Chinese Entertainment: Becoming a Superstar After a Breakup

Chapter 85 Money Money Money (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Shen Ze had only been back in his hometown for two days. After leaving a breakup letter, he returned home early the next morning.

I can't stay in my little apartment anymore, and I want to go home to heal my emotions. After all, we've been together for many years. Even ordinary friends feel reluctant to part, let alone a sweet and loving couple.

At this time, his hometown is the last safe haven. Where his parents are, he always feels at ease. He once read a quote that said having a conversation with his mother once is more effective than seeing a psychologist ten times.

"How about it, sis? Did you hear? I was right, wasn't I? I heard there's going to be some planning going on here." In the hot pot restaurant, Shen Ze was helping to tidy up the place.

"What did you hear? Demolition? You actually believe that? If it were really demolished, the house prices here would have gone up long ago," Shen Yan said while wiping the table.

"Business isn't very good at the shop, and we've still set up such a big space. Is this going to work?" Lin Fengxia was a little worried.

The hot pot restaurant has already opened, but without any big fanfare. It operates on the 20-yuan mini hot pot model. Normally, a hot pot restaurant would definitely lose money, but Shen Ze doesn't care about that at all. It's normal for there to be no business; he just wants to secure the space.

When the time comes for planning, the shops where you do business and the empty ones are completely different concepts, and they will be demolished very quickly. You won't even be able to open temporarily, or rather, people won't think you're stupid.

The location he chose this time is good. He's just waiting for August to arrive. In his previous life, the family in the village received their money in October. They should have had the contract a few months in advance. They're just waiting for the first fire to burn down. It'll be soon.

"Mom, we don't have rent or other expenses. At most, we'll lose money on groceries. I feel like there's definitely potential here."

"If all else fails, just wait. My TV series and movie will be released next month. I'll become famous, and maybe if I post on Weibo, our store will make a fortune," Shen Ze said.

"You're really confident in yourself. You only have 5,000 followers. You might as well hope that Dilraba will post something on Weibo. I saw that she has more than a million followers on Weibo," Shen Yan said.

"Sis, she can't send out business-related content right now, so don't tell her," Shen Ze said.

"I'm not stupid," Shen Yan said.

"There's one more thing. Um, we broke up. Don't be too surprised if you can't contact her anymore." Shen Ze took the opportunity to say it.

"You broke up? No, how did you break up? Did you two have a fight?" Lin Fengxia was surprised first, as they seemed to have a good relationship.

"I didn't want to say it because I was afraid you wouldn't know and it would cause some misunderstandings," Shen Ze said.

"What should we do then? Should we return the shop to them? You're so inconsiderate, buying such a big shop for no reason," Lin Fengxia said.

"The shop is hers, it's not going anywhere, it's not a bad thing, let's just treat it as doing business together." Some things are indeed hard to divide, but when it's developed, she'll definitely make a profit, so it won't be a loss.

However, Shen Yan was a little confused. Her younger brother said he had broken up with his girlfriend, but these past two days, they had been chatting very enthusiastically. It didn't seem like they had a fight.

Of course not. Dilraba has been keeping an eye on Shen Yan's WeChat these past few days. She knows her boyfriend went back to his hometown and has seen his latest photos. Shen Yan still likes to post on her WeChat Moments. Having a handsome younger brother is, to be honest, a source of pride for her in the WeChat community.

Shen Ze had prepared himself to stay at home and wait for the TV series to air, which would take one or two months. However, he did not expect that he would have to return to Beijing in two days.

His family didn't know about his contract termination. Some things can be said, some things are unnecessary. It's not very useful except to worry. At least when the TV series becomes popular, they won't be too worried about him terminating his contract.

"I didn't expect the company to cooperate so unexpectedly. This price is really reasonable. Even if you fight a lawsuit for several years, you can only save 100,000 or 200,000 at most, and it may remain at this number. Anything can happen. What do you plan to do?" the lawyer said to Shen Ze.

"One and a half million." Shen Ze looked at the number, surprised that the company hadn't held him back and had just let him go.

However, regardless of what the company thinks, this opportunity must be seized. There is one problem: his original plan was to use the compensation money from the demolition of his house to prepare the money. He will most likely want to terminate the contract, and the company will have to drag it out for at least a year.

The awkward thing is that the company isn't going to delay any longer, but you don't have the money. Who can you talk to? He agrees with the figure, but he can't come up with it right now.

He could either wait until after "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" to see what kind of work he could get, or wait until the land was demolished; both would take time. However, he knew that this was an opportunity, and ending his contract before "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" was released would be the most perfect thing.

If "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" becomes as popular as before, the company will probably cause some more trouble. However, there's another point: why is the company so cooperative? Their level of cooperation is too high. Is it related to Dilraba?

That's all he could think of. The company doesn't need that million-plus yuan; it'll have to be paid eventually anyway. But if they keep delaying, they'll ruin your career, and the company will be even happier. That's how it should be, but Jiaxing is being too cooperative.

Should I contact Dilraba? Forget it, a breakup is a breakup. Continuing to drag things out won't solve anything.

After much deliberation, he thought of Gulnazar. He wondered if it was true or not when she asked to borrow money. But was it really appropriate to ask her for money? Oh well, he'd ask her first. It wouldn't hurt to ask her. She herself had said to just let him know if she could help.

The reason he thought of Gulnazar was because she had been in contact with Shen Ze more these past two days. Of course, Shen Ze knew that this was just her gossipy nature acting up.

"I thought I was seeing things. Shen Ze actually called me one day." Gulnazar was indeed very surprised because, because of Dilraba, the two of them were very careful about contacting each other.

"Do you have time? I'd like to treat you to a meal," Shen Ze said.

"BJ? I'm here, come on over," Gulnazar said.

Two hours later.

"Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'm leaving." It had only been a few days since she last met Gulinaza. When they met, they talked about where their classmates had gone, and of course, they also talked about Shen Ze's contract termination. Of course, Gulinaza also sensed that Shen Ze wanted something from her.

An invitation to dinner without any apparent reason, especially between just the two of you, can only have two causes: either you're pursuing me, or you have something else to do. If you're pursuing me, she doesn't want to. This guy may be a jerk, but he's definitely loyal to his fellow villager.

"Haven't you always wanted to know about my contract? The company is willing to negotiate, 1.5 million," Shen Ze said.

"That's fast, and the amount is not small, but since you filmed a TV series for our company, this amount is reasonable." Although Shen Ze found the resources for "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" himself, ultimately, it's your income during the company's contract period, so it has to be calculated.

"So, could you lend me some money? You can refuse if it's inconvenient. This isn't about moral blackmail. I should be able to pay it back in October," Shen Ze said.

"Okay, why are you looking at me like that? You agreed too quickly." Gulinaza blinked, but a smile was already spreading across her face. Kid, you've finally gotten something to ask of me.

Shen Ze was indeed very surprised. You can't help but feel embarrassed, because it's money.

(Brothers, two more chapters to go)

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