Chapter 49: Chapter 49 - 48: If she hadn’t messed around, what would you have said?

When Shi Lan finished her group scenes, it was already evening.

Sun Ling was protecting Shi Lan as they were preparing to return to the hotel. At that moment, they saw Gu Chengyu and Chen Beini preparing for a night scene in another studio.

Shi Lan turned around, making eye contact with Director Tang, and then she saw Director Tang walking toward Gu Chengyu and Chen Beini.

“Director Tang.”

“Director Tang.”

Gu Chengyu and his companion greeted respectfully.

Director Tang surveyed the two for a moment and then said to Gu Chengyu, “I reckon you won’t be able to adjust right away, so how about this, you go back and adjust slowly. We’ll first shoot Nini’s solo parts.”

After hearing Director Tang’s words, the expressions on Gu Chengyu and his companion’s faces changed.

“Director Tang… I…”

“What ‘I’? An Lan isn’t happy to see you either, but she still insisted on shooting four group scenes this afternoon. Just like that, you go back and cool off, and we’ll talk once you’ve figured things out.” After saying this, Director Tang didn’t give Gu Chengyu a chance to interject and directly instructed the props team, “Tonight’s scene involving both leads is canceled.”

A moment later, Director Tang walked out of the studio.

“Chengyu, what does Director Tang mean by this?” Chen Beini looked at Gu Chengyu, both of them somewhat panicked.

“Let me first make a call to the agency.” Gu Chengyu took out his phone, turned his back, and made a call to the agency, whose executives directly said on the phone,

“You come back. Since you can’t control your emotions, someone else will take over your role. I’ve already chosen someone—Liu Yang will replace you, and you’ll take on Liu Yang’s script.”

“President Gao, the reason I acted this way is because of An Lan…”

“Don’t talk to me about An Lan. She doesn’t have your issues. If you won’t act, someone else will. Do you realize how much your antics this afternoon cost the crew? Enough, I’ve already sent a car to pick you up.” The person on the other end then hung up the phone.

Gu Chengyu was stunned and panicked.

“Chengyu, what exactly is happening?” Chen Beini asked, shaking his arm.

Gu Chengyu ran his hands through his hair and paced irritably, “They might want to replace the lead actor.”

“Impossible, right? The crew was specially designed for our National Couple…”

“It’s because I wasn’t cooperative, so I can’t hold my ground,” Gu Chengyu admitted with a bit of self-awareness, “You hold steady for now; I need to communicate with the agency first.”

After finishing, Gu Chengyu, along with his assistant, hurriedly left the set.

Chen Beini wanted to follow, but she feared that escalating the issue might affect her own position as the lead actress.@@novelbin@@

After much deliberation, Chen Beini still thought that An Lan was to blame. If An Lan left the crew, then Gu Chengyu would have no issues acting with anyone else.

Suddenly, Chen Beini thought of the photos in her phone.

If she gave them to President Yan of Huahai, could she use them to get Gu Chengyu back?

Thus, not long after nightfall, Chen Beini took advantage of the darkness to leave the film base and headed for Huahai, secretly meeting with Yan Shixiu.

Yan Shixiu probably knew why she had come. Initially, he didn’t want to see her, but Chen Beini revealed her trump card. In the end, she was allowed into Huahai’s reception room, which was not the president’s office.

“Where did you get this photo?” At that moment, President Yan sat in the main seat, leaning back in his office chair, his thin lenses concealing a pair of inscrutable dark eyes.

He naturally recognized the room, 1117, which he had personally arranged.

“It was found by the janitorial staff. President Yan, An Lan clinging to Chengyu in the past was one thing, but causing chaos between men and women in the crew now—shouldn’t she be the one to go?” Chen Beini argued defiantly to Yan Shixiu.

Yan Shixiu sat in the main seat, his expression unreadable. After a moment, he looked up, his eyes flashing sharply, “Who else have you shown this to?”

“Besides Chengyu, no one,” Chen Beini shook her head.

“Whether she’s messing around or not, won’t we know once we check?” President Yan’s tone rose.

He was not worried about Shi Lan misbehaving. After all, Miss Shi’s taste was impeccable.

He just also wanted to know what game Miss Shi was playing.

“But,” President Yan threw out a premise, his dark eyes staring intensely at Chen Beini, very dangerously, “if she hasn’t been misbehaving, how will you explain then?”