Chapter 124

After reading the statement carefully, Bai Gaoxing was shocked by the crew's decisiveness.

The general meaning of the statement is very simple: the crew decided to replace the actor who played "Blake", and because the actor Park Jiahui was the party at fault, the contract was terminated and no penalty would be paid.

From a small perspective, it's just a loss of time and salary, which doesn't seem to be a big deal.

But it would be too simplistic to think so.

What Frank once said, "It won't die too ugly", is precisely about the aspect of "whether to announce it".

Any actor has to stand the scrutiny of the public, and whether he has a good reputation or not is related to whether he can have a bright and smooth career.

After all, capital also needs to scrutinize the stars it chooses to represent it.

Apparently, Park Ka Fai's career was over.

The crew's announcement specifically mentioned the three words "Pu Jiahui" without showing any mercy.

Bai Gaoxing knew that someone had posted a picture of Li Pu's half body covered in blood on the set online. Although it was quickly clarified that it was a blood bag and the picture was deleted, the impact of the photo was too strong. In addition, there must be many people who did not see the clarification, and their impression of the heinousness of Park Jiahui's actions would probably be further enhanced.

By now, the internet must be going crazy.

Bai Gaoxing read the statement quietly for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.

I just don’t know what happened in the middle. I’ll wait for Li Pho to come back and ask him… Wait, where is Li Pho? ?

Bai Gaoxing looked towards the door of the room which had been silent for a long time, and looked confused at the tableware on the table.

They just said they were going to open a blind dinner box live for their fans!

…

Just as Bai Gaoxing thought, at this moment, the Internet was already in an uproar over this matter.

"Shit, am I seeing this right?"

"Was it really Park Jiahui who did this? Isn't he a nice guy?"

Many netizens were stunned. The day before, they were still lamenting that Park Jiahui was unlucky and got injured, but today they received such a shocking message! ? ?

"Wait, is this true? Why do I feel it's so unbelievable? Is it hype?"

"My brother wouldn't be like that! Can you Li Pho fans stop making random accusations against others?"

"It's so funny. This is a Weibo post from Director Frank himself. You must know Frank's status in the F country film industry, right? Would he be so idle as to label your unknown actor? He's afraid of dirtying his hands."

A worse chain reaction ensued:

"How disgusting! You are so good at pretending. You really are an actor."

"Teacher Li's injury is so scary. Does he know that this could result in a death?"

"I'm really scared when I think about it. Those rumors on the Internet can't be true? They say that Pu bullies newcomers with potential. I used to think they were deliberately smearing Pu, but it seems that they are not groundless."

"Why is this trending search ranking dropping? Is Pao Hui here to save their prince again?"

As #Statement from the crew of "Casino City"# became a hot topic, #Li Pu live broadcast# also came to the fore with even greater momentum.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh sisters, stop reading these cold words, there's a live broadcast of the scene over there with audio!"

With a whoosh, everyone moved their positions.

Li Pu's Xinghuo live broadcast room has not been opened for a long time. When I went in, I saw that there were tens of thousands of online viewers!

[What's going on? Can anyone explain this to the newcomers? ]

[Stop, stop, stop, stop talking! I can’t hear you clearly! ]

[Let me tell you! Teacher Li originally said that he would live stream the lecture for us today, but he was suddenly called out by Pu halfway through. Damn! He was directly present to reveal the truth! ]

【Ahhhhhhhh Teacher Li, hit him! (I’m pointing at his face) (The mental kind)】

It was a dark live broadcast room with no images.

However, the number of viewers kept increasing, surpassing the number one hot show tonight, leaving the original number one host confused.

There are still messages left by people who arrived earlier on the bullet screen.

【Oh my god, so hypocritical. 】

[Hehehe, let's chat before we go? Are you showing off? Let's ridicule you! ]

[I remember that Park had 'chatted' with several newcomers before, but they left after the chat.]

[Wocwocwoc, the entertainment industry is really complicated. Does Teacher Li know something? ]

[What the hell, evidence! He actually wants evidence? I can almost see his smug face! I didn’t quite believe it before, but when he said this, my heart immediately turned dark!]

There was a rustling sound, and then it became clearer.

"Recording? That's no use."

"No, what you said is already in the past tense." Li Pu's voice softened, "What I am looking at now is how the crew treated you."

"What did you say!?"

There was the sound of chaotic footsteps, and the phone seemed to be taken by another person. "What is this..."

"The crew discovered that it was you who switched the props—a while ago."

"Ha... what do you think you can do to me like this?" After a silence, Park Jiahui sneered, "This kind of thing will be forgotten in a few days, and people can just look away later. Oh, yes, I forgot that Mr. Lai never cares about these things and has no experience."

The footsteps were getting closer. "Besides, even if you recorded what happened today, it would be useless. With today's technology, it's not a problem to synthesize some audio. And for you, fabricating the video or secretly filming it, which consequence is more serious?"

【Ahhhhhh Teacher Li, please ensure your own safety first! 】

[Help! Is that madman Park going to attack Teacher Li again? Teacher Li’s hand is still injured!!!]

There was a "bang" sound, and the sound gradually became blurred. There was a crackling sound, and Park Jiahui's voice came again: "Just destroy all the evidence."

Li Pho: "I know, but... this is a live broadcast."

“Beep!”

In a corner of the hotel, Li Pu lowered his eyes and looked at his broken cell phone. "What a pity. It's too late."

Park Jiahui looked at Li Pu suspiciously, as if he didn't believe he would do this. "You lied to me?"

"I'm not in the mood." Li Pu raised his eyebrows. "You can check to see if I'm lying to you."

Park Jiahui glanced at him, took out his phone, and a trace of panic flashed across his narrowed eyes. This couldn't be true. He was going to step on Li Pho hard. He absolutely couldn't make a mistake at this time.

"I've been looking for you for a long time, Li." Darren wiped his sweaty hair, and his worry turned into a smile after seeing Li Pu, "You really dare to stay with him."

The young man with brown hair and green eyes knocked on the wall. "Frank's personal legal team asks you to terminate the contract, Pu Jia Hui."

…

Bai Gaoxing never expected that he would see Park Jiahui's assistant in Director Frank's office.

The tall and thin young man with black hair and black eyes took off his glasses, looking tired.

When he saw him, the other person's eyes lit up, then quickly dimmed.

"I'm sorry," the assistant said, "I don't know what to say. I just know that I can't make any more mistakes."

"I'm glad to have the evidence you provided, but we caught you before you came." Frank smiled, "Some details are handled perfectly, but because they are too perfect, they can't help but make people suspicious. As for saying those words... I just wanted to lie. Sometimes my screenwriter likes to stir up trouble."

The bearded man spread his hands and said, "It looks like the effect is pretty good."

On the table was a prop knife and a cell phone, both in sealed bags.

"Bai, you're here." Frank waved his hand. "That's great. You didn't ask to quit the show at that time. Otherwise, I really don't know where to find another Noah."

Bai Gaoxing had already guessed the truth from the conversation between the two. "So it was really Pu Jiahui who did it?" He was very calm. "Did he instruct you, or was he an accomplice?"

In the following time, he listened to the assistant explain how he replaced the real knife with the fake one and how he erased the evidence.

"We checked all the surveillance footage of people who had been to the prop room, checked the time points one by one, and then screened out the suspicious people." Frank explained simply, "No one except those who filmed that scene that day had any problems, proving that the person who changed the props was among the four people who filmed it."

What kind of a labor-intensive method of elimination is this... Bai Gaoxing twitched his lips. No wonder it took so much time. The ceiling of the entire casino was almost covered with cameras. This was to carefully and carefully control every corner. In addition, the special nature of this occasion meant that it took a lot of effort just to negotiate and mobilize surveillance.

"And... 'The thief cries thief', this sentence of Pu gave me a lot of inspiration." Frank narrowed his eyes, "I specifically looked up the meaning of this sentence, and I'm still confused after looking it up. Could it be that he wants to be an open and aboveboard murderer?"

No, he meant that Li Pu stabbed himself. Bai Gaoxing secretly complained.

Frank continued, "The assistant had clearly been in the room, but his fingerprints were the only thing missing from the suitcase. This was suspicious in itself, but what was even more interesting was that a waiter said he had helped the assistant pick up a knife. I showed the waiter the knife, and it matched."

He knocked on the table and said, "I originally wanted to make a formal announcement tomorrow, but I didn't expect to get an unexpected reward tonight."

Frank changed the subject and asked, "Bai, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Gaoxing quickly said, "Li Pu suddenly disappeared! I thought he came to look for you."

The atmosphere on the set was very good. Actors were often seen gathering around Frank to discuss the plot. Li Phou would occasionally go, but today's time was a bit too weird.

"We're getting ready for dinner."

As soon as he finished speaking, Darren's voice came from outside the door: "No need to look for him~" The young man opened the door and motioned Bai Gaoxing to look at the man next to him, "He's here."

…

It was already a pleasant surprise that Pu Jiahui was caught, but it was even more unexpected that someone around him suddenly turned against him, adding another witness to the incident.

The assistant even saved the recordings, chats and call records, recording Park Jiahui's plan from beginning to end.

"But why did he suddenly want to stand up?" On the way back, Bai Gaoxing was a little confused. As for the assistant, he always remembered that he followed Park Jiahui and was timid and seemed to be afraid of Park Jiahui.

The relationship doesn't look very good.

"Maybe he suddenly felt guilty," Mei Youshu said. "Working under that kind of person is too stressful. I remember when I met him two years ago, he was scolded by Park Jiahui and sat in a corner. He was in a very bad mood. I was afraid he would collapse."

He smiled and said, "I remember Brother Li gave him a bottle of water and comforted him, right?"

Li Pu recalled it for a moment and shook his head, "I have no recollection."

"Really..." Bai Gaoxing saw the dining cart at the door of the room from a distance and suddenly grabbed Li Pu's arm, "Oh no, the food must be cold! And our live broadcast!"

…

At the dinner table, after listening to Li Pho's thrilling "conversation", Bai Gaoxing used his mobile phone to log into Li Pho's Xinghuo account.

"I must make him compensate you for the phone..." Bai Gaoxing muttered, placing the phone on the table and pointing the camera at himself.

Almost immediately, a dense screen of bullets came into view.

【Ahhhhhhhhhh Teacher Li, are you okay? 】

[Do you need help? Is there anyone nearby who can call the police?! ]

[I am so anxious, so anxious, so anxious]

Although only half an hour had passed since Li Pu's phone was dropped, it felt like an eternity to his fans.

[Yeah? Can I see the picture? ]

【Xiaobai, Xiaobai, Xiaobai! Wow, was Teacher Xiaobai here just now? 】

[I feel relieved to see that Teacher Li is fine~]

[Hehehehehe, will the eating show continue tonight? 】

Bai Gaoxing responded to everyone's concerns and said helplessly, "I can only use my phone to live stream tonight. I didn't expect such a big thing to happen... I was just about to start eating, and in the blink of an eye, Teacher Li disappeared."

[Xiaobai, did you see what Teacher Li did just now? It was so exciting! No, it’s safer for you not to go there. ]

[I never thought that Mou Pu was this kind of person. I actually thought he was pretty good before. Bah! Bah! Bah!] ⑩This ⑩work ⑩is ⑩created by ⑩

[Is he crazy to steal the phone? I really want to see how Popeye Entertainment reacts. The evidence is solid, let's see how they can clean up the mess.]

[I guess Bubble Fever really knows how to wash in various ways. They are very good at it...]

As soon as this topic came up, everyone started cursing Pu Jiahui, and a large number of people were blocked from posting asterisks.

Bai Gaoxing was shocked by this scene. The effect of the crew's statement was too powerful. Coupled with the live broadcast that happened by accident, Park Jiahui's true face has now been exposed in front of the public. His reputation has plummeted to the bottom and there is probably no way to recover.

But if this continues, Li Pho's account will be in danger of being blocked! Bai Gaoxing tried to change the subject: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's eat first! Let's see what the hotel sent today..."

The white-haired boy in the camera looked so adorable in a hurry, and fans were sympathetic, saying, "Okay, okay! It's so late, you guys should eat quickly."

[Please feed poor Teacher Li, oooo (I definitely don’t want to see a live version of feeding)]

Indeed, it would be a bit too much if he just ate it all by himself.

Bai Gaoxing glanced at Li Pu. The man was sitting quietly at the table, trying to pick up the chopsticks with his left hand. Perhaps because he had never used his left hand to hold a meal, his movements were a little clumsy, and the look he gave Li Pu in return was a little innocent.

"..." Bai Gaoxing gritted his teeth and picked up the spoon, scooping up a spoonful of soup.

【Ah ...

Bai Gaoxing turned the phone so that the lens was facing the wall, forcing himself to focus on the spoon. The hand he held out was a little trembling, but when it was about to reach Li Pho's lips, he suddenly stopped and said, "You'd better eat it yourself!"

If chopsticks don’t work, a spoon will always work!

Li Pho picked up the spoon calmly, with a hint of regret in his eyes.

Bai Gaoxing thought he had seen it wrong and looked at him suspiciously for a few times. Then after getting his phone back, he saw even more shocking news.

【!!! Star Entertainment sent a lawyer's letter to Paohui! What the hell is this? There's also a joint letter? ?】

Bai Gaoxing went to Weibo and clicked on the trending searches. At the top of the search list, he saw a document stating that Star Entertainment officially stated that it would hold Park Jiahui accountable for the relevant legal responsibilities.

There was also a joint letter with several names he had never seen before, but everyone in the comment section was very excited about these names, as if they were minor celebrities who had been popular for a while.

It looks like things won't be over any time soon.

…

"You've made yourself so miserable after not seeing each other for a while?" Lei Li looked at the two people in front of her helplessly, and finally stopped her gaze on Li Pu with a bandage on his hand.

"……It's OK."

"It's all right." Lei Li laughed angrily, because she rushed over right after finishing her work at the company. But she was right, "Yes, I may have disturbed you."

Li Piao: “…”

Bai Gaoxing looked at Lei Li and then at Li Pu, and he felt that the two were talking in a mysterious way.

Lei Li quickly got back to business.

"Pak Jiahui has done so many messy things in the past that are now being uncovered one by one. Pao Hui is ready to give up on bailing him out. As long as the evidence is solid, it's only a matter of time before he goes to jail."

"Did you go find the people he had oppressed?" Li Pu asked.

"It's not like they were looking for him. Those people wanted to sue him a few years ago. The evidence was handed over to your brother Feng, but they withdrew the case in the middle." Lei Li said, "I guess it was Pao Hui who did it."

She paused, "Now that Park Jiahui's affair has been exposed, those people have recalled their past grudges.

We can’t just let him off so easily and take this opportunity to make a big fuss.”

Bai Gaoxing felt the horror of the entertainment industry for the first time: "..." No wonder Lei Li asked her to stay away from Pu Jiahui before.

He lowered his head to look at the lawyer's letter again and read it out unconsciously, "Lawyer Fengxing..."

"He's the legal advisor of Star Entertainment." Lei Li raised her lips slightly, "He's also my husband."

Bai Gaoxing: “!!!”

Because of this incident, Star Entertainment became even busier, so Lei Li only stayed in Las Vegas for one day before preparing to go back.

Bai Gaoxing and Li Pu sent her to the airport. Before they set off, Lei Li suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked with a smile, "It's almost the New Year, are you going back?"