Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Chapter 531: Hidden Rules in the Entertainment Industry

Tong Shuyu and Ji Lin drove overnight and arrived at the police station an hour later. The police told them, "They went back to the hotel."

So the two of them went to the hotel without stopping. Fortunately, the hotel required payment in advance, and Zhang Xiuhua paid 1,000 yuan when she first checked in.

There was still a lot left in the account. She asked the hotel to deliver a meal. They had previously disliked the food in the hotel and refused to eat it. Now they no longer disliked it.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, the two of them were sitting in the room eating.

It was around three o'clock in the morning, when everyone was fast asleep, but they were eating in the room.

The doorbell rang outside. Zhuzhu went to open the door and saw a strange man standing there. He was handsome and elegant, and had a refined and cultured temperament. "Did you find the wrong person?"

Before the man could say anything, two people came stumbling over from the corridor. They were Tong Shuyu and Ji Lin. Zhuzhu almost cried out loud.

Jilin checked her up and down to make sure she was fine, then looked at Zhang Xiuhua, "Mom, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Zhang Xiuhua put down her chopsticks and pointed at Zhuzhu, "Her voice is a little hoarse!"

In the bathroom, Zhuzhu was afraid that people outside might not hear her, so she shouted as hard as she could and injured her throat.

Zhuzhu is an actress. If her throat is injured, can she still be an actress in the future? Jilin was afraid that something might go wrong, so he asked, "Did you get smoked? Did you go to the hospital?"

"The doctor checked and said I'm fine. I was just hoarse." Zhuzhu is still in shock. After she and her mother were rescued, they tacitly didn't talk about it. But now that Brother Jilin has come, she has something to say. So she talked about the whole thing in a torrent of words.

Unexpectedly, Ji Lin, who used to love her, slapped her on the head first, with a sullen face, "You didn't sleep at night and went to the bar to dance. Look what you did to your mother! She was almost burned to death!"

He was almost scared to death on the way, and he and Tong Shuyu hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Lu Mingqian, the friend and driver who followed the two in but had been invisible, also spoke up, "Yeah. These two people just cried in my car. It was too dangerous."

Zhuzhu lowered her head, her eyes red, and apologized to Jilin, "I was inconsiderate!"

Zhang Xiuhua was afraid that they would have a conflict, so she waved her hands and said, "It has nothing to do with Zhuzhu. It can only be said that it was an unexpected disaster! The management of the bar is not good. The exit passage is very narrow. And those bodyguards only care about money."

When people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will cause their teeth to get stuck. We can only say that they are unlucky.

Lu Mingqian said, "It's not their fault. I read in the newspaper a few days ago that many bar patrons ran away without paying, some jumped out of the window, some rushed out, and some asked their friends to pay. In order to make more money, they had no choice but to block all the passages. I just didn't expect a fire to happen."

Zhuzhu stared at Lu Mingqian. Why was he so angry? He didn't blame the bar? He blamed them? Did they, the customers, deserve to be burned to death?!

Seeing Zhu Zhu staring at him, Lu Mingqian realized belatedly that he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed the subject, "How many people did the firefighters rescue?"

"There are about a dozen survivors. Many people have been sent to the hospital, but I don't know if they can be saved. There are even more dead." Zhang Xiuhua roughly estimated, "Probably about 200 people!"

She didn't count them carefully, nor did she wait for the firefighters to finish counting before leaving. They were tired and hungry. They had just been pulled back from the brink of death, and seeing the bodies scared them.

Tong Shuyu asked curiously, "Why did it suddenly catch fire?"

Zhuzhu shook her head, "I don't know. Suddenly the sofa caught fire. I was scared to death. Everyone was rushing to the exit. My mother and I ran slowly, so they pushed us aside and hid in a corner. My mother took a Coke and dragged me to the bathroom. We don't know what happened afterwards."

Jilin touched his chin and asked, "Didn't the smoke get into the bathroom?"

After his relatives were rescued, Jilin began to dig deep into the matter.

Zhuzhu hurriedly recounted what her mother had done, "It's a pity that it was a wooden door. If it was an iron door, we could have held out for a while longer."

Tong Shuyu was shocked, "Coke can actually make fire?"

When she said this, Ji Lin was even more shocked than she was. "The ingredient in fire extinguishers is carbon dioxide. Coke is carbonated beverages. Carbonated beverages are made by filling liquid beverages with carbon dioxide. How did you learn physics in junior high school?"

Tong Shuyu was not good at science in school. She suddenly realized, "Mom actually knows all this, it's amazing!"

Zhang Xiuhua was helpless, she didn't understand any of this. She simply saw someone's car on fire in her previous life, and then a passerby put out the fire with a large bottle of Coke.

"It's a pity that a bottle of Coke is gone after a short time."

"That's normal. The fire was so big!" Ji Lin could understand.

After a lot of noise for most of the night, everyone was tired. Ji Lin took Lu Mingqian downstairs to complete the check-in procedures.

Tong Shuyu remembered something, "Mom, Zhenzhen's baby is born, and we want to hold a full-month banquet, but our leader won't approve it. I wonder if she will be mad at me if I tell her."

Zhang Xiuhua also remembered it now, "By the way, was Zhenzhen giving birth to a boy or a girl?"

A fire burned away her sanity. She actually forgot such an important thing.

Tong Shuyu was slightly surprised, "You don't know yet?"

Zhang Xiuhua was a little embarrassed. "Zhuzhu shoots sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and sometimes in the evening. Now my days and nights are reversed. My work and rest schedule is completely messed up. I always feel like something happened, but I just can't think of it."

What she couldn't stand the most was that her period was not normal now. She was old and her energy couldn't keep up with the young people. No wonder those assistants wanted young girls. She really couldn't handle it at her age.

Tong Shuyu had been an extra before, and it was really hard to make money there, so she didn't say anything more. "It's a girl. She's 6.30 pounds, very healthy. The child was born in October, so she was named October."

Zhang Xiuhua was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It was so easy to name these two children!

Zhuzhu was busy filming and had completely forgotten about this matter. She was a little hesitant, "Will my sister-in-law be angry with me?"

Brother Youcai would definitely not be angry with her, as he was a rough man. But there was still a gap between her and the eldest sister-in-law.

Zhang Xiuhua felt that Zhenzhen was not that kind of person, but they were indeed in the wrong in this matter. "Let's call and ask tomorrow morning. It's useless to think too much now."

Zhang Xiuhua and Zhuzhu lay down on the bed and continued to sleep. They would talk about it tomorrow.

Tong Shuyu did not disturb them from sleeping and left the room.

The next day, everyone woke up at nine o'clock.

Zhang Xiuhua called Youcai.

The call was connected soon. When Youcai heard her voice, he smiled and said, "Zhenzhen was discharged from the hospital a long time ago. She gave birth on October 6th. She will be out of confinement in a few days. The baby is healthy. Everything is fine."

Zhang Xiuhua rubbed her eyes and asked, "Where is the full moon party held?"

"I don't plan to do it in the capital. I'm too busy with work. I plan to go back to my hometown during the New Year." Youcai said with a smile.

Zhang Xiuhua thought it was fine. Zhuzhu grabbed the phone, said a few words of blessing, and hung up.

"It seems that the couple is not angry with us." Zhang Xiuhua rubbed her eyebrows, "I can't go on like this. I have to return to normal life."

Staying up all night is too much for her at this age! For the sake of her life, she wants to go back to her hometown and live a normal life.

Jilin came over and knocked on the door, saying he wanted to go to the restaurant outside to have breakfast.

Zhang Xiuhua bought a newspaper at the newsstand. There was a fire in the bar last night, and it was on the front page this morning. It was fast enough.

Zhuzhu looked at the newspaper and flipped through it, "Huh? My name is not on it."

Zhang Xiuhua rolled her eyes. "Do you really want to be on the news?"

They were only wearing their underwear at the time. If it had been reported in the newspapers, I don't know what the reporters would have written about it.

Fortunately, there are no mobile phones and few cameras now, otherwise they would definitely be secretly photographed.

Zhuzhu shook her head, "That's not what I meant. I meant that they didn't leak my information to anyone."

"I guess the audience didn't recognize you yesterday. They thought you were the same name." Zhang Xiuhua thought it was normal that they didn't recognize you. Last night, they were both covered in dust, as if they had rolled in the mud.

After breakfast, Zhang Xiuhua asked Jilin, Tong Shuyu and the other two to go back to work first. "We are fine now. Don't tell your family members, lest they drop their work to come and see us."

Jilin gave Zhang Xiuhua 1,000 yuan, of which 200 yuan was for Zhuzhu. It wasn't that he didn't want to give more, but they had just bought a house and that was all they had.

Ji Lin originally wanted to borrow from Lu Mingqian, but was rejected by Zhang Xiuhua. "Let's just buy a train ticket back home. It won't cost much. One thousand yuan is enough. When I go home and get a new ID and bank card, I'll transfer the money to you."

Ji Lin quickly refused, "No need to return it!"

"That's impossible! You two don't even have enough money to buy a house." Zhang Xiuhua patted Jilin on the shoulder, "Go back and thank Lu Mingqian and treat him to a meal. Zhuzhu and I don't have any money right now, can you two pay for us?!"

Jilin nodded to show that he understood.

After the three men left, Zhang Xiuhua remembered to ask Zhuzhu something, "After you became famous, did many people want to buy your virginity?"

Zhuzhu's face flushed, "Mom! What are you talking about?"

"You think I want to ask." Zhang Xiuhua also got angry, "Why do you think I know the bar owner? He invited me to the private room and wanted to buy you to accompany him for a night. I wanted to take you out at that time, but it was a pity that I was a step too late."

How messy is this circle, to actually take selling Y for granted. She almost exploded when she heard about it!

Zhuzhu pursed her lips and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."

"The entertainment industry is a place of fame and fortune, you must be careful and cautious. Don't be careless." Zhang Xiuhua felt it was still too dangerous, "I have to hire a female bodyguard to protect you."

She is not good at fighting, and if something happens, she will drag down Zhuzhu. Finding a female bodyguard with good skills is the top priority!

Zhuzhu was helpless to see her mother just believing everything she heard. But her mother didn't insist on this topic, which made her feel relieved. She said quietly, "Mom, actually sleeping with you is only the lowest level of means."

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled, "There are advanced ones?"

Huang is not even high level, could he be D?

"The more advanced one is boiling a frog in warm water." Zhuzhu is also well-informed. "Many businessmen will invite celebrities from the entertainment industry to accompany them. The appearance fee varies according to their fame. For someone of my level, I can get 200,000 just to accompany them for a meal. The female supporting actresses in TV dramas can also get 1,000 for a meal, which is equivalent to their three months' salary. Do you think they are willing to do this?"

"Just eating?" Zhang Xiuhua looked at her in surprise.

"Yes! Just eat. At most drink. No touching of hands or waist. Just to save face when talking about business." Zhuzhu sighed, "But many women are vying for it. If a boss takes a fancy to you and invests in a movie, you may soar to the sky. My second brother's agency actually helps with introductions. Brother Pan doesn't force the actors. It's up to them whether to do it or not. Anyway, there are many people vying for it. But he doesn't dare to break the law."

Zhang Xiuhua understood. Everything was done willingly, and there was no cash transaction involved, so it was not a sale. At most, it was a moral flaw that was against public morals, but it was not a crime at all.

"Your second brother?"

Zhuzhu thought her mother wanted to ask her second brother if he knew about this, so she said hurriedly, "My second brother doesn't care. If he did, those actresses would hate him to death."

Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. Why did this child think differently from her? "I want to ask if Ergou has this problem?"

Now Ergou is not only her adopted son, but also her future son-in-law. If the future son-in-law dares to have this problem, she will definitely not agree. And Baolin's personality will not tolerate such a thing.

Zhuzhu suddenly realized and shook her head, "No! My second brother never does these things when discussing business. He said that if a boss starts playing with celebrities, it means that the company is already on the decline, and such people should not be cooperated with."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed. If you say these girls are immoral, then you are overthinking things. When the benefits are great enough, even their own parents can betray them, so a little bit of chastity is nothing. This is an era where people laugh at poverty but not at prostitution.

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