Chapter 1757 He had completely lost interest in Bernice.
"Bernice, listen up. You're an artist under this company, and you've signed a contract. As part of the team, you gotta put the company's and the boss's interests first. Think about it, you wouldn't be where you are today without us. My advice? Take this hundred million dollars and leave. When things cool down, we can still find a way for your comeback."
Bernice had enough. She felt provoked and swept all the documents off his desk onto the floor. "Don't take me for a fool. You think it's that easy for me to make a comeback? Today, I'm a superstar, and you think you can just use me up completely. How many years will it take for things to calm down? By then, I won't have the advantage of youth, and you won't care about me anymore. The competition here is fierce; what hope do I have for a comeback?"
"Are you looking for trouble?"
Lucas grabbed her arm and flung her to the ground.
"What do you think you are, daring to smash things in my office? Didn't I teach you a lesson last time?"
Lucas looked down at her condescendingly. "I warn you, don't push it. If you piss me off, I won't give you any chance for a comeback."
"Don't you feel any guilt towards me?" Bernice looked up at him in disbelief, lying on the ground in a sorry state.
"Guilt? Lucas laughed coldly. "Do you think you're worth my guilt?"
Bernice opened her mouth, looking deeply hurt.
Today, she had deliberately used very cheap makeup. After crying just now, her makeup was completely ruined.
Lucas looked at her with even more disgust. "Take the bank card and leave. Of course, if you think it's too little, then don't take it."
Bernice looked frightened and immediately got up to clutch the bank card.
Lucas's gaze became even more contemptuous.
Look at her, saying the money was too little, but clutching it tightly.
These women, they were all the same.
"That's better." Lucas's expression softened a bit. "Bernice, I know the company owes you for this matter. Actually, if you had come in and spoken to me nicely, I wouldn't have spoken so harshly. Consider this a favor the company owes you; the company will repay you in the future."
Bernice laughed coldly. He thought she was a fool.
With tears in her eyes, she shook her head. "I don't want the company to owe me any favors. Whether it's the company or you, I can't afford to offend either. Anyway, I have no value to the company now and can't bring in any profit. I just want to terminate the contract."
"Terminate the contract?" Lucas lit a cigarette and took a puff before saying, "Are you planning to sleep with someone else to make a comeback?"
"I'm not." Bernice looked up in panic and explained miserably, "I just don't want to stay in the company anymore. I used to be the company's most important artist, but compared to Sarah, wherever I go, I'm ridiculed and looked down upon. Now, I'm nothing. I'll only be mocked more severely. If you think the company owes me, just let me terminate the contract. At least I can be mocked a little less."
Lucas said nothing, just scrutinized her with a probing gaze, as if trying to discern the truth in her words."Besides, I’m worthless now." Bernice smiled sadly. "A comeback? Mr. Nelson, have you ever seen a female star bounce back after a miscarriage scandal and other bad press? TV stations won’t touch my shows. If no one buys the shows I’m in, directors won’t hire me. What can I do here besides get laughed at?"
"In that case, do as you please."
Lucas flicked the ash from his cigarette and finally spoke indifferently.
He was a very pragmatic person.
When Bernice made this request, he had already assessed her value in his mind.
Indeed, keeping Bernice now would only waste the company's base salary, with no other use.
Moreover, Bernice's negative news was much more severe than Sarah's before. It might be possible to spend some money to get her on some variety shows, but making a comeback in TV dramas would be much harder.
Besides, in a couple of years, when things calm down, the entertainment industry will surely have many new, young, and beautiful actresses. It would be too difficult for Bernice to make a popular comeback.
And with someone like Sarah, backed by Erin, she would bully Bernice.
Sarah was still useful. If Bernice still interested him as she did before, he would be willing to back her up.
But now, he was truly fed up with Bernice.
To avoid Bernice coming to him crying and complaining in the future, terminating the contract was the best choice.
"Thank you, Mr. Nelson." Bernice hesitated, biting her lip. "After I terminate the contract, the company will surely take back the apartment it rented for me. Can I temporarily move to your place?"
"Are you joking?" Lucas was disgusted.
Bernice's body trembled slightly. "But you said before that I could stay at your place anytime, and you bought me so many clothes."
"You also said it was before. Don't you know men are fickle? Didn't Gary teach you that lesson? You haven't learned yet."
Bernice looked deeply hurt, and tears silently fell from the corners of her eyes again. "How can you be like this? Can I still come to you?"
Lucas originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought, what if he sometimes needed sex?
After all, compared to having sex with Sarah, he found it less repulsive with Bernice.
Although now, he had completely lost interest in Bernice.
"Wait for my call. If I don't contact you, don't come to my place." Lucas said indifferently.
Bernice felt a bit disappointed. She had thought he wouldn't want to touch her anymore.
It seemed she still had to try harder.
"Then I'll wait for your call." Bernice's eyes deliberately showed a hint of disappointment. "You can contact me anytime. I don't have any work now, so I'm quite free."
Lucas looked at her with a fake smile. "Bernice, when did you become so shameless?"
Bernice looked aggrieved. "Mr. Nelson, I don't need to pay the compensation for the contract termination with other companies, right? If I have to pay, I..."
"Don't worry, you don't have to pay. The company will handle it."
All she talked about was money and trying to get benefits from him.
Lucas was already tired of listening. "Go now, I still have work to do. Don't come to the company to find me again."
"I understand."
Bernice responded softly and then turned around, leaving reluctantly.
Lucas was extremely disgusted by her behavior. As soon as she left, he immediately called Max. "Draft a contract to terminate Bernice's contract. She will no longer be an artist under our company."
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