Chapter 34

Chapter 34: You’re Actually Straight!!!

Xi Jing Yue’s mouth twitched. He already did not know what to say.

They were clearly not his employees, so why did he still feel this strange sense of shame?

[As for this PR director, now that is interesting.]

The two of them instantly pricked up their ears. Whenever Du An Rao thought something was interesting, it was usually the key point.

[He is just like Yang Jian Tao’s brother-in-law. He got hooked on gambling and already owes a huge amount of debt. That so-called robbery tribulation was just him running into a debt collector who came to collect money. The creditor chased him for several streets just to get a little back. In the end, he was so mad he could only beat him up to vent his anger.]

Blue veins popped out on Xi Jing Yue’s forehead. He really should not have had any hopes for the employees at Zhaoyang Company. Every single one of them was more unreliable than the last.

[Maybe this is the protagonist’s halo at work. The PR director was afraid the company would find out the truth and fire him, so he lied and said he had worked overtime at the company until very late and was robbed on his way home. But what a coincidence, that very night Li Qian Xi and her boyfriend, who is also the male lead, Jiang Yi Ming, just happened to be on a date nearby. They saw the whole scene of him being chased down over his debt.]

[The two of them used this to threaten the PR director, forcing him to work for them. If he refused, they would expose everything and get him fired. Oh, I forgot to say, Jiang Yi Ming’s family also runs an entertainment company. You could say they are Xisheng Entertainment’s… rival?]

Xi Jing Yue was shocked when he heard this. He had not expected Li Qian Xi to have already made contact with people inside Zhaoyang Company this early.

Most importantly, none of them had noticed a thing.

After Li Zhao Yang finished talking about the recent changes among the company staff, he paused, then turned to the company entertainers.

“Two months ago, an entertainer in the middle of a rising phase accidentally slipped up during a livestream. People dug into him and exposed that he had faked his education. His reputation collapsed.”

Du An Rao’s eyes lit up. She almost instantly understood the key point hidden inside all this.

[Here it is, here are the benefits of having the PR director on their side.]

Xi Jing Yue was not stupid either. Once he learned that the PR director had become a mole planted in Zhaoyang Company by Li Qian Xi and Jiang Yi Ming, many of his doubts were solved at once.

The Public Relations Department was not the biggest department in the company, but it was not small either. Although it usually sat on the sidelines and looked very unimportant, if you looked into it, it was actually extremely important.

People in this department usually knew the most secrets about the company’s entertainers so they could respond as fast as possible when those secrets were exposed.

This also meant that if this department was infiltrated, the company’s entertainers would be like they were running around naked, ready to be targeted at any time.

Take the entertainer that Li Zhao Yang was talking about right now. Since they knew his main weak point was his fake education, they only needed to arrange a few people in the livestream audience to keep asking questions related to his school.

If they asked enough, he would definitely slip up. At that point, they just had to guide those curious audience members to keep digging in that direction. The truth would be uncovered with no effort, and they could easily kick him out of the industry.

“One month ago, another entertainer was exposed for hiding a marriage and committing domestic violence. And then a few days ago, in Film Emperor Du’s crew, Pei Yi Yuan was exposed for having a messy private life…”

At first, Du An Rao still pointed at the screen now and then and muttered two comments. By the end, she was truly speechless.

[Even though a lot of this chaos is stirred up by Li Qian Xi and her boyfriend behind the scenes, your company’s entertainers are really something. Fake education, domestic violence, group activities in bed… later you might as well add a background extra male lead who finds a rich sponsor and becomes a stand in lover. This place is full of hidden talents. It is hard not to feel like those two are actually doing a public service by targeting you.]

Xi Jing Yue: “…”

Exactly. He had thought Pei Yi Yuan was only an accident. He had not expected this to be the norm.

Once you see one cockroach, it means there is already a whole nest of them in the company.

With a complicated expression, Du An Rao stared at Li Zhao Yang for a good long while. In the end, she could not hold back and asked: “Does your company not do background checks when you hire people?”

Li Zhao Yang froze for a moment. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little guilty.

“These things are usually done by the people under me. I only look them over sometimes. If it weren’t for all the incidents lately, I would not even know when so many monsters slipped into the company.”

Du An Rao almost could not stop herself from rolling her eyes. Good grief, so he really was a hands off boss.

No wonder every single one of the pits Li Qian Xi dug later hit its target. The employees your family hired were probably assassins sent by rival companies.

Xi Jing Yue: “…”

It was not impossible.

“So you invited me here today because you want me to check your company’s entertainers and keep them from getting exposed and collapsing?”

Maybe the dislike on Du An Rao’s face was too obvious, because Li Zhao Yang quickly waved his hands and said: “No, no, no. I wanted you to help take a look and see if there is something wrong with the company’s feng shui. Why do we always sign entertainers who are so easy to blow up in scandals? Of course, if you can also help us check the character of the entertainers we already have, so we can adjust their future plans, that would be even better.”

In short, he was asking Du An Rao to confirm whether any of them had ticking time bombs on them. If they did, the company could cut its losses in time.

Only then did Du An Rao’s expression ease a little.

[That is more like it!]

“Since that is the case, can someone show me around the company so I can take a look at your feng shui layout? As for the entertainers, it affects a lot of things. Even I am not completely sure about that. I can only try my best.”

This visit was originally just an excuse to trick the two of them into coming to the company and meeting him face to face. Li Zhao Yang had not held much hope, but he still nodded and agreed.

Because he wanted to spend more time with Du Yu Xi, Li Zhao Yang canceled all his plans for the morning and personally led Du An Rao and the others on a tour of the company.

All along the way, Li Zhao Yang tried, without looking too obvious, to get closer to Du Yu Xi. Du An Rao was very satisfied with this development, but she still could not ignore a certain someone’s overly strong presence.

[Come on, cousin, stop smiling at my fourth sister. Assistant Chen is looking at my sister like his eyes have been dipped in poison. The look in his eyes really screams I want to stab someone.]

Feeling like there were thorns in her back the whole time, Du Yu Xi: “…”

[Tsk. His eyes are so fierce when he looks at my sister, but the moment he turns to look at Li Zhao Yang, they turn all sad and hurt. If you did not know the situation, you would think Li Zhao Yang had toyed with him and then dumped him.]

Du Yu Xi also noticed the change in his gaze. Her back felt cold, and goosebumps rose all over her skin.

[No wonder they say a little gay falling for a straight man will never end well. Even I, an outsider, can see it, but the person involved does not feel a thing. But that is normal. The man is straight as a steel bar. His first love even gave birth to his kid, and that kid is already a boss now. How could he ever imagine that the male assistant who follows him around to different events all the time is secretly in love with him?]

Du Yu Xi’s pupils shrank. Without thinking, she turned and yelled at the person next to her who was fussing over her: “You’re actually straight!!!”