BHBF Chapter 99.1

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 5) Chapter 99.1: The Son Is The Villian (25)

Although the Zheng family had previously suffered a setback, this time they had set up a large-scale palace drama, and thus easily raised the necessary investment.
When filming began, Zhang Ming made a special trip to tell Shao Yu about it.
After all, Zheng Minglang and Ying Siyi were a married couple, so Zhang Ming couldn’t help but pay more attention to their actions. He was quite surprised to see that Ying Siyi was not among such a large group.
“Has Ying Siyi changed her personality? Does she not want to be a big star anymore, but a rich wife?” Zhang Ming couldn’t help but ask.
Shao Yu shook his head and said, “She’s not that kind of person.”
The original owner of this body and Ying Siyi were husband and wife for several years. Ying Siyi was undoubtedly a very ambitious person, but she was too greedy, and often ended up biting off more than she could chew.
Like Gu Jiaying, Ying Siyi is a classically trained actress. The role she took from Gu Jiaying was arguably the highlight of her acting career over the years, after which her acting skills have been slowly declining.
Ultimately, it becomes a formulaic performance.
Is Ying Siyi hardworking? There used to be a lot of news about her taking on multiple projects at the same time, sometimes running between several film sets in a single day, which can certainly be described as hard work.
However, her goal has always been to quickly gain fame and monetize it, rather than to seek greater progress and more recognition.
Ying Siyi is not the kind of person who wants to retire after securing a long-term meal ticket. She wants fame, status, and money.
If she hadn’t been so eager to hoard all the good things for herself, she wouldn’t have forced the original owner of this body to invest in her projects so relentlessly.
“You seemed to have said that Ying Siyi might have some leverage over Zheng Minglang. Is Ying Siyi like this now because that leverage has run its course?” Zhang Ming asked.
Shao Yu said, “Ying Siyi has something on Zheng Minglang, and she will definitely squeeze every last drop out of him before she stops. She is not someone who is easy to talk to.”
“Then why didn’t she participate this time?”
After thinking for a moment, Shao Yu said, “It must be that Zheng Minglang has found a way to counter her.”
Zhang Ming immediately became curious and asked, “You’re her ex-husband, what dirt does she have on you?”
Shao Yu shook his head. In the original owner’s memories, Ying Siyi was as beautiful as if she were bathed in a soft light, and there was nothing wrong with her.
Zhang Ming looked conflicted. He really hoped that Shao Yu could find something wrong with Ying Siyi so that she could prevent her from causing trouble for Shao Yu in the future.
Shao Yu’s phone suddenly rang; it was an unknown number.
After the call connected, a woman’s voice came from the other end: “Honey, please help me.”
After saying this, she let out a series of very urgent breaths, as if she were enduring some kind of extremely painful torment.
Shao Yu could hear the pain in Ying Siyi’s voice, but for a moment he couldn’t figure out what was going on.
He wanted to ask further questions, but the call was abruptly ended.
When Shao Yu called back, the phone was switched off.
Zhang Ming listened with a curious expression.
“It’s Ying Siyi,” Shao Yu replied.
Zhang Ming immediately perked up.
“It seems like something happened to her,” Shao Yu said, frowning.
“Don’t worry about her, who knows what she’s up to?” Zhang Ming said, as if afraid that Shao Yu might be out of his mind, and wishing he could snatch Shao Yu’s phone away.
Shao Yu shook his head and said, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
But Zhang Ming didn’t believe him at all.
Shao Yu quickly hired two private investigators, one to investigate Ying Siyi and the other to investigate Zheng Minglang.
He always felt that Ying Siyi had shown a lot of strangeness since she married Zheng Minglang.
Shao Yu then searched for Zheng’s Film and Television, carefully reviewed the company’s introduction and its works over the years, and identified the problematic works.

Shao Yu focused on observing several outstanding works and quickly noticed two of them. One of them had won many awards, but a fatal accident occurred during its filming.

Another utterly terrible movie, which lost everything, but still received a huge investment in a subsequent project.

Generally, if a company’s previous project was a big production, unless it made a lot of money, they will think carefully before investing heavily in their next project. In many cases, they will even give up big productions and switch to low-budget projects to catch their breath.

However, the two projects by Zheng’s were very close in time, almost seamlessly connected.

The faster it goes, the more it proves that this matter has not encountered any resistance within the company.

Although Zheng Minglang is the boss of the company, he only holds a large number of shares. There are other major shareholders in the company. It is not something he can decide on his own. It must be carefully discussed by everyone.

The more detailed the discussion, the longer it takes, and the longer the project will be launched, instead of the current situation where Zheng Minglang makes a decision and it is executed immediately. There must be something fishy going on here.

As for the other award-winning film, the actress who died during filming was a supporting actress. Shao Yu also saw the actress’s photo. She was beautiful and pure-looking. She had just become famous for a TV series and had no scandals or negative press. She died during filming.

The official cause of death for the actress was ruled a car accident late at night, but according to online reports, the cause of death seems rather suspicious.

While researching Zheng’s information, Shao Yu unexpectedly discovered that Zheng’s family seemed to have two other artists on the blacklist for drug use. Shao Yu glanced at them briefly, but kept them in mind.

After having a vague idea, Shao Yu asked someone to investigate these points in detail.

A month later, Shao Yu’s science fiction film “The Island” passed censorship, while in the same month, the palace intrigue drama crew on Zheng’s side was also in a lot of activity.

Whether it was intentional on the part of the production team or simply because it was true, news of discord between the actors kept emerging, which generated a lot of buzz for the production team.

The people Shao Yu sent out finally delivered the investigation results to him after a month.

“Just as I expected.”

Shao Yu had long since given up hope of the chaos in this circle, so he wasn’t surprised to see these things happening now.

On the contrary, Zhang Ming felt uneasy for several days after unexpectedly witnessing these events.

Gu Jiaying had been in the entertainment industry for many years. Although she hadn’t experienced these things herself, she had heard about them, so she wasn’t particularly surprised.

“Old Shao is showing you all this for your own good,” Gu Jiaying said.

Zhang Ming: ?

Gu Jiaying smiled and teased, “You can’t be filming with us forever. You might have to see these things in the future, and maybe you’ll even become one of them.”

Zhang Ming immediately waved his hand and said, “I would never do that. Don’t worry, you’re the only one in my heart, no one else.”

Gu Jiaying originally thought Zhang Ming would ask about her past, but she didn’t expect that this silly boy hadn’t thought of that at all and just kept expressing his loyalty.

Zhang Ming didn’t ask, but Gu Jiaying took the initiative to explain.

Listening to Gu Jiaying recount her past experiences, how she was suppressed, how she felt there was no end to having her roles snatched away, and how she ended up only playing minor roles, Zhang Ming couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.

“Sometimes I think about it and I really don’t know if I should thank Ying Siyi,” Gu Jiaying said.

“Why are you thanking her? If it weren’t for her, with your acting skills, you would have already become a superstar,” Zhang Ming said.

Gu Jiaying shook her head and said, “If I had actually gotten that role back then, I might have ended up like her, losing my way in this industry.”

Zhang Ming immediately said, “You and she are not the same kind of people, how could you make the same choice?”

Gu Jiaying laughed, feeling as if in this person’s eyes, she was the best in every way.

“If it weren’t for her, Shao Yu wouldn’t have asked me to act in the film. It all comes down to her,” Gu Jiaying said.

Zhang Ming said, “Even if it’s not Lao Shao, there are others. You’ll eventually get your chance.”

Gu Jiaying knew in her heart that without Shao Yu, she might still have a chance, but she wouldn’t be like Shao Yu, who secured her position with a series of hit shows.

Gu Jiaying knew very well why Shao Yu did this. Shao Yu was certain from the beginning that “The Haunted House” would be a huge hit. Even if she wasn’t cast, the script would still be able to persuade other actresses to take on the role without pay.

The reason Shao Yu targeted her was to spite Ying Siyi.

After Gu Jiaying figured this out, she gave up on Shao Yu. After Shao Yu lost his luster in her eyes, she slowly started to notice Zhang Ming.

At this moment, Gu Jiaying felt more and more that her choice was correct, and she found everything Zhang Ming did to be extremely pleasing to the eye.

“That woman has really given Lao Shao a hard time, and he doesn’t know how to deal with her this time,” Zhang Ming said.

“Old Shao won’t go after her. Even if he doesn’t think about anything else, he should still remember that she is the mother of his two children.” Gu Jiaying understood Shao Yu’s thoughts better than Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming was anxious and said, “I don’t know how long the two children will be dragged down by her. Old Shao is decisive and straightforward in other matters, but he becomes indecisive when it comes to Ying Siyi.”

As Gu Jiaying had predicted, after obtaining the information, Shao Yu did not disclose Ying Siyi’s situation to the public, but instead chose to call the police.

While a second investigation was launched, numerous details about the actress’s death began to appear online, including a not-so-blurry video.

The death of the actress on set was already shrouded in mystery, and now that more details have been revealed, the entire internet is in an uproar.

During the first investigation, some evidence was deliberately hidden, so it could only be classified as an accident at the time. This time, however, the people sent by Shao Yu found some evidence that was enough to prove that it was not an accident.

Just a few days after the incident, someone took a photo of Zheng Minglang being taken away by the police, and Zheng Minglang once again became a trending topic, with his past incidents being dug up again.

Zheng’s Film Company was also affected, and many investors withdrew their funding for the palace drama they were filming. Helpless, Zheng’s had to pay out of their own pockets to continue filming.

During the time Zheng Minglang was arrested, Ying Siyi finally got a chance to catch her breath, and she contacted Shao Yu again.

“You want to quit drugs?” Shao Yu asked.

Ying Siyi was not someone who would let herself fall into depravity. Even though she knew that Shao Yu had turned against her, after thinking it over, she realized that there was no one she could trust around her, so she could only come to Shao Yu.

Shao Yu did not refuse and quickly found someone to arrange a special agency for her.

Shao Yu no longer intends to have anything to do with Ying Siyi, but it would indeed be a distressing thing for a child to have a mother like that.

He didn’t show up at all regarding Ying Siyi’s matter, but instead sent someone else to handle it. However, nothing stays hidden forever. Zheng Minglang was in the midst of the scandal, and Ying Siyi, as his wife, naturally received a lot of attention.

Ying Siyi’s visit to a drug rehabilitation center, accompanied by a personal accompaniment, was photographed and even confirmed by the center itself.

The news of Ying Siyi’s drug use spread like wildfire, and some people even sent people to ask Shao Yu if he knew about it. Shao Yu did not respond, as he is currently preparing for the release of “The Island”.

There were no results on Shao Yu’s side, but the Zheng family was in dire straits at the time, and their rivals naturally began to kick them while they were down. Soon, rumors, some true and some false, began to circulate.