Chapter 24 Chapter 24 (1000 Nutrient Solution) More...
The timeline of the original book spans a huge range, from the 1980s all the way to after the millennium.
The original owner went to Hong Kong to look for her relatives, but her fiancé broke up the engagement with one million Hong Kong dollars as compensation. She then returned to the mainland alone and sadly.
However, she was an orphan with a simple mind, and her huge fortune was coveted by others. She failed to keep her wealth, and was targeted and most of it was defrauded under various pretexts. Later, she fell in love with the male protagonist in the book and used various means to frame the female protagonist, thus starting her journey as a cannon fodder villain.
Around 2010, the original owner was impoverished, lonely and almost depraved. I once met He Yating, a porn star from Hong Kong who came to school to make money in a small county town.
He Yating was quite famous in the 1980s and 1990s. She debuted as the successor of the pure and innocent girl and entered the circle when she played the girlhood of a famous movie star. Her family originally sold sweet soup, but it was only a small stall and the income was decent. However, He Yating was frail and sickly, and almost emptied the family savings, so the family situation was not good.
After she entered the circle and started acting, she gradually became famous. Later, she even went into the adult film industry and enjoyed a very glorious few years. But I don't know what happened later and he gradually retired from the film industry. Many years later, he was eventually forgotten in the mixed Hong Kong entertainment industry. Occasionally, he would rely on his former fame and sentiment to come to the mainland to participate in various opening and ribbon-cutting ceremonies in small counties to earn some money to support his livelihood.
The original owner was poor at the time, and someone had once targeted her and wanted to drag her into the nightclub to make a living. He Yating, who had met the original owner once, lit a cigarette and advised her: "Don't take this step for any reason. If you take this step, you may never be able to turn back. If I could do it again, I would never enter the entertainment industry."
It was also this sentence that made the original owner come to his senses and resist various temptations and not go into the sea.
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This incident was an episode of the original owner of the cannon fodder female supporting role in the book. This porn star was never mentioned again afterwards. Lin Keying did not have a very deep impression of her, so she never associated her, who appeared in her thirties, with Tingting, a sixteen-year-old high school student today.
Tingting is an optimistic and cheerful girl with pure and lovely looks, good temperament, and excellent character and academic performance.
Lin Keying could never equate such a girl with the later porn stars in third-level films.
When she woke up from her dream, it was already bright. Lin Keying hurried to the He family's public housing estate and happened to meet the He family's eldest son, Aqiang, who was about to go out.
"A Qiang, where is Tingting?" Lin Keying looked around the public housing estate but could not see the girl.
Ah Qiang politely called out to Sister Keying, "Good morning," and then said, "My mom accompanied Tingting to Hongsheng Entertainment to sign the contract."
Aqiang has an activity at school today and can't go with you.
Lin Keying asked for the address of the entertainment company in detail, and before leaving, she wrote a note to instruct Ah Qiang: "Find a public phone and call this person, tell him that I might be in danger and ask him to come over!"
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Hongsheng Entertainment Company is located in Tsim Sha Tsui. When Lin Keying took a taxi there, she could see the distribution company - Hongsheng Entertainment - written on various movie posters at the entrance of the cinemas she passed by.
Hongsheng Entertainment is a large company with numerous films produced under its umbrella. It is indeed quite famous. The information that Lin Keying learned herself and asked Secretary Yang to find out is true, but now it seems that there may be something fishy going on!
The square-headed red taxi stopped in Tsim Sha Tsui. The tall and imposing building of Red Victory Entertainment Company stood majestically, exuding the aura of wealth and power.
After some negotiations at the front desk, Lin Keying was finally taken to the third floor where she met Sister He and Tingting who were preparing to sign the contract.
The pretty girl leaned over, holding a pen and preparing to sign her name.
"Tingting, wait a minute!" Lin Keying trotted forward and called out to He Yating.
The scout from the entertainment company frowned and looked at the newcomer. He was unhappy because the signing was interrupted, but when he saw the face of the strange woman, he couldn't help but be amazed.
"Sister Keying, why are you here?" Tingting is planning to sign a five-year contract with Hongsheng Entertainment Company. After signing the contract, stars can star in the company's movies and work part-time as well.
Sister He saw that Lin Keying was sweating profusely from running, so she hurriedly advised her, "Keying, why are you running so fast? Take a break."
Lin Keying pulled the two of them aside and said dryly, "Sister He, Tingting, don't sign this contract!"
"Why?" Tingting has watched many TV shows and movies. When she was troubled by heart disease, it was those TV shows that helped her get through the difficult days. She also once dreamed of acting.
Lin Keying had no idea why Tingting chose to make third-level films many years later, but think about the rampant gangs in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, and there seemed to be rumors of movie stars being forced to film at gunpoint. If you enter that circle without a background, you are likely to fall into a den of wolves.
She could only advise: "Tingting, although you are allowed to film part-time now, it doesn't matter how many days you film, but there may be loopholes in those densely packed contract clauses that you haven't seen. What if the company uses legal clauses to force you to film in the future?"
Tingting still has the innocence of a young girl: "But I can choose not to take the photo."
"If you don't shoot, you will be asked to pay a penalty of hundreds of thousands." Lin Keying made the matter sound more serious. However, such examples are not uncommon, even in the entertainment industry in later generations. "There are even more frightening things. Now many entertainment companies have gang backgrounds behind their bosses. I heard that there are movie stars who were pointed at guns to shoot movies they didn't want to act in. What will you do then?"
Tingting was new to the world and had never heard of such a scary rumor: "Really? Is it that scary?"
Lin Keying couldn't produce any evidence now, and didn't know why the girl in the book would take that path. She just held her hand and looked at the mother and daughter at the same time: "Believe me, this road is not easy to take. Don't sign the contract, or go back and think about it, calm down, and don't sign it today."
Sister He was worried about this matter in the first place, but it was because her daughter liked it, and when she came to the entertainment company, she saw that it was formal and grand, with a large number of employees, and the scouts spoke very logically, so she was reluctantly relieved.
Now, after hearing Lin Keying mention the possible contract loopholes and gang forces, he was frightened and said, "Forget it, we won't sign it."
Tingting was tormented. On one hand, there was her dream that was within her reach, and on the other hand, there were the persuasion of her mother and sister Keying.
She has always been a person who cares about the people around her, so she nodded slowly and said, "Okay."
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"What? Not signing?" The talent scout was embarrassed when he heard that the potential stock he had dug up changed its mind. "Mrs. He, are you and your daughter too stupid? Now that the opportunity to become a big star is right in front of you, you don't want to sign?"
Sister He was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, the child is indeed young, and I'm worried that it will affect her studies."
The scout tried to dissuade them by saying that the part-time job only took up the weekends. Seeing that the mother and daughter were still unwilling to give in, he immediately changed his expression and said, "The contract has been written. You have to sign it even if you don't want to."
This gangster-like behavior immediately scared the mother and daughter of the He family. The scout, who was originally friendly and approachable, revealed his true face.
Lin Keying didn't expect that such a formal company would be so undisguised. Fortunately, she had made preparations in advance.
Before leaving, she told Aqiang to call for help, and asked him to wait near the company after the call. If he didn't see her come out within an hour, he should call the police directly.
Picking up the contract, Lin Keying quickly glanced through it. There were five pages in total, and they were full of densely packed clauses that would make people who didn't know the business dizzy.
But when Lin Keying was a worker in her previous life, she had handled many contracts. She had stepped on pitfalls and avoided landmines, and she could catch the hidden pitfalls with her eagle eyes.
"Mr. Tang, you keep saying that you won't force Tingting to film, but Article 25 means that the contracted star has the obligation to follow the company's arrangements and cooperate with the filming. Will this obligation become a coercion in the future? And Article 41 states that if one party breaches the contract, it must compensate the other party 500,000. If your company doesn't want to use the person, you can hide her without any loss, but 500,000 is a sky-high price for ordinary people. Ordinary people really can't afford to sign such a contract."
The more Tingting listened, the more frightened she became. She was already feeling dizzy looking at the densely packed clauses, and the talent scout kept saying that they were all routine rules and regulations and were meaningless. She quickly glanced over them and they seemed reasonable, but she didn't expect there were so many twists and turns in them.
Talent scout Tang Qiankun sneered. Seeing the rose-like woman in front of him sober up, he slammed the table, took out the pistol hanging on his waist, and pointed the cold barrel at Lin Keying: "Today, either she signs or you sign. In short, our company never does business at a loss. We must sign a movie star today!"
Tingting was frightened by this scene. She never thought that her little episode would turn out like this. She was panicked and immediately rushed in front of Lin Keying, opened her hands to cover her, and faced the cold gun: "Uncle Tang, I am willing to sign! Don't hurt Sister Keying!"
Sister He also stepped forward, worried that the gun might go off accidentally and someone might die: "Mr. Tang, please put the gun down first."
This was not the first time that Lin Keying had been pointed at with a gun. Perhaps it was because she had experienced this within a few days of arriving in Hong Kong City. She found that she had become a little braver.
She gently pulled away the little girl who was eager to protect her, calculated the time, and calmed down a little. She smiled at Tingting reassuringly and turned to the scout and said:
"Mr. Tang, Hongsheng is a legitimate company that has produced many popular movies. Do we have to force people to sign contracts by pointing guns at them now? How could your company fall to this point?" Lin Keying remained calm.
——Papapapapa
A middle-aged man with a cigar in his mouth came from the corridor. He glanced at the scout Tang Qiankun, and Tang Qiankun retracted his pistol.
"It's really rude to point a gun at someone." The middle-aged man lit a cigar and asked Tang Qiankun to apologize.
"Yes, Mr. Wang." Tang Qiankun changed his arrogant attitude and apologized to Lin Keying in a proper manner.
Mr. Wang, the boss of Hongsheng Entertainment, appeared and ignored the high school student Tingting. Instead, he looked at Lin Keying with admiration. Soon he handed over his business card: "Ms. Lin, you are beautiful and courageous. You should consider filming in our company. I guarantee that you will be famous all over Hong Kong within a year, and a net worth of tens of millions will not be a problem!"
The more pie falls from the sky, the more vigilant Lin Keying becomes.
Although the middle-aged man in front of her looked amiable, Lin Keying knew that such people were most likely smiling tigers.
"Mr. Wang, my sister is young and naive, so I'd better take her back to do her homework. As for your company's kindness... I have an ordinary appearance and nothing special, so I naturally don't deserve it." Lin Keying winked at Sister He and Tingting, and the three of them quickly prepared to leave.
"Wait." - Mr. Wang, the boss of Hongsheng, stopped the three people.
At the same time, the sound of speeding and emergency stops was heard at the gate of Hongsheng Company. A Rolls-Royce Silver Thor cut through the sky like a sharp sword, and three black cars stopped urgently at the gate of the company.
When the car door opened, a man in a suit looked polite, but there was a piercing coldness in his eyes. Behind him were three cars of black-clad bodyguards, all of them armed with guns.
The entrance of Hongsheng Company was blocked by four black cars. Soon a red taxi drove in and a doctor in a white coat got out of the car in a hurry and joined Aqiang who was waiting nearby.
A Bentley drove up behind the red taxi, and two elderly people in plain clothes helped each other get out of the car.
The entrance of Hongsheng Company was rarely so lively, but after a while, sirens sounded and the entrance was completely blocked.
Two police cars were dispatched, and armed police officers immediately got out, ready for action.
Among the crowd of people in Ulala, police officers in uniform arrived and were wondering why there were so many people around after receiving a report of a gang fight. The leader of the Huanyu Group was there, with dozens of black-clad bodyguards and thugs following him, and a doctor in a white coat was also there.
There are even two ordinary elderly people!
Thinking of the gang fight in the police call, the police officer hurried forward to persuade: "Uncle and aunt, please stay away quickly to avoid getting hurt!"
Lin Keying witnessed the scene outside the door: "..."
There are too many people!
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