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After Being Reborn, Her Only Mission Is to Love Him-Chapter 351 - 349 Go Stay Where It’s Cool!
Chapter 351: Chapter 349 Go Stay Where It’s Cool!
After she returned to the drama set, she had new scenes added to her role.
At first, she thought it was because of her newfound popularity that the director increased her screentime.
But after filming for a day, she realized something was amiss.
Indeed, her screentime had increased, but most of it involved either being beaten or humiliated.
There were no highlights left for her.
She had essentially become a clown!
Even her makeup became progressively uglier.
She had sought out the director before, hoping to reject these pointless extra scenes, but she was rejected every time.
It must have been Lu Zhaozhao’s doing!
She was the only one in the entire crew who had a grudge against her!
Xia Wenjin thought about the humiliation she suffered in the crew, and her anger deepened.
She took a deep breath, put on an extremely aggrieved expression, and slowly began, "I know I’m a newcomer and not very capable, but I just want to do my job well. Isn’t that allowed?"
As she spoke, tears began to fall, her face pitiful like a pear blossom bathed in rain.
The media, already eager to catch something sensational, went into a frenzy.
"Teacher Xia, are you saying someone in the crew has been bullying you?"
"There are so many people in the crew, are they just watching as Teacher Xia is bullied?"
"Teacher Xia, have you reported these incidents to the director? Does the director not care?"
...
Amidst the rising voices from all sides, Xia Wenjin became agitated too, "I... know I have to work hard as a newcomer, but being forced to film these meaningless scenes, I really can’t do it... sob, sob, sob..."
The main actors sitting beside her remained silent:
The director who was unfairly blamed remained silent:
The somewhat confused host remained silent:
Almost everyone on the stage looked at Xia Wenjin speechlessly, and no one spoke up for her.
What Xia Wenjin was really like in the crew, others might not know, but they were very clear.
Seeing Xia Wenjin crying uncontrollably, other reporters wanted to continue questioning, but Xia Wenjin just lay there crying, not responding to further questions.
The reporters had no choice but to direct their questions toward the director and other main creators.
"Director, what do you think about Teacher Xia’s complaint about being forced to add scenes?"
"Teacher Sun, Mr. Bai, as the leading male and female roles in the crew, do you know anything about Teacher Xia being forced to take on extra scenes?"
"Teacher Lu, are the additional scenes for Teacher Xia the doing of the Xia Family or the Song Family?"
...
The reporters were sharpening their questions one after another.
It made everyone present quite uncomfortable, and it can be said that Xia Wenjin, by her actions alone, had offended everyone on the stage.
They thought the crew was just riding on a wave of popularity; they didn’t expect Xia Wenjin to accuse them all of being the abusers the moment she spoke.
Who could endure that?
Sun Qian was the first to snap, retorting with annoyance, "Then you should really ask Teacher Xia about how someone who squeezes others out for their resources when a drama starts filming is being bullied!"
It was yet another bombshell!
Initially, the Female No. 5 announced was indeed different from the current one.
At that time, since Female No. 5 had a small influence and no popularity, nobody cared.
Now, brought up by Sun Qian, it energized the journalists instead.
Bai Qing also cleared her throat lightly, "Actually, we hardly had any interaction with Teacher Xia on the set, and as for why she was given extra scenes, we have no idea. All I know is that her filming time was particularly long, and we all had to wait for her."
What a bombshell!
The journalists below were ecstatic!
Who would have thought the self-claimed newcomer Xia Wenjin was actually a scene hog?
Lin Baiyu and Yan Gui, who had been silently sitting aside, initially planning to blend into the background, exchanged glances and joined the bandwagon in criticizing Xia Wenjin.
After all, if they didn’t clear their names now, they would be the ones slandered later.
"I can also testify that Teacher Xia’s shooting time was indeed longer than ours," Yan Gui spoke up first.
Following him was Lin Baiyu, "Indeed, when we were on set, Teacher Xia didn’t like interacting with us, so we are also unclear about the reasons behind her additional scenes..."
Now, Xia Wenjin couldn’t cry anymore.
She initially wanted to pretend to be the victim to make Xia Wenjin unlucky, but why were others eagerly stepping on her?
If she didn’t speak up now, she’d simply be slandered as an utterly inexcusable person!
She was clearly the victim here!
"It’s not what they said! It was Lu Zhaozhao who disliked me and used some means to make the director give me a bunch of nonsensical scenes!" Throwing caution to the wind, Xia Wenjin directly singled out Lu Zhaozhao.
She just couldn’t believe Lu Zhaozhao could still hide behind others!
Hmph!
Lu Zhaozhao was somewhat speechless and curled her lips, "Teacher Xia, this is a press conference, not a place where you can monopolize the conversation by simply talking."
"You’re feeling guilty, aren’t you?! Dare you say in front of the reporters that my extra scenes have nothing to do with you?!" Xia Wenjin sneered at Lu Zhaozhao, nowhere near her pitiful look from before.
Lu Zhaozhao looked at Xia Wenjin as if she were a fool, "What if I just say it? It really has nothing to do with me. If I truly didn’t want to see you, why would I add scenes for you? I’d just ask the director to kick you out of the drama group, just like what you did to the previous Female No. 5. Isn’t that right?"
"You..." Xia Wenjin clenched her teeth, clearly at a disadvantage when mentioning this topic.
Lu Zhaozhao adjusted the microphone in front of her before continuing, "Also, Teacher Xia, if you have issues in the future, please look for reasons within yourself. It can’t be that our drama group and Teacher Xia have a feud and are all abusing you, right?"
Her words immediately reminded everyone of Xia Wenjin’s previous claims about the Xia Family abusing her.
The situation was eerily similar.
The key creatives on stage seemed to suddenly recall something, and one after another, they quickly spoke up.
"I can’t carry this burden; our company is too small to withstand such a massive cyber attack," Lin Baiyu was the first to speak.
Following her was Bai Qing, "I want to clarify here that I really didn’t speak much with Teacher Xia at the set, so don’t count the abuse accusations against me."
Yan Gui also leaned closer to the microphone, "I usually spend my time with Baiyu, Zhaozhao, and Bai Qing; I don’t have time to abuse Teacher Xia, please give me witness."
After several people consecutively cleared their names, the journalists’ gaze fell on Sun Qian’s face.
Sun Qian originally didn’t want to join in the drama but seeing the mud being flung her way, she too felt annoyed.
She indeed wanted to suppress Xia Wenjin, but it had nothing to do with abuse.
She cast a cold glance at Xia Wenjin and spoke coldly, "There’s a huge gap between our statuses, abusing her? Ridiculous... The director giving her extra scenes is already bullying her, do we even dare to speak?"
With one sentence, Sun Qian cleared her connection while also pulling the director into it.
Since adding the scenes was something she had instructed the director to do, she couldn’t forget this favor.
As for Xia Wenjin, she could go wherever it was cool!