Chapter Thirty-Seven
Seeing that her boss was in trouble, Li Xiangxiang promptly stepped in to smooth things over, smiling and saying, "Brother Shen, look, everyone's here. Wouldn't it be better if we started filming earlier today? That way we can finish sooner."
Of course I know the rules. We don't work overtime here. Even if today's task isn't finished recording, we can make up for it tomorrow, or we can even skip recording altogether. Anyway, there's an editor here, and we have plenty of footage to cut out the desired effect.
Lin Xiangshen nodded, forced a smile, and said gently, "That's right, Xiao Li, well done, your reminder was spot on. Let's get started filming, don't dawdle. Rather than reshooting or not filming at all, I still hope that the scheduled filming can be completed smoothly."
Li Xiangxiang looked approving and praised, "Our Brother Shen is really too dedicated. He's the most dedicated person I've ever seen in the entertainment industry. He doesn't act like a diva, and his work attitude is so positive. He's amazing."
Unlike the guy Director Wang wanted to send over today, who dared to be late and had no manners, he's nowhere near as good as our Brother Shen.
Seeing the once incredibly noble CEO Li turn into this, Li Jiayi couldn't bear to look at him. He was such a smooth talker; no wonder he was in management. Her boss was a master at saying one thing to one person.
Isn't this considered acting like a diva? He was the last one to arrive, and the staff and guests had to wait for him. Once he arrived, the staff were not allowed to make any noise. If they got angry, they would slap him across the face.
There are hundreds of staff members here. In broad daylight, they showed such disrespect, hitting someone without even slapping them in the face. Slapping someone in the face is truly disrespectful and goes too far. She really couldn't stand it anymore.
The only thing she was thankful for was that the person who slapped her was a man, not a woman. If it had been a woman, she thought she would definitely have called the police. She couldn't accept a girl being bullied in front of her.
As for the man, on the one hand, he was thick-skinned and could withstand a beating; on the other hand, when the man's face was slapped, he didn't show any resistance at all, but was just happy as if he had received a reward. So why should she feel sorry for him if he was so willing to be slapped?
Lin Xiangshen slapped Xu Jia again, frowning as he said, "Don't compare me to cats and dogs. It lowers my standards. I don't like that, understand?"
Li Xiangxiang instantly stopped smiling, knowing that the slap was meant for her, and apologized respectfully: "I'm sorry, Brother Shen, I misspoke."
Lin Xiangshen didn't reply. Instead, he continued to slap Xu Jia's face slowly, four times on the left cheek and eight times on the right cheek. Only after he finished slapping him did he say, "Start filming. Don't just stand there."
The sound of the slap echoed throughout the entire scene, because after this obvious conflict, everyone was frightened and dared not speak or make a sound.
The atmosphere during the entire day of filming was strange. Apart from Lin Xiangshen, the staff and guests were not quite used to it and behaved very strangely. However, their work efficiency was extremely high under these conditions. They spent all their time on work and had no time for anything else. So, not only were all the filming tasks completed, but they were also completed ahead of schedule.
Xu Weiwei lay in bed, unable to sleep, her feelings a jumble of emotions. She had always felt that Lin Xiangshen was from a completely different world, someone she might never meet in this lifetime.
She knew that Lin Xiangshen had appeared on various variety shows after growing up and was a famous variety show personality in the entertainment industry. She was also a live streamer, so she was somewhat involved in the entertainment industry and could be connected with it in some way. However, she never expected to meet Lin Xiangshen again in real life.
She had always regarded Lin Xiangshen as her deceased ideal, someone unattainable. She never expected to see him again today. Was she happy? Yes, but more than that, she felt a deep sense of loss.
She felt that all this happiness was stolen and not real at all. Her mind was filled with Lin Xiangshen, and she desperately wanted to tell others about her story with him.
She had also added Li Nan's contact information, and unable to resist the urge, she sent him a message. However, what she was thinking and what she sent were completely different.
Xu Weiwei is always so worried about Lin Xiangshen. She cares too much, which is why she finds it hard to talk about him, but she can easily talk about people she doesn't like as much.
[Nan Nan, I want to say that I'm caught in the vortex of shipping couples again. I just remembered a couple I used to ship, who were in love for twenty years and had twins, a son and a daughter.]
As a result, the man cheated on her, demanded a divorce, and even abandoned the children. A twenty-year-long relationship ended so tragically.
I can't understand why men cheat so much. Do they just love seeking thrills and can't control their lower bodies? But actually, women do it too. I've seen a couple who had been dating for a year, and it was the woman who cheated.
Sometimes I wonder, what's the point of loving each other so much? What good is it to love each other for so long? If I knew how it would end, would I still want to be in this relationship?
Or perhaps it's because most love stories are terrible that people feel they can just experience the game of love without caring about the ending, even if it ends badly.
This is really like working hard for thirty years to save up money to buy a house, only to be told at the end that it's an unfinished project, and no one is responsible for it. You have to accept the loss and bear the consequences yourself. After all, it was your own decision to buy this house in the first place.
Love is like that too. You buy your own house, thinking you finally have a home of your own, but in the end, you lose that home and have to pay compensation.
I thought that having a lover would make my life better, but in reality, my lover cheated on me and started dating other women.
I actually think the girl who was willing to be with the cheating man later was very brave. If it were me, and I knew that the man I fell in love with had a relationship that lasted for more than three years, I would just say, "Forget it."
I don't dare to talk about people like that. If we talked for a long time, we would have experienced so many things together. There would definitely be some very sweet things. Anyway, the most unforgettable things I've experienced with others are things I will never forget in my life.
I think of him from time to time, and I will never forget him. Even though I don't love him, I can't forget him because he has left a deep mark on me.
After so many years of dating, what makes me think I, the newcomer, can completely replace the former? I don't like being treated as a substitute, and I don't like not being deeply loved.
It can only be said that most people's attitude towards love is just so-so. They always think they are special, but in reality, they are nothing special.
I've seen incredibly beautiful girls whose boyfriends cheated on them, and even girls whose boyfriends were quite unattractive, who actively pursued these stunning beauties, only to find that they didn't cherish them and cheated on them.
On the contrary, I think many girls with average looks are very smart. They know to find a handsome boyfriend, at least his face is presentable. Anyway, no matter how good-looking a man is, he will still cheat.
It's better to gamble on a handsome boyfriend who won't cheat. That way, you'll make money no matter what, instead of being with someone ugly, having an ugly child, and forcing yourself to say that your partner is actually okay, not that bad-looking, that your aesthetic sense is more sophisticated, and that you don't care about looks, that you're not superficial. Just looking at faces is too shallow and superficial.
In reality, people who are physically unattractive are often of lower character because they live in a repressive environment for a long time, which can easily lead to psychological abnormalities.
Just like children from unhappy families often develop various problems, children who grow up nurtured by their parents' love are truly exceptionally healthy in body and mind.
Why do I know this so clearly? Because I am like that myself. I am aware of my dark side. My parents don't love me and treat me very badly.
I envy children from happy families. I have many dark and shameful thoughts, and I know I can't truly enter into a healthy romantic relationship.
Do you know that my love life is destined to be full of pain and torment? When I was in my first year of high school, I was completely ostracized by everyone.
My teachers and classmates bullied me and were really mean to me. At that time, I would think that maybe I was just a bad girl, otherwise why would they bully me and not others?
Why me of all people? Then there must be something wrong with me. Someone once said that if one person says you're wrong, you're probably right; but if everyone says you're wrong, then you probably really are wrong.
I hated myself at the time, feeling I deserved it, that being bullied was my fault, so I didn't fight back. But one day I realized I was wrong; how could being bullied be the victim's fault?
Even if I have dark thoughts, they are just ideas, just thoughts, and I have never acted on them. But those who bully me have already done many things to hurt me.
I was not wrong; they were. Later, I read another story about a village where the villagers would kill the weakest child or the oldest person every three months.
Almost everyone in the village is a murderer; they've all killed people. The only strong woman who doesn't want to kill is an outsider who was kidnapped and brought to the village to be married off to one of the village's bachelors.
She became an outcast, suffering endless scorn from the villagers who thought she was wrong. After a long period of torment, she went mad, but even in her madness, she would not kill.
She went mad and had a child. Her child, like her, disliked the village's rule of periodic killings and refused to comply.
Like her mother, she was an outcast in the village, but she was perfectly lucid and not insane. In such an extreme environment, murder had become something everyone would do; refusing to kill was a rare and exceptional case.
Through this story, I realized that many people's beliefs are not necessarily correct. Sticking to your own ideas is the most important thing. Never be persuaded by others; instead, have your own opinions.
Even if the whole world opposes you, if you believe you are right, then you are not wrong.
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