Chapter 113: Sending An Endorsement
Lu Mindan watched Xuan Xia like she was guarding against a thief, unwilling to reveal a single bit.
“You manage the heavens and the earth, but do you still want to manage which Master I find?”
Xuan Xia knew she wouldn’t talk, but fortunately, there was someone present who could make her open up.
In the end, Lu Mindan obediently confessed everything.
Lu Mindan said that Master was surnamed Ren.
Hearing this surname, Xuan Xia wasn’t surprised at all.
As for Master Ren’s sect, Lu Mindan showed a bit of superiority on her face. “Brother Huang is a firm believer in this school; he must have heard of the Ren Family.”
Huang Ke indeed looked shocked. “You mean those two Ren Families from Nanzhou and Donglai?”
“Yeah.” Lu Mindan lifted her chin. “This Master Ren is a disciple of the Donglai Ren Family.”
Lu Mindan glanced sideways at Xuan Xia: See, even Huang Ke knows the Ren Family, so how could that Master Ren possibly be a fraud?
Xuan Xia met her gaze and casually asked, “What’s the specific name? It wouldn’t be Ren Yaokun, would it?”
Lu Mindan was first stunned, then shook her head and said, “No.”
“Oh.” Xuan Xia threw out a second name: “Then is it Ren Yaozhe?”
Lu Mindan: “…”
“How do you know?!”
The superiority from earlier suddenly vanished.
Xuan Xia didn’t answer and just exchanged a glance with Li Xinze.
Instead, it was Qu Xingxuan, who was hiding far away, who exclaimed, “No way? Hasn’t that person disappeared long ago? He was expelled from the Mystic Sect; how is he still doing these heterodox ways?”
And he was actually hiding in Yanjing City?
And also doing this bell thing, so Ren Yaokun and Ren Yaozhe are indeed in cahoots!
But Lu Mindan’s focus was on Master Ren being expelled from the Mystic Sect.
She immediately said again, “Impossible!”
Qu Xingxuan rolled his eyes dramatically.
Impossible? Impossible with whom? Who actually knows more.
Xuan Xia didn’t want to dwell on this issue and continued asking, “What about the address?”
“What address? There’s no address!”
“Without an address, how did you meet? How did you contact?”
Lu Mindan pursed her lips. She was still immersed in Qu Xingxuan’s words and didn’t hold back. “Phone contact; I have his number. We arranged the meeting place beforehand.”
Xuan Xia quickly asked her for the phone number.
Once she got the phone number, Xuan Xia was eager to try it and really wanted to call right then to test it.
But Li Xinze stopped her.
Xuan Xia understood his meaning; he wanted to hand it over to Daoist Master Qin.
…
Once everything that needed confessing was mostly confessed, Lu Mindan couldn’t help but ask, “What do you want to know all this for?”
Xuan Xia said, “Didn’t I just say? You and Brother Zhao ran into a scammer. If I don’t ask clearly, how can I provide information to the relevant departments to crack down on fakes?”
Lu Mindan: “…”
“And that bell of yours might need to be handed over.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Mindan quickly put away the bell she had just taken out and tucked it back into her hand. “Pah, after all this buildup, you’re actually coveting my thing!”
She remembered what Master Ren had said: this bell was forged with secret methods, with incantations imbued on it, which could reverse her luck and even borrow the luck of people she disliked.
Not to mention anything else, regarding the luck of people she disliked, hadn’t the black hot search she gave to Xuan Xia taken effect!
She had clearly only lit a small fire, but it had turned into a big blaze; doesn’t that count as an effect!
As for Master Ren being expelled from the Mystic Sect or whatever, since he had real skills, what did the rest matter?
Just as Lu Mindan had this thought, the lights in the room started flickering with a sizzling sound, startling everyone in the room.
Xuan Xia also jumped, and without thinking, she directly slapped a full handful of talisman paper onto Lu Mindan.
The next second, after Lu Mindan was plastered with talismans on her face, the lights in the room returned to normal.
The shocked crowd looked at Lu Mindan: “…………”
Lu Mindan herself was dumbfounded.
While she was still dazed, Xuan Xia quickly and deftly used talisman paper to wrap up the bell in her hand, balled it up, and threw it into her own bag.
There were plenty of talismans in the bag, so no fear of it acting up again.
At this point, even Ji Ziyao, who least believed in this stuff, couldn’t help but ask, “What was that?”
“Unstable voltage, probably.” To accommodate him, Xuan Xia deliberately used a very scientific explanation.
“…”
Ji Ziyao’s look at her was indescribable.
If only her action just now hadn’t been slapping someone else in the face with talismans first, he might have believed her words a bit more.
But suspicion aside, Ji Ziyao still firmly believed the scientific explanation.
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After this series of scares, Huang Ke looked a bit tired.
He first asked Xuan Xia if there was anything else to ask Lu Mindan and Xiao Zhao. After Xuan Xia said no, he immediately kicked the two out of the room.
Right now, he absolutely did not want to see these two.
After they left, Huang Ke sighed and said to Ji Ziyao, “Let’s talk.”
This was exactly what Ji Ziyao was waiting for, but he looked around at the people and felt there were too many.
He asked Xuan Xia to stay alone, and everyone else to leave first.
Xuan Xia thought that was fine too; things should be peaceful now, no more incidents.
Once only three people remained in the room, Huang Ke spoke first: “I’ve already looked into the hot search matter. Besides Lu Mindan, Shenghui Entertainment was also behind it.”
Shenghui Entertainment?
The first thing Ji Ziyao and Xuan Xia thought of was Zhao Mingfang and Xie Yun.
“But this matter was indeed started by Lu Mindan. For an artist from the same company to pull this… Now she’s an artist under me, so I’ll definitely take responsibility.”
“Brother Huang…”
Huang Ke waved his hand, telling Ji Ziyao not to speak yet.
“Can I ask, how do you plan for Xuan Xia?” Huang Ke asked, glancing at Xuan Xia sitting next to Ji Ziyao.
At this moment, Xuan Xia was extremely well-behaved, sitting upright beside Ji Ziyao, no different from any newcomer who had just debuted.
However, Huang Ke couldn’t help but think of her performance in the illusionary scenery earlier.
Ji Ziyao said, “Right now, we’ve only taken two cameo roles: one from Director Pan’s side, and another from Director Liu’s side next month, filming for a week. Also, I originally wanted to give Xuan Xia the clothing line endorsement from E family that we contacted before, but today they messaged that it might not work.”
Huang Ke came back to his senses and nodded. “Doesn’t the company have endorsements for hair care and beverage? Need someone?”
“Yes. But they’re looking for endorsers, might not be easy to get.” Ji Ziyao didn’t hide it. “Zhao Mingfang has a good relationship with General Manager Fang, and lately General Manager Fang hasn’t been favorable toward me.”
Precisely because General Manager Fang wasn’t favorable toward him, otherwise Lu Mindan might not have switched agents so easily, with such a fast handover.
Huang Ke pondered for a moment. “Zhao Mingfang’s hand has indeed reached too far.”
Then he quickly decided. “Alright. I’ll talk to them for you about these two endorsements. Also, Director Wan has a drama that’s almost ready to start; leads are set, now casting supporting actors. Find a time to bring Xuan Xia to audition for the female second lead.”
“Ah…”
Not only Ji Ziyao, even Xuan Xia was stunned.
Not only endorsements, but also letting her act as female second lead?
Happy New Year’s Day to everyone, Happy New Year. Today is also diligent me.
