The Weibo post, written by someone with the username "茹茹家的小仙女", reads: "The whole thing about stealing roles has been going on for over a month now, @秦笙, aren't you going to come out and clarify things?"
Stealing roles?
Qin Sheng raised an eyebrow, too lazy to check Weibo, and directly called Xu Xiao: "What's this about stealing a role?"
Xu Xiao had just seen the Weibo post that tagged Qin Sheng and was just about to call her.
Originally, she wanted to tell her not to worry about it, that she would handle it herself, but now that she had noticed, she didn't intend to hide it from her.
He simply said, "It's an actress named Xia Ziru. I don't know where her fans got a list of actors from the 'Mountains and Rivers Bright Moon' drama. It says that Xia Ziru is the one who plays Leng Hanyan. Her fans posted the list online, stirring up rumors that you stole Xia Ziru's role."
After a pause, he continued, "Afterwards, I asked Director Mu, and he said that before you, he had interviewed dozens of actresses who auditioned for the role of Leng Hanyan, but none of them met his expectations. However, Xia Ziru was one of the best performers among them."
"After your third brother refused his invitation to participate, he was indeed prepared to use Xia Ziru. But then the recording issue came up, and you changed your mind, so the list was scrapped."
"According to Director Mu, the list was destroyed at the time, but unexpectedly, someone with ulterior motives still took a picture of it and used it to make a fuss."
At this point, Xu Xiao couldn't help but press her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.
Well, this is actually quite a difficult situation.
Qin Sheng took on the role of Leng Hanyan at the last minute because she was provoked by the online comments and criticisms regarding the audio recording issue, and accepted the role without much concern.
Was she acting out of necessity, or was she unaware that Director Mu had already drafted the cast list?
Therefore, for Qin Sheng, there is no question of whether or not to compete for roles.
After all, just as netizens said when this matter was first exposed, if Qin Sheng really wanted to act, then the movie star Qin, who dotes on his sister, would definitely invest hundreds of millions in her without hesitation. Let alone just being a third female lead, he could easily be the second or first female lead.
There's absolutely no need for someone to fight over a role just for a supporting female character.
However, from Xia Ziru's perspective, judging from the destroyed cast list, she had indeed gotten the role of Leng Hanyan, but due to various unforeseen circumstances, she missed out on it.
Qin Sheng may not care about this role or this participation, but for a relatively unknown actress, this could be an opportunity for her to break out of the industry and even become an overnight sensation.
She did indeed miss her chance because of Qin Sheng.
Xia Ziru was unwilling, her fans were indignant, and there was nothing wrong with that either.
Some people have blamed the production team for this, but similarly, Director Mu simply chose an actor who better met his requirements. Was he wrong?
No.
So, in conclusion, no one was wrong; at most, Xia Ziru was just unlucky.
If we absolutely had to find a culprit, then we would have to find Jiang Ruoyu, who tried to frame Qin Sheng, thus triggering the subsequent events.
But since the person is already eating the government's food, can't we just drag them out and whip their corpse again?
Therefore, this problem is essentially unsolvable.
Over the past month, Xia Ziru, the person involved, has already posted on Weibo explaining the cause and effect of the matter. Xia Ziru also stated that this was just her bad luck and had nothing to do with anyone else.
However, there is a group of fans who are not satisfied and keep bringing up this matter from time to time.
Especially since the three parties involved, Director Mu and Xia Ziru, have both spoken out, while Qin Sheng has remained silent, this has given some fans more reason to seize on the opportunity to tag her from time to time and bring up the matter again.
Oh, right, the main voice is this [Ruru's Little Fairy].
Just today, the production team of the TV series "The Legend of Shanhe Haoyue" released promotional photos of Qin Sheng and Leng Hanyan. They saw this as an opportunity and tagged Qin Sheng again.
The matter isn't a big deal, and the netizens' doubts and dissatisfaction aren't particularly strong, but for a whole month now, I've been getting tagged and reminded every now and then. Even if I don't take it to heart, it's still quite annoying.
Qin Sheng was on vacation during this period and hadn't logged into Weibo at all, which is why she wasn't disturbed.
After hearing the whole story, Qin Sheng's expression didn't change much: "How did you handle it?"
Xu Xiao was not surprised that Qin Sheng had guessed that she had already dealt with it, and replied directly: "I privately contacted Xia Ziru, hoping that she could negotiate with her fans. She agreed, but afterwards she said that the fans were rather extreme and believed that she was only afraid to resist because of pressure, and vowed to seek justice for her."
“I also sent a private message to them, but the result was the same as what Xia Ziru said. They were biased and convinced that we were bullying and oppressing their precious Ruru. There was no way we could talk to them.”
What celebrities fear most is encountering fans who think they're doing it for your own good, are wholeheartedly looking out for you, and then take it upon themselves to do a series of things.
Ignoring advice, disobeying management, and acting solely on one's own assumptions can unknowingly ruin one's reputation and cause a host of troubles.
And yet, you can't do anything about it.
To be fair, Xia Ziru is also one of the victims who were tricked by her fans. That's why Xu Xiao couldn't use too harsh methods, which is why it dragged on for a month.
Even Qin Sheng knows.
Xu Xiao pressed her temples again and said, "Actually, it's not entirely without a solution. When I talked to Director Mu about this, he mentioned that the role of the second female lead in his next drama, which is currently in preparation, is actually quite suitable for Xia Ziru's image. He wanted to give the role to Xia Ziru as compensation, but I stopped him."
Qin Sheng twitched her fingertips, signaling her to continue.
"Although the matter is indeed not Xia Ziru's problem, if we do this and it gets posted online, it will be misinterpreted as Director Mu and us being guilty and trying to silence Xia Ziru and her fans by using the role, which would indirectly confirm the matter."
"Even less suitable."
That's inappropriate.
Although she doesn't plan to continue acting or anything like that, she still doesn't want to take the blame for this inexplicable mistake.
Moreover, she represents more than just herself. If this matter is tacitly approved, it will have some impact on Qin Zhihuai and his Shengshi Entertainment.
Taking the blame is easy, but shifting the blame is hard.
Qin Sheng tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, pondered for a moment, and said, "I'll handle it."
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