Jin Hao looked at the stunned Tao Yuche and said, "Taozi, don't listen to what they say."

Tao Yuche nodded without saying anything and turned his head towards the window.

Looking at the street lights flashing outside, the irresponsible questions from paparazzi and reporters and the vicious comments from netizens kept flashing through my mind.

Tao Yuche smiled bitterly. He thought he was strong enough and that the words he ignored with a smile could not hurt him at all.

Little did he know that every word he had said had been firmly memorized in his heart and was now constantly lingering in his mind.

008 detected Tao Yuche's depressed mood and quickly comforted him: "Cheche, I..."

However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Tao Yuche, "Tongzi, I want to be quiet for a while."

008's little wings also drooped down, and he stayed quietly in his little bed.

Tao Yuche opened his phone and found it was his own message board. There was still no news from Ji Yanli.

Tao Yuche deleted and edited for a long time, and finally only sent 6 words: Brother Yan, I miss you so much.

Looking at the still unresponsive phone, Tao Yuche could no longer hold back his long-suppressed emotions, and drops of water dripped onto the phone screen.

The other person's profile picture was blurred. Tao Yuche wanted to reach out and wipe away his tears, but found that it was useless no matter how he wiped.

There was no way Tao Yuche could do anything but put his phone away in his arms and look outside quietly.

The familiar street scene gradually came into view. Tao Yuche sniffed and adjusted his mood, as there would be a tough battle to fight later.

The RV stopped, and looking at Jin Hao who was about to get up, Tao Yuche said, "Brother Jin, wait a minute."

Then walked to the bathroom.

About ten minutes later, when Tao Yuche came out of the bathroom, he had changed his clothes and fixed his hairstyle, and he no longer looked depressed.

"Brother Jin, you should go and clean up too."

The two arrived at the agreed location and found that only the assistant director was there.

The assistant director saw the two of them come in and stood up and asked, "What took so long?"

Then, without waiting for the two to reply, he continued, "Oh yes, I saw the video online. It must be difficult to get out of the hotel."

As he spoke, he made a circle with his hands, quickly waving them towards Tao Yuche, and finally stopped in front of Tao Yuche's chin and snapped his fingers, "Bang! I saw such a big egg hit directly on the chin with a loud bang. It must have hurt."

Tao Yuche calmly looked at the assistant director who was acting like a monkey in front of him.

There are always people who like to step on others and then curry favor with them. Tao Yuche will not be angered by such people.

Maybe he didn't see the emotion he wanted on Tao Yuche's face, or maybe he was shocked by Tao Yuche's calmness.

The assistant director awkwardly withdrew his hand, wiped it on his pants, walked around the small table and sat back in his seat.

With a bang, he threw a document onto the table and said, "This is the compensation Mr. Tao is required to make to the program team."

Seeing Jin Hao pick up the document and prepare to look through it carefully, the assistant director leaned back again, glanced at the two of them and said, "Actually, you don't need to read it too much. You probably won't have the chance to come across the clauses later. The main thing is to memorize the first paragraph, record a video, and then pay the penalty."

There was another bang, this time it was the sound of Jin Hao throwing the documents back onto the table.

"Damn it, who do you think you are? Where's Director Sun? Let him out. Isn't it time to beg Dingsheng for investment and take the initiative to ask for people?"

"You are not qualified to negotiate with us."

After Jin Hao finished speaking, the assistant director didn't get angry. Instead, he stood up and said with a smile, "Haha, negotiation. Jin Hao, you've been in the entertainment industry for so many years and you've become stupid. Do you have the qualifications to negotiate with me now? Director Sun is very busy. It's enough for me to notify you."

After the assistant director finished speaking, Tao Yuche showed him the video in his hand.

Tao Yuche: "Do you think we are qualified to negotiate with you?"

Jin Hao also calmed down his anger and sat down calmly across from the assistant director. "I've already thought of the trending search terms. The assistant director personally filmed a video leaking the secret. What do you think? Do you like it?"

The assistant director, who had been arrogant just now, suddenly changed his expression and quickly poured water for the two of them, saying, "Drink water, drink water."

"Hey, we're all trying to make a living, why do you have to make things difficult for me? You all know that you, Tao Yuche, can't turn things around this time, so why bother dragging me along?"

"And since you were able to find this, you must know who is behind this incident. Do you think a video can bring me down?"

Tao Yuche chuckled: "I've never been targeting you. If I can come up with this, I naturally have other things. I just want to ask you, are we qualified to see Director Sun now?"

The assistant director looked at the two of them, and the two of them also looked at the assistant director quietly.

Finally, the assistant director got up and left.

Director Sun came in within 5 minutes, and Tao Yuche placed the evidence in his hand in front of Director Sun one by one without saying a word.

Jin Hao said calmly, "We don't know what benefits the people behind the scenes gave you, but if these things were exposed, I'm afraid the reputation that Director Sun has built up over half his life would be destroyed in an instant."

"Director Sun, you are the jade, and we, Taozi, are the clay tiles. If the jade and the clay tiles collide, who will suffer greater losses?"

Director Sun said without a moment's hesitation, "Everyone is treating the liquidated damages as if they were nothing. I'll have someone clarify things on the official Weibo account, but we won't be keeping Tao Yuche on the crew either."

At this point, both of them knew that this was the limit of Director Sun's concessions, so they left without hesitation.

When they walked out of the room, Tao Yuche and the others could still hear the assistant director's cursing.

But at this time, neither of them cared.

Back in the nanny car, Jin Hao looked at Tao Yuche and comforted him, "It's okay, you have acting skills and strength, so you don't have to worry about not having any roles to play."

Tao Yuche nodded.

Jin Hao: "Oh right, in your King of 100 match, you have a bye in the 13-to-7 match. If you don't want to broadcast it, don't broadcast it. Take a break."

Tao Yuche nodded,

Zhang Li said in surprise, "It was posted on Weibo. The official Weibo account of the program team posted an announcement."

"After a re-investigation by the crew, the leaked video from the previous shoot had nothing to do with Mr. Tao. We are deeply sorry for the loss Mr. Tao suffered due to the staff's previous investigative error. We have now fired the employee. However, due to comprehensive considerations, after mutual agreement, Mr. Tao will no longer participate in the filming."

[Fuck, what's going on? There's this kind of operation.]

Less than four hours later, the official Weibo account suddenly changed its tone. Was Tao Yuche truly wronged, or was there some other force majeure factor?

[It's hard to say, it's hard to say. Given the current situation, there's no evidence whatsoever.]

[I will no longer participate in the filming. The crew did a great job. Such a person who forgets his roots is not worthy of it.]