Chapter 846 — A Scam Company
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"Buzz, buzz, buzz..." Fatty Lai stood holding the receiver, the dial tone humming in his ear, caught somewhere between laughter and tears. How had Guan Xuewen become a swindler? How had his own company become a scam outfit? When on earth had he offended Xu Shilan's manager?
"Sister Wang, why were you shouting like that? And why did you call them a swindler?" A voice like something from heaven sounded behind Sister Wang. A girl in a bathrobe came walking over, her skin fair and translucent with a faint flush, like a fairy fresh from the bath. Her hair, still damp, hung loosely about her; her pretty face bore not a trace of powder or rouge, yet she was as lovely as ever.
This was Xu Shilan, the superstar with legions of fans, idolized as a youth icon by countless middle schoolers and college students. Yet just now she showed not the slightest air of a big star. She came up behind her manager like a playful girl and bent to peek at the phone, curious to see whom Sister Wang had been calling.
"Xiaohan, are you feeling better?" Sister Wang's coldness vanished in an instant; her face filled with concern as she turned to look at Xu Shilan.
"I'm fine, really..." Xu Shilan shook her head and gave a sweet smile. "Sister Wang, don't worry about me. Oh — you still haven't told me what that was about. And Sister Wang, why have you been so short-tempered lately? Every time you answer the phone you're ice-cold..."
"It's not that I'm cold. It's these entertainment reporters — they keep calling up pretending to be fans or business partners, fishing around for one thing or another. They've worn my patience to nothing!" Sister Wang sighed. "Looks like I'll have to change my number before long. Far too many people have this one."
"But what if someone really is calling about a collaboration?" Xu Shilan nodded and asked.
"I can tell in a few sentences whether it's a real collaboration or not. Some people have more money than sense and call up just for a lark. Our Xiaohan isn't that sort of girl — if you want to chase a star, go chase someone else!" Sister Wang had been a manager for years and had honed a pair of sharp eyes. The companies that could genuinely afford Xu Shilan's fee were all well-known major enterprises, not some little outfit nobody had ever heard of.
"Oh... so that call just now, that was one of the ones not worth collaborating with?" Xu Shilan knew Sister Wang only had her best interests at heart, so she wasn't upset. She had lost her mother as a child and had always depended on Sister Wang, the neighbor, as her closest kin. Back then, whenever she was bullied, it was Sister Wang who stood in front of her to protect her.