The Fortunate Demoniac Little Village Doctor
Chapter 666: 617: Need to Praise

Chapter 666: Chapter 617: Need to Praise

“It can’t be that Imperial City Entertainment is having financial troubles, right? Zhang Yuqing also has only one assistant.”

“It’s hard to say, hard to say, maybe they signed too many actors at once, and Zhang Yuqing got neglected.”

“…”

Each and every word of these rumors stabbed at Zhang Yuqing’s heart like knives. She was already one level below Hu Qinglan at Jiahe, and now at Imperial City, she still had to suffer from her bullying. Thinking of this, Zhang Yuqing felt an immense sense of injustice and then she burst into tears.

“Sister Yuqing, don’t cry. You still have to shoot in a bit,” the female assistant comforted Zhang Yuqing gently.

“I’m not shooting! Let whoever wants to shoot go shoot! I get bullied everywhere! What’s the point!” Zhang Yuqing threw a tantrum.

The female assistant continued to try to calm her down awkwardly, “You should know that Director Wang is highly regarded by General Manager Jiang. If you offend him, it won’t be good for you in the future.”

“What should I do then? Let her, Hu Qinglan, slap me around and lord it over me? Just take it? Be a punching bag?” Zhang Yuqing shouted uncomfortably at the female assistant.

The female assistant thought for a moment and then spoke the truth, “Sister Yuqing, we have only just started shooting the first scene. They can replace an actor at any time… If this gets out… What if the company starts looking down on you?”

The assistant’s words hit Zhang Yuqing hard. She was angry, but if this ruined her future career, it would be a loss not worth the gain.

“Could… could it be that I just let her bully me… I can’t swallow this grievance.” Zhang Yuqing said to the female assistant, her emotions had calmed down a lot, but she still found it hard to get over the loss of face.

Just as the female assistant didn’t know how to respond, a noisy commotion suddenly erupted outside. Curious, the assistant couldn’t help but run out to have a look. She returned a few seconds later, extremely excited.

“Sister Yuqing! Sister Yuqing!” The female assistant excitedly grabbed Zhang Yuqing’s hand.

“What is it? What happened?” Zhang Yuqing was also curious, but the knot in her heart had yet to be untied.

“Our boss is here! He brought you a gift!” the female assistant joyfully told Zhang Yuqing.

“The boss… you mean the owner of Imperial City came? To give me a gift?” Zhang Yuqing suddenly reacted, grabbing the female assistant’s hand in disbelief.

“Yes! It’s true! Why don’t you go out and see for yourself!” the female assistant said, pulling Zhang Yuqing to go outside.

“Wait a moment!” Zhang Yuqing hastily took out her makeup to touch up her appearance, then walked down from the vehicle with poise, and entering the set, she was stunned.

Two huge balloons hung banners stating, “Congratulations on the launch of ‘As Tears Go By’! Wishing Miss Zhang Yuqing success in her role!” Besides that, between the two giant balloon banners a brand new Mercedes van slowly drove in, with four assistants standing on either side of the van, followed by the latest model Ferrari sports car, its roof adorned with an exquisite small gift box, the contents unknown.

“Sister Yuqing! Let’s go over!” the female assistant said to Zhang Yuqing.

“Mm!” Seeing this scene, although Zhang Yuqing didn’t understand what was happening, she knew this must be the boss making a big show of support for her.

“Wow! Really fitting for Imperial City Entertainment! They are so generous!”

“Needless to say! Just look at that sports car! It makes my mouth water.”

“Zhang Yuqing really did sign with the right owner. Which company would treat their artist so well? Other than Imperial City, there is none!”

“…”

The surrounding unanimous admiration healed Zhang Yuqing’s wounds completely, and she was almost too elated to speak. Seeing such grand support for their fellow artist, Hu Qinglan’s jealousy and resentment surged, planning to give Zhang Yuqing a few more slaps during the retakes.

In truth, this had all been arranged by Liu Hun. Having heard the disparaging remarks about Zhang Yuqing and seen Hu Qinglan’s arrogant demeanor, he had immediately made arrangements. He couldn’t tolerate his artists being bullied, nor the reputation of his company being damaged. If word got out, it would be extremely detrimental to the company, especially when signing new artists who were still in a state of flux.

“Yuqing! Hope your shooting goes smoothly! This is from the boss,” Jiang Fengqin smiled as she handed Zhang Yuqing the Ferrari keys and the brocade box from the car roof, then continued, “Due to the unexpected number of artists joining recently, we had some issues with staff and vehicle arrangements. Please don’t take it to heart.”

Zhang Yuqing, no longer in any mood to be upset, was filled with joy. Her pretty face was almost blooming with smiles as she sweetly said to Jiang Fengqin, “Thanks so much, Sister Fengqin. Please tell the boss I said hi! I will definitely work hard to repay him!”

“That’s great!” Jiang Fengqin indicated for Zhang Yuqing to open the gift box.

Upon opening it, Zhang Yuqing found a diamond bracelet, consisting of 108 diamonds set in the symbol of Imperial City Entertainment’s Imperial Palace, constantly reminding Zhang Yuqing of the honor and pride that must not tolerate any trampling or disrespect!

“I won’t disturb your filming then!” Jiang Fengqin said, signaling to Director Wang Jiawei, before sauntering off the set.

As soon as Jiang Fengqin left, the assistant director rushed over, “Yuqing, sister! So beautiful! So stunning! It’s blinding!”

Zhang Yuqing was truly flattered by the praise, almost unable to close her mouth as she smiled and then asked the assistant director, “Does the director have any plans?”

“Oh! Right! The director has made some minor changes to the scene, not much, just take a look here.” The assistant director handed over the new script.

Zhang Yuqing, upon seeing it, became even more elated, nearly hugged the assistant director and gave him a kiss.

It turned out that Liu Hun had just asked Jiang Fengqin to inform Wang Jiawei that the scene where Zhang Yuqing was slapped had to be deleted. Of course, Wang Jiawei agreed, having just learned that the conflict between the two actresses was caused by this scene, so he swiftly removed it to avoid further conflict.

Zhang Yuqing thoroughly and fiercely indulged in a moment of triumph, while Hu Qinglan, despite being unsettled, had previously slapped Zhang Yuqing and had no substantial objections to Wang Jiawei’s adjustments, so they reluctantly completed the first day of shooting. Liu Hun thoroughly enjoyed playing his role and before leaving the set, he even handed Zhou Xingxing a business card, telling him to contact him when appropriate.

After leaving the set, Liu Hun made some arrangements with Wang Lazi before getting into the Ferrari he newly bought for Zhang Yuqing. Zhang Yuqing, delighted, dismissed her assistants to try out the new car, but upon getting in, found someone already in the driver’s seat.

“Ah! You… who are you? How did you get into my car?” Zhang Yuqing jumped in fear.

“I am Liu Hun! Here’s my business card!” Liu Hun said as he handed Zhang Yuqing his business card.

“So… you… you are Mr. Liu, the chairman of Imperial City.” Zhang Yuqing was momentarily unsure how to talk to her boss.

“Now you know how I got in here, right? Sit tight and buckle up!” Liu Hun instructed Zhang Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing, unsure of Liu Hun’s intentions, simply nodded and buckled her seatbelt in the passenger seat.

“Don’t worry, this car is definitely yours as I said, but there’s one more thing to do.” Liu Hun said with a smile, then stepped on the accelerator.

Zhang Yuqing was a bit anxious, continuously sizing up Liu Hun through the car mirrors, contemplating that perhaps sleeping with this handsome and powerful man wouldn’t be such a bad idea, but she hadn’t bathed after today’s shoot, and her underwear was quite conservative.

For a moment, Zhang Yuqing’s mind was filled with colorful, yet somewhat regretful, imaginations.

Liu Hun, unaware of Zhang Yuqing’s thoughts, drove to Dunston Road, and it seemed there was already a traffic jam ahead.

“Screech!” Liu Hun stopped the car next to a Porsche, then told Zhang Yuqing to get out.

“Here?” Zhang Yuqing was incredulous, wondering what she would do if Liu Hun really intended to handle things here.

After getting out of the car, Liu Hun walked up to the Porsche and knocked on the window, “Come out!”

Once the window rolled down, Hu Qinglan’s unhappy face appeared before Liu Hun, “Who are you?”

“Someone looking for trouble! Get out!” Liu Hun bluntly told Hu Qinglan.

“Are you sick?” Hu Qinglan cursed Liu Hun, and with that, rolled up the window. Just when the window shut, Hu Qinglan saw several menacing-looking men with clubs emerge from a van and begin smashing her Porsche, quickly turning it to ruins.

Wang Lazi shattered the Porsche’s window and opened the door, dragging Hu Qinglan out.

Hu Qinglan screamed in terror, holding her head, clueless about which ‘immortals’ she might have offended, fearing these men might start hitting her.

“Get up!” Liu Hun stood and told Hu Qinglan.

Hu Qinglan, surprised that the aggressive crowd did not hit her after destroying her car, stood up somewhat fearfully, “Who…who are you…what do you want…”

“Come over here!” Liu Hun ignored Hu Qinglan and called Zhang Yuqing to his side.

“So, it was you, Zhang Yuqing! How dare you hire people to take revenge on me! Just you wait, you’re going to jail!” Hu Qinglan, seeing Zhang Yuqing, got infuriated, her arrogance flaring up.

Zhang Yuqing, clearly still dwelling on the slaps from the afternoon, became even more furious at Hu Qinglan’s dismissive attitude.

“She’s under my protection! Whatever she did to you this afternoon, you do what you want to her now!” Liu Hun said to Zhang Yuqing standing next to him.

Hu Qinglan panicked the moment she heard this, aware that she could not handle the thugs surrounding them, and began to scream as Zhang Yuqing approached, “Don’t come any closer! If you dare… if you dare hit me, it will be intentional injury! I can sue you!”