Chapter 2049: Chapter 2044: Decision Made
The reason he reminded him that way was because Treasure-hunting Rabbit didn’t actually want him to pee his pants—after all, this was his own turf...
"Little bro? Master?"
He felt like his brain just wasn’t keeping up anymore...
Because today, he had really seen too many things that shook him to the core.
First there was Xiaohe Village, which looked like an Immortal Realm, then the ginseng over a hundred years old, and now a talking White Wolf, Black Tiger, and rabbit.
If his face hadn’t been pinched swollen, he’d honestly think he was dreaming right now.
"That’s right!"
Holding his head high, Treasure-hunting Rabbit looked at them and said, "What are you here for? Did Master send you to lead the way?"
"Yes! Master told us to bring him over!"
They looked at Treasure-hunting Rabbit, bobbing their heads as they spoke.
Treasure-hunting Rabbit nodded lightly, then looked at this utterly dumbfounded man and said, "Since Master has invited you, you can head over now!"
"Okay!"
The Vice Station Director nodded quickly.
At this point, he no longer had the arrogance and impatience from earlier, because he felt they were terrifying.
He knew that if they wanted to, they really could slap him to death with one paw.
...
"What the hell is this place?!"
Once he had gradually gotten some distance from the White Wolf and Black Tiger, he muttered under his breath...
Earlier, he’d thought this was just a village with a pretty nice environment.
But now, he knew he had obviously underestimated this place; it wasn’t just "pretty nice."
"Later, I absolutely can’t act too arrogant. If I piss off the owner here, things are really going to be hard to deal with."
Before, he’d planned to come in strong and just directly talk Xie Wenwen into it.
Now he’d dropped that idea, because he knew that tactic might not work—this place was even more terrifying than he’d imagined.
So if he tried to act cool here, the ending might be very, very miserable.
With that anxious feeling in his chest, he headed over toward the Gazebo.
From a distance, he saw Xie Wenwen...
But his attention didn’t stay on Xie Wenwen for long, because he noticed there was also a young man beside her with a completely calm expression.
He looked very calm...
As if he had everything in the world in the palm of his hand.
"This is not some ordinary guy."
The Vice Station Director immediately made his judgment.
He was someone who’d seen quite a bit, so with just one look he could pick up a lot.
"If I’m not wrong, he should be the one in charge here."
Having reached that conclusion, he quickly walked over.
"Wenwen, I watched this episode, it was really amazing, absolutely perfect!"
Hearing such praise, Xie Wenwen gave a small smile. "Vice Station Director, coming all this way, that’s a lot of trouble for you! Sit down and have some tea."
"Alright!"
Responding like that, he sat down straight away.
Xie Wenwen gave him a look and took the initiative to introduce, "Vice Station Director, this is Hu Xiaobei, he’s from Xiaohe Village! This time, being able to shoot the show here is all thanks to him."
Listening to Xie Wenwen’s introduction, he looked at Hu Xiaobei and said, "Xiaobei, I really have to thank you for what you did before! Don’t worry, our TV station definitely won’t shortchange you—we’ll pay you the highest standard for set fees."
"Then thanks in advance."
"As we should, as we should."
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Xie Wenwen, his face full of smiles as he said, "Wenwen, you should already know why I’m here this time! Honestly, the TV station really hasn’t treated you badly, so you shouldn’t hesitate anymore, just sign the contract. Of course, you can bring up any terms you like—so long as I can do it, I’ll definitely agree."
Xie Wenwen looked at his smiling face and gently shook her head. "Forget it. For now, I’m not planning to sign this show with the TV station."
Hearing Xie Wenwen’s answer, he let out a sigh and started playing the pity card. "Wenwen, this time the Station Director gave me a death order! If I can’t get you to sign, I really won’t be able to explain myself when I go back. All these years, our cooperation has always been really pleasant! You suddenly cutting things off like this makes it really hard for us."
He knew Xie Wenwen had a soft heart, so he figured playing pitiful was the quickest way to get what he wanted.
Xie Wenwen gave his pitiful face a glance and said coolly, "After graduation, I went straight to the TV station. All these years, I’d say I’ve done my part for the station. So I don’t feel I owe the TV station anything. Now that I’m leaving, you don’t really need to stop me, do you?"
"Yes! All these years, you haven’t owed the TV station, but it’s the same for us—we haven’t mistreated you either! So you suddenly walking away like this really makes us feel bad."
"You haven’t mistreated me? With all the excuses you’ve used to dock my pay over the years, I won’t even bother listing them here! Right now I just want us to part on decent terms!"
Feeling how resolute Xie Wenwen was, he fell silent for a moment. "Xie Wenwen, have you really thought this through? You really want to split?"
"Yes. I really want to split."
Seeing that Xie Wenwen’s mind was made up, his expression turned completely cold. "In that case, let’s talk about the penalty fee. Your contract with the TV station isn’t up yet. If you want to leave now, you have to pay the penalty fee. You don’t have a problem with that, do you?"
By the time he finished, he was looking at her with a mocking sneer all over his face.
In his view, bringing up the penalty fee would definitely scare Xie Wenwen, because this wasn’t some small amount.
Xie Wenwen had made some money over the years, but compared to the penalty fee, it was still way, way short.
So there was no way she could come up with that much money right now.
"No problem."
Hearing her answer so cleanly, he was completely stunned!
"You... you’re sure you don’t have a problem? Did you forget how much the penalty fee is?"
Seeing him staring in shock, Xie Wenwen said calmly, "I remember how much the penalty fee is. I’ll give it to you later—not just my penalty fee, I’m taking all the people from the show team with me too. So have your people calculate all the penalty fees clearly, and I’ll pay it all in one go."
"This..."
The Vice Station Director was stunned to the extreme.
After quite a while, he came back to his senses and dryly asked again, "You’re really not messing with me? You really plan to pay that huge penalty fee? You’re sure you didn’t remember the amount wrong?"
He felt Xie Wenwen had to be joking with him...
She must have forgotten how much the penalty fee was; otherwise, she wouldn’t dare agree so readily, because there was no way she could pull together that kind of money.
"I remember, and very clearly at that! So all you need to do is calculate exactly how much it is."
Realizing Xie Wenwen wasn’t joking with him, he immediately chickened out. "This... Wenwen, I was just joking with you earlier, why don’t we keep working together! Look, you can提出whatever conditions you like, I promise, as long as you say it, I’ll agree. That should show enough sincerity, right!"
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