Chapter 23
Nan Tao sighed. Don't judge a book by its cover. What a bizarre situation! A man who was a mistress, seducing a woman many years his senior and keeping her marriage secret? Secret marriages are fine, but he also cheated on another young actress and teamed her up to create a CP? And the most important thing is, his agent and wife knew about it and condoned it?
Outrageous!
A bunch of weirdos got together.
So only Guan Rou, who was deceived, was unaware of the situation?
Nan Tao stared at Zhu Jun and complained in her heart.
Seeing Nan Tao staring at him intently, Zhu Jun immediately felt that there was a chance. He let Lu Duo go first, and took the opportunity to flirt with Nan Tao again after getting off the plane. "Beautiful girl, why don't you add me on WeChat?"
Nan Tao ignored him and walked towards the exit while pushing the suitcase and holding Yu Ze's hand.
When I got out of the airport, I saw Butler Lin coming to pick me up.
Nan Tao handed the luggage to Butler Lin and casually asked, "Is there any movement at the police station? Has Jiang Qian been released on bail?"
Steward Lin: “Not yet.”
Nan Tao: "Has the hotel surveillance data been restored?"
Butler Lin: "I was just about to tell you about this. The technicians just fixed it tonight. It's definitely not Mr., but a truck driver. Someone contacted him and asked him to imitate Mr.'s voice. If he did what they said, he would receive 500,000 yuan."
Nan Tao: "You're hiring a college student for free, and you can get 500,000 yuan for free. It's a sure win. Did you find out who contacted him?"
Housekeeper Lin: "The other party sent an anonymous courier, which contained a recorder and a cash advance of 200,000 yuan. The balance of 300,000 yuan was also paid by courier."
Nan Tao got in the car and rubbed her temples. "There's a recorder, which means the other party has had contact with Zheng Yang."
Butler Lin: "Do you want to tell the master?"
Nan Tao looked out the window and thought silently for a while. "Let's not talk about it for now. He's been busy with overseas mergers and acquisitions recently, so he won't be distracted. I'll talk to him when I can't handle it."
After returning to Wanyuanzhuang, Nan Tao sent Yu Ze into the room and went back to her bedroom.
He lay on his back on the big bed, exhaled slowly, and stared at the ceiling in a daze. After a long time, he slowly got up from the bed, washed up with his limbs decadently, and quickly snuggled into the bed, falling into a deep sleep soon.
The next morning, warm and bright sunlight shone into the big bed in the room through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and spots of light danced on Nan Tao's delicate little face.
Her thick and long eyelashes cast shadows on her eye sockets. Under the natural warm light, tiny hairs can be clearly seen on her snow-white face. Her nose has a high bridge and a small and round nose tip. Her attractive cherry lips are slightly open, as if she is mumbling something.
After an unknown amount of time, the sun gradually rose higher.
Nan Tao was so hot that she kicked off the quilt and rolled around on the bed. Then her eyelashes trembled and she slowly opened her eyes.
After a moment of confusion, he skillfully reached out to grope for his cell phone from the bedside table and checked the time. It was half past ten in the morning.
She stretched herself lazily, yawned, and got out of bed. She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in her slippers, opened the purple and white curtains, and looked out at the lush green trees, the greenhouse and pond in the distance, and her son running with his short legs. She was in a good mood.
After washing up, Nan Tao went downstairs in her pajamas.
Downstairs, Yu Ze had already returned from running.
Nan Tao sighed: "Erza, you are awesome, you are really self-disciplined."
Yu Ze: "Mommy, good morning."
After breakfast and lunch, Nan Tao received a call from Lin Hong, "Okay, I got it."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Tao said to Yu Ze: "Baby, we have to go out to work and earn money today."
After spending two hours in the cloakroom, Nan Tao brought Yu Ze to the location where the commercial was being filmed, which was on the 16th floor of Baolou Building, Nanxiang Road, Changshan District.
The shooting location is quite large, and there are no less than a dozen types of shooting lighting props. In addition to the commonly used fluorescent lamps, fill lights, reflectors, etc. on the market, there are also professional lighting props such as flash lights and long soft boxes.
When the staff saw Nan Tao and her son coming, they came forward to greet them and took them to the dressing room where the makeup artist was already waiting.
"Wow, you are so beautiful." Makeup artist Linda praised sincerely.
Nan Tao smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."
Linda said, "My name is Linda. It's my honor to do makeup for you and your son. Your son is so handsome, even more handsome than what you see on the phone."
Yu Ze sat aside in a cold manner, listening quietly to the adults talking.
Nan Tao and Linda chatted with each other.
"The parent-child theme of this photoshoot is autumn and winter style clothes, and the makeup is warm-toned, which contrasts with the cold winter and is more attractive."
Linda opened her three-layer makeup case and applied foundation to Nan Tao while praising her: "How do you maintain your skin? It's so good, so soft and white, without any bumps at all. Did you never have acne during puberty?"
Nan Tao smiled and said, "No."
Linda was envious and said, "I really envy you for having such naturally good skin. Your skin is so translucent, just a thin layer of foundation will do."
After applying foundation, they started to put on makeup. After an hour and a half, the makeup of both mother and son was done.
Linda exclaimed again, "People would believe you two look like siblings."
Nan Tao said with a smile: "You are exaggerating."
Linda said, "Nonono, you look like you're seventeen or eighteen. You're so beautiful. There's not a trace of the years of childbirth on your face. Especially your eyes, they're so bright and beautiful."
Nan Tao felt embarrassed by the compliment and changed the subject: "Are we starting filming now?"
Linda said, "I'm not sure. I'll go tell the director that your makeup is done."
Linda went out and came back soon, "The director asked us to wait a little longer, saying that another male actor would come to shoot with us."
Nan Tao frowned. Male actor? That wasn't what was written when they signed the agreement. Shooting for a family of three is completely different from shooting for just a mother and child.
Nan Tao stood up and went to find the director of the commercial and asked, "Why did they suddenly add a male actor?"
The director's work was interrupted and he said unhappily, "The endorsement company made a last-minute decision, and I'm already annoyed. But this person hasn't shown up yet, who knows how long I have to wait."
Nan Tao was very upset and immediately called Lin Hong to ask what was going on.
Not long after, Lin Hong called back. "It was someone the advertising company's executives suddenly sent in. I've spoken to them and it's a breach of contract on their part. It's up to you whether you want to continue filming or not. It's up to you."
Nan Tao hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'm already here."
Nan Tao and Yu Ze waited for another hour and a half. It was almost dark and the filming had not started yet. She became more and more annoyed.
I wanted to just walk away, but then I felt like I had spent hours here and done nothing, and I would be even more unhappy if I left now.
Finally, half an hour later, the male actor who came in through the back door finally arrived amidst the attention of everyone.
When Nan Tao saw the person coming, her face immediately darkened. It was none other than the greasy man she met on the plane yesterday.
"Hello, beautiful lady, I'm surprised to meet you here?" Zhu Jun took off his sunglasses and said frivolously.
Nan Tao wanted to kick him a few times and said sarcastically, "It seems that you are a very busy man. Everyone is waiting for you."
The noisy surroundings quieted down, and everyone looked at each other, admiring Nan Tao's bravery.
You should know that Zhu Jun is currently the most popular male star with a large number of fans, all of whom are very strong and would do anything for their brother. Once, a female fan hugged Zhu Jun and was cyber-bullied by other fans of Zhu Jun.
Zhu Jun shrugged: "Really? Maybe the traffic was too congested. This kind of accident is not something that can be controlled by humans." He made up an explanation casually and didn't even make a false apology.
The advertising director quickly smiled apologetically: "It's good that you're here, it's good that you're here. I'll have someone take you to your makeup first."
After sending the person to the dressing room, the director came out while wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Luckily, we arrived not too late. If we had arrived in the middle of the night, it would have been a real hassle."
Nan Tao was stunned. "Isn't this considered late? He's three or four hours late!!"
The director complained, "What do you know? Big-name artists are all like this. He was relatively early this time. Last time, my colleague told me that he waited from the moment the sun came up until after 2 a.m. the next day before he finally saw someone. Compared to him, what I did is nothing."
Although Nan Tao has been in the entertainment industry for several years, she has not actually done much work. She has not taken on any TV dramas or advertising endorsements. She just took on a supporting role in a movie last year and joined the crew. She also participated in the third season of Mom Brings Out Her Children this year, and then there is today's advertising endorsement.
Even though I have heard about the mess in the entertainment industry, I still feel very uncomfortable when it happens to me.
It's all my fault for having obsessive-compulsive disorder. If I had known that Lin Hong would ask me, I would have just left. Now the more I invest in silence, the harder it is to extricate myself.
Even though she was unhappy about it, Nan Tao still maintained her professionalism and posed for the photos under the director's guidance.
"Yes, that's it. You and your son can be more intimate. Mom can kiss her son."
The director was directing from the side and the photographer was taking pictures.
In the picture, Nan Tao has a bun on her head, warm orange makeup on her face, an orange sweater on her upper body, black plush shorts on her lower body, and black straight boots that go over her knees on her feet. She looks youthful and bright.
Next to her, Yu Ze was wearing a smaller version of an orange sweater and black jeans, which neutralized his coldness and indifference, and his aura became warm and sunny.
After the director finished filming Nan Tao and her son, he saw that Zhu Jun had not yet finished his makeup, so he said, "You two should take a break first. We will film together after Teacher Zhu finishes her makeup."
After returning to the lounge, Nan Tao complained to her agent on her phone.
Peaches Are Not Pumpkins: Do you know how long I waited? A full three or four hours. No one in my entire life has ever made me wait that long!
Lin Hong's Golden Agent: Who is it?!
Peaches are not pumpkins: Zhu Jun! Did you know?
Lin Hong’s gold medal agent: Oh, it’s him. He debuted through a singing talent show, participated in many variety shows, and is currently a very popular male star.
Peaches Are Not Pumpkins: Does he have any representative works?
Lin Hong, the gold medal agent: No, it was purely supported by capital.
Peach is not a Pumpkin: Haha, these days anyone can become famous, no matter what. They have no work, no character. You know, the director of a commercial told me that being three or four hours late was considered good, but his colleague was stood up all day and had to wait from morning till the next morning!
Lin Hong's gold medal agent: It seems to be the same as the rumors. I have friends who know him and almost all of them gave the same evaluation of the several variety shows he appeared in. He has a bad reputation in the circle.
Peaches Are Not Pumpkins: Then why is he so popular? No one has exposed him as a big shot?!
Lin Hong, the gold medal agent: I have the capital, I will suppress any negative news, and I also brainwash my fans.
Peaches Not Pumpkins: Which company's?
Lin Hong’s gold medal agent: It’s a small company, but they only support him with all their strength. The resources are relatively good. Recently, he has been paired with the young actress Guan Rou to promote their CP and has received many endorsements. His development momentum is very strong.
Peach is not pumpkin: Tsk tsk, be careful of the house collapse.
Lin Hong's gold medal agent: It's unlikely. His company is very strict with him. Apart from being late and acting like a big shot, he has no other negative points.
Peaches are not pumpkins: What if, it might be over one day.
Nan Tao was chatting with Lin Hong when she heard the door creak open. She looked up and saw Zhu Jun again, a scumbag who looked like a human being and would sooner or later fall from grace.
"What a coincidence! I didn't expect it was you who took on this endorsement." Zhu Jun said as he closed the door and walked in with a smile.
Nan Tao didn't say anything and continued chatting with Lin Hong.
Zhu Jun pulled a chair and sat across from Nan Tao, jokingly saying, "You must have put in a lot of effort to get this endorsement, right?"
Nan Tao put down her phone and sneered, "None of your business."
Zhu Jun was sure that he was right.
After all, this endorsement is for a high-end brand under MBLA, and it is not easy to get it without some means. This woman always acts aloof and keeps a distance from him, but now it seems that this is not the case. It still depends on the sponsor. Don't tell him that this woman has her own background. If she did, how could she be unknown in the entertainment industry?
He has met all the big and small celebrities in the circle in the past two years, but none of them are like her.
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