Best friend turned enemy? Marrying the villain, if she runs, I'll run too.

Before the countdown had even reached ten seconds, Meng Tang raised her hand.

Everyone: Let's charge! We overestimated Meng Tang. She didn't even last ten seconds. She truly deserves to be called the ultimate simp in the universe, the king of simps!

To everyone's surprise, after raising her hand, Meng Tang did not move her body, but simply moved one finger gracefully.

"Turn on the speakerphone."

Although she didn't know what she was going to do, Tong Tong still turned on the speakerphone as she was told.

Then, Meng Tang spoke slowly and deliberately: "So you're still alive? That's a real pity. Since you're so badly injured that you can't even get out of bed, please pass on my message."

“I deeply sympathize with Mr. Cheng’s plight, but our ‘Wrongful Conviction Investigation’ is about to start filming, and the date for the opening ceremony has already been set.”

"Since Mr. Cheng is seriously injured and unable to perform, then I can only apologize and say that our cooperation has come to an end. I will have my assistant discuss the subsequent termination process with you later."

Everyone was stunned; their jaws nearly dropped to the floor.

Meng Tang, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, continued speaking slowly and deliberately.

"However, this is not a breach of contract on our part, but a breach of contract on your part as the artist. Therefore, according to the contract, Mr. Cheng should pay us three million as liquidated damages."

"I believe that Mr. Cheng, as a third-tier male star, is still a somewhat famous artist. He should be willing to pay the breach of contract fee readily and end the cooperation with us amicably, right?"

Not to mention the people in the conference room, even the agent thought he was hallucinating, or that Meng Tang on the other end of the phone had been possessed to say such unbelievable things.

"What did you say? You want to terminate your contract with Youjun? You want to replace him? Meng Tang, are you dreaming? Wasn't it you who begged our Youjun to act in this drama?"

"Now that we're at the last minute, you're saying you want to terminate the contract and replace us? Are you treating us like monkeys? If you don't take back what you just said, I'll tell Youjun exactly what you said. You'd better think carefully!"

It's no wonder the agent was so arrogant; it's because Meng Tang had been too obsequious to Cheng Youjun before.

Everything good was offered to Cheng Youjun, and the agent looked down on sycophants from the bottom of her heart.

But Meng Tang is hopelessly infatuated with love, and in order to film a customized drama for Cheng Youjun, she goes everywhere to seek investment, just so that the drama can start filming smoothly.

So when the agent heard that Meng Tang had proposed to terminate the contract, his first reaction was that Meng Tang was up to some trick again.

However, no matter how many tricks she plays, when she learns that she is to be told by Cheng Youjun, she will definitely be afraid and beg for mercy immediately, so as not to leave a bad impression on Cheng Youjun.

To everyone's surprise, instead of hearing Meng Tang's pleas for mercy, the agent heard her sneer.

It's like laughing at a stupid idiot.

“People get hard of hearing after thirty. It’s an illness that needs treatment. I’ve already made it very clear. I won’t repeat myself. Just relay it verbatim to Cheng Youjun.”

The agent was furious: "Meng Tang, you'll regret this..."

Before he could finish his threatening words, Meng Tang hung up.

The agent on the other end looked very unhappy as the dial tone went off.

Cheng Youjun was still lying in bed with a bandage wrapped around his head.

That guy who raided us yesterday was a real bastard; he just kept punching him in the face.

When the person was taken to the hospital, even the agent who rushed over almost didn't recognize Cheng Youjun at first glance.

But what the agent was more worried about was whether Cheng Youjun would be disfigured as a result.

Cheng Youjun turned his head with some difficulty and saw that his agent had returned after finishing the phone call, but his face was as sour as a sewer.

"Was that Meng Tang calling? If she asks which hospital I'm staying at, don't tell her. That woman is really pushing her luck. Let her ignore me for a while, so she'll know the consequences of playing tricks..."

Before Cheng Youjun could finish his confident speech, his manager interrupted him with a dark expression.

"Meng Tang didn't ask which hospital you were staying at, but... instead, she said she wanted to terminate your contract and find another male lead to play the role in 'The Wrongful Conviction'."

Cheng Youjun's confident expression instantly changed, filled with disbelief: "What? This is impossible! It must be that troublesome woman who has come up with some new trick of playing hard to get to attract my attention!"

"Ha, did she think that by resorting to such clumsy tactics, I would forgive her for what she did yesterday?"

Before the agent could speak, an email arrived on his phone.

Upon clicking, the agent's face immediately fell.

“Youjun, Meng Tang this time... seems to be serious. The termination agreement has been sent over, along with a three million yuan breach of contract compensation contract.”

Cheng Youjun sat up abruptly, aggravating the injury on his face, which made him wince in pain.

But he couldn't care less about that at the moment; instead, he grabbed his agent's phone to take a look.

There were indeed two contracts in the email, one for termination and one for compensation.

And it's all one-sided. Meng Tang not only wants to terminate the contract with him, but also wants him to pay a penalty of three million!

Cheng Youjun gritted his teeth, "This crazy woman, has she really become addicted to playing the love-hate game?"

It seems he needs to teach her a lesson so she'll know the consequences of playing him for a fool!

*

After hanging up the phone, Meng Tang looked up and saw that everyone present was staring at her with a look of shock and disbelief, as if they were looking at an alien.

Only Li Su secretly gave her a thumbs up.

That's how you should confront a gigolo! It's so satisfying!

Someone tentatively asked, "Director Meng, are you... really planning to sever your working relationship with Cheng Youjun?"

"Of course, he's too badly injured to get out of bed. Are we expecting the entire crew to wait for him? Do we have too much money to burn?"

"Besides, the entertainment industry is so big, with so many actors, surely we can find someone who can replace Cheng Youjun? With his looks and acting skills, there are plenty of them out there, it's not a big problem."

Meng Tang didn't see anything wrong with it at all, and even went so far as to belittle Cheng Youjun to the point of being worthless.

"But... wasn't this drama originally tailor-made for Cheng Youjun? Changing the lead actor right before filming starts might have a significant impact, right?"

Meng Tang raised an eyebrow and retorted, "Who said that 'The Wrongful Conviction Investigation Record' was tailor-made for Cheng Youjun? Anyone who dares to spread such ridiculous rumors again should stay off the set."

Just then, footsteps were heard outside.

Immediately afterwards, the conference room door was pushed open from the outside.

An angry voice rang out: "Meng Tang, you'd better stop this now. If you don't withdraw your so-called termination agreement within a minute, I won't consider any more dramas you commission for me in the future!"