Chapter 43 - 43 42 Scolded onto the Hot Search List

Chapter 43: Chapter 42: Scolded onto the Hot Search List Chapter 43: Chapter 42: Scolded onto the Hot Search List The assistant director was also hot-tempered and told the old man to get lost.

“If you won’t do it, plenty of others will, go wherever you want,” he said.

The old man couldn’t hold back his anger and, when he tried to grab a box lunch before leaving,

the assistant director wouldn’t let the staff give him any food, and the two of them started arguing over this trivial matter.

Later on, other people in the crew managed to calm the assistant director down, and they found another extra to step in.

Wenyan thought this little episode had come to an end.

But she never expected to witness such a scene after wrapping up for the day.

It was getting late, and just when Wenyan, who had finished her meal alone and was heading back to the hotel, suddenly came upon someone being beaten in the alley.

The one being beaten was the elderly extra who had walked off the job earlier that day, and the assailant was the assistant director with the bad temper.

Zhang Cheng clearly didn’t expect Wenyan to appear there.

After being discovered, he immediately let go of his fists, and the old man took the chance to break free from Zhang Cheng’s grasp and quickly ran over to Wenyan’s side.

“Save me, miss! He’s trying to kill me; he’s gone mad, this man’s a lunatic. All over a box lunch, such a trivial thing, he wants to beat me to death, to take my life. What a malicious heart!”

At this moment, to say that Wenyan was utterly flabbergasted would be an understatement.

This is truly just a petty issue, is there really a need for all this shouting and fighting?

Zhang Cheng had his own defense: “Don’t listen to this old guy; it was him who provoked me first. I only taught him a lesson because he wouldn’t shut his foul mouth.”

The old man was incensed by this: “You’re full of it! I was just walking along the road when you grabbed me. You’re bullying me because I have no sons or daughters, thinking nobody’s looking after this decrepit old man, aren’t you?”

Zhang Cheng was not to be outdone: “I think you’ve gone crazy trying to scam people. Wenyan, we’re from the same crew, you’re not going to believe this old coot over me, are you?”

“Don’t believe him, miss; just look at him, he’s not a good person. And you saw it yourself just now, he was beating me. Look at the injuries on my face.”

“This old thing is no good person, he looks like a thief.”

Wenyan was exasperated: “……If that’s the case, then let’s leave it to the police, and let the professionals make the judgment.”

There’s no use arguing this out here with them.

After saying this, she called the police.

After hearing that the police would arrive soon, the old man pointed at Zhang Cheng’s nose and said, “Just wait, you’re going to jail soon! You damn jerk!”

Zhang Cheng, however, sneered: “Damn old thing, there are no cameras here. It was you who hit me first, and I was just fighting back.”

Although seeing isn’t always believing, judging by the tone of their conversation, Wenyan felt that Zhang Cheng seemed very shameless…

In the end, the police arrived and told them that although there were no cameras in the alley, the shop across the diagonal had one.

Zhang Cheng’s face immediately changed.

The entire process of him beating the man was clearly recorded by the surveillance camera, with indisputable evidence.

And because the old man was completely overpowered throughout the whole event, he didn’t fight back at all.

So, the old man was a 100% victim and not at all involved in a mutual fight as Zhang Cheng had claimed.

In the end, the old man walked out of the police station without any problems.

Zhang Cheng was fined 1,000 yuan and detained for 10 days for his appalling attitude.

Fines and compensation for medical expenses might not be a big deal for Zhang Cheng, but the crew couldn’t wait for him for ten days.

He couldn’t afford to lose this job either.

So after hearing the sentencing, he beseeched Wenyan who had just finished her statement at the police station.

“Please, can you ask the director for leave for me, just say I have an emergency at home and must leave overnight, and I will be back after ten days! I really can’t afford to lose this job, I have the elderly and children to care for, my family can’t survive without this job. I beg you, Wenyan, I really know I was wrong, I’ll never do it again, you have to help me, otherwise, the crew will definitely fire me.”

Even the nearby police couldn’t stand to listen to this.

“If you truly knew you were wrong, you should have corrected your attitude. If it’s detention, then take it, why lie and deceive? If you had known this would happen, why did you hit someone in the first place? At that moment, why didn’t you think about the elderly and children depending on you?”

“Wenyan, Wenyan, I beg you! You can’t do me in like this!”

Wenyan was speechless: “Are you trying to morally blackmail me? The one who endangers others and yourself is clearly you.”

Wenyan wasn’t about to indulge someone like him.

Upon returning to the hotel, she told Zhou Junye everything that had happened.

Zhou Junye immediately fired Zhang Cheng.

And he sent a message to the acquaintance who had introduced Zhang Cheng to his team, complaining bitterly.

The acquaintance responded, “Sigh, I thought he had changed, but I didn’t expect him to mess up so badly.”

Zhou Junye’s face turned green with anger, “What do you mean ‘changed’? Clarify your words now.”

The acquaintance replied, “He used to beat his wife, but that was all years ago.”

Zhou Junye burst out, “You bastard!”

Angered, he posted a written notice in the crew’s work group stating that due to his violence, Zhang Cheng’s all duties in the crew were terminated.

The news spread throughout the crew that very night.

However, no one knew that Wenyan was the witness and participant of the entire incident.

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It wasn’t long before a second assistant director took over the position vacated by the first.

The filming schedule of the crew wasn’t affected at all, and some people even whispered that the atmosphere in Team B had improved a lot since Zhang Cheng left.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

The shooting went on smoothly, and everything was progressing in the expected direction.

But, that evening, a hot search term suddenly disrupted Wenyan’s peaceful and stable life on the set.

Wang Che exclaimed, “Wenyan, quick! Check the trending search! Now, immediately, right away!”

Wenyan asked, “What’s happening? What’s the latest gossip? Or which celebrity’s scandal has erupted again?”

Wang Che urged, “Stop asking and just go look, the gossip will hit you in the face!”

Hit me in the face?

Wenyan immediately opened the social media app and sure enough, saw her name among the top trending searches.

#Eighteenth-tierClumsyActressPaysTopActorShenJingheForTwoNightsAndThreeDays#

#ShenJingheWenyanCarShock#

#Eighteenth-tierClumsyActressWenyan#

#WenyanGetOutOfShowBiz#

#Wenyan#

#HasShenJingheCollaped#

#”LostVoice”#

Good lord, out of ten trending topics, ‘Wenyan’ appeared in four.

But the more she read, the more upset she became. What kind of nonsense was this?

Wenyan immediately clicked on the first topic.

Inside, there were some photos of her and Shen Jinghe sitting alone in a car.

And a blurry video from a rainy night.

The person who exposed the information claimed to be an insider.

They alleged that by offering sexual favors to a director, Wenyan got the chance to go watch a meteor shower on a mountain with Shen Jinghe. When it started to rain, Wenyan supposedly performed a wet seduction and climbed into Shen Jinghe’s car, although Shen Jinghe wasn’t interested in her at all. Undaunted, Wenyan deliberately took a long route in the mountains, circling around, and ultimately caused Shen Jinghe to become stranded, nearly resulting in his death by falling rocks. Forced to spend two nights and three days under the same roof, Shen Jinghe never gave her the time of day, not even looking at her properly.

The explosive revelation was detailed in time and place, convincing in its narrative, supported by photos and videos, leading a slew of netizens to believe it.

Especially Shen Jinghe’s fans, they blindly charged forward.

Wenyan was instantly blasted on the trending searches.

“Seriously though, who is Wenyan?”

“Shameless woman, seducing my idol.”

“How can someone be so desperate to throw themselves at others?”

“Shameless isn’t the word for it, it’s utterly insane. She almost got my idol crushed to death just for his attention. Look at this photo; the whole car is buried in rocks!”