Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Chapter 62
Hannah took a leave of absence this morning just for this moment. She wanted to tell Gu Ting the news in person. She wanted to see with her own eyes Gu Ting's panicked, resentful yet helpless expression.
She wanted to see how far Gu Ting, who was counting on the show to become popular and then enter the entertainment industry, would be willing to stoop in order to continue participating in the show!
Hannah had a nice idea, but Gu Ting didn't buy it at all.
Gu Ting didn't stop moving and replied slowly, "I don't agree."
Hanna: “…”
Gu Ting wasn't the one who got angry, but Han Na was. She couldn't help but sneer at the thought, "You don't still think the Yan family can be your support, do you? Your old lover, Yan Xiu, was kicked out of the Yan family by Old Master Yan. He can't even protect himself, so how could he care about you? Just give up on this idea!"
Director Wei came panting. Seeing him, Gu Ting said, "Director, Hannah's playing a joke on me again. The first time we filmed a commercial, we didn't even know each other, and she was already insisting on replacing me for no apparent reason. And now she's doing it again today? How unoriginal."
Hannah's face flushed with anger: "I'm not kidding! Gu Ting, you're so cunning!"
Gu Ting pretended not to hear, his eyes fixed on Director Wei. Director Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a smile: "Nana was just joking. We only have a few sponsors for our show, and the other sponsors haven't said they want to replace them."
"Director Wei, it's true that Gu Ting and Yan Xiu, the eldest grandson of the Yan family, are close friends. But now that Yan Xiu has been kicked out by Old Master Yan, will Gu Ting, as Yan Xiu's friend, continue to support her? I'm doing this for the production team's sake."
Hannah's lips curled up suddenly, but it was gone in an instant. She then revealed a worried look and hesitated to say, "And Director, I recently heard a scandal..."
As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Gu Ting vaguely.
Gu Ting had nothing to say. He put down what he was holding and waited eagerly: "Just point at me. If you have something, just let me know."
Han Na didn't expect Gu Ting to be so stubborn at this point. After being choked for a moment, she said unwillingly, "You did something shameful yourself, and you're still so self-righteous. This is the first time I've seen such a shameless person. It's fine if you drag yourself into this, but don't ruin the hard work of so many people on our production team! Gu Ting, for the sake of being a woman, I'll give you some face. Quit the production team before the scandal is exposed, and don't implicate others!"
Gu Ting showed a row of white teeth. "Thank you, you are a very nice person. But don't worry, I don't have any black material to expose, so I am not worried. As for whether you have any black material, I don't know."
Hannah was so angry that her chest was shaking, "Gu Ting, you, you..."
When one trick didn't work, Han Na had to fall back on her old trick. "You said there's no scandal, how do you prove it? We at Han's Winery sponsored the program with so much money, we don't want to take this kind of risk. As for the Yan family, Yan Zheyuan, the only son of the second branch of the Yan family, has been my longtime friend. Do you think he listens to you or me?"
Hannah's brows relaxed as she spoke, as if she was in a dominant position. "Two of the three sponsors want you to leave. Gu Ting, don't you understand the situation?"
At this moment, Hannah no longer represents Hannah, but the representative of Han’s Wine Industry.
Gu Ting blinked innocently and was about to speak when Lin Mengmeng, who was almost furious, interrupted him: "Who said you and the Yan family can take charge of the whole thing? Unfortunately, my Simu Group just became the fourth sponsor of the program today, and our sponsorship fee is the highest. So on behalf of the Simu Group, I say that Gu Ting must stay and continue filming, otherwise we will withdraw our investment!"
"Si Mu?" Han Na was stunned and turned around to look at Director Wei.
Director Wei's face was covered with sweat. "Ms. Lin Mengmeng is the daughter of Chairman Simu. We just signed a sponsorship contract with Simu this morning, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with what Ms. Lin said." He smiled kindly at Lin Mengmeng.
Seeing the look of disbelief on Hanna's face, Lin Mengmeng's smile widened, boasting to her, "It's me! Surprised? Unexpected? Thrilled? I've seen you always picking on Tingting, so I knew something like this would happen today. And I didn't expect it to be so accurate! It turns out the TV dramas are so true; the villains really are always thinking about causing trouble."
Hanna, who was being criticized, said: "..."
Gu Ting's eyes widened in shock: "Mengmeng, so you are a rich and beautiful woman, and you came down to earth to experience life?"
The Simu Group is also a well-known enterprise in China. Although it is not as wealthy as the Yan Group, it is also well-known. The little-known Han family enterprise is not worth mentioning in front of it.
Lin Mengmeng looked helpless as she whispered, "My parents pushed me into the entertainment industry, saying it was the most complicated and difficult to get into. They wanted me to get a good taste of the hardships of life and the ugliness of human nature. If I can succeed in this big entertainment industry, I'll be able to succeed in other industries in the future."
Gu Ting: “I understand.” A career “metamorphosis” carefully organized by wealthy parents for their biological daughter.
Small changes bring joy, big changes hurt the body. Seeing how much fun this rich young lady has in the entertainment industry, even she was shocked.
Han Na nearly gnashed her teeth, but she still refused to let Gu Ting go. "No matter how much Si Mu offers, Yan's and my company are determined to boycott Gu Ting. We can't afford the losses caused by her personal scandal. Not only will the sponsorship fees go down the drain, but it will also likely cause reputational damage to both of our companies. So, Director Wei, you make the decision, Si Mu or Yan Han."
Director Wei: "..." I'm decisive? You might as well chop my brains out! I've only ever heard of people begging grandpa and grandma for sponsorship, but never heard of anyone kicking a sponsor out of the door.
Why is he filming the show? No one really films variety shows for art, right? Who doesn't do it to make a living?
Director Wei subconsciously looked at Gu Ting and saw that Gu Ting was not angry at all. Instead, there was a faint smile in his clear eyes.
"Ms. Hannah, your plan is doomed to fail today."
Hanna couldn't stand Gu Ting's confident look, so she crossed her arms and sneered.
"The program currently has four sponsors: Yan's Qianyan, Han's Liquor, and Simu. Do you remember the last one? Youjie, a little-known company that makes daily chemical products. Although Youjie's company is small, its sponsorship fee is higher than Qianyan and your Han family."
Hannah was suspicious: "So what? Does it have anything to do with you?"
Gu Ting spread his hands. "How can you say it doesn't matter? I'm Youjie's third-largest shareholder. The only reason Youjie sponsored the show was because of me! You want to force me to withdraw, but do you have my consent?"
Hanna: “…”
Director Wei: “…”
Lin Mengmeng: “…”
The whole audience was silent.
Three seconds later, Hannah wanted to flip the table and leave.
Are these two werewolves trying to trick people by sneaking into the good guys' circle? They're just a bunch of scumbags who are not worthy of being on the stage. As a rising star with a good family background, she would be lowering her status by filming a variety show with them. They can easily control them, so who dares to say anything?
Now, you tell her that not only is the production team staffed by the daughter of the Lin family, whose wealth is even greater than the Han family's, but also by the sponsor's major shareholder, who paid heavily out of their own pockets to participate in the competition? And yet she's jumping around, trying her best to instigate the production team to kick out these two gods of wealth?
She is like a clown performing in front of people, and all the ugliness of her life has been ruined!
Hanna thought that this was the Waterloo of her life, but the beauty of life lies in its unpredictability. The next second, Gu Ting and Lin Mengmeng, who were arm in arm and laughing, suddenly looked at her.
Gu Ting bared his white teeth. "Under the current circumstances, Miss Hanna definitely doesn't want to see the two of us face to face again. I think it would be better if someone is destined to leave today, why can't that person be you? Why don't you take the initiative to withdraw, Miss Hanna, and resolve the dilemma yourself? Isn't that wonderful?"
Lin Mengmeng consoled him thoughtfully, "With our two companies here, even if Yan withdraws its sponsorship, we can still get the show aired smoothly. You don't have to worry about the production team anymore, okay?"
Hanna: “…”
Director Wei: “…” Grabbing the bamboo shoots?
Hannah felt like all the shame she had suffered in her life had been humiliated on this very day! She couldn't stand this place for even a second.
She turned and left. The moment she turned around, besides gnashing her teeth, her eyes were filled with tears.
Gu Ting and Lin Mengmeng seemed unaware and continued to laugh happily with their arms around each other.
"Hello, Miss Lin from the Simu Group. I really enjoyed watching your skits."
"Hello too, Youjie's major shareholder. I'm still a fan of your live broadcasts, career, cooking, and wealth! Can I get rich this year?"
"Ms. Lin, you are kind and helpful, and you never hurt anyone. Of course, you will have a successful career and abundant wealth!"
"I think so too, hehehe..."
Director Wei: “…”
Hannah has always been arrogant in front of others. After what happened in the morning, she would not stay any longer. She didn't even pack her luggage, got in the car and drove away alone.
At noon, we had another big pot of rice. The food was all made by the chef from Haijia Hotpot Restaurant. Although the appearance was not important, the taste was really amazing. The rest of the people ate everything clean.
Gu Ting enjoyed the meal, but her mood was not so bright after all. The scandal that Hanna mentioned was like a dark cloud hanging over her.
Luo Yuan traded two pieces of information with her in prison. She currently only knows one of them. Could the other one be the scandal that Hanna mentioned?
The fake Gu Ting was tricked into such a miserable state, what kind of scandal could there be? Could it be...
The impact of Hannah's departure is not as great as imagined. She was not originally part of the program team's plan. Forcing her to join would only make the program appear distorted. Now that Hannah is gone, the program team has no more concerns. Isn't it easy for them to torture the remaining six guests?
So that afternoon the program team added a new requirement, asking them to cook for themselves, at least one meal a day, to save more material for the program team.
Lin Mengmeng scolded Director Wei and the others privately. She was just being polite and asking them not to worry about her and Tingting's identities and to keep everything as usual. However, they were not polite at all and started making trouble right away.
They say children from poor families grow up early. Coincidentally, except for Gu Ting, none of the other guests came from poor backgrounds. They were all young people living in an era of takeout, so they really couldn't cook. Thus, Gu Ting unexpectedly became a hot commodity among the guests thanks to her cooking skills.
In the evening, in Xiao Fugui's kitchen, Gu Ting was in charge, teaching everyone how to wash, cut, prepare and cook vegetables in an orderly manner. He would occasionally taste the food himself and would not touch the rest of the work.
Lin Mengmeng couldn't help but complain: "I asked you to teach me, but you really only taught with your mouth, without using your hands at all."
Yi Jingxing brought a dish to her and said, "Sister Ting, try this spicy fish and see if it tastes right."
The two burdens brought by Yi Jingxing - Xia Yunyan and Shen Haoxian - did not dare to say a single extra word.
The program team had long been rumored to be talking about Gu Ting being a major shareholder of the sponsor Youjie, and Lin Mengmeng being the daughter of the Simu family... Once their identities were revealed, how could they dare to talk nonsense? Besides, they didn't have any major conflicts.
With Yi Jingxing's help, the six remaining guests of the show had an unprecedented reunion. After a hectic journey of cooking and eating, the relationship between the six people was more harmonious than ever.
Producer: It’s all my fault for setting up the cooking segment! Awesome!
After dinner, Gu Ting prepared to go out for a walk to digest his food. When he reached the gate, he saw a tall figure standing under the cool moonlight. He looked very familiar.
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