Chapter 57

Nan Tao wiped the tears from her laughter and wanted to tell Lin Hong about the melon she had eaten, but she swallowed the words back when they reached her throat.

Oh, it’s so hard to eat the melon alone. How can a melon that cannot be shared be considered good?

No, it's too uncomfortable to hold it in, the melon must be shared so that everyone can be happy!

Nan Tao looked at the two people walking in front of him who looked like good brothers, and said in a voice that was just loud enough for everyone to hear: "I suddenly remembered that a friend of mine went crazy recently. He told his wife that he was on a business trip, but because the project work ended early and he went home, he didn't tell his wife. Guess what happened? He suddenly went home at night, opened the door, and found that in the bedroom, his good friend of many years and his wife were sleeping in the same bed! The key point is that his wife explained that they were just chatting under the quilt, hahaha!"

Lin Hong knew it was fake after hearing the latter part, and said speechlessly, "Where did you see that cold joke? It's nonsense."

Nan Tao blinked and said seriously and sincerely: "Everything I said is true."

Lin Hong didn't believe it: "There are so many ridiculous stories in reality."

After hearing this story, Lu Zhao, who was walking in front, couldn't help but look back with guilt. He looked at Nan Tao with suspicion, feeling that she seemed to be implying himself.

But then he thought again, it was unlikely. Today was the first time that Nan Tao and I met, and she couldn't possibly know about what happened between him and Li Ding's wife.

Besides, he and Li Ding's wife had been secretly together for more than ten years, and they had always been safe and sound without being discovered. The confidentiality measures were very covert, and even Li Ding didn't know about it, let alone Nan Tao. She probably saw the joke on the Internet.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Nan Tao fiercely. This female artist was simply his nemesis. He would definitely find an opportunity to give her a good beating later.

After entering the office, Lu Zhao ordered, "Close the door."

Nan Tao grabbed the door frame and asked, "Why are you closing the door in broad daylight? What shameful things are you doing?"

Lu Zhao was so angry that he slammed the table, "Why do you talk so much nonsense?!"

Nan Tao took two steps back and said fearfully, "You two grown men, and we two weak women, I'm scared."

Li Ding pretended to be a peacemaker: "Boss Lu, forget it. If she talks nonsense about what happened today on the Internet, we will also suffer. Let's just leave the door open. It's not a big deal."

Lu Zhao glared at Nan Tao fiercely and said, "For the sake of Supervisor Li, I won't bother with you this time. If it happens again, you'll get out of Nan Huan."

Li Ding said meaningfully, "She's just a small artist, why bother getting angry with her? You're her boss, and you'll have a lot of time to spend together in the future."

Lu Zhao heard this and smiled: "You are right. If you enjoy yourself now, you will suffer in the future."

Nan Tao: "What exactly do you want me and Lin Hong to come over for? Tell me now. I don't have time to listen to you bragging about business with Li Ding."

Lu Zhao: “…”

Li Ding: “…”

They have never seen a female artist in the industry with such low emotional intelligence and who always speaks in an offensive way. How on earth has she managed to stay in the entertainment industry until now without being banned?

The veins on Lu Zhao's forehead were throbbing. He took a deep breath and said, "Why would I ask you to come here if there's nothing wrong?! Are you going to piss me off to death?!"

Seeing that even Lu Zhao, who was so cunning, was so angry at Nan Tao, Li Ding suddenly realized that Nan Tao had been lenient with him before, so he quickly advised him, "Don't be angry, it's not worth it. We have been through so many ups and downs over the years."

Lu Zhao: "I have lived half my life and I have never met such a person."

Li Ding: "Well, who said it wasn't true?"

Nan Tao said happily: "Thank you for the compliment. I accept it with pleasure."

Lu Zhao: “…”

Li Ding: “…”

I want to vomit blood!

Is this person made of wood? He can't understand other people's ridicule at all? !

Lu Zhao didn't want to see Nan Tao anymore, and felt that if he continued like this, he would die sooner or later, so he said straight to the point: "It seems that you all know Producer Li, so I won't introduce him to you. I asked you to come here to discuss the matter of directing the female lead."

Originally, Lu Zhao wanted Nan Tao to apologize for offending Li Ding, but after seeing Nan Tao's fighting ability, he gave up, fearing that it might anger both him and Li Ding to death.

Li Ding took over the topic: "Thank you Mr. Lu for your help."

Then he looked at Nan Tao and Lin Hong, and said with a smile: "Director Le has been unwilling to sign a contract with Rong Ya, and he is so stubborn that he believes that only Nan Tao is suitable for the role of the heroine. Rong Ya is a very malleable actress. As long as she joins the crew and is taught well by Director Le, her acting skills will not be too bad. Whether in terms of image, temperament, or acting skills, I think Rong Ya is more suitable than Nan Tao. This is also the decision I made after discussing with your General Manager Lu."

Nan Tao was curious: "What decision?"

Li Ding had a smile on his face, but there was viciousness in his eyes.

In his eyes, Nan Tao is nothing more than a little idiot with low emotional intelligence, incompetence, and no background. People like her are the easiest to manipulate and bully in the entertainment industry. They are unreasonable, speak without thinking, and use sharp tongues to provoke people. Sooner or later, they will fall.

Now, he was going to step hard on the resources that Nan Tao cared about the most. Only after suffering losses and receiving lessons would he learn his lesson.

He seemed to see Nan Tao lying under him crying and begging for mercy, and he laughed happily.

"Guess?" Li Ding said.

Nan Tao took two steps back in disgust and said, "Stop laughing. Your eyes are so small. If you laugh like this, they will disappear. If someone doesn't know you, they would think you are blind."

Li Ding was so angry that his hands were shaking: "You, you..."

Nan Tao: "What do you mean by 'I'? You are smiling like that, obviously with ill intentions and lewd thoughts. Do you think I am stupid and don't understand? Haha, it's disgusting. How did someone like you become a producer? I don't think you are a good person either. You must have done a lot of shameful things. Didn't the Legal and Compliance Department of Tianyushiji investigate you?"

Li Ding felt guilty and said arrogantly, "What nonsense are you talking about? I have done my best to fulfill my duties and responsibilities and have given everything to the company. What are you investigating?!"

Lu Zhao quickly brought the topic back to the topic: "Director Li, why are you telling her this? Just continue with what you were saying just now."

Li Ding was annoyed. He had seen Nan Tao's sharp tongue, but he still said so much to her. He was afraid that he would make more mistakes if he said too much, so he just got to the point: "Tell Director Le that you are willing to withdraw from the role of the heroine and persuade him to accept Rong Ya."

Nan Tao: “???”

Turning to look at Lin Hong: "Hong~Did I just hear something?"

Lin Hong's expression was indescribable: "I'm not hallucinating."

Nan Tao laughed: "No, how dare you say that? You used the investors of Tianyu to force Director Le to accept Rong Ya, but Director Le was unwilling. When your plan failed, you came up with another one, announcing it directly on the Internet and using public opinion to threaten Director Le. In the end, Director Le still didn't want to be controlled by you. Now, you come to me directly and ask me to give up? You tried to snatch my role but failed, and you take the initiative to come to my door and order me to give up? I say, who gave you such a big face, are you a dung pit?"

The colors of Li Ding and Lu Zhao's faces kept changing from red to orange, yellow, green, indigo, and purple, and finally stopped at red, as they were flushed with anger.

Lu Zhao: "I'm telling you, you have no choice!"

"No choice?" A cold voice came from the door.

Everyone looked up and saw a tall and handsome man accompanied by President Nan Huan.

President Nan Huan reprimanded: "Why don't you say hello to President Nan?"

Lu Zhao was so frightened that his face turned pale and sweat broke out on his forehead. Why did President Nan come to his office? Wasn't he holding a semi-annual meeting in the conference room?

"Boss Nan, why are you here? Come and sit down."

Lu Zhao bent down and wiped the boss chair clean with his hands, then bent down humbly and stretched out his hand, making a gesture of invitation.

Nan Bo looked cold, "I can't come?"

Lu Zhao stammered, "No, no, that, I..."

President Nan Huan interrupted: "Okay, stand aside."

Li Ding on the side felt very embarrassed. After all, he was not from Nan Huan, but he ran to Nan Huan. He wanted to leave but didn't dare to. If it was only the president of Nan Huan, he might be able to say a few words, but the person who came now was the prince and the person in power of Nan Group, he didn't dare.

"Mr. Nan." Li Ding said flatteringly.

Nan Bo didn't even look at Li Ding, and said calmly: "What were you talking about just now? Tell me."

Nan Tao wiped away her nonexistent tears and cried perfunctorily, "Boss Nan, we are wronged."

Nan Bo: "Oh? Tell me about it."

Nan Tao cried and howled, but she had no tears. She cried and said, "I heard that President Nan is impartial and a very kind person. You must make a decision for Lin Hong and me, otherwise I won't be able to stay in this company. It's too much of a bully."

Nan Bo listened to his sister praising him, his brows relaxed, and he said happily: "You tell me, as long as you are wronged, I will make the decision for you."

President Nan Huan watched President Nan Bo acting in cooperation with the eldest lady, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Is Lu Zhao blind? He offended the eldest lady right after taking office. Does he think his life is not short enough?

Seeing that Lu Zhao was still glaring at the young lady, President Nan Huan was so angry that his stomach ached. He closed his eyes and felt tired and unloved.

Forget it, let it be destroyed. As long as it doesn't implicate myself, that idiot Lu Zhao can just get lost.

Lu Zhao glared at Nan Tao, then looked at Nan Bo in a flattering manner: "Boss Nan, don't listen to her nonsense, she..."

"Just shut up!" President Nan Huan shouted angrily, almost giving Lu Zhao a slap in the face. The brother and sister are acting happily, why are you butting in?

Lu Zhao felt wronged, but dared not speak again.

Li Ding sensed the strange atmosphere and was so frightened that he dared not utter a word. He just prayed that Nan Tao, who had a slip of the tongue, would stop talking nonsense.

However, things went against their wishes. The more Lu Zhao and Li Ding didn't want something to happen, the more it happened.

Nan Tao whimpered, "I want to report Lu Zhao and Li Ding for teaming up to bully Lin Hong and me."

Nan Bo asked in cooperation: "How did you bully me?"

Nan Tao said logically: "At present, there are two points of bullying. First, Lu Zhao picked on Lin Hong and me without any reason, and asked Lin Hong to write a 5,000-word character rectification report, saying that I was lazy, a bad person, and a bad influence on other guests, and forced me to change my character. It's too much..."

Nan Bo nodded: "It's indeed too much!"

Lu Zhao: "Boss Nan, don't believe her one-sided words. I asked her to change her personality out of good intentions..."

President Nan Huan felt the chill coming from Nan Bo, closed his eyes, pinched Lu Zhao's arm, and gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Shut up!"

Lu Zhao gasped in pain, not daring to make a sound, and endured the pain.

Nan Bo: "What about the second point?"

Nan Tao: "The second point is even more outrageous. Lu Zhao actually teamed up with outsiders to bully the artists of his own company! How shameless!"

Nan Bo: “Oh?”

Li Ding's forehead was covered with cold sweat: "Nan Tao, don't talk nonsense!"

Lu Zhao subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to reprimand, but he received a threatening look from President Nan Huan, so he shut his mouth in frustration and let Nan Tao talk nonsense and slander him.

Nan Tao continued, "I have good acting skills and I am beautiful. Director Le likes me to be his leading lady. But the bad guy Li Ding used his status as the largest investor of Tianyu to threaten Director Le. Fortunately, Director Le was loyal and unyielding. He would rather die than obey. Li Ding saw that it was useless, so he came up with a vicious plan. He used public pressure to force Director Le through an official announcement on the Internet. But Director Le is a man who is willing to sacrifice for the art of film. How could he give in? Seeing that his tricks didn't work, Li Ding hooked up with Lu Zhao inside and outside to force me to give up Director Le's leading lady role."

Nan Bo sneered: "Really?"

Lu Zhao and Li Ding turned pale and both denied it: "No, it's not..."

Nan Tao cried aggrievedly, "If President Nan hadn't come over, I would have succumbed to their tyranny and given up on my own initiative."

Lu Zhao couldn't believe that Nan Tao said everything so bluntly and glared at her.

Looking at Nan Tao's delicate facial features, he suddenly realized something, his face turned pale, his lips trembled, his hands and feet became weak, and he almost fell down.