coronation of stars

Chapter 8 The number one scandal (1)
After returning to the company, Shu Li immediately went to see Luo Ming, who was said to be in a daze, and found that although the other party's condition looked bad, it was actually nothing serious.When he and Cao Rui drank, they drank quite skillfully. They filled their stomachs with a lot of odds and ends at the dinner table, and after the night wind blew and vomited again, they were quite awake.

After all, he has been in the entertainment industry for many years from his debut to now behind the scenes, and he has quite a lot of experience in all kinds of trivial matters. He has also met people like Cao Rui many times, and he will never As for flustered.

Right now, he took the hangover medicine prepared by the secretary, drank a large glass of honey water, and was lying on the sofa in the office, rubbing his stomach continuously.Seeing Shu Li come in and sit next to him, Luo Ming hastily raised his upper body and moved towards Shu Li, put his head on Shu Li's lap and found a suitable position to lie down.Shu Li massaged his temples naturally, Luo Ming breathed out comfortably and relaxed, lazily caring about his wife.

"I heard from Da Liu that Qiao Yan was sent to the hospital. Is she okay? Seeing that you have such heavy dark circles, you haven't slept with her all night?"

"It's not counting as company. I'm also dealing with my own affairs. I'm helping Shi Rui screen out the script, and accepting some commercial performances for Liu Jingyi and Yan Xuexin." Shu Li shook her head, realizing that Luo Ming couldn't see, and expressed it again in words, "What about you? Director Cao is not angry, is he?"

"I didn't show it, but I seem to be satisfied with my company for one night, and I shouldn't trouble Qiao Yan." Luo Ming dispelled Shu Li's worries, but he sighed instead.

"But now I haven't troubled Qiao Yan. After joining the group? Cao Rui is a director who knows and likes many hidden rules in the entertainment industry. Can Qiao Yan avoid it? I'm not worried that Qiao Yan can't play a good role, but I'm afraid that Qiao Yan If you can't avoid it... you will blame us."

If this is the case, then the day when she became famous was when she left Kaixing. It was like the old things recurring, and she was bound to repeat the same mistakes. It was like an inextricable curse, binding Kaixing and their fate and tomorrow.

Luo Ming didn't make it clear, but both he and Shu Li knew it well.

"Do your best." Shu Li spoke first, and gently pressed her palm against the blue color of Luo Ming's haggard eyes, "I look at Qiao Yan now as if I saw you back then. Heart. You are more mellow than her, but her talent is better than yours. I am too incompetent to protect you, but she may have a better chance. Who can say for sure about fate? "

"Doing more good deeds will surely lead to a good future. I just hope that this day will not come too late."

However, before the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, the mountains are heavy and the rivers are back, the end is dead, and you are in a puzzle, how should you deal with yourself?
The ringing of the phone broke the faint warmth floating in the air, Shu Li took out her phone and glanced at it, she was a little surprised.Seeing that she didn't get through right away, Luo Ming raised his head and glanced up at her: "Who is calling? Why didn't you answer?"

"Fengchen's gold medal manager Liu Mingshu." Shu Li pursed her lips, looked at Luo Ming who was also surprised, and pressed the call button.

"Brother Liu?"

"Good morning, Shu Li, I'm sorry for calling so rashly." Liu Mingshu replied politely, explaining the purpose of coming straight to the point, "It was Wei Ze who suddenly said that he wanted to contact Qiao Yan. I only have your contact information here, so just call is you."

"Contact Qiao Yan?" Shu Li is shrewd. When she heard the name Wei Ze, she immediately thought of Cao Rui's new play, and her expression changed a little. "Did Cao Rui's new play change?"

"It seems so." There was a pause for a little longer, and when he spoke again, Wei Ze's calm and mature voice was used to him. He was still the first to ask Shu Li at this moment, "Director Cao called you to say this. something?"

"No, Qiao Yan was invited to have a meal with Director Cao last night. She just came back in the early morning. How could something that had been settled so well suddenly change?!" Shu Li was so anxious that her voice became a little sharp, but she still remembered the phone call On the other end was a Shidi who was not familiar with him, so he could only suppress his anger and anger.

She quickly went through last night's response in her mind. Qiao Yan and Luo Ming had already tried their best. If Cao Rui was really angered because of what happened last night, how narrow-minded is the director? !
There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

"Impossible." Wei Ze sighed for a long time, and his voice seemed a little tired for a moment.

"Cao Rui has appointed Fengchen's newcomer Wang Yao Manxin. The appointment was made three days ago. The two parties are already working out the details of the contract. I only found out when my agent mentioned it to me. Cao Rui has already engaged Yao Manxin, and Qiao Yan has no chance at all." No more, it is impossible for Cao Rui to break up with Fengchen... If he still made an appointment with you last night, the best case is that he wants Qiao Yan to be the number two female."

"I can't help you with that, sorry."

"Well, that's it."

Shu Li relayed the contents of Wei Ze's phone call to Qiao Yan. At the end, she was so angry that her voice trembled, and her voice was so high-pitched that it was distorted.

"He first had a preliminary talk with me about the female number one. I've run out of favors. Both Wei Ze and Mu Ting have said good things about you. No one said anything about you. In the end, he turned his head without saying a word. So you signed a contract with Yao Manxin?! Is this something that a human being can do! What a bastard! He still has the face to let you stay yesterday, is he planning to cook rice and force you to become Fan Girl No. [-], or is he just a girl? They don't want you to act and plan to take care of you?! Beast!"

"Sister Li, don't be angry. Brother Luo should feel bad when you get angry." Qiao Yan was in a daze the whole time. She sat on the bed in a daze, and kept silent while Shu Li was speaking, until Shu Li's voice was so high-pitched that it made her I woke up with some pain in my ears.

She lowered her eyebrows quietly and listened to Shu Li's roar, holding the mobile phone a little stiffly, her long eyelashes drooping, casting a light shadow on her face.She calmly turned her head to comfort the agitated and irritable Shu Li, her voice was steady, but her eyes were blank, and she looked ahead without focus.

Just now, she missed the best opportunity she had encountered so far. It was clear that she did nothing wrong from the beginning to the end, but she became the only loser in it.

Why?Qiao Yan didn't want to ask more, and there was no need to ask more.There is no such thing as unfairness in the entertainment industry. You don’t have to cry if you are robbed of a scene, exposed to rumors, or even stepped on your shoulders. It’s just natural selection and the survival of the fittest. .

She clearly realized this early on, and she was clearly prepared to knock out her teeth and swallow blood every day, but when she really faced such a thing, she realized that it was much more uncomfortable than she imagined.

Everyone knows that the jungle of the weak preys on the strong, but if one day hard work is meaningless, is it possible to choose to drift with the world from now on?

Shu Li was only dazzled by anger for a while, but after venting, she immediately realized that Qiao Yan was the one who needed to be comforted the most.At this time, the two had been relatively silent on the phone for a long time, Shu Li was a little uneasy, and tentatively greeted Qiao Yan: "Qiao Yan, are you... all right?"

"Don't worry, Sister Li, I'm fine." Qiao Yan answered quickly, without the anger or sadness she imagined, her voice was calm and natural, and she couldn't even hear the faint trill.

But Shu Li knew her mood in an instant. Although she was not very warm-hearted, her voice was very pleasing, warm, gentle and natural. Distinctive voice.At this time, she was still calm and calm, but the ending sound fell weakly and disappeared into the air.

She doesn't blame others, nor does she feel sorry for herself, but it's just that she can't avoid being secretly lost and depressed by herself.

Shu Li felt stuffy in her heart, but she couldn't express her bitterness.She was angry for Qiao Yan and sad for Qiao Yan, but she couldn't explain Qiao Yan when she secretly and carefully hid these things.At this moment, Qiao Yan asked again: "Did Director Cao call to cancel tomorrow's audition?"

"No." Now that Shu Li heard Cao Rui's name, she became furious and said coldly, "You don't have to go tomorrow, he has already done this, and we are responsible for saving him face." ?”

"If Director Cao didn't call today, I'd still go to the audition tomorrow as usual, otherwise it was his fault first, and it would turn out that we didn't audition and didn't know how to praise him, and he had to change roles temporarily. It's not worthwhile. What Qiao Yan said was reasonable, mature and rational, Shu Li hesitated for a while, but heard Qiao Yan say another sentence in a low voice——

"I've already read the script, so I can't go...it's a pity."

Shu Li's heart suddenly felt sour, and she couldn't say any more words of objection.

As Kaixing expected, Cao Rui did not call.Since he was able to ignore the signing of the contract with Yao Manxin and went to drink with Qiao Yan, he naturally had a strong mentality and didn't take Kai Xing seriously.

Shu Li gritted her teeth and sent Qiao Yan to the audition location, but Qiao Yan did not go in, but stood in the parking lot without leaving. There happened to be an empty parking space next to where they parked, and she stood inside the parking space line, as if To occupy a parking space in general.Shu Li felt strange, poked her head out from the driver's seat and asked her, "Why don't you leave? What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for someone, it's inconvenient to go inside." Qiao Yan answered every question, and declined Shu Li's suggestion to let her wait in the car.Shu Li didn't quite understand the answer.But she didn't ask any more questions, and waited on the spot with Qiao Yan.

Nearly 10 minutes later, a car stopped in front of Qiao Yan. Qiao Yan got out of the way so that the car could park in the parking space. The window was rolled down, but it was not the person she wanted to see. Looking at each other in blank dismay, they were a little stunned for a while.

"Qiao Yan?" Mu Ting rolled down the car window and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What else are you doing here?"

It seemed that the whole world knew about her replacement before she did.Before Qiao Yan could answer, the car door on the other side of Mu Ting was opened, and Wei Ze came down. Although he was a little surprised when he looked at her, he still asked rather clearly: "Are you looking for me?"

"Yes." Qiao Yan nodded, looked at Wei Ze, and exhaled lightly.

"Mr. Wei Ze, whether it was your good words a while ago or the timely reminder yesterday, they all helped me a lot. I said on the phone that I felt that I didn't pay much attention to it. It might be very abrupt to come here directly. I know that I might It's kind of clumsy, but I still want to say—"

"Senior Wei Ze, thank you."

In the cold winter of January in the northern country, she wore thick clothes and looked a little afraid of the cold. She had all the gloves, scarves and hats. She was a little more cute than usual, and looked a little funny.But her eyes are still as clear and clean as when everyone standing here saw her for the first time, and the corners of her slightly pursed lips are solid and sincere.She stood face to face in front of Wei Ze, and slowly lowered her body.

She bowed deeply to Wei Ze and didn't get up for a long time.

"Get up." Wei Ze looked very gentle, he stepped forward to pull Qiao Yan up, and patted her on the shoulder, "Qiao Yan, I believe that even if we miss this time, we will still cooperate many times in the future Opportunity, I am standing here now, and I will continue to move forward in a while, if you want to catch up with me, you have to work hard and run over, understand?"

"I understand." Qiao Yan nodded vigorously, and Wei Ze touched the pompom on her hat with satisfaction, "Go back quickly if you understand, it's so cold, don't freeze."

"No... I won't go back." A look of embarrassment flashed across Qiao Yan's face, she bit her lower lip and looked at Wei Ze, "Senior, can you do me a favor?"

Wei Ze thought for a while, and suddenly understood: "You want me to intercede with Cao Rui and let you audition for the heroine?"

However, Qiao Yan shook his head at him.

"No, I want to ask my senior to help me intercede with Director Cao and let me audition... the male number one."

Qiao Yan and Wei Ze talked for a while in the parking lot, then she and Shu Li took a step ahead, while Wei Ze and Mu Ting stayed in the car for a while longer.

After such a delay, it was not too early when they arrived at the audition location, the staff had almost arrived, and many actors came to the audition one after another.Cao Rui stood in the center of the crowd talking excitedly, surrounded by a large group of men and women who nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The young girl standing next to him smiled brilliantly, and when Qiao Yan pushed the door in, her eyes glanced over inadvertently. When she saw her, her slender eyes narrowed slightly, and she bent her eyes at Qiao Yan, not knowing what to do. He moved to Cao Rui's side and leaned closer again.

Fengchen's newcomer Wang Yao Manxin.

This was the first time she and Yao Manxin met, but both parties had clearly recognized each other.It seemed that the other party also knew that this character belonged to Qiao Yan for a short time, and his attitude was not very friendly.

But Yao Manxin's flaunting of power to her is really unnecessary now, not to mention that the matter of finalizing her is just a rumor after all, the contract has not been signed, and there is not even time to audition, even if this matter is exposed, it can only be exchanged for onlookers A passer-by sighed that it had nothing to do with him, and the circle would probably only laugh at Kai Xing and her, Qiao Yan, for being too useless and inferior.

Qiao Yan expressed helplessness in her heart, she could only admit that she was 100% unlucky in this matter, why did Yao Manxin be so aggressive?

But... Qiao Yan looked at the too close distance between Yao Manxin and Cao Rui, returned her a faint and quiet smile, and sat aside with Shu Li, far away from Cao Rui.

After her debut, Yao Manxin quickly became popular because of her pure and sweet image. She is said to be modest, low-key, gentle and kind. She is known as the successor of the new generation of young ladies in the entertainment industry. All the releases are very positive.

However, after leaving the lens and the spotlight, and leaving the aura of stardom, how many people really know what kind of character, what kind of appearance, and how to be in a position?

Cao Rui had already seen Qiao Yan when she appeared, but there were too many people around him, and it was difficult for him to greet her directly.When he saw Qiao Yan appearing on the set on time, he was somewhat relieved, but also slightly disdainful.

As expected, Kaixing is a small studio that is not well-known. He and Yao Manxin are just short of going through today's audition process and can sign the contract directly. However, Kaixing has not received any rumors until now, and hastily brought the artist to the audition. With such a company's strength, it's embarrassing for Xiao to miss his heroine?What a fool's dream.

He also found a good reason for his choice that was enough to convince himself. Originally, his friendship with Shu Li was not deep enough to give her the heroine without hesitation. I don't feel too sorry to break up with Shu Li completely.

Although Mu Ting and Wei Ze said affirmatively, Yao Manxin and Mu Ting Wei Ze are both Fengchen's artists. Even if they appreciate Qiao Yan more, will they leave their fellow apprentices and help an outsider instead? ?
The more Cao Rui thought about it, the more he felt that his choice was really wise and decisive, and his speech was even more vigorous.He made fun of the actress next to him whose name he couldn't name, in exchange for a wink from the other party who seemed angry and charming.He suddenly felt a little flustered again, and thought of another reason for abandoning Qiao Yan.

Although Qiao Yan was good-looking, she was a little too ungrateful, not like Yao Manxin who was gentle and knowledgeable... He subconsciously glanced at Qiao Yan and then at Yao Manxin beside him. After a while, his gaze disappeared. Unconsciously, he glanced at Qiao Yan.

But she was really good looking.

He hasn't tasted such a juicy and clean newcomer for a long time, and his independence and polite refusal have aroused his interest even more.If Qiao Yan's acting skills are really passable... Cao Rui smacked his lips in thought, then he would still be willing to give her a lovable role.As for whether it's the second girl, the third girl, or a dragon...

Then it depends on how capable she is.

While talking, Mu Ting and Wei Ze also arrived at the audition scene, and the group centered on Cao Rui immediately surrounded the two of them.Wei Ze seemed to be adapting well, talking and laughing happily with Cao Rui, coping with ease, but Mu Ting looked at Yao Manxin who was standing in front of him with a surprised face, his face was unpredictable.

(End of this chapter)