Jian Ruoxi knew something was wrong, so she argued with the director, "Director, there are no female supporting characters in this scene. There is only a major scene between me and my co-star."
However, at this moment, the director had the female supporting character come out and exchange a few blows with his opponent, and she was lying on the ground injured.
The director made an excuse, saying, "Don't worry about these details, just make sure you've filmed enough scenes."
"And what about before that?"
"I was supposed to be the one unveiling the curtain and making my entrance, so why was she standing there like that? Besides, her makeup and clothes were better than mine."
The director gasped, "So what if I'm standing to the side? I'm not bothering you."
Jian Ruoxi grew increasingly angry, but she dared not offend the director, fearing that Hu Xuezhi would steal all her scenes.
Halfway through filming, Ran Jie also realized that something was wrong.
It was clearly the Lu family who invested in the project to promote Jian Ruoxi, so why is Hu Xuezhi's makeup more than twice as exquisite as Jian Ruoxi's, and why has she received praise from the director on multiple occasions?
Ran Jie ran to the film set and asked Jian Ruoxi, "What's going on lately? Why aren't the cameras pointing at you?"
"The director did it on purpose. Although Lu Shen funded my appearance, Hu Xuezhi appeared on screen more often than I did," Jian Ruoxi said indignantly.
Ran Jie felt sorry for Jian Ruoxi's ordeal.
He went to report this to Lu Shen: "Brother Lu, in the movie you invested in before, the female supporting character stole the show."
"The director isn't here? Letting the supporting actress steal the spotlight, what's the point?" Lu Shen frowned.
Ran Jie said, "It's highly likely that the company agreed, otherwise how could the director dare to do that?"
However, Hua Rui did secretly bribe the director to film more scenes featuring Hu Xuezhi, since the money was now being used by the Lu family and there was no need to worry about the cost.
When Lu Shen found out, he was furious and went to find the chairman of Huarui: "Chairman, it's been a long time."
The chairman made a casual remark: "Mr. Lu, what brings you to our company?"
Seeing that the other party was still planning to lie to him, Lu Shen said, "I heard that the movie I invested in wasn't very good."
"It's going well. The director gave me feedback on the progress yesterday." The chairman still didn't mention the scene-stealing incident.
Lu Shen's expression changed: "But I paid for it to promote Jian Ruoxi, so why is Hu Xuezhi trying to steal the spotlight?"
The chairman declined, saying, "We also need to follow the plot. The screenwriter and director also said that it's better to film it this way."
Lu Shen knew in his heart that it seemed the chairman of Huarui was not planning to tell him the truth.
Furthermore, he wanted to use the Lu family's resources on Jian Ruoxi to take the opportunity to bring Hu Xuezhi along.
Lu Shen was about to say something when he received a call from A-Jie: "Boss, Lu Huayu's company is still resisting."
"I have something to take care of here, I need to go and deal with it first." Lu Shen had no choice but to leave.
He returned to the company and issued orders.
"Take over all the business of the small companies under Chengfeng Group."
At this moment, Lu Huayu was secretly pleased, thinking that the Lu family was no match for him and could only snatch away the petty gains under his control. Little did he know that this was a full-scale siege against him by the Lu family.
Once a small business is lost, it means that the bottom of the industrial chain is broken. Although high-end companies have high-end products, they mainly rely on the bottom factory production chain to survive.
It wasn't until the production chain completely collapsed that Lu Huayu realized how ruthless Lu Shen's methods were.
Changfeng Group has been driven to the brink of bankruptcy by Lu Shen.
Lu Huayu was already arrogant and thought he could turn the tables with this victory, which made him angrier the more he thought about it.
When he got home, the first thing he looked at was Li Anran, who was lying at home doing nothing.
Li Anran was watching the news on her phone with background music playing on the TV. A nameless anger surged within Lu Huayu. "You just lie around at home all day, and you don't even know how to tidy up your things?"
Before she could react, Lu Huayu continued his rage: "Look how dirty this table is!"
After saying that, he grabbed a plastic bottle and smashed it on the ground, making a crisp ping-pong sound.
"Are you crazy, Lu Huayu?" Li Anran sat up abruptly.
But she was met with a complaint from the other party: "I keep you in my room, feed you, and give you water, and what have you done for me in return?"
Li Anran realized that Lu Huayu was starting to dislike her, so she shifted the blame onto Lu Huayu: "You were the one who insisted on saving me in the first place, and now you think I'm a burden?"
Lu Huayu felt remorseful when he talked about this.
He felt his life was ruined. As Lu Jianming's adopted son, Chengfeng Group was bound to fall into his hands sooner or later.
Now that Lu Jianming hastily ended things and created enmity with Lu Shen, Chengfeng Group has no chance of turning things around.
After all, without the help of capital, he could hardly make any progress on his own.
Previously, Lu Jianming also controlled the underworld and did a lot of dirty work behind the scenes, but this was also the biggest source of profit, which enabled the company to continue to expand and operate.
Now that all these criminal gangs have been exposed by Lu Shen and handed over to the police, they have all been taken back. Lu Huayu alone cannot shoulder such a heavy burden; he doesn't have the ability or the intelligence to do so.
Seeing Lu Huayu's ashen face, Li Anran had no choice but to step forward and hug him, first comforting him: "Huayu, I know you've been quite busy lately, and I'm also trying to find a way to solve the company's problems through friends."
Lu Huayu calmed down a bit, but more and more company documents were piling up on his desk like small mountains.
Whenever Lu Huayu entered the company, he could hear people whispering among themselves, "Is our company going to go bankrupt?"
"I heard that the boss, Lu Jianming, has been hospitalized and is now being cared for by his son."
"Isn't the Lu family trying to steal our business? We should run if we can."
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