IBAMEE Chapter 03

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1st Melon Part 3

Chapter 3: Were The Requirements To Become A Paparazzi So High?

The dawn sun gradually set, rendering the sky a fiery red.

Three hours later, Xia Chengcheng arrived at the most famous Dihao Club in Jiangcheng.

This place had a membership system, and the people who could afford to come were usually the big bosses of the business world. The club’s confidentiality was very high. Big bosses liked to discuss business projects here while enjoying high-end services.

A few obscure and secretive events are bound to happen more often than not.

“You can’t get in.” The system attacked Xia Chengcheng with its words, “Dihao’s security system is perfect, it is impossible for paparazzi to sneak in!”

Xia Chengcheng, who was huddled in her Beetle while using the rearview mirror to put on makeup, ignored the system and calmly smeared a layer of dark foundation on her porcelain face. Then she put on a short wig, white gloves, a cheap suit, and pretended to be a male waiter.

At this time, a luxury Bentley parked at the entrance of the club.

Xia Chengcheng quickly walked behind the Bentley, bent down and respectfully opened the door for the owner of the Bentley. The owner of the Bentley got out of the car and walked into the club led by Xia Chengcheng.

He didn’t look at Xia Chengcheng the whole time. In his eyes, “he” was just the waiter responsible for opening the door and parking the car at the club.

The security guard at the club didn’t pay attention to Xia Chengcheng. Seeing that “he” was following the guest closely, he thought that “he” must be the guest’s driver or assistant.

Xia Chengcheng followed the owner of Bentley and walked into the club smoothly.

The System:”……”

After entering the club, Xia Chengcheng ducked into the women’s bathroom and changed her disguise as the club’s waitress.

She took out her cosmetics and applied a little makeup, deliberately covering up her superb appearance and making her perfect face look ordinary.

Then Xia Chengcheng walked out of the bathroom, picked up the tray that a waiter had placed on the rest table, and placed two goblets of wine on the tray that she picked up out of nowhere.

Her set of movements were smooth like clouds and water, extremely skilled.

The system was shocked: “Host, in your last life… you weren’t a CIA agent, were you?”

“Are you kidding me?”

Xia Chengcheng replied to the system in her mind, “I’m obviously a paparazzi!”

The System:”……”

Were the requirements to become paparazzi in your world so high?

After completing the infiltration, Xia Chengcheng immediately looked for her target.

In the novel, Dihao Club was one of the bases where Ji Jinghan met with her financial backer. In the later stages of the story, it was revealed that Ji Jinghan had a financial backer, completely ruining the situation.

The leaked photo at that time showed the scene between Ji Jinghan and her financial backer coming out of the Dihao Club.

Obviously, the paparazzi in the novel did not have the ability to sneak into the club, but Xia Chengcheng broke into the enemy camp without hesitation.

“You want to get evidence to collapse Ji Jinghan’s image?” The system figured out Xia Chengcheng’s purpose, “But how can you be sure that they will definitely come to the club today?”

Even if they wanted to follow the footsteps of the novel’s paparazzi and take photo, it would happen only a few months later.

“They will definitely come today.”

Xia Chengcheng carried the tray and moved back and forth between the customers with ease, “Have you forgotten why Ji Jinghan went to find her sponsor in the novel?”

The system opened the novel in confusion: “Ji Jinghan was at odds with the popular little girl Lu Yanran, and she went to her Sugar Daddy, the financial sponsor, to smear Lu Yanran reputation all over the Internet. And the reason was that she was slapped by Lu Yanran…”

Slapped…?

The system realized instantly: “Host! That’s you slapped Ji Jinghan today!”

“Bingo!” Xia Chengcheng snapped her fingers, “With Ji Jinghan’s character, she will definitely not forgive me! Doesn’t this just advance the plot of the novel?”

The system’s eyes widened: The host… was awesome!

*

Ten minutes later, Xia Chengcheng found Ji Jinghan and her sponsor.

The two of them were nestled in a corner on the second floor of the central hall of the club, and only designated waiters could approach.

Xia Chengcheng stood on the first floor of the hall holding a plate and twisting the pinhole camera in her pocket. The camera captured the scene of Ji Jinghan and the financial owner relying on each other through the small hole in his pants.

[T/N: Ig the second floor is the overlooking type… aka … there is a opening in the middle of the second flood and they could look down at the first floor and vice versa… Like the pic below ]

Unfortunately, the distance between the two parties was too far, and Ji Jinghan’s face was a little blurry.

Xia Chengcheng glanced around and quietly approached the second floor.

The system warned her immediately, “Host! Don’t go there! That’s the VIP area of the club! It’s easy to be discovered!”

As soon as it finished speaking, a gorgeously dressed middle-aged woman behind Xia Chengcheng noticed her and frowned, “That waitress in front! Which section are you from? How come I’ve never seen you before?”

Xia Chengcheng stopped instantly.

“It’s over! It’s over!”

The system was trembling with fear, “This woman is the manager of the club, she controls half of the underworld! She is so ruthless! She will immediately chop off the waiters who leak the secrets. If she finds out that you are a paparazzi, there will definitely be nothing you can do to get out of here alive!”

Xia Chengcheng turned around with a smile and glanced at the name tag on the woman’s chest – Lin Juan.

“Sister Juan, I am the new waitress in the kitchen,” Xia Chengcheng held Lin Juan’s arm affectionately, “You are busy, so it’s not surprising that you don’t remember me~”

Lin Juan didn’t accept this trick at all and pushed Xia Chengcheng away, “Show me your work ID!”

Xia Chengcheng calmly took out a work ID from her pocket without changing her expression and handed it to Lin Juan.

“You actually prepared a work ID card? Why didn’t I know when you prepared the ID?”

The system was very surprised, and subconsciously used the intelligent AI to glance at the work ID that was covered with a card sleeve on the back.

The scan results appeared on its smart panel, and the system almost choked on the spot. The work ID card with the back facing up is clearly Xia Chengcheng’s pass for Star Entertainment!

Seeing that Lin Juan was about to turn over the front of her work ID, Xia Chengcheng still had a polite smile on her face.

At this time, a customer carrying a bottle of whiskey passed by the two of them.

Xia Chengcheng looked calm on the surface, but she was quick to act and tripped up the customer without hesitation!

“Ah–!”

The customer couldn’t reach out to support himself and hit Lin Juan, and the whiskey splashed all over Lin Juan!

In the panic, the wine, ice hockey puck, and work ID all fell to the ground.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Xia Chengcheng stepped forward and stepped on her ID. Then she pretended to help the customer: “Sir, are you okay?”

While she helped the customer up, she quickly picked up the ID with her other hand and stuffed it into her pocket.

Lin Juan also stood up in panic, ignoring the mess on the ground, and immediately bowed to the customer: “Sir! I’m sorry! Maybe the carpet here is uneven and tripped you! I apologize to you!”

The customer was also easy to talk to and waved his hand, “It’s nothing, it’s just that my ankle is sprained.”

“Was it necesesary to sprain his ankle?” The system secretly cursed. The lighting in the club hall was dim. No one else saw Xia Chengcheng’s kick, but it could see it clearly. She tripped him so hard that he fell on Lin Juan. His front teeth would have been definitely broken if he fell to the ground!

Xia Chengcheng helped the customer very familiarly, “Sir, I see you are a VIP on the second floor. Let me help you back there!”

The customer was initially repulsive, but when he raised his head and saw the little beauty next to him, his heart suddenly beat faster.

Xia Chengcheng’s makeup reduced her appearance just the right amount. She lost the charm of a thrilling and bright beauty, but she still retained a bit of sweetness of a little woman. In real life, where many people did plastic surgery, such an appearance was enough.

The customer’s eyes became confused, and he let Xia Chengcheng support him, “Okay, you can send me up!”

*

Xia Chengcheng helped the customer to the second floor. Not far next to her was none other than Ji Jinghan, who was intimately making out with her financial backer.

Ji Jinghan’s sponsor was about fifty years old, with a fat head, big ears, and a round beer belly. He was still breathing heavily when he hugged Ji Jinghan.

“It’s probably due to kidney deficiency.” The system commented, “One night with Ji Jinghan would be too much for him!”

Xia Chengcheng’s attention was not here. While supporting the customer, she quickly captured the intimate scene between the two of them with the pinhole camera in her pocket.

After ensuring that both of their faces were photographed, Xia Chengcheng officially announced the completion of her mission.

The customer wanted to play a deeper game with Xia Chengcheng, so he pulled her and refused to let go.

Xia Chengcheng smiled and scratched the customer’s nose, speaking in a friendly and ambiguous tone: “Oh, brother, do you want to play bigger?”

The soft voice made the system’s heart flutter.

Help! Host could totally not have come out of a brothel!

The customer’s interest was instantly piqued, “How do you want to play?”

“That one is my sister,” Xia Chengcheng pointed to Ji Jinghan, “We can play a four-person game~ It’s fun!”

In the dim light, the customer couldn’t see Ji Jinghan’s face clearly, and could only vaguely infer that she was a beauty.

“Will they… agree?” The customer looked worried, but couldn’t hide his excitement in his tone.

“Why not!” Xia Chengcheng blinked, “We often play like this! Just wait five minutes and I’ll tell her, then you can come directly! Isn’t it great to have two beauties hugging each other? “

“Good!”

Under the expectant eyes of the customer, Xia Chengcheng walked towards Ji Jinghan. But after passing a corner, she quickly left the second floor and disappeared.

“How bad are you!” The system complained, “Aren’t you obviously tricking him to find Ji Jinghan?”

“Yo! You guessed it!”

Xia Chengcheng returned to the bathroom and dug out the suit and wig set hidden in the cleaning room, “That ugly-looking man is Zhang Xiao, the vice president of CICC Construction. He has been married for ten years and still comes to this place every week.

“There is also Ji Jinghan’s financial sponsor, Hong Tao, the chairman of Xiahua Real Estate. He has not disclosed his family to the public, but his secretly married wife committed suicide by jumping off a building three days ago due to depression. Anyway, he is not a good bird, and he would be punished. It’s deserved.”

“Wait!”

The system was a little down, “What you are talking about is not in the novel at all! Even I don’t know!”

“Of course you don’t know,” Xia Chengcheng quickly put on makeup and transformed herself back into the little handsome guy she was at the beginning, “Before sneaking into the Dihao club, I browsed the recent news and memorized the big guys from all walks of life. This is a required course for paparazzi.”

“Three days ago, there happened to be news that a rich lady committed suicide by jumping off a building due to depression.”

Xia Chengcheng opened the Weibo post about the rich second generation jumping off a building, with the words “rich lady commits suicide due to depression” highlighted on it.

The system was confused: “There is no Hong Tao’s name on this at all. How do you know she is Hong Tao’s wife?”

“Because of the location where she jumped.”

Xia Chengcheng enlarged the photo of the scene where Hong Tao’s wife jumped from the building, “This place is a large flat floor newly developed by Xiahua Real Estate. It is not for sale yet. New houses in Jiangcheng need to be purchased by lottery, and internal sales are illegal. But that rich lady lives here. The only possibility of committing suicide here is that she is the owner of the real estate, that is, Hong Tao’s wife.”

“So, did you find out?”

Xia Chengcheng looked at the men’s makeup in the mirror, her face darkened a bit. She seemed to be looking at herself, and at the same time she seemed to be looking at the system in her mind.

“Hong Tao’s secretly married wife did not commit suicide due to depression,” Xia Chengcheng said carefully, “but was forced to die.”

*

After changing her clothes, Xia Chengcheng returned to the club hall gracefully.

At this time, the hall was already in chaos, and Lin Juan led a team of security guards to break up the fight on the second floor.

Xia Chengcheng looked up and saw that in the corner of the second floor, Hong Tao, chairman of Xiahua Real Estate, and Zhang Xiao, vice president of CICC Construction, were fighting. He didn’t know what Zhang Xiao did when he crawled over. Anyway, he could see that Hong Tao’s face turned red. The attack was particularly ruthless.

Ji Jinghan on the side shouted like a Mary Sue heroine: “Stop fighting! Don’t fight for me!”

“What a pity!”

Xia Chengcheng sighed deeply, “The confidentiality of the Dihao Club is so good that netizens can’t get such a big deal!”

System: “When you open your eyes and tell lies, consider me! I’m watching! The pinhole camera you hide in your trouser pocket is clearly recording!”

Xia Chengcheng ignored the system’s complaints and said in a cheerful voice, “Tell me, how much are Hong Tao and Zhang Xiao willing to pay for this video?”

Ten minutes later, Xia Chengcheng proved with facts that they would pay half a million.

She asked the system to send video screenshots to Hong Tao, Zhang Xiao, and Lin Juan respectively. Sure enough, all three of them sent quotations to the system at the same time.

They didn’t know that Xia Chengcheng had hacked three families at the same time, and half a million was already the maximum price for such a dirty video.

Hong Tao and Zhang Xiao represent their respective companies behind their backs, so there must be no stigma. As a highly confidential club, the Dihao Club will be doomed if such a video leaks out.

One and a half million, easily accounted for.

The system was surprised: “Host, how can you break the news after receiving the money? Do you want to let Ji Jinghan go?”

“Let it go?”

At this time, Xia Chengcheng had already slipped out of the club. She was sitting in the Beetle, admiring the newly added assets of 1.5 million, “Fighting is one thing, being a sponsor is another. If you want to buy Ji Jinghan’s sponsor, That’s another price!”

Xia Chengcheng put away her cell phone, started the Beetle and drove towards the city center.

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