Chapter 40: Shen Ci Gets Angry

The roommates expressed their comfort one after another, and Xu Zishan's mood, which had been depressed for several days, finally turned from cloudy to sunny at this moment.

And at this time, someone also saw that something was wrong.

"It's not right, Shanshan. So many main actors have been announced, why isn't there the actor for Hua Xixi? Hua Xixi is at least the third or fourth female lead, right? The third and fourth male leads are all there. Shen Li, she wouldn't be playing Hua Xixi, would she?"

Hearing this, Xu Zishan couldn't help but sneer, and said with certainty: "Impossible. I specifically checked the revelations online. The role of 'Hua Xixi' has only been in contact with Tian Xiaolu from beginning to end. It must be her!"

"But Tian Xiaolu is not at the press conference scene either!"

Xu Zishan looked at them and asked: "Then she must have other work and couldn't come. You say Tian Xiaolu and Shen Li are not at the scene, who is more likely to play 'Hua Xixi'?"

The roommates looked at each other and said in unison: "Then it must be Tian Xiaolu."

Xu Zishan smiled with satisfaction: "That settles it."

As long as Shen Li is not playing an important role, it doesn't matter who she plays in the end.

Gu Lianxing had class today and was not in the dormitory. Shen Ci watched the live broadcast of the press conference alone. Until the two-hour press conference was almost over, she didn't see her sister appear, so she dialed Lu Jinzhao's phone directly.

As soon as the call was connected, Lu Jinzhao greeted Shen Ci with a smile: "Hello, Miss Shen."

"I'm not good!" Shen Ci asked directly as soon as she opened her mouth: "Mr. Lu, I ask you, why didn't my sister go on stage at the press conference before the opening today?"

Lu Jinzhao's tone stalled upon hearing this. Clearly, he was also out of the loop, and then he said in shock: "That's impossible. I have seen the plan for the press conference. I remember your sister's name was in the main creator team. How could she not have gone on stage?"

Shen Ci's tone was slightly cold: "I watched the live broadcast for two hours, and the press conference is about to end. Mr. Lu, as the producer, are you not at the scene?"

Feeling Shen Ci's unhappiness, Lu Jinzhao hurriedly explained: "It's like this, Miss Shen. I have another important project to discuss today, so I didn't go to the scene, but we have a very professional team. Reasonably speaking, they wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. There might be some misunderstanding in the middle."

"Please don't be angry. Let me make a phone call to ask clearly in five minutes, and I will call you back in five minutes."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Ci took a deep breath to calm her anger, and then turned to call her sister.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unreachable."

Shen Ci frowned, and then made a few more calls, but they were still unreachable, which made her nervous.

Just when she wanted to go out and go directly to the scene, her sister called back.

"Sister, I went out too early, and my phone ran out of power. I just borrowed a power bank from someone on the side of the road and saw the SMS reminder that you called me just now."

Shen Li's voice sounded fine, but Shen Ci still caught the point in her words. She borrowed a power bank on the side of the road, which means she was not at the press conference scene.

"Isn't today the press conference? Didn't you go?" Shen Ci asked.

There was silence on the other end of the phone. After a while, Shen Li said: "I went, just came out from inside. There was a situation at the scene, and I didn't go on stage. Sister, did you watch the live broadcast..."

"What exactly happened?" Shen Ci heard that her sister had something to say, and she felt very distressed.

But Shen Li only said: "To be honest, I don't know what happened. Anyway, I didn't go on stage."

She really didn't know what happened.

Shen Ci's eyes darkened, and she seemed to have guessed that her sister should have been treated unfairly. She controlled her emotions and said: "Don't run around, go back to school first."

"Hmm, sister, I'm fine. Teacher Yu Hong said that being exposed too early as a newcomer is not necessarily a good thing. If you can amaze the audience at a glance with a role in the screen, it will be even better. I think she makes sense." Shen Li said pretending to be relaxed.

Hearing this, Shen Ci followed up: "It's good that you can think so."

But even if this is true, it is also a fact that her sister was treated differently. She couldn't let her sister suffer this bullying for nothing!

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jinzhao's call back also came. After connecting again, Lu Jinzhao's voice also deepened: "Miss Shen, I'm sorry. I just understood the situation. There was a problem with the on-site arrangement. It was the staff's negligence."

Hearing this, Shen Ci sneered. As an investor, she could be polite to Lu Jinzhao and maintain politeness at any time, but as Shen Li's sister, she didn't intend to swallow this breath: "Mr. Lu, do you believe what you just said? For such an important press conference, how many times do all the processes have to be rehearsed in advance? How many times do the details have to be confirmed?"

"In the end, no one noticed that there was one less person on stage, and you tell me it was the staff's negligence? Is my sister a needle thread or a fill light? Is this something that can be ignored?"

"I didn't mean that, Miss Shen. I'm really sorry. Please calm down." Lu Jinzhao persuaded repeatedly.

But Shen Ci was already furious at this time. The anger in her heart was not generally large. This was the angriest day since she returned to the age of 20!

"Mr. Lu, I tell you, I invested in your drama entirely for my sister. Even if this drama flops and my ten thousand is lost, I, Shen Ci, won't even blink. But if I spent money and still let my sister suffer, then I absolutely cannot let it go no matter what!"

"I will arrive at the press conference scene within an hour. The press conference is over, but this matter is not over! You must give me a satisfactory answer, otherwise I will withdraw my investment on the spot and won't play with you!"

Shen Ci finished speaking in one breath and hung up the phone directly, not giving Lu Jinzhao a chance to explain at all.

She was so angry that her heart was beating "thump-thump". She turned around, changed her clothes, and went out.

On the way, Shen Ci realized in hindsight that she should have accompanied her sister today. She thought it was a sure thing, but didn't expect such a moth to be born.

It really lives up to the entertainment industry.

About forty minutes later, Shen Ci arrived at the press conference scene. The press conference had "successfully" ended, and the relevant reports had long been on the hot search. Every actor had one or two hot keywords, which was a great opportunity for their own exposure.

Most of the people at the scene had left, and the stage that was set up had been dismantled seven or eight times. Shen Ci didn't see Lu Jinzhao's figure and was about to call him when she saw him running over with sweat on his forehead.

"Miss Shen, I'm sorry, I came from Yangming District." Lu Jinzhao looked apologetic, and his heart was really nervous.

After all, in the few times he had contact with Shen Ci, Shen Ci's impression on him was calm, composed, and straightforward, and she had never been as angry as she was today.

Especially when Shen Ci said she would withdraw her investment on the phone just now, he was so scared that he put down what he was doing and rushed over.

"General Lu Zong, why are you here?"

Qi Tong, who was cleaning up, saw Lu Jinzhao, walked to the front in surprise, and then said with a smile: "It's all over and you just arrived? Don't worry, General Lu Zong, it's very good and very smooth!" ===== CHAPTER 41 =====