The Protector (The Return Of The God of War) novel Chapter 441

The Return of God of War Chapter 441

“Pfft!”

“Argh!” Niall screamed and spat the water out on Helena.

“What the hell?”

Splash!

Niall splashed the remaining water in the cup towards Helena.

“The water is so hot! Were you trying to burn me?” Niall roared.

“Huh?” Helena covered the parts of her body which were wet and was taken aback.

“Newcomer, what’s up with you? Did you do this on purpose? What’s with the hot water?”

“Yeah! What’s up with this? Do you not want to act anymore?”

“Are you looking for trouble?”

Several people started accusing Helena.

Several dozens of people ganged up on a young lady.

Helena was frightened and started sobbing.

“Heh, see? Zoey is here to make life difficult for us!” Yvonne started fanning the flames.

“That’s right! The timing was too coincidental! The newcomers came right after what happened last night!”

“She’s sent them to deal with us!”

They quickly pushed the blame to Zoey.

Niall cast his gaze upon Helena and demanded, “Hey! Kneel down and apologize! Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”

“That’s right! Kneel!” the others chanted.

Helena was frightened out of her wits.

It was her first day and something so major had happened.

If she had known earlier, she would have stuck to sales.

Just as Helena was about to kneel down, Maurice stopped her.

“Apologize? What for?” Maurice demanded.

“She gave me a cup of boiling water on purpose! She’s clearly trying to scald me,” Niall burst out in rage.

Maurice argued, “You only said to get you some water. You didn’t specify if you wanted it hot or cold! That’s your own problem.”

Niall scoffed, “You could have asked! That’s common sense. God gave you a mouth for a reason. If you don’t even have this much common sense, you shouldn’t be an actor!”

“I…” Maurice was speechless when faced with the unreasonable Niall.

“Is this the way you should be taking to a senior? I didn’t offend you, did I? Do you really take me for granted?” Niall continued ferociously.

Maurice was scared as well.

Offending a famous star like him would mean the end of his career.

They were just some commoners from rural areas, to begin with. They were no match for these people.

“W-we’ll apologize…” the other two stammered.

They were worried that things would blow up.

Niall sneered at Maurice and pointed at the water on the ground. He demanded, “You’ll kneel down to apologize to me as well and lick the water on the ground clean. If you do that, I’ll forgive you!”

Maurice was a hot-blooded youth and got angered by Niall.

“Don’t push your luck. I’ve got nothing to lose here!” he spat as he glared at Niall.

Slap!

Niall slapped Maurice hard on the face.

Maurice was bewildered.

“You’re a few years too young to talk back to me like that!” Niall scoffed.

“I’ll kill you!”

Maurice was about to pounce on him, but several people held him down.

At this point in time Niall, Yvonne, as well as the other actors Zachary had assembled exchanged glances.

They would carry out the plan the Suarez family had requested.

Bam!

Niall kicked a camera aside and yelled, “Damn it! I’ll quit! This is taking things too far!”

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Crash!

Niall went berserk and smashed anything he could see.

“Right! We’ll stop acting! This is just bullying us! They got a few newcomers to come and pick on us!”

Wham!

Yvonne kicked the equipment aside as well.

“Zoey is trying to force us to quit by using these newcomers! Why bother acting? I won’t work for her!”

“Exactly! What’s the point?”

The other artistes and managers were livid and started destroying the equipment.

The other filming crew was scared out of their wits. Have the actors gone mad? Surely being offended by two newcomers won’t warrant such a reaction! What’s going on?

The ones who were most confused were the four newcomers.

Their illustrious career had ended the moment it started, just because they had offended a few top actors.

They had no way to take responsibility. Even the men started crying out loud.

Unbeknownst to them, Niall and Yvonne had planned this from the start. They were bribed by the Suarez to destroy Oriental Star Group.

They were simply being used as an excuse. Even if they had not shown up, Niall would have found trouble with someone else!

Not only that, but the top artistes from other groups had gone on strike as well! The part that was affected the worst was that Niall and Yvonne had co-starred in five movies.

Several filming sets worth of artistes had gone on strike.

…

“Ms. Lopez! Something terrible happened! Actors and actresses from seven different sets have gone on strike! They even started smashing the equipment and the scene is in a mess! Follow me and have a look yourself!”

Zoey was shocked when she received Gerry’s call.

However, she quickly calmed down.

There must be a reason for the strike. First, I offended Niall Xander. Second, Zachary Suarez might be behind this.

Zoey rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

When she saw the set in such a mess, Zoey’s heart sank. Why do things like this happen all the time?

Gerry had arrived at the same time. He inquired, “What happened? What’s going on?”

Winnie scorned, “Mr. Wade, Ms. Lopez is trying to make life difficult for us!”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“The four newbies you just brought in were here to make life difficult for us! One of them tried to scald Niall with boiling water while the other tried to hit him! If you want to fire us, just say it outright! Why does it in such a roundabout manner?” Winnie demanded.

“That’s right! Just fire us! We’ll be welcome everywhere else!” Yvonne and the other artistes burst out in rage.

Gerry took a look around and questioned, “Is that so?”

The others agreed, “It’s true! These newcomers were clumsy and making life difficult for Niall!”

“That’s right! Ms. Lopez, Mr. Wade, I’ll have to discuss things with you two. There’s nothing wrong with getting new members, but you’ll have to train them first before sending them here. How could you just send them here?” Shaw Timmons, the director with a neutral stance, grumbled as well.

He did not care about who was in the right and who was in the wrong. All he was concerned about was that these newbies had affected his shoot.

“You guys? You’ll be the death of me!” Gerry was furious. However, since they were brought here by Zoey, he did not dare to comment too much.

Zoey bit her lip. She knew that this was no simple matter and these newcomers were simply unlucky.

Niall and the others used Helena as an excuse to vent their frustration.

She had to admit that that was a powerful move. It was the perfect excuse!

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“Mr. Wade, we’re going on strike. This isn’t fair at all!” Niall protested.

Gerry consoled him, “Niall, please calm down. This is a small matter!”

“How can we calm down? You’ve already pushed us so far. If you’re unhappy, just fire us!” Yvonne snarled.

Zoey asked, “What are your terms?”

Niall smirked, “Someone’s quick on the uptake. Winnie, tell them our terms!”

Winnie looked Zoey in the eye and began, “Ms. Lopez, if you want us to continue to work, you have to be sincere about it!”

“Well? How much do you want?” Zoey had seen this coming. They will definitely ask for an increase in pay.

Winnie held up three fingers and demanded, “We want triple the pay for all seven films with the ten actors involved! Otherwise, we will continue going on strike!”

Boom!

Gerry was stunned. Triple the pay! That’s fifty million! The budget for the seven movies combined was fifty million already. Yet, they were demanding for all fifty million to go to the cast! Have they gone mad?

Director Timmons inhaled sharply. That’s outrageous!

However, they were in no position to bargain. The Oriental Star Group’s entertainment business only survived because of these ten actors and actresses! If they left, the entertainment business would crumble. They were severely disadvantaged and had nothing to bargain with.

“Wait, can we…” Gerry tried to negotiate.

Niall interrupted him, “Triple. I won’t be taking a cent less!”

Helena and the others were perplexed. Because of them, Oriental Star Group was now in a crisis.

“Zoey, you’re new to this place, so you don’t know how important we are! Oriental Star Group only made it to the top of North Hampton because of us! Why else will Gerry listen to our every demand?” Yvonne declared fearlessly.

Gerry hung his head and did not say anything in response. They’re right! These ten people are our source of income! We need to take good care of them!

Niall sneered, “Not only that. If you want this matter to be resolved, I want the rights to deal with the two of them as well!”

He then pointed at Helena and Maurice.

Helena was a beauty that he had set his sights upon.

Meanwhile, Maurice had attempted to defy him. He would not let him off easily.

Gerry pleaded softly, “Ms. Lopez, please agree to their terms! Even if we make a loss here, we need to keep them!”

Niall looked at Zoey smugly.

“Give us a day to reconsider. I’ll give you a reply tomorrow!” Zoey decided.

“Alright! A day off today then!”

With that, Niall and the others left.

Maurice, Helena, and the others ran towards Zoey and apologized, “Ms. Lopez, we’re sorry. This all happened because of us!”

“It’s not your fault. This would have happened anyway,” Zoey assured them.

Meanwhile, Levi, who was in the office, heard of this matter from Helena.

He immediately looked Zoey up.

“Why are you hesitating? Fire them all! How hard is it to hire a new star?” Levi scorned.

Under Levi’s encouragement, Zoey called Niall and the other actors’ managers and said, “Let me inform you that you’ve been fired!”

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When they received the call from Zoey, Winnie and the other managers had a smug look on their faces.

They had not expected Zoey to fire them.

Impossible!

“What did you say? Repeat yourself!” Winnie nearly dropped her phone onto the floor.

“Let me repeat myself then. Niall, Yvonne, and the other eight actors have been fired by the company!” Zoey roared.

“Tch, don’t regret this, Zoey!” Winnie had an icy expression.

“I won’t regret it! Get the paperwork done and leave. Oriental Star Group doesn’t welcome you!”

When Zoey finally hung up, she felt immense satisfaction.

She had finally gotten a weight off her chest.

“What? Zoey actually fired us? That’s impossible!” Niall and the others were fuming when they heard this.

How dare Zoey fire us?

In the past, they had acted arrogantly because they were the Oriental Star Group’s pillars of support. They were sure that Zoey would not dare to fire them. Yet, the result was not as they had expected.

“Tell that to Gerry! I’ll make sure she regrets it!” Niall instructed with his eyes narrowed.

Yvonne smiled, “Just wait. Sooner or later, Zoey will beg us to return!”

When Gerry and the upper management of the company found out about this, they confronted Zoey.

“Ms. Lopez, you can’t do this!”

Zoey was adamant, “Give up. I’ve already made my decision!”

“Please rethink your decision! Without these ten people, Oriental Star Group’s entertainment business is a goner! We owe our viewership to them!” Gerry pleaded between tears.

“That’s right! The loss is too great! The moment they leave, the seven movies we’ve planned are toast! We’ll lose fifty million!”

“That’s right! We’ll lose all of our contracts in the entertainment business!”

The others tried to highlight the severity of the issue.

At this point in time, Levi laughed, “What do you mean? The show must go on! We’ll just get another actor!”

“You’re not from the industry, so you wouldn’t understand! The advertising had already been done and the movies will only earn money because of their popularity! If you change the cast, you’ll still lose money!” Gerry spat angrily.

“Hehe, perhaps I’m not from this industry, but from the point of view of the audience, the quality of the movie matters the most. If the movie is entertaining, it will spread through word of mouth and definitely sell well! In fact, movies that star famous actors have been losing a lot of money!” Levi defended himself.

Gerry and the others were speechless. That is indeed the case! Nowadays, the movies to be screened in cinemas no longer hired actors who had a large fanbase. The poor quality of the movies often resulted in losses. Most of the movies that starred these internet celebrities were online movies which targeted fans with a hit-and-run policy.

“You’ll definitely earn money from the fans by hiring celebrities to act, but your reputation will only get worse! Without good reviews, it’ll eventually be toast!” Levi continued.

Gerry sighed.

Levi was right.

The first movie would earn the greatest revenue, but the rest will have diminishing profits.

There would be an increase in the number of complaints online as well.

In essence, if the quality of the movie were bad, the fans would no longer watch them to support their idols.

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“How about this? Zoey, the four people I’ve recommended have good acting skills. Get a few good actors and let them be the lead actors instead!

That way, we’ll be saving a lot since we’re not paying the celebrities. We can spend that money on special effects and other scenes! Other than that, we’ll increase the commission for the directors, scriptwriters, and editors. If we focus on quality for these seven movies, I don’t believe that they won’t sell!” Levi declared.

Zoey felt that it made sense and agreed, “Alright, we’ll do it as you say!”

Gerry agreed with Levi’s proposal but hesitated, “We’ve already announced the cast for these movies. If we change the cast at the last minute, there’ll be a lot of protests!”

“That’s a good opportunity! The fact that there’s protests would mean that many people pay attention to this. We’re using new actors without any fame, so this will pique the attention of the audience!

The advertising team can just create some hype for this movie. When the movie airs, we’ll become popular through word of mouth and the movie will definitely sell!” Levi explained.

Gerry’s eyes lit up, “Mr. Garrison, you’re a sharp man! Although Niall and the others left, we can use their popularity to hype up our new movies!”

Levi nodded, “Just go ahead and do it! Nurture a few new stars and I’ll try my best to advertise the movie when it screens!”

Meanwhile, Niall and the others were still waiting for Zoey to apologize.

When Gerry arrived, he declared sternly, “This is the official statement. All of you are fired. Leave now!”

“Huh?” Niall was perplexed.

Gerry came to fire us? What’s wrong with him?

“Gerry, have you gone mad? If we leave, what will happen to the seven movies? What will happen to Oriental Star Group?” Niall and the others spat furiously.

Gerry was livid as well. After all, he had let these people lord over him for such a long time.

He scoffed, “All of you are cancer to Oriental! If you stay, then we truly are finished! As for these seven movies, we’ve already found replacements for all of you!”

Gerry glanced at Helena and Maurice, who were trembling with fear.

“Maurice, Helena, you’ll be the main lead!”

Helena and the others were bewildered. What a roller coaster ride! Earlier, we just got ourselves in trouble! Moments later, we’re suddenly the lead of a movie with a budget of fifty million!

“Hahaha…” Niall, Yvonne, and the others burst out in laughter.

“Gerry, have you gone mad? You’re getting these newbies to act in a fifty-million movie? How will you secure your box office? You’ll definitely lose everything! Idiot!”

To these artistes, getting newbies to act in such a movie is absolutely impossible!

Without our fame and fanbase, they’ll definitely make a loss!

“Haha, let’s leave! We’ll just watch them struggle! Don’t beg us to come back when that happens!”

With that, Niall, Yvonne, and the other eight artistes left promptly.

Gerry was nervous as well. After all, no one had dared to try such a plan before. The road ahead was full of unknowns, and if they had made the wrong bet, Oriental Star Group would be a goner.

After leaving Oriental Star Group, the ten artistes immediately got a contract under Shanks Entertainment under the Suarez family.

The news quickly spread across the entire North Hampton.