Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Lin Lu was familiar with the situation after all. She stepped forward and said with a smile: “Assistant Sun, I really haven’t mentioned it before. Do you know what is going on?”
Assistant Xiao Sun said impatiently: “I don’t know. I’m just here to convey Director Wang’s thoughts. If you want to know anything, ask Director Wang!”
Gu Yuan stood up and asked: “Where is Director Ning? Since we are checking the lines, Director Ning should be here too. I had discussed the script with Director Ning before.”
Assistant Xiao Sun glanced at Gu Yuan: “Director Ning is busy. He was called away just now because of something. He is not on the set now. You have to find him and wait until the filming starts in the afternoon. You can decide whether you want to do the lines or not. You are an actor. Yes, at least you should have some professional ethics!”
When Gu Yuan saw this, she didn’t say anything. Since she was filming, she had to follow what others said. She followed assistant Xiao Sun and came to a temporary simple house.
The conditions in the place where they were filming were relatively simple, and this simple house was used as a temporary office.
Assistant Xiao Sun: “Director Wang is waiting for you inside. I’m leaving.”
The assistant Xiao Sun here left, Lin Lu frowned and whispered: “Since the director called you, then you go in, I will stay by the side, if anything happens, you call me, this is the studio, presumably he wouldn’t dare to mess around.”
Gu Yuan nodded: “I know, just act according to circumstances.”
With that said, she went straight into the tile-roofed house.
Lin Lu stood in an inconspicuous place outside, waiting quietly. There was no sound inside. She was inevitably a little worried, and she couldn’t hear anything even if she strained her ears.
What kind of simple room was this that had such good sound insulation?
Lin Lu was anxious, pacing back and forth with her hands in her pocket, wondering if she should pretend to have something to do and knock on the door to take a look?
But if there really was something, if she went in by herself, it would only lead to a stalemate in the end, then wouldn’t she and Gu Yuan still have to hang out?
For a moment, she thought about how Chen Mingzhi seemed to attach great importance to Gu Yuan back then. Did Gu Yuan have any background? If there was a background, how dare this Director Wang do something like this?
After thinking about it, Lin Lu turned on her phone and found Luo Juntian’s WeChat account. Luo Juntian seemed to take great care of Gu Yuan. There was no scene for him today and he was not here, but if he was told about this matter, would he come to the rescue?
After hesitating for a while, she still sent the message: “Hello, Mr. Luo, today Gu Yuan was called in by Director Wang to review her lines. I’m worried that Gu Yuan is not familiar with it and doesn’t know what to do.”
After posting this, Lin Lu hurriedly went to listen to what was going on in the simple room.
Who knew a loud “pop” sound was suddenly heard at this moment.
Lin Lu was stunned, what was going on? Gu Yuan was beaten?
She didn’t have time to think too much and rushed in.
As soon as she entered, she was shocked. It turned out that it was Director Wang who was beaten. There was a clear palm mark on Director Wang’s face, and it looked like it was about to swell.
Gu Yuan, on the other hand, had already run to the side, holding a hot water bottle in her hand, with a fierce look on her face. She looked like if you offended her, she would immediately hit you on the head.
Director Wang was obviously very angry, pointing at Gu Yuan and scolding: “You rebelled against me? How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am? Do you think that the more Ning Sanyue appreciates you, the more you will lift your tail to the sky? I tell you, no matter how popular you are outside, when you get to this set, I, Wang Jinjun, am the boss, and everyone here must be my grandson!”
Lin Lu hurriedly ran over, protected Gu Yuan, and then advised: “Director Wang, don’t be angry. If you have anything to say, please speak it up. Gu Yuan is young and ignorant. Is there any misunderstanding?”
Director Wang: “Misunderstanding? What did she do? I asked her to correct her lines, and she dared to slap me? As a director, can’t I ask her to correct her lines?”
When Gu Yuan heard this, she sneered: “Bah, you asked me to recite lines? How can you have the nerve to say that? What lines did you ask me to recite just now? If you have the ability, give me the lines you just said in front of the whole crew to read again? Do you have the nerve to say that it’s a line? What did you do that you don’t know why you ignored me? Wang Jinjun, let me tell you, my beating you today is considered a light one! Do you dare to say that to me again? If you say that, I’ll blow your head off!”
Director Wang: “I’m using unspoken rules on you? Why don’t you look in the mirror? Just with you, I would use unspoken rules on you? Gu Yuan, I’ll just leave the words here for you. You are so ignorant, then leave it alone. I’m rude, are you fierce, right? You know how to hit people, right? I went to argue with Ning Sanyue. The leading actor must be replaced, and he must be replaced by me! And you–“
He pointed at Lin Lu: “And you, if you are obedient, be good to me. If you don’t, I will delete all your scenes!”
After hearing this, Lin Lu looked at the greasy bald Director Wang in front of her, and suddenly felt that she couldn’t bear it.
It had not been easy for her over the years. She endured everything. She tolerated being groped, and had her breasts touched. She was almost beaten several times, but she escaped carefully. So even though her acting skills were obviously better than those of the female artists who debuted with her, she still had no chance. The good resources that were supposed to be available became someone else’s inexplicably. She knew the reason, but she really couldn’t do many things.
She once thought about trying to accept it all, and she once forced herself to adapt, but now, she suddenly found that she had had enough.
So what if you succumb to reality, it’s just a few more lines!
Seeing Director Wang’s greasy finger pointing at her, Lin Lu’s last trace of reason disappeared. She gritted her teeth and said, “Just delete it, you think I care about you! I won’t act anymore, okay? I don’t want to be famous, I’ve had enough. Got it!”
Director Wang’s eyes almost popped out of his head: “Everyone is crazy, right? Little bitch, who do you think you are!”
Seeing this, Gu Yuan didn’t bother to talk to this person anymore. Anyway, if she slapped him out today, she probably wouldn’t be able to film the scene. She could only wait for the next opportunity. She held a warm kettle in one hand and held Lin Lu in the other: “Wang Jinjun, let me tell you, no matter how good this drama is, we will not be humiliated by you like this. We really don’t care about it, and we really won’t act in it! As for you, don’t be too proud, what you said to me today I will remember everything you said, so you can regret it tomorrow!”
Director Wang listened to Gu Yuan’s words and sneered angrily: “I will regret it. I think you will regret it for me tomorrow. Tomorrow you will kneel down and call me your father and I will ignore you! You two don’t want to act, but a lot of people do. I’m going to find Ning Sanyue and I’m going to replace you, both of you!”
Who would have thought that as soon as these words were spoken, a voice was heard saying coolly: “Substitute? Who do you want to replace?”
As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the simple room. The three people turned their heads and looked at the door.
The door was pushed open, and the simple asbestos tile door hit the iron shelf next to it. After a gentle “bang”, it then vibrated with a thump.
Outside the door, there were many people standing, including actors, actresses, recorders, workers, assistants…
The leaders turned out to be Chen Mingzhi and a young man in white clothes and trousers.
The young man had handsome features, standing sideways, with one hand in his pocket, looking cool and handsome, looking as cool as possible.
Wang Jinjun immediately recognized that this was the famous Nie Yu, the crown prince of the entertainment industry and the actual controlling shareholder of Xingying Entertainment.
This was the immediate boss.
Director Wang, who was originally arrogant, suddenly bent down.
He was able to show off his power as an assistant director in Xingying Entertainment and sleep with actresses every night because of Chen Mingzhi. However, Nie Yu had a higher status than Chen Mingzhi, so Chen Mingzhi had to respect Nie Yu when he met him.
In this awkward silence that was almost suffocating, Wang Jinjun hurriedly stepped forward: “Hey, Mr. Nie, are you here? Please come in quickly. Take a seat.”
Nie Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly.
The smile on Wang Jinjun’s face suddenly froze. What did this mean?
How come his brother-in-law and Mr. Nie were here all at once?
Nie Yu, however, didn’t even pay attention to Wang Jinjun. With a smile on his lips, he asked Chen Mingzhi: “Mr. Chen, who is this? What a big air and majesty.”
He bit the words “very big” very hard.
In this entertainment circle, no one dared to talk airs or show prestige in front of Mr. Nie.
This was embarrassing.
Wang Jinjun lowered his head, almost burying his face in his neck.
Chen Mingzhi was so angry that his heart, liver and lungs ached.
What on earth was his brother-in-law doing? Because of his negligence, why did this brother-in-law bully Gu Yuan?
Something happened just now, did he still need to ask?
Chen Mingzhi took a deep breath and tried to tell himself to calm down. Then he stepped forward and said, “Master Nie, this is a distant relative of my family. I asked him to help on the set. Who knew he was so ungrateful.”
With that said, he scolded Wang Jinjun: “You still haven’t apologized to Miss Gu!”
Wang Jinjun was stunned when Chen Mingzhi scolded him. This brother-in-law actually said that to him? He was a little confused for a moment.
Nie Yu smiled: “Really? A distant relative? Your name is Wang Jinjun?”
This body was condescending, dismissive, and looking at him with a crushing look.
Wang Jinjun’s face was ashen. He had always been a majestic person on the set, but he didn’t expect to be asked his name in such a contemptuous tone. It was very embarrassing.
However, the situation was stronger than the person. The person in front of him was not someone that ordinary people could provoke, so he could only say respectfully: “Yes, my name is Wang Jinjun.”
Nie Yu: “I heard what you just said, do you want to change someone?”
Wang Jinjun: “Yes.”
As he said that, he pointed to Gu Yuan and Lin Lu next to him: “Of these two actresses, one is showing off as a big name and not dedicated to her job, and the other is not good at acting. She was chosen by Director Ning Sanyue because she has a bad temper. I’m looking for her. She didn’t memorize her lines well, scolded me, and even hit me. You see, she was also carrying a thermos bottle, and she wanted to hit me on the head with the thermos bottle.”
Suddenly, all eyes fell on the thermos bottle held by Gu Yuan.
Lin Lu realized something was wrong, frowned, and looked at the scene.
What’s going on? Why was this prince here? How could this prince, who usually didn’t take care of things, happen to come to the set?
Did it have anything to do with the message she sent to Luo Juntian? But even if she sent a message to Luo Juntian, he couldn’t rush over so quickly.
Gu Yuan sighed softly under everyone’s gaze.
It seemed that the current atmosphere in the entertainment industry was really bad. It was a bit difficult to rely on oneself. It was really difficult to get along without a background or a backer. This was a matter of choice. Either this or that. It was impossible to have the best of both worlds. You had to make sacrifices.
Wasn’t Lin Lu next to her a good example?
So she had better sacrifice her freedom, sacrifice her own fighting independence, and rely on her son obediently.
At this time, Nie Yu glanced at his mother who had given someone a slap in the face and was holding a thermos bottle ready to commit murder, and said calmly, “I also think someone should be replaced.”
The people around looked at each other, changing the starring role? Was this a joke? Could the leading actor be changed at will?
Wang Jinjun was overjoyed and began to flatter him.
But Nie Yu said the next sentence calmly: “Replace this guy named Wang Jinjun.”
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