Why Haven't You Gone to Poach Him Yet?

Lu Xingchuan came to his senses as well, glaring at Shen Yan with disgust and fury.

"What a coincidence. Someone just happened to post a video online that was bad for you, and you just happened to have another part of the footage here. Shen Yan, you'd stop at nothing just to become famous. You've completely disappointed me.

"Originally, I felt guilty about saying online that I didn't know you well. Now, though, you just disgust me.

"You want to smear me today so you can make a comeback?"

Xie Li said timidly, "Just now, Sister Bai Jing and Sister Shan Shan even reposted that footage to help you. Y-you've really dragged them into this."

[There's another twist!]

[I said we should let the bullets fly for a while. A scumbag like Shen Yan is capable of anything!]

[Ahhh, I feel so bad for Bai Jing and Shan Shan! Two gorgeous women, stay away from that trash!]

Shen Yan looked at Lu Xingchuan with an evil grin.

"So that's how you want to play it? Fine, fine, fine! Then I won't hold back either!"

Shen Yan rubbed his hands together and quickly opened another video.

"You managed to forcibly twist the first two videos into something I scripted and staged myself. So what about this one? Am I so capable now that I even hired Best Actor Lu as the male lead?

"And the set was still my home?"

As Shen Yan opened the new video, Pei Heng darted forward and pointed his phone directly at the video playing on Shen Yan's phone.

In the footage—

Shen Yan wore exactly the same clothes as in the previous video. Tears streaked his face as he looked pleadingly at the man before him.

"Brother Xingchuan, I've already helped you secure the male lead role in Fragrant Years. Can you be with me now? I really like you."

Lu Xingchuan stood there impatiently. "I never asked you to fight for it on my behalf. You were the one who insisted on doing it. And now you're trying to use this favor to demand something from me? Get lost! I feel sick just looking at you for another second."

Shen Yan trembled all over at those words. "Brother Xingchuan, I nearly got raped by the casting director to get you that role. I..."

Lu Xingchuan said viciously, his voice piercing, "What a pity. It would've been better if you really had been raped. Then you wouldn't be shamelessly showing up in front of me now."

Shen Yan's face turned deathly pale from the blow. "Brother Xingchuan, do you hate me that much? Then... would you refuse to star in this movie because you hate me? I fought so hard to get it for you. Don't reject it out of spite."

Lu Xingchuan snorted and said nothing, then strode away.

This had happened at home. The footage had been clipped from the home surveillance cameras.

The original Shen Yan had loved Lu Xingchuan to the point of madness. He couldn't bear to delete a single recording related to Lu Xingchuan, so he had saved them all.

Even when Lu Xingchuan had hurt him with cruel words.

After the video finished playing, Shen Yan looked at Lu Xingchuan contemptuously. "You really are the perfect example of biting the hand that feeds you! You've cursed the well-digger so much he can barely dig a well anymore!"

Lu Xingchuan was so furious he was about to explode.

That bitch!

That bitch!

That bitch!

He actually had so many videos!

Back when Fragrant Years was being cast, artists had competed fiercely for the roles.

Lu Xingchuan hadn't been that famous then, and his chances hadn't been great.

Yet he had broken through the competition, even defeating Xie Xun to win the role in one fell swoop. He had then become Best Actor because of it.

Who would have thought the truth behind it was like this?

Xie Xun's fans had already harbored resentment over what happened back then. Now that they knew the truth, they stormed the public forum and nearly tore Lu Xingchuan apart.

Lu Xingchuan's fans were in the wrong, so all they could do was talk about his acting skills. They said that although Shen Yan had helped him fight for the role, Lu Xingchuan's strong acting was why he had ultimately been chosen.

That attempt to whitewash him directly confirmed the video Shen Yan had posted.

Whether Lu Xingchuan's acting was truly that good or not, it was a fact that Shen Yan had nearly been raped by the casting director while trying to secure resources for him.

In other words, the first two videos that had been released were also real, and Lu Xingchuan had known about them.

As the one who benefited, Lu Xingchuan had ignored the facts and mocked and slandered Shen Yan.

[Damn, Lu Xingchuan's sanctimonious act is disgusting!]

[Shen Yan used to be so humble. I feel so bad for him.]

[Thank goodness Shen Yan escaped back then, or he really would've been raped.]

Xie Li was the first to jump out. "I never expected Shen Yan to love Brother Xingchuan this much. You actually did so much for him."

Xie Li looked at Lu Xingchuan reproachfully. "Brother Xingchuan, you owe Shen Yan an apology."

Lu Xingchuan's temples throbbed with rage.

He had been absolutely certain he had this in the bag!

How had things turned out like this?

How had it become like this?!

Lu Xingchuan wanted nothing more than to skin Shen Yan alive on the spot.

It was all Shen Yan's fault. If Shen Yan hadn't released those videos, how could he have ended up here?

Now that Shen Yan had turned the tables on him, Lu Xingchuan darkened his face and stubbornly insisted, "I didn't know anything. My resources and such have always been handled by my manager and the company. I've never personally involved myself in them. I didn't like Shen Yan, but he kept pestering me. I thought he had made up those stories to get me."

Lu Xingchuan flatly denied it.

The manager beside him hurriedly said, "It's all my fault, all my fault. I deliberately kept the truth from Best Actor Lu. I was the one who accompanied Shen Yan to that dinner back then. Because I hated Shen Yan, I never told Best Actor Lu the truth. It's all my fault."

The manager held his arm, which Shen Yan had dislocated, and bowed repeatedly to Shen Yan. "It happened two years ago. Please be magnanimous and let it go. If this really blows up, you won't be able to sort things out clearly with the company either."

Even as he admitted fault, he didn't forget to threaten Shen Yan.

Holding up his phone as he livestreamed, Pei Heng smiled. "Huancheng also has an entertainment company under its umbrella. I heard one of our company's managers mention before that he really wants to poach Shen Yan.

"If Shen Yan can't sort things out with your company, I can pass along the message and have our manager come over to help.

"Oh, right. That manager is called Zhao Sheng."

Zhao Sheng?

A top manager in the industry.

Xie Xun's manager.

Xie Li's eyes turned red with jealousy.

At that moment, Zhao Sheng, who had just been mentioned, stared at the livestream and cursed under his breath. "Yes, yes, yes, I was the one actively thinking about Shen Yan. I was the one who wanted to poach him. But only now do I realize I was apparently this proactive!"

Xie Xun sat on the sofa beside Zhao Sheng, playing Match-3 on his phone.

Hearing that, he chuckled. "If you've got the guts, send a comment."

Zhao Sheng glared at Xie Xun and licked his lips. "What do you think our big boss means by this?"

Before Xie Xun could answer, someone knocked on Zhao Sheng's office door.

Li Dazhu, the head of the entertainment company, stood in the doorway and pointed at Zhao Sheng. "Hey, why are you still here? Why haven't you gone to poach him yet?"

Zhao Sheng: ...

Gritting his teeth, he called the director of the dating show.