Aurelia’s eyes widened as she paled as if she saw a ghost. She quickly adjusted her emotions and forced a smile.After all, this was how she managed all these years.“Hi, James! You’re free today?”James kept his eyes on the metal box that she did not get to hide in time. It seemed that the girl had been making good money recently!James was one of the gang members on the street. He was not capable and was ugly, so he was often bullied by the other thugs when he first joined the gang.His psychological state gradually became twisted in such an environment. After years of hard work, when he finally became a thug with a slightly higher status, he began to bully the weak around him as revenge, often beating people up to the point of bleeding when he collected protection fees.Aurelia had seen it plenty of times. The lady next door who died from losing too much blood had died because she did not hand in the fee in time. His underling had stabbed her three times.This was why she n
Aurelia was nervous and planning how to escape when she suddenly heard the woman shriek. "Ah, who— Who is this!?"The woman spoke in Chaisene, but the "darling" she said when she just came in was in Acian.Aurelia thought that the Chaisene the woman spoke was questioning James, who was at the door, or… the woman was a mixed one just like her."Oh, Madam, you're here!" It was James' groveling voice.'Madam?'Aurelia paused. Combining the term of address and the woman's voice, she was probably not very young. She also sounded surprised. It was obvious that she did not know Aurelia was in there.The woman lost her cool and cursed in Chaisene, "You b*stard, son of a b*tch! Hah, you and your boss got this little sl*t to anger me!?"I'm going to see who the f*ck she is then!""Madam, stop… Stop. Calm down!"Aurelia heard noises of pushing and pulling. She could feel that there were a few times the woman was going to hit her, but James held her back. The man said everything nice he c
"There won't be another woman who's as good as you, sweetheart…""How are you going to repay me then? Hahaha…”Aurelia nearly threw up from where she was on the bed.She could clearly hear the pair make out, and they seemed to have gone out before louder moans came from next door.Aurelia's heart thumped. She carefully removed her blindfold and looked around. The room was on the second floor.She did not know the building's structure, and there might be guards downstairs. She might as well jump down from here.A few seconds of hesitation later, she made up her mind with closed eyes and jumped off the window! She sprained her ankle but could care less about the pain as she ran forward with all her might.Living 18 years in Melorian, she was long familiar with the streets there, even those anonymous alleys.Aurelia turned left and right, not daring to look back or stop. She did not know how long she had been running when she finally arrived at the main road.It was midnight, but
After a moment of silence, Neil replied softly, "We'll talk about it next time.""What do you mean 'talk about it next time'?" Zephyr's deep voice sounded."Cordelia asked you to do it, you do it now! What kind of man are you to stall it?"Neil was rendered speechless, complaining in his mind, 'Yes, you're high and mighty. You're a manly man!'Didn't you get the meal preparation company people over just because your wife wanted an in-flight meal in the middle of the night!?'Neil rolled his eyes back at Zephyr and snorted."I need to go to class at the film school. I'm taking my leave now!""Hey, you…" Zephyr had yet to finish, but Neil had already started walking.Cordelia smiled helplessly."Don't worry, darling. His visa's prolonged," Zephyr said softly."What?" Cordelia was stunned. "How did you know?"A certain Mr. Zephyr Hamerton was triumphant. "I got it done!""So, he has more time to consider if he wants to help Aurelia now?"Zephyr nodded with a smile.Cordelia
Janine side-eyed the person.Hannah's lackeys were really loyal. Did they think that their master could rise again?Janine had never regarded these people much back when Hannah was still part of the board of directors. Hannah could only act her way because of Noah. Now that she was no longer on the board of directors, what did her lackeys think they could amount to?Janine scoffed. "And what makes you think the audience won't buy it?"The person could not answer.Janine presented another graph, a report produced after several rounds of market surveys.From the data evaluation, the production was a niche film, but its reception would not be too bad. At least, there would be no problem trying for an international award."Besides, our company has numerous award-winning actors," said Janine. "As well as the prodigious director, Trinity Lulham. I don't have to tell you about her achievements. She's doing great recently, so this film isn't an issue!""Madam Baker, having many stars i
"Easy for you to say, Mr. Hamerton! Are the Hamertons paying for it?"Zephyr narrowed his eyes, a glint of iciness washing over them.The board of directors supported different parties, and there was a minority who was dissatisfied with Zephyr because his last name was Hamerton and not Baker."Half of Imperial Media's shares have the last name Baker. Are you going to pay for it?""Well…"Zephyr's commanding presence shushed everyone.The door to the meeting room opened suddenly, and a shrill voice echoed. "We'll pay for this investment!"Janine and Zephyr were stunned.Noah stood with Hannah beside him. The woman beamed in victory. Her gaze on Janine was challenging.The board of directors could not help exchanging whispers of comments."What are you doing here?" Janine got up and was going to call for security to drive her out.Hannah took a step forward, yelling shrilly, "What are you doing? We're here to invest in the film! Are you pushing money that's coming your way out
Cordelia nodded. There must be a hidden agenda, and Uncle Noah might not even know about it!"It's really unusual that they've suddenly set up a management company and could produce $15,000,000 right away." Cordelia bit her lips and said in a low voice, "I'll have to let Trinity know not to shoot the film first. This has to be postponed. And you've got to look into Prestige, honey!"Zephyr smiled and tapped twice on his laptop, immediately showing the detailed investigation result on Prestige Agency.Cordelia paused."Darling, do you have to say? I've got it done already!"Cordelia read that the capital Prestige Agency registered with was not much, and it only signed a handful of artists. The whole company only had a legal person, a manager, and a finance person."The legal person's Uncle Noah." Cordelia frowned. "Zephyr, if anything happens to the company, Uncle Noah's the one who will be held accountable legally!""Mm."Cordelia said, "And it doesn't look like a regular compa
"Because I love you and don't want you to suffer any grievances."…Janine waited in silence. She did not accept nor insist on rejecting the $15,000,000 Eropah dollars of investment Hannah offered. She wanted to wait for the latter to expose herself.Zephyr was like his mother. He kept waiting. Once the other party's patience ran out, they would naturally expose themselves. This was especially after he received Nicholas' call."The person you asked me to check the other time, I got it!""Mm." Zephyr lowered his voice. "What's the situation?"Nicholas' power was not in Melorian, but he had friends in gangs abroad, so he was able to find things out."You said that there's a boss around Melorian with a deep, grating voice? That's Cuck Cole!""What?" Zephyr nearly spat his coffee."Hahaha, it's said that people in the gangs call him that!" Nicholas said with a chuckle, "His real name's Chuck Cole, and he is coincidentally from Centrolis. He went to Ricos, then to Melorian after fa