Chapter 15: The Way of Heaven is cyclical; whom does Heaven spare?

"Freak!" Sunglasses Woman expressed some dissatisfaction with Sunglasses Man's behavior.

"When we were extras, didn't those old-timers treat us the same way? Don't you know what it's like to endure for ten years until you're the one in charge?" Sunglasses Man dismissed the curses from Sunglasses Woman nonchalantly.

Sunglasses Woman turned her head away and kept silent.

Behind his large sunglasses, Sunglasses Man observed Li Teng, Gao Fei, and four other extras as if he were a hunter admiring his prey.

In the real world, some people, even with just a tiny bit of power, would exploit it to the fullest.

The same held true in this world.

Moreover, the power to dominate others' life and death could fully expose the most despicable and dark aspects of a person.

When the extras noticed Sunglasses Man looking at them, their eyes darted away. Clearly, none of them wanted to be his target.

"Glasses Brother, you're a college student, right? I find you quite decent. How about this, give me a reason not to choose you," Sunglasses Man patted the shoulders of Glasses Man standing next to him.

"Big Brother, we're all in this together, right? From now on, I'll follow you on this set. Just command anything! I guarantee I'll be there whenever you call!" Glasses Man wore a flattering expression as he spoke a few suck-up lines to Sunglasses Man.

"Hahaha, I love straight-shooters like Glasses Brother! Not like some mean snakes who stab others in the back! Since you've spoken up, then everything is easier to deal with, easier!" Sunglasses Man patted Glasses Man's shoulder again, then turned his gaze toward the woman next to him.

The woman appeared to be in her early thirties. The clothes she chose and her demeanor made her look like a white-collar worker in a big corporation.

"I... I..." The woman seemed scared after being targeted by Sunglasses Man, her voice trembling slightly.

"Beauty, don't be like that. Do I look that terrifying? Surely you aren't petrified just by my question, right?" Sunglasses Man seeing the reaction of the female white-collar worker, laughed heartily.

"I... I... I have two elderly parents and a seven-year-old child at home. I don't want to stay here! I want to go home! They can't be without me; I can't become a wax figure! Please, don't choose me, I beg you!" The female white-collar worker suddenly cried and pleaded with Sunglasses Man.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Do you think by begging me I should spare you? Among you six, someone has to be the one to go. If I spare you, wouldn't that be unlucky for others? Wouldn't you indirectly become a murderer too? Since you're also a murderer, why act so pitiful? Do you think your pitiful act would evoke my sympathy? Actually, the more pitiful you act, the more I want to see the desperate look on your face when you're turned into wax, hahahaha..." Sunglasses Man, seeing the female white-collar worker cry, laughed even more proudly.

The female white-collar worker, with her head down, dared neither to cry nor to make a sound anymore. Facing such a tough old bird who couldn't be softened, and knowing acting pitiful was useless, she didn't know what else she could do to increase her chances of survival.

Sunglasses Woman clearly despised Sunglasses Man's behavior, wanted to say something critical but ultimately stayed silent.

"Your turn, skinny tall guy." Sunglasses Man turned his gaze to Gao Fei, standing next to the female white-collar worker. It was clear that Sunglasses Man, having been bullied previously when he was an extra, was now enjoying his reversal of fortunes, fully utilizing his role as the main character in this scene to revel in the thrill of controlling others' fates.

"Brother, I'm not trying to act pitiful, okay? I'm just stating my situation... My girlfriend came here first to shoot a film, got caught in a tsunami scene, and ended up turned into wax out of confusion. Then I followed her here. I don't have any other intentions; I just want to take her home."

"But I think it's almost impossible, and with my intelligence, I probably won't survive many more scenes. Becoming wax is just a matter of time. Anyway, if this scene absolutely requires someone to get hit to complete the shoot, let it be me. That way, I can reunite with my girlfriend." Gao Fei concluded with a chuckle, his laugh tinged with bitterness and helplessness.

Li Teng could detect the bitterness and helplessness in Gao Fei's laughter, and he thought that Gao Fei seemed like the type who liked to conceal his true feelings. On the surface, he was always smiling, but the real him might not be as optimistic and open as he appeared.

"Don't act so noble! Saving your girlfriend? I bet you wish she were dead so you could quickly find a new fling. I can't stand people like you! Hypocrite! Hmph! You think if you tell me to hit you, I won't? I'll do just the opposite!" Sunglasses Man said with a knowing look.

"That's not what I meant, anyway, sigh... never mind," Gao Fei said, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Sunglasses Man didn't pick on Gao Fei anymore, and his attention wasn't even on Gao Fei and the others. After mocking Gao Fei for a few sentences, he turned his gaze to Li Teng, who was still sipping coffee next to Gao Fei.

"Oh? This young man is quite handsome! Lift your head and let me have a look! Don't keep your head down all the time! You think I won't recognize you just because you're looking down?" Sunglasses Man said playfully, looking at Li Teng.

Li Teng knew he would be recognized for sure, and facing such a situation, he didn't have a better way to handle it; he could only continue to keep his head down and gently sighed.

What a tragedy! It's such a small world!

Li Teng never imagined that he had just escaped from the knife's edge only to fall into the fire.

His first drama in the Film and Television City, and he encountered an acquaintance.

Sunglasses Man was named Guo Zhipeng, and he was very familiar with Li Teng.

The first job Li Teng got after graduating from college was working at Guo Zhipeng's company; Li Teng was personally interviewed and hired by Guo Zhipeng, and after that, he was always assigned to work under Guo Zhipeng.

Guo Zhipeng's desire for dominance and control was very strong, and he was a ruthless person.

He was very good at exploiting these college students' weaknesses, oppressing them at work, taking deductions from their pay, and even using his position to force a timid female college student to stay late with him and took advantage of her.

When the female college student, who had gotten pregnant and had an abortion, cried to Li Teng, she also informed him about Guo Zhipeng cooking the books and secretly selling off company assets to illegally profit tens of thousands of yuan. Li Teng had had enough of Guo Zhipeng's abuse; being fresh out of college, naive, young, and full of a sense of justice, he took the evidence he got from her and directly reported Guo Zhipeng to the company's headquarters.

Guo Zhipeng spent money to pull strings and ultimately smoothed the matter over. He didn't go to jail but paid tens of thousands of yuan in compensation, was fired by the company, and lost the lucrative job.

When he found out it was Li Teng who had reported him, Guo Zhipeng was furious, thinking that Li Teng had betrayed him and stabbed him in the back. He held a grudge against Li Teng and repeatedly threatened to retaliate against him.

Afterward, Li Teng was ambushed and beaten several times by strangers, forcing him to quit his job and leave the city just to avoid further retaliation from Guo Zhipeng.

Unexpectedly, the two met here.

And Li Teng had fallen into Guo Zhipeng's hands.

"What do you call biting the hand that feeds you? What do you call ingratitude? The key department member I personally recruited and planned to nurture stabs me in the back, and that stab hurt! It hurt so much!"

"I treated you like a brother, yet you see me as an enemy; I don't understand! I don't understand!"

"There's an old saying in China, 'As Heaven's wheel turns, who can escape its justice?' Hahaha, young man, do you understand the meaning of this saying?" Guo Zhipeng, taking off his sunglasses, leaned forward and looked at Li Teng, who was still drinking his coffee.