Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

Hearing what Kazuya said, Hachiman couldn't help but frown and said, "Even if there is potential, isn't this decision too hasty? For the crew, wouldn't a stable and suitable image be more in line with the requirements?"

To be honest, Hachiman really didn't support those who stayed in the United States, but the reason given by the director named Ito Akita was too ridiculous, so Hachiman had to say something.

But Fatty Ito's face darkened. He was still somewhat polite to Takarada Rikka, the screenwriter and investor, but when it came to the auditioning actor, he didn't need to suppress his temper at all. He directly threw the microphone towards Hachiman.

"Fuck you, this is the second time you've refuted me today. Don't you understand your position? Are you qualified to give advice?"

The microphone didn't hit Hachiman, but fell to the ground with a sharp roar.

Although the curse was directed at Hachiman, the words were actually meant for Takanari Rikka to hear.

Seeing Hachiman being scolded by Ito Akita, Kazuya couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

Suddenly, Hachiman's face turned gloomy, and he felt frightened by this guy.

"Whose mother are you fucking?" After saying that, he threw the microphone back and smashed it in front of Ito Akita's desk.

He directly yelled at Takarada Rikka: "You guys chose this kind of rubbish to be the director?"

Rikka pursed her lips and said nothing. Ito Akita was a little surprised by Rikka's attitude.

Hachiman also knew that this was not Rikka's fault, so he suppressed his anger and said to Rikka, "Go up and ask Yukinoshita Haruno to come down in person. I want to hear her explanation."

Rikka had never seen Hachiman lose his temper, so she left the performance hall without saying a word and went upstairs to find Haruno.

Among the people here, the one who felt the most embarrassed was Mizuhara Chizuru, who was clearly the one who was "unworthy of the position". But Director Ito and Kazuya-kun still wanted to put her on the spot.

She clearly felt that Ichika was becoming cold towards her.

Amid everyone's astonishment, Yukinoshita Haruno and Shinjo Akane came down quickly.

As soon as Yukinoshita Haruno opened her mouth, Ito Akita could no longer sit still.

"President Hikigaya, what happened?"

This actor who auditioned is the big boss behind the scenes who never shows up?

But the one who was even more surprised was Chizuru. She looked at Hachiman who was treated respectfully by Yukinoshita Haruno with some disbelief.

Is he really the president here?

Chapter 139 Kazuya-kun, please stop being so immature, okay?

Chizuru couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise. She didn't expect that Mr. Hikigaya was actually the president of ByteDance. Miss Yukinoshita Haruno's solemn look was obviously not a joke.

But wasn’t Mr. Hikigaya the son-in-law who was kicked out by the Yukinoshita family?

At this time, Chizuru remembered that Mr. Hikigaya had explained to her that it was a joke. But at that time, she believed what Miss Haruno said. Now it seems that Miss Haruno was fooling her?

In my heart, Mr. Hikigaya has always been that kind but somewhat useless person.

It was completely different from now when he got angry and everyone had to be careful.

In her mind, the president of ByteDance is a powerful figure.

Hachiman on the other side seemed to sense something and glanced at Chizuru, but there was a bit more indifference in his eyes.

Chizuru felt a little sad in her heart. Why did it happen at this time?

It was rare for Yukinoshita Haruno to see Hachiman get angry, so she raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "What happened?"

Ito Akita was sweating, not knowing how to explain, while Rika on the other side narrated the whole story in a calm tone.

Yang No narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Ito Akita and the boy next to him, not knowing who they were.

Yang No looked at Hachiman and said, "President, how do you want to deal with this?"

In front of outsiders, Yang No still positioned herself as an assistant in front of Hachiman.

"You initiated the project, you selected all the candidates, and now it's up to you to handle it. I just want the results."

At this moment, Hachiman's anger had mostly subsided. If he continued to interfere and handle the matter for Haruno, it would only be a slap in her face.

This is not his usual style of handling things.

Yang No nodded gently. Although Ito Akita scolded Hachiman, he hit her in the face. She was upset but did not show it on her face. She said calmly, "Director Ito, what's going on? If President Hikigaya is not qualified to ask, then am I qualified to ask?"

Ito Akita originally wanted to use this opportunity to climb up to ByteDance Group, and he also knew that the other party's trend was bound to enter the TV drama track. If he could satisfy the top management of ByteDance this time, with the resources in TIKTIK's hands, he could also overtake in the seniority-based film industry.

But I didn't expect to offend the other party's president the first time.

He cursed in his heart, is this guy sick? As the president, he is not pretending to be cool on the judges' panel, but is acting as an actor auditioning. Who the hell would have thought that this is the president.

He could only argue, "Well, I wanted to select actresses with potential for the group, so it would be easier to train them in the future."

Yang Na looked at him coldly and said, "Didn't I give you a timeline? Or as a director, you don't know how urgent this project is, and you don't use the actors with good performance. Instead, you use an actor whose appearance and acting skills are not as good as hers? And you said it was for the sake of the group? Did a dog eat your brain?"

Yang No's words were not polite at all, and she sprayed without mercy. Fatty Ito's face turned very pale.

Kinoshita Kazuya next to him couldn't help but look at Hachiman who had an expressionless face. He was actually the president of ByteDance, so didn't everything he did make him look like a clown?

Cold sweat oozed from Ito Akita's forehead. Yang No narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Director Ito, I want to ask you, are you taking money from others?"

Chizuru raised her head and looked over there, or to be more precise, at Kinoshita Kazuya, and remembered the drunk Kazuya last night. She originally thought that his promise was just drunken talk.

Ito Akita immediately seemed to have found someone to blame, and said, "It was this Kinoshita Kazuya, he took the initiative to find me. Then he dragged me to Shinjuku Kabukicho to drink, and called a few princesses. He took pictures of me while I was drunk, and stuffed 2 million yen into me, forcing me to make Mizuhara Chizuru the heroine. Otherwise, he would distribute the pictures. I was forced into this."

Kinoshita Kazuya never thought that Fatty Ito would be so shameless, and shouted: "You... you are a liar."

Ito Akita no longer looked like a good brother, and said with a ferocious expression: "I lied? Did you give me two million and asked me to take good care of Mizuhara Chizuru?"

"I" Kinoshita Kazuya was speechless.

How could a student like him be a match for a veteran like Ito Akita?

Then, as if to shut Kazuya up, Ito Akita said, "The breasts of Miss Yuko in the bar are very soft, don't think I didn't see it, your hand went directly under the skirt of the hostess."

"I, I didn't." He also became a little flustered, and then looked at the expressions of the girls around him, all of which were full of contempt.

Kazuya hurriedly looked at Chizuru, only to find that Chizuru was looking at him with incredible eyes.

Ito Akita continued to taunt, "I thought you would send Mizuhara Chizuru to my bed after you asked me to make her the heroine today."

Everyone couldn't help but look at Chizuru, whose face turned pale.

She didn't know how everyone saw her now, but it was not difficult to guess.

In order to get the position of the heroine, she paid money to bribe the director and also agreed to have the woman sleep with him after the affair was done.

Qianzuru really wanted to say no, she was not that kind of person, what she wanted was fair competition.

However, at this moment, Chizuru didn't even dare to look at Hachiman and Ichika. She couldn't accept being looked at with contempt by them.

Why did it turn out like this? Today should be the day for her to fight for her dream.

Why did it turn into such a nightmare?

Suddenly, Qianhe wanted to escape from it all and didn't have the courage to face it all anymore.

The next moment, in full view of everyone, she ran away from the performance hall as if escaping.

"Chizuru!?" Kazuya shouted in panic. Seeing Chizuru run out, she followed her.

Then, Ito Akita was the only one left. He said to Hachiman and Haruno in a flattering manner: "President, Vice President, I was just bewildered for a moment."

But Yang No only made a phone call and called the security guard in. The security guard arrested Ito Akita, and then Yang No said coldly: "Ito Akita, now I am officially suing you on behalf of ByteDance Group. The legal department will contact you next."

Ito Akita's face immediately lost all color, and he quickly begged for mercy from Hachiman: "President Hikigaya, please forgive me. If I am sued, my career as a director will be ruined."

Hachiman didn't say anything, but just waved his hand and asked the security guard to hold the guy down.

*

Qianhe came out of the ByteDance Building and ran for an unknown amount of time before she stopped in the park and sat on a bench in a daze.

She didn't know why things turned out like this. In her expectation, today was the day she and Ichika would compete for their dreams.

Even though she knew that her ability might not be as good as Ichika's, and that she wouldn't be chosen as the heroine in the end, it was okay. Every experience would become food for her and help her improve.

Was she asking for too much? But why did things turn out like this?

Ichika must have despised herself for resorting to such tactics.

I don't know how Mr. Hikigaya will look at me.

Letting her boyfriend bribe the director and go to bed with him can be said to be in line with the imagination of unspoken rules in the film and television industry.

Suddenly, Qianzuru wanted to cry.

For my efforts these days, and also for the lost friendships and the grievances of being misunderstood.

She would never do such a thing if she had never done it herself.

"Chizuru!" Suddenly, a boy's voice came.

Chizuru couldn't help but look up at her boyfriend who had an anxious expression.

After seeing that Chizuru was fine, Kazuya's expression seemed to relax a little, and then he walked up to her.

"Um, Chizuru, I'm sorry, I just wanted to help you."

He was doing this for Chizuru's own good and wanted to use his own strength to help her.

Qianzuru bit her teeth lightly: "Why do you want to do this?"

When saying this, Chizuru even had a tearful voice.

Kazuya felt upset, but he had to explain: "Because Chizuru said that this opportunity is rare, I want to help Chizuru realize her dream."

Was his intention wrong? But he had already completely messed things up. Kazuya felt upset and wronged, as if she had implicated Chizuru.

Chizuru couldn't help showing a surprised expression and said: "Kazuya-kun, do you really understand what my dream is?"

Her dream is to be an actress through her own efforts and hard work. She knows that the entertainment industry has a dark side, but that doesn't mean she has to go along with it.

He Ye couldn't help but argue, saying, "Isn't the most important thing to get the role of the heroine?"

"The premise is that I win with my own strength. Otherwise, even if I rely on Kazuya-kun's tricks to get the position of the heroine this time, what about next time? If I don't rely on my own strength and fame, it will be like a castle in the air, and it will collapse sooner or later."

Chizuru looked at the other person with straightforward eyes, but saw that Kazuya's face was blushing. He seemed to disagree with Chizuru's words, but he didn't know how to explain it.

Chizuru was very disappointed with Kazuya and for the first time she felt how far away she was from Kazuya.

She was not upset that Kazuya had good intentions but ended up doing something bad, and she knew that the other party's original intention was for her own good.

But what she didn't expect was the means that Kazuya would take.

Chizuru suddenly realized that Kazuya-kun didn't understand her as well as she thought.

If he knew what I was thinking, how could he use such means?

Kazuya saw Chizuru's disappointed expression and began to panic.

"Kazuya-kun, did you really put your hand under the hostess's skirt?" Chizuru asked softly.

Kazuya quickly said, "No, no!"

But his evasive eyes had already told Chizuru the truth.

Boom, the weather is not good today, it looks like it’s going to rain soon.

"Chizuru, think about the rain." Kazuya said.

But Chizuru stood up and said somewhat dejectedly: "Kazuya-kun, you go back first, I want to take a walk."

She did not blame Kinoshita Kazuya like a nagging woman, she just wanted to calm down.

For my fading dreams and the love I thought was pure.

"Kazuya-kun, please don't be so immature all the time, okay?" Chizuru said to Kazuya in a low voice.

Kazuya's heart felt as if it had been hit hard by a sledgehammer.

The rain fell quickly and gently.

Kinoshita Kazuya stood there, looking at his girlfriend who was gradually going away. He seemed to want to vent all his resentment and anger, and shouted: "Why, why do you all have to do this? I just want to help Chizuru!"

Chizuru stumbled away, and even though she heard Kazuya's wailing of grievance, she still didn't look back.

*

The cold rain fell on Qianzuru's body, taking away her body temperature bit by bit.

She couldn't have imagined that today would end this way.

There were only a few pedestrians on the street, but they were all passing by in a hurry.