Then, Hao Jian was pushed out.
Hao Jian looked at Heigui wearily, "What a pig of a teammate!"
"I got excited and forgot," Heigui said apologetically as he scratched his head.
"You're not our actors. Who the hell are you, and why are you hurting people in secret?" the director snorted angrily. Although he was quite pleased inside, he still had to put on a show of concern.
After all, if there was a problem with the personnel, he had to take responsibility. If he didn't appear diligent, and if the matter reached the big boss, he could get dragged into it too.
"Liu Yufan drove into my mom, causing her injury, and then fled the crime! She is still lying in the ICU at the hospital. I wouldn't be overreacting even if I killed him, let alone beat him up today!" Heigui declared righteously.
At these words, everyone was shocked. Liu Yufan had actually done such a thing?
With a flickering gaze, Liu Yufan quickly defended himself:
"You're spouting nonsense! How could I possibly do such a thing? You're framing me. If you claim I hit someone, then bring out the evidence!"
"Evidence?" Heigui looked at Hao Jian with a bit of a guilty conscience. He had anticipated this scenario. Without evidence, how could they accuse Liu Yufan?
"We will have evidence very soon."
Hao Jian had already asked Brother Spice Ginger to look for the surveillance footage from the street that night, confident that they would soon have results.
"I bet you don't have any evidence at all," Liu Yufan said, breathing a sigh of relief as he immediately became smug. He knew that the agency had taken care of all the evidence; how could these two bumpkins possibly have any?
"So, tell me, which film company sent you to smear my name?" Liu Yufan was also cunning, quickly putting the blame on Hao Jian and Heigui.
And at his words, everyone was somewhat astonished. It was common for competitors in the industry to try to smear each other's reputation, but usually, they would pay journalists to do the dirty work; this direct approach Hao Jian and his group were taking was new to them.
Seeing that Hao Jian and his group couldn't produce evidence, the director also believed they were deliberately smearing Liu Yufan and said sternly:
"I don't care what grievances you have with Liu Yufan, but causing a commotion on my set is unacceptable!"
Then, he turned to the assistant director beside him, "Call the police and let them handle this."
"I would advise you to mind your own business; it would be better for you," Hao Jian said lightly.
"You dare to threaten me? Who the hell do you think you are!" the director laughed in fury. How dare these two nobodies threaten him? Did they think he was a pushover?
What director doesn't know a few big bosses?
And among these bosses, some are good people, others are not, but with just a word from him, he could make Hao Jian and his companion mysteriously disappear from this world.
"What about me? Am I qualified enough?" Just then, Brother Spice Ginger appeared, standing beside the director with a stern expression.
"Brother... Brother Spice Ginger?" The director was stupefied and stuttered with fright.
This director was a local of Hua City and naturally knew who Brother Spice Ginger was—a figure who could make the whole Hua City tremble with a stomp of his foot. Why was he here? Was he this kid's backer?
The more the director thought about it, the more frightened he became. He had actually offended Brother Spice Ginger's underling, and with Brother Spice Ginger's reputation, his whole family could be wiped out in minutes.
With a cool glance, Brother Spice Ginger just uttered two words: "Kneel down!"
"Yes... Yes!" Without any hesitation, the director immediately knelt before Brother Spice Ginger.
It wasn't that he wanted to kneel, but that he could not help but kneel!
He was all too familiar with Spice Ginger's ruthless and heavy-handed reputation; this man was truly capable of murder!
At this moment, all the staff present were stunned. To make their director kneel without a second thought, Brother Spice Ginger must indeed be an important figure.
"Not to me, but to my boss!" Brother Spice Ginger scolded again.
"Ah? Who is your boss?"
The director was in disarray. Since when did Brother Spice Ginger have a boss? Wasn't he the boss himself?
"He is my boss, Hao Jian, Mr. Hao," Brother Spice Ginger pointed towards Hao Jian.
This revelation left everyone in utter shock. This man was the boss? But no matter how you looked at him, he just seemed like a fool.
The director felt like crying. So the real authority, Poria Cocos, was Hao Jian. Not only had he insulted the man, calling him who knows what, but he had even dared to threaten him. He had truly courted disaster.
Thinking of this, he wished he could slap himself in the face.
And soon enough, he put this thought into action, slapping his face repeatedly while saying,
"I'm sorry, Mr. Hao, I was blind not to recognize your greatness, I spoke out of turn. Please be magnanimous, don't stoop to my level."
"Told you not to meddle, but you just wouldn't listen, really pathetic," Hao Jian looked at the director with disdain.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's my own fault, I am ignorant of my mortality," the director was almost in tears.
"Have you found the evidence you were looking for?" Hao Jian asked Brother Spice Ginger, speaking in a tone clearly that of a superior commanding a subordinate.
Seeing this, the staff finally understood—Hao Jian was the real BIG BOSS!
At those words, Liu Yufan also tensed up. Evidence? Had this guy really found evidence?
"I've got it. I bought the surveillance footage of the incident from a police officer at the police station. This kid's agency destroyed all the evidence, but they didn't expect that officer to have secretly made a backup. My people have it and are on their way," reported Brother Spice Ginger respectfully.
Liu Yufan's face went ashen. How could such a thing happen?
Hao Jian glanced at his watch. "Then there should still be some time. Heigui, now you can settle your grudges," he said.
Heigui nodded heavily, then with a somber expression, he walked towards Liu Yufan.
"I beg you not to hurt me, I didn't mean to hit your mother. It was so dark that night, and I had a bit to drink, I really didn't see her."
Liu Yufan was truly scared and pleaded with Heigui for mercy. He could tell that Heigui was furious, and it wouldn't have been surprising if Heigui killed him right there and then.
Seeing him so pitiful made Heigui hesitate as well.
"What makes him truly despicable is not what he did, but his attitude after the fact," Hao Jian reminded him at that moment, urging Heigui not to show unnecessary mercy.
When mercy becomes unnecessary, it turns into indulgence!
Heigui's face instantly grimaced with ferocity, as he swung the baton down toward Liu Yufan.
If Liu Yufan had not committed hit-and-run after injuring someone, why would he have to beg like a homeless dog?
Hao Jian was right; it was Liu Yufan's attitude towards the incident that was truly infuriating.