Chapter 277 Shameless
It's no wonder Liu Yunrui wanted to tear him to pieces. Before this, Liu Yunrui was merely disgusted by this hypocrite who had deceived her for many years.
So, upon seeing He Shang's wife and children and learning what he had done to that family, the disgust almost immediately turned into anger and lingering fear.
Just as they had initially anticipated, He Shang was nothing more than an unknown screenwriter under Strawberry Pictures.
Six years ago, he went to Strawberry Pictures with his carefully written manuscript, only to be slapped hard by reality.
The honest and simple-minded man was tricked by the executives of Strawberry Pictures into signing a series of unfair and unfair contracts with unreasonable terms. The manuscript he brought was also sidelined because it was targeted by Li Yonghu's cousin.
In the contract that He Shang signed, all the copyrights of the scripts he wrote during the contract period belonged to the company and could not be disseminated without the company's permission.
His son was just about to start kindergarten, and the family's expenses were already high. Li Yonghu's cousin secretly used underhanded tactics to almost completely cut off his escape routes.
Forced into a dead end, He Shang had no choice but to compromise, handing over his hard work to Li Yonghu and becoming one of Li Yonghu's henchmen.
He Shang worked at Strawberry Pictures for six years, writing four films and one TV series for the company, averaging almost one film per year.
Before this, Li Yonghu had already made a name for himself in the screenwriting circle with the works of other ghostwriters, but what really made him extremely popular and well-known was the manuscript that He Shang was targeted for back then, and the realistic film that He Shang later wrote for Li Yonghu.
He Shang lived a muddled life under the exploitation of the two brothers for five years. He finally made it to the end of his contract, but was threatened that if he did not renew it, he would be blacklisted and made it impossible for him to stay in the industry.
He Shang was naturally unwilling to compromise. At the time, he held the script for "Searching" in his hand, and five years of wasted time had not crushed his dream.
He wanted to take this script to the national science fiction writing competition, using it as a new starting point and a fresh beginning.
As expected, he died, and the script fell into Li Yonghu's hands.
The honor that should have belonged to He Shang once again fell on Li Yonghu's head, but before this, no one except He Shang's wife and children knew about it.
Even He Shang's wife and children believed that his sudden death was just a car accident!
The evidence presented by Liu Yunrui was comprehensive and solid, including the unfair contract terms between Strawberry Pictures and these new screenwriters, as well as recordings of Li Yonghu coercing and enticing He Shang to renew his contract and hand over the scripts in his hands.
In addition, there are recordings of Li Yonghu and his cousin hiring someone to commit murder, as well as bank transfer records.
At first, the onlookers were quite happy watching the drama unfold, but they became increasingly angry as they watched.
Especially towards the end, what was initially thought to be just an unfair social incident of a high-ranking senior abusing his power and bullying newcomers suddenly transformed into a criminal case on a legal channel, leaving many people bewildered.
[I'm so dumbfounded! I thought it was just a juicy gossip about a hypocritical hired gun, but I only realized at the end that this is a criminal case where capital can crush you at will. I'm completely horrified after reading it.]
[Damn, this whole thing was so depressing! They can't even write a good script themselves, so they steal others'? Do they think people at the bottom don't deserve dignity? These capitalists are all corrupt; they can destroy you with a flick of their fingers!]
After reading all this, all I can say is, isn't this pathetic screenwriter He Shang just like us lowly office workers? We toil away, working ourselves to the bone for months on a big project, only to have all the credit taken by our bosses, who don't mention a single contribution from us. Then, after the project's final settlement, they casually give us a few hundred yuan bonus, and we're expected to be incredibly grateful. It's infuriating just thinking about it!
[Upstairs, if it were just a corporate slave, that would be one thing; you could just quit. Better to live a miserable life than die. But this is worse than a corporate slave—they won't even let you leave, and if they don't want you to stay, they'll drain you of all your value. They'd rather ruin you than let you belong to someone else. This is antisocial personality disorder, truly disgusting!]
This evidence is too solid; the online trolls probably can't even find a point to defend it. I really liked those two movies mentioned in the post before, and I even searched for videos of their promotional tours. This scoundrel screenwriter was there, looking all respectable. I even thought he had a good presence and seemed quite refined. Now I just feel disgusted. You can never judge a book by its cover; he wears a human skin while doing things only a devil would do!
Looking at the things his wife had personally laid out to dry, Li Yonghu's temples throbbed: "How could Yunrui do such a thing? She..."
Vice President Li on the other end of the phone had already lost his patience: "Who knows what your wife is up to? How did she get those contracts and recordings? Damn it, this is your fault, you have to clean it up for me, or don't blame me for being rude to you."
Before Li Yonghu could say anything more, the call was disconnected.
Out of anger and fear, all he could do was call his wife and demand, "Are you crazy? Why did you do this?"
Liu Yunrui had expected him to call and question her, so she wasn't particularly surprised. She simply asked, "Do you know where I and Tao Tao's lucky charms went?"
Li Yonghu's heart skipped a beat. His first thought was that Liu Yunrui knew, but he still clung to a sliver of hope.
"You...your things, where did you put them? How am I supposed to know?"
Liu Yunrui scoffed. Last time Li Yonghu was hit by a car, she was also injured in the process.
Li Yonghu, having narrowly escaped death, was still in shock and had no idea that his secret had been witnessed by Liu Yunrui, who was lying on the ground, terrified.
"Yes, I don't know why our things ended up in your hands. Just like, we've been married for so many years, and I never knew you'd done so many shameful and despicable things behind my back."
“You…” Li Yonghu’s face darkened, and he almost lost his usual gentle demeanor. “Just for those two peace charms, you’re so heartless? Without those things, you’ll only suffer a few injuries, and you can just stay at home, right? If I didn’t have them, I would have died long ago. Don’t you understand what’s important? Do you wish me dead that much?”
After listening to Li Yonghu's explanation, Liu Yunrui gained a new understanding of his shamelessness.
"Li Yonghu, after all these years, this is the first time I've discovered that you are truly, truly hypocritical."
Despite being the perpetrator, they can stand on a moral high ground and criticize others without any psychological burden.
"Why don't you think about how you almost died? It's all your fault! If you and your cousin hadn't stolen other people's things, you wouldn't be in this disgraceful state today. If you and your cousin hadn't taken someone's life, you wouldn't be in danger now."
(End of this chapter)
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