Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: 035 Did you apologize?

Gu Chengyu pressed his thin lips tightly, refusing to utter a single word.

“Chen Beini, you were the one who spread the rumors, did I add romantic scenes for myself?” Shi Lan, seeing that Gu Chengyu remained silent, turned her accusation toward the leading actress.

Chen Beini’s mind went blank, simply because she had never imagined Shi Lan would really dare to be so confrontational, completely breaking the industry norms, paying no heed to hierarchy.

“No… no.” With the scripts laid out before everyone, with facts staring them in the face, what else could they say?

“Then have you apologized?” Shi Lan challenged Chen Beini.

“I…”

“I’ve been cyber-bullied by half a million critical comments; does that not warrant an ‘I’m sorry’ from you?”

Chen Beini, the female lead, was completely humiliated by Shi Lan’s rebuke.

“I state my position for the last time now; I joined this crew to act, not to chase after you, Gu Chengyu. Don’t be so self-absorbed, and focus on your character. The An Lan who once admired you has died in the emergency room. Please bring your professionalism and stop making the crew pay for your narcissism time and time again. Whatever grievances we have, let’s settle it in the scenes we act out together!”

Stunning!

A warrior!

Everyone on the scene was shocked by Shi Lan’s outburst.

Gu Chengyu, much taller than Shi Lan by a head, was overtaken with emotion, his eyes red with anger, but even in his fury, he couldn’t dominate Shi Lan in terms of presence.

After expressing her thoughts and doing what she had to do, Shi Lan turned and returned to her seat.

At this moment, Sun Ling had finished recording the whole process of Shi Lan throwing the script and the confrontation with the National Couple, and with trembling hands, saved the video, putting down the phone.

Gu Chengyu was utterly humiliated, nearly losing control of his emotions, wanting to fling the script and leave, but Chen Beini held him back.

In just those few short minutes, everyone present had witnessed drama more thrilling than the script itself, and although they felt Shi Lan’s temper was indeed explosive, they had to admit that in this incident, she had always been the victim. Furthermore, the changes made to the character of Fan Yan improved the script of “Smoke,” making it even better. On this point, Shi Lan was in the right from the start to the finish.

Director Tang watched with his chin propped up, not playing the peacemaker.

Only when the three had almost calmed down did he speak up, “An Lan is right; no matter what personal feuds you have, once you’ve joined the crew and signed the contract, you either quit acting and leave directly, or even if your co-star were your archenemy, you still have to act well for me. An Lan has made her stance clear again today. She hasn’t come for personal reasons, and she has been conveying this message to me these past few days. Now, I believe her. Seizing this opportunity, I also want to say for the last time, especially to our two leads, if you want to leave, let us know early, so I can inform Huahai to hold another audition.”

Director Tang’s words served as an ultimatum, echoing a heads-up given by Yan Shixiu.

“If anyone wants to drop out, you can leave now.”

All present held their breath, and after lingering in silence for two minutes, Director Tang looked around once more and continued, “Since no one wants to quit, then let our acting in the scenes prove our worth. In front of me, what measures you is not popularity or connections, but acting skill.”

At that moment, Chen Beini, massaging Gu Chengyu’s arm, said, “Don’t be mad, let’s speak with our acting.”

“I’ll be watching with keen interest to see just how amazing you really are!” Gu Chengyu, ultimately, could only threaten in order to save his face.

Shi Lan snorted lightly, focusing her gaze on the new script.

Then, she instructed Sun Ling, “Release the video you just recorded.”

Sun Ling: “!!!”