Episode 9

Omega was much more vulnerable than alpha and beta.

After Charlie's slap, five dazzling fingerprints appeared on Yvan's fair face.

Yvan's brain was buzzing, he looked at Charlie, who was raging in front of him, and the other staff were indifferent who pointed at him and said something, he asked confusedly"What equipment?"

"Last night when work ended early, everyone had a dinner and rest. You were the only one at the shooting scene. The shooting equipment was fine yesterday but it broke down today. There are some other things missing, except you were here last night, there is no one else here at all."

"Yvan, even if the Harri family is down, if you are really difficult, you can tell me, I can lend you money. You are now my assistant now anyway, I can help you if you have trouble, but how can you think of stealing things?!"

The person next to him echoed: "YesYvan. I think everyone is inside the circle. Now you take out the things that the crew lost and make compensation and we would let it go"

The people around began to talk, they were eloquent, as if they had caught Yvan really stealing things.

Yvan looked at them indifferently, his cheeks were burning and sore, he lowered his head and took out his phone, "Hello, 110? I want to call the police, there is a theft here."

He was very calm, but it frightened the others. It was in the crew. If a small thing happened here, it would be on the hot search. If he really made things become big, it may not end so easily.

Charlie's face was not very good either. He thought that only Yvan was on the crew alone and the film was shot in such a hurry that no cameras were installed, therefore, no one had witnessed whether Yvan was the culprit. Charlie had a guilty conscience. After all, if the police really came, the investigation of the matter would be more or less of no benefit to the people present.

The director's face changed after hearing this, and he immediately scolded, "Yvan, are you sure you don't want to work in this industry any more?! You are not afraid that things will cause big troubles to your family and let your family in the hot search again? Aren't you afraid that no one in the circle look for you to film a movie in the future?"

The director's words stunned Yvan.

In fact, the reason why Yvan entered the showbiz was because he really liked acting.

So when the director said this, Yvan was stunned, and then said to the phone: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood and I won't call the police."

After hanging up, Yvan glanced around and calmly said: "I really didn't steal anything, and I didn't break it."

The two sides were in a stalemate, and the thief who really stole something took the initiative to turn them back. It was a middle-aged man who was full of alcohol. He carried the missing things and said with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry, I drank too much last night. I accidentally broke into your place for a while and accidentally brought these things back."

The director breathed a sigh of relief looking at the lost equipment and the lens, and then asked sternly: "You also broke the camera of our master shot?!"

The man immediately waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, it's not me. I didn't touch that thing. I came in last night and there was someone who was playing with the equipment, here--" He raised his finger to Yvan.

Yvan froze in place and looked at him in disbelief. He immediately fell asleep after coming back last night. He had never touched the camera, let alone the person in front of him.

As soon as the man said, everyone sighed and then started pointing at Yvan again, especially Charlie who said the most.

Now Yvan understood that it was all a trick and a trap. Since Charlie hired him as an assistant, he had already prepared the trick.

Now that there was so-called "testimony of a witness", he can't argue with them.

"I didn't make it." Yvan's tone was much weaker.

He was very tired, really tired, and the intrigue and chaotic showbiz made him exhausted.

Others didn't believe him, and everyone began to discuss how to punish this "sinner". Some people said they wanted to report to the police, while others said they wanted to post Weibo to expose his bad behavior.

Yvan knew that no matter what he said now, no one would believe him. He stopped talking and just stood there quietly.

In the end, the director gave him an idea and said to him: "Yvan, this set of equipment is 340,000 dollars. Since you broke it, you can make the compensation."

340,000 dollars...

It would not be a big problem for Yvan in the past, but now he didn't have so much money, and the balance of several of his cards together had not exceeded four digits.

"I don't have that much money..." Yvan whispered.

"No money, heh, yes, the Harris family was bankrupt, but it is only natural to compensate for damages." Charlie was aggressive.

Yvan was hard to argue with, and no one believed him.

The director had been in the entertainment industry for decades, but he had already figured out the facts about this matter. Everything was too coincidental.

Charlie first asked Yvan to be his assistant, and he had to let Yvan live in the crew. The thieves ran away with things but the next day he took the initiative to say that the things were taken away by accident because he drank too much and he said that he saw Yvan breaking things with his own eyes.

All the contradictions strung together pointed to Yvan.

But the director did not speak for Yvan, because something really happened to the crew and things really broke.

No matter who caused the damage, someone must come out to take responsibility.

People were selfish. Once a person lost power or was frustrated, many people would take the opportunity to attack. He can only blame Yvan for being here.

The director also had a bit of conscience. He gave Yvan a step down, "If you have no money now, go back first. You can bring it back by tomorrow evening. We are making a living in the same circle. I don't want to make trouble, but if you can’t...before tomorrow evening... Then I can only take legal measures, but at that time there is really no room for you in this circle. I don’t want to say something too clearly. You are a smart person and you can understand it. You don’t need to ruin your future and reputation for such a small amount of money."

The director's seemingly persuasive but threatening remarks caused Yvan to fall into the ice cellar.

In the end, Yvan didn't know how he left the filming location.

It was rainy in the late autumn, and the sky was pattering with light rain. Yvan walked in the open suburbs, his face still red, and he was lonely and pitiful.

Three hundred and forty thousand dollars... Yvan kept thinking about this money.

Unknowingly he dialed Charlton's phone, and the ringing rang for a long time. The moment the other party picked up the phone, he looked up at the gray sky lonely, and said in a low voice, "Charlton, I... .I want to tell you something..."

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