#Entertainment Industry's Fugitive Zhang San

[Host, you absolutely must not go,] the system hurriedly said, afraid Chu Xiyue would agree. [Ning Shuixin isn't inviting you to make a movie—she has other motives!]

Chu Xiyue:?

She smelled juicy gossip. "How so?"

[I just looked into it. Ning Shuixin and Wen Yan are both terrible people. They look like a loving couple on the surface, but they've long since been doing their own thing. The man cheated while the woman was pregnant, and the child she gave birth to isn't Wen Yan's at all! They both know it perfectly well!]

Chu Xiyue was stunned. "Good grief, they really played that wild?"

[And that's not all. Their studio claims to train artists, but what they actually do is pimp out men and prostitute women. After signing artists, they use brainwashing, psychological control, massive breach-of-contract penalties, and other methods to make them obedient. Then they send those artists to investors' beds in exchange for opportunities to collaborate.]

[The boyfriend Wu Taotao's younger sister dated came from Wen Yan and Ning Shuixin's studio before signing with Azure Sea Entertainment. He learned all those PUA tactics from Wen Yan and Ning Shuixin, and Wu Taotao's younger sister was his first test subject.]

Chu Xiyue:!

#Entertainment Industry's Fugitive Zhang San

The system flipped through its database and clicked its tongue twice. [This couple not only pimps out the artists in their studio, but also acts as sugar-daddy brokers in the entertainment industry. They match artists looking to latch onto patrons with wealthy backers and take a commission from it. For example, He Jinyuan and Wan Zhen—He Jinyuan's manager contacted Wen Yan to make the introduction.]

[The movie she mentioned is actually a money-laundering film. It claims to have an investment of several hundred million, but the actual production cost is less than twenty million.]

Chu Xiyue said, "They're really that brazen?"

[This isn't their first time doing illegal things. At first, they were cautious, but later their appetites grew, and they became increasingly reckless. Ning Shuixin and Wen Yan don't know that the tax authorities already have their eyes on them.]

[But those two are too cunning. They made fake accounts and hid the real ledgers at Wen Yan's mistress's home. Only a few people know about Wen Yan's relationship with that mistress, so the relevant authorities haven't been able to find the ledgers yet and can't arrest them for the time being.]

Chu Xiyue sucked in a breath. Zhang San was actually right beside me!

Chu Xiyue had absorbed several pieces of gossip that shattered her worldview in one go and did not recover for quite a while.

"Xiyue, the second female lead in my movie was practically tailor-made for you. You can't miss this opportunity."

Ning Shuixin's gaze fell on Chu Xiyue's lovely, flawless face.

The entertainment industry never lacked beauties, but breathtaking beauties like Chu Xiyue—vividly alluring even barefaced—were few and far between.

The moment Ning Shuixin saw Chu Xiyue, she wanted to sign her to her studio.

Beauty was a scarce resource, and a beauty like Chu Xiyue even more so. If she could get Chu Xiyue under her control, train her properly, and send her to the people above, the returns would be far more than the investment from one or two films.

Ning Shuixin looked at Chu Xiyue, her gentle expression concealing boundless ambition. The role of second female lead was only bait. As long as Chu Xiyue took the hook, then after she was shown the lavish, decadent lifestyle at the top of the industry, eighty percent of people would obediently follow Ning Shuixin's arrangements.

Even if Chu Xiyue belonged to the remaining twenty percent, it did not matter. Ning Shuixin had plenty of ways to make someone obey.

Ning Shuixin had considered every possibility, except for the possibility that Chu Xiyue would refuse her bait.

After all, once someone entered the entertainment industry and saw its splendor, who would not want to become famous?

Ning Shuixin's film was a major production. Even the position of second female lead would be enough to make countless people fight over it. She did not think Chu Xiyue would refuse.

Unless something was wrong with her head.

The livestream viewers were also waiting for Chu Xiyue's reply.

[Could the movie the goddess invested in be that newly started production with an eight-hundred-million investment, "Immortal Calamity"? Chu Xiyue is so lucky to have caught my goddess's eye.]

[The second female lead in "Immortal Calamity" is supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the Three Realms. Chu Xiyue's face really does suit that kind of "most beautiful woman in XX" character setting.]

[Hurry up and agree, Chu Xiyue!]

Chu Xiyue came back to herself and looked at Ning Shuixin. Her gaze was clear yet sharp, and Ning Shuixin felt a panicked sense that every secret she had was exposed beneath it. She instinctively avoided Chu Xiyue's eyes, not daring to meet her gaze.

"Xiyue, what do you think? I came here sincerely. As long as you nod, we can sign the contract in a little while."

The system snarked, [She certainly is sincere. One of the movie's investors is a lecher, and she wants to send you to his bed. Of course she has to show some sincerity.]

Chu Xiyue looked at Ning Shuixin, narrowing her beautiful eyes slightly as she said unhurriedly, "Sorry, I refuse."

Ning Shuixin:?

She stared at Chu Xiyue in astonishment. "What did you say?"

Chu Xiyue repeated, "I'm not interested in making movies. Teacher Ning, please find someone else."

Ning Shuixin frowned. She raised her hand and turned off both her and Chu Xiyue's microphones before continuing, "Xiyue, why don't you think it over again? I truly think you're very suited to the role of the second female lead. If you agree to play her, I can offer you double the pay."

Ning Shuixin tried to persuade her, unwilling to give up. A young and beautiful female celebrity like Chu Xiyue, without any powerful backer, was practically prey tailor-made for them.

With her back to the camera, she sized Chu Xiyue up. A peerless beauty like Chu Xiyue would surely drive countless men mad. It would be such a pity to let her slip away.

Chu Xiyue felt Ning Shuixin's damp, cold, clingy gaze, like a water snake's. Yet upon closer inspection, that chilling sensation vanished, as though it had only been an illusion.

But Chu Xiyue knew it was no illusion. It seemed that even after her rejection, Ning Shuixin was still unwilling to abandon her plan to drag Chu Xiyue into the mire.

Rather than defending passively, it was better to take the initiative.

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Transmigrated into a Book

Entertainment Industry

Female Supporting Character Novel

Transmigration and Rebirth Romance

Tu Yanyan

Cannon Fodder