The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 38 - 37. Overthinking hurts you know

Chapter 38: 37. Overthinking hurts, you know!

Chapter 38: 37. Overthinking hurts, you know!

Having served as Mu Ziwei’s agent for so many years, he had never heard such arrogant words from a mere photographer.

Wang Zheng was truly angry now.

Thinking back to how he had climbed from an agent’s assistant to his current position, he couldn’t fathom the effort it had taken.

Could he have reached his current status only to be bullied by a minor character?

“Photographer Zhang, can you repeat that statement on behalf of your company?”

His tone was involuntarily laced with a hint of ferocity.

Just a small photographer, after all—even if you had a hundred times the courage, you wouldn’t dare to offend a top-tier celebrity!

Wang Zheng was confident, merely waiting for the other party to come to their senses and apologize.

However, reality did not unfold as he had imagined; the photographer truly was not afraid of him.

“Mr. Wang, I’m sorry, but I cannot speak for the company.”

Photographer Zhang changed tack, “However, Miss Mu’s actions just now have severely damaged our company’s reputation. There’s no artist in the entire entertainment circle who would throw their endorsement product away like that.”

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A cold smirk also crossed his eyes.

He knew very well why Mu Ziwei had been invited as the endorser, being an insider. Wasn’t it because this artist had connections with Director Xie’s movie?

Now, well…

The company may very well thank him for the conflict that occurred today.

Otherwise, how would the company find an excuse to break the contract with Mu Ziwei?

At this moment, a young assistant holding a bottle of water and a handbag behind him had his phone ring, shattering the tense and awkward atmosphere in the photo studio.

“No, I’m sorry, I need to take a call.”

The assistant’s hands were full. First, he glanced at his right hand, then at his left, decisively placing the water bottle down and took out his phone from his pocket.

“Hello, Director Jiang.”

“Oh, okay… Yeah, that’s not a problem, okay…”

The assistant who answered the call didn’t know what he had heard but looked up at Mu Ziwei and Wang Zheng, and suddenly his face revealed a look of relief.

“Um, this… I think there won’t be a problem on our side. Something happened… Okay.”

After hanging up, the assistant took a deep breath and a smile appeared on his face.

“Sorry about that. I just received a notification from the company that we’ve decided to terminate our collaboration with Miss Mu. For specific reasons, please communicate with our company’s legal personnel, Agent Wang.”

Of course, the termination of the collaboration mentioned on the phone was real.

It’s just that the latter half…

Was an addition by the assistant himself.

There was no way around it; Director Jiang, still at the company, had no idea what had happened here.

But he was willing to bet that, if Director Jiang had known, he probably would have instructed him to do exactly that.

Without a doubt.

Although he was new to the industry, it was his first time seeing an artist throw away an endorsement product like this.

Absolutely intolerable, absolutely not!

As soon as the assistant’s voice fell, Photographer Zhang’s face showed a look of appreciation, having already deduced the content of the call.

He nodded slightly towards the others, then turned and headed toward the door.

“What are you looking at? Pack up and let’s get out.”

“Oh—okay!”

The assistant scurried along behind him.

And at this critical moment, Mu Ziwei’s and Wang Zheng’s faces were so gloomy they looked like they could drip water.

Infuriating!

To think they had been bluntly confronted by a little photographer and his assistant!

If word of this got out, how would Mu Ziwei ever continue in this industry?!

The onlookers around the photo studio also gasped at this turn of events.

“Damn—this company’s photographer is awesome!”

“So he’s hit the jackpot, huh? Daring to talk like that to Mu Ziwei and Wang Zheng? Is he out of his mind?”

“It’s not that serious; he probably just doesn’t want his job anymore.”

“Wait a minute!”

“Something’s off here, my friends. Even if the photographer and the assistant are bold, they can’t affect the company’s decision.”

“Right, I heard it loud and clear just now, that assistant said the company is going to terminate the partnership.”

“This doesn’t make sense.”

“That’s really fishy!”

The onlookers suddenly realized, their eyes shining brightly as they watched the photographer duo pack their bags, then glanced back at Mu Ziwei who was still standing there.

Their eyes were full of gossip.

“Could it be… this photographer has some background, maybe a rich second generation?”

“That’s a bold guess. Do you think this is an Overbearing Boss throwing a fit? That’s something you’d see in a drama series!”

At that moment, someone on the scene gasped again.

“Oh my God!”

What’s going on?

Everyone followed the cry and looked toward a corner where a young girl was staring at her phone screen, frozen, with her hand covering her mouth in shock.

Soon enough, people gathered around, peering at her phone screen.

The next instant, there were shouts of shock matching hers.

“No way—this joke’s gone too far!”

Only then did the crowd realize that something significant must have occurred online, not some concocted storyline about a photographer being an Overbearing Boss.

They each pulled out their phones, lighting up the screens.

But they barely needed to unlock them.

Because… the lock screens were swamped with a barrage of messages!

[Director Xie’s new movie’s cast officially announced today—]

[Mu Ziwei loses her role in ‘Heroes in Troubled Times’!!!]

[Big blunder! Mu Ziwei was never Director Xie’s personal pick for the female assassin!]

…

Within moments, the expressions of the crowd went from initial shock to disbelief, and gradually changed to “so that’s how it is.”

When everyone came to their senses and looked back at Mu Ziwei in the studio, there was a hint of anticipation for drama in their eyes.

“No wonder…”

“Yeah, who could have thought?”

“Quite dramatic!”

“Sure enough, art imitates life—”

“Wasn’t it a done deal? Now there’s a huge twist?”

“What done deal? The production team never announced anything officially, did they?”

“Speculation can be harmful, I tell you!”

…

And Mu Ziwei, at the center of the controversy, had by now realized that something was terribly wrong.

She lowered her crossed arms and slowly became flustered under the meaningful gazes of those around her.

“What’s going on?”

The unknown fear was the most capable of breaking down psychological defenses!

At this point, Wang Zheng, who had deliberately set his ringtone to silent, swiftly picked up his phone, desperate to check the messages.

As time went by, his expression turned from anger to an ashen pallor.

And even… panic.