Chapter 423: Only fit to tie my shoes!

"No."

Xu Tian lowered his head and ate the shrimp dumpling in two or three bites. When he looked up again, he hid all his emotions.

"Working overtime yesterday was a bit tiring."

"Is the company very busy lately?" Tang Bingyan's expression softened a little.

"I heard you were promoted."

"Hmm, I'm now the Deputy Manager of Qingguo Music."

Recently, various rumors about him in the company had been making a lot of noise, so it was normal for Tang Bingyan to know.

"Guo Qishan's nephew parachuted in to take over the Economic Department, and I'm effectively being sidelined now."

Xu Tian didn't hide his situation from Tang Bingyan, but instead very frankly stated his predicament.

Many men are very concerned about their significant other being stronger than them, so for the sake of self-esteem and so-called face, they hold on and refuse to let their significant other know.

Xu Tian, however, would not hide or cover up from Tang Bingyan for the sake of so-called face. At this stage, Tang Bingyan was indeed more powerful than him, but he also believed that he would soon catch up to her pace and grow into a man who could protect her and shield her from the wind and rain.

Therefore, Xu Tian had no sense of inferiority in front of Tang Bingyan.

Of course, he wouldn't accept Tang Bingyan's help. When he entered Qingguo Entertainment, he wanted to rely on his own strength to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry.

"Do you want me to say a word?" Tang Bingyan frowned imperceptibly after hearing Xu Tian say that Guo Qishan had let his nephew parachute in to seize power, and her voice became a bit colder.

Tian Feng Entertainment has capital injection from the Tang Group, and Tang Bingyan can be said to be the largest shareholder. But because Tian Feng Entertainment is not one of the most profitable companies in the Tang Group, she usually doesn't pay attention to such small companies.

I'm afraid if the outside world knew that Tian Feng Entertainment, one of the two giants in the entertainment industry, was just a small company in Tang Bingyan's eyes, they would be shocked.

"No need. When I went to Qingguo Music, I didn't want to use the Tang family's background. I wanted to rely on my own efforts to establish myself in the entertainment industry."

"If I let the Tang family's influence intervene now, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted?"

"Guo Qishan does want to let his nephew take over and occupy the contacts and resources I've managed, but I've already thought of a countermeasure. It's just not the time to fall out yet."

"Don't worry, your husband isn't that weak. I can handle this little matter."

Xu Tian said, and gave Tang Bingyan another piece of pastry.

"I haven't supervised your meals for the past few days, and I feel like you've lost weight again."

"Eat more. I want to see you reach 90 jin next week."

After having breakfast with Tang Bingyan, Xu Tian drove to work.

Since filming the unit short drama for Lemon Short Video, Guo Zhihao had been unusually quiet, not causing any more trouble, and hadn't made any outrageous moves.

Yan Qingxue was still discussing with Xu Tian whether the Guo uncle and nephew had suddenly found their conscience, but she didn't expect that after only two days of peace, Xu Tian received a notice from headquarters to go on a business trip to City C.

Xu Tian knew this was Guo Qishan's trick to give him no chance to interfere with Qingguo Music's decision-making, but he didn't go to argue with him, and very readily packed his luggage according to the other party's requirements and left Jiangcheng by plane.

And during the time Xu Tian was on a business trip, many behind-the-scenes clips from the day of filming the short video circulated on the internet.

It didn't take much thought to know who put these stolen-shot clips on the internet.

And they were all deliberately chosen angles, making it look like Nie Jingjing was acting like a diva and bullying Zhou Shishi during the filming.

For a time, the internet was full of discussions about Nie Jingjing suppressing newcomers by relying on her status as the number one sister of Qingguo Music.

There were also netizens who feared the world wouldn't be chaotic enough comparing Nie Jingjing and Zhou Shishi, with everyone in the comments stepping on Nie Jingjing, saying she had no work, her appearance was not as good as Zhou Shishi's, and she would be replaced by Zhou Shishi before long.

Guo Zhihao also hired many water armies to dig up Nie Jingjing's black material everywhere, belittling her as worthless.

Seeing the foul-smelling abuse on the internet, Nie Jingjing was so angry that she broke eight teacups in one morning.

"I knew that grandson Guo Zhihao wouldn't be so peaceful!"

"First, let Zhou Shishi film a short video with me as the dual female leads to ride the popularity, then release a few ambiguous short clips to guide public opinion, claiming I'm acting like a diva, and finally, unleash the internet water army to step on me and elevate Zhou Shishi's value!"

"This kind of shameless marketing method hasn't been used for eight hundred years, yet he's using it so vigorously!"

"Why compare me with a 180th-line transparent person?"

"With Zhou Shishi's qualifications, even if she mixes in the entertainment industry until retirement, she is only fit to tie my shoes!"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was another crisp "bang."

After Nie Jingjing broke the last teacup, her phone notification sound rang again.

It was a push notification from Weibo.

Nie Jingjing grabbed her phone angrily and saw the headline on the Weibo hot search:

"Nie Jingjing fights with a newcomer for love!"

"Rivals meet and clash, tearing hair apart to fight for the male lead!"

"What kind of ghost thing is this?" Nie Jingjing took a deep breath to control herself from throwing the phone as well.

Paparazzi took a few photos of Nie Jingjing and the male lead of the short video from borrowed angles, and started making up stories that Nie Jingjing was crazily pursuing the other party.

But the male lead only liked Zhou Shishi and ignored Nie Jingjing's pursuit at all.

Nie Jingjing was annoyed and angry, so she relied on her status as the company's number one sister to make things difficult for Zhou Shishi everywhere.

"Exactly what level of cerebral thrombosis do you have to write such nonsense!" Nie Jingjing was so angry that she spat out fragrance: "My heart only has the Hoodie Male God, okay! Where is that short video male lead worth my desperate pursuit? He's only as tall as me after wearing height-increasing insoles, and he has a kidney-deficient face. Would I fight with Zhou Shishi for him?"

In fact, she did see some signs of Zhou Shishi and that kidney-deficient male lead during filming, but she was just a melon-eating crowd, so she didn't have any thoughts at all, okay?

"This gossip is already insulting my personality!" Nie Jingjing felt very aggrieved: "I've been in the industry for so long, my boyfriends have all been supermodel-bodied mixed-race faces. If I took a fancy to him, it would be consumption downgrading!"

"No, I must post on Weibo to roast these unscrupulous paparazzi reporters and water armies!"

"Calm down. Before Brother Xu left, he told you not to make a scene no matter what situation you encounter, and wait for him to come back to handle it." Murong Xue, who was sitting on the other side of the office, said calmly.

"Don't stand and talk without back pain. You're not the one being written about randomly by paparazzi." Nie Jingjing rolled her eyes and was about to post on Weibo, but suddenly leaned towards Murong Xue as if she had discovered a new continent: "I'm in deep water here, don't think you can stay out of it. Zhou Shishi bought water armies to step on you too!" ===== CHAPTER 424 =====