CH 22

After the end of the shoot, the director felt that Xie Ming’s acting was terrible, and he was impatiently said, “Xie Ming, go to the dressing room and touch up your makeup again,” especially since his face was slightly swollen and red.

“Okay, director.”

Xie Ming was about to walk to the dressing room when the director added, “Your acting skills, sigh, are a waste of everyone’s time.”

The assistant director said, “Exactly, with this level of acting, he even wants to be the male lead. I think even the third male lead would be a challenge for him.”

These words were like long thorns, deeply piercing Xie Ming’s heart.

He forced back his shame and the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes and walked quickly into the dressing room.

“Brother Ming?” Assistant Ma Xiaofen, who had been in the dressing room all along, saw Xie Ming walking in with a fierce aura and asked with concern, “What happened to your face?”

Xie Ming looked fierce and walked up to Ma Xiaofen and slapped her. He angrily said, “What’s wrong? What did you say was wrong with my face?”

Not satisfied with just one slap, Xie Ming raised his hand and viciously slapped Ma Xiaofen’s face five more times.

“…” Ma Xiaofen had never been hit like this before and was momentarily stunned.

Her mouth was filled with the taste of blood, and tears flowed uncontrollably as she covered her face and cried.

At this time, the broker Fang Jie walked up and stopped Xie Ming, who still wanted to hit Ma Xiaofen. She whispered, “Xiao Ming, getting slapped while acting is a common occurrence, don’t be angry.”

“Common occurrence? Why am I the one being slapped, not him, Mu Qingyan?” Xie Ming’s eyes were filled with anger and didn’t resemble his usual gentle, pitiful appearance.

He threw all the tools on the dressing table to the ground, still feeling frustrated and angry, and then slapped Fang Jie three times in a row.

Fang Jie was both shocked and angry. “I’m your broker, and you’re hitting me?”

Xie Ming snorted, “I’m still your boss. That damn assistant kept messing up and causing delays, and that bitch slapped me over and over again. Why didn’t you speak up for me?”

Fang Jie thought to herself, “You’re blaming others for your bad acting skills? If it weren’t for the fact that Xing Hao pays well, who would want to be your agent?”

Seeing that her agent didn’t speak up, Xie Ming started throwing things and swearing, using extremely vulgar language.

Little did he know, there were three of his fans standing outside the door.

They had originally wanted to sneak in and give gifts to their idol, but they were shocked by the commotion in the dressing room.

Xie Ming, who appeared polite and humble, was actually berating his agent and assistant, using foul language and even physical violence.

The three “original fans” who had turned into black fans on the spot quietly took out their phones, filmed Xie Ming’s outburst through the slightly ajar door, and posted it online in their fan group and on the internet.

The biggest feature of the internet is its fast dissemination and wide reach.

That evening, this video caused a huge uproar.

When the first episode of “Acting Skill Showdown” ended, Xie Ming lost more than 300,000 fans due to his mediocre acting skills and became a foil to Mu Qingyan.

This time, the video revelation directly caused her to lose over a million fans.

Xie Ming saw news articles and posts from various entertainment apps and public accounts, and the clear video of his ugly tantrum.

All of the comments below these news articles and posts were criticisms of him.

Some people criticized him for his poor acting skills and fake emotions; others criticized his for being two-faced and treating people poorly in private.

Xie Ming was so angry that he trembled all over and locked himself in his room, cursing everyone in his heart.

At this moment, his phone rang, and it was Xing Hao calling.

Xie Ming kept a cold face, but his tone of voice was still weak as he cried to the only person who could help him now.

“It must be Mu Qingyan’s doing!” Xing Hao didn’t even hesitate, he was sure that Mu Qingyan was behind everything that happened to Xie Ming. He said, “Just wait, in half an hour, all those people who were criticizing you will be mocking Mu Qingyan.”

Sure enough, half an hour later, a news story broke online: “Mu Qingyan Partying at a Bar with Extreme Behavior.”

Mu Qingyan, who was working overtime at the Mu Group, felt both angry and amused when he saw the news.

There’s a video in the news showing the original owner drinking and having fun at a bar before getting married. He appears to be drunk, twisting his waist and shaking his butt while dancing.

The so-called “extremely suggestive” part of the news title refers to the fact that the original owner was only wearing a flashy pair of shorts that reached mid-calf, with colorful little light bulbs wrapped around his body.

Looking at his dress style, it’s even more flamboyant than Shen Huai’s.

Mu Qingyan put down his work and carefully thought about it, but he couldn’t find any memory of this incident left by the original owner.

It seems that the original owner was really drunk at that time.

Ye Qiqi walked into the office and said, “Boss, you’re on the hot search.”

Mu Qingyan raised his eyebrows and said, “I saw it. I look like a spoiled rich kid.”

“You’re not even angry…” Ye Qiqi looked at him in surprise and continued scrolling through her phone. She wanted to contact someone on the platform to suppress the hot search. “I don’t know who leaked this news. It’s been three or four months since it happened.”

“Do you know that I was dressed like a neon light that night?” Mu Qingyan asked.

Ye Qiqi shrugged and said, “You were so drunk that night that you took off your clothes and said you wanted to be the brightest star in the night sky. You even dismantled the decorative lights in Shen Huai’s bar and wrapped them around yourself.”

Mu Qingyan smiled wryly and said, “But why didn’t anyone stop me?”

“Boss, you’re the young master of the Mu Group. Besides Shen Huai, who was there to stop you? If Shen Huai hadn’t instructed the security guard to hold the door of the private room firmly, you would have rushed out onto the street!”

Ye Qiqi rolled her eyes and said, “I heard about this from Shen Huai later. But who leaked this video?”

“Let’s investigate,” Mu Qingyan said.

Now that he was the original owner, exposing his own video was like slapping himself in the face. This grudge must be avenged.

“I’ll contact the platform first to remove the hot search,” Ye Qiqi said, opening the chat box of the platform’s contact person. However, she found that she was too slow. “Hey? Boss, someone has already removed the hot search and deleted the video from the entire network.”

“Who did it so quickly?” Mu Qingyan asked.

Ye Qiqi called the person in charge of the platform and after learning the situation, she reported to Mu Qingyan, “It was Ji Liyun, the CEO of the Ji Group. Not only did he have the platform remove the hot search and delete the video, but he also pushed the video of Xie Ming’s assistant and manager being slapped to the top of the hot search.”

Mu Qingyan didn’t expect Ji Liyun to move so fast. He guessed the reason why he did this: “Could it be that my video was sent to the entertainment reporters by Xie Ming and Xing Hao?”

“According to what Mr. Ji knows, Xing Hao gave the video to the paparazzi,” Ye Qiqi said.

“Now that Ji Liyun has already taken care of everything, you should go home and rest. It’s quite late,” Mu Qingyan said.

“Okay, boss. Call me if you need anything.”

After Ye Qiqi left, Mu Qingyan leaned back on the leather chair and tapped his index fingers lightly together. In his memory, although the original owner had been engaged to Xing Hao a year ago, he never played with Xing Hao during the months of his “single party” before the wedding.

According to Ye Qiqi, the original owner was wearing neon lights on the night he was recorded at Shen Huai’s bar. Xing Hao and Shen Huai had always had a bad relationship, so how did he get hold of this video?

Mu Qingyan called Shen Huai and arranged to meet him at the bar. When he arrived, he found that the large “EVOL” sign had gone dark. The bouncers were concerned and escorted Mu Qingyan into the bar, with three in front and three behind.

As expected, the bar was pitch black inside, with only a few dim wall lights on. The previously noisy music had disappeared completely, and the bouncers’ breathing could be heard in the quiet.

The bar’s server, Daniel, came over and led them: “President Mu, President Shen is waiting for you in the control room. Please follow me.”

Mu Qingyan was very curious and followed Daniel to the monitoring room on the fourth floor of the bar. Sure enough, Shen Huai was sitting in front of six or seven computer screens, supervising with his legs crossed.

He patted Shen Huai on the shoulder and smiled intentionally, “What are you doing? Is the bar not open? You’re so mysterious.”

Shen Huai pulled Mu Qingyan to sit in the chair next to him, signaled the server to pour him a glass of juice, and then said, “My brother’s scandalous video in my bar was uploaded to the internet, so I have to find out who the traitor is.”

“Bullshit.” Mu Qingyan rolled his eyes.

“On the other hand, although everyone who was present that night usually played together, I can’t remember who took the video of you on their phone.” Shen Huai said somewhat shyly.

Mu Qingyan nodded, “From what I saw in the video, you were drunk too, and there were at least ten people playing together that night. How could you remember who took the video?”

At this time, a technician called in by Shen Huai to find the surveillance footage from that night shouted, “President Shen, I found it!”

Shen Huai immediately went up, “Enlarge the picture! Let’s see who took the phone.”

After the technician enlarged the picture and adjusted the clarity, other technicians found another surveillance video from a different angle.

Mu Qingyan frowned as he looked at the face of the person taking the video, “Who is this person? I’ve seen him somewhere before.”

“Fck, it’s Xue Yuan! I treated him as my brother, and he actually betrayed us! Fck!” Shen Huai was so angry that he was even more excited than Mu Qingyan, who was the person involved.

Mu Qingyan didn’t have many memories of Xue Yuan, only that they had drunk together a few times.

“Li Batian!” Shen Huai called his bodyguard over, “Take a few people and bring Xue Yuan to me. I’ll teach him a lesson.”

Li Batian lived up to his name, with dark skin and a strong build, even his speech was rough and forceful, “Yes, sir.”

Mu Qingyan thought Shen Huai wanted his bodyguard to beat up Xue Yuan to let him know who he can mess with and who he can’t.

Little did he know that Xue Yuan was a coward, and when he saw Li Batian and other muscular men coming for him, he was so scared that he peed his pants and didn’t dare to come to EVOL bar.

Li Batian reluctantly called Shen Huai, “Sir, I haven’t even laid a finger on him yet, and he has confessed everything.”

Shen Huai asked, “Huh? Doesn’t he usually seem quite capable?”

“I’ll turn on video call, and you can see what to do next,” Li Batian said.