D'Kula called Chen Hero with good news: he'd secured a product endorsement deal for him.

D'Kula had negotiated a one-year contract with the famous shampoo brand, Clearasil. The endorsement fee wasn't particularly high, since Chen Hero's fame wasn't that great yet. He was gradually becoming known in Russia, especially in St. Petersburg, but outside of those areas, people didn't know him at all.

It was a lucky coincidence that this deal could even be made, but who knew Chen Hero would break out a scandal with Sharapova? The shrewd D'Kula immediately seized the opportunity to put pressure on Clearasil, telling them that Chen Hero was a player with a great future, and with his personality, there would be plenty of off-field news. Signing him was definitely the right move!

So, Clearasil agreed to give Chen Hero a one-year endorsement contract. The two sides agreed to see how the endorsement performed this year, and if it was good, they would renew for two more years, with the endorsement fee to be negotiated separately at that time.

The endorsement fee for this contract was 500,000 euros per year.

Not too high, but not low either. If Chen Hero and Sharapova hadn't broken out a scandal at the most critical moment, he might not have gotten this price... Who told Chen Hero his fame was limited to a remote area? Russia, to the rest of Europe, was a remote area.

Now all that was left was for Chen Hero to sign the contract.

With money to be made, of course there was nothing to hesitate about.

Two days later, at a hotel in St. Petersburg, Chen Hero and his agent D'Kula signed the endorsement contract with the people in charge from Clearasil.

Then they attended a small press conference.

Although Chen Hero's fame was not as great as those big stars, he was still a star, with a very high popularity in St. Petersburg, so a press conference was a must.

At the press conference, Chen Hero changed his previous casual sportswear look and put on a formal suit. He stood with the head of Clearasil's advertising in Russia, smiling for the reporters to take pictures.

It must be said that Chen Hero's own qualities were not bad. He had height and physique, and he was not ugly either. His features were regular, his nose was straight, his eyebrows were sharp, and his eyes were bright. His external image was very good. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so popular with female fans...

After the press conference, D'Kula told Chen Hero that in a few days he would be filming a Clearasil shampoo television commercial, which would be aimed at the entire Russian market. At that time, the commercial would be seen throughout Russia.

Chen Hero was full of expectations for filming a television commercial for the first time.

He had always longed to show another side of himself in front of the camera. Young people love to show off, and there was nothing better than being on TV to show off.

But when he saw Sharapova at the advertising studio, he didn't think so anymore...

Sharapova was talking to her agent, Eisenbud, who had flown in specifically from the United States, about what had been going on recently.

The script for the commercial was at her hand, but she didn't have time to look at it.

Eisenbud had called Sharapova last time to ask what was going on, but Sharapova pretended the signal was bad and hung up. This time, facing each other, Sharapova could no longer pretend the signal was bad.

She could only stubbornly deny it.

"I don't know him... I have nothing to do with that person at all!" Sharapova shook her head and waved her hands to explain to her agent.

"Then how did you come out of that building..."

"I just went the wrong way. When I realized I was going the wrong way, I immediately backed out, and then I was photographed by that group of reporters... Who knew a soccer player lived there! With a little fame in St. Petersburg..." Sharapova muttered the last sentence.

Eisenbud stared at Sharapova without continuing to ask questions. But Sharapova always felt that her agent didn't trust her—actually, it was true. She knew her excuse was too far-fetched and coincidental, and it didn't make sense. Even she herself didn't believe it, but what else could she do? Did she have to tell him what happened that night and the next morning? She, Sharapova, couldn't afford to lose that face!

At this moment, the thick curtain of the studio was lifted, and several more people came in.

Sharapova guiltily shifted her gaze away from her agent and turned her attention to the door, intending to divert everyone's attention.

When they walked over from the bright light at the door, a look of surprise appeared on Sharapova's face... because she saw the man who had made her feel so embarrassed during this time!

After entering the studio, Chen Hero was still looking around like a curious baby—it was his first time in a studio. Everything here was new and worth being curious about for him.

At this moment, his gaze swept over to the two people next to him, a man and a woman.

Then he froze as well.

Sharapova was staring blankly at him.

When the people around them saw their strange expressions, they all turned around, and then... Eisenbud stood up in surprise. He saw Sharapova's "scandalous boyfriend"!

The parties involved reacted first, and then spoke in unison—

"Damn it... what are you doing here?"

Exactly the same, even the words and tone were the same! Annoyance and surprise were intertwined.

After asking this question at the same time, they both said, "Why can't I be here? I'm the spokesperson!"

After discovering that they had once again spoken in unison, they both shut up.

The advertising director who had come in with Chen Hero couldn't help but laugh, and even the corners of D'Kula's mouth turned up—this was really too interesting. They had spoken in unison twice in a row, saying exactly the same words. They really had chemistry.

Coming to St. Petersburg to shoot the commercial had been decided a long time ago, otherwise why would she have chosen St. Petersburg as her vacation spot, instead of Moscow or her hometown of Nyagan?

However, the advertising plan and script had only been finalized in the past few days. She didn't care about these things. Anyway, she would just attend when she needed to attend commercial activities. She never inquired about the affairs of the brand companies she endorsed. Naturally, she didn't know that Chen Hero had become one of Clearasil Russia's spokespersons a few days ago...

Sharapova remembered that a few days ago, they told her that this commercial would be filmed with two spokespersons. At that time, she was so preoccupied with her scandal with Chen Hero that she didn't pay attention to it. Looking at it now... could it be that it was already decided at that time that she would film the commercial with Chen Hero?

Damn it! If I had known it was like this, I wouldn't have agreed!

They had just had a big fight. As soon as Sharapova saw Chen Hero standing in front of her, she would think of the details of those quarrels. He was the first man who dared to say she was ugly in front of her! He had no manners at all. What annoyed her the most was that those unscrupulous media actually put her and such a rude person together, forming some scandalous couple...

Look at the way he frowned and said, "Damn it... what are you doing here," as if he was very unhappy to see her. Don't be ridiculous, did you think I wanted to see you? You... you...

Sharapova didn't know what to say to the other party for a moment.

This incompetent man!

After thinking for a long time, she cursed angrily in her heart.

Sharapova was just complaining in her heart, but who knew Chen Hero would mutter it out directly: "How is she also a spokesperson..." He turned his head to his agent D'Kula, but Sharapova happened to hear him.

Sharapova immediately stood up from her chair, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the next second, she steadied her emotions and sat down again.

She originally thought that her anger towards this man had weakened after that, but who knew that her emotions would become agitated again as soon as they met this time—she really didn't know why, but this man always made her lose her composure...

When Sharapova stood up, Chen Hero had his back to her, so he didn't see it. D'Kula saw it, though, and he whispered to Chen Hero: "You're speaking a little loudly."

Chen Hero said "Ah". He usually spoke louder than the average person. His whispering was definitely not a quiet word for the average person. A strong person has a strong voice.

He lowered his voice and followed D'Kula to the other side of the studio.

When Sharapova saw the two of them whispering together, she didn't know what they were talking about. Were they commenting on her?

Incompetent man who speaks ill of others behind their backs!

Forget it, I'm not going to pay attention to him!

I'll look at the script first!

Sharapova picked up the script that had been next to her all along but she hadn't picked up to read, and lowered her head to flip through it.

Just as she lowered her head to open the script for the commercial, Chen Hero and his agent D'Kula had sat down on the other side of the studio. There were several chairs and a table there. They sat down there, and the staff brought them drinks and the commercial script for Chen Hero to take a look at.

Everyone retreated and went back to work on what they needed to do. In the studio, only the filming area was very bright, and the other places seemed a little dim. The staff was preparing for the commercial shoot that would be taking place in a while. Adjusting the sound, adjusting the lighting, and setting up the props were all being checked to make sure nothing was missed. The advertising director was communicating with the Clearasil company officials.

Only Chen Hero and D'Kula were in this area.

After sitting down, Chen Hero did not look at the script, but instead groaned with his hands on his head: "Why do I have to run into her everywhere!"

"You and her, what exactly..."

"You see me like this, and you know I have nothing to do with her, right?"

D'Kula shook his head: "No, if you had nothing to do with her, you wouldn't have this expression. You should be looking calm."

Chen Hero rolled his eyes, knowing that D'Kula was a bit mechanical and boring. After all, he wasn't a real "human", so it was understandable...

He didn't say any more to D'Kula, but instead asked him directly: "Damn, you didn't say she was coming."

"I said there was another spokesperson coming, but I didn't know it was Sharapova. The other side didn't tell me too many details," D'Kula spread his hands and said.

Chen Hero had to admit his bad luck. He finally had an endorsement contract, and even when he filmed an endorsement commercial, he could run into Sharapova... Are you my nemesis! Chen Hero really wanted to ask her that face-to-face.

Of course, it was impossible for him to get up and leave just because Sharapova was here. He had worked so hard to get this opportunity, and if he breached the contract, he wouldn't be able to get by in the future...

Chen Hero always had a professional work ethic.

He had no choice but to sit in his chair and flip through the commercial script with an unhappy expression.

After he looked at the script, he slammed it on the table!

"How can it be like this?!"

"How can it be like this?" Sharapova suddenly cursed in a low voice, and then threw the script onto the table.

"What's wrong? Maria?" Eisenbud was at a loss.

"You look at this script!" Sharapova pointed to the script and said to her agent.

Eisenbud picked it up with a look of confusion and began to flip through it.

Then he raised his head and said to Sharapova, "It's normal?"

He still didn't understand what Sharapova was getting so angry about.

"How is this normal? Do I have to play lovers with that bastard?!"

"Damn! Why do I have to play lovers with that woman?!" Chen Hero was very unhappy. "What kind of lousy script is this! What does shampoo advertising have to do with lovers?"

He was already complaining randomly...

But it couldn't be blamed on him for being so excited, but rather the series of things he had encountered today had angered him.

This woman was really his nemesis. It was one thing to meet her on the set of the commercial shoot, but they also had to play lovers!

Wasn't this screwing him over!

Play lovers... play your sister! The media outside were spreading rumors that they were scandalous lovers, and he was going to play lovers again. Wasn't this giving people something to talk about!

Chen Hero wasn't stupid, and he quickly realized how unfavorable the current situation was for him.

"No, I have to find the director to change the script!"

Chen Hero stood up from his seat with a whoosh.

Then he saw Sharapova, who had stood up from her seat almost at the same time as him.

Sharapova also noticed the movement behind her. She turned her head and saw Chen Hero standing.

The two people's eyes met in the air.