The Beauty and the Brain by Natalie Jones novel Chapter 125

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 naturally had to find ways to resolve past issues. 

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.