Chapter 111
"Why is she targeting you like this, Sister Momo!" Zhou Xiaoyu said, her eyes brimming with tears.
Although everyone was in the rain, everyone else was wearing raincoats, except for Ye Mo, who, as a "corpse" who had already died, didn't have a raincoat and was standing in the pouring rain, so she was the only one suffering from the cold.
Shen Yan also held his breath and said, "I'll go talk to Director Ji. Even if our company is small and our voices carry little weight, they can't bully us like this! Besides..."
He glanced at Ye Mo.
Moreover, while [Brilliant Star] is indeed a small company with little background and little say, Ye Mo is different. Ye Mo now has the Ye Corporation backing him.
Shen Yan was also somewhat indignant: it was one thing to be bullied before because he had no connections, but why was he still being bullied like this now?
"I'm going to find Director Ji!" he said immediately, getting up to go find Director Ji.
Perhaps from being in the rain for too long, Ye Mo felt a headache coming on. Watching Shen Yan leave, she turned to Zhou Xiaoyu, who was crying, and said with a wry smile, "Why are you crying? I'm not crying... Don't worry, she wouldn't dare do too many takes, lest Director Ji really get angry!"
When she said this, Ye Mo's eyes were extremely cold. She was naturally unhappy to be targeted like this, but she was still filming and would talk about it after filming was over, so she didn't say anything.
But after filming is over, hmph.
"I'm so sorry, Director Ji!" Tang Ying's attitude towards Director Ji was very good; she said humbly, "It was all an accident. I promise, I won't do any more NGs next time!"
"How many times have you promised?" Director Ji was now like a fire-breathing dragon. Seeing Shen Yan approaching, he glared at Tang Ying and said, "Tang Ying, I'm only giving you one last chance! If it doesn't work this time, you can just leave!"
The old man's tone was resolute, clearly indicating that he had made up his mind. Tang Ying felt a tightness in her heart upon hearing this and immediately dared not have any other thoughts.
"I understand..." she said quickly, "I'll definitely perform well in the next scene!"
Shen Yan walked over and happened to brush past Tang Ying. Tang Ying snorted coldly at him, and Shen Yan's expression darkened even more. He strode up to Director Ji and called out, "Director Ji."
Upon seeing Shen Yan, Ye Mo's agent, Director Ji looked somewhat embarrassed. "Mr. Shen..."
Shen Yan said stiffly, "Director Ji, although it's Ye Mo's job to play her role well, that doesn't mean she has to unconditionally accommodate other people's mistakes... If Miss Tang continues acting like this, we can't cooperate any longer."
Upon hearing this, Director Ji quickly said, "Don't worry, Tang Ying promised me she'll definitely perform well in the next scene!"
Shen Yan sneered, "... I hope so, but if she continues like this, I'll have no choice but to go to Mr. Ye Yongming to seek justice for Ye Mo."
Upon hearing this, Director Ji Ji's expression froze. "..." So, this is a threat, right?
If Shen Yan knew what Director Ji was thinking, he would definitely nod in agreement.
He was indeed threatening them. After all, [Brilliant Star] didn't have much capital to protect their artists, but that didn't mean the Ye Corporation didn't. They, Momo, also had powerful backers!
Director Ji, because of Shen Yan's words, thought of something Yu Luwei had told him before.
Yu Luwei seemed to have mentioned that people from the Ye Corporation would be visiting the set today? Those few takes that were just NG (out of frame), maybe the Ye Corporation didn't see them, right? Things can't be that coincidental, can they?
Director Ji Ji's heart was in his throat.
Tang Ying turned and returned to her resting spot. Her manager frowned at her and asked, "What are you doing? How come you took so long to retake such a simple scene? Are you doing this on purpose to mess with Ye Mo?"
Tang Ying: "... Brother Hu, what are you saying? I didn't mean it at all. I'm just not feeling well today."
Brother Hu sneered, "You're telling me you're not in good shape? Do you think I'd believe you? Do you think I'm blind? Do you think everyone on the crew is blind? Do you even know that Ye Mo has the Ye Corporation backing him? You still dare to mess with him? Don't you want to stay in the entertainment industry?"
Tang Ying pursed her lips, her smile fading.
"Whether she's actually backed by the Ye Corporation is still uncertain." She said this stubbornly, "Tianheng only paid attention to her and didn't say anything. Maybe it was a staff member's mistake?"
Brother Hu squeezed his eyes shut tightly and said, "Do you think that's possible? Even if it really was a hand twitch, how could it have lasted this long without pulling back?"
He glared at Tang Ying and warned her, "I don't care what grudges you have with Ye Mo, you better act well later. If you do another NG, I can't protect you. Director Ji is not someone to be trifled with!"
Tang Ying pouted, "I was originally planning to act well; I just wasn't in a good state before."
Brother Hu didn't want to pay attention to her, thinking that she was just looking for trouble and deliberately trying to make people hate her even when there was no real grudge. As Tang Ying's manager, he could only try his best to clean up her messes.
Brother Hu took a deep breath, planning to take Tang Ying to apologize to Ye Mo after Ye Mo finished filming.
He feels constantly uneasy, as if something bad is about to happen.
All of this happening on set was witnessed by another group of people.
"... Is this what Mr. Yu meant when he said my sister is doing well on your set?" Ye Yongming, who had come to visit the set, turned his head slightly and asked Yu Luwei, who was wiping sweat beside him.
Yu Luwei: "..."
He forced a dry laugh and said, "This, this really was all an accident. It wasn't like this before! I assure you, before today, Miss Ye has never suffered any injustice in our crew!"
At that moment, Yu Luwei practically cursed Tang Ying to death.
Do you think this guy is crazy? He's got nothing better to do than go and make things difficult for Ye Mo, and now his brother, who's also the biggest investor in their production, has seen it all.
"Mr. Ye..." He looked at Ye Yongming expectantly.
Ye Yongming didn't speak, but just watched the crew prepare to shoot the next take. His face was expressionless, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. However, judging from his gloomy demeanor, he was definitely not happy at the moment.
Yu Luwei wanted to wipe his sweat again, feeling extremely guilty—tell me, in this freezing weather, he was drenched in cold sweat, what had he done wrong?
Fortunately, this time, Tang Ying didn't cause any trouble and the scene was filmed smoothly.
After filming was finished, Yu Luwei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look to his side and saw their big spender walking forward with his secretary holding an umbrella. He quickly opened his umbrella and followed.
Ye Mo was trembling; she had been in the rain for too long and felt numb all over.
Zhou Xiaoyu wrapped her in a blanket, then quickly handed her a cup of brown sugar ginger soup, her eyes brimming with tears, and anxiously asked, "Sister Momo, how are you? Are you very cold?"
Ye Mo: "... I'm fine."
She's actually alright; after all, she's become numb from the cold.
Da da da!
Suddenly, a series of footsteps approached. Ye Mo subconsciously looked up and saw Ye Yongming's gloomy face.
"Yongming!" Ye Mo's eyes lit up, a hint of surprise in them. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to visit the set," Ye Yongming said. Seeing Ye Mo's bluish lips and drenched body, his brows furrowed deeply. He said, holding his breath, "If your brother saw you like this, he'd probably want to kill you... As for your father, my uncle..."
He paused for a moment before saying, "If your uncle knew you'd been made to look like this, he'd just shut down the whole production and stop filming altogether." His uncle's anger had completely overturned everything.