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Chapter 769: Chapter 668: Suppression (Please Subscribe!)_2
The tall, skinny man responded nonchalantly, "What you’re going through has nothing to do with me, I’m just sitting here waiting, not disturbing your filming."
"You..."
Li Xizhao was exasperated. Encountering such a ruthless man, but even if he had money in his card right now, he wouldn’t have time to get it.
Hu Li stood by, her tears falling faster.
Seeing Hu Li in tears, the skinny man suddenly realized she was quite attractive, especially once she had applied makeup, not stunningly beautiful, but all the more appealing the longer he looked. Unfortunately, this amount of money was too large; otherwise, he could’ve taken advantage of this situation.
Suddenly.
"What are you all doing?"
A loud shout came from the doorway.
Li Xizhao peered towards the entrance, and was taken aback.
The one speaking was Pu Chaodong. When he arrived at the photography studio, Pu Chaodong thought Li Xizhao would be there to greet him. But upon reaching the door and finding no one there, he was instantly displeased.
What wicked ideas was Li Xizhao up to? Didn’t he know that two of the company’s directors were coming?
If he was busy with the shooting, that was one thing.
But it wouldn’t kill him to have an assistant director come and greet them.
Due to good traffic conditions.
They arrived in just over twenty minutes.
Tang Qing had no reaction. Given his position, he was not accustomed to being greeted by others. Zheng Lin also didn’t care much. If Tang Qing, the chairman of the board, didn’t care, then he didn’t need to either. His mind was entirely preoccupied with what he was going to eat at noon.
After they got down from the car.
Pu Chaodong quickly walked into the photography studio and saw a bunch of people huddled together, not knowing what they were talking about. Someone was sobbing uncontrollably, he recognized her, the leading lady of this film.
Pu Chaodong’s heart sank.
Could something have gone wrong?
And then came the loud shout.
Seeing Tang Qing, Zheng Lin, and others walk in, Li Xizhao didn’t have time to think about why they had arrived early. He immediately went up to greet them, saying respectfully, "Chairman, Director Zheng, President Pu, President Shen."
Greeting each one of them in turn.
He didn’t, however, recognize Lin Jiaxue, who was standing with Tang Qing.
"Director Li, what’s going on here? What are you doing?" Pu Chaodong demanded sternly.
Li Xizhao let out a bitter smile and quickly explained what had just happened, also declared his handling method - giving advance payment, which was within his authority, indicating that he was trying his best to deal with this matter.
Pu Chaodong’s anger also subsided.
It was alright as long as it wasn’t intentional. He then glared at the seven suited men and snarled, "Come back tomorrow, and I’ll settle your accounts. Leave immediately now or we will call the police." 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
The skinny man was stunned by Pu Chaodong’s words.
Realizing that this must be some big shot. Chairman? Apparently a high-level executive of the film company. Even though he’s not very familiar with Comet Film Company, if it were any other large film company, he wouldn’t dare to come.
The observant are the wise.
The skinny man didn’t want to cause any unnecessary trouble. With a slight smile, he said, "Alright then, seems like you’re their leader, I trust you. Let’s go, guys..."
Meanwhile, Hu Li looked ashen.
Saw by the company’s chairman, it seemed like her career in the entertainment industry would be back to square one.
After the skinny man finished his sentence.
He put on his glasses again, stepping towards the exit.
Just as he was passing Tang Qing.
"Stop."
Tang Qing uttered calmly.
No sooner had he finished speaking than two fighters blocked the group of eight men. Their large bodies and strong build indicated their powerful offensive capability. The skinny guy swallowed nervously and took two hesitant steps back.
"What do you mean?" the skinny man asked Tang Qing defiantly.
Tang Qing chuckled and said, "Nothing much, you’ve delayed our company’s shooting schedule, it’s not right to just leave like that, is it?"
Upon hearing this.
Zheng Lin was taken aback.
He looked at Tang Qing, a playful smile in his eyes.
As a second-generation individual from Beijing, even though he was past the age of impulsiveness, with a family and a home, his heart for watching trouble hadn’t diminished a bit. Tang Qing’s words reminded him of the scenes where he used to bully people.
"What are you going to do?" the skinny man snarled.
"Nothing much, you must know that my investment is meant to make money. However, your conduct has severely affected my actor’s mood and state of mind, impairing the performer harms the shooting progress, leading to a postponement of my movie’s release. This loss, you are ready to just let it go?" Tang Qing said slowly.
"It’s her who owes us money." When he calculated this, he did indeed seem to have caused some not insignificant losses to the other party. However, how could this loss be attributed to him?
Tang Qing shook his head, "I don’t care, her owing you money is her issue. But you have come to the set and disrupted the shooting progress, and made us aware of the potential instability in our actress’s performance in the future. This loss, I think it’s best for us to settle it clearly. They are two separate issues, she owes you, you find her, but now you’ve caused the loss, I have no choice but to come to you."
After Tang Qing finished saying this.
The others were momentarily stunned.
This ’turning black into white’, no, it should be ’blaming the person who was wronged’, their chairman was indeed really passionate. This could actually work. If they think about it, if the release gets postponed, and they miss the schedule, that would indeed be a huge loss.
They all agreed with Tang Qing’s reasoning.
The skinny man grew anxious.
However, given the heavy odds against him, he didn’t dare to be rude. He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, tell me, how much. I’ll compensate for the loss caused by delay in work."
But.
Tang Qing’s next sentence made the skinny man dumbfounded.
"Not much, just ten million dollars or so."
The skinny man jumped up, shouting in disbelief, "Who are you trying to fool? Even if your lousy film got delayed for a few days, how can it cost that much?"
