Chapter 451 People Want to Laugh When They're Speechless

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xuewei habitually checked Weibo again.

Since she acquired Tide Media and Xu Yue announced her comeback with the drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," checking Weibo has become a daily routine for her.

Yes, when I opened the entertainment trending topics, sure enough, I saw so-called insiders revealing dirt on Xu Yue.

The report claims that when Xu Yue was in high school, she didn't do well in her own studies and wouldn't let her friends do well in their exams.

During the most crucial time of his senior year of high school, he deliberately took his friends to various amusement parks, causing his friends, who could have been admitted to top universities like Tsinghua and Peking University, to end up only getting into ordinary universities.

When Shen Xuewei saw this trending topic, she immediately thought it was incredibly fake.

Although Xu Yue's highest level of education, as stated on Baidu Baike, is high school, she dropped out after finishing her second year of high school and never even completed her third year.

Moreover, back then, Luli No. 1 High School only had one Ren Qinan, who was able to get the scores of the two best universities in the country. Where could she find another promising talent? How could she not know?

Looking at the surname mentioned by the whistleblower, it seems the friend affected by Xu Yue has the surname Shen...

Shen Xuewei: ...? ? ?

When did she become a prospect for Peking University or Tsinghua University? How come she herself doesn't know?

Also, why do you say that Shenbei University is an ordinary university? She scored over 620 points in the liberal arts section of the college entrance examination to get in, okay?

People sometimes want to laugh when they're speechless.

Shen Xuewei looked at the trending topic and immediately took a screenshot and sent it to Xu Yue.

Xu Yue replied with a string of ellipses, followed by a rant.

Shen Xuewei: I'll ask Shen Zhiwei to take this trending topic down.

Shen Zhiwei is the CEO of Chaoxi Media, and he usually handles the company's affairs.

Xu Yue: Don't remove it. Removing it from the trending topics list costs money. Why waste that money?

Xu Yue: Let them post it if they want. They're just spending money to boost my popularity, I don't care at all. I guess it's because I got the female lead role in "The Return of the Crane" and they want to overshadow my role.

Xu Yue: Anyway, the role has already been decided and the contract has been signed. We don't need to pay attention to these trivial trending topics; it's a waste of money.

The movie she's preparing to shoot is about to begin filming.

However, she was just the second female lead, with few scenes, and filming only lasted about a month.

The drama "The Return of the Crane" will start filming in January next year. After finishing the movie, I will directly join the cast of this drama, which is a good time.

After several actresses auditioned, the investors and director were quite satisfied with her, and she was quickly cast as the lead actress.

It's quite a coincidence that Bai Yimo is competing with her for the same role again.

She knew who bought the trending topic.

Bai Yimo bought her negative trending topics, did she think Xu Yue didn't pay attention to her scandals?

Once Xu Yue uncovers her dirt, she'll definitely spend a fortune to get her to the top of the trending searches.

Everyone says that revenge only leads to more revenge, but Xu Yue didn't want that anymore. Since Bai Yimo wanted to be entangled with her, she would grant her wish.

Despite Tide Media's failure to address the trending topic, it didn't affect the official announcement of Xu Yue as the female lead in "Return of the Crane".

Everyone was busy at the end of the year. After a brief reunion, Shen Xuewei and Xu Yue met again on the set of "The Return of the Crane".

It was already January when "The Return of the Crane" began filming in Hengdian, Jinshi.

After attending the annual meeting of Chuangying Juli, Shen Xuewei finally had some free time.

Remembering Xu Yue who was filming in Hengdian, I chose a time to visit her on set.

The staff were all wrapped in thick coats, but a few actors were dressed in ancient costumes and recited their lines with great conviction in front of the camera.

Shen Xuewei was brought in by Xu Yue's agent, and they happened to capture a scene of Xu Yue wearing ancient costume, walking in a rainy night created by artificial rain, and making a resolute vow.

Following the direction Shen Xuewei was looking, Sister Ying showed concern for Xu Yue's health while also speaking well of Xu Yue in front of Shen Xuewei.

"Mr. Shen, my Xiaoyue is doing a great job on set. The director praises her several times a day, saying that she is serious and talented in acting, and that she can usually get it right in one take. Look, look, this scene was also done in one take."

"Xiaoyue is still very young, and she will definitely not stop here in the future. If the company has any good scripts, please take a look at my Xiaoyue."

As Sister Ying said this, she secretly observed the expression on Shen Xuewei's face.

Seeing that she had a gentle expression and showed no displeasure, he was more direct this time.

"President Shen, I heard that the company is preparing to produce three films this year..."

Shen Xuewei finally glanced at her and softly hummed in agreement.

Tide Media does indeed plan to film three dramas this year: one period drama with two male leads, one fantasy drama, and one modern romance drama.

The main cast for the period drama with two male leads has already been decided, with one of the male leads being Tan Jiashu, who recently signed with Tide Media.

Tan Jiashu is a professionally trained actor and has been acting for seven or eight years.

Approaching thirty, he remains lukewarm in popularity.

If you're lucky, you might get the lead role in some low-budget web dramas, but most of the time you'll get supporting roles.

He has had some breakout roles, and he's the handsome type, but the company doesn't provide him with many resources.

With the contract expiring, leaving is inevitable.

After comparing the various conditions, resources, and internal environment of several companies that extended offers to him, he ultimately chose Tide Media.

Firstly, apart from Xu Yue, a female artist who is extremely popular, Tide Media doesn't have any male artists that it can boast about.

Once he joined Tide Media, he was the first male artist to do so.

Secondly, the "meeting gift" promised by Tide Media includes a male lead role and a second male lead role.

He believes his acting skills are not bad, he just lacks luck and resources. He thinks that as long as he has the resources, he will make it big sooner or later.

Sure enough, less than a month after signing the contract, a film in which he was promised the male lead has already started production.

It is expected to be put into operation after the Chinese New Year.

This drama featuring two male leads is adapted from a novel, which is also quite well-known.

The total investment and budget for this drama was 50 million, and the actors and director used were not very famous.

However, Shen Xuewei believes that the rewards this drama will bring her will be no less than those from "Above the Thorns".

If a drama with two male leads has the right casting, good acting skills, and a good director's control over the plot, and the production team is also suitable, it is easy for it to become a top-tier hit.

The "CP-oriented" interactions in the drama can inspire fans' creative desires and meet the preferences of some young female audiences.

Even if it only gains popularity on a small scale, the benefits it will reap will be unprecedented.

To be honest, for this dual-male lead drama, the other male lead, Shen Xuewei, also wanted to cast one of her own artists.

However, unfortunately, their two male celebrities simply didn't fit the character descriptions.

The more suitable candidate is an artist from another company.

The company was just starting out, and Shen Xuewei didn't want to ruin its reputation. Even if the actors weren't from her company, she still had to give one of the male leads in the drama to them.

Besides this drama with two male leads being confirmed for filming, the other confirmed project is that fantasy drama.

As for what she will be filming, Shen Xuewei hasn't decided yet.

It's said that they're preparing to film three movies, but based on the current situation, the modern romance movie is probably not going to start until the end of the year, or maybe next year.

After confirming that the information she had heard was true, Sister Ying rubbed her wrists and said again:

"After filming 'The Return of the Crane,' Xiaoyue hasn't been cast yet. I heard that one of the three dramas the company is about to start production on has a female lead that's perfect for her. What do you think of this role…?"

Shen Xuewei looked at her, her gaze softening slightly.