Chapter 44
Xie Yun's response could be said to have made the originally chaotic like muddy water battlefield—
clear
After all, there could be many explanations before. Those who supported Gu Qi and those who supported Shen Anran had their own reasons, but now the director and screenwriter of the script stood up and even directly stated that she returned to the country for Gu Qi. Naturally, the wind direction leaned toward Gu Qi.
It was at this time, someone dug out the relationship between Shen Wei, another director of Jinyue and Shen Anran.
Someone found a photo taken many years ago on the page of a magazine where Shen Wei was interviewed. In it was Shen Anran in her childhood.
At that time, Shen Anran was still far from debuting. It was obvious in the environment of the Shen Family's family dinner. She held Shen Wei's hand, and Shen Jinyi was standing nearby.
It was obviously a picture of a family dinner.
Netizens: “!”
Under the situation where the three interviewers were able to select Shen Anran despite Xie Yun’s extreme disapproval, the logic behind this was already untenable. Now this photo was like a ‘real hammer’.
[Shen Wei and Shen Anran both have the surname Shen]
[Wow, it turns out that the eldest miss came to the interview in person]
[If it was related, I am not surprised]
[Gu Qi has it miserable]
[Want to sign Shen Anran, then do it directly? Who cares about it happening in private? Why do you have to go through this form and let others accompany the run with you? ]
Public opinion was pushed to the peak again. Because He Quanyi directly liked this comment.
[He Quanyi, you are as brave as ever]
[Elder Sis He is awesome. I only say this once and I remember it]
[I suddenly feel that Elder Sis He posted this Weibo to let us see the truth, hahaha! ]
He Quanyi was famous for playing the role of a vicious female supporting role. The labels given by the outside world have always been ‘straightforward’ and ‘big sister’. Such actions were very consistent with her personality.
After such operations and seeing that netizens have realized that Shen Anran's acting skills were not worthy of the position, He Quanyi felt relieved.
Finally, there were people with clear eyes who were not blinded by the white lotus’s means.
After doing all this, she felt cheerful and prepared to go to the treadmill to exercise and then go to bed early.
After all, she made an appointment for an acting class tomorrow morning. It was an acting teacher who had been hired at a high price and had trained award-winning actors and actresses. In order to hire the other party, she spent a lot of connections and money.
It was a temporary failure.
She and Gu Qi have been rivals for so many years. She had won so many times, but only lost this time. It… was nothing. It didn't mean anything!
Before she defeats Gu Qi, she hoped that Gu Qi wouldn’t be defeated by these irrelevant people through any shameful means.
He Quanyi snorted coldly.
Wait until the next time.
She will definitely win back with dignity.
*
Gu Qi didn't know what happened yet.
She and Xie Yun had only eaten half of the meal when she received a call from Jinyue. The underlying meaning was simple, to sign a contract with her.
Gu Qi's face flashed with surprise. Xie Yun nodded to her. In an instant, Gu Qi understood everything.
She simply responded to a few words and agreed to go to the company to sign the contract tomorrow afternoon.
Xie Yun said directly: "I will go with you tomorrow to change the details of the contract. At that time, you will mainly develop with me and Hang Ze."
Xie Yun paused and explained: "Shen Wei may hate you. Although Fang Zhian isn't a bad person, he is essentially his dog. Can't let them have too much control over your work."
"Okay." Gu Qi nodded obediently. After meeting Xie Yun's eyes, she added: "I will listen to you."
Xie Yun was amused by her well-behaved appearance and thought of tonight’s interaction. She sighed: "How can you be such an obedient child? I didn't know you too well before and thought you were difficult to get along with."
"Many people have misunderstood like this." Gu Qi showed a trace of helplessness on her face.
Xie Yun asked her again: "Why do you trust me so much? Aren't you worried that I will cheat you?"
Gu Qi shook her head.
She looked into Xie Yun's eyes and stated seriously: "I was fortunate enough to receive guidance from Senior Meng Hanjiao. She mentioned you to me, including your help to her."
Gu Qi liked Xie Yun so much, not only because she loved her movies, but also because of Meng Hanjiao's existence. She had a certain admiration for Xie Yun.
When Gu Qi mentioned Meng Hanjiao's name, Xie Yun couldn't hide a trace of surprise on her face.
Meng Hanjiao was an actress who was promoted by Xie Yun. She was the youngest actress in the circle who won the most awards. She was expected to have a promising future.
It was a pity that she had a very bad family environment. She worked part-time before her debut and gave her salary to her parents. After her debut, she had always been a blood bag for her parents and brother. After making money, she wasn't let go.
Parents and elder brother took turns to be interviewed by reporters, just to use their daughter's fame to make a little more money.
And finally.
Under the introduction of her parents, Meng Hanjiao married a wealthy man 15 years older than her and she had completely withdrawn from the entertainment industry in recent years.
Don't know how many people in the industry sighed and lamented that no matter how popular a female star was in the circle, the ‘ultimate goal’ was to marry a top rich man.
Gu Qi had never worked with Meng Hanjiao, but the two crews shot a movie at the same location. That was the last movie Meng Hanjiao shot before retiring.
At that time, Gu Qi played a vicious female supporting role. She wasn't against playing a villain, but she completely couldn't understand the character's motivation for doing evil.
In Gu Qi's opinion, this was a very instrumental and flat role. That was why after two days of shooting, she still couldn't empathize and couldn't become this character better.
So in the middle of the night.
She was alone in the hotel's conference room, reading the script. Because the room she was given wasn't very soundproof, she could only practice repeatedly in a place on this floor where few people lived.
She happened to meet Meng Hanjiao, who couldn't sleep and went downstairs to walk around.
Meng Hanjiao was very gentle and kind. She helped Gu Qi, a junior who wasn't familiar with her.
Meng Hanjiao helped her analyze the script and taught her how to enrich the character. In the case that it didn't contradict the script, the life of the supporting role could be enriched by the actor who played it.
It was because of Meng Hanjiao that Gu Qi played the role to a degree of completion that she could not imagine and learned how to act.
Gu Qi thanked Meng Hanjiao. At that time, she was indifferent and defensive to everyone except Song Cheng. In fact, she could not understand why Meng Hanjiao, who didn't know her at all, helped her so much.
Meng Hanjiao smiled at her beautifully, "Because in my life, there is a noble person who have helped me."
This noble person, of course, referred to Xie Yun.
From Meng Hanjiao's narration, she had once thought about jumping off the bridge when she was in the most difficult time. It was Xie Yun who noticed her, who had abandoned herself.
Xie Yun taught Meng Hanjiao to act and the first film was a success. All the money she earned was used to pay off the debts that her parents had forced on her...
There was still a shortfall of 10,000 yuan, which Xie Yun paid.
That day.
No longer worrying about receiving any collection calls and no longer worrying about someone splashing paint on the door at any time, Meng Hanjiao felt that her life was finally truly free for the first time.
Meng Hanjiao said that she had paid off her debt to her parents and wanted to live for herself from now on.
So she broke off relations with her family. Even when being accused by her parents in countless interviews, she severed relations with her family.
She was gentle but firm, as if she had found her way again.
But the good times didn't last long. Fate played tricks on her.
At the peak of her popularity, Meng Hanjiao was diagnosed with uremia, but she didn't have a suitable partner.
Meng Jiao had thought that even if she died, she would never bow to her family. She wanted to leave freely.
This incident was reported by countless media.
And her elder brother, who had never had a good relationship with her, had a car accident on the way to find her. When he was carried into the ambulance, his last words were ‘I must give my kidney to Younger Sister.’
In fact, her elder brother was a gambler. He originally wanted to blackmail Meng Hanjiao if they could match by getting his younger sister buy one of his kidneys at a high price.
He even brought a prepared agreement, which stated that if he had any discomfort after the operation, Meng Hanjiao would be responsible for him for life and would pay him tens or even millions every month.
In other words, her elder brother had the rogue idea of sucking younger sister's blood for a lifetime with one kidney.
But when the sickness was in the final countdown, he left such a last word.
Fortunately, they did match.
Afterward, Meng Hanjiao survived.
So she was trapped with that family forever because her life was saved.
After the operation, she was interviewed by reporters in front of the hospital and said helplessly: "I don't have any big feelings, but I do feel sorry for Director Xie Yun who discovered me. I'm sorry."
At that time, everyone didn't know why she apologized.
Until half a year later, Meng Hanjiao didn't choose to come back after recovering from her physical condition, but instead married the rich businessman under the arrangement of her parents. She never appeared in the public eye again.
Finally, Gu Qi concluded with one sentence: "Senior Meng told me that you are an absolutely good person."
Xie Yun pulled the corner of her lips and said: "We had a fierce quarrel later. I didn't expect her to evaluate me like this."
After a short silence.
Xie Yun said: "You should be able to guess the prototype of the script."
Gu Qi pursed her lips and chose to honestly nod.
Xie Yun simply responded: "This role is actually originally written for Meng Hanjiao. I thought she would have a new life at the time and the script was written in the opposite direction. I didn't expect it to be like a crow's mouth and finally became a prophecy."
So the original female lead was naturally Meng Hanjiao.
It was only because she retired from the circle and a suitable actress couldn’t be found afterwards that the script was set aside.
Gu Qi wasn't good at talking.
She could see that Xie Yun was sad, but she wasn't very good at comforting people.
She could only look at Xie Yun. Hesitating for a few seconds, she reached out to pat her hand gently.
Xie Yun suddenly woke up from her memories, turned to Gu Qi, smiled and asked: "The original role was Meng Hanjiao’s. Do you have the confidence to surpass her and play this role well?"
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Weibo.
The battle between fans and haters was in chaos.
Even Shen Wei couldn’t handle the pressure from Jinyue's official Weibo. So he finally compromised and let the official Weibo come out to respond.
The general idea was that Shen Anran's contract with the previous company expired a month ago, so the official announcement was made first once the contract was signed.
As for Gu Qi, they naturally felt that she was excellent and wanted to sign her. But Gu Qi and the previous company’s contract hadn’t expired. They were asking the legal department to negotiate, so no new contract had been signed for the time being.
Of course, these were excuses.
It was just telling everyone clearly-
Actually we want to sign both. You guys misunderstood. Stop arguing.
Taking all this, Hang Ze leaned on the sofa and yawned lazily.
The expected ending! Just went through a lot of trouble in vain.
He raised his wrist high, turned to the watch worth 800,000 yuan, and muttered incomprehensibly: "Should have done this from the start... No, it’s better to make a fuss. If not, I wouldn't have this watch."
Fight then.
He benefitted.
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The next afternoon.
Under the guide of Xie Yun, Gu Qi followed her to Jinyue.
Hang Ze was there, waving and greeting from a distance. He said directly: "Don't hate me for not voting for you. I have my own difficulties."
Gu Qi didn't answer, but glanced at Hang Ze's wrist.
Xie Yun told her everything.
"Ignore him." Xie Yun put her hand on Gu Qi's shoulder and led her inside, leaving Hang Ze with only one sentence: "Have no principles after being bribed. But considering that you provided the audition video, the merits and demerits are somewhat offset. Don't come to bother me."
"Yes! Thank you for your magnanimity and not holding a grudge with me." Hang Ze responded lazily and kept following them: "No matter what, she is Wen Renjing's elder sister., I still have to help check."
At this moment, the elevator door opened.
Shen Wei walked out.
His gaze landed on Gu Qi. Then he turned to Xie Yun and asked, "What? Jiang Family gave you money? It's not like you to defend her like this."
Xie Yun smiled and replied, "People with a dirty heart see everything as dirty. Don't think that everyone uses the same shameful means as you.”
But Shen Wei continued to be aggressive, "How did you convince Wei Yan?"
Hang Ze squeezed between the two people to stop the gunpowder smell from spreading,, "Old Shen, this is getting more and more outrageous. Don't you understand Wei Yan's temper? Who has the ability to make him go against his will?"
Shen Wei glanced at Hang Ze. After a brief silence of a few seconds, he knew that what he said was true. So he sneered and walked out.
Hang Ze turned to Gu Qi and shook his head slightly at her, indicating not to take it to heart.
The three entered the elevator.
The elevator door closed again.
The rest of the people in the company turned to each other in bewilderment. When they saw the elevator going up the floor, they stopped being silent and gathered together to discuss.
"What's going on? Did Director Shen and Director Xie have a quarrel?"
"Shh, keep your voices down. Isn't the Weibo incident a big enough fuss?"
"So what's going on? What is Director Hang thinking?"
"It's very simple. From the start, Shen Anran was signed. Gu Qi was kept by Director Xie."
"It's over. Will our company have a peaceful life in the future? After this audition and signing, it's obvious that there are two factions now, right?"
"It's always been like this. But there's nothing obvious to spark the conflict. Gu Qi is a beauty who brings disaster. The few directors are about to fight because of her."
"Isn't this word used inappropriately?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking. Let's all get to work."
...
Before coming, Gu Qi referred to Wen Renjing's contract.
Except that her traffic performance wasn't as good as Wen Renjing's and her share was slightly lower, everything else was about the same.
And this contract had a higher degree of freedom than Wen Renjing's. There will never be any work arrangement that goes against her will. There wasn't anything mandatory.
Gu Qi naturally knew who deserved the credit and immediately turned to Xie Yun to express her gratitude.
"No need. It should be like this." Xie Yun turned to Gu Qi, "I know the movies that ruined your reputation. I watched it because it was a famous bad movie. To be honest, it was because the script was too bad. Your performance in it was acceptable."
Xie Yun smiled at her, "At least this contract can guarantee that you have the freedom to choose your work in the future and you will never encounter such things again."
Xie Yun was looking out for Gu Qi. She definitely didn't want her to fall into the same trap again.
Just like the purpose of Jinyue's establishment.
Let every actor who joined have a production to act in and there were good production to shoot.
"Okay!" Hang Ze patted Gu Qi and Xie Yun's shoulders with both hands, "From today on, take care of me. Everyone work hard and make a lot of money together!"
Xie Yun turned to Hang Ze, took his hand away from her shoulder with disdain, and asked, "So why are you still in the company? No need to manage the crew’s side?"
"I left it to the executive director. It's not a complicated drama. If he can't shoot it well, he can pack up and get out." Hang Ze answered confidently. Then he suddenly looked in the direction of the company's gate and waved, "You’re here? You promised to treat us today."
The person Hang Ze greeted was Wen Renjing. The man was wearing a black sportswear, with sunglasses still hanging on his nose. He spun the car keys from a distance and waved at them. Seemingly nonchalant, he responded to Hang Ze's words, "I know. Didn’t I drive over to pick you up? The restaurant had been booked."
He walked forward.
First, he politely greeted Director Xie Yun, then turned to Gu Qi, stretched out a hand, and curved his eyes: "Welcome. Please take care of me in the future, Elder Sister."
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