After I Gave Up/Let Things Slide, I Became Famous Across The Entire Internet - Chapter 10

“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.”

“One, two, three, four, five–” Ouch.

As Xie Jinzhi was counting, a smile spread across her face like a flower, and just as she was about to count the zeros in the account again, a throw pillow hit her squarely on the face. When she removed the pillow, she saw it was thrown by Tang Shuxia. Instead of getting angry, she laughed, “My goodness, is this real? Is all of this really mine?”

Tang Shuxia found her manager too chatty. She flipped through a magazine and said, “If you’re fine, you can leave now.”

Xie Jinzhi had never known what it felt like to have a pie fall from the sky; now she deeply experienced it, instantly transforming from a destitute person to a millionaire, as thrilling as winning the grand prize in a lottery. Thus, she completely ignored Tang Shuxia’s eviction notice and rushed over, “Shuxia, why did you think of selling that to the gossip account? They were actually willing to give you that much.”

The amount of money split was simply too much.

Tang Shuxia looked confused, “Does this require thought?”

Xie Jinzhi was stunned, feeling momentarily insulted in terms of intelligence.

Tang Shuxia tossed the magazine aside and picked up her phone. Gossip about Mu Yingying was already flying everywhere online; one could see her name with a casual scroll. She glanced over, “Didn’t you say Mu Yingying is a three time Golden Statue Best Actress, has a high status, and an endorsement deal is worth tens of millions? If so, why not earn a substantial amount before they lose value?”

Xie Jinzhi never expected her artist to actually earn money from those annoying paparazzi. In the past, she wouldn’t even dare to dream of such a thing. Moreover, she had only heard of the company spending money to buy inside information, never an artist selling it. An operation like Tang Shuxia’s was definitely unprecedented, “But, no matter how valuable they are, Mu Yingying’s company might be willing to spend that much money to buy this kind of material. Why would that gossip account be willing to buy it at such a high price?”

Tang Shuxia smiled enigmatically, “Hasn’t Mu Yingying made enemies over the years? If Mu Yingying’s company can buy it, can other companies not buy it? The key is that this material is valuable; if it can nail Mu Yingying down, there’s profit. Besides, this is only the first batch of money.”

What she wanted was for various forces to jump into the fray and tear each other apart.

Xie Jinzhi: “………………”

Good heavens.

When she first got the scoop, all she could think about was clarification, clarification, and more clarification. She never considered borrowing force to exert force, and directly borrowing the hands of Mu Yingying’s rivals to smash Mu Yingying down, leaving her no chance of recovery. What a ruthless move. If she initially felt that Mu Yingying was finished upon hearing the big scoop, now she truly felt that Mu Yingying might really be done for.

It was no wonder the news spread so fast online, almost instantly blooming everywhere without any transition period. In one hour, no, perhaps less than half an hour, it turned out this was all calculated beforehand.

Xie Jinzhi suddenly felt she couldn’t understand the person in front of her.

Tang Shuxia noticed the gaze and met it frankly, “Do you have any other questions?”

Too many questions.

Xie Jinzhi suddenly didn’t know what to say. The person in front of her felt both strange and familiar the face was the same, but judging from the aura and working style, the shadow of the past Tang Shuxia was gone. The person who appeared fragile externally but was secretly strong seemed to have suddenly vanished. “I feel…” For some reason, being stared at by Tang Shuxia’s eyes made her a little nervous. She licked her lips, “There’s a small issue with the amount we’re splitting. I think we need to reallocate it.”

Tang Shuxia raised an elegant eyebrow and smiled playfully, “How much do you want?”

Xie Jinzhi: “I only want this much.”

Tang Shuxia looked at the amount she gestured and was quite surprised, “I remember you were short on money. Wouldn’t keeping this money help you out of your urgent situation?”

Xie Jinzhi was astonished, “How did you know I was in urgent need of money? No, no, that’s right, I am in urgent need of money. But I didn’t contribute much to the whole affair. Just letting me enjoy the life of a rich woman is enough. You’ve divided the spoils too generously. Don’t be so foolish next time.”

Saying that, Xie Jinzhi pushed back a large portion of the eight zeros Tang Shuxia had allocated to her, leaving behind a seven digit number that barely peeked out.

Xie Jinzhi glanced regretfully at her account. Fortunately, with this money, her various troubles could be alleviated. She composed herself from her roller-coaster emotions and looked up to see Tang Shuxia staring at her with a probing look. She touched her own face, “Why are you looking at me? Is there something dirty on my face?”

Tang Shuxia had seen many greedy people; the looks on their faces were truly ugly. In contrast, she found the women of this era quite amazing. “No, I just suddenly feel you have a lot of potential.”

Xie Jinzhi was startled, “Potential for what?”

Tang Shuxia smiled without answering. As she went upstairs, she suddenly said, “Oh right, go back and tell your Mr. Gao that this young lady is quitting.”

Xie Jinzhi: “!!!”

Xie Jinzhi was dumbfounded. It took her a while to process, and she hurriedly asked, “Wait, what do you mean by quitting?”

Tang Shuxia searched her memory for the right term. “You guys here should call this resigning. Yes, I want to resign.”

With that, Tang Shuxia closed the door without any hesitation.

Xie Jinzhi: “………………”

This is going to be the end.

The clarification issue had barely been resolved, and the artist under her was already out of the mood to stay in the industry.

**

Meanwhile.

As soon as Mu Yingying returned to her residence, her manager rushed over and launched into a tirade of scolding, “What is going on? Didn’t I tell you not to say too much to Cheng Zeyu? You are just collaborators, not real spouses. How did he find out about your past troubles? Didn’t we seal his lips? What is he trying to do? Is just this not enough, and he wants to unilaterally terminate the contract?”

Mu Yingying couldn’t pay attention to any of this. Panicked, she nervously bit her thumb, ignoring her manager’s scolding. She kept calling Cheng Zeyu, but no matter how many times she dialed, the other end wouldn’t pick up. In the end, he even turned off his phone. Enraged, she smashed her phone against the floor to ceiling window, “Cheng Zeyu, you bastard!”

The manager flinched, especially when she saw the vicious look on Mu Yingying’s face, and the subsequent scolding abruptly stopped.

Mu Yingying: “Go to his place! Dig three feet deep! I’m dragging him out today!”

Cheng Zeyu, who was being mentioned, was pacing anxiously in one of his villas. He only realized that Mu Yingying’s scandal had been exposed online when he noticed the strange looks people were giving him when he went out today. The crucial thing was that the person who exposed Mu Yingying was none other than him; he wouldn’t mistake his own voice.

Even though some fans were trying to defend him under the exposé, he clearly remembered the words he himself had spoken. In fact, just the other day when Tang Shuxia met with him, he even had a recording of it personally copied on his phone. But how could the recording have leaked?

No matter how Cheng Zeyu thought about it, he couldn’t figure out what happened; he only felt that the situation was bizarre. “How could this be?”

Jingle-jingle

Cheng Zeyu looked through the peephole and clearly saw the people outside the door. Mu Yingying, disguised to reveal only her eyes, and her manager. Cheng Zeyu shivered slightly, hesitating whether to open the door. The next second, the main door was slammed upon loudly.

“Cheng Zeyu, I know you’re in there! If you don’t open the door, I’ll leak your address and let them see what a villain you are”

“You woman, are you not satisfied with the current chaos? Do you want the entire street to hear you shouting?”

Cheng Zeyu was genuinely worried that Mu Yingying, in a fit of desperation, might also expose his secrets. Thus, he opened the door and quickly ushered them both in. As soon as the door closed, Mu Yingying hit Cheng Zeyu on the head. He repeatedly blocked the blows with his elbows, but the more he blocked, the harder Mu Yingying hit, eventually deforming his satchel. Cheng Zeyu finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shoved her away, “You lunatic, just stop!”

Mu Yingying’s eyes turned red with anger, “Cheng Zeyu, you are truly worthless! How have you managed all these years? If it weren’t for me, would you be where you are today? You are ungrateful, you white-eyed wolf.”

The manager beside them couldn’t help but shout, “Enough! Are you discussing countermeasures, or are you going to keep fighting and hitting each other? You should hope the paparazzi don’t catch your ugly behavior, which would only add another item to your trending topics list!”

Mu Yingying forced herself to calm down, “Give me your phone.”

Cheng Zeyu instinctively hid his phone behind him. This guilty movement directly provoked Mu Yingying, “You definitely leaked it!”

Cheng Zeyu felt like a mute person eating bitter melon he had a hardship he couldn’t voice. “I really didn’t. I swear on my grandmother’s life, it wasn’t me. Besides, what benefit would exposing you bring me? We are people on the same boat now.”

The manager also found the matter suspicious, mainly because the two sentences Cheng Zeyu mentioned sounded like they were recorded during a casual chat, “In what setting did you say those words? Were there any other people present?”

Cheng Zeyu: “Aren’t you the one who knows best in what context I said that?”

The manager was slightly confused, “Who?”

Cheng Zeyu stared at Mu Yingying, “Weren’t you at the scene back then? You’re asking as if you don’t know.”

Mu Yingying: “??? You’re talking nonsense.”

Seeing Mu Yingying bracing herself for a fight, Cheng Zeyu immediately surrendered, “Fine, fine, just consider it nonsense. You both don’t believe anything I say, so why come to me?” After saying that, he suddenly recalled something, “Wait a minute, I remember you brought an assistant that day, didn’t you? The one you just hired?”

Mu Yingying had changed many assistants over the years, and every single one was tight-lipped, having signed Non-Disclosure Agreements beforehand. This is why Cheng Zeyu felt safe saying those things. He suddenly realized, “Damn it! So, you have a mole on your side! And you still tried to frame me? Are you kidding me?”

Mu Yingying was utterly confused and even felt these excuses were Cheng Zeyu’s way of shirking responsibility, “What new assistant? When did I hire a new assistant? Explain yourself clearly.”

The manager chimed in appropriately, “Yingying hasn’t changed assistants recently.”

Seeing both of them looking genuinely unaware, Cheng Zeyu looked as if he had seen a ghost, “Then, who was the person accompanying you that day?”