During the video conference, Liu Rulan listened to Xiao Chen's account, took a deep breath, and placed her hands together on the table.
"Well done."
"The incident involving Jiang Junjie just happened on set, and now is the most sensitive time. No matter what happens, it's not advisable to make a scene at this time."
"The person who devised this plan is truly malicious."
Xiao Chen patted his chest with lingering fear: "I almost rushed out at that time, but luckily Brother Xiao stopped me in time. It seems that I must be careful with my words and actions in the future, and never implicate Brother Xiao."
Liu Rulan nodded slightly, not blaming Xiao Chen, but looking at Xiao He: "Do you have any suspects?"
No sooner had Jiang Junjie gotten into trouble than she deliberately sent someone to provoke Xiao He. It seems she wanted to get rid of both of them in one fell swoop!
Jiang Junjie, needless to say, has a chaotic private life, making it easy to find fault with him. However, Xiao He is impeccable. The people behind the scenes couldn't find any dirt on him, so they could only try to subtly provoke Xiao He into causing trouble, thereby incurring the dissatisfaction of Director Yang Li and the producer.
Why would the director and producer be dissatisfied? There are, of course, many reasons.
This vicious competition—grabbing resources, vying for roles, belittling the powerful and praising the weak—is nothing short of brutal.
Those people didn't fight before because Xiao He wasn't worthy.
The reason those people are anxious now is because Xiao He is in their way.
This is their ridiculous logic.
Xiao He pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "There are only a few people in the crew who can compete with me. I have a target in mind, but I'm not sure who it is."
There are actually quite a few young actors in "Snowy Ridge Red Road", but only two of them have the resources and can compete with Xiao He at his current level.
Coincidentally, these two people were his roommates last night: Yun Ziqi and Ding Cheng—no, there could have been three, but Jiang Junjie has already been eliminated.
Liu Rulan understood, so she said slowly, "Then let me tell you what I know first."
"Recently, news has leaked that the higher authorities are preparing to support a historical drama. I have already found out. The main party in charge is indeed Jingyou Entertainment, but the director and producer have been appointed to other positions, and these people have no connection with Jingyou Entertainment. It seems that they were deliberately brought in to check and balance them."
After all, if a project is dominated by one company, it will most likely become a self-produced project by their entertainment company, which is obviously not the result that the higher-ups want to see.
Moreover, since the actors are all from the same company, there is no incentive for them to compete, which would greatly affect the quality of the production.
Therefore, the higher-ups specifically appointed a person in charge and a supervisor, so Jingyou Entertainment couldn't arrange its own people as it pleased. Especially the positions of the main characters and important supporting roles, those were not something they could decide.
However, they ultimately have the advantage. Even when the official selection process is conducted, a number of nominations are required. It is impossible to openly recruit actors. The methods for obtaining these nominations are naturally very strict. Artists from Jingyou Entertainment can directly participate in the final actor auditions through internal recommendations from senior management.
This is why, even though Jiang Junjie, Ding Cheng, and Yun Ziqi are all from the same company, Jiang Junjie was still tricked into going to jail by his own people—because they are now fighting fiercely among themselves.
Xiao He found it quite amusing: "Then I guess this appointed director must have some connection with Director Yang Li, right? I suppose Director Yang also has a quota of nominees, otherwise they wouldn't have done so many dirty tricks in the'Snow Ridge Red Road' crew."
No, it was even earlier, when he won the Golden Flower Award, that they were already setting a trap for him.
Damn it!
Xiao He sneered.
“You guessed right,” Liu Rulan said. “The director who took over this script project is Qiu Zhenlong. He is Director Yang’s classmate. He directed works such as ‘The Great Qing Emperor’ and ‘The Grand Ceremony of Praise’ in his early years. However, he has not taken on any related directing work in the past ten years. The fact that the higher-ups were able to call him out shows that they have high expectations for this script.”
Qiu Zhenlong has long since left the entertainment industry and now sits comfortably in his office, with no need to wade into its murky waters again.
But this time, of all times, he came.
"So for many people, 'The Red Path in the Snowy Mountains' is a springboard."
As Liu Rulan spoke, there was a hint of mockery in her voice, "No wonder, now Jiang Junjie has ended his work on the film set in such an absurd way."
Jiang Junjie's case is both unjust and not unjust. Why did he have to get up in the middle of the night to cut the bed sheets?
Xiao He now understands Jiang Junjie's thought process a little better. He probably really wanted to avoid giving anyone any leverage, so he secretly cut the bed sheet at night to prevent others from discovering anything in the morning and using it to spread rumors about him.
Unexpectedly, Xiao He woke up and interfered.
It's like having mud on your crotch. You know you're innocent and want to secretly change it, but someone happens to see you doing it.
Then this mud is considered excrement even if it's not.
Jiang Junjie really deserved it.
"I'm afraid someone is secretly plotting this incident involving Jiang Junjie, and it's between these two people."
Xiao He recalled, "At the time, he said that his acne broke out for no reason and bled a lot. So, can I boldly guess that someone did something to him that night?"
The original plan should have been simple: everyone would wake up early in the morning, find blood on Jiang Junjie's sheets, and then question the acne on his back, thus achieving the same effect.
However, Jiang Junjie woke up in the middle of the night, discovered the bloodstains, and woke up Xiao He while washing his wound. Thus, this series of events, after many twists and turns, has evolved into what it is now... They all ended up in the same place by different paths.
Xiao He was indirectly helping out.
Why am I so annoyed?
So who do you prefer?
Liu Rulan inquired.
Xiao He thought for a while, then gave an unexpected answer: "Yun Ziqi, I guess."
Liu Rulan was surprised: "I thought you would choose Ding Cheng."
After all, Ding Cheng and Jiang Junjie slept together, so it was most convenient for him to do something at night. That night, he was also the first to question whether Jiang Junjie had an infectious disease, and further escalated the incident.
This looks like something he orchestrated.
“Maybe because I avoided Jiang Junjie, he also avoided Jiang Junjie,” Xiao He said. “At the time, he took the initiative to switch beds with Ding Cheng, but he was a step slow when moving the beds, so Ding Cheng reserved the other bed first, and his original bed was left for Jiang Junjie.”
“I didn’t notice him getting up when I went to sleep at night, so he must have left something on the bed, which caused Jiang Junjie’s acne to break out while he was sleeping.”
"And he talks way too much nonsense."
Xiao He twitched the corners of his mouth, a mocking smile appearing on his face.
"He first used Teacher Zhuo and Teacher Gao to get closer to me, making it seem like we were on the same side. Then he implied that Ding Cheng had a problem and deliberately caused this incident to embarrass Jiang Junjie. Of course, Ding Cheng's actions did show that he had this intention, but it was obviously just going with the flow. It's just a pity that Jiang Junjie, that idiot, didn't see it yet. When he got really angry, he put on a 'dog-eat-dog' show with Ding Cheng."
"But that's not important. Ding Cheng was just a tool to be used. Yun Ziqi made Ding Cheng my hypothetical enemy, and then stayed out of it himself. The meaning is already very clear."
Jiang Junjie was eliminated, and Ding Cheng caused a lot of trouble. If Xiao He also caused something, his first suspect would probably be Ding Cheng.
This was all done in just one night, taking advantage of the heavy snow blocking the mountain passes to hastily formulate a plan.
This person is bold yet meticulous, adept at seizing opportunities, and possesses superb skills.
Even if nothing had happened that night, and Jiang Junjie hadn't been stabbed by the leftovers, he would have been kicked out sooner or later.
This guy is no match for that person at all.
