Chapter 144: YanYan Was Scolded
An Qingyan was concentrating on practicing his swordsmanship when someone swung their sword from behind, hitting his left arm. Even though he couldn’t feel the pain, he knew the force wasn’t light.
He subtly frowned and looked back. Duan Ci raised an eyebrow in surprise and said carelessly, “Sorry, I didn’t pay attention.”
Anyone could see it was intentional. Duan Ci had clearly been five meters away. An Qingyan’s face turned cold. How could there be such a childish and boring person?
“Don’t do it again.”
“Why are you so fierce? I didn’t do it on purpose.” Duan Ci shrugged innocently. An Qingyan ignored him and turned back to continue practicing.
But a few minutes later, Duan Ci, who had just said it wasn’t on purpose, struck his arm again with his sword.
The young man’s eyes narrowed. This time, he didn’t listen to the other’s explanation. He turned around, holding his sword, and cleanly and swiftly struck Duan Ci’s left and right arms. Finally, he pressed the sword to his nose.
The finely crafted prop sword gleamed coldly, mirroring the young man’s cold peach blossom eyes. Duan Ci froze in place, unable to move, his gaze showing fear.
“I said, don’t do it again.”
“Senior Duan, I don’t have time to play these boring games with you.”
After saying this, An Qingyan put away his sword and turned around.
Duan Ci stood there, watching the young man’s sharp back, still frightened. Only when he recovered did he mutter curses. This kid looked gentle and weak, but he was actually faking it!
Damn it!
Duan Ci threw his sword on the ground with a grim face. The arm he had been hit hurt faintly. He secretly gnashed his teeth, “An Qingyan, just you wait!”
After a while, he silently picked up his sword, quietly moved aside, putting distance between himself and An Qingyan. He didn’t bother him anymore. Under Wu Weiguang’s stern gaze, he reluctantly began practicing.
Duan Ci didn’t cause any more trouble after that, and the rest of the training went smoothly.
Wu Weiguang liked to discover promising newcomers, and he didn’t allow investors to randomly insert people. Therefore, the main actors in this drama were all newcomers with little fame, and they were very hardworking during the training.
Although the training was tiring, it was fulfilling.
An Qingyan enjoyed the feeling of working hard for his ideal career.
When he finished training in the evening and returned to his hotel room to shower, he discovered that his arm, which had been hit by Duan Ci’s sword, was slightly red. His skin was fair, so it was very noticeable.
It seemed that the person really didn’t hold back.
The young man’s delicate brows furrowed slightly. He should have struck harder when he retaliated. After he finished showering and came out of the bathroom, someone knocked on the door.
An Qingyan opened the door, and his two assistants were standing outside, their faces looking uneasy, showing concern. He asked in confusion what was wrong.
“YanYan, have you seen Weibo?”
After An Qingyan shook his head, the assistant handed him his phone. Upon seeing the text on it, his brows furrowed even deeper.
It was a Weibo post from a marketing account with many followers. It basically said that the male lead of Nine Continents was originally Duan Ci, but An Qingyan had snatched it.
It also said that An Qingyan had capital behind him, implying that he had an improper relationship with the investors and director Wu Weiguang, and that he used backdoor methods to get the male lead role.
Duan Ci was so pitiful.
“It’s not just this one post. Other marketing accounts have also posted similar articles, all implying that you snatched Duan Ci’s male lead role through backdoor methods. The comments below are mostly his hired water army, someone wants to target you.”
An Qingyan silently scrolled through the comments below the Weibo post. There were thousands of comments, and the ones on top were all negative:
γIsn’t An Qingyan from a talent show? He’s very good at singing and dancing, but can he act?γ
γPlease! Idols shouldn’t compete with actors for roles! Shouldn’t they just stick to singing and dancing? Not everyone can act!γ
γYoung Master An is amazing. Having capital behind him is amazing. He easily snatched the male lead role that others had worked hard for.γ
γI heard last month that Duan Ci was already confirmed for the male lead of Nine Continents. Now the actor has suddenly changed. It’s strange if there’s no shady business behind it.γ
γI just want to say Duan Ci is so pitifulγ
γI thought An Qingyan was a good person from the show, and his background is pitiful, but it turns out he does such underhanded things behind the scenes!γ
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“YanYan, don’t look.” The assistant took the phone, comforting him, “These are water armies. Don’t mind these words. We’ve already contacted Sister Feifei. She will deal with this. Just focus on your training.”
The other assistant said angrily, “This is obviously Duan Ci’s doing. He failed the audition, proving he didn’t have the ability, and now he’s deliberately targeting you. What a villain!”
“Don’t worry, I’m fine.” An Qingyan smiled indifferently, then his facial muscles tightened, a hint of coldness in his gentle tone, “Justice will prevail. If I didn’t do it, then I didn’t do it. I have a clear conscience.”
He passed the audition and proved with his abilities that he was suitable for the role of Shen Tinghan. Yet these people tried to distort the facts with a few words.
He had experienced too much of this kind of wrongful accusation and framing in his past life.
It wasn’t early. After sending the two assistants away, his agent, Gao Feifei, called, followed by his parents and family. Lu Yuqi and several friends he met in the talent show also sent messages to comfort him.
An Qingyan felt touched and patiently replied to them.
He knew that he was no longer the isolated and helpless person he was in his past life.
Finally, Gu Fei called. He had just finished a meeting when he learned about this.
After seeing the content on Weibo, his eyes immediately turned cold. His already expressionless face was tense, and his subordinates beside him were frightened.
Which brave person dared to provoke their Gu Ye? They probably didn’t know how to write the word “death.”
The subordinate was curious when he suddenly found their Gu Ye was on a call, his tone gentle, “Don’t worry about the things online, don’t mind them. I’ll take care of it.”
“Be a good boy, don’t look at those comments online.”
Subordinate: “?!”
Was this still his calm, indifferent, and unsmiling big boss? Why did his tone sound like he was coaxing a child? Was this something he should be hearing?
“Gege Fei, I really don’t mind, you don’t have to worry.” An Qingyan sat cross-legged on the sofa, his chin resting on the pillow, his gentle voice with a hint of pride:
“I passed the audition with my own abilities. The director said I’m hardworking and talented. No matter what others say, I’ll prove myself with my abilities and make them eat their words.”
“I don’t know any investors. How could I use backdoor methods? Those marketing accounts are all nonsense.”
An Qingyan still didn’t know who the investor was.
Gu Fei, the investor: “…”
After a pause, he agreed, “Yeah, our YanYan passed the audition with his abilities.”
Indeed, it was through ability. Even though Gu Fei was the investor of this drama, he had never revealed his relationship with An Qingyan to the crew, only letting the director follow his heart’s choice.
The two chatted for a few more sentences before hanging up. An Qingyan found it funny. He was the one involved, but he ended up comforting others?
Although Gu Fei told him not to pay attention to this matter, he couldn’t help but open Weibo.
This matter had already made the hot search.
Duan Ci originally thought that the role of Shen Tinghan belonged to him. He had bought marketing accounts a month ago and released the news in advance, so fans and some netizens knew about it.
Now that the articles were released, besides the water army, Duan Ci’s fans were the most angry.
Duan Ci also posted a Weibo post just now:
@Duan Ci: The role of Bai Fantian is also very good. This is the first time I’m playing a villain. γLooking forward to itγ
The picture below the text was a carefully retouched selfie.
Anyone who wasn’t a fool could see that Duan Ci’s words tacitly acknowledged that he had been robbed of his role by An Qingyan. The main role was taken, so he could only play the villain.
Duan Ci’s fans were notoriously difficult to deal with. These people immediately became angry, feeling sorry for their idol, saying he was so pitiful, while scolding An Qingyan, using all kinds of harsh words.
γI’m so angry! How could there be such a shameless person! An Qingyan, you are so shameless!γ
γUsing backdoor methods is amazing! Are you just bullying our brother for not having a background?!γ
γOur Xiao Ci worked so hard to get this role, yet it was so easily snatched away. Capital is amazing. γSmileγγ
γJust be your idol and go sing and dance! Can’t you?!γ
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The scolding was fierce on one side, while on the other side, An Qingyan’s fans were confused. What? Their YanYan was finally coming out? YanYan was going to film a drama? Did YanYan decide not to quit the entertainment industry?!
Why didn’t they know YanYan was going to film a drama!!
Hahahahahaha, this is great!!
They thought their wife was going to retire and inherit the family fortune!
An Qingyan had been very zen lately, so zen that his fans thought he was going to retire. Who knew he quietly passed the audition and was going to film a drama. Nine Continents was a major IP!
γWow wow, An Qingyan is someone who can be trusted. He really dared to do big things quietly!!γ
γYes, having capital is amazing. If you’re not convinced, come and bite me! Hahaha!!γ
γWho says idols can’t act? Our YanYan is all-around talented. He’s not only good at singing and dancing, but he can also act, he speaks English very well, and he can recite classical poems. Can your Duan Ci recite Li Sao? Can he recite Disciple’s Farewell? Our YanYan is going to crush you!γ
γAh, I’m a fan of the original Nine Continents. When I read the novel, I imagined my wife’s face as Shen Tinghan. I didn’t expect my wife to actually play the role!! I could laugh in my dreams!γ
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