Chapter 93
Fu Yongzhi was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard it wrongly, and asked: "What did you say?"
He has signed the contract and joined the crew for almost ten days. From the official announcement to the opening ceremony, I don’t know how many press releases have been released to the public. Su Ning actually wants to replace him at this time.
Fu Yongzhi: "...You dare!"
He was a little timid when he said this, and could no longer walk. He took a few steps into the small temple and shouted to Su Ning: "I am, I am sent by the Shen family of Hong Kong Island, Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen..."
But Su Ning ignored him and called out, "Liu Junan, come here."
This was the name of the vice president he sent over, and he immediately stood up.
He is not very capable, but he is really obedient. He used to work at the Su family coal mine. His advantage lies in his nimble hands and feet.
"Follow him to pack up your things and leave immediately tonight," Su Ning said, "Let new actors come tomorrow and reshoot all the scenes that have been filmed before."
The Willow Goddess Temple in the snow is an old house. The crew added some things to the set, such as a wooden statue of the Goddess made of an old tree, and white and red lanterns hanging on the eaves swaying in the wind. At this time, everyone in the crew was looking at Fu Yongzhi standing at the gate of the temple.
Especially when Su Ning was standing in front of the statue of the goddess, at that moment, it seemed as if the wooden statue with half-closed eyes was also looking at him.
Fu Yongzhi shuddered at that moment.
He soon found out that Su Ning was not threatening him, he was serious. The vice president really watched him pack his things, and if he didn't pack, someone else would help him pack. The car was parked there. He was really going to keep his word and send him back that night.
Faced with this situation, Fu Yongzhi was afraid at first. He bowed his head and apologized, and then tried to find someone to speak for him, but other people in the crew ignored him, and no one stood on his side, even the actors from Hong Kong Island ignored him.
It is said that mistakes never happen more than three times. He has made so many mistakes in the past few days on the set that everyone knows it.
These tricks were useless. Facing Su Ning standing there, he could only get angry and frustrated.
"You dare to chase me out? You are breaking the contract! President Shen Zhaolan will never let you go!" He shouted at Su Ning, "Do you know who I am? Do you know how Fu Jing relates to me? I will find the media to expose you. I..."
But before he could finish his nonsense, he was interrupted by Su Ning who was standing there.
"Okay, look for it more and go back and tell Shen Zhaolan how dare he send all kinds of stuff to my place," Su Ning said, "If he thinks this is a place where he can do whatever he wants, then he is wrong."
No matter what Fu Yongzhi said, soft or hard, in front of the entire crew, Su Ning did as he said and sent him out that night.
Su Ning's efficiency has always been very high.
Tonight's scenes were not cancelled because of this incident. We filmed a few shots of the male and female protagonists and then called it a day. After all, one of the protagonists had to be replaced. The production crew also held a short meeting because of this incident and confirmed the subsequent work arrangements.
However, the previously filmed ones are not completely unusable, as long as they don't have Fu Yongzhi in them. The substitute actor Su Ning found is a newcomer from Yan Kai's studio. He is almost unknown and his image is suitable, but his professionalism is much better than this one. He will be here tomorrow.
Director Ma felt relieved and looked at the rehearsal date. As long as the person who came was cooperative enough, he would be able to finish the filming on time.
Besides, as long as he doesn't work with this kind of actor, he can do anything and he will always have a smile on his face when he goes back to rest.
But Jixue was worried that this matter would not end so easily. She and Yan Lu huddled together to warm themselves by the fire, and worriedly asked, "Boss Su, how are we going to explain this to Hong Kong Island?"
Yan Lu leaned against her and looked at Su Ning as well. Neither of them had expected that Su Ning would come that night and solve the matter in such a neat and tidy way.
Su Ning was not panicked.
"It's okay, that's the best," Su Ning said, "If he goes back, Shen Zhaolan will have to thank me."
Ji Xue and Yan Lu looked at each other. They didn't quite understand what Su Ning meant, but since he said so, they were happy to be able to film here well.
Fu Yongzhi was returned by Langxi, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
He is definitely not a pushover. He couldn't sleep that night and found a bunch of reporters and online media to publish news late at night, exaggerating and distorting the facts. He insisted that he was squeezed out of the crew and replaced by a relative, and was kicked out of the crew in the middle of winter with heavy snow, trying to make a fool of himself through this incident.
After coming here with great difficulty, he must bring something back.
Su Ning saw it, and it was within his expectations that Fu Yongzhi would do this, but he didn't care much about it. The crew just made a simple announcement, saying that they could not continue the collaboration for some reasons, so the role was changed. This was considered an acknowledgement of the role change, but no other explanation was given.
Such a simple announcement seemed to be evasive and did not have the decisiveness that he showed when he left.
Fu Yongzhi thought that Su Ning had restrained himself, so he became bolder and hired a number of marketing accounts to issue press releases, hoping to hype up the incident and gain the audience's sympathy.
He had never been so embarrassed before.
Originally this incident was not a big deal. After all, the original work of "Hometown God" was not a big IP, and the attention was not that high. But now that this incident happened, it immediately became a hot topic.
At first, many passers-by did not believe it because the press release issued by Fu Yongzhi was too demonizing, almost portraying the crew as cruel and perverted.
In the entertainment industry, few people can compare to Fu Yongzhi in terms of background. Who has such powerful connections that can take his place? Just for the third lead role in an ordinary web drama.
But Fu Yongzhi also took a few photos of himself when he was kicked out, and they looked really miserable. There were also Internet trolls and the media talking to him, and as a result, many people were fooled.
Seeing that he was attracting more and more attention and many people expressed sympathy for him, Fu Yongzhi felt complacent for a while.
But not long after, someone called him. He looked at the caller ID and it was Shen Zhaolan.
He dared not refuse the call. He hadn't complained to his boss yet. He had acted on his own initiative. As a result, as soon as he answered the phone, he was scolded by the other party: "Idiot, withdraw all your manuscripts!"
"Boss Shen, what's wrong? I haven't even told you about this yet," Fu Yongzhi was still aggrieved, "What kind of crappy company is that Light and Shadow Entertainment in Haicheng? How dare they give me a cold shoulder? They are..."
But Shen Zhaolan became even angrier after listening to his explanation.
"What do you think? Do you think I don't know? In the past, people in Hong Kong Island gave in to you, but you dare to do the same thing outside? Do you really think that Su Ning is just a freeloader? Don't they have any leverage over you?!"
Fu Yongzhi certainly knew in his heart that he was acting like a big shot in the crew, but on the one hand he felt lucky, thinking that they might not have recorded many things at the time and had solid evidence. On the other hand he also felt that he had been driven back by that side, and for the sake of cooperation in Hong Kong Island he couldn't just turn his back on them. The initial statement on the official blog was proof of this.
But both he and Shen Zhaolan completely underestimated Su Ning.
He waited for the heat to build, and when everyone started paying attention, he started posting evidence on the official Weibo account. When he knew that Fu Yongzhi was being a big shot, he started to keep an eye on the crew's movements, and he had a lot of solid evidence in his hands.
Su Ning never intended to save face for him.
Shen Zhaolan made this call too late. It was Fu Yongzhi's fault for being such a bad person. All the mess he had made during this period were enough to fill a nine-square grid, and it wasn't even enough.
The official Weibo account of "Country God" did not give much explanation, but released the videos one by one in an orderly manner. Once the evidence of his arrogance came out, all the content he had posted before was self-contradictory. Even the crowd of onlookers did not expect that the reversal would come so quickly.
"He's a good guy. He beat and scolded the assistant, was late every day, and added scenes without permission. He even dared to turn the tables after being fired from the crew. He's awesome."
"I'm saying, with such a strong backstage presence in the Fu family, who would dare to change his role for no reason unless they were really angry?"
"I can't believe he's smiling to everyone on variety shows, but he turns out to be this kind of person."
"He wasn't famous, but he loves acting. He dared to issue a notice even though he was clearly at a loss. Who gave him the courage?"
At this time, Fu Yongzhi reacted and called Shen Zhaolan to ask him to come forward, but it was no use.
But Shen Zhaolan never answered his calls again.
He himself was already overwhelmed by his own difficulties. He had been in the capital for some time, and was already overwhelmed by the issue of the movie ranking. When Fu Yongzhi's arrogance came to light, his situation became even more difficult.
The impact of this incident is far more than just public opinion.
Originally, the Shen family had a dispute over the cooperation in Hong Kong Island. Shen Zhaolan had been staying at the Shen residence with Fu Jing recently, and several other actors were also there, but there had been no discussion. Today, the two sides met again because of this.
And Shen Mingzheng came today.
He originally did not want to get involved in this matter, but no one else in the family could solve it. Even when Shen Antang stepped forward twice, they were unable to reach a consensus.
Fu Jing looked at the situation and spoke first: "My nephew has a bad temper, but he is still a family member. Even if he makes a mistake, he has to tell us first..."
But Zhu Lan, who was sitting next to the old man, was not someone who could be bullied easily. She glanced at Shen Mingzheng, and it was obvious that she had met with Shen Mingzheng before and they were both upset about this matter.
"Why, did we not give him face?" she asked, "Did President Su remind him? Did we also give him enough face when we sent people to meet his request and send him away at night when no one was around? Even when Fu Yongzhi started to make trouble, didn't Su Ning immediately mention the things he had done? Did we not give him enough face?"
Zhu Lan seemed to be hinting at something when she said this: "I think some people don't know where they stand."
Shen Mingzheng brought a cell phone with him when he came here. As soon as Zhu Lan finished speaking, several videos in the cell phone that were not uploaded to the Internet were played. It was Fu Yongzhi's somewhat sharp voice.
"Do you know who Fu Jing is to me? How dare you do this to me? My family will not let you off!"
"Let me show you how great our Hong Kong Island is!"
Before the video was finished, Shen Zhaolan's expression became uncomfortable. Fu Jing felt even more uncomfortable and motioned him to turn off the video. "That's enough. We were wrong in this matter, so what do you want to do?"
"We have given you face by not releasing this clip." Shen Mingzheng said, "Because we are cooperating with each other, we don't want to hurt the relationship. Some things are trivial, but at this point, if both sides really get entangled over some trivial matters, it will be too embarrassing, am I right?"
Fu Jing stopped talking.
Having reached her position, she cares a lot about her reputation. Even though the audience is critical of her competition for a certain role, they are tolerant of her because in the eyes of the audience, she is indeed worthy of a role.
But she acted like a big shot and offended everyone from investors to directors and screenwriters to co-stars and assistants. When she was fired, they even shouted her name. Under some banner, Fu Jing seemed to have become some kind of backer. This is not the same thing as competing for a role.
Celebrities care about their reputation, otherwise she wouldn't refuse to give in just for a ranking, even if it makes the Shen family unhappy. She has worked her way up to her current position, there is no need for her to be successful and famous, and she still wants to be ridiculed for this.
There is indeed some chaos in Hong Kong, but this chaos must not appear in the open, let alone be exposed at such a critical moment.
"We don't need to make such a fuss." She said, "Shen, Shen Mingzheng, I think these things can be discussed."
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