Chapter 22: Blacklisted
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How could he possibly be here? I stared at Fu Shuhua in bewilderment.
Sun Manni cried out in pain. When she turned and saw the man, her face instantly went deathly pale.
“President Fu…” she stammered, her eyes filled with terror.
Fu Shuhua frequently appeared in major financial newspapers and television interviews, so many people on set recognized him.
The crowd began whispering among themselves and pointing, while some even pulled out their phones to take pictures.
Tears welled in Sun Manni’s eyes as she looked at Fu Shuhua with pitiful vulnerability.
Fu Shuhua cast her a cold glance and tightened his grip. Sun Manni could no longer keep up her pretense and cried out in pain.
“President Fu, I—I was only teaching the new girl a lesson. Please be magnanimous and don’t hold it against me. I truly didn’t know you were here…”
“She’s my woman. How dare you touch her?” Fu Shuhua’s voice was icy, utterly devoid of emotion, yet charged with a suffocating menace that sent chills through everyone who heard it.
His woman?
Sun Manni trembled violently, unable to utter a word.
She had clearly heard Brother Ji say that the financial backer was Gu Yan!
By then, the director had also rushed over after hearing what happened. The moment he saw the scene before him, cold sweat broke out across his forehead.
“President Fu, I’m so sorry, so sorry! It’s my failure to manage the staff properly. I’ll deal with this at once! Immediately!”
The director apologized repeatedly, bowing and forcing an ingratiating smile.
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Fu Shuhua paid no attention to the director. Instead, he turned to me, his gaze softening considerably.
“Are you all right, Tiantian?” he asked with concern.
I shook my head, thinking to myself: He really is impossible to shake off. This is clearly Gu Yan’s production, yet he still had to come here.
Only then did Fu Shuhua release Sun Manni’s hand. She immediately fled as though her life depended on it.
“President Fu, rest assured. I’ll certainly give you an explanation!” the director called out before leaving as well.
The incident quickly spread throughout the production. Everyone learned that I was under Fu Shuhua’s protection, and they became even more respectful toward me.
As for Sun Manni, after discussing it with me, the director expelled her from the production.
The first day of filming went very smoothly, and I did not have many scenes.
The atmosphere on this set was far better than before. Everyone was focused on making the film rather than on all sorts of chaotic distractions.
Under the director’s guidance, I corrected several problems in my acting. The day passed both productively and pleasantly.
That evening, after returning to the hotel, I was preparing for the next day’s filming when a trending topic titled “Jiang Tian Has Hooked Up with a New Sugar Daddy” suddenly shot to the top of the searches.
The article told the story of a minor actress on the production who claimed to have been bullied by me. The photographs attached were blurry and indistinct.
Before long, some sharp-eyed internet users pointed out that the man in the pictures was Fu Shuhua.
People began speculating about our relationship. In an instant, rumors spread everywhere, and some even launched into outright abuse.
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“Jiang Tian? That Jiang Tian again? It was Gu Yan before, and now she’s switched to someone else?”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Are there any clean people left in show business? For all we know, they’re all carrying some disease!”
I read through the comments, feeling utterly helpless.
Just then, an unfamiliar number called me.
“We’ve found out what happened. That bitch Sun Manni and several members of the production crew were behind it.” It was Fu Shuhua.
“Oh…” My tone remained calm. After so many years in the entertainment industry, I had seen enough of this sort of thing to understand it perfectly well.
She had been working on a very good production, only to be driven out because of me. It was perfectly natural that Sun Manni would hold a grudge.
“Tiantian, how are you planning to deal with this?”
“Deal with it?” I replied. “Hasn’t Sun Manni already been removed from the production?”
“That isn’t enough,” Fu Shuhua said heavily. “I’m going to have her blacklisted. She dared lay a hand on my woman, then scheme behind her back as well. Does she still think she can survive in this industry?”
I fell silent for a moment before finally speaking.
“Fu Shuhua, I don’t need your help.”
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