Chapter 1392 722: Tang Jierui's Dark Past (Part 2)

"Despicable! When was this video taken?" Tang Jierui asked angrily.

"Hehe, don't you remember? It was that time I first brought you home. You were enjoying it so much, and I just casually recorded this little clip. Look at your blissful expression in the video, hehe."

Tang Jierui's face turned red with anger. Clearly, he was too absorbed at the time to notice she had captured those ten seconds or so.

Perhaps he noticed at the time, or perhaps he didn't, but even if she wanted to film, he couldn't have opposed. He was a man, what did he have to fear about that?

How could he have known back then that he would one day become a celebrity?

Nor could he have imagined that one day, Yang Silong would use such things to threaten him.

Before he signed with the company, he had been honest with them about having had several girlfriends, but these girlfriends were not expected to expose him. Indeed, none of them ever did.

But it was clear that the company never imagined he not only had multiple girlfriends, but also worked part-time off-campus, offering physical and mental counseling to older women, and the numbers had already exceeded ten.

Most of these older women would unlikely reveal their past with him, as many were married or successful urban professionals. They wouldn't, and they likely didn't have solid evidence against him.

But now, there was Yang Silong, an exception, and he faintly guessed her intentions.

Even though he was furious inside, Tang Jierui quickly calmed down and directly asked, "What do you want?"

Yang Silong answered bluntly, "Money!"

"How much?" Tang Jierui asked, gritting his teeth slightly.

Yang Silong unceremoniously quoted, "Five million."

Tang Jierui wasn't surprised by the price, and he sneered, "Do you think that's possible?"

Yang Silong said, "The five million is a loan from you. I'm starting a new business now, but I have a funding gap and need five million as startup capital. When I make money later, I'll definitely pay you back with interest."

Tang Jierui firmly said, "I don't have five million. My company wouldn't possibly give me that much for this matter."

"How can you not have it?" Yang Silong questioned loudly, "Just one endorsement from you is several million, and any performance easily earns hundreds of thousands. You've been in the industry for almost a year, you've surely made tens of millions, how could you not have five million?"

Tang Jierui was speechless, but he restrained his anger and explained, "The contract I have with the company is very strict, I can only get 10% of the profits. This 10% also has to cover various team expenses and idol operation costs. Plus, I need to pay high income taxes. How much do you think I actually get?"

This reasonable argument made Yang Silong somewhat believe him, and she asked, "How much do you have now?"

"The most I can give you is 200,000, based on our past relationship. Back then, I only got a few thousand from you, and now I'm returning it with interest."

"200,000, are you kidding a beggar?" Yang Silong shouted angrily, "It can't be less than three million. Otherwise, as I've said, I'll post the photos and videos online."

"If you do that, you won't end well either. You know you're a woman, you'll want to marry someday..."

"Marry my ass. I'll never get married in this life. I'm deep in debt now, and I'm relying on borrowing from you to restart my business. If you don't lend it, we'll just drag each other down. I'm barefoot and fearless while you wear shoes. You better think about it; if you don't lend me three million, I'm serious. Just wait for your scandals to be exposed and your stardom to be destroyed. I know all your dark pasts."

This was a blatant threat. Tang Jierui gritted his teeth, wishing he could find her and strangle her right there.

But he knew he could only imagine this. He didn't even know where she was right now, and even if he did, he wouldn't seriously go kill her to silence her.

"Tang Jierui, I'm giving you an hour, starting now. If you don't have enough money yourself, you can ask your agent and company for help. You can ask your company for a loan. I believe with your current popularity and commercial value, a mere three million, your company would certainly lend it to you."

Tang Jierui was silent for quite a while, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, wait for my word."

After hanging up, he was so angry that he picked up the tablet placed next to him and smashed it on the ground, shattering it to pieces.

Today, because he had no schedules, he had been in the high-end apartment rented by the company for him, alone.

At that moment, his face was flushed with anger, and he paced back and forth for two or three minutes before finally sitting back on the sofa with a long sigh.

He hesitated for a while, then picked up his phone and called his agent, Gan Zhengyang.

He had no choice but to ask Gan Zhengyang to help resolve this issue and to have him negotiate with Yang Silong.

Ultimately, after a round of amicable negotiations, Gan Zhengyang, representing their agency, lent Yang Silong three million interest-free to be paid back within three years. They also signed a confidentiality agreement to ensure she wouldn't expose any of Tang Jierui's scandals in the future.

It wasn't that Gan Zhengyang or the company behind it weren't supportive, but Yang Silong seemed to have hit rock bottom, owing nearly two million in external debt and already blacklisted as a defaulter.

In her situation, she truly had nothing to lose, with the resolve to drag Tang Jierui down with her.

However, this sum would naturally need to be repaid by Tang Jierui, deducted slowly from his personal income.

Thinking of suddenly being in debt for three million, his dream of buying a house seemed even more distant, and Tang Jierui couldn't help but shed tears.

After enduring this blow, there was more to come. He soon received a WeChat message from Wu Mengting.

It stated that the role she had promised him was off because the boss of Fengmang Film and Television Company, who was also her boyfriend, had found out about the matter.

He immediately called her, trying to salvage the situation, but he was blacklisted, no calls could get through, and attempts to message her on WeChat were also blocked.

Tang Jierui wasn't the strongest person, and under this double blow, he fell into depression, doubting life while quietly shedding tears alone in his room for quite a while.

Though he didn't grow up in a wealthy family, his parents were both employed, and they weren't poor. Being an only child, he never really faced hardship.

Since he was cute and handsome from a young age, coupled with good academic performance, he was well-liked by adults and girls, and everything went smoothly for him up to university and becoming a celebrity.

But from yesterday, his fortune took a sudden nosedive. First, he was extorted for three million, then got blocked by the person he valued highly, Wu Mengting, and even faced the risk of being banned by Fengmang Film and Television Company.

For someone who had always had everything go his way, it was hard to accept.

This is really too much bad luck!