"Well..." Qian Le pursed his lips, "The director didn't tell me the reason; it seemed like it was something he couldn't easily explain."
Lu Chiyan: "???"
It's hard to say.
These words successfully ignited Lu Chiyan's gossipy nature.
"However, I have connections, and I've already figured out what happened." Qian Le smiled and waved her phone.
Although the director didn't explicitly tell her the reason, she had a good relationship with the director's assistant and had just texted him to inquire about the situation, so she already knew the general outline of what had happened.
"Next time, can you finish your sentence in one go!" Lu Chiyan asked hurriedly, "Then hurry up and tell me, what exactly happened?"
"Well... it's really hard to say." Qian Le's expression was somewhat complicated.
Lu Chiyan: "???"
"Well... last night, Xie Tongchu, after drinking too much, knocked on Director Yan's door, wanting to offer himself to him," Qian Le said.
Lu Chiyan: "???"
Lu Chiyan was stunned for a long time, and suddenly began to doubt whether he could understand Chinese very well, and even doubt his own comprehension ability.
What a powerful statement!
"He... offered himself to Director Yan?" Lu Chiyan took a while to react, pursed his lips, and asked weakly, "So Director Yan...?"
Is it curved too?
"Of course not," Qian Le said. "This is a rumor fabricated by marketing accounts, saying that Director Yan likes men and keeps many gigolos. Director Yan even sued a lot of these marketing accounts because of this, and his wife almost divorced him because of it. That's why Director Yan is particularly sensitive about this matter."
"It turns out that Xie Tongchu heard this rumor from somewhere, without verifying it, and believed it to be true, thinking that Director Yan was gay. That's how he ended up offering himself to Director Yan last night. In the end, it backfired and angered Director Yan."
Lu Chiyan: "..."
Ah, this...
Lu Chiyan frowned, indicating that he didn't quite understand.
Isn't Xie Tongchu already the male lead?
Why bother with all this?
He's already the male lead; does that mean if he successfully offers himself as a bedmate, they'll give him more screen time?
Qian Le shrugged, also expressing his incomprehension. " Director Yan is angry, but it's not because of this decision that he wants to replace Xie Tongchu. In the end, it's Xie Tongchu's own doing. The trending topic this morning about the crew replacing the male lead was actually orchestrated by Xie Tongchu himself, and Director Yan found out."
Lu Chiyan: "???"
Oh! So Xie Tongchu was the one who pinned this blame on him!
Qian Le: "I guess Xie Tongchu knew he had angered Director Yan and was afraid of Director Yan replaced, so he came up with this underhanded trick. He spread the word first to influence public opinion and support himself, so that under the pressure of public opinion, Director Yan wouldn't actually replace him."
As it turned out, Xie Tongchu hadn't expected that Director Yan was so stubborn; the more stubborn he was, the more he wanted to replace him.
Furthermore, the contract stipulated that if an actor did anything that harmed the interests of the production team, the production team had the right to terminate the contract.
Director Yan then used this clause to terminate Xie Tongchu directly.
The reason for canceling the script reading was not due to public pressure, but because he was going to replace the male lead, so the script reading naturally had to be postponed.
Upon learning the whole truth, Lu Chiyan: "..."
this...
As expected, the entertainment industry is truly chaotic.
So, he was the biggest scapegoat from beginning to end?
It has absolutely nothing to do with him, yet he's been trending on social media all morning and still being criticized!
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