Chapter 518 - Hidden Rule
Chapter 518 Hidden Rule
The headquarters of Shengtang Medical Company was in Ninghai, but it would open a subsidiary in Yan Jing sooner or later.
Initially, he did not take this matter seriously, but the appearance of the three Ancient Warriors, Jiang Wuhui, Green Bamboo, and Yan Hui, made him realize that Yan Jing, where there were talented people in concealment, was not such an ordinary place.
Before he was sure he could handle all kinds of crises, keeping a friendly relationship with the Bai Family and taking advantage of their power was unnecessarily bad.
“Okay, that’s a deal.”
Bai Qing said very happily.
The group of people came to the nearest restaurant, the one in Yan Jing Hotel. Luo Zhicheng declined Ding Ning’s invitation of dining together. Instead, he and his men ordered a table of dishes in the box next door.
Even when eating, they took turns to eat, always leaving two people at the door of Ding Ning’s box. Before each dish was taken in, they would taste it to test if it was poisoned, so that the waiters of Yan Jing hotel even thought that the head of a country was eating here.
Meeting an old friend in a distant land made Ding Ning’s depressed mood disappear soon, and he drank and chatted happily with Bai Qing.
While drinking, Ding Ning suddenly remembered Jiang Yimeng and joked with a chuckle, “Superstar Jiang and I took the same plane here, but why she and you didn’t…”
“Ahem, ahem, ahem…”
Bai Qing almost spewed the mouthful of liquor and coughed to signal him with his eyes, and his complexion had become extremely unnatural.
Ding Ning immediately received his signal and realized that he had said the wrong thing. These Childes of powerful families liked to dally with stars, and everyone knew it, but they should never talk about it.
Especially when the clever but mischievous little girl Xiao Guo’er was present. No one knew if she would tell it to others childishly.
Ding Ning glanced from the corner of his eye and then found that Xiao Guo’er was picking up her ears to eavesdrop with her black grape-like big eyes wide open, so he changed the words he would have wanted to say. “I remember that Superstar Jiang is a contract actress of your entertainment company, right? Did she come this time to Yan Jing for a concert or a movie? Why didn’t she come here with you, her boss?”
The change of the subject turned an affair into a work inquiry. Then, Bai Qing heaved a long sigh of relief and said with a smile, “She came to Yan Jing for the Campus-star Competition you mentioned just now.”
“She came for the Campus-star Competition? She is a superstar, isn’t she? Why should she still need to participate in a talent show like the Campus-star Competition?”
Ding Ning was shocked with his eyes wide open because he could not think it through. “If she participates in the show, others will have no chance! This is a mischievous action, isn’t it?”
“You are so stupid, brother-in-law. The Campus-star Competition needs judges! Sister Jiang Yimeng came to be a judge for sure!”
Xiao Guo’er ridiculed Ding Ning in the manner of an adult, making him feel ashamed, but he saw light suddenly.
“Right, if the Campus-star Competition wants to catch the eye of the audience and improve its ratings, it will naturally invite superstars to be its judges. Jiang Yimeng is an A-lister and will not attend this kind of talent show as a competitor. Surely, she will be a judge of it!” Instantly, he said with a forced smile, “You are really clever, Guo’er.”
“Of course, I’m the cleverest. Is it right, Money Bag?”
Xiao Guo’er had a child’s character. When she was praised, she would always want to be approved by her peers, so she showed off herself with pride to Yagyuu Asamayu.
But Yagyuu Asamayu’s foodie character seemed to have been developed by Xiao Guo’er, so that she was busy eating a dish of shredded apple in hot sugar. When hearing her words, she only replied with a “hmm” and then continued to eat, making Xiao Guoer depressed for a while.
“Money Bag? This name is special.”
Bai Qing looked at Yagyuu Asamayu in great surprise. “In my memory, those with Ding Ning are all beauties, but when did he get such a plain-looking girl?”
More importantly, Ding Ning did not have the wish to introduce her to him from beginning to end, and this ordinary-looking Money Bag was obviously not interested in greeting him, so he became even more curious.
“This is my younger sister Ding Luoyu, and her pet name is Money Bag. She… ahem, ahem!”
Ding Ning made a simple introduction and pointing at his head, blinked his eyes, and Bai Qing suddenly understood. “Ding Ning’s sister has a mental problem. No wonder she behaves so strangely.”
But he soon wondered why Xiao Guoer called Ding Ning that way. He knew that Xiao Nuo of the Xiao Family was in Ninghai, but he was really not clear about the close relationship between Xiao Nuo and Ding Ning, so he asked curiously, “Why does Guoer call you brother-in-law?”
“Because he is my elder sister’s boyfriend. If I don’t call him brother-in-law, what should I call him?”
Ding Ning blushed. Before he spoke, Xiao Guoer pouted and answered vaguely.
“Oh, I see. You are so brilliant, brother! You got a beauty so soon, and let me give you a toast.”
Staring at Ding Ning with an ambiguous look, Bai Qing picked up a cup and gulped it down.
He suddenly remembered that Ding Ning saved Xiao Yan last night, so he simply thought that the elder sister Xiao Guoer mentioned was Xiao Yan, and he sighed inwardly, “It is so good to have excellent medical skills! He just saved a beauty randomly, and the beauty just threw herself into his arms. Since Xiao Guoer calls him brother-in-law, it seems that the Xiao Family has approved it.”
Ding Ning drank a cup of liquor silently, feeling upset. “My relationship with Xiao Nuo is ambiguous, but it is still not time to talk about marriage.”
“Xiao Guoer came to me and called me brother-in-law again and again. Is this her personal idea or the idea of the Xiao Family?” He was a little upset and felt like the butterflies in the stomach, so he simply neglected Bai Qing’s ambiguous look and his joke.
This made Bai Qing firmly believe that Ding Ning was dating Xiao Yan and had probably had intercourse with her and been approved by the Xiao Family.
Otherwise, the powerful Xiao Family would never allow Xiao Guoer to call him brother-in-law when nothing had been confirmed.
What he did not know was that Xiao Guoer had just come out on a secret trip, and calling him brother-in-law was because he was Xiao Nuo’s boyfriend. Therefore, a beautiful misunderstanding was formed.
“By the way, brother, what are the names of your two sisters? Do I need to tell this to Jiang Yimeng?”
Bai Qing never paid attention to such a talent show as the Campus-star Competition, and offering help was because he wanted to make his relationship with Ding Ning closer.
“No. Since this is a competition, it should be fair and just, and let them do it with their ability. Whatever rank they get, it is a show of their strength.”
Ding Ning waved his hand, not saying yes or no. Personally, he did not want Ye Huan and her sister to enter the entertainment industry, but this was Sun Lanying’s dream, and he had no fair reason to stop them, so he did not want to affect the result of the competition and only wanted it to go naturally.
If they could win the first place and sign the contract with the entertainment company which favored them, it was God’s will for them to enter the entertainment industry, and he would not object.
If they failed, they would have to give up this idea, and this was just what he wanted.
Bai Qing did not think so and said with a small smile, “Do you think such a competition is so fair and so just?”
“What does this mean? Is there a story about it?”
Ding Ning frowned. Although he did not support Ye Huan and her sister’s entry into the entertainment industry, it didn’t mean that he wanted to see them suffer from unfair treatment.
“You just don’t know about the trick of it! This year’s Campus-star Competition is sponsored by three entertainment companies: Heaven Sea, Star Art, and Meteorite, and our Tiangong Entertainment did not join it.”
Bai Qing took a sip of the liquor and said indifferently, “The Campus-star Competition is held annually and recruits potential singers from the colleges across the country. Those who can enter the semifinals will draw the attention of entertainment companies. That is to say, since your two sisters could enter the semifinals without relying on any relationships, this proves that they have a very strong training value. Now, they must have been favored by one or more entertainment companies. At present, no one has ever talked about signing the contract with them because they are just waiting for the final competition result.”
“Do you mean that they will sign contracts with entertainment companies even if they don’t get ranks in the competition?”
Ding Ning suddenly understood. Ye Huan and her sister had just partly entered the entertainment industry, making him feel disappointed and also a little happy for them.
“Not necessarily!”
Bai Qing shook his head with a chuckle and said meaningfully, “This depends on how strong their will is about entering the entertainment industry.”
Very dissatisfied with this indirect way of talking, Ding Ning narrowed his eyes to stare at him silently and expressionlessly.
When Bai Qing saw the stare, his hair stood on end, and he raised his hands to surrender and said helplessly, “Guoer and Money Bag are present, so I can’t talk so directly about some things, but you should know the hidden rule of the entertainment industry.”
Ding Ning trembled all over. Definitely, he knew the hidden rule, so he said dark-faced, “Do you mean that they will have to be bedded if they want to sign the contract?”
“Not absolutely, but someone will give hints, so I said, ‘This depends on how strong their will is about entering the entertainment circle.’ If they have a strong will, the probability for them to be bedded will exceed 90%. Let me tell you this way: Unless the three final winners are geniuses so that these entertainment companies will crazily compete to get them without using the hidden rule. Otherwise, they will have to pay a certain price.”
Bai Qing talked about the trick of it with an indifferent look.
Ding Ning became silent. How could he not know those disgusting rules in the entertainment industry? This was the reason why he was never willing to let them enter the entertainment industry.
He had given them the Talisman Charm, making sure that they would not be forced to accept the hidden rule, but if they were willing, those talismans would not work at all.
In his heart, he had been treating Ye Huan and her sister as his biological sisters, but thinking that they might submit to the strong will of becoming stars, he felt uncomfortable.
Especially when he remembered his meeting with Ye Huan and her sister in the past. At that time, in order to raise money to treat their mother’s disease, they sold themselves.
Their filial piety was undoubted. Then, in order to finish their mother’s last wish, they would unnecessarily refuse the hidden rule.
After observing Ding Ning’s speech and behavior and seeing his gloomy face, Bai Qing knew that the two girls must be very important to him.
“What a man full of love! But if a man has such a character, others will easily find his secrets and then attack him by taking them as his weaknesses!”
Bai Qing heaved a sigh inwardly. In his eyes, women were only daily necessities, not essential things, and even marriage was only a naked exchange of interests.
So, he did not regard Ding Ning’s attitude toward Ye Huan and her sister as right. Of course, if he knew that Ye Huan and her sister were still virgins, he might have another subconscious way to interpret it. “Many men prefer virgins. Since he hasn’t bedded them, if others get their first time, he will naturally feel unhappy.”
Ding Ning did not know his disgusting idea and only pondered over and over again on how to deal with this problem.
He was not sure about the choice of Ye Huan and her sister at all, but he clearly knew that even if he forcefully prevented them from getting degenerated this time, he could not prevent them for a lifetime.
As they stepped into the showbiz world, they would have to face more and bigger attractions later, but he could not stay with them to protect them every moment or use his will to control their lives.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, Ding Ning resolutely chose not to interfere and decided to see how they would make their choice.
If they did not have self-esteem and chose to get degenerated for the sake of achieving their goal, he would not say anything. After all, that was their choice, and he would even keep treating Sun Lanying.
But after that, they and he would be strangers, without any relationship at all.