Qiao Xiaren felt a bit of a headache; really, she should have given him a heads-up earlier.
"Si Limo, if I ask you to rewind everything, can you do it?"
"..."
Honestly, being capricious sotis just happens like this.
The sensational news circulating online had gone through twists and turns.
First, Phantom Kill’s male and female leads had a dispute on set, the film was announced as suspended, and news about the female lead being replaced by Huang Ningyue began to spread on the internet.
Later, the investor for Phantom Kill mysteriously pulled out, and everyone started to feel they understood the situation. They thought Phantom Kill could proceed smoothly, with Qiao Xiaren and Xi Yijian undoubtedly as the leads.
But as the matter continued to fernt, the investor was suddenly brought back??? What kind of capriciousness is this? Are we monkeys in their eyes?
What is going on? Are they playing with us?
Netizens were all bewildered, their faces full of question marks. So, after going back and forth, has everything returned to square one?
Wei Yanyuan genuinely didn’t expect sothing like this to happen. His previously muddled thoughts were suddenly awakened. Right, why had he almost forgotten that Qiao Xiaren was Si Limo’s girlfriend? What had he been stressing about the investor for? For Qiao Xiaren’s sake, Si Limo would definitely fund the crew.
But what gave Wei Yanyuan a headache was that Qiao Xiaren refused to act in Phantom Kill this ti, and she also rejected paying the breach-of-contract fee.
The reason was simple: Since their contract was still valid, Wei Yanyuan had gone ahead and signed one with Huang Ningyue anyway. This essentially constituted a breach on his side, canceling each other out.
Wei Yanyuan realized that his previous handling of the issue might have already offended Qiao Xiaren. But now, trying to make ands was no longer possible.
So, with gritted teeth, Wei Yanyuan let Huang Ningyue take over the female lead role.
Before Phantom Kill officially started filming, Qiao Xiaren personally ca to terminate her contract.
Huang Ningyue was undoubtedly riding high with confidence, and Lu Shui was following behind her, his face also beaming with a smile, his entire deanor exuding arrogance.
"Miss Qiao, here to terminate the contract?"
They’d initially co for sothing else, but upon seeing Qiao Xiaren there, they couldn’t resist the chance to show off and brag to her a little.
Xixi looked at Huang Ningyue and her agent’s smug faces and felt increasingly annoyed, finding them more and more distasteful the longer she looked.
"Yes, I’m here to terminate the contract."
Qiao Xiaren didn’t show any signs of the weariness or emotional distress they had imagined; on the contrary, she looked radiant, spirited, and full of energy. Lu Shui’s gaze faltered slightly, and the smile at the corners of his mouth diminished noticeably.
Seeing their adversary doing well only made them feel uncomfortable.
"Xiaren, I’m sorry about this. The female lead in this film can only be played by . I hope that this ti, you’ll settle the breach penalty generously. After all, the crew has suffered a lot because of you, hasn’t it?" Huang Ningyue wore a supposedly apologetic smile, but in truth, she was stabbing at Qiao Xiaren’s sore spot as much as she could.
For soone who intentionally ca looking for trouble, Qiao Xiaren fixed her gaze on her with an expression that was both a smirk and not, until Huang Ningyue started to feel goosebumps all over.
"If you really felt apologetic, you wouldn’t be seizing this opportunity to jump in and scramble for the female lead role right now. You’re not even a Best Actress yet, so you’re not qualified to stand in front of and talk nonsense! And you certainly don’t have the face to stand on so moral high ground to criticize !" Qiao Xiaren didn’t bother sugarcoating her words, stepping forward and leaning in close to her, her tone cuttingly fierce, "Do you truly think you deserve to replace ? Let tell you, unless I give up myself, no one is going to suppress ! You seriously think starring in this single film will send you soaring straight to international stardom? Best Actress? Your dreams aren’t even close to waking up!"
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