Of all the places that AJ Entertainment could have taken them, it had to be Slough. It wasna?€TMt hard for Gary to guess the reason, as it would be strange to have a program in a town with no connection to any of them.Upstodatee from


    He would be surprised to learn that any of his co-stars came from a Tier-3 town like them. Judging by the way they behaved, they had to have grown up in either a Tier-2 city, if not Tier-1.


    ''If Kai knew anything about this, he should have informed me, so our visit will definitely be a surprise to him and the others. I wonder if thata?€TMs a good or a bad thing.a?€TM Gary thought. Honestly, therea?€TMs not that many people who know what I look like... Ideally, I just wona?€TMt run into anyone I know, and perhaps Kai might make sure that I wona?€TMt.''


    While travelling in the car, a single guard accompanied them, an older bold gentleman, stood up to lay some ground rules for everyone.


    "Now, I know a lot of you have never been to a Tier-3 town before, so there could be a lot of things that you aren''t used to seeing." The guard stated.


    "Prepare to meet scum who roams about in the streets, like teenagers that will purposely try to cause trouble with you just to fight and prove something. Unless youa?€TMre looking for a beating, ita?€TMs in your own interest to NOT stray from the group, and stick with me."


    Some of the others seemed to be in shock to hear this, the picture that the guard was painting wasn''t a pretty one.


    "I can''t believe you managed to survive and live in such a dangerous place." Tyson commented. "I don''t think I could ever do such a thing."


    Gary had no clue what Tyson was imagining, but more than likely he failed to understand just how bad it had really been. Garya?€TMs family had been in the lower bracket of a Tier-3 household. With a single mother supporting both her children, they had been only one rent increase away from having to move into Tier-4.


    "Hey, think before you speak, this is Gary''s hometown we are talking about!" Rachel stated.


    Gary was of a mind to defend his hometown, after all, he was technically the one in charge of it, but right now he was here as Gary Dem, rookie from the AFA, not Gary Dem, boss of the Howlers. He also


    couldn''t deny that there was a truth to what the guard told them. Everything had been during the reign of the Underdogs.


    "This is a one-off." Spring stated. "These types of programmes don''t come around a lot, and usually to lure you in there is a large upfront payment. They think of it as investment money. Based on your future jobs, the company takes a percentage to go back towards paying back this debt, and once this debt is paid then you start earning money.


    "Did you not have your agent read the contract properly? Well, I guess you dona?€TMt have one, figures this is what happens to those that are money hungry, they just end up poor. No wonder you were stuck in a Tier-3 town for most of your life."


    "SPRING!" Clem shouted at her co-star. "You can''t say that! You and I were lucky enough to be born into a household with a lot of money, but all of that is due to our parents'' hard work! You should be grateful that we have never had to struggle, so how can you say something to him when you have no idea how hard it is to get out of that rut?!"


    "Haven''t worked for this? Hmph, do you think I didn''t work hard for this? Dona?€TMt you know how many people try to become an actor, how many people go to university and compete against each other? I never used my mothera?€TMs name and did everything through my own effort!`


    "That might be the case...but that''s where you''re wrong." Gary spoke up. "Everything you just said is a privilege that most like me will never have. You competed at a TOP university, while I never even got the chance to go to a university in the first place.


    "And let me guess you worked really hard in your acting lessons, right? Well, whose money did you use to pay for it all, huh? While you were working hard, do you know what me and my family were doing? Trying to do EVERYTHING we could to put food on the table. I had no time to worry about how good my grades were because I was more worried about whether my mother would have to skip out on dinner AGAIN after coming home from her MULTIPLE JOBS, just so me and my sister wouldna?€TMt starve."


    It was clear, the comment had rubbed Gary the wrong way, and everyone had gotten an insight to what his life had been was like.


    "And this is why, I think it''s best if we all experience what life is like for others, so we can connect and understand the struggles of everyone." Elanor said with a smile, trying to change the atmosphere.


    Fortunately, they were about to enter Slough.


    *****


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