Chapter 121: Who Was It?
Since it was already quite late, Jiang Xu decided she would have someone take care of the matter first thing in the morning.
Before hanging up, Jiang Xu didn’t forget to remind him, “Next time you have a good opportunity to spend money like this, remember to tell your fourth sister.”
Jiang Su replied, “Okay.”
Gao Xinlin felt that his day had been utterly ruined.
He had fallen three times on set in the afternoon, and his evening activities had been interrupted halfway through by Jiang Su.
After yelling at his assistant for a while, he finally felt a bit better and was about to go take a shower.
Just as he stood up, his phone rang again.
Gao Xinlin was initially too lazy to answer, but when he picked it up, he saw it was his manager.
He could ignore anyone else’s call, but not his manager’s.
Gao Xinlin cleared his throat. Before he could even say a word after answering, his manager launched into a tirade.
“Gao Xinlin! What the hell is wrong with you?”
“You had the male lead role, a good show, and you managed to screw it up!”
“Do you think the male lead of an S-class web drama is something you can just pick up off the street? Do you know how much effort I put in to get you this role?”
“I take my eyes off you for one day, and you cause this much trouble!”
“Do you even want to stay in this industry?”
Gao Xinlin was completely bewildered by the scolding. He finally found a chance to speak when his manager paused for breath. “Brother, what happened?”
His manager roared at him, “The production company just called and said they’re terminating your contract!”
“Which drama?” Gao Xinlin had contracts for several shows.
“The one you’re filming now, Crime and Fiend! It’s the best project you have, and you ruined it…”
Gao Xinlin’s heart sank. “How could this happen? Why are they terminating my contract? Weren’t they rushing to release it for the summer? How could they possibly change the male lead at this stage?”
His manager asked, “It’s the investor who wants to replace you! What did you do on set today? Did you offend someone important?”
Hearing his manager’s question, Gao Xinlin immediately thought of Jiang Su.
Jiang Su had just come to his room and declared that his role was gone, and now the investor wanted to replace him!
It had to be Jiang Su pulling strings behind the scenes!
Gao Xinlin gritted his teeth. “I know who it is.”
“You just stay put, I…” Before his manager could finish, Gao Xinlin hung up.
After hanging up, he stormed out to find Jiang Su.
He hadn’t taken Jiang Su’s words seriously before, thinking he was just posturing.
He reached Jiang Su’s door and pounded on it loudly.
“Jiang Su, open the door!”
Xu Mocun opened the door. “Gao Xinlin?”
“Where’s Jiang Su? I’m looking for Jiang Su!” Gao Xinlin was furious and looked menacing.
Xu Mocun naturally wasn’t going to let him in. He blocked the doorway. “It’s late. Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”
But Jiang Su walked out at that moment. “What do you want?”
Jiang Su had been reading his script and had already changed into his pajamas, looking gentle and harmless.
Gao Xinlin yelled at him aggressively, “What kind of man are you, pulling dirty tricks behind my back to get my role replaced!”
“Dirty tricks behind your back?” Jiang Su felt that Gao Xinlin was slandering him. “I clearly informed you to your face that your role was gone.”
Xu Mocun: ??
So when Su Su went to find Gao Xinlin earlier, it was to inform him of this? He had thought Su Su was going to fight. As expected, Su Su still had a sense of proportion.
“You…” Gao Xinlin was so angered by Jiang Su’s calm and righteous demeanor that he was at a loss for words.
“Don’t you remember?” Jiang Su gave Gao Xinlin a cool look. “You can ask Tang Juanzi to help you recall.”
Gao Xinlin’s expression changed. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not familiar with Teacher Tang.”
Setting aside the fact that he was a former idol, his carefully crafted public image of focusing on his career and not dating meant he absolutely could not let his fooling around with Tang Juanzi be exposed.
Xu Mocun: (⊙o⊙)…
What had he missed? Tang Juanzi and Gao Xinlin… what??
“Let me tell you, Jiang Su, I debuted before you. I know this industry better than you do. It’s not that easy to replace me!” Gao Xinlin lifted his chin and threatened arrogantly, “And another thing…”
Bang!
Xu Mocun shoved Gao Xinlin out and slammed the door shut.
Gao Xinlin, rubbing his nose that had almost been hit by the door, went back with a livid face.
Investors only care about money. He was popular right now and had a good public image. He didn’t believe the investor would really listen to Jiang Su and replace him.
Xu Mocun, having kicked Gao Xinlin out, turned around with a snort. “Is there something wrong with Gao Xinlin?”
Debuted earlier? Knows the industry better? He was unbelievably arrogant.
Xu Mocun remarked with emotion, “But your fourth sister is really fast. She resolved the matter so quickly.”
Jiang Su gave Xu Mocun a deep look. “My fourth sister is busy tonight. She said she’ll handle it first thing tomorrow morning.”
“Then…” Xu Mocun swallowed the guess that was on the tip of his tongue. “Who was it?”
Jiang Su didn’t say anything, just picked up his script and went back to his room.
He leaned against the bed, holding the script, but his mind wandered, and he didn’t absorb a single word.
Giving up, he tossed the script aside, took out his phone, and opened WeChat to scroll through his feed.
As he scrolled, he came across a post Shen Xiumo had just made.
Shen Xiumo: “Tonight’s gala was interesting. [Image] [Image].”
He had posted two pictures. One was of the gala, and the other was a selfie.
Quite narcissistic.
As Jiang Su was about to continue scrolling, he noticed a familiar figure in the background of Shen Xiumo’s selfie.
He opened the picture and zoomed in, confirming that the familiar figure in the background was indeed Huo Qingyan.
Huo Qingyan would attend such a gala?
Well… that was good.
It meant that Huo Qingyan was moving on from his mother’s death. Life had to go on.
Jiang Su liked Shen Xiumo’s post.
The moment he liked it, Shen Xiumo sent him a message.
Shen Xiumo: “Hey! Jiang Su!”
Jiang Su: “?”
Shen Xiumo: “Guess who I saw at the gala tonight? [Cool]” followed by a yellow-faced emoji.
Jiang Su knew he was going to say Huo Qingyan.
After dealing with Gao Xinlin, even a shady businessman like Shen Xiumo seemed much more pleasant. So, he decided to play along.
Jiang Su: “Who?”
Shen Xiumo: “Huo Qingyan! I asked him why he came, and he said he came because I was here!! ((???))”
Jiang Su: “?”
Shen Xiumo: [You know Huo Qingyan so well, hurry up and help me analyze why he would say that?]
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