Are You Kidding Me! After Three Years as a Stand-in, You Say I’m the White Moonlight? Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Come Quickly to Save Han Chi

Chen Wei’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Before he could speak, Xiao Wu on the other end had already spoken again:

“I heard Brother Han say something about ‘agreeing’…”

Clatter—

Before Xiao Wu could finish his sentence, Chen Wei’s phone had already slipped from his weakened grip and fallen into the seat beside him.

Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Wu called out his name tentatively over the phone:

“Brother Chen Wei?”

Picking the phone back up from the seat, Chen Wei took a deep breath.

On the other end, Xiao Wu was still calling his name.

“Xiao Wu,” Chen Wei tried his best not to let his voice sound too frantic. He said, “Brother Han… he might be in trouble.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rustling clothes being put on rang through the phone.

Xiao Wu’s voice was anxious: “Brother Chen Wei, I’m coming to find you right now.”

“Mhm.”

After hanging up with Xiao Wu, Chen Wei could no longer worry about anything else.

He first called Zhang Quan and apologized to him with the utmost sincerity.

Fortunately, Zhang Quan didn’t make things difficult for him.

He only said that Chen Wei should take care of his business first, and it wouldn’t be too late to find another time for the audition later.

After all, this drama was specifically invested in by Zhou Sijin for Chen Wei. No one could change the fact that Chen Wei was the lead.

Why get angry and make things hard for himself over something that couldn’t be changed?

Zhang Quan’s mindset was very open.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Quan looked down at the tablet in his hand.

The tablet was playing all the films and television dramas Chen Wei had acted in previously.

For an actor who hadn’t come from a professional background, Chen Wei’s performance in the dramas was quite commendable.

Zhang Quan was just puzzled.

Chen Wei was Zhou Sijin’s person. Seeing the way Zhou Sijin had protected him at the restaurant yesterday, it was clear that Chen Wei’s position in his heart was actually not low.

If it wasn’t low, why hadn’t Chen Wei had a single drama of his own in the three years since he entered the circle?

Instead, it was Chen Wei who, over these few years, had continuously improved and honed his acting skills by playing various villains and supporting roles.

Watching Chen Wei’s acting videos, a rare spark of excitement flashed in Zhang Quan’s eyes.

Managing a newcomer in the entertainment industry was actually a very fulfilling thing, especially the kind who “doesn’t chirp normally, but once he does, he startles the world.”

With three years of accumulation, Zhang Quan believed that Chen Wei’s acting skills would definitely give him a very big surprise.

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After hanging up with Zhang Quan, Chen Wei immediately called Xu Cheng without stopping.

The call connected.

Chen Wei didn’t bother with nonsense and opened with:

“Where is Han Chi?”

Xu Cheng spoke with an impatient tone, “You called me early in the morning just for this?”

Chen Wei tried his best to keep his emotions steady, softening his tone slightly:

“Xu Cheng, as the guide who brought me into this circle, I have always been grateful to you.

So for these three years, no one has ever heard a word of complaint from me, no matter how you withheld resources that originally belonged to me and gave them to other newcomers in the company.

I believe that toward you, I have already done everything required by duty and friendship. But what about you? Just because I rejected your proposal to sleep with someone back then, you’ve held a grudge against me until this very day?”

In fact, over these years, besides the few resources Zhou Sijin had given him, there had been other endorsements, advertisements, and scripts that wanted to reach him.

But he was an artist of Xingyao Media. All commercial advertisements had to pass through the company first. Only after the company agreed could those resources reach him.

Why hadn’t he had any other resources besides the ones given by Zhou Sijin in these three years?

Because those resources had been intercepted by Xu Cheng under various pretexts as soon as they reached his hands.

Afterward, he would secretly contact the client and recommend other artists from the company at a price even lower than his own quote.

Chen Wei’s questioning was steady and powerful.

Word by word, it reached Xu Cheng’s ears through the electrical static of the phone.

Anyone with even a shred of conscience would not remain unmoved.

However, such a heartfelt speech only received a light sneer from Xu Cheng:

“Chen Wei, you need evidence when you speak. You’ve been in the entertainment circle for three years and you’re still so lukewarm; which business would be so foolish as to find you to endorse their products?”

Xu Cheng sounded arrogant and unwilling to admit anything over the phone. Chen Wei knew very well in his heart that it would likely be difficult to get news of Han Chi from him today.

Since that was the case, they could only tear off the mask of civility.

Over the phone, Chen Wei’s laugh was cold:

“Xu Cheng, do you really think that no one dares to expose those filthy methods you use to manipulate the company’s artists at the risk of their own futures?”

“Oh?” Over the phone, Xu Cheng laughed disdainfully:

“Are you trying to threaten me?”

The laughter carried an indescribable smugness:

“Chen Wei, don’t blame me for not reminding you. Before you offend me for Han Chi’s sake, think about whether you can afford to pay the fifty-million-yuan breach of contract fee.”

With that, without giving Chen Wei a chance to react, Xu Cheng quickly hung up the phone.

Putting away his phone, Chen Wei helplessly rubbed his brow.

Xu Cheng was unwilling to reveal Han Chi’s whereabouts, Han Chi’s phone remained unreachable, and he didn’t have the contact information for Zhang Chen of Yuanchen Technology.

Thinking about the change in Zhou Sijin’s attitude toward him over the past two days, Chen Wei began to hesitate in his heart.

He picked up his phone.

Zhou Sijin’s number was right there in the phonebook. Chen Wei was considering whether to press it.

Suddenly, a strange number rang.

Chen Wei didn’t dare to delay for a second and swiped to answer.

“Hello?”

On the other end, Jiang Chuan’s voice was kept very, very low:

“Zijin International Hotel, Room 1007. Come quickly to save Han Chi.”

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