Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

Chang Wanming immediately shouted, "Don't listen to her nonsense! I never said that!"

Hong Qiuyan pointed to Guo Yuanqing, who was pinned to the ground, and said, "I'm not lying, he heard it too."

Chang Wanming was truly afraid that Hu Xiaoxiao would take it seriously and risk ruining his reputation, so he said, "Actually, I was born a eunuch and cannot have sex..."

Hu Xiaoxiao, unable to bear it any longer, interrupted him: "Is this what you meant by 'not attracting anyone else'? You're very experienced?"

Chang Wanming hadn't expected things to turn out this way. He'd been careful enough, but who knew Hong Qiuyan would be nearby? "Should we tie her up too?"

"Are you going to kill me to silence me too?" Hong Qiuyan was so frightened that she took several steps back and screamed, "Help! Murder! Help—"

This was where various program crews were filming, and Hong Qiuyan's loud voice was heard by almost everyone on the entire floor.

The scene that followed was chaotic and disorganized. Almost all the staff on the floor and the guests on the show were alarmed, and nearby staff rushed over with sticks at the first opportunity.

Later, senior management from the program department, including the program director, Zhan, arrived. Even managers from other departments, such as Manager Jiang from the finance department and Deputy Director Zhou from the marketing operations department, came.

As soon as these people arrived, Guo Yuanqing immediately turned the tables, accusing Chang Wanming and Hu Xiaoxiao of plotting to murder him for money and cover their tracks.

"What a joke!" With his reputation at stake, Chang Wanming unleashed his full fury. "We're after you? What wealth could a penniless wretch like you possibly have? You're nothing but a coward! In terms of money, are you richer than Miss Hu? Miss Hu is our company's advertising queen, a rising star, even her hair is thicker than your waist! Everyone come and judge for us! Miss Hu and I came to the program for an event, and this guy sneakily took a camera to photograph us, trying to sell the photos to paparazzi magazines! It's outrageous! If all the photographers in the program department acted like him, which artist or celebrity would dare to come to the TV station as a guest?"

Guo Yuanqing shouted, "I heard you say you were going to force yourself on Hu Xiaoxiao, that's why I came to stop you. I'm here to stand up for justice!"

Hong Qiuyan chimed in, "Yes, I heard it too. Chang Wanming tried to rape Hu Xiaoxiao, and I came over to intervene."

"Who said that? Miss Hu and I have a great relationship, and we'll even be co-stars in the next drama!" Chang Wanming pointed at Guo Yuanqing and Hong Qiuyan and started spouting nonsense: "You two are sneaking around, it's obvious you're having an affair, you're probably here to cheat on each other! You two are really shameless, coming to the company in broad daylight to cheat on each other, and you can't even afford to pay for a hotel room, you're despicable! If you really heard that I was going to do something illegal, wouldn't a normal person call a few more people to help? But you two are acting suspiciously, it's obvious you're not good people! Ah! I get it, Hong Qiuyan, you must be jealous of Miss Hu, that's why you called your lover Guo Yuanqing to frame us! What a scoundrel! I'm more wronged than Dou E when snow falls in June!"

Chang Wanming cried out to heaven and earth that he was wronged, and almost burst into tears.

Enraged, Hong Qiuyan stepped forward to hit Chang Wanming: "Nonsense! I, Hong Qiuyan, am a second-tier actress. Would I be interested in a short, stocky guy? It's clearly you..."

"It's you, it's you, it's all of you!" Chang Wanming, relying on his loud voice, drowned out Hong Qiuyan's voice. The whole building could only hear his booming voice. "It's you! I saw it all. One of you was taking off your clothes, and the other was taking off your pants. Like dry wood meeting a raging fire, you were making out here. I could hear you all the way downstairs!"

Hong Qiuyan was clearly no match for the shameless, scoundrel Chang Wanming. Not only was he shameless, but he was also incredibly loud, uttering the most vulgar and offensive things imaginable. Hong Qiuyan was so enraged she lost her mind and forgot what she wanted to say. Even Guo Yuanqing, pinned to the ground, couldn't help but argue with Chang Wanming, making the scene more chaotic than a marketplace. And Chang Wanming alone was worth five thousand ducks.

"Enough!" Zhan, the director of the program department, shouted, ordering all the employees who were watching the commotion to return to their posts. He then called Hu Xiaoxiao, Chang Wanming, Hong Qiuyan, and Guo Yuanqing to the conference room.

Several high-ranking officials who had come over also followed into the conference room.

Chang Wanming walked behind, secretly winking at Hu Xiaoxiao, then clasped his hands together in a gesture of begging.

Hu Xiaoxiao understood what he meant: leave the task of criticizing the higher-ups to her, because he was young and might offend them before he even became famous, which would ruin his future career.

Hu Xiaoxiao nodded, surveyed the senior executives, and then entered the conference room. Before A-Zhan could speak, she launched an attack. "A-Zhan, there are serious management problems in your program department. How do you plan to explain this to me?"

Hu Xiaoxiao took out the newspaper article about her affair with Chang Wanming from her bag, pointed to the photos inside, and said, "Look at this photo. The background is right here in your program department. An employee was photographed while working inside the company, and your program department has not apologized or investigated the person who took the photos. Don't you think you've failed in your duty? If you can't handle this, then we'll have to call President Lu to deal with it. I'm sure President Lu will give me an explanation."

A-Zhan took Hu Xiaoxiao's newspaper, studied the photo for a while, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Hu Xiaoxiao took out the camera she had snatched from Guo Yuanqing and said, "These are photos that Guo Yuanqing just took. Last time, Chang Wanming saw the person taking the photos and he thought it looked like Guo Yuanqing, but he wasn't sure. Today, he set a trap, and it turned out to be him."

A-Zhan stared intently at Guo Yuanqing, "Which program team are you from? Who is your supervisor?"

Guo Yuanqing quickly said, "I went over to take pictures as evidence because I heard that Chang Wanming was going to harm Miss Hu. Senior executives, you should judge my reasoning."

Guo Yuanqing looked pitifully at A-Zhan, then pitifully at the other senior executives, asking them to make a decision for him.

Clearly, A-Zhan wasn't so easily fooled: "If Chang Wanming really intended to harm Hu Xiaoxiao, shouldn't you have told others and stopped the crime? Are you sneaking around like this, trying to take photos as evidence, or are you planning to sell them to paparazzi?"

Hong Qiuyan sat to the side, making sarcastic remarks: "You can't blame the photographer. There's a saying that flies don't land on eggs without cracks. Hu Xiaoxiao, you need to reflect on yourself. Why do they only photograph you and not anyone else? There must be something wrong with you."

Chang Wanming said, "You really are having an affair with Guo Yuanqing. Even the wise Director Zhan saw that something was wrong, but you're the only one who's sticking up for Guo Yuanqing. You're an adulterer."

Seeing that the two were arguing again, Zhou, the deputy director of the marketing operations department, said, "Arguing won't solve anything. How about we have a meeting to discuss how to resolve this? You two can go back and wait for our news."