Coming of the Villain Boss! - Chapter 597
Chapter 597: What A Messy Circle (20)
The secretary couldn’t persuade her rich and stubborn president so she could only follow her orders.
When Xia Lian found out that her scenes were all changed, she was stunned. She had almost finished all her scenes.
“They are violating the contract!” Xia Lian said angrily to her agent. “What right does she have to change my role?”
The agent was in a difficult position. “They are willing to pay the money for violating the contract.”
Xia Lian was so angry she couldn’t breathe. She flung all the things on the table onto the floor. She gritted her teeth and said, “Xu Bei… she did it on purpose. She purposely changed my role.”
“Xu Bei is the president of Beichen now. How did you provoke her?” her agent asked her.
Xia Lian didn’t hear what her agent said.
This show would become really popular in the future. Whether it is the main leads or the supporting roles, they would all become really popular. At the start, she used much effort to get this role.
She put in so much effort in order to play this role properly. She couldn’t be changed just like this.
She had an idea. She took out her phone and ran through her contact list.
But no matter who she contacted, they just said that there was nothing they could do.
Vast Sceneries was made by Beichen Entertainment. Most of the money was invested by Beichen Entertainment. Besides the director, no one could do anything about it.
Even if Xia Lian contacted the Xia family to do something, there would be no results, either.
Xia Lian suddenly turned her head. “Where is Mister Huo?”
“Mister Huo called you just now, but you said that you would not answer. So…” The agent didn’t understand why Xia Lian was always so cold toward a good man like Huo Ting.
“Call him.”
…
The director came personally so Ming Shu took some time to meet him.
Ming Shu went straight to the point. “Did you come for Xia Lian?”
The director seemed awkward. He braced himself. “Beichen Entertainment, although Vast Sceneries is an investment by Beichen Entertainment, when we signed the contract last time, you promised that I would have the authority to choose my own artist for the roles.”
“Xia Lian was not chosen by you, right?” Ming Shu counteracted him.
The director: “…” Xia Lian was really not chosen by him. It was because he owed Huo Ting a favor.
Although he felt that Xia Lian was not suitable for the role initially, after filming, he was quite satisfied with Xia Lian.
Ming Shu raised two fingers. “Two choices. Either the show is cut, or you change out Xia Lian.”
“Cut?” The director got agitated. “How can we cut it? We have invested so much money and energy into it…”
Most of the famous directors aimed for the awards. They could only prove their value when they stepped onto that stage.
This show was by Beichen Entertainment. If Ming Shu, who was the president, said that they would cut the show and she was willing to compensate the relevant amount, the show could really be cut.
Beichen Entertainment belonged to the Xu family. She could afford this amount of compensation.
Ming Shu smiled harmlessly. “So, you can choose to change Xia Lian.”
“…”
What the hell! Both sides were forcing him!
He already repaid Huo Ting when he allowed Xia Lian to enter the team. Now, he came to speak up for her because he didn’t want to provoke Huo Ting.
However, as compared to Huo Ting, the director was more concerned about his work.
The director chose to change Xia Lian.
Xia Lian didn’t think that the result would still be the same even with Huo Ting’s help. However, this was only the start. After that, she couldn’t get any roles at all.
Her agent went to investigate and realized that Beichen was behind all of it.
Some people might not be afraid of Beichen Entertainment, but what about the Xu family?
Huo Ting would not await his doom just like this.
He bought over Zhishang Entertainment.
The secretary hurriedly reported this news to Ming Shu. “Boss Xu, the Huo family bought over Zhishang Entertainment…”
Ming Shu hugged her popcorn and lay on the sofa without any worry about her image. After she heard what the secretary said, she just said in an interested tone, “Getting angry for a lady. Even if you become a ghost, you would be dissolute.”
Boss Xu is so calm… but these words seem inappropriate, right?
The secretary got calmer too.
Huo Ting bought over Zhishang Entertainment for Xia Lian. After a few days, Ming Shu heard that Xia Lian got a role in a drama. She was the female lead.
Unluckily…
Lu Zhuo was the male lead.
Doomed love!
When Ming Shu went to the production site, the drama had already been filming for a month. It was an ancient drama and Lu Zhuo was acting as a controversial prince.
He would change from a harmless and kind prince into a ruthless and vicious king.
The scene that was being filmed today was the scene that made him change his personality.
His father was going to kill his mother.
Lu Zhuo wore a dark princely outfit and kneeled in the brightly lit palace hall. He lowered his head and listened quietly to the emperor listing out the crimes.
His aura had changed from the moment the emperor opened his mouth to the time when he ended his speech.
He didn’t say anything, but he was more convincing than any words.
Ming Shu stood outside the scene and looked at him. Lu Zhuo seemed to have noticed her. He tilted his head and looked at her. Their eyes met and Lu Zhuo lifted his mouth corners slightly and smiled.
The smile was clean and bright. There was no evil aura in it.
However, the cold aura was still lingering around him. It seemed contradictory.
He is always… such a contradicting person.
“Cut!”
The director seemed to have realized that Lu Zhuo was not in the mood and cut the scene. At the same time, he acknowledged Lu Zhuo’s acting and asked everyone to get some rest.
Lu Zhuo got up from the ground and walked over from the grand hall. He walked past the glamor and landed in reality.
“Why are you…”
“Lu Zhuo,” Ming Shu called, “talk less. It is very irritating.”
Lu Zhuo: “…”
Do you think that I want to talk? Is it easy for me to maintain this character profile!
This is what she requested. It has nothing to do with me violating my character profile! You can’t deduct my points!
“Why are you here?” Lu Zhuo became cold and his sentences got shorter.
“Passing by.” Ming Shu looked at her surroundings.
“This is a venue for filming.” The filming venue was not near anywhere so unless you came here directly, there was no way you could be passing by.
Is she god? Can she pass by this place?
Ming Shu changed her reason smoothly. “I am looking for someone.”
Lu Zhuo smiled brightly and asked with anticipation, “Looking for me?”
Ming Shu replied with a smile. “Of course… not.”
Lu Zhuo retracted his smile. However, he didn’t give up and continued asking, “Who are you looking for?”
“Xia Lian.”
Lu Zhuo frowned. Why is she looking for Xia Lian? Isn’t that person a bug? He still had to find a reasonable way to kill her.
What is a reasonable way?
It meant that he couldn’t go against the rules in this world. Although she was a bug, she was still a part of this world. If he just anyhow killed her, he would be caught.
…
“All departments get ready…”
The assistant came over to call Lu Zhuo. Lu Zhuo gave Ming Shu the thing he was holding in his hand. “Wait for me to finish filming.”
The last part of the scene just now had to be retaken due to Lu Zhuo. When Lu Zhuo was in position, the entire place seemed to have changed. They were not standing outside the scene. They felt as though they were in the hall. They felt that they were in the scene and they were looking right at that dynasty.
As expected of an actor.
The next scene belonged to Xia Lian. She was the strategist of the prince. She dressed up as a man and helped the prince come up with schemes.
This scene happened after the prince’s mother was killed. The prince was kneeling in front of the tomb and the strategist was persuading him to plan for his future.
Xia Lian was not really familiar with her script. Also, whenever she faced Lu Zhuo, she would feel uncomfortable. This caused her to mess up many times.
Lu Zhuo was starting to get impatient. Even the director was getting irritated.
Every time they filmed the scenes between the male and female lead, it would be really difficult.
