CH 129

There’s no chance of Zang Xi Tong staying in the entertainment circle anymore.



Initially, if Luan Fei Yun didn't have a backup of the video, Nie Zhen'er might not be able to clean up her name in time. After all, none of the evidence was helping her. Even if someone else in the set speaks for her, Zang Xi Tong had the original video, meaning Nie Zhen'er has nothing to prove her innocence. Netizens only believe what they see. No matter what, Nie Zhen'er’s reputation will be seriously damaged and she definitely won’t be able to continue her pure and innocent facade that her company customized for her. Some of her recently signed endorsements will be affected as well.



While Zang Xi Tong will get a big wave of sympathy by virtue of this turmoil. Maybe she’ll even become viral for a time being.



Was Zang Xi Tong stupid? Of course not.



She just didn't expect Luan Fei Yun would help Nie Zhen'er in such a disregard of their past feelings, nor expect Luan Fei Yun to have the complete video’s backup. What was most unacceptable for her was that Ran Wei Dong didn't answer her call. Between Nie Zhen’er and her, this man chose to abandon her.



Therefore the situation reversed in an instant.



Zang Xi Tong was scolded and cursed until she was forced to retire from the circle. The few endorsements she had were also canceled and lawyer letters were sent asking her to compensate them for the damages her breach of contract caused. The house and car Ran Wei Dong gave her had not yet been transferred to her name. In that afternoon, Zang Xi Tong was driven out of the house by several brawny men as well as the car key being snatched away.



All the money Zang Xi Tong made in the entertainment industry these past few years has to be used to compensate for the liquidated damages. With only a few thousand dollars on her, she can only slink back to her hometown in despair.



When Luan Qing Xiao told Nie Zhen'er what had happened. Nie Zhen'er frowned, "That Zang Xi Tong is quite bad, while Ran Wei Dong is also rather disgusting too."



"Ran Wei Dong is a well-known Phoenix man in our circle. It’s just that there are fewer people who know about it now. He used to be only an impoverished laborer who came out of the mountains. Relying on his face, he seduced the daughter of Hai Chun, who was the CEO of Deep Sea Entertainment, and successfully married in. Once Hai Chun passed away, Ran Wei Dong tricked all his wife’s shares of the Deep Ocean Entertainment from her and used their child to threaten his wife to divorce without getting any assets. After the divorce, Ran Wei Dong immediately changed the company’s name to East Entertainment. This was more than ten years ago and I only heard about it because my mother brought him up to prevent me from thinking about marrying a Phoenix man. By now, almost no one talks about Ran Wei Dong’s previous affairs. The majority of women only see his wealthiness and generosity and act like moths to a fire, throwing themselves on him. Little do they know there’s no way a person who can treat his wife like this be truly generous to just a woman who he has s*x with."



"Ran Wei Dong likes to gift his women houses and luxury cars, but the word 'gift' isn’t as it seems. He gives it to you to live in and drive, however he won’t transfer the ownership to your name. After the breakup or the kept relationship, he just doesn’t take those things back, 'gifting’ them to you. In reality, all the luxury cars and apartments are still under his own name. This is his so-called generosity."



Nie Zhen'er hugged Luan Qing Xiao and whispered softly, "That's why I have to work hard and not be a "Phoenix woman" in the eyes of my mother-in-law."



"Baby, with you working so hard, you’ll definitely succeed." Luan Qing Xiao affirmed.



Once this turmoil was over, Nie Zhen’er’s reputation soared. Her Weibo fans directly rose to two million and her popularity with passers-by was simply too astounding. A reporter from Mao Chang interviewed on the streets and asked passers-by which celebrities they had the best impression of. Out of the one hundred people, there were forty who actually said Nie Zhen'er's name. You must know that even talented veteran stars with both excellent moral integrity in the early years were only named twenty times.



This was enough to see how likable Nie Zhen'er was in both her character and appearance.



Because of this video from Mao Chang, Nie Zhen'er's Weibo fans have increased by another million and still continue to grow every day.



Nie Zhen'er showed Luan Qing Xiao the script Cheng Tong and her chose. Luan Qing Xiao took the time to read it after her work, "The script is good. Has the director and male lead been decided yet?"



"The director is Xu Zhi Huan, and the male lead should be Wei Ting."



Luan Qing Xiao said, "Wei Ting won’t do. A few days ago, I happened to see him smoking weed in the middle of a huge crowd in a private room while socializing at a nightclub. He grew up in Country M, where things legal there aren’t legal here. If this is revealed, this series will definitely not be able to get broadcast."



"I'll immediately ask Tong jie to contact Director Xu to see if the male lead can be changed."



Nie Zhen'er called and told Cheng Tong what Luan Qing Xiao had told her. Cheng Tong then contacted Xu Zhi Huan. Since she wasn’t familiar with Xu Zhi Huan and had no evidence of Wei Ting’s deeds, it was impossible for her to just come up and tell Xu Zhi Huan that Wei Ting was doing drugs. She could only ask the director if the male lead could be replaced. However, Xu Zhi Huan scolded her with a bad attitude, "I originally wanted Nie Zhen'er to play the second female lead, but she just had to play the female lead. Fine, you’re popular and have good acting skills, so I swap out the female lead to keep you. Yet you still want to change the male lead now. I’m telling you I would rather change you, the female lead, than the male lead!"



After Cheng Tong hung up, she was so angry that she called her friends in the circle to ask about Wei Ting’s situation where she finally learned Wei Ting had brought funds into the film, meaning this drama couldn’t be made if he was replaced.



Cheng Tong directly told Nie Zhen'er, "Let's not film this drama. You obviously got the female lead role through your acting skills in the auditions, yet Xu Zhi Huan is actually holding this against you."



"The director didn't agree to change the male lead because he didn’t have a good impression of me?" She looked over Wei Ting's previous films, and his acting skills were quite mediocre.



"Wei Ting has connections and invested funds in the project. Fortunately, we haven't signed the contract yet."



Cheng Tong quickly relayed the information to Xu Zhi Huan about Nie Zhen'er's giving up on the female lead. When Xu Zhi Huan hung up, he ran to Weibo to contend that Nie Zhen'er was stuck-up.



@DirectorXuZhiHuan: Some actors just can’t figure out where North is the second they became popular. You look down on the second female lead. Fine, I let you take the female lead. Once you become the female lead, you start to look down on the male lead again. Is your face so big that you think you can just change out anyone you want? Sorry, but my temple is simply too small for you, this big Buddha. Today, I’m going to leave my words here! Even if I have to change the female lead, I’ll never change the male lead! I, Xu Zhi Huan, have lived this long and have yet to bow down to corrupted forces like you!



Since Xu Zhi Huan was known for his temperament and daringness to speak his mind, as soon as this Weibo was posted, countless fans immediately came to support him.



@YuNo.2: The key points are the female lead and had only just become popular.



@LiLiLi: Just by taking a blind guess, it probably is Nie Zhen'er. The hottest female star recently is her, plus she also had only just become popular.



@ASwiftFlyingCloud: That girl looks like a decent person ah. Why is she so troublesome, wanting to play the female lead one second then wanting to change the male lead another second.



@LittleQiQi: Ha, who doesn’t know that celebrities now all have a set persona. Previously with that matter between her and Zang Xi Tong, everyone thought she was an independent white lotus, not a wicked one. In the end, it only took a few days for the white lotus to become a black lotus. Even wanting to change the male lead? You wish! Our Director Xu is resolute and won't change!



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Once again, Nie Zhen'er entered the hot search for being snobbish.



Luan Qing Xiao clicked open Weibo and wrinkled her brows unpleasantly. She picked up her  phone and called Hong Ye Group’s Head of the Media Department.



"Chief Jin, don't publish the information I sent you yet. I’ll call you when to do it."



Although the cooperation between Nie Zhen'er and Xu Zhi Huan was over, Luan Qing Xiao didn’t want to cover up Wei Ting’s illegal behavior. After she discovered that Wei Ting was doing drugs, she had asked people to start collecting evidence. Yesterday, she just collected such complete evidence that’ll prevent Wei Ting from turning around the situation. She was ready to expose this news before Xu Zhi Huan’s crew started filming as her good deed of the day.



Then, Xu Zhi Huan actually connoted Nie Zhen'er on Weibo.



People bullying her wife is absolutely something he can’t tolerate.



Didn’t you rather change the female lead than the male lead? Okay, I’ll let you film!



Cheng Tong said to Nie Zhen'er, "Don't clarify this matter yet. After all, he didn't directly name you. In the meantime, I’ll find someone to help collect evidence of Wei Ting's activities. Once the time comes, the effect will be much better when we clarify it."



Nie Zhen'er had already learned of her plan from Luan Qing Xiao, so her mentality was very stable and wasn’t angry nor anxious at all. "Don't worry, Tong jie, I’ll just pretend I don't know about this."



"The most important thing is having a good mentality. Tong jie will immediately go find you a new script. Xu Zhi Huan isn’t the only director in the world!"



Because Nie Zhen'er did not respond on Weibo, the rumors intensified that even the crew personally exposed the story of how Nie Zhen'er was two-faced and some even began to suspect that Zang Xi Tong was innocent.



During such a controversial discussion, Xu Zhi Huan's TV series 《Cang Qing》 started filming.



Because Nie Zhen'er has just become popular, her fan base is quite unstable. Due to Xu Zhi Huan's incident, a large number of fans have unfanned and even begun bashing her. The directors of the few scripts that Cheng Tong was optimistic hinted they couldn't afford to use Nie Zhen'er.



Cheng Tong has been a manager for so many years and has seen big storms. This little thing didn’t concern her at all. The evidence she had people collecting against Wei Ting was almost done. Since Xu Zhi Huan had done so much harm to Nie Zhen'er, she had to make him pay the price.



Because she couldn't accept a suitable script, Cheng Tong simply gave Nie Zhen'er a month off, "After a month, we’ll see who will be laughing and who’ll be crying."



Nie Zhen'er's face was already recognized all over the streets and alleys. She couldn’t go out without being blocked by reporters, so she could only stay at home every day. When she had nothing to do, she would study cooking and post the cooking process as a video on her secondary Weibo account. As a result, this Weibo has accumulated 20k to 30k fans and some live broadcast companies want to sign her. Of course, Nie Zhen'er couldn’t agree.



Just when Nie Zhen'er thought she would be bored at home for a month, Cheng Tong brought her good news. Mao Chang has released a new variety show and hoped that she could participate in it.



"《Returning to My Garden》 is a variety show co-produced by Mao Chang and Hong Ye Film. I'm guessing them inviting you should be related to Luan Fei Yun. Remember to call and thank him later." When Cheng Tong finished speaking, she paused, " Luan Fei Yun kept another small celebrity. Don’t develop a relationship with him because of this little favor."



"Don't worry, Tong jie, I absolutely won’t like Luan Fei Yun." Her lover is Luan Qing Xiao, the best person in the world. Luan Fei Yun can't compare to Luan Qing Xiao at all.



In the afternoon, Luan Qing Xiao came back from get off work and said to Nie Zhen'er, "Tong jie should have already told you, 《Returning to My Garden》 invited you to be a permanent guest."



"I knew you were behind this." Nie Zhen'er embraced Luan Qing Xiao from behind, "Qing Xiao, why are you so good? I’m really falling for you more and more~"



【Ding! The female lead's trust value has risen to 60%! 】



【Host dada! ! ! ! Boohoohoo, I'm finally back! ! ! 】



Luan Qing Xiao: Where have you been this entire time?



【I was returned to the factory because my employer suddenly confessed that there aren’t any more compulsory plots in this world, so I was pitifully pulled away, ying ying ying~~】



Luan Qing Xiao: You mean, I don't have to do the remaining two compulsory plots?



【Yup~】



Luan Qing Xiao turned around to hug Nie Zhen'er. She lowered her head and kissed her red lips.



Nie Zhen'er was taken aback for a moment, but quickly gave in to the feeling Luan Qing Xiao bought. She tightly hugged Luan Qing Xiao back and the two of them deepened the kiss until they became more and more excited. In the end, they didn't even eat dinner.