Rebirth: Professional Substitute

Chapter 38 - Losing All Hope

YanMingXiu carried ZhouXiang into the bedroom and threw him on the bed. Then, he proceeded to remove ZhouXiang's outerwear and outer pants.

YanMingXiu was continuously kicked and punched by ZhouXiang. With this series of punches, his face was also bruised and his expression looking very unsightly. This effort in subduing ZhouXiang made him sweat profusely.

After ZhouXiang was tied up and couldn't move, he could only look at YanMingXiu coldly.

YanMingXiu completely ignored his chilling expression as he removed the rest of ZhouXiang's clothes except for his underwear and draped a blanket over him, "Just stay like this for the coming two days. Don't think about going out. I'll be watching over you."

ZhouXiang chilling responded, "YanMingXiu, you bastard."

YanMingXiu touched his flustered enraged face, "I'll release you after the launching film ceremony is over. I'll do what I say and take you to see Director Zhang Ling on Monday. He was looking for investors some time ago. I'll recommend you to be the lead actor. This role is not any worse than Dong Ge's role. What more could you be dissatisfied with?"

ZhouXiang's dark pupils looked at him without hesitation, "YanMingXiu, if I say that all I want is WangYuDong's role?"

YanMingXiu knitted his brows and responded coldly, "Do you really want Dong Ge's role or do you want to act in scenes with LanXiRong?"

"I want WangYuDong's role! Will you give it?" ZhouXiang looked at him through gritted teeth.

YanMingXiu's facial muscles are somewhat distorted. He can't understand why ZhouXiang is so paranoid. After a long time, he responded, "Dong Ge's role is not one that you could act in. Besides, he is now considered to be a part of my Yan family, so we can't lose face."

ZhouXiang forcefully smiled and uttered sarcastically, "You're right. What right do I have to play WangYuDong's role? I will completely tarnish his image."

"It's good that you know it. You've just been Dong Ge's stuntman a few times. Do you really think that you could play the leading role? At that time when you find yourself incompetent, you'll just be putting yourself to shame." It wasn't that YanMingXiu hasn't seen ZhouXiang act. Even though it was only as a stuntman, in order to get into the role, one must also coordinate his actions to make the appropriate facial expressions and say the lines. ZhouXiang is just an ordinary stuntman with average acting skills; it is incomparable to the level of proficiency of WangYuDong. With ZhouXiang's image, it is not suitable to perform roles of a selfless undemanding hero who does not care about the mundane world. So for him to want to play WangYuDong's role, he felt that ZhouXiang is merely overestimating himself. YanMingXiu might as well spend the money to create a role that is suitable for him. This might instead make him popular. Even though he does not want ZhouXiang to get popular at all but it seems that ZhouXiang himself wanted to be. He is willing to satisfy him as a way to compensate him.

YanMingXiu felt that his arrangement was reasonable. He didn't understand why ZhouXiang is being so persistent. ZhouXiang just didn't know what was good for him.

ZhouXiang hoarsely voiced, "Even though this role is not at all suitable for me, I've earned this opportunity myself. YanMingXiu, I'm not going to accept your handout. I want to break up cleanly with you. I hope you could understand this."

YanMingXiu narrowed his eyes, "Say it again?"

ZhouXiang looked at him fearlessly, "I said I want to break up with you cleanly."

YanMingXiu rolled over and pressed on top of him. He pinched ZhouXiang's chin. Because of his excessive force, ZhouXiang is in pain. YanMingXiu chillingly responded, "ZhouXiang, don't make yourself so shameless."