Chapter 957: Destroy It

"Ma Zhiyuan was my captain when I was in MX."

"He was also the most popular in the whole team, leading by a fault, probably because of this reason—"

"He said one thing and did another. In the team, no one could disobey him, including our agent at the time, Lin Suyang, who was also driven away because of his dissatisfaction."

"His verbal abuse and bullying of me lasted for several years, until he left MX."

"He, Wei Zhuoran, and Qu Yousong, the three of them, moved their hands to beat me several times."

"Because I learned to dance since I was a child, dance has always been a strong point. He would cut my dance parts in our stage performances, would require the dance design not to arrange good content for me, and even didn't allow the rehearsal room to be used by me. Back then, many times I needed the rehearsal room to practice dance, it was Lu Yan He who lent me the rehearsal room he applied for."

"Things have happened for so long, so many years, he hasn't apologized. Until now, relying on a *Scumbag* that he played himself, he returned to the audience's sight, had signs of becoming popular again, and then suddenly pretended to live broadcast an apology. Perhaps because only in this way can he erase the past things from the media's verbal and written criticism."

"However, he spent so much time and apologized to so many people. I really want to know, before he did this, did he express any sincere apology to anyone privately? At least I didn't receive any."

"I can't accept him washing himself white with an image of a prodigal son who returns gold and doesn't change."

"Making mistakes is not useful just by apologizing, let alone hypocritical apologies."

"I have already retired from the circle, and I don't sell goods. Saying these things is not for anything else, just for everything he did to me in those years, making me unable to step on the stage with my original intention, and I don't want him to turn over the things of that year so lightly."

……

Chen Jing's live broadcast was simply deafening.

Lu Yan He looked at his live broadcast room and was silent for a long time.

In the barrage room, many people were sending messages:

——What Chen Jing said is too exaggerated.

——You didn't see it in front, Lu Yan He, Li Zhibai all entered the live broadcast room? Yan Liang also entered.

——More than that, MX's Jiang Bai also entered the live broadcast room.

——They are all watching?

——Ma Zhiyuan is completely workplace bullying, so cruel to his teammates.

——Lu Yan He is really good, and he lent his rehearsal room to him.

——Compared to each other.

——Chen Jing said it very correctly. Ma Zhiyuan apologized to so many people in the live broadcast. Did he apologize to anyone privately?

——Go, Xu Qinyin also entered the live broadcast room!

——Amazing.

——Don't these big shots come out and say something?

——Why do they need to come out and say something? Shouldn't it be Ma Zhiyuan who comes out and says something?

——Does Ma Zhiyuan dare to say anything?

……

Just at this time, Xu Qinyin suddenly appeared in the barrage room: Hmm, before his live broadcast today, he hasn't contacted me even once, expressing any apology to me. His apology is just his performance tool. He is worthy of being the male lead who played *Scumbag* into a dark horse. His acting skills have improved.

This female star who was cheated by Ma Zhiyuan, got her belly big, and was unwilling to be responsible, also had her career greatly affected because of this matter.

Ma Zhiyuan's brain-dead fans attacked her for those two years no less than the public's attack on Ma Zhiyuan.

However, she belonged to the kind who relied on her usual good conduct and good reputation to survive those two darkest moments.

Everyone sympathized that it was not easy for her to bring up the child alone. Friends' plays, as long as they could, would help her fight for a small role, or recommend her to variety show directors.

Because of bringing up the child, she also had no way to participate in that kind of work that required too much time in one breath.

This happened to match the work found.

In these few years, she played many supporting roles and also went on many variety shows.

Coupled with the topic degree brought by her pregnancy before, her national popularity was even higher.

Now, the child is a bit older, and her brokerage contract has also been transferred to Shi Huo.

Shi Huo naturally wouldn't treat her badly.

As soon as she came up, she was arranged a heroine drama of "Jump Up Theater."

This heroine drama *Rebirth* itself tells the story of a young woman who was emotionally deceived by a male boss in the workplace, took revenge, and completed rebirth, which has many reflections of her life experience.

As soon as this drama was broadcast, it first achieved an average episode rating of 1.13% on Yuehu Tai, far ahead of the local TV station ratings in the same period.

After going online on the video platform, it set off a discussion craze for nearly a week.

The heat was very high.

Everyone named this drama Xu Qinyin's "King's Return Work."

Actually, she never left—

However, Shi Huo, in terms of publicity and public relations, has always been very strong.

Acting as a supporting role for several years, for an actor, is a very fatal injury, especially for an actress who has always played the heroine, it will cause an illusion in the industry that "Okay, her status has indeed fallen."

And Shi Huo directly issued a draft, shaping Xu Qinyin's decisive acceptance of supporting roles as being to earn milk powder money for her child, and also to have time to raise her child well—although the facts are indeed so.

It tells everyone that Xu Qinyin acting as a supporting role is not because she can't act as a heroine.

It's not like that.

The good results and discussion degree of *Rebirth* let Xu Qinyin directly return to the position of heroine.

For the second play, Shi Huo took a movie for her.

The lead of *Summer Night Villa Horror 2*.

This movie is Wang Jing's lead.

Xu Qinyin plays the "villa hostess" in the sequel. Simply put, Wang Jing is of course the well-deserved heroine, the first lead, but Xu Qinyin has become the unit lead of the second part of this series of movies.

As soon as the news was announced, Xu Qinyin's rising trend gave people a feeling of being on the string.

Ready to go.

After seeing Xu Qinyin's speech, Lu Yan He hesitated for a long time whether he should appear.

To tell the truth, he really wanted to stand up and say, yes, he has never apologized to me either.

However, saying this, instead, raised Ma Zhiyuan's status.

It seemed that he was still caring about this matter.

Lu Yan He couldn't say he didn't care, but he was unwilling to show that he still cared in front of the public.

These are two different things. However, just when he was still hesitating, Jiang Bai also spoke in Chen Jing's live broadcast room:

——Why give up what you love for a garbage person? I have a concert at the end of this month, come and be a guest.

The speeches in the barrage room were originally as surging as a flood, and this was even more so.

Seeing this, Lu Yan He had a flash of inspiration.

"Do you want to invite Chen Jing to play a role in *Summer Night Villa Horror 2*?"

"Yes, similar to a guest appearance, just one shot, two shots," Lu Yan He said. "The villa hostess played by Xu Qinyin in 2, why did she gather these people? Isn't it because these people once hurt her lover? She wants to take revenge for her lover, so she designed such a horror night, compared to them revealing the truth of the year. At the end, can a design be added, letting her lover appear in her memory? The memory is warm, loving pictures, forming a sharp contrast, and also highlighting why she wants these people to pay such a price, and this lover, let Chen Jing play it."

Chen Siqi was surprised.

"This design, I hear it now, is a great idea."

*Summer Night Villa Horror* is a commercial thriller movie, not an art film. Don't worry about adding such an ending to make it seem a bit sentimental—and, whether it is sentimental

The idea proposed by Lu Yan He could not only create a topic for this film but also support the film's theme itself, making the motivations and psychological drives of the character Xu Qinyin more complete.

The film itself could also end with a touch of human tenderness after the suspense and horror, preventing Xu Qinyin from appearing only as a pitiful and resentful figure.

Chen Siqi was curious: "Would Chen Jing be willing to act in it?"

Lu Yan He said: "Chen Jing's contract with Woodpecker has expired, and he didn't renew it. He is currently without an agency. I've already told Ziyan-jie to have Shihu reach out to him and see if he's willing to come back."

"If Xu Qinyin and Chen Jing really star in such a film theme and character relationship, then this movie could be renamed 'The Avengers'."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Chen Siqi, however, didn't find it strange at all.

OK, it really would just be 'The Avengers' in the literal sense.

Lu Yan He smiled.

In this world, there is no "The Avengers".

Lu Yan He said: "I've heard that Chen Jing was truly very hardworking back then, but both MX and the company suppressed him and didn't give him any opportunities."

Chen Siqi said: "Why do I feel like asking Chen Jing to write an article about his MX years?"

"Sure," Lu Yan He said. "The magazine 'Jump Up' has always had intricate ties with the entertainment industry, and it has a tradition of letting artists write articles."

Indeed, many artists have published articles in "Jump Up".

Come to think of it, it is a strange phenomenon that for a magazine, artists rarely appear on the cover but frequently publish articles.

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"This has always been criticized, hasn't it?"

"Why care about their criticism? Right now, among the few print media that can make a profit in the commercial market, 'Jump Up' is far ahead," Lu Yan He said. "Rather than being a clean, unreachable utopia that everyone pursues but never finds, I think it's better to be a mercenary Hollywood. At least, a Hollywood full of the stench of money has also produced the Academy Awards and many genuine, good films."

Chen Siqi: "You're right."

In this world, it is actually very rare to see a male lead whose film achieves excellent box office results, yet is universally condemned.

Yet this scene appeared with Ma Zhiyuan.

Ma Zhiyuan was so angry that he roared in Zhou Ping'an's office.

While Zhou Ping'an felt relieved and silently thought, "He's still the same, not a single change," he also thought that the cause of yesterday is the fruit of today; no one can escape this cycle.

Zhou Ping'an also saw the situation very clearly.

Under the joint suppression and attacks of so many people, it is absolutely impossible for Ma Zhiyuan to return to the path of a mainstream artist.

At least for the next five to ten years, he can only continue to spin his wheels in projects like "Caught in a Scandal" and "Scumbag".

Of course, this is already quite good.

How many people want to be famous through infamy but can't even manage that?

Ma Zhiyuan was born to eat this bowl of rice.

Every move he makes is news, is traffic.

The internet gave him too many dividends.

Zhou Ping'an waited until Ma Zhiyuan had calmed down a little before speaking to him.

"Now, you should be very clear why it's absolutely impossible for you to get the spin-off projects for 'Seventeen Layers', right?"

Ma Zhiyuan looked at him with red eyes.

His face was full of anger, which had not yet been fully vented.

Zhou Ping'an: "You had such a big temper before, making enemies everywhere. Did I or did I not tell you to be careful? At the time, you thought you were a superstar, a top-tier celebrity, and that others only had the duty to obey you and flatter you. Today, you finally encountered a chance to turn things around, and these people you once looked down upon now have the ability to keep you from ever recovering."

Ma Zhiyuan was silent.

Zhou Ping'an: "You have many gifted talents and abilities. Perhaps that's why you are conceited, always believing that you can stand in the highest position. Even now, hearing me say this, you are still unconvinced, right?"

Ma Zhiyuan remained silent.

Zhou Ping'an: "I'll say it again: as long as you don't realize your own problems, even if you rack your brains to become popular again and return to your former peak, you will eventually fall down again one day."

Ma Zhiyuan: "You never intended to give me a second chance."

Zhou Ping'an frowned.

"What?"

Ma Zhiyuan: "You never told me how I could become popular again in the future."

Zhou Ping'an: "Forgive me for being powerless; I truly have no way."

"You were just watching me struggle." Ma Zhiyuan smiled hideously.

Zhou Ping'an was silent.

"Because I threaten you, right?" Ma Zhiyuan clenched his fists. "So, from the very beginning, you never hoped I would truly get better. You were also wary and didn't dare to take action yourself, so you silently watched me being attacked by others in concert. You didn't even arrange for public relations or try to suppress these voices attacking me."

Zhou Ping'an smiled.

"So you do know that the things you did would make me unhappy?" Zhou Ping'an raised an eyebrow. "It was always a relationship of interests; don't act like I betrayed you. Do you think the whole world has failed you? I'm sitting right here, and I didn't kick you while you were down; you should be thanking me."

Ma Zhiyuan nodded.

He stood up.

He pointed at Zhou Ping'an, gesturing with his finger.

"Fine, you're ruthless."