Chapter 10: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime
If Wen Ci received this text message five years ago, she would be so happy and excited that she would cry!
But at this moment, Wen Ci lowered her eyes, and her eyelashes only trembled slightly.
She typed back: "Uncle, I'm sorry. I was ignorant and said something without restraint. Please don't be angry. You are not only Yiyi's uncle, but you also took good care of me after my parents passed away. We are not related by blood, but we are more like family."
[In my heart, you will always be the uncle I respect and appreciate the most.]
At this time, the master bedroom on the second floor of Yu Shui Wan Villa was dark and silent.
Before going to bed, Xie Peizhou took the sleeping pills prescribed by Lu Bingchen. Under the effect of the medicine, he gradually fell asleep.
Suddenly, there was a "hiss, hiss" sound, and the screen of the mobile phone on the bedside table lit up and vibrated slightly.
Xie Peizhou's tightly closed eyes opened instantly and he reached out to touch his cell phone.
The sender is "Wen Ci".
The cold white fluorescence of the mobile phone screen reflected on the man's well-defined face.
As time passed, Xie Peizhou's dark eyes gradually changed from excitement to sadness.
Haha… He laughed bitterly at himself.
Although we are not related by blood, he is more like a family member to me. I will always respect and be grateful to my uncle the most.
The familiar feeling of ants biting my chest came again.
Five years ago, he asked Wen Ci to do everything, and now she has really done it all.
"Snap!" A small flame lit up from the lighter.
The nicotine that entered his lungs did not bring him any relief, but instead made him feel the dull pain in his chest even more clearly.
After an unknown amount of time, Xie Peizhou closed his eyes and took a breath.
My chest felt suffocated.
Does Wen Ci really not like him at all anymore?
What on earth has she been through in these five years?
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Wen Ci slept well all night.
After obtaining investment, Wen Ci quickly began the early preparations for the filming of the movie "A Girl's Heart".
She has a small core team for filming abroad. Together with the staff introduced by investors and new employees recruited in recent days, the early preparations for filming quickly got on track.
As the chief director of the project, Wen Ci is very busy meeting with the producer team, screenwriter team, DP photographer team, art director and editing team every day.
But she doesn't feel tired. Instead, she is full of energy and vitality every day.
Originally, some colleagues thought Wen Ci was young and were pessimistic about her career, but within a few days they were completely impressed by her professionalism and respectfully called her "Director Wen."
One day.
Wen Ci and her colleagues from the art team had just returned from a site visit. Before they even reached the studio, they heard someone yelling from the main office, "Where's the director? We want your director to come out right now!"
Wen Ci frowned slightly. This arrogant tone sounded ill-intentioned.
She strode in.
In the lounge area of the large office, there were two women with their backs to her, like a master and a servant.
The host sat elegantly on the chair, with fair skin and dressed in Chanel. She looked at her assistant with a cold and arrogant look as she pointed at the project's deputy director with her hands on her hips and cursed: "Call your director out. You are so blind that you dare to eliminate our sister Wei Ran. I think you are blind. Go to the ophthalmologist to see if you have glaucoma!"
The assistant director was a thin girl. The assistant started to curse and even tried to push her.
Wen Ci's face darkened, "Stop!"
For a moment, everyone turned around and their eyes fell on Wen Ci's face.
"It's Director Wen, Director Wen is back!"
"Sister Weiran..."
The assistant was frightened by the frosty look on Wen Ci's face and subconsciously looked at the woman sitting on the chair.
"You are the director of 'Girl's Heart', and you are so young and beautiful?"
Song Weiran pushed the sunglasses on her nose, a little surprised.
I didn’t expect that this little-known director is so young and beautiful.
She stood up, walked in front of Wen Ci with a sense of superiority, and smiled with her red lips: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Song Weiran, and I'm here to audition for the female lead in "A Girl's Heart."
Wen Ci frowned slightly. The style of the person in front of her did not meet the standards of the leading female role in her script at all.
Song Weiran paused and said arrogantly: "I heard that Director Wen just returned to Beijing from abroad. He may not have heard of my name, but he must know the names of Song Wanqing and Xie Peizhou, right? Song Wanqing is my biological sister, and Xie Peizhou is my sister's boyfriend, my future brother-in-law."
When Wen Ci heard Song Wanqing's name, her eyes turned colder. When she heard Xie Peizhou was her future brother-in-law, her breathing suddenly tightened, and her heart felt like it had been bitten by a venomous snake, a faint discomfort spreading throughout her.
At this time, the assistant director walked up to her and said apologetically and hurriedly, "Director Wen, I didn't pay attention to Miss Song's background information, so after one round..."
Song Weiran raised her chin and said with a cold smile: "It's okay, I'm willing to give you another chance, but the script of "Girl's Heart" needs to be revised and changed into a style tailored for me..."
"Miss Song, we don't want this opportunity."
Song Weiran was stunned for a moment, and took off her sunglasses in disbelief, "You, a small-time director, dare to reject me?!"
Wen Ci gestured for her to leave, her tone neither humble nor arrogant, "Yes, our assistant director did the right thing. You don't meet our selection criteria for the heroine. Now, please leave."
Song Weiran glared at Wen Ci angrily, "Are you crazy? How dare you chase me away? Believe it or not, I will completely disband your team tomorrow!"
Song Weiran originally came here today to cause trouble and save face.
A few days ago, her agent handed her this script, saying that although it was from an unknown director, the content was brilliant and had the potential to be a hit. Furthermore, the director was new, and with her background and skills, she would definitely be chosen, and the entire crew would listen to her, so she went for the audition.
But unexpectedly, she was rejected after the first round of interviews!
Today, after learning about her relationship with Xie Peizhou, not only did he not apologize to her respectfully, but he also wanted to drive her away?
Song Weiran was determined to teach this ignorant woman a lesson, so she raised her hand and slapped Wen Ci!
With a "pop" sound.
Everyone in the large office gasped.
Everyone saw Wen Ci firmly grabbing Song Weiran's falling wrist with one hand and raising the other hand.
There was a crisp sound of slapping.
Then, they saw a red slap mark on Song Weiran's crooked left cheek...
When they looked at Wen Ci again, their eyes seemed to be: Director Wen is awesome...
Wen Ci sneered. She never caused trouble, but she was never afraid of trouble.
"I hate it most when people call me crazy! You want to use Song Wanqing to pressure me? I've even beaten Song Wanqing, let alone you?"
"Get out of my territory!"
"Ah!" Song Weiran subconsciously dodged backwards, fearing that Wen Ci would slap her again.
As he stepped out of the studio door, he turned around and glared at Wen Ci fiercely, "You're done! You'll never be able to successfully film and release "A Girl's Heart" in this lifetime!"
"Director Wen, what should we do? You've offended the sister-in-law of Xie Peizhou, the president of Xie Corporation..."
"A few days ago, I saw news about Mr. Xie and Song Wanqing rekindling their old love and having a one-night stand at the club. If Mr. Xie really wants to vent his anger on Song Weiran, we're going to suffer..."
The employees said nervously.
In Beijing, Xie Peizhou is the top boss of the business circle. It would be easier for him to crush their team than to crush an ant.
Wen Ci took a breath. These words were like tiny silver needles dipped in sulfuric acid, piercing her heart one by one.
A sour, non-lethal corrosive feeling.
She raised her voice to reassure everyone, "Everyone, focus on your own work. I guarantee that 'Girl's Heart' will be filmed and released as normal, and we will reap rich rewards."
"Even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up. Just work hard!"
Seeing the confident and bright smile on Wen Ci's face, their panic gradually faded away and they returned to their jobs one after another.
Wen Ci turned around and walked calmly into the "director's office".
The moment the office door closed, Wen Ci leaned her back against the cold door, closed her eyes tiredly, and couldn't help but slide down a few inches.
The scenes of Song Wanqing pretending to be gentle, virtuous and innocent in front of Xie Peizhou, and slandering and framing her behind her back, five years ago came to her mind again.
Every time, Xie Peizhou would punish her.
Sometimes I would hit her palms with a ruler, sometimes I would punish her by making her face the wall and write a letter of apology. There were all kinds of small punishments and big warnings.
But every time after punishing her, she would be forced to bow her head and apologize to Song Wanqing.
Wen Ci empathized with herself five years ago, and her heart felt aching.
She knew that Song Wanqing would not miss this opportunity to bully her.
But "A Girl's Heart" is a movie script that she has worked hard to polish, and she will not let anyone ruin it.
If Xie Peizhou really wanted to vent his anger on behalf of Song Wanqing and her sister...
Wen Ci took a breath and dug her nails deep into her palms.
She just accepted the punishment.
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All day.
Although the studio appears calm on the surface, everyone is still very worried privately, and the working atmosphere is somewhat tense.
When it was almost time to get off work, Wen Ci's assistant Xiao Liu rushed into the office with a pale face.
"Director Wen, this is bad! President Xie is here to avenge Song Weiran!"
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