The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 301 Auntie Save Me, I’ve Been Reported

Chapter 301: Chapter 301 Auntie Save Me, I’ve Been Reported

"Ruirui." Seeing Wen Rui talking nonstop anxiously, Jiang Man interrupted in a cold voice.

Her eyebrows and eyes radiated impatience, commanding respect without anger.

Wen Rui was startled and suddenly shut her mouth.

Jiang Man’s expression was very serious, inexplicably oppressive, as if she could see through one’s heart, "Do you regret being with Lu Zhan?"

Wen Rui hadn’t expected her cousin to be so formidable, to see right through her thoughts.

She lowered her head, stammering, feeling so inferior she couldn’t be more, "If I can’t become a star, I will be even less worthy of Ah Zhan... He is an emperor superstar, while I am just a budding singer... If our relationship gets exposed... I will be doomed... and his career will also be affected..."

At this point, the young girl clenched her fists, "I don’t regret being with him, I’m just afraid."

"Fear is useless," Jiang Man’s voice remained cold, like an emotionless bystander, "You need to think of a way to prevent problems before they happen. Understand?"

"Understood... I will be more careful from now on..."

"What has your company planned for you? Do you have your own agent now? Will they assign a dedicated assistant for you?" Jiang Man leaned back, casually tapping her fingers on the table, but her movements conveyed a strong sense of authority.

Wen Rui sat up straight, no longer wallowing in self-pity, but energized, "I now share an agent with Ah Zhan, but I haven’t been assigned an assistant yet."

"I’ve asked JOJO to find an assistant for you; just wait for now."

"Ah? Okay!" Wen Rui was pleasantly surprised, initially not reacting.

Was it overkill to trouble JOJO for something as minor as finding an assistant?

...

Meanwhile, at Huayin.

Lu Zhan and Jiang Man’s thoughts were strikingly similar, and he approached his agent to discuss forming a mature team for Wen Rui.

"Assign her a separate agent? Ah Zhan, are you joking?" the agent, Huo, crossed her arms in front of her, exuding a big sister vibe as she stood confronting Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhan, with one hand in his pocket, replied unhurriedly, "No joke, Wen Rui is Huayin’s potential stock, worth nurturing."

"Worth nurturing for what?" Huo paced with her hands on her hips, "Haven’t you seen that Wen Rui has come this far always under Jiang Man’s guidance? I don’t believe your sharp instincts would fail to recognize that the true potential stock is not Wen Rui, but Jiang Man!"

"Sister Huo, you underestimate Wen Rui too much! She’s not as bad as you say!" Lu Zhan was very angry; nobody was allowed to criticize his wife.

Huo took a deep breath, her tone much milder, "Ah Zhan, these are my heartfelt words. I know you cherish talent, and think Wen Rui’s voice is rare and clear, but you also understand the current state of the music scene. A song may get popular quickly, but its singer fades just as fast. This is the era of traffic, where popularity matters far more than talent. Wen Rui indeed has a voice one in a hundred, but her public persona lacks sparkle, presence, and topics. Didn’t the variety show director invite her just because of her Weibo night’s visibility? Yet, in the show, she had no presence, even if she had been as active as Mi Duo or Zhou Ying, her traffic wouldn’t have dropped so rapidly. In short, having benefited from the Weibo night, if she continues like this in the next few episodes, she might be replaced."

Lu Zhan understood all these reasons, that was the reality.

In the entertainment industry filled with handsome men and beautiful women, if one doesn’t have topics to bring to the table, capital will quickly phase them out.

"If the company doesn’t arrange an agent and assistant for her, then I will pay for them myself," Lu Zhan interrupted Huo, very determined in his stance.

Hearing this, Huo frowned, her gaze intensifying, "Ah Zhan, something’s off about you. You’ve mentored juniors before, but I’ve never seen you this concerned. Let me tell you, Ah Zhan, if news of a scandal breaks, your primarily wife-fans, that would be as good as a career collapse, get it?"

Pausing, she added, "I’ll arrange Wen Rui’s assistant; you don’t interfere!"

Lu Zhan didn’t respond until the agent left and the door closed; he then sighed deeply.

The entertainment industry is like that, unsparingly capitalistic, willing to spend lavishly on promoting someone, but equally ruthless in abandoning them.

Many young artists reach their peak right at debut just like Ruirui, failing to catch the wave properly, quickly exhausting their influx of popularity, soon to be discarded by capital.

Lu Zhan quickly walked to his desk, reached for the cigarette box, and lit one for himself.

He thought about what the agent had said, much of which was quite accurate.

The reason Ruirui had come this far was all thanks to his young aunt.

Whether it was the Weibo Night or the variety shows.

After leaving his young aunt, Ruirui indeed became someone who could be easily disregarded.

"Character setting... creating a persona..." Lu Zhan walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the bustling traffic below.

What kind of persona should he create for Ruirui to be liked by the public?

Clearly, her own image as a tepid and obedient girl was not appealing to the public.

...

That afternoon, Wen Rui and Jiang Man attended two classes together.

As she had fallen behind on many lessons, Wen Rui found it somewhat tough to follow the classes.

After the classes ended, she asked Mao Lili for the notes she had taken during this period and went to the library to study alone.

Jiang Man, as usual, drove back to Rong Mansion after school.

Just as she sat in the car and was about to start it, her phone rang.

She glanced at it; it was an unknown number.

She was about to reject the call, but when she saw that the IP address was from Beicheng, she picked up.

"Who is this?"

"It’s me, Yingxue, young aunt, are you busy?" The voice on the other end was timid.

"Heading home, not busy," Jiang Man replied indifferently as she glanced at the phone screen.

Although the call was ongoing, it was very quiet on the other end.

"Young aunt, someone reported me... I’m now here at the school’s disciplinary committee... They suspect I bribed the research institute to get this position... I don’t know who to turn to, I feel so embarrassed... I didn’t bribe anyone..."

"Do you know who reported you?" Jiang Man furrowed her brows, although temporarily clueless about the situation, she remained calm.

"I don’t know, they said it was an anonymous report." Lu Yingxue’s voice was very low: "The disciplinary committee said they will question me later, I’m a bit scared, young aunt. Can you come here? I feel less panicky with you around."

Lu Yingxue herself was also puzzled.

She had met her young aunt only twice, but somehow she felt a fondness and even a trust towards her.

She didn’t want her family to know about this issue, as they had been ecstatic just the night before, celebrating her opportunity at the research institute.

Yet today, she had been reported by someone, like a ’prisoner on the steps’.

Such a scandal, she didn’t want her family to know about.

But somehow her young aunt felt like an exception. She inexplicably had a premonition that her young aunt could help her...

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