The film and television city starts from the courtyard

The next day.

While Zhao Shucheng was on set preparing for filming, he noticed that the female lead, Xiao Mu, seemed a little off.

"Yao Menggui!"

Upon hearing Zhao Shucheng's voice, Xiao Mu snapped out of his reverie and said, "Director Gu."

"Didn't you sleep well last night? Will it affect the filming later?"

"Director Gu, don't worry, it won't happen!"

Seeing her like this, Zhao Shucheng couldn't believe she was really alright. However, he didn't know what had happened, so he could only hope she could adjust her state.

As if things weren't bad enough, just as Xiao Mu finished filming in the morning and was about to rest, he was attacked by fans who splashed water on him, and the incident was even captured by paparazzi.

Yanzi found Chen Mo, but hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"Sister Yanzi, just say what you have to say."

"Okay, then I'll be frank. You're probably already aware of the online discussions. I've discussed it with the director. We simply can't film in the current situation. The fans outside haven't left yet, and even if we manage to disperse them, we can't guarantee Mengmeng's complete safety during filming."

"You didn't even hire security personnel?"

"Of course we invited them, but you have to understand that when those fans outside go crazy, they're capable of anything. Right now, Mengmeng is in the eye of the storm, and we can't be sure if those fans are her haters or someone else entirely."

Yanzi looked at Chen Mo as she spoke and continued, "The matter of Li Daixuan has been brought up again, and it won't be calmed down anytime soon. So I want Mengmeng to go back and rest for a couple of days, at least to avoid the storm."

Chen Mo asked angrily, "If Yao Menggui is taking a break, what about Song Ci? Right now, the two fan groups are fighting, so why should Yao Menggui stop working?"

Yanzi didn't know how to answer them. After all, given Song Ci's background, they couldn't very well ask Song Ci to go back or do anything else.

"I'll go find him."

Chen Mo sought an explanation from Song Ci, but to his surprise, Song Ci not only showed no remorse but also made a lot of sarcastic remarks. She even exposed that Yao Menggui's team had used this marketing tactic many times before: first, release negative information, then wait a while before making a reversal, always managing to maintain the topic's popularity and gain sympathy from netizens. Who knows if this time they're just repeating the same trick?

Chen Mo was stunned by Song Ci's words. He had been indignant at first, but now it seemed that both Yao Menggui and Chang Ming knew what was going on, but were just keeping it from him.

This completely wiped out any goodwill he had towards Yao Menggui, and now he felt somewhat ridiculous.

In fact, Xiao Mu was not Yao Menggui and was unaware of the previous events, so he naturally did not know about the public relations team's previous plans.

Xiao Mu was actually in the dressing room, so she naturally heard Song Ci and Chen Mo's conversation, and she was also a little confused.

Song Ci looked at Xiao Mu and said, "Yao Menggui, your team has used this approach more than once or twice. I remember it's been seven or eight times, right? There are other people in the industry who use this approach, but only you can do it so well every time."

"Back in college, you had no foundation, but you could grab attention with a single act. But now that you've taken on 'First Snowfall,' it's not so sophisticated anymore, is it? As for you, next time make sure you understand things before causing trouble. Don't lose your rationality just to help your relatives. I'm leaving!"

Xiao Mu immediately called Chang Ming and learned that it was Chang Ming who had acted on his own initiative in order to maintain the buzz.

Xiao Mu didn't know how to explain to Chen Mo for a moment. After finishing his scenes in the afternoon, he returned to the hotel where the film crew was located with a heavy heart.

As she went upstairs alone, she didn't notice that someone was following her and had followed her all the way up to the elevator.

Xiao Mu noticed the man wearing a mask and behaving suspiciously inside the elevator when it stopped, and she immediately tensed up.

Zhao Shucheng happened to come out of the room at that moment, and when he saw Yao Menggui, he greeted her, "Little Yao!"

Upon seeing Zhao Shucheng, Yao Menggui immediately felt reassured and quickly walked to Zhao Shucheng's side, saying, "Director Gu, are you going out?"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Yes, let's go out and relax."

As he spoke, Zhao Shucheng glanced at the man in the elevator and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here? You don't seem to be part of our crew, do you?"

The other party was surprised that Yao Menggui would actually have someone pick her up, and worried about attracting the attention of others, so they quickly closed the elevator door.

Zhao Shucheng said, "Where's your assistant? After what happened today, how can I leave you alone? What if he gets into danger?"

Yao Menggui said, "I thought nothing would happen, so I let him go back first."

"You're really carefree. The production team asked you to stop working for your safety. After the water attack, now they're stalking you. Who knows what those crazy fans might do? Try not to go out alone in the future. You're not an ordinary person now, you're a celebrity. People will recognize you when you walk down the street."

"Director Gu, thank you. I will definitely pay attention in the future."

Xiao Mu was still shaken, feeling like he couldn't handle the situation. So when he got back to his room, he texted his sister, hoping she would come back soon, because he couldn't keep up the act anymore.

However, Yao Menggui, under the pretext of continuing to recuperate, urged Xiao Mu to play himself well and also to play his role well.

Xiao Mu sensed something was amiss. Even in this situation, she was still sending messages, so he quickly messaged his sister, insisting that she make a voice call with him, otherwise he would stop impersonating her and even return to his own life.

Now the other actress was getting anxious and sent a voice message admitting that she had been in a car accident and was disfigured, so she couldn't return to filming for a while and needed Xiao Mu to continue playing her. She also said that she needed time to recuperate with her adoptive parents and planned to use this opportunity to stay away from trouble and avoid a mental breakdown.

Looking at the message from her sister, the vicious insults online, and the frequent attacks in recent days, Xiao Mu understood the immense pressure and pain her sister was enduring and decided to listen to her.

Zhao Shucheng went directly to the hotel reception and told them what had just happened, expressing some concern about the hotel's security.

The hotel naturally doesn't want this to happen, and even less does it want this matter to be spread online, which would damage the hotel's reputation and reduce its customer base.

Therefore, the hotel manager assured Zhao Shucheng that such a situation would not happen again, that strangers would not be allowed into the hotel, and that no one would disturb the film crew.

Zhao Shucheng was fairly satisfied with their response and knew that spreading the news would only keep the production team in the spotlight, rather than have a positive impact, so he agreed not to pursue the matter further.

The next day, after getting up, Xiao Mu did not leave through the underground parking garage as Chen Mo had instructed. Instead, he had the driver drive the car to the main entrance, preparing to face the fans head-on.

But she still overlooked the fans' frenzy. A female fan threw a soda can at her and shouted, "Yao Menggui, get out of the entertainment industry!"

Xiao Mu was not frightened by their behavior; on the contrary, it angered her. She took out her phone and pointed it at the brainless girls in front of her.

Those people didn't expect Yao Menggui to be pointing her phone at them, and instinctively covered their faces with their hands.

Xiao Mu said, "What, what are you afraid of? Afraid of being photographed, afraid of being on camera, afraid your relatives will find out what you're doing? What, are you also afraid of appearing on camera? You spend all day online cursing this person and that person, judging what kind of person someone is based on their micro-expressions. Fine, today I'll give you a chance. Come and see what kind of faces you have under my Weibo. Do you dare? Show yourselves openly and honestly? I won't bring shame to the name Yao Menggui. What about you? Do you even deserve your name?"

Seeing that the group of people dared not refute him or face the camera, Xiao Mu felt bored and left in a carefree manner.

Seeing this, Zhao Shucheng couldn't help but smile. The other party already had a big heart and was able to handle some things in the industry with ease.

After arriving at the film crew, Xiao Mu gained the courage to face the rumors and did not intend to run away with unnecessary emotions. Instead, he devoted himself to filming, which made Zhao Shucheng even more satisfied with his performance.

"Good, Yao Menggui, keep this attitude, next one."

Xiao Mu was happy to hear Zhao Shucheng's praise, but when she saw the content of the shooting notice, which included a kissing scene between her and Song Ci, she was shocked and stood up.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, director, I just wanted to stretch my legs."

"Okay, let's adjust and get ready to shoot."

When Xiao Mu saw that Zhao Shucheng was no longer looking in their direction, she took deep breaths. She was able to act with her idol, and even film a kissing scene. She couldn't hide her joy, but she couldn't let others see her anticipation, so she could only pretend to be calm.

Zhao Shucheng frowned upon seeing this, but considering that the two were in a romantic relationship in the story, such emotions were normal, so he didn't ask Xiao Mu to adjust her emotions.

Chen Mo, however, saw through Xiao Mu's thoughts and couldn't help but feel a little jealous. But seeing that Zhao Shucheng didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything either, so he could only sit aside and sulk.

A few days later, the school scenes were finally filmed. Because the crew needed to move to another location, filming was temporarily suspended, and Zhao Shucheng gave the actors a day off.

Zhao Shucheng finally had time to go home, but to his surprise, no one was home. He called them, but apart from Amy who was at the clothing store, no one else had time to go see Zhao Shucheng.

Zhao Shucheng couldn't help but sigh, wondering if he had made a mistake back then. He had built a career for a woman, but ended up all alone.

However, Xiaoxue wasn't busy with her career. She worked a regular 9-to-5 job, but she needed to spend time with her roommate, Su Cheng.

Although Su Cheng signed with Xingyu Entertainment, she had a conflict with Duan Chengxuan before. He used his power to make Su Cheng his subordinate, not as an actress or singer, but as a nanny, being ordered around by him every day.

Although Su Cheng was somewhat angry, she was constrained by the fact that a contract had already been signed and did not know how to fight for her own interests, so she could only let Duan Chengxuan exploit her.

It was under these circumstances that Xiaoxue comforted Su Cheng with Ye Qiao'er, which is why she didn't have time to talk to Zhao Shucheng about love.

Upon hearing about Su Cheng's situation, Zhao Shucheng couldn't help but frown and asked, "Did you ask Su Cheng whether she signed an economic contract or a regular employment contract? If it's an agency contract, this behavior is clearly inappropriate, and she has the right to refuse. At worst, she'll just lose her job."

Xiaoxue paused for a moment after hearing this, and said, "I really don't know about this. I'll ask Su Cheng later. By the way, when did you finish filming? I haven't seen you in a long time."

Zhao Shucheng said, "It will take a while. However, if the crew moves to another location, I will have a few days off. I'll check and call you then. You can come find me, or I can come find you."

"Okay, that's the only way."

After Zhao Shucheng hung up the phone, before he could even decide what to do, he received a call from Shanli, who asked him to come to the studio because she had something to tell him.

When Zhao Shucheng drove to the studio, he saw Shanli sitting there looking at documents.

"Shanli, what is it that you have to make me come to the studio? Can't we talk about it at home?"

"Of course not. Your previous film has already been approved and can be submitted to the film festival. I just want to ask you what awards you are planning to submit it for."

Zhao Shucheng said, "Ideally, it would be one of the three major European awards. If that's not possible, some well-known international awards with a trading market would also be acceptable."

"I understand what you're saying. I'll have someone contact them and submit it for the prize."

"Could it be that this was all just for this period of time?"

"Of course not, don't you know?"

Zhao Shucheng looked at Shanli and asked, "What should I know? Are you talking about the news about me and Mo Xiaomin? I told you before, it's necessary publicity. You're not jealous, are you?"

"No, it's about your agent."

"Mo Xiangwan? What's wrong with her? Did she arrange some work for me? I told her before that I wouldn't take any work before filming was finished, so I asked her to refuse."

"Of course not, it's hard to explain to you, just look at the content online and you'll understand."

Zhao Shucheng looked at the computer Shanli had opened with some curiosity. When he saw the news on it, he paused for a moment and said, "So this is all true?"

"I don't know, but if this matter is not handled properly, it will have a significant impact on her."

Zhao Shucheng said, "Then what do you mean by that? What I want is her professional skills. Besides, she's not one of her artists, so it shouldn't matter, right?"

"Of course she is. She currently has two star performers under her management, and both of them have a chance to win awards. She'll be a top agent then. Aren't you worried at all?"

Zhao Shucheng looked at Shanli with some confusion, not understanding what she meant. After all, he and Mo Xiangwan were only business partners. Even if Mo Xiangwan had popular artists, they would only have collaborations at the moment, so why the rush? (End of Chapter)