After discussing with Jiang Ye, Ye Jin informed Fruit Video and its partners that the female lead had been confirmed, and also notified Lu Shilan and Xin Yue, who had come to audition.
Xin Yue calmly accepted the result. After all, she was a supporting actress and didn't have top-tier beauty, so she would most likely take the role of a mature, elegant actress in the future. Her friends and teachers also advised her that her best days were yet to come and that she didn't need to be in such a hurry.
Although Lu Shilan's voice on the phone carried a hint of disappointment, it remained relatively calm.
However, after hanging up the phone, she threw it away, startling her assistant.
When facing outsiders, Lu Shilan always presents a kind and gentle demeanor.
However, when facing her staff, she unleashed all the resentment in her heart, after all, she wasn't a good person to begin with.
Therefore, her staff were all afraid of her, and the turnover rate was very high; they would basically resign after less than a year.
Upon seeing Lu Shilan start to get angry again, the assistant quickly made an excuse to leave.
Fortunately, Lu Shilan was too preoccupied to pay attention to her at that moment, and the assistant escaped unscathed.
After a while, Lu Shilan finally calmed down, picked up her phone from the ground, and then began to inquire how Jiang Ye got the role.
After hearing Jiang Ye's conditions, her heart skipped a beat. Jiang Ye must have discovered something, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to such lengths.
Ji Dong, that good-for-nothing, didn't appease Jiang Ye at all; he might have even exposed more problems!
She then quickly dialed Ji Dong's number. As soon as the call connected, she roared, " Ji Dong, are you a useless piece of trash? You promised last night that you would do a good job, and today you're telling me that Jiang Ye got the role!"
Ji Dong was also a little confused. "That's not right. Jiang Ye was very gentle yesterday. When I said I wanted to have a second child, she didn't object and promised she would consider it."
Lu Shilan sneered, "You idiot, she's just trying to lull you into a false sense of security! I don't care what methods you use, you have to ruin this, or you'll lose everything."
After saying that, she abruptly hung up the phone.
Ji Dong stared at his phone, now completely black, and felt a surge of panic. What had happened?
As soon as it was time to leave work, Ji Dong changed his usual habit of dawdling and would stay at the company for a while, even if there was nothing to do, to show that he was busy.
He couldn't wait to get home today, and as soon as he entered, he saw Jiang Ye packing her and her daughter's luggage.
Seeing this, Ji Dong's heart sank even further, but he pretended to know nothing. "Wife, what are you doing? Are you going on a trip?"
Having already obtained the evidence, Jiang Ye was too lazy to continue the pretense with Ji Dong and said directly, "I've taken on a film role in Hengcheng, and I'll be staying there for three or four months."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ye was so blunt. Ji Dong's smile vanished instantly. "Are you crazy! Your daughter is so young, how could you leave for so long?!"
However, Jiang Ye gave a sarcastic smile, "That's right, your daughter is still so young, and I haven't seen you spend much time with her. Today is the earliest you've come home in a while."
Ji Dong felt a little guilty, but still stubbornly retorted, "Isn't this all for work? I work so hard for this family! Do you think I want to work overtime every day?"
"Yes, I only leave my daughter to work. Does that mean your job is a job and mine isn't? Besides—" Jiang Ye glanced at Ji Dong with disdain, "The money I earn from one movie would take you ten years to earn back. Even from an economic perspective, you should give up your job to take care of our daughter so I can go out to work."
Touched on what he cared about most deep down, Ji Dong immediately turned red with anger, "I'm a grown man, how can I stay at home?"
Enraged, Ji Dong forgot all the plans he had discussed with Lu Shilan and became reckless, "I don't care, you can't film this movie, or we'll get a divorce!"
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Ye with a cold face, thinking that this would intimidate her.
However, Jiang Ye smiled brightly, "Divorce? That's exactly what I'd love to hear. Actually, I was planning to bring it up anyway."
Ji Dong was stunned. Had he misheard? Jiang Ye actually wanted a divorce! Wasn't she always inseparable from him?
He thought this was just Jiang Ye saying something in anger, but a voice in his mind told him that Jiang Ye was most likely serious.
Soon Ji Dong saw his daughter playing with her toys in the living room. He grabbed at her like a lifeline and said, "Are you crazy? Your daughter isn't even a year old! Are you going to let her have a broken home?"
Jiang Ye remained unmoved. "I believe a bad marriage has a greater impact on children."
"You, you, you!" This time, Ji Dong could no longer deceive himself; it seemed Jiang Ye really intended to divorce him!
What should he do? He can't get a divorce!
In order to quickly win over Jiang Ye, he deliberately pretended that he didn't care about her property and signed a prenuptial agreement with Jiang Ye, so that if they divorced, he wouldn't get anything.
Yes, they have a daughter! Jiang Ye loves his daughter so much, he definitely wouldn't want to part with her.
He immediately said, "Divorce is fine, but our daughter will take my surname, so she has to live with me."
Hearing the man's words, Jiang Ye felt even more disappointed in Ji Dong.
Judging from Ji Dong's usual attitude towards his daughter, she didn't believe that the man genuinely wanted a daughter; he was simply trying to use her to threaten her.
She sneered, "Follow you? On what grounds? Legally, when deciding custody, it almost always favors the mother and the parent with better financial means. Do you earn more than me? Or do you spend more time with your daughter?"