Chapter 284: Becoming the Taker
It turns out that the so-called "newcomer support plan" is half about really wanting to support newcomers, and the other half is just a cover to make Tang Songhe successful.
There are some shady deals between Xia Hongzhou and Tang Songhe.
Xia Hongzhou had an affair with a girl in her early twenties, who later became pregnant. If his wife found out, he would have to leave the house according to the prenuptial agreement.
How could Xia Hongzhou agree to this? He gave the girl some money and asked her to have an abortion. After receiving the money, the girl did not go to the hospital at all. She gave Xia Hongzhou a fake operation form and went home to take care of the baby.
When the fetus reached a certain month, the girl went to a private hospital for a check-up and the result was a boy. The girl felt more relieved and gave birth to the child safely and smoothly.
A year later, the girl came to him with her child. Xia Hongzhou refused to acknowledge the child at first, but the paternity test was in front of him. Moreover, he and his wife had only one daughter after being married for many years, and he wanted a son even more as he was nearly 50 years old.
He weighed the pros and cons between his property and his son for a long time, and finally decided that this matter must not be known to his wife.
But the girl was not so easy to deal with. She cried pitifully and said, "I don't want money. I just want a name for myself and my child. Can you bear to let him be labeled as an illegitimate child and laughed at by others for the rest of his life?"
The two met in a private room in a restaurant. Tang Songhe invited a producer to dinner and got a little drunk. He took the wrong path when he came back from the bathroom. As soon as he opened the door, he heard the girl say this.
When he saw clearly who was sitting inside, he was sobered up by the shock and didn't know whether to go forward or backward.
If you get a glimpse of the boss's shameful secrets, you can either get on the pirate ship or jump into the sea and drown.
Tang Songhe chose to board the ship.
At that time, the new talent support plan was under review, and Xia Hongzhou gave it a push and made it happen, and asked his confidant to be the person in charge of the project. At the same time, he also gave Tang Songhe a higher position in the editorial department, allowing him to help these newcomers as a senior.
On the one hand, it is really to discover new talents with potential for the company and train them in the future. On the other hand, it is to screen the "right" people to make Tang Songhe successful.
Among that group of newcomers, Liu Wangxue just happened to fit the definition of "suitable" perfectly - he was talented, but had no family background or connections, and seemed easy to control.
As soon as she submitted the first draft of "The Twenty-one Cases of Dazhao", Tang Songhe's eyes lit up.
Tang Songhe had just started stealing and had no experience, so he relied on words to suppress Liu Wangxue's self-confidence and vaguely suggested that he give the notebook to him to complete.
Liu Wangxue had just entered society and was extremely grateful for the cultivation of his predecessors. He worked hard to write perfect works.
After I finished writing the manuscript, I submitted it. The person in charge received it and read it, but he received instructions from Tang Songhe and deleted the email.
Logically speaking, anyone with eyes and brains would not miss such a good script. But at that time, costume detective suspense dramas were not popular, and Tang Songhe's vision was limited by the so-called "market". He was worried that even if the drama was filmed and broadcast, it might not be a hit. This was not what he wanted. He wanted to become famous overnight.
It doesn’t matter, he thought, just suppress it for now. Since Liu Wangxue is so capable, there will naturally be a time when she will be useful again in the future.
After a while, Orange Channel broadcast a low-budget campus youth idol drama. At the same time, a movie with the same theme was showing in theaters. Tang Songhe was jealous when he saw the hot searches one after another. So he had an idea and lied that he had obtained the project for Liu Wangxue and asked her to perform well.
Liu Wangxue finished writing and he successfully got it.
With Xia Hongzhou's secret help, the script was quickly approved and filming began.
Liu Wangxue was dumped with a contract and tens of thousands of dollars which now seemed like giving away to a beggar.
At the same time, the awards for the new talent support program were also announced.
Afterwards, the person in charge took some money from Xia Hongzhou, resigned, and went to the company he introduced.
Later in time, Tang Songhe got married. The woman was Xia Hongzhou's cheating partner, and the child was raised under Tang Songhe's name.
In a bar in a foreign country, the down-and-out manager raised his glass and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, woohoo, raising someone else's son, Tang Songhe never dreamed that - if he were given another chance to choose, he would definitely not choose to get on the boat, but to go to bed! What a pity, Xia Hongzhou is not hahaha, woohoo..."
"Fuck, fuck!" Zhu Yan almost dropped his jaw after hearing this. He touched the glass and poured himself a glass of wine. This was too much information and he needed to digest it.
Chu Liqing picked up a bite of food with chopsticks and said, "Can you do it? You are a creative writer after all. Where is your vocabulary? Can't you use some advanced interjections?"
He is really annoying, always complaining about shit.
Zhu Yan shook his head: "This is not enough to express my shock."
After Zhu Yan returned home, he thought about it and felt that he should "accidentally meet" Zou Zhuoming again.
He thought that the Film and Television Department wanted the copyright of "The Twenty-first Case of Dazhao" so much, and the reason why Liu Wangxue refused to cooperate was obviously Tang Songhe.
If he passed this message on, would the faction to which the director of the Film and Television Department belonged be able to pull down Xia Hongzhou, and then eliminate Tang Songhe, giving Liu Wangxue justice, and also giving other authors justice? In this case, Zhu Yan would be a great contributor, and his entry into the Film and Television Department would be a foregone conclusion!
After hearing this from him, Zou Zhuoming immediately went back to discuss with the minister. No matter whether the source of the news was reliable or not, or whether the news was true or false, we would know it after a try.
He hired someone to secretly follow and film Xia Hongzhou and Tang Songhe for a long time, and finally discovered that Xia Hongzhou did have contact with Tang Songhe's "wife and children", and they seemed to be getting along quite closely, while Tang Songhe was photographed entering and leaving some nightclubs.
Zou Zhuoming then asked the man to send the photo of the family of three to Xia Hongzhou's wife anonymously, intending to start a fire in his backyard. But for some reason, no news was heard.
During the time when people were following the filming, Zou Zhuoming secretly looked for people and contacted Liu Wangxue's colleague at the same time to get information. In addition, those people who joined and left the editorial department year after year basically confirmed Zhu Yan's guess - most of the scripts Tang Songhe had written in recent years were obtained from others.
Zou Zhuoming told the minister about his discovery when he got back. He wanted to report it to his superiors, but the minister stopped him.
"How many times have I told you not to be impulsive? Why don't you listen?" The director slammed the table and said seriously, "Do you think reporting is so easy? Tang Songhe has become a name card of the company. Can't you calculate how much interest is involved behind this? If you really report it, do you think the company will protect him or handle it impartially?"
The minister glared at him and said, "Who will protect you then? Me? Can I protect you?"
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