at that time, the person in charge of the brand personally asked her if she could give the male model a ride back.

Since the person in charge asked, she naturally gave him a ride generously.

【Breaking news! Qiguan Mingzhu threw a tantrum on the show, making the variety show guest wait for eight hours, delaying the recording until the next day!】

Oh, the time point of this revelation is relatively recent, just a year ago.

She participated in a third-tier variety show. This was temporarily added by Lu Shuxian. Originally, it would take a long time to get from where she worked to the shooting point of the variety show.

At that time, she was unlucky. Their car was blocked on the highway because there was a serious car accident on a section of the road ahead, and it also caused a rear-end collision of three cars.

The only fortunate thing was that there were no deaths. This incident was on the headline hotspot for a whole week.

【Breaking news! Qiguan Mingzhu has a distant family relationship, hasn't returned to visit her parents for three years, doesn't even talk on the phone during the New Year, and is accused by her parents of "not loving us"!】

Qiguan Mingzhu raised her eyebrows. This revelation is a bit interesting, and it even came with audio.

The audio content was only ten seconds, accusing her of being too busy with work, and then saying you don't come to visit us, you don't love us.

After listening, Qiguan Mingzhu knew it was malicious editing. This incident happened this year.

Her parents' accusations were true; they felt that she was busy with work, so she never had time to come back.

But her parents were abroad. They celebrated Christmas, and every year at Christmas, they would fly over to spend it with her. Isn't it normal for her not to go abroad for the Spring Festival?

"You don't love us" was just her parents' complaint. Her parents thought her work was more important than them. They always wanted her to stop working for a period of time, go out to travel, relax, and rest, instead of running around all day.

The problem is, who is the culprit that caused her work to be so busy?

Isn't it Century Entertainment!

Qiguan Mingzhu sneered. Exposing old melons, blurring the public's vision, maliciously editing audio—Century Entertainment only has this much ability! ===== CHAPTER 377 =====