Chapter 35: Shutdown
Time flies so fast, it's already the last day of filming for the Journey. The crew and actors are finishing the last scene. From the first day to the end, it's been almost 3 months of time together. When director Wanwan shouted cut to end the last scene, everyone was very emotional.
Ize and Marisa had finished filming earlier, but they came to participate today. All the main and supporting actors appeared. This was a big budget movie, with a lot of outdoor filming, so everyone spent a lot of time together, so they were very close. Yoko and Marisa were the two youngest girls in the crew, and also the most emotional. The two girls hugged each other and cried, making everyone else emotional.
Especially Yoko, she cried a lot, making Faye feel so heartbroken that she was moved to tears. She also couldn't hold back her tears, because this was a very important movie to her, she put a lot of love and expectations into it. Seeing Yoko like that, Faye immediately stood next to her to replace Marisa in hugging her, and also had red eyes like her.
The crew held a small wrap-up party right on set. The official closing party will be announced later. Everyone gathered to prepare the food, then cut the cake and take a group photo. Today was an important day, so production manager Thomas also came to attend. He also ordered a coffee and milk tea truck for everyone.
Yoko had just stopped crying for a while when she saw from afar another truck of cakes and flowers driving in to support Faye. This was a truck sent by Hanna, and there was a big poster of Hanna and Faye on the truck. Not to mention Yoko's feelings, even Faye shivered when she saw that truck. Hanna was standing near the truck, smiling happily and waving to Faye.
'This weird girl..' Faye got goosebumps when she saw her photo merged with Hanna's 'What a thick skin.'
Faye started to walk straight towards Hanna, she couldn't stand it anymore. But Yoko pulled Faye back.
"You stay here." Yoko turned to Faye and walked straight towards Hanna.
Faye only had time to see Yoko's face, which was very cold and seemed angry. Hanna was truly born to make Yoko mad.
Seeing Yoko walking towards her, Hanna dropped the excited look she had when looking at Faye and replaced it with a look of disdain. She walked to a nearby bench and sat down. When Yoko arrived, she also sat across from her.
"Why are you here?" Yoko spoke first.
Hanna crossed her arms in front of her chest: "What? I came to visit Faye and the crew, is that not okay?"
"There's no need to come. No need to appear in front of her anymore." Yoko's voice was almost commanding and left no room for compromise.
Hanna heard that and angrily slammed her hand on the table: "Who do you think you are? You crazy woman!!"
From afar, Faye saw Hanna acting like that, and couldn't sit still, wanting to go closer. But remembering what Yoko said, she stood still and tried to look a little longer. Faye was in a position where she could run over at any moment, not knowing what the two were talking about, but still attentively watched from afar.
Yoko glanced at Hanna and began to speak:
"Hanna Dang, the only daughter of Hoa Dang Joint Stock Company, specializes in trading health products and has recently started to venture into manufacturing and real estate in recent years.." Yoko, as if she had memorized some detailed report, began to read steadily: "...To support her daughter who is an actress, Hoa Dang has invested in buying a large amount of shares of Nemo Entertainment Company. But that percentage of shares is being sold recently..."
"You... how do you know these things?" Hanna Dang stuttered.
But Yoko still spoke in a steady voice, occasionally frowning a little to remember the remaining content.
"... Rising up with health products, mostly bought from small traders to convert to high-end big brands and resell. However, the latest products of Hoa Dang Company are entangled in lawsuits, customers using these products not only do not improve their health but also tend to be poisoned in the long run. The number of individual lawsuits that Hoa Dang is facing for compensation is up to thousands of cases."
Hanna was sweating, this information her family company had been trying to cover up from the media for so long. Absolutely no information was leaked to the press, how could Yoko know?
"Wait!! We can negotiate slowly.."
"It doesn't stop there. The amount of compensation Hoa Dang has to pay is higher than the company's actual value. Even the real estate projects that this company has launched to call for capital from investors in the past are all ghost projects and do not have enough legal documents to be licensed for sale." Yoko looked at Hanna's frightened face, not feeling any joy in her heart, only disgust: "With its poor business results, Hoa Dang is on the verge of bankruptcy. However, this company still continuously mobilizes the company's remaining funds to invest in... the company owner's daughter, Hanna Dang. Because she is the representative face of the company, the more famous she is, the more reputable the company is, creating trust for consumers. However, when she was in high school, Hanna Dang had..."
"Okay, okay, no more talking!!" Hanna shouted, her eyes red but more from fear than anger.
Hanna, for the first time, really looked straight at Yoko: "How can you know all this?"
The person sitting across from Hanna was still beautiful, still cute, her face still as innocent and pure as ever. But Hanna understood that no normal actress could possibly investigate all this information.
"You often use my past to mock me, daring to mention it in front of her. But you have never brought up any evidence, is it because you only heard rumors from Nemo Company?" Despite the fact that had scared Hanna to death, Yoko still smiled gently.
Hanna nodded like a chicken with its hair caught in its throat.
"Then why have you never thought to yourself: Why have you never found any information related to that? Even why..." Yoko rested her chin on her hand and looked at Hanna, smiling: "...no one can find out about my family background."
A thunderclap went through Hanna's mind.
That's right, the information about Yoko Apasra Lertprasert's past affairs, her family information, even that resume were all blank pages. They couldn't be found on the internet. The information that Nemo's company held was just the information Yoko gave them. Hanna even sent someone to investigate, but only received head shakes and puzzled looks from those people. Now Hanna understood, it wasn't that those detectives couldn't investigate anything, but after they finished investigating, they knew the whole truth and looked back at her as if she was crazy for daring to investigate someone like that.
"Why are you here?" With her background, Yoko should be able to go anywhere she wanted.
Yoko glanced at Hanna: "You and your truck, get out of here now."
Faye didn't know what the two were talking about, she only saw Hanna's face gradually become panicked. Then she stood up and left with her clown truck. Hanna didn't even dare to look at Faye once.
Confused, Faye walked closer to Yoko.
Knowing Faye was coming, Yoko turned around, smiling happily and sweetly as usual, and took Faye's hand.
"Let's go eat cake."
"What did you say to Hanna?" Faye was confused, that girl was so persistent and Yoko was able to chase her away.
Yoko shrugged, it was okay and said: "I just scared her a little. Come on, let's go eat some cake, Faye..." She whined and pulled Faye away.
"Yeah yeah." Faye nodded in agreement.
....
Back to ten days ago, at the bar that night, when Thien said goodbye to Faye and Nam to leave. Thien saw Yoko standing on the upper floor looking down at Faye and Nam's table, Thien went up to meet this old acquaintance.
"I didn't think you would come to such noisy places." Thien walked over and sat down on the chair next to Yoko, naturally taking another bottle of hot German beer from her and sipping it.
Yoko said nothing, just looked at Thien. Unlike her usual gentle and cheerful demeanor, Yoko looked very distant at this moment. Thien was also very familiar with her sometimes happy and sometimes sad personality.
Actually, Thien had known Yoko for a long time. From the beginning, because of her major, Thien was one of Yoko's father's apprentices, so she often came to work at her house and got to know this little princess. Then, after a few years of not seeing each other, Yoko studied high school abroad, and when she returned to the country, she joined the entertainment industry. The last time they met was because some big trouble happened to Yoko. They didn't expect that this time they would meet because something happened to Yoko again.
"I didn't expect the person investigating this case to be you." Yoko nodded and said.
Thien smiled: "I didn't plan on taking on this case. But when I saw that the victim was you, I became curious. The little princess is in trouble again this time, do your father and sister know?" Thien left the pile of investigation files on the table.
Yoko also shook her head, then naturally picked up the file and flipped through the information inside. After looking at it for a while, she shook her head again.
"I don't know this man."
Thien also nodded: "That's right. It's not the same person."
Not knowing who Thien was referring to, Yoko only frowned in thought when she heard her say that.
"Please help me find out information about this person. Her and her family." Yoko pointed at the file.
Thien looked at the person Yoko was talking about, crossed her arms and took a sip of beer: "Why don't you investigate the case of these people harming you but go investigate their family?"
"Because she's annoying." She keeps bothering her.
"Basically, I know her family is in business. It's easy to investigate, there will definitely be something shady. But we'll have to touch your father's network to get more information." Thien was a bit embarrassed.
Yoko smiled, remembering what Hanna said and did, remembering how Hanna dared to touch Faye, she really couldn't stand it anymore.
"Please investigate closely, information that can be thoroughly processed at once. Try not to let my father know. If anything happens, just blame it on me." The young lady of the family is truly fearless.
"Ok, then leave this to me. Don't let this type of thing go unnoticed like last time." Thien confidently accepted the job but also reminded her.
Last time? Last time I was stupid.
Yoko was silent, flipping through a few pages of the file. Then she moved her eyes away and looked down at someone sitting downstairs.
"Don't let her know."
Thien followed Yoko's gaze and saw her intently looking at Faye. That girl was saying something and smiling happily with Nam. Hiding her surprise, Thien said
"She doesn't want to tell you, and neither do I. You two are so similar. Don't worry, if you have something to say, say it yourself." She then stood up, finished her beer, and prepared to leave: "This time, remember to look at the right person. If there's any news, I'll let you know."
Yoko smiled and said goodbye to Thien.
A few days later, Thien sent Yoko a long letter about the Hoa Dang family company, Hanna's biggest support, and a summary of the company's main situation. Yoko just didn't think she would need to use it so soon.
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