During her time with the <Qing Shi Ming Yue> drama crew, Yan Xi had been doing her acting seriously. When there was no shooting, she would just stay in her room to memorize the dialogues, take a beauty nap or to build up her body shape by exercising. Of course, she was even tagged along by Gong Yun Ting to do some exercises of changing positions.
Yan Xi didn’t really surf the internet and her phone was also mostly used for job-related communications. She didn’t have many fans either, and she constantly had negative articles about her. She received so much criticism on the internet that she didn’t even want to care about it. Ah Zhu Jie and Xiao Qi also understood this well, so they didn’t mention it again once they knew that Yan Xi was not interested in this.
The shooting had ended, it was finally time for the wrap party.
During the wrap party, something unpleasant happened. No one knew that someone who claimed to be Chen Man Xi’s fan snuck into the hotel. When Yan Xi was happily chatting with the other staff, she suddenly came forward and splashed a glass of red wine on Yan Xi’s face. The scene became chaotic.
Yan Xi was in a wet mess at that time. Red wine stains covered her champagne-colored formal dress fully, looking like blood. Reporters rushed forward like a swarm of bees. It was too late for the staff members to chase them away. The microphone and cameras were shoved in front of Yan Xi like spears and cannons, asking about her thoughts.
What thoughts could she have? Yan Xi looked at the camera lens. Her bangs were moistened by red wine, curling and sticking at one side of her cheek while water was seen dripping down. The front of her chest was dirty, but she only answered casually: “Luckily it’s just red wine.”
This incident shot up the top searches in the blink of an eye. The video was also shared many times on the internet, but predictably, most of the people were clapping and cheering, praising it again and again, as if Yan Xi was an extremely evil person, as if the diehard fan was a big hero who punished and put an end to the evil.
There weren’t a lot of feelings in Yan Xi’s eyes, unlike others’ expectations.
She didn’t act pitiful to gain others’ sympathy, and also didn’t reveal too much sadness or tried to act strong. She didn’t try to defame Chen Man Xi as well. When faced with a series of sharp questions by the reporters, she only said calmly: “I hope everyone will give more attention to the drama, <Qing Shi Ming Yue> was the result of all the drama crew’s hard work.” Enjoying the story? Read on at NovelPing.
She left after saying that.
When Ah Zhu Jie called her to ask if she was okay after she saw this incident on the top searches, Gong Yun Ting called her next. He asked Yan Xi: “Should I take down this top search?”
Yan Xi just needed to say the word, and he’d do as she wished. This was just a small matter for Gong Yun Ting.
“Just leave it be.” Yan Xi said: “It seems that it has been a long time since I was in the top searches.”
“That doesn’t seem like it, it’s the opposite. You have been on the top searches many times since you joined the shoot.” Yan Xi didn’t surf the internet, but Gong Yun Ting did. There was a pile of information in his hands. He briefly flipped through it, then said to Yan Xi: “Just those photos of you in the shoot had always occupied the top searches everywhere. You have been on the main page for many days. At first they were saying you took Chen Man Xi’s role at the last minute, using all kinds of dirty tricks to rig the rules and climb up the ladder…”
“Oh?” Yan Xi turned on the computer, feeling interested. She nodded and said: “It seems that way.”
Gong Yun Ting snorted: “They even said your acting is bad and a snob, an eighteen tier loser acting like a big celebrity. Changing the script, adding scenes for yourself, comparing many dramas of you and Chen Man Xi.”
“I didn’t realize that Yun Ting is actually such a scandalmonger?” Yan Xi laughed softly on the other side of the phone: “Send me the link, I’ll look at it later.”
When Gong Yun Ting sent the link to Yan Xi, he suddenly realized afterwards, why was he doing an assistant’s job? This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
“Although Xiao Qi is obedient, she’s not smart enough. When you come here, I’ll give you another two assistants.” Gong Yun Ting moved his cursor, then continued talking as he sipped the cold wine: “And also that Sun Xiao Xiao, she was saying on the internet that you were a serial homewrecker who stole her man, which was myself.”
When she heard this, Yan Xi laughed with a “Pfft”: “Isn’t that so?”
When Gong Yun Ting heard that, he felt very content. Yan Xi watched the video while talking non-stop with him. Yan Xi watched the dramas that she’d acted in before. Her acting wasn’t that bad if she had to comment on it herself, but her characters were mostly negative characters, and there were also problems in the script itself. Besides, dramas were different from movies, so she appeared as “being too exaggerated” as mentioned by the internet users. As for Chen Man Xi, she debuted as an innocent angel, so the female leads that she portrayed were mostly this kind of character. Moreover, she was good-looking, having many fans. The bullet screen either praised her looks or flattered her character.
Truthfully, Yan Xi didn’t see any good acting from her “innocent and sweet” face.
On the other hand, Gong Yun Ting was tasting his wine. He slowly began to speak: “About the movie, the shoot will start next month. There’s still half a month’s time, do you want to go out?”
Yan Xi hadn’t signed with Cheng Feng Movies formally yet, but she’d already received the script for the next movie – <Zheng Xiong>.
It was an ancient movie adapted from the real historical background of the fight between Chu and Han. <Zheng Xiong> mainly revolved around the males. Female characters were mostly just side characters. Yan Xi might have a bad reputation but she still looked amazing in terms of appearance. Besides, she seemed to have a unique aura now. Because of Gong Yun Ting, the two most important female characters, Lv Zhi and Yu Ji, were open for Yan Xi to choose.
Gong Yun Ting initially thought that Yan Xi would choose a character that was completely different from Chen Man Xi, so that they would be differentiated easily. It would be the pathway that she would go on in the future too. But unexpectedly, Yan Xi chose Yu Ji.
“If it’s her, she’ll choose Yu Ji, right?” Yan Xi muttered…