Chapter 359 - 177: Threatening Wei Luyao to Hype a Ship?

Chapter 359: Chapter 177: Threatening Wei Luyao to Hype a Ship?

She’d already found someone like Chen Mo, and on top of being gorgeous, she was still this hardworking.

She really admired Wei Luyao.

"Yes, thank you for your concern, Lawyer Zhao. I’m sure I’ll be troubling you often in the future."

Wei Luyao gave Lawyer Zhao a grateful look.

"Alright, go on back to work. Email me in a bit, and you’ll be on my team."

Zhao Yalan said with a faint smile.

"Okay, Lawyer Zhao. I’ll let you get back to work."

After nodding, Wei Luyao left Zhao Yalan’s office and returned to her workstation.

"Luyao, what did Lawyer Zhao want to see you for?"

Just then, a young man nearby who was paying close attention to her immediately asked.

"Call me Lorya. And let me emphasize this again: I have a boyfriend. There’s no way I’m getting into a ’ship’ with you."

"If you want your uncle to get me kicked off the show, then just do it."

Wei Luyao frowned and spoke to him, her tone detached.

This was the intern she’d mentioned, the one who wanted to create a "ship" with her.

"You..."

Liu Yufan was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Wei Luyao to reject the idea of a "ship" with him so firmly, right from the start.

’So what if she has a boyfriend?’

’Could her boyfriend possibly be more impressive than me?’

The first time he saw her this morning, he had been completely captivated by Wei Luyao’s beauty and figure.

He found Wei Luyao incredibly attractive, which led him to harbor some unsavory thoughts.

Knowing his uncle was the show’s director, he planned to use that connection to coerce Wei Luyao into a "ship" with him.

Then he could get his uncle to write in some "couple" scenes, creating more opportunities to get close to her.

He could also use the promise of more screen time as bait to win her over and get her to be with him.

If he played his cards right, there was a high chance of success.

But to his surprise, Wei Luyao didn’t seem to care at all. She was completely unmoved by anything he said.

This left him at a loss for what to do next.

The people nearby noticed the commotion between the two and eagerly settled in to watch the drama.

It wasn’t just Liu Yufan who was captivated by Wei Luyao; several of the other young men were also attracted to her fresh-faced beauty.

Even the other female interns felt that Wei Luyao was going to steal the show this season.

Now that there was some drama to enjoy, naturally, no one was going to miss it.

...

Chen Mo went straight to Producer Xie.

"The director of this show, his surname is Liu? Is he an intern’s uncle?"

Chen Mo asked him.

"That’s right."

Producer Xie nodded. It was common knowledge among them.

"I’m stepping out to make a call."

Seeing his nod of confirmation, Chen Mo said nothing more and walked outside.

He scrolled to Old Zhang’s number and dialed.

"Chen Mo, I was just about to call and thank you."

Old Zhang answered almost immediately, his voice cheerful.

"Brother Zhang, I need to talk to you about something."

Chen Mo didn’t return the cheerful tone. His voice was placid.

"What’s wrong? Tell me."

Old Zhang paused, sensing that something was wrong with Chen Mo’s tone.

"There’s an intern on the show, surname Liu, who’s the director’s nephew. He’s trying to force a ’ship’ with my girlfriend."

"He’s threatening her, saying that if she doesn’t go along with it, he’ll have his uncle the director kick her off."

"Brother Zhang, does the script you commissioned include a ’shipping’ segment?"

BANG!

"What?!"

"That son of a bitch is running wild! What does he think this show is?"

"Does that bastard think this show is his own personal property? And now he’s threatening your girl?"

After Chen Mo finished, Old Zhang slammed his fist on the table in a rage and began to curse furiously.

’No wonder Chen Mo’s tone was off. So that’s what was going on.’

’He remembered how he’d thumped his chest, promising Chen Mo he’d take good care of his girlfriend. But now, Wei Luyao was being threatened: get in a ’ship’ or get kicked off.’

’And now Chen Mo was calling him directly about it. He felt deeply ashamed.’

’Especially after he’d benefited so greatly from Chen Mo’s help. He’d been going on and on about how grateful he was, and then this happens.’

’Wasn’t this a total slap in the face to Chen Mo?’

’He felt that if he couldn’t handle this matter to Chen Mo’s satisfaction, it wouldn’t just be a matter of whether Chen Mo would want anything to do with him anymore; even Wu Zicong and Tang Tianyu would probably start avoiding him, thinking he wasn’t worthy of their friendship.’

"Chen Mo, this is my fault. Please, don’t be angry."

"Rest assured, the script has absolutely nothing about a ’ship.’ That damn prick is just making up his own drama."

"I will handle this. I promise you’ll be satisfied with the outcome. You can trust me."

After his tirade of curses, Old Zhang’s tone softened considerably as he explained apologetically to Chen Mo, promising that he would give him a satisfactory resolution.

"Of course I trust you, Brother Zhang. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have called you."

"But if this doesn’t resolve in a way that I find satisfying, I’ll have her quit the show. I’ll pay any contract termination fees."

Chen Mo nodded and said to Old Zhang.

"No, don’t do that! She’s our show’s ratings gold!"

"Rest assured, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied. I’m hanging up now to go handle it."

Hearing that Chen Mo was ready to have Wei Luyao quit the show, Old Zhang immediately tried to dissuade him.

After reassuring Chen Mo, he hung up and immediately called the director on set.

RING... RING... RING...

"Hello? President Zhang?"

The call connected quickly, and Director Liu’s voice came through the phone.

"Liu Wenbin, you son of a bitch, have you lost your goddamn mind?!"

"What the hell do you think this show is? You’re setting up a ’ship’ for your nephew now?"

"I’ll tell you what. You and your nephew can have your own little uncle-nephew ’ship,’ because I’m firing both of you!"

Old Zhang had a belly full of fire, and the moment he heard the director’s voice, he let loose with a torrent of curses.