Chapter 425: Expected

"Nie Jingjing, watch your attitude!" Guo Zhihao originally wanted to establish his authority in front of Nie Jingjing, but he didn't expect this woman to be as arrogant as ever: "I am your superior. You are so disrespectful to your superiors; do you believe I will freeze you?"

"Oh? Want to freeze me?" Nie Jingjing retorted domineeringly: "Then give it a try!"

If she kept being bound and sucked blood by Zhou Shishi, it would be better to be frozen.

Anyway, she wasn't short of money. If she didn't have work, she would be happy to be idle. At worst, she would go to the Western Alliance with her sister group for a few months.

"You..." Guo Zhihao still needed Nie Jingjing to increase Zhou Shishi's popularity, so how could he stop her work? But in front of the company's high-level executives, he had said it to this point, and it was really hard to back down.

Just then, Zhou Shishi said in a sweet, affected voice.

"Supervisor Guo, calm down. Sister Jingjing is a veteran of the company after all. It would be too unjust to stop her work just because she said the wrong thing. Why don't you give her another chance and don't hold it against her."

"Hmm, since Shishi is pleading for you, then I won't hold it against you." Guo Zhihao immediately followed the steps to change his words, and didn't forget to step on someone: "Shishi is still thoughtful, unlike some people who, besides relying on their background to act like a diva and ruin the company's reputation, are simply useless."

Nie Jingjing rolled her eyes.

How could she not know Zhou Shishi's little schemes? Wasn't it just because she was worried that if she were truly shelved, she wouldn't be able to suck her blood and ride her popularity?

Being in the same room with this kind of 82-year-old green tea essence made her feel sick.

"Alright, Nie Jingjing, you should restrain yourself too. Supervisor Guo is your superior after all. Even if you are the company's number one sister, you can't contradict him." A high-level executive also scolded with a straight face: "Supervisor Guo called you here because there are work arrangements next. You just need to obey."

"Cough, cough!" Guo Zhihao coughed twice, pretending to be a villain who had succeeded: "I received an invitation for a music variety show, and the other party specifically named Nie Jingjing, Murong Xue, and Zhou Shishi to record it together."

"Murong Xue, you are also an old employee of the company. You should know how to bring newcomers, right?"

Guo Zhihao knew Nie Jingjing was hard to deal with, so he picked Murong Xue, the soft persimmon, wanting to get her done first.

Unfortunately, before Murong Xue could speak, Nie Jingjing exploded.

"Guo Zhihao, don't take chicken feathers as an arrow. You're not my agent, why are you arranging work for me?"

Guo Zhihao sneered upon hearing this: "Nie Jingjing, your agent is Deputy Manager Xu, that's right, but he is away on a business trip and not in the company. Naturally, I, the supervisor of the Economic Department, have the right to arrange work for the company's artists."

"You signed an agency contract with Qingguo Music, not with Xu Tian personally. Therefore, I have the right to interfere in all your work arrangements!"

"To put it bluntly, even if Xu Tian were here now, he wouldn't have the right to refuse, because I am the boss of the Economic Department, and all artist arrangements must obey my command."

"If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go directly to the group headquarters to appeal to Guo Zong. Making a scene here has no meaning!"

"Guo Zhihao, do you think I'll be afraid of you just because you brought Guo Zong out? I, Nie Jingjing, have never been afraid of anyone since I debuted. If you..."

Nie Jingjing slapped the table, intending to stand up and have a big argument with Guo Zhihao, but Murong Xue, who was sitting next to her, pressed her back down with rare strength.

Nie Jingjing looked at the very abnormal Murong Xue in surprise. Before she could speak, she heard her lower her voice and say.

"Nie Jingjing, Xu Ge has been troubled enough lately. Do you still want to cause trouble for him?"

"..." Nie Jingjing's expression changed upon hearing this. After weighing the pros and cons, she finally sat back in her seat with a livid face.

If it were the Nie Jingjing from a month ago, she wouldn't need to make any compromises or concessions.

But Nie Jingjing actually also knew that those people were respectful and obedient to her not because she was how powerful, but because they feared the Nie family behind her.

Her other brothers and sisters were all elites in the industry and could stand on their own.

Only she had no interest in business, no interest in mixing in the socialite circle to pull connections and gather information for the family, and after entering the entertainment industry, she had to use the Nie family's connections to protect herself.

She had been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, so she didn't feel there was anything wrong with her behavior.

But it wasn't until she fell out with her family that she realized that if she didn't have the Nie family's protection in this circle, she was not even as good as those transparent people.

She disdained Zhou Shishi's fawning and flattering way of getting to the top, and didn't have Murong Xue's natural good voice and singing skills.

Without the Nie family's resources, she became a phoenix whose wings had been clipped, unable to even protect the friends around her.

Murong Xue saw Nie Jingjing's unwilling look but didn't continue to argue with Guo Zhihao, so she knew her words had worked, so she held her cold hand tightly.

"Don't be impulsive. Wait for Xu Ge to come back from his business trip and discuss it with him."

Nie Jingjing took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and tried to calm herself down, then nodded at Murong Xue.

She knew very well that Guo Zhihao would definitely make excessive demands, but she had to endure it, because she also knew that Xu Tian's situation was very difficult now.

Of course, she could also ignore it and argue with Guo Zhihao, but all the consequences would be borne by Xu Tian.

"Do you have any objections to participating in the variety show recording for the three of you next?" Guo Zhihao saw that Nie Jingjing no longer argued with him and raised his chin triumphantly.

"If anyone still has objections, you can talk to me alone after the meeting."

After speaking, he stood up, took the high-spirited Zhou Shishi, and left the conference room with his head held high.

A fallen young lady who had lost the Nie family's protection, and a poor boy without status—nowadays, in this society where connections and contacts are everywhere, they couldn't make any waves at all and could only firmly rely on a big company like Tian Feng Entertainment to make a living.

Guo Zhihao was very confident that whether it was Xu Tian or Nie Jingjing, they wouldn't dare to fall out with him.

After all, now that they had lost the backing of Tian Feng Entertainment, it was equivalent to losing everything.

Even if he made more unfair and harsh conditions, they could only obediently follow them, without any room or capital to resist.

Meanwhile, Xu Tian, who was on a business trip, finished the negotiation and returned to the hotel to check his emails.

After replying to a few emails, Xu Tian opened Weibo to browse recent entertainment news.

When he saw the names of Nie Jingjing, Zhou Shishi, and even Murong Xue on the hot search, his eyebrows frowned imperceptibly.

These messy news were already within his expectations. ===== CHAPTER 426 =====