Summoned by Bao An, Dou Zhen ambled into the president’s office, looking lazy and extremely reluctant.
Bao An stared at his computer with a grim expression. He didn’t even glance up, despite the considerable noise Dou Zhen made upon entering.
"President Bao, I’ve brought him."
The secretary announced, knocking on the door.
Hearing this, Bao An finally deigned to look up from his computer screen.
He gestured for the secretary to leave, then slowly turned his head to look at the insufferably arrogant Dou Zhen.
Dou Zhen, however, stood there calmly, as if he knew nothing, allowing Bao An to scrutinize him without a care.
"Sit!"
Bao An said flatly.
Dou Zhen raised an eyebrow. Without any ceremony, he walked over and sat in the chair opposite Bao An, making himself at home as if he were in his own house.
"Give me an explanation."
Dou Zhen didn’t need Bao An to say more; he knew exactly what explanation was being demanded.
But since Dou Zhen had dared to do it, he had no intention of explaining.
’Besides, am I the kind of person who needs to explain himself?’
"No reason. I just did it on a whim."
"No, it wasn’t just a whim. I’ve just had it with that Douhu Entertainment for a long time."
Dou Zhen shrugged, speaking nonchalantly.
"President Bao, you’re not really going to chew me out over such a small thing, are you?"
"That’s a bit much, really!"
"Besides, by doing this, haven’t I indirectly made myself more famous?"
’Good publicity, bad publicity—it’s all publicity, isn’t it?’
As Dou Zhen saw it, these entertainment companies needed fame—not just for their signed artists, but for the company itself.
Bao An leaned back in his chair, his eyes narrowed as he gave Dou Zhen a long, meaningful look. After a moment, he sneered.
"So, according to you, I should be rewarding you?"
Taking matters into his own hands and doing something like that during a live stream, saying things he shouldn’t have—that was smearing the name of Little Broken Station as a whole.
Dou Zhen was the very first person Little Broken Station had signed as it officially entered the influencer development industry. And to date, he was the *only* one.
Right now, all eyes were on Little Broken Station and on Dou Zhen.
His every move represented the public face of Little Broken Station.
There was a long line of people waiting to see Little Broken Station become a laughingstock, waiting for Dou Zhen to fail.
Bao An was already regretting it. He regretted not thinking it over more carefully, regretted being so eager for quick success that he had hastily signed Dou Zhen. Only now did he realize that this Dou Zhen was a complete idiot!
Stirring up trouble from morning till night, causing problems for Little Broken Station.
Dou Zhen seemed oblivious to Bao An’s darkening expression. He looked excited, yet feigned a sheepish embarrassment.
"Oh, there’s no need for that. It was just my duty. If you were to..."
"Out!"
Before Dou Zhen could finish, the distinguished President Bao pointed toward the door and spat out that single word through gritted teeth.
Bao An glared furiously at Dou Zhen, his breathing ragged.
A minute later, a bewildered Dou Zhen found himself standing outside the president’s office. The heavy door slammed shut behind him with such force that any more power would have shattered it.
He raised an eyebrow. ’Looks like this level of provocation is still within Bao An’s range of tolerance,’ he thought.
「Douhu Entertainment.」
Huizi watched the live stream with concern. She was certain now: the person streaming was the same young man who had recently failed Douhu’s evaluation.
She couldn’t believe that after such a short time, this person had shown up on Little Broken Station.
She refused to believe there wasn’t some conspiracy behind it all.
"Are you sure it’s him?"
Lin Feng said unhurriedly, propping his chin on his hand.
His attitude made Huizi even more worried.
The whole thing was too much of a coincidence; she couldn’t help but worry.
"It’s him."
Huizi said, her tone decisive.
"At the time, I just thought he was an arrogant young man, but now it seems it’s not that simple."
He’s clearly just good-looking with no real skills, yet he managed to convince a suspicious person like Bao An to trust him and give him the position of lead streamer for Little Broken Station.
It meant this person was not as simple as he appeared.
Huizi admitted she had misjudged him. If she had known, she would have kept him, even at the risk of him potentially flopping.
She thought for a moment and suggested,
"I’ll go take measures right now. I’ll have the PR department keep an eye on this Dou Zhen. Who knows when he might suddenly say something completely unexpected again."
Because of what Dou Zhen said this time, his fans have gathered again and are spamming all of Douhu’s official channels with insults.
With the help of paid online trolls, they were relentless, even though more people were clearly criticizing Dou Zhen, and even though most people knew he was just a troublemaker. They carried on as if Douhu had murdered their entire families.
That’s why Huizi was so worried. Dou Zhen alone might not be able to do much, but behind him was Little Broken Station.
"Just turn a blind eye!"
Lin Feng closed the live stream, a smirk playing on his lips.
"Just keep this matter to yourself. When you give the PR department their new task, don’t let them handle it too well."
In other words, they should take measures, but measures that wouldn’t be very effective—the kind that Dou Zhen could counter all by himself, without Little Broken Station needing to step in.
"Huh?"
Huizi was taken aback, her brows knitting together.
She was completely bewildered. She simply couldn’t understand what Lin Feng meant. Doing this would be indulging Dou Zhen and would seriously harm Douhu Entertainment’s reputation.
Seeing Lin Feng’s confident and composed look, Huizi blinked.
Her mind suddenly connected the dots, and a startling thought appeared.
She covered her mouth, her eyes widening.
’Could it be...?’
"Dou Zhen is my man."
Lin Feng finished her thought for her, enjoying her shocked expression as he nodded again.
From the very beginning, Dou Zhen coming to Douhu for the evaluation was all Lin Feng’s arrangement.
He wanted Dou Zhen to intentionally show his bad side and get rejected on the spot.
Then, he was to cause a scene at the audition, ideally making enough of a ruckus to be "escorted" out by security. This was to attract the attention of the "eyes" inside Douhu Entertainment—the mole who was watching Lin Feng on behalf of Bao An.
For a while now, Lin Feng had known that Bao An had someone inside Douhu.
He just wasn’t sure of the person’s identity, so he pretended to know nothing, holding his position so as not to alert the enemy.
Dou Zhen’s behavior was quickly reported to Bao An by that mole.
Soon enough, Bao An approached Dou Zhen.
He said he saw potential in Dou Zhen’s abilities and wanted to sign him as Little Broken Station’s lead streamer.
Because of his supposed conflict with Huizi, it was perfectly logical for Dou Zhen to agree to join Little Broken Station. And just like that, he quickly gained Bao An’s trust.
Even if Bao An initially thought Dou Zhen was an incompetent fool, he wouldn’t suspect that Dou Zhen was actually sent by Lin Feng.
"My heavens!"
Huizi took a deep breath.
"That Dou Zhen... his acting is just too good!"
"I couldn’t see a single flaw. And he was betting his own reputation to do all this. How did you convince him?"

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