After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 194: If I Had Known This, Why Did I Bother in the First Place

Chapter 194: Chapter 194: If I Had Known This, Why Did I Bother in the First Place

In the evening, the sky was filled with vast expanses of fiery clouds, indicating that tomorrow would be another excellent day.

However, some people were happy while others were worried.

The high school exam students, having just finished their last test, couldn’t help but start celebrating the end of what was the most important exam of their lives. Meanwhile, the film crew of "Empress Yuan Zhao" had just heard Director Wei’s, "Okay, that’s a wrap!"

The crew, after a busy day, collectively sighed with relief.

Leaving the set full of equipment, Jiang Lingxi took Lu Zhengzheng to remove their makeup and instructed Jiang Lingxu to reserve a table at the restaurant recommended by Wei Minmin.

By tomorrow, Jiang Lingxu’s three-day assistant stint would come to an end. The kid had been eating crew box lunches with her for two days and was anxious over her incident of vomiting blood. Now that he was leaving, Jiang Lingxi planned to take him out for a good dinner this evening.

She considered herself a competent sister.

As they walked to the door of the dressing room, they saw Wei Minmin still in her Personal Guard costume, standing outside.

"Why aren’t you going in?"

If she remembered correctly, this girl had wrapped up more than ten minutes earlier than her. "Is the dressing room door locked?"

"Lin Xuefei is inside, with Actress She."

Jiang Lingxi paused in her motion to open the door, choosing instead to knock first, indicating that someone outside wanted to come in, before pushing it open.

She was met with two not-so-pleasant expressions.

She Man had not yet removed her makeup; her resplendent Empress makeup faintly revealed her suppressed impatience.

As for the other person in the room, Jiang Lingxi raised an eyebrow as she looked.

This must have been the first time she saw Lin Xuefei looking so haggard.

With a bare face and slightly swollen eyes, it seemed like she had been crying for quite some time. There was a look of distress in her frail appearance, enough to take away anyone’s cheer upon seeing her.

Wei Minmin followed closely behind Jiang Lingxi into the room, took in the silence, and cleared her throat lightly: "The crew’s wrapped up, we’re here to take off our makeup. Continue with what you were discussing, just pretend Xuejie and I aren’t here."

In other words, whatever they were talking about, they could continue, as if they didn’t exist.

She Man, seeing Lin Xuefei unable to speak due to Jiang Lingxi and Wei Minmin’s presence, simply bypassed her to sit at her own makeup station. "Quickly help me remove my makeup, I need to go home today."

Lin Xuefei wanted her to ask Director Wei for a favor, hoping to stay in the crew to continue filming. Annoyed from the constant pestering, she was long fed up.

As for past relations, if simply chatting about beauty tricks or gossip, or occasionally ordering a meal together at a hotel meant having a relationship, then she would have such relationships with most people she’s worked with in the industry.

What kind of relationship is that!

It was merely because Lin Xuefei didn’t threaten her status that she was willing to play the accessible Actress.

And such a shallow relationship was not a reason for her to encroach.

"Has the set already wrapped up?"

Wei Minmin was already seated on the makeup stool. She subconsciously glanced through the mirror at Lin Xuefei, who spoke, "That..."

Before she could finish, Lin Xuefei turned and headed towards the door, "I’m going to find Director Wei."

Wei Minmin watched Lin Xuefei leave, clicking her tongue lightly, "If she’d known it would come to this, why did she start in the first place?"

There was no need to ask; Lin Xuefei rushing to the crew, looking so pitiful, was undoubtedly to elicit sympathy. The goal was clearly to stay in the crew to continue filming.

After all, with her public image currently collapsed beyond repair, the best strategy was to have the crew bear the brunt of the public’s focus while she lay low, quietly remaining in the crew to film. By the time the drama aired, this storm would likely have calmed. At that point, she could re-emerge in the public eye through the drama.

After all, everyone is so busy, who has the energy to cling on to something which, frankly, has nothing much to do with them?

This scheme, one couldn’t say wasn’t meticulously thought out.

But the entertainment industry isn’t a place full of warmth; everyone is fighting tooth and nail to climb up while kicking down competitors. Just with what she knew now, in just an afternoon’s time, numerous agents had already contacted the production, their aim set on the soon-vacant Supporting Role.

She didn’t think, given her uncle’s personality, he’d keep someone like Lin Xuefei around just because she looked so worn.

Perhaps upon seeing Lin Xuefei, he might even lose his temper and kick her out!

As it turns out, Wei Minmin’s imagination wasn’t far off.

Wei Xiao had been busy all day, had just someone make him a cup of throat-soothing tea, and hadn’t had the chance to sip it when Lin Xuefei, with red eyes, rushed in from outside.

Startled, his hand shook, almost spilling the piping hot tea on his pants.

"You’re back so soon, if I remember, your vacation ends tomorrow. Begging me for leniency, no way!"

"Director Wei, please give me another chance!" Lin Xuefei didn’t need a mirror to know how pitifully she must look crying now. After all, in the past, any tears were just acting, but this time, she truly wanted to cry.

Since the livestream incident in the morning, first, there was the lifestyle variety show that was originally considering renewing with her, now there’s no response at all.

Then, discussions for several endorsements and two magazine covers were abruptly halted, before both the company and her manager could even react.

Now, aside from the endorsements and partnerships she already had, she only had one job left: playing Princess Jin’an in "Empress Yuan Zhao."

This job was now nothing less than her lifeline, or she wouldn’t have hurried back so quickly.

Yet, no matter how much Lin Xuefei cried like a helpless, pear-blossom-in-the-rain scene, Wei Xiao only found it noisy.

He pulled out his phone to browse videos, isolating himself from the sobs while he rasped coldly, "Didn’t I warn you? Or do you think I’m some kind of living Buddha of the entertainment world? You shed a tear and I go soft? From start to finish, you’ve been living in hope, still incorrigible even now!"

Helping a crew’s artist out of trouble, he’d never done such a thing since he became a director. Even if this problem happened to his eldest niece, he wouldn’t protect her, let alone someone with whom he had no significant connection and was easily replaceable.

Lin Xuefei’s sobbing paused, Wei Xiao didn’t lose his temper, but merely left her with three cold questions.

But this frightened her more than if Wei Xiao had been angry.

If he got angry, at least it showed he cared deeply about the issue.

But not even willing to be angry meant he was ready to abandon her completely?

"Director Wei, I..."

"Hey, this young girl seems pretty good," Wei Xiao said, sipping his tea and liking the video he just stumbled upon. "She cleverly took advantage of the exam trend to advertise her search for her birth parents, shows quick thinking."

Only then did he seem to realize someone was still standing in front of him, "If only your brain worked one-third as well as hers, you wouldn’t have turned a good hand into a mess!"

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