FREEZING HER JOBS

It's been a long time since it happened; the scars and wounds have long vanished but the humiliation and agony she experienced that day still makes her heart clench with pain. 

…

She broke out from her fantasies and stared at the sky, telling herself not to break down and loose hope. That was when she found the door behind her being pushed open; it was her manager- Li Jin. The man was in his early twenties, the slim fit suit and rimmed spectacles on his nose gave him a professional and strong aura. He usually adorned an emotionless face as what happened in the world had nothing to do with him but now he looked tired and defeated. Qin Yue could vaguely guess what all happened in there and smiled.

"What, they are going to kick me out?" she asked nonchalantly.

Li Jin was really surprised by her cool and composed manner but he couldn't hide his distress. She was an artist he cultivated with his own hands; he was recognized as a top manager all because of her but now, he was a useless man who couldn't even protect his artist well. His lips moved but couldn't make himself state the truth to her. Qin Yue well understood his hesitation and said, "Jin Ge, you don't have to worry how I will feel. The sooner the better, am ready to face the truth. You can tell me." Her confidence made him feel a little better, with a guilt filled voice he replied, "Qin Qin, they have not cancelled your contract instead they have decided something worse. They are…they are going to freeze you."

"Freeze!" she was astonished, it was worse than getting abandoned. 

"Yes, Qin Qin, they have decided to freeze all your jobs and distribute your jobs to other artist. They know you wouldn't cancel the contract as the compensation is high. Their main aim is to force you to vanish from the industry…" 

She kept quite making him feel guiltier; he couldn't help but hate himself more. She deserved to be treated like a Queen but now she was being suppressed and tormented.

Qin Yue didn't stick around any longer, she made her way out of the company with her usual calm and composed manner. The employees and other artist couldn't help but gossip amongst themselves.

"Do you know, Senior Qin is getting her career frozen. The higher ups have decided to block her!"

"What? She is such a nice person then why is the company doing this to her?"

"Nice person, my ass! She was a scheme, using her beauty to climb to the top and suppressing small artist like us. I think this is karma, she deserves it!"

"I agree with your point, but she was not like others. She solely relied on her talent to be where she is now. And she never bullied us, remember! Instead she helped some of us to gain some popularity."

"True, she was a Goddess but too sad she hindered the career of so many actresses. How can she escape from their hatred?"

"Poor Qin Jie, she has so many enemies!"

Qin Yue could vaguely hear their chatter and she couldn't help but laugh. She sure did earn a lot of love yet some hated her to death. She knew it well that she had been standing in paths of many but industry has always been this cruel- pitying on others is as same as committing suicide.