Chapter 424 – Regardless of the Consequences

Book:The Crazy Son-In-Law Published:2024-6-3

At that moment, Tang Li’s phone vibrated a few times. He looked at it and saw it was a call from Stillwater. He frowned and raised his hand to interrupt Lin Jiayin’s speech.
“Let me take this call first.”
He quickly walked out of the conference room and answered the phone.
After a while, he returned to the conference room with a solemn expression and said, “Let’s end today’s meeting here for now. We’ll discuss it again another day.”
Without further explanation, he turned and left the conference room.
The various high-level company executives looked at each other in confusion for a moment before the meeting dispersed. The meeting had barely started less than ten minutes ago, so why was it dismissed so abruptly? Could something be wrong with the company?
Everyone’s minds were filled with countless questions. However, since the Chairman had spoken, they naturally did not dare raise any objections and soon left as well.
“Zhang, book two tickets to Stillwater immediately, the fastest you can get,” Tang Li said as he walked towards his office, instructing his assistant.
“Understood.”
At a construction site in the suburbs.
Tang Shishi wore a safety helmet and was inspecting the progress of the factory under the guidance of the construction company’s technicians.
When she received Tang Li’s call, her heart suddenly tightened. She rushed out and jogged all the way back to her car. She started the engine and sped towards the airport like lightning.
After getting the phone call, Tang Shishi’s mind was in turmoil. She was only focused on rushing to the airport and forgot to take off her safety helmet.
At a stoplight, two young men in a white BMW saw her like that and teased each other.
“Look at that beauty in the Porsche wearing a safety helmet while driving a sports car. What kind of hobby is that…?”
“Just very safety conscious, heh heh.”
In a dressing room at the Brighouse TV station.
Mo Yibai had just put on an exquisite makeup look, still dazzling and charming as a hundred flowers.
Compared to half a year ago, the Mo Yibai now had shed the worldly dust accumulated on her these past years. There was more liveliness in her eyes, or you could say more spirit.
She leaned lazily in her chair, her long eyelashes blinking, her eyes without focus, seemingly lost in thought and a bit restless.
In less than an hour, she would be recording a music competition show. Besides the hugely popular newcomer Bai Ruoning, there were also several veteran singers participating in this show.
Without a doubt, this show would be the hottest show of the summer. Even before airing, it had already garnered huge attention online with endless discussions and heated debate.
Although she had recorded two variety shows before, they were neither hot nor highly anticipated, with low viewership. Also, the content was not her strength in singing and dancing, just two game shows.
But this show was one of Brighouse TV’s flagship variety shows this year.
If the Starline advertisement was her starting point, she was undoubtedly a newcomer. In this day and age, it was incredibly fortunate that she as a newcomer could reach such a big stage in just half a year. Being able to compete with veteran singers was an honor.
This was also a great opportunity for her to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry.
She had waited so many years and was fully prepared. But inevitably still felt nervous as the recording approached.
Her agent Wei Nan was a very experienced and reliable person. The company had specially arranged her to manage Mo Yibai.
Seeing that she was a little nervous, Wei Nan opened a bottle of mineral water and handed it to her.
“Drink some water to calm your nerves.” Wei Nan said with a smile.
“It’s inevitable to feel nervous the first time on such a big stage. But after this time, you’ll be seasoned. Everything is difficult in the beginning!”
Mo Yibai took the water but didn’t drink it. She sighed, “Better not drink it. What if I need to pee urgently on stage? How embarrassing would that be.”
Wei Nan was speechless. “Alright, I believe in your abilities. You will definitely make a stunning debut. Just adjust your mindset.”
“What’s the situation online now?”
To avoid being too nervous, Mo Yibai hadn’t gone on social media all day today. She was afraid of putting too much pressure on herself and messing up.
But she couldn’t help being curious about the online reactions.
“Black widow versus white lotus,” Wei Nan said with a laugh.
“Huh? What does that mean?” Mo Yibai looked confused.
“What everyone online is focused on right now is the clash between you and Bai Ruoning. She has cultivated a white lotus image since her debut. While you’ve been called the black widow by netizens. So…” Wei Nan shrugged.
“Black widow, doesn’t sound bad,” Mo Yibai said.
Just then her phone rang. She looked and saw it was Ouyang Qianqian calling, one of the few Stillwater friends she still kept in contact with.
“Dear, missing me?”
Mo Yibai said playfully. Chatting with a friend now might help relieve some nervousness.
But the next second, her smile froze on her face, and her expression gradually became solemn.
“Alright, I got it.” She hung up the phone, knitted her brows anxiously, and kept rubbing her phone.
“Don’t scare me. What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Seeing her look, Wei Nan hurriedly asked.
“I need to return to Stillwater now. I’m afraid I can’t record the show.”
As soon as Wei Nan heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief. “Miss, you must be joking! There’s only half an hour left until it starts. So many veteran singers, plus all the station staff. You’re saying now you’re not participating, that’s like standing up everyone there and offending the TV station!”
“And if this gets out, what TV station would dare invite you again? You’d be finished.”
“I’m truly very sorry…”
“Don’t tell me sorry. At least give me a reason! The schedules of all the other artists participating are already arranged. You can’t expect everyone to just wait around doing nothing for you!”
Seeing she was serious and not joking at all, Wei Nan became anxious immediately.
“Then just withdraw from it,” Mo Yibai said firmly.
She had come this far all thanks to that man. Even if she had to give up everything, she wanted to go back and see him one last time.
“Oh my god! Have you lost your mind? Do you have any idea what consequences this will bring? Not only is your bright future gone, but the company will also have to pay a huge penalty…” Wei Nan said angrily.
Then she quickly softened her tone and continued, “Calm down, let’s both calm down first. Tell me what happened?”
“How about this – just say my dad died, or my grandfather died, whoever, I have to rush back for the funeral. I’m sure the station will understand, and so will my fans, right?”
Since Mo Yibai was an orphan and had never met any of her relatives, she had no qualms at all saying this.