Qingyou was not surprised by Director Xu's choice.

"I'll bring my lawyer to sign the contract in a couple of days. I'll pay the production team 50 million upfront, and the remaining 50 million after we start filming!"

It would be pointless for him to go and audition for a role with Yi Yunfei.

If you have money, why not just become a sugar daddy? The goal is to achieve unparalleled dominance.

If Yi Yunfei finds out about this, she'll be furious and incredibly jealous.

Director Xu smiled and said, "No problem!"

After hanging up the phone, he looked up at Yi Yunfei, who was about to start her audition.

He was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "I'm really sorry, we've already cast the female lead, but we still have a third female lead role to choose from. Would you like to give this a try?"

Yi Yunfei's expression changed upon hearing this. "Director Xu, you just asked me to audition for the lead actress."

Director Xu smiled and said, "I just made a phone call to confirm the female lead."

Yi Yunfei had a bad feeling. "May I ask who you've chosen?"

She was curious to know who had such a big budget, investing 100 million yuan directly for the female lead.

Of course, the main reason for this is anger that someone else beat them to it when they became a breakout star.

Director Xu looked at Yi Yunfei with a strange expression. "It's Ji Qingyou."

Since they're going to make it official anyway, and they'll still be good friends, and Yi Yunfei will find out about it eventually, he didn't try to hide it.

Yi Yunfei stared wide-eyed, looking incredulous. "How is this possible?"

Director Xu was a little unhappy when he heard her question, "Why is it impossible? Ji Qingyou has good acting skills, and her appearance and temperament are very suitable for this role, so she is well-deserved to be the female lead."

Aren't they best friends? They don't seem like it at all.

Yi Yunfei: "..." Just now, Director Xu was angry and disgusted because Ji Qingyou broke her promise, but now his attitude has changed really quickly.

Her mind was in turmoil, as if something had slipped out of her control.

She forced a smile. "I'm not questioning Director Xu. I just didn't expect it to be Qingyou who called you."

She still found it hard to believe, and she was even more puzzled as to why Ji Qingyou would suddenly do such a thing.

Director Xu didn't explain, "So, do you want to audition for other roles?"

Yi Yunfei felt embarrassed when she heard this. Ji Qingyou was undoubtedly worthy of playing the female lead, but she could only play the third female lead.

She suppressed her anger, her smile almost crumbling. "I wasn't prepared for the audition for the third female lead, so let's just forget about it."

Director Xu smiled and said, "Then we'll have the opportunity to work together again in the future."

Yi Yunfei could only force a smile, "Although it's a bit of a pity, I hope to be able to work with Director Xu in the future."

If she hadn't known that this fantasy drama would become a huge hit and that Director Xu's status would rise even higher, she wouldn't have dared to offend him, otherwise she would have been ready to curse him out.

After saying goodbye to Director Xu and returning to the van, Yi Yunfei's face darkened.

The assistant looked at her cautiously and said, "Sister Fei, Ji Qingyou posted a response on Weibo when you went to the audition."

Yi Yunfei took out her phone and looked at it, her expression changing again.

They knew that Ji Qingyou was very reluctant to look at Weibo and wouldn't know about being trending and attacked, which is why they dared to scheme so blatantly.

Who knew that not only did the other party discover it, but they also retaliated on Weibo.

That investment taking away the role must have been intentional.

She looked at the comments on Weibo and saw that many fans were asking if it was true, and quite a few people were questioning and calling her a "green tea" (a manipulative woman).

She panicked and didn't know what to do, so she immediately called her mother.

When Lu Qiongying heard her daughter calling, she assumed she was excited to announce that she had landed the lead role. "You succeeded?"

Yi Yunfei no longer suppressed her anger. "It didn't work. That bitch Ji Qingyou stole it from me."

Lu Qiongying was stunned. "What's going on?"

Yi Yunfei then recounted how Qingyou called Director Xu, invested 100 million yuan to get the lead role, and how she posted on Weibo.

After hearing this, Lu Qiongying couldn't help but show an expression of disbelief, "How could this be?"

Then came the pain of losing money. She had long considered the Ji family's assets as her own, and that brat had actually thrown away 100 million without even asking her. It infuriated her.

Then she realized and said, "No wonder she gave me the cold shoulder at the hospital; it turns out it was because she found out about the trending topic."

Yi Yunfei's face was extremely pale. "Mom, what should we do now? That's a wildly popular role, and I don't want to lose it."

Ji Qingyou went too far. She did this without even telling them, and posted that Weibo post criticizing her. Wasn't she deliberately trying to embarrass her?

The crucial thing is that they lost that wildly popular role, and they also lost 100 million yuan. She couldn't help but feel like going crazy.

Lu Qiongying took a deep breath and quickly calmed down. "Don't rush. Now we need to continue to win her over. As long as she's not angry, we'll hint that she'll give you the role voluntarily."

That's what they've done before.

Yi Yunfei nodded. "Mm."

At worst, she'll just spend a little more time coaxing Ji Qingyou this time.

Then, she confidently added, "If all else fails, I still have Jiang You as my trump card. I can ask Ji Qingyou to get it for me; there's absolutely no problem."

Lu Qiongying nodded, "That is indeed a way out."

"I guess she might have accidentally discovered that she was being attacked online, and then she saw your Weibo post without explaining what happened last night, so she got angry."

"I'll call Ji Qingyou first to try and calm her down. You come to me, and I'll take you to the hospital to apologize to her."

Yi Yunfei thought for a moment, then said, "Okay."

Her mother was the most experienced in figuring out how to manipulate and deceive Ji Qingyou.

Lu Qiongying quickly dialed Qingyou's number, but no one answered.

Then I tried a few more, and they were all the same.

When Yi Yunfei arrived, the two went to the hospital first, only to find that Qingyou had already left. Then they went to the Ji family's house.

This time, Qingyou did not return to the Ji family, but went to an apartment under the original owner's name that she occasionally stayed in.

Once home, she opened her laptop and studied it for a while, quickly mastering the network technology there.

In her original world, she was a recognized super genius, an expert in several fields, and a top hacker.

The technology and internet of this world are far behind those of her world.

She first hacked into the security camera footage from the restaurant where she ate the previous night and took screenshots of a group of people leaving the restaurant.

They hacked a troll account and posted it online to completely whitewash the whole "under-the-table deals" thing about stealing roles.

Then, they also attacked several of the most influential online troll accounts that were stirring up trouble and attacking her on Weibo. They then traced these accounts to find chat and transfer records showing that Lu Qiongying had used alternate accounts to have them attack the original owner of the body.

It wasn't the best time to release these things, so she saved them in her email.

Then I called to cancel the supplementary card in Yi Yunfei's possession and saved a screenshot of the supplementary card's spending records for the past year.

When Yi Yunfei and her daughter returned to the Ji family home, they found that Ji Qingyou had not returned, and they couldn't help but keep calling her.

At first, they just didn't answer, but when I called back, it said they were out of service and I'd been blocked.

The two then switched to WeChat to send messages and make video calls. At first, the calls went through but no one answered. Soon after, the message "Message sent, but rejected by the other party" appeared.