Her voice choked with emotion as she lifted her tear-filled face.
"Xiaomi, let me tell you, that old bastard Xu Tianhua is simply ungrateful!"
"I called him personally and said that as long as you get the lead role, no amount of additional investment is a problem. Guess what that old man said?"
Zhang Mingzhe gritted his teeth, pulled out his phone, and slammed it onto the sofa.
"He... must have rejected me... It's okay, Mingzhe, it's just that I'm not good enough for him."
Lu Xiaomi raised her tear-filled face and asked softly.
"It's more than just a rejection!"
"He actually hung up on me! I've never been humiliated like that before!"
"I even humbled myself and tried to reason with him politely, but this old man didn't show any mercy at all!"
Zhang Mingzhe's voice was filled with resentment as he stood up and paced back and forth in the room in anger.
Seeing Lu Xiaomi's red and swollen eyes, Zhang Mingzhe's anger immediately subsided by half, replaced by deep self-reproach.
"I'm sorry, Xiaomi, I didn't handle this well. I didn't expect... you would be so upset."
He crouched down, his voice softening.
"It's really not your fault...it's my own fault for not being good enough..."
Lu Xiaomi shook her head slightly, forcing out a weak smile.
"fart!"
"It's clearly Xu Tianhua who's blind! Don't worry, Xiaomi, this isn't over. I'm going to make him give you an explanation!"
Zhang Mingzhe suddenly stood up excitedly.
"No...don't do it for me...that's just how this industry is, I should get used to it."
"I just couldn't accept that the director had promised me but suddenly changed his mind... That's why I...lost control and destroyed the dressing room...I really didn't mean to."
Lu Xiaomi bit her lower lip and shook her head, pretending to be strong as she wiped away her tears.
"I'm sorry to have shown you such an embarrassing side of yourself."
She looked around at the mess and a look of shame crossed her face.
"This isn't your fault! Just tell me who stole your role! She must have used some underhanded methods!"
Zhang Mingzhe was heartbroken and clenched his fists.
"Her...her name is Zhao Zixi. Actually, we used to be part-time colleagues. She always..."
"Never mind, maybe she really is more suitable for this role than I am."
Lu Xiaomi's eyes flickered, and she hesitated, stopping abruptly halfway through her sentence, as if realizing she had said too much.
"Zhao Zixi? Isn't that the one who's been smearing Mo Jinnian online lately?"
Zhang Mingzhe frowned in thought. That was strange. If she had offended Mo Jinnian, then why did she hear that Mo Jinnian had also invested in the film crew in order to take revenge on Zhao Zixi on set?
"You saw those news reports too? Actually... those were all misunderstandings. Zi Xi... she just really wanted to be famous."
"She must have put in a lot of effort to land the lead role in 'Heroine'..."
A glint of triumph flashed in Lu Xiaomi's eyes, but it quickly turned into a worried expression, and she sighed.
"What sacrifices? It's all about underhanded tactics!"
"Hmph, but even if she got into the film crew through underhanded means, she won't have a good ending."
Zhang Mingzhe suddenly stood up, and then he sneered.
"Don't go... I... I don't want to get the role this way. What's the difference between me and her?"
Lu Xiaomi hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, but quickly let go as if she had been burned.
"Mingzhe, thank you for listening to my rant. I'm fine now, really!"
"I need to tidy this up..."
She stood up, forced a smile, and bent down to pick up the broken pieces on the ground.
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