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BDB Chapter 40
He soon realized just how good she was.
Early the next morning, as the first light of dawn broke, it roused him from his sleep.
He raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sunlight coming from the east, and then he heard a ringing sound next to his pillow.
He answered the call and placed it to his ear, hearing the voice on the other end say, “Young Master Li, I actually wanted to tell you yesterday that after an unexpected interview, I had a burst of inspiration and spent the whole day discussing the plot with that junior screenwriter. By the time we finished, it was already midnight, so I forgot to mention it.”
“I found the person you asked me to look for. It wasn’t through the countless photos online but through the live audition. Her name is Jiang Rao, she’s twenty-two this year, and she looks exactly like the photo you showed me! I’ll send you a multimedia message shortly so you can see if she’s the one you’re looking for.”
“No need.”
“What’s wrong? Have you changed your mind about your dream goddess?”
Li Jueyan was silent for a moment. “Feng Ke, did you help her get the more than 400,000 yuan she needed?”
Feng Ke replied, “More than 400,000? I only instructed the staff to transfer her the reward money she was owed. After taxes, it was just 400,000, not more.”
“Feng Ke, is this what I meant?”
The voice on the other end of the line was slow but cold.
Even Feng Ke, who usually had a thick skin, realized he might have made a mistake.
The crux of the mistake was that he shouldn’t have given the reward money to the girl.
Understanding this, he nervously explained, “I couldn’t not give it to her, Young Master Li. So many eyes were on it! This Jiang Rao not only resembles Jiang Tang by about 50 to 60%, but she also fits the role of Ruan Li in ‘Yanyan’ by 80%. My plan was to see how things went in the next couple of days. If I couldn’t find a better candidate, then I’d cast her for Ruan Li. With this in mind, I couldn’t just come up with an excuse to withhold the money.”
“Already given, then that’s fine. Did I say anything to you that makes you so afraid?”
His words were reasonable, but his tone made Feng Ke break out in a cold sweat, “So… Young Master Li, can I still use that girl in the movie?”
Li Jueyan’s first reaction was that if someone had offended him, there was no way he would want to use them.
However, he suddenly remembered everything he had thought about her the day before.
He thought to himself that if he was so good and outstanding, then her not recognizing it was just her being blind.
Outstanding people wouldn’t engage in manipulative tactics out of personal desire.
But he still couldn’t let it go, so he sneered, “I’m just a dumb investor with too much money. Why does everyone need to ask me about everything? What do they need you, the director, for?”
With that, he slammed the phone down.
He then used the remote to close the curtains, driving the last sliver of sunlight out of the room.
After doing so, he lay back down on his pillow. However, once he closed his eyes, he felt no trace of drowsiness. Not only was he wide awake, but he also thought about the peaceful night he had experienced without any nightmares.
He had once pleaded daily for those damned nightmares to leave him alone at the beginning, but the heavens seemed to ignore him completely, subjecting him to a never-ending love story.
Now that he had grown accustomed to those recurring nightmares, suddenly not dreaming at all after signing that receipt last night was strange.
He took a deep breath, his voice tinged with uncontrollable coldness. “Great, just great! Completely cut off.”
Jiang Rao also felt it was great.
She had endured three months of tormenting nightmares.
In those dreams, she had personally experienced every scene.
Now, everything had finally come to an end, and with that receipt, a definite conclusion had been reached between her and the male lead.
If she had known that sorting everything out with the male lead would result in this, she… well, there was nothing she could have done.
The flutter of a butterfly’s wings might trigger a storm on the other side of the world.
Reaching this point was the best possible outcome. Worrying about other things was just adding unnecessary trouble and exhaustion for herself.
It wasn’t worth it.
While there was no need to consider that, there was one thing she urgently needed to focus on—making money!
After repaying the 2.18 million yuan the male lead required, she was left completely penniless.
Aside from the remaining 20,000 yuan in her bag, she had no other assets.
She had given up on renting, but she needed to earn money for studying abroad.
For a girl from a lower background, beauty wasn’t a luxury; it was a necessity.
In other words, the poorer someone was, the more beautiful they tended to become, making it easier for them to stray off the right path. This was because countless people superior to her were coveting her beauty.
Even those closest to her could be like that.
Only by elevating her education, title, social status, and so on, could she truly acquire a protective shield.
Studying abroad was the opportunity that could help her elevate all these aspects, and she had already taken the IELTS exam; she didn’t want to give up.
Jiang Rao pondered over the more profitable professions of this era.
After much consideration, she decided to head to Hangcheng.
This was the year when e-commerce was on the rise. Although the new profession of Taobao models might not earn as much as in later years, it was still much more lucrative than most other industries.
If she saved up, it should be possible to earn two to three hundred thousand yuan in a year.
Acting on her thoughts, she tidied herself up and headed to the airport with her backpack full of reference books.
Her identity was already exposed, and her relationship with the male lead had been clarified, so there was no need to endure the suffering of train travel any longer.
She had just bought her plane ticket and was waiting in the departure lounge when, on the desk of a certain president, appeared a 1080p photo of her, sitting obediently with her back against the chair and studying vocabulary from an English dictionary.
Li Jueyan’s eyes turned cold. “You said she bought a ticket to Hangcheng?”
“Yes, President Li.”
“That wild big brother of hers who has no blood relation to her, is he from Hangcheng University?”
Wild big brother…
Xiao Zhang’s brow twitched, and he couldn’t help but clear his throat. “That’s right, President Li.”
Li Jueyan leaned back in his chair.
After a long pause, he said slowly, “Tell Feng Ke to carefully screen people. All the qualified candidates should be sent to me for review, and I’ll choose one as a lover.”
Wasn’t he supposed to find a replacement?
Such things were common in high society.
He rarely felt any affection for women and had even laughed at his peers who, after losing their first loves1, acted as if they couldn’t go on living another day, appearing like fools to him.
He would never become such a fool.
There were plenty of people who could replace her.
Plenty!
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TL/N:
eness[Translator]
Aiming to share all the good things~