Chapter 23

Nan Tao said, "You can't judge a person by his appearance. This is so bizarre." A man is a mistress, seducing a woman much older than him and keeping her marriage secret. Not only is he keeping his marriage secret, but he also cheats on other young girls and ties them up to make a couple? The key is that his agent and wife also knows about it and acquiesces?

Far from the score!

A bunch of weirdos gathered together.

So Guan Rou, who was deceived, was the only one who didn't know the truth?

Nan Tao stared at Zhu Jun and complained in her heart.

Seeing Nan Tao staring at him intently, Zhu Jun immediately thought there was a chance, so he let Lu Duo go first and took the opportunity to flirt with Nan Tao again, "Beautiful lady, why don't you add me on WeChat?"

Nan Tao simply ignored him and walked towards the exit while pushing the suitcase and pulling Yu Ze along.

After leaving the airport, I saw Butler Lin coming to pick me up.

Nan Tao handed the luggage to Butler Lin and asked casually, "Is there any news at the police station? Has Jiang Qian been bailed out?"

Steward Lin: “Not yet.”

Nan Tao: "Has the hotel surveillance data been restored?"

Manager Lin: "I was just about to tell you about this. The technicians just fixed it tonight. It was indeed not Mr., but a truck driver. Someone contacted him and asked him to imitate Mr.'s voice. If he did what the other person said, he would get 500,000 yuan after finishing the job."

Nan Tao: "You can get a college student for free and earn 500,000 yuan. It's a sure win. Did you find out who contacted him?"

Manager Lin: "The other party sent the package anonymously, which contained a recorder and a prepaid cash 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 is 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. "Don't tell him yet. He is busy with overseas acquisitions recently. He should be distracted. I will tell him when I can't handle it."

After returning to Wanyuan Manor, 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 limply, and quickly got into the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, warm and bright sunlight shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows onto the big bed in the room, and spots of light danced on Nan Tao's delicate and small face.

Her thick and long eyelashes cast shadows in her eye sockets. Her snow-white face was clear with fine hairs under the natural warm light. Her nose had a high bridge and a small, round nose tip. Her charming cherry lips were slightly open, as if she was mumbling something.

After an unknown amount of time, the sun gradually rose higher.

Nan Tao kicked off the quilt because of the heat, rolled around on the bed, then her eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly opened her eyes.

After a moment of confusion, he skillfully reached out to fumble for his cell phone from the bedside table and checked the time. It was half past ten in the morning.

I stretched myself lazily, got out of bed yawning, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in my slippers, opened the purple and white curtains, looked out at the lush green trees, the greenhouse and pond in the distance, and my son running with his short legs. I 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: "Morning, Mommy."

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 and work to earn money today."

After spending two hours in the cloakroom, Nan Tao brought Yu Ze to the location where the commercial was shot, which was on the 16th floor of Baolou Building on Nanxiang Road in 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 lights, 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 stepped forward to greet them and took them to the dressing room where the makeup artist was already waiting.

"Wow, you're 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 I saw on my phone."

Yu Ze sat aside in aloofness, listening quietly to what the adults were saying.

Nan Tao and Linda chatted with each other.

"The parent-child theme of this photo shoot is autumn and winter style clothes, and the makeup is warm tones, which contrasts with the cold winter and is more attractive."

Linda opened the three-layer makeup box and applied foundation to Nan Tao while complimenting her: "How do you maintain your skin? Your skin is so good, so soft and white, without any bumps or blemishes. Did you never have acne during puberty?"

Nan Tao smiled and said, "No."

Linda was envious and said, "Such natural good skin is really enviable. Your skin is very light and translucent. Just a thin layer of foundation will do."

After applying foundation, they started to put on makeup. After an hour and a half, both mother and son were done with their makeup.

Linda exclaimed again, "People would believe you look like siblings."

Nan Tao said with a smile: "You are exaggerating."

Linda said: "Nonono, you look like you are 17 or 18 years old, so beautiful, there is no trace of the age of having children on your face, especially your eyes, they are bright and moving."

Nan Tao felt embarrassed by the compliment and changed the subject: "Are we going to start filming now?"

Linda said: "I don't know, I'll go tell the director that you've done your makeup."

Linda came back soon after she left. "The director asked us to wait a little longer, saying that another actor would come over to shoot with us."

Nan Tao frowned. Actor? That's not what was written when the agreement was signed. Photographing a family of three has completely different meanings than photographing just a mother and her son.

Nan Tao got up and went to find the director of the commercial and asked, "Why did you suddenly add a male actor?"

The director's work was interrupted, and he said unhappily: "The endorsement party made a temporary decision, and I'm still worried. This person hasn't appeared yet, and 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 suddenly sent in by the top management of the advertising company. I have communicated with them and it is their breach of contract. You can decide whether to continue filming or not. It's up to you."

Nan Tao hesitated for a moment, "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 several hours here and accomplished nothing, and I would be even more unhappy if I left now.

Finally, half an hour later, the actor who got in through the backdoor was late in the spotlight among all the stars.

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 the most popular male star at the moment. He has many fans, all of whom are very strong and can do anything for their brother. Once a female fan hugged Zhu Jun, she 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 humans can control." He made up an explanation without even a false apology.

The advertising director smiled apologetically: "It's good that you're here, it's good that you're here. I'll have someone take you to put on makeup first."

After sending the person to the dressing room, the director came out while wiping the sweat off his forehead and said, "Fortunately, 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 too late? He was three or four hours late!!"

The director complained: "What do you know? Big-name artists are like this. He was relatively early this time. Last time, my colleague told me that he waited from the moment the sun came out until 2 a.m. the next morning before he finally saw someone. Compared to him, what I am is nothing."

Although Nan Tao has been in the entertainment industry for several years, she has not actually done much work. She has not accepted any TV dramas or advertising endorsements. She just took a supporting role in a movie last year, and participated in the third season of Mom Takes Care of Baby this year. The next step 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 this, 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 followed good professional ethics and posed for the photo shoot under the director's guidance.

"Yes, that's it. You two can be more affectionate. Mom can kiss her son."

The director was directing and the photographer was taking pictures.

In the picture, Nan Tao has her hair tied into a bun, with 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 the knee. 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 cold and aloof look and made his aura warm and sunny.

After the director finished filming Nan Tao and her son, he saw that Zhu Jun had not yet finished putting on makeup, so he said, "You two should take a break first. Wait until Teacher Zhu finishes putting on makeup before we can film together."

After returning to the lounge, Nan Tao complained to her agent on her cell phone.

Peaches Are Not Pumpkins: Do you know how long I waited? Three or four hours. No one in my life could make me wait so long!

Lin Hong Gold Medal Agent: Who is it? !

Peaches are not pumpkins: Zhu Jun! Did you know?

Gold Medal Agent Lin Hong: Oh, it’s him. He debuted in a singing talent show and participated in many variety shows. He is currently a very popular male star.

Peaches Are Not Pumpkins: Does he have any representative works?

Lin Hong, gold medal broker: No, it was purely supported by capital.

Peach is not Pumpkin: Haha, nowadays anyone can become famous easily, with no works and no character. You know, the director of the commercial told me that he was still considered lucky if he was three or four hours late, but his colleague was left waiting for a whole day, from morning till the next morning!

Gold Medal Agent Lin Hong: It seems to be the same as the rumors. I have friends who have participated in several variety shows and almost all of them gave similar comments about him. He has a bad reputation in the circle.

Peaches are not pumpkins: Why is he so popular? No one has revealed that he is a big shot?!

Lin Hong, the gold medal agent: She has the capital, and will suppress any negative news. She is also very good at brainwashing her fans.

Peaches Not Pumpkins: Which company's?

Lin Hong, the gold medal agent: It’s a small company, but they only support him. The resources are relatively good. Recently, he and the young actress Guan Rou have been paired up to form a CP and have received many endorsements. Their development momentum is very strong.

Peach is not pumpkin: Tsk tsk, be careful of the house collapse.

Lin Hong, gold medal agent: It's unlikely. His company is very strict with him. Apart from being a bit lazy and acting like a big shot, there are no other negative points about him.

Peaches are not pumpkins: What if? It might be over someday.

Nan Tao was chatting with Lin Hong when she heard the door creaking open. She looked up and saw the lingering ghost, Zhu Jun again, a scumbag who looked like a human being and had fallen into disgrace long ago.

"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 dragged a chair and sat opposite 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 aloof to me, and now it seems to be no different. It's all because of the sponsor. Don't tell him that this woman has a background. If she had a background, why would she be unknown in the entertainment industry?

He has met all kinds of celebrities in the circle in the past two years, but none of them are like her.