Feverish actress cried after being angered by haters, but discovered the real culprit was at her bed

To make work and rest easier, the director, producer, and cinematographer/editor team all live in the village.

Qingyuan Village was built by herders who moved out of the deep mountains years ago. When the village was built, the government provided a lot of support, and every household had a house to live in.

Later, as times changed, the young people in the village began to leave, leaving behind many empty houses. The crew members lived in these houses.

All that's needed is to pay the villagers a low rent.

Unlike actors like Lu Yan who could go to hotels outside, Huo Jianqi and others worked in this village almost 24 hours a day.

Their accommodation was only five or six hundred meters from the film set.

Lu Yan followed Li Jia across the Sanxiang River and arrived at Aunt A Mao's house, a row of tiled houses built beside the stream.

The surrounding trees are dense, blocking out most of the sunlight, making it very shady, but there are a lot of mosquitoes.

In the courtyard in front of the tiled house, several large lamps hung from pillars, and below them were rows of computers. At this moment, director Huo Jianqi sat on a bamboo chair, staring at the computer screen with a gloomy expression.

Around him sat a circle of screenwriter Qiu Shi, producer Wang Yu, executive director, coordinator, and others, their expressions as cold as the waters of the Sanxiang River.

"Director Huo!"

Lu Yan approached the group. Huo Jianqi didn't speak, but gestured for him to look at the computer. Lu Yan squatted down, moved the mouse, and his expression changed from confusion to surprise, and then to anger.

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On the computer, there's a post that surfaced on Tianya Community. The poster, from an insider's perspective, embellished the casting of "Warm" with exaggerated and biased writing.

[Industry insiders reveal that director Huo Jianqi is ostracizing talented actors and casting those with connections...]

Lu Yan opened the comments section.

[Tsk tsk tsk, capital is so powerful, you have to play with capital.]

I actually quite like Guo Xiaodong, but who is this guy? He's so shameless...

[This is obviously from a loan sharking group. Is this the real-life example of how your three years of hard work can't compare to my ten-year-old family business?!]

The post portrayed Huo Jianqi as a director who grovels before capital, and Lu Yan as someone who gets roles through connections, lacks acting skills, and is purely a resource-driven actor.

The most disgusting thing is that this post contained a lot of provocative and confrontational sentences from the Spring and Autumn Annals, which successfully aroused netizens' resistance to capital.

The post has now climbed into the top 10 of Tianya's click list, with over 5,000 comments, mostly filled with criticism.

[Emotional Points +30]

[Emotional Points +41]

[Emotional triggers.....]

Lu Yan: "......."

Normally, he would happily accept these emotional moments, but now that the crew has revealed such a thing, he really can't laugh. You know, this movie is going to have its premiere and promotion in China later.

We absolutely cannot allow any negative news to emerge. The matter has already spread online, and if it is allowed to continue, it will inevitably affect the film crew's publicity and release.

He's the main character!!!

"Everyone's here, let's all share our thoughts."

Huo Jianqi's tone was as cold as his face, and you could tell that he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

The executive director looked at Lu Yan, then at the others present: "When the casting was announced, many people knew about this, and anyone could have posted this message... Finding the person spreading these rumors behind the scenes would probably be very difficult..."

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense!"

Before the executive director could finish speaking, a loud bang shattered Lu Yan's eardrums.

Enraged, Huo Jianqi grabbed a flashlight and smashed it hard against the mortar floor. The flashlight instantly separated the body from its head, and everyone held their breath, not daring to breathe.

Li Jia, who came with Lu Yan, didn't dare to say a word. Her legs were trembling with fear, after all, she had never seen the director so angry before.

Lu Yan couldn't help but recall that such a thing hadn't happened in his original world. Could this be a chain reaction brought about by his arrival?

"I think we should immediately start a public relations effort to minimize the impact."

Everyone turned to look at Lu Yan. Huo Jianqi nodded and said to his subordinates, "Listen to this, you're all less intelligent than him!"

Lu Yan: "..."

Qiu Shi, who had just gone out to make a phone call, rushed back.

"The agreement has been reached with Beijing, and the media will not make unfounded statements in the news or newspapers."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief; finally, there was some good news.

However, although the media has temporarily suppressed the situation, these almost defamatory online comments are simply beyond the media's control.

Huo Jianqi clearly understood that even these ignorant and foolish netizens could stir up a storm online.

The key point is that they have virtually no way to prove that Guo Xiaodong was the original choice for the main character, and their sudden change of actor is illogical.

If things had gone smoothly without any trouble, how can netizens possibly believe in the procedural justice involved now that this kind of public opinion has surfaced?

What netizens like most is conspiracy theories and opposing views. Once this trend takes hold, it will be incredibly difficult for them to clarify things.

The key is that they can't ignore it, because this film is going to be submitted for the Golden Rooster Awards, and when negative news, especially legal or ethical issues involving the investors, becomes serious enough...

To avoid suspicion or maintain its credibility, the award organizers may take measures such as withdrawing nominations.

Even without concrete evidence of manipulation by capital, public opinion can damage the credibility of awards and embroil winners in controversy, which is a huge blow to the film in any case.

"United PR has now offered a solution..."

Qiu Shi hesitated for a moment, but under Huo Jianqi's urging, she finally revealed her plan.

The solution is to find the person in charge to clarify the situation. This is the most effective and direct method. However, after Qiu Shi said this, everyone fell silent, especially Huo Jianqi, whose expression looked like he had swallowed the organic fertilizer from Brother Niu at the village entrance.

Although there is no direct evidence, isn't Guo Xiaodong the one who knows the most about this matter and is most likely to have done it?

Who else but him would do such a thing?

Asking them to find the person involved to clarify is utterly rebellious.

Huo Jianqi was so angry he wanted to take a knife and chop Guo Xiaodong up right now. He had really misjudged him. He never expected that this guy would be such a narrow-minded person who would stab him in the back.

Guo Xiaodong slapped him, and now he's begging him for mercy. What kind of despicable person is he?

At this moment, Lu Yan, who had been silent, thought of something and realized that something was wrong. If he remembered correctly, in his previous life, Guo Xiaodong's father had died unexpectedly just a few days after he joined the film crew.

In later interviews, he repeatedly expressed his grief, saying that not being able to see his father one last time was the biggest regret of his life.

If the timeline is correct, Guo Xiaodong should be at home right now. His father just died, would he have time to scheme behind the scenes?

A person can't be this heartless.

In the end, no solution was reached, and Huo Jianqi angrily turned and left.

Despite what happened, filming could not be stopped. However, after that day, the entire set fell into a low-pressure environment, and Huo Jianqi became unusually irritable.

During filming, Li Jia was so nervous that she had to do two takes. Huo Jianqi scolded her in front of the entire crew, which made Li Jia cry.

Two more days of this agonizing period passed, and the online public opinion intensified. Some busybodies even created a poll, attracting all sorts of people eager to follow suit and gain traffic.

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With October fast approaching, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is about to be released in mainland China.

Various activities and offline promotional events came one after another, leaving Liu Yifei with almost no time at school, as she spent most of her time outside of school helping with promotions.

Unfortunately, advertising is part of the contract.

After seven days of promotional activities, the film crew finally returned to Hong Kong, and Liu Yifei finally had time to go back to school.

In the morning, during the only computer class of the week, all the students were focused and attentive.

Of course, you won't find the same content on any computer desktop. Some people are attacking, some are watching TV series, and some are even playing Minesweeper.

The teacher was lecturing from the podium, ignoring the students below; the point was for the students to relax and entertain themselves.

In the middle column, Liu Yifei, in the third-to-last row, rested her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the birds on the telephone poles outside the window.

"Holy crap, look! Isn't that Lu Yan's film crew?!"

"Wow, who would have thought? Lu Yan, who's always been so quiet, actually has this kind of skill!"

Hearing someone call Lu Yan's name, Liu Yifei's unfocused eyes gradually regained their sparkle...