After school, he was then offered himself to a succubus.

After the meal, Zhang Chen was still forced by Tu Shan Han Su to stand with the rat for half an hour as punishment.

When the group of rats saw that he was also being punished by standing, they all squeaked and mocked him for being "henpecked."

Damn it, the three-year period... no, it's the Kun year now. After one Kun year, once he's found all his vital organs, he'll definitely take revenge on that burning fox!

"Zhang Chen, throw away the trash before you leave."

"Okay!"

"Remember to pay your water and electricity bills."

"Okay!"

Zhang Chen smiled as he picked up the trash, then left, looking disheveled.

As the saying goes, behind every successful man is a virtuous woman.

Moreover, he had more than one woman behind him... a succubus.

He endured it for the sake of ultimate success.

Back at his rented apartment, Zhang Chen paid the utility bills and found that he didn't have much money left in his card.

Tsk, she has a bunch of rats, a cat, and now a dog at home... More importantly, Tu Shan Han Su likes to watch palace dramas, sometimes all night long, and she spends lavishly on groceries.

This is a huge expense, what a spendthrift woman.

What happened to the payment Shen Nianxi promised him? Why hasn't it been transferred yet?

That's it, I'm going to be killed by life before I even get killed by the monsters.

As Zhang Chen pulled down his pants, he pondered a solution, and the business card inside his pants fell out.

Oh right... there are also music video shoots. If you shoot a music video, you'll get a lot of money, right?

I'll think about it.

Zhang Chen opened his phone, intending to find Lin Yinmeng's official fan website, when he discovered... the browser's trending search was:

#Lin Yinmeng is going to shoot a music video for her new song! The youngest female singer in history is finally showing her face!

#Lin Yinmeng's MV is looking for a male lead, rejecting popular young actors, requiring only complete amateurs!

#Several online celebrities with bare hair express their desire to appear in Lin Yinmeng's music video!

#Li Yinuo will write a second volume of her new book...

#Earthquake in Japan, dragons are flying in the sky!

Zhang Chen didn't check Lin Yinmeng's trending topics first; instead, he was drawn to the keyword "dragon."

After all, the dragon is an emperor...

He clicked on it and saw only a hazy photo of dark clouds in the sky, with lightning flashing beneath them and the faint shadow of a long snake.

The comments section was unanimously saying that it was generated by AI.

Zhang Chen couldn't tell if it was real or fake for a moment, so he simply saved the picture.

To be honest, he really wanted to see the dragon girl, and it had nothing to do with his fetish.

Shenlong and Sun Wukong hold the same place in his heart as Ultraman Tiga; they were his "white moonlight" during his elementary school years.

After saving the image, Zhang Chen clicked on the trending topics related to Lin Yinmeng...

Ignoring the posts from various online celebrities, I found the official announcement from Lin Yinmeng.

As for the salary... it wasn't mentioned.

Seriously? How come they're all putting on shows for free just for views? This is destroying the market!

After much deliberation, Zhang Chen decided he couldn't let these people take away his money-making opportunities, so he dialed the number on the business card:

"Beep beep, beep beep beep..."

"Hello? Fangyi isn't here. Is there anything I can do for you?"

The person who answered the phone was a girl, whose beautiful voice almost made Zhang Chen lose his composure.

If this were in Valorant, he would already be crying and calling for his mother.

But that voice... it sounds strangely familiar...

"Hello?"

"Hey, you're a staff member at Lin Yinmeng's studio, right?" Zhang Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.

Zhang Chen heard the other person's heavy breathing, as if they had dropped their phone and thrown it to the ground, followed by hurried footsteps and cheers...

What's going on here?

"Oh no! Oh no!"

"Sorry, sorry! I, I got a little excited..." The phone seemed to be picked up again, and that sweet, ethereal female voice reappeared.

"oh."

"Um... is there anything you need? You can tell me."

"I'd like to ask about the music video..."

"Is it for a role?! Okay, no problem, you can come for the audition tomorrow!"

"Uh, no, I wanted to ask about the pay. If it's too low, I won't go," Zhang Chen said awkwardly. The person opposite him was being a little too enthusiastic.

She's probably a receptionist; it's normal that she has a pleasant voice.

"Payment? Ah, yes, payment... So, what are your expectations?"

"Let's calculate it by time... How long will it take to shoot the music video?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It'll probably take about a week to film!"

"A week... does it include meals and accommodation?"

"Since we were filming at school, we ate in the cafeteria...and meals were provided!"

"School? Which school?"

"Nanjing University!"

What a coincidence! It even saved on travel expenses.

Zhang Chen coughed twice, preparing to offer a reasonable salary; the part-time job seemed quite tempting.

There was no other way; he still had to support his family, and that fox in his house was just too wasteful.

"Thirty an hour is acceptable..."

Before he could finish speaking, the person on the other end of the phone seemed even more anxious than him, pressing him for an answer:

"Three hundred thousand? That's fine! Alipay or WeChat?"

"?"

"Wait a minute, are you a legitimate staff member? Can't you send someone who can actually get things done?" Zhang Chen questioned.

"Huh? I... 300,000 isn't enough?" came the disappointed voice on the other end of the phone.

"It's not that it's not enough... Is this how you negotiate wages? Damn it, are you guys planning to sell me to Southeast Asia?"

"Yes, I'm sorry... This is my first time dealing with something like this, so are you going to refuse...?" The other person's voice sounded somewhat pitiful.

Zhang Chen was inexplicably moved by the voice and found it difficult to say no.

"Ah, Fangyi's back. You should talk to her; she knows more about this..."

The noise from the wind on the phone continued for a while, and Zhang Chen seemed to hear a shy scream from a young girl of about sixteen...

"Hello? I'm Zhao Fangyi."

Finally, they've changed the coach.

"I am Zhang Chen."

"Zhang Chen...sigh, so, have you considered coming?" Zhao Fangyi's tone seemed reluctant.

"Not yet, I plan to inquire about the pay."

"Salary? Did I hear that right... Zhang Chen, do you know how much this massive amount of traffic is worth? Yinmeng never shoots music videos, do you know how many people would kill to get a role in one?"

Zhao Fangyi found it incredible.

"But you're telling me... you want a paycheck?"

"So you weren't going to pay? Never mind then." Zhang Chen said listlessly.

"Hey! Wait a minute! Wait a minute... How about we talk about it again tomorrow? The pay is negotiable."

"OK."

Zhang Chen hung up the phone.

It wasn't that he didn't want to talk more, it's just that Bai Nuoyan was back.

The cat came home earlier than usual today, so he had to be on guard.

"Creak..."

The silver-haired girl pushed open his door and saw him taking off his pants to play on his phone. She immediately pinched her nose in disgust.

Why do you smell like dog?