Chapter 89: Boss Pei’s Amazing Acting Skills

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Pei Qian was pacing around his office madly.

There was something wrong. There was something terribly wrong!

He knew very well that Surprise and Zhu Yidan’s Boring Life were both well-known in the realm of short videos. They were both very successful!

Boss Pei’s Daily Life—the show that Zhu Xiaoce wanted to shoot now—was very similar to both of these shows at the core. It would most likely become very popular as well!

What should he do?

“System, I want to divest! I don’t want to invest the one million yuan in Huang Sibo anymore. Is that possible?”

A line of words appeared on the system’s screen:

<You need a valid reason to divest, or it would be considered a violation.>

Pei Qian, “…”

A valid reason?

I don’t have one!

I can’t possibly request to divest because I think that this project is going to make me too much money, right?

Are there other reasons?

Could I say that Huang Sibo is taking bribes or that he’s not serious about his job? Could I say that I don’t like Zhu Xiaoce and I think he’s too ugly? How about purely not wanting to make the investment without a reason?

None of these were valid!

Pei Qian pondered hard.

There’s no way! There was no way he could persuade the System!

He had to think of something else.

“Calm down. Apart from divesting, there should be another way out. I don’t want to shoot the movie. Will that do? I don’t want to become the main lead! They can look for whoever they want to!

“At the very least, I can reduce the amount of profits this project brings in…”

Pei Qian had decided. He would turn down this job for the simple reason that he was way too busy.

Then, Zhu Xiaoce and the others would have to look for another actor to take his place. It would be extremely difficult for them to find an actor with the same vibe as him. Even if they could find someone like that, at least the production of the videos would have been delayed by the search!

What if the videos did not become popular because of the change in actors?

He made up his mind and decided to turn down the job. Although it pained Pei Qian to part with the thirty-thousand-yuan remuneration, he knew that he could not lose sight of the big picture because of this small sum!

As long as he could record a loss when settling accounts—even a loss of six or seven hundred thousand yuan, there would be no need for him to be too concerned about earning a petty sum like thirty thousand yuan.

He was prepared to call Huang Sibo and turn down this job. However, the moment he picked up his phone, he realized that there was another problem.

He had already signed the contract!

On the contract, it was written that he would need to pay three times the remuneration in the event of default!

That was ninety thousand yuan!

Pei Qian’s hand trembled when he realized that something was amiss.

“System, can I use the System Funds to pay for my defaulting of a contract?”

<The contract is signed by the owner in his personal capacity. All the benefits earned under the contract would belong only to the owner. Therefore, any compensation for default of the contract would have to be borne by the owner.>

Piak!

Pei Qian’s phone dropped onto the ground.

Done for!

Where the hell am I going to get ninety thousand yuan to pay the compensation?!

I can’t divest the money; ne