The Beauty and the Brain

Chapter 125

The production team’s investment was cut off for three days, and they couldn’t hold on any longer.

They searched through all the surveillance footage, including the random short videos taken by the

staff, and finally found the staff member who had tampered with the wire.

Marie had a “friendly” conversation with Luca, during which the staff member admitted that

Shirley had given him 3,000 dollars to loosen the wire lock. He didn’t actually intend to kill Sasha,

just to scare her.

But it was just a matter of 3,000 dollars, even if Marie exposed this issue, she couldn’t really do

anything to Shirley. Besides, the staff only mentioned it to Luca once, and then, fearing trouble,

they never acknowledged it again.

Marie called Daphne at KBK, mentioning that Shirley had switched to Olive Entertainment and had

really screwed over KBK. Daphine was gnashing her teeth with hatred.

Coincidentally, Daphne mentioned that recently the relevant department was investigating Shirley’s

finances. It was said to be related to two movies filmed last year, where Shirley had signed

two contracts to commit tax evasion.

Marie passed the message to Cullen, and considering Dennis’ position, it wasn’t impossible to put

pressure on and make a big deal out of this issue.

Two days later, it was exposed online that Shirley’s tax evasion amounted to 4.2 million dollars.

The news shocked the entire internet.

Last time Shirley’s private life, which was a mess, was exposed, KBK tried their best to clarify that

Shirley was wronged, and the person in the photos and videos was not Shirley, but it didn’t have

much effect.

It wasn’t until Shirley switched jobs to Olive Entertainment that the matter was clarified. The paid social

media accounts that had previously exposed her chaotic personal life publicly apologized and

compensated her tens of thousands of dollars for spreading false rumors.

In fact, these were just Olive’s methods to whitewash Shirley. Now that Shirley was on her side, Olive

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However, this time, Shirley was singled out and received criticism from the relevant authorities, which

was something Olive couldn’t suppress. Shirley had no choice but to publicly apologize as soon as

possible and immediately pay the overdue taxes. Nevertheless, public opinion was still overwhelming,

and for a while, Shirley became an artist who had many scandals.

In the production team’s office, Marie sat leisurely in her seat, listening to Lawrence, who was sitting

across from her, grumble, “Ms. Spence, the incident with Sasha getting injured has already passed. Do

you think it’s time to invite the investors back?”

Marie banged on the table, “It’s over? How did it just end?”

Lawrence was confused, “Didn’t we find out that Shirley was the one who didn’t understand things?

Since we’ve already investigated, let’s just film, right? The production team has been waiting for

the past few days.”

“So just let it go if we find out? Shirley messed with my people, and we’re just supposed to forget

about it?” Marie’s fingers tapped on the table one by one.

“So, Ms. Spence meant…” Lawrence was a bit uncertain.

“Shirley caused such a huge commotion with her tax evasion that she’s now known as an artist who

had many scandals. According to KBK’s previous rules, Shirley should have been cast aside long ago.

How could Lawrence still dare to cast her in a movie?” Marie said.

“Ms. Spence, Shirley is no longer with KBK now. Besides, whether it’s cast aside or not, it’s not up to

me to decide…” Lawrence said with a smile.

Marie also laughed, “Of course I know that Mr. Larson’s words aren’t final, but the production. team’s

filming, the choice of actors, all of that is up to Mr. Larson. Mr. Larson is a smart man. Replacing a

scandalous Shirley with Darwin and Sasha, plus a large amount of investment, deal guaranteed to

make money.”

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Lawrence awkwardly laughed and thought with his head down. It was true what they said, but he had

also benefited from Olive’s kindness. Kicking Shirley out like this would be difficult to explain

to Olive.

“Ms. Spence, Shirley, she…” Lawrence was trying to plead, to persuade Marie once more.

“Mr. Larson, think carefully before you speak. Today, I can turn Shirley from someone who committed

tax evasion into an artist with many scandals. Tomorrow, I can kick Olive out as well. If you choose the

wrong side to support, you’ll have nowhere to cry when you lose your career,”

Marie said with a smile.

“Shirley, did you do this?” Lawrence asked in shock. If so, that would mean Marie had taken action

from a powerful position.

Marie laughed, “Your expression now is just like when he initially didn’t believe that I brought the

investor. People can’t be so naive every time, right?”

Lawrence looked at Marie again, a young woman in her early twenties, dressed in a beautiful little suit,

with light makeup on her face. She sat across from him, calm and composed, like an experienced

gambler at the card table, holding a winning hand, waiting for him to lose all his chips.

But Marie was still so young, she shouldn’t have been like this. She should have been like Shirley and

Sabrina, arrogant because of the support they had, causing trouble everywhere, and always making

mistakes because of their youth.

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But beneath her flamboyant and arrogant exterior, she had a calm and collected heart, like that of a

sniper with absolute patience, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to her opponent.

“Mr. Larson, have you decided? Do you want investment, or do you want Shirley?” Marie asked.

Lawrence snapped out of his thoughts and smiled ingratiatingly, “Where is Ms. Spence coming from

with that idea? With all the fuss Shirley has caused, wouldn’t casting her in a movie be a recipe for

failure? The director wouldn’t agree to that either.”

Marie laughed and said, “So, when Shirley left, that’s when the investor came back.”

She stood up and left the office. Lawrence let out a sigh, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the sweat

from his forehead. Marie, a little girl, spoke as if there was a knife hanging over the negotiation table.

He didn’t know where that girl got such a sharp gaze and aura.

Marie went to the hospital to see Sasha. Sasha had indeed just fainted and woke up that day, but both

Marie and Darwin were worried about her. After all, she had fallen twice, so they decided to let her stay

in the hospital for observation for a week.

The actor named Christopher suffered a broken arm and a concussion; his injuries were quite serious.

Global Medias arranged for him to stay next to Sasha, and the production team

compensated him for his medical expenses.

When Marie went to the hospital, Sasha was chatting in Christopher’s room.

“What were you talking about? You seem so happy,” Marie asked as she walked in.

“Ms. Spence,” Christopher greeted her as he sat on the hospital bed.

Marie nodded with a smile and placed the fruit on the table. This time, if it weren’t for Christopher

protecting Sasha when they fell, Sasha wouldn’t have just fainted for a while and then been fine.

“Marie, we were just talking about how in the play, Jasper took a hit from Tiffany’s sword to save Sierra.

I never thought that in real life, Christopher would actually save me!” Sasha said.

Christopher smiled slightly, “Well, I guess I’m lucky then, because in the play, Jasper died trying to

save you.”

Sasha hit Christopher’s leg and said, “What are you talking about? What’s all this about dying?”