Chapter 436: She is not innocent

Not long after Xu Ting left this cruel remark, someone passed the news to Chen Qin.

Chen Qin accompanied Jin Li in the hotel and could only watch the text version of the explanation, wishing she could fly to the scene immediately.

It was Jin Li who persuaded her: "What's the use of going now? Isn't it just being laughed at? Xu Ting is a first-tier star after all, and she is the female lead of this drama.

I am a supporting role, and it is not appropriate to suppress her too much. Now she chooses to expose this matter in the crew, which is already showing weakness to me and also to protect her reputation. Let's not go over to join the fun."

Chen Qin was persuaded, but her mood was still excited, saying: "Sister Jin Li, someone sent me a message saying that Xu Ting promised to apologize to you in person in the crew!"

Before Jin Li said anything, Chen Qin said indignantly: "Sister Jin Li, I don't think you can accept Xu Ting's apology. There are what kind of stars, there will be what kind of assistants.

Xu Ting may not know what the assistant is doing, but no one pointed it out, and she indulged it in the dark!"

Jin Li smiled meaningfully and said leisurely: "To tell you the truth, I don't want to accept Xu Ting's apology. She has always been at odds with me in the crew, just not showing it on the surface.

I also agree with some of your views. I think Xu Ting should have noticed, but because the matter wasn't exposed, she pretended not to know.

If it weren't for her assistant making a big deal out of it this time, not only spreading rumors in the crew but also spreading rumors outside the crew, Xu Ting might have continued to play deaf and dumb."

Chen Qin didn't know that Jin Li had heard the rumor-spreading scene with her own ears in the restroom. Jin Li didn't mention it to her, just silently added in her heart.

"The most critical thing is that she was caught red-handed on the spot, and she couldn't be sure if she recorded it, so she had to cut the Gordian knot and solve this matter quickly."

Jin Li thought to herself, don't underestimate the people of the world, Xu Ting's response method is very fast.

If she were a little slower, she would have sent the recording to Director Chu.

She has a peaceful personality, doesn't fight for anything, and doesn't care much about status, advertising fees, and project levels.

As long as time permits, even if she is asked to go to the mountain area to support education for a period of time, it's fine.

But this doesn't mean she has no temper.

Xu Ting always secretly competes with her. She has evidence, and there is no need to wrong herself for Xu Ting's face.

Soft nails are more hateful than hard nails.

Unfortunately, she was preempted by Xu Ting.

Chen Qin's eyes lit up and said: "So you won't forgive her?"

Jin Li asked back: "Do you like seeing me fall out with the female lead so much?"

Chen Qin smiled embarrassedly: "No, no, I just feel that letting Xu Ting go like this is too cheap for her."

Jin Li smiled slightly, looked at the phone in her hand, and thought thoughtfully.

"For the sake of the crew's harmony, the director will definitely handle this matter lightly."

She changed the subject, "But what you said is also right. If she apologizes, do I have to forgive? So I won't take the initiative to ask about this matter. No matter if Xu Ting is innocent or not, the assistant is Xu Ting's person after all."

Everything has a cause and an effect, and the theory of cause and effect is the most mysterious.

Xu Ting's assistant is an independent personality, but it is hard to guarantee that Xu Ting is not an accomplice who guided her to do so.

Xu Ting's side.

She called the police after letting the word out in the crew, went to the police station to make a record, and it was already evening when she returned to the crew.

The company temporarily sent a new assistant to her to transition, always accompanying her.

Xu Ting had no one to use in the crew, so she could only send a message to Bai Jiang after returning: 【During the time I was away, did Jin Li go to the crew?】

Bai Jiang: 【No】

Xu Ting: 【What about her assistant, did you see them?】

Bai Jiang: 【Jin Li's two assistants didn't come either】

Xu Ting frowned and asked tentatively: 【Then do you know what Jin Li's thoughts are? I will apologize to her publicly in the crew tomorrow】

Seeing this message, Bai Jiang guessed Xu Ting's thoughts.

Xu Ting wants to turn a big matter into a small one, apologize to Jin Li in the crew on the surface, and end this matter.

This time, Bai Jiang didn't stand from the perspective of a friend to think, but looked at it from the perspective of a bystander, and felt that Xu Ting thought too beautifully.

Offending someone to this extent, even if it was done by the assistant, who knows if there was Xu Ting's instruction behind it?

And it's not that every instruction will be recorded by others. The assistant can't produce evidence, but many people judge a matter not by evidence.

The words the assistant said before had long been heard by interested people.

Therefore, apologizing in the crew alone is far from enough.

If Bai Jiang were to say it, it would be best for Xu Ting to contact Jin Li first, have a meal with Jin Li tonight, explain this matter well, and apologize sincerely.

Maybe Jin Li would feel her sincerity was enough and wouldn't even ask her to apologize publicly in the crew tomorrow.

After all, one is the female lead and one is the supporting role. It's too ugly to be known by outsiders that they are at odds in the crew.

Bai Jiang hoped Xu Ting could settle it privately, but Xu Ting obviously couldn't bear this grievance and wasn't willing to be humble.

She would rather put on a show in the crew, making Jin Li have to agree to her apology for the sake of the director's face and the crew's atmosphere!

Bai Jiang frowned tightly, feeling for the first time that Xu Ting's temper was too stubborn and she was too good at playing tricks.

So, did the assistant really not have Xu Ting's instruction to spread rumors?

Bai Jiang: 【I don't know what her thoughts are, but I suggest you better contact Jin Li privately first. She is also the party involved and has the right to know the ins and outs】

Xu Ting squeezed the edge of her phone slightly, her brows furrowed and her expression solemn.

Of course she knew that finding Jin Li privately to make peace was the best, but every time she thought about finding Jin Li, her mind would flash the awkward scene she met in the restroom.

【I still want to】 — deleted.

【How about you help me ask Jin Li】 — deleted.

【I'm a bit awkward with her, don't want to contact privately】 — deleted.

Xu Ting was struggling to death, typing many lines of text but deleting them all.

Seeing the 【Friend is typing...】 above WeChat, Bai Jiang was speechless.

He put his phone aside. He had persuaded her, but Xu Ting still wanted to be so stiff with Jin Li, so let her go.

But he could sit idly by, but Chu Chenliang couldn't.

Chu Chenliang returned to the hotel after filming the night scene, feeling restless, always recalling the scene that happened in the afternoon.

He had directed many works, and every crew would have some things happen, and he had experience in handling them.

Police coming to the door, well, it's normal. He had to call the police in almost every drama he filmed halfway through, either someone stole something or someone intentionally hurt someone, etc.

But the words of Xu Ting's assistant today made him think of a past event.

A few years ago, in a drama, Xu Ting was a supporting role and came to act in his drama for the first time.

Her situation in that drama was very similar to Jin Li's today. In that drama, although Xu Ting was the second female lead, she was becoming popular, and her popularity suppressed the female lead.

Supporting roles are more popular than protagonists, there are many voices in the crew, and the atmosphere during filming is also very sluggish. Finally, Xu Ting brought a recording pen, crying to him that the female lead was bad-mouthing her behind her back and took the lead in isolating her in the crew.

At that time, he was very angry after listening to the recording and stood on Xu Ting's side without hesitation, having some unpleasantness with the female lead.

Although he didn't get angry with the female lead clearly at the time, except for the highlight scenes arranged in the script, he didn't have much creative desire for this role.

Instead, Xu Ting's role was temporarily modified several times by him, and the character became more flesh and blood.

So when the movie came out, Xu Ting unexpectedly became popular because of that role, and logically became his next female lead.

But her assistant's exposé this afternoon made Chu Chenliang a bit uncertain when recalling the past.

Was it really the female lead making trouble?

Could it be that she was also touched by someone like today?

Chu Chenliang wasn't a tangled person. He opened WeChat, found the actor's contact information, and dialed the voice call.

That actor was surprised that Director Chu came to the door. A thought flashed in her mind: Is it to ask her to act?

After picking it up, she knew it was asking about the filming of the crew a few years ago.

That actor had no intersection with Xu Ting for a long time, and she was also a first-tier, but she had already fallen to a relatively marginal position.

But Xu Ting's role was more popular than her female lead. Thinking about it now, she was still very unwilling.

Chu Director just asked: "When you filmed with Xu Ting, do you know what her personality was in private? Was her assistant always running around, asking for news?"

The actress didn't know why Director Chu asked this, it sounded like a background check.

A thought flashed in her mind: Is Director Chu going to continue to cooperate with Xu Ting? Xu Ting is really lucky!

With new hatred and old hatred, the actress was very angry: "Her assistant is so annoying. Every time I film, she runs over to watch. That look makes people hate it when they see it, as if evaluating how many pounds I have, why compete with Xu Ting?"

"Not only that, I also caught her bad-mouthing me in the restroom once, saying that I joined forces with the assistant to bad-mouth Xu Ting, and it was heard by others, saying it with a nose and eyes, as if squatting in front of me and listening!"

The actress said very directly: "Director, I didn't like Xu Ting at the time. Although she was a supporting role, her popularity was higher than mine, and her shelf in the crew was bigger than me, the female lead. Where is my majesty as a female lead?"

"The staff all listened to her, but I was the one filming the most. If I couldn't establish majesty, how would others look at me? So I had several conflicts with her in the crew, grabbing scenes and grabbing lunch boxes."

"But I think this kind of conflict is just a small matter, not a big problem. In the entertainment industry, who doesn't want to fight for the upper hand?"

"I also bad-mouthed Xu Ting with my assistant, but I guarantee that absolutely no second person knew. We all closed the door and said it. Who could steal it?"

Director Chu just wanted to say something, but was guessed by the actress and blocked back.

"My assistant is my cousin. I know the lock screen password of her phone. The chat information she sent is clear to me. She never mentions entertainment industry things to friends."

"My agent also talked about Xu Ting, but it's even more impossible for the agent to expose it herself, so although I said her, no one else knew. Why did Xu Ting's assistant spread it outside?"

The actress said very angrily: "And what she said was completely different from the content we bad-mouthed Xu Ting behind our backs. Even if she wanted to spread rumors, she didn't spread them accurately!"

"I stood up and scolded her assistant at the time, asking if she was a paparazzi, and she knew everything I said when I slept? She denied saying what she spread."

"Xu Ting, that white lotus, knew it and specifically apologized to me face-to-face in the crew, crying very pitifully. I was worried that you would be difficult to do at the time, so I had to accept it."

"Later I found out I was stupid, stupid to death. You weren't on the scene at all at the time, you left to participate in activities for three days! Later I realized that she took advantage of you not being there, so she specifically did it..."

The actress's tone was a bit excited, awakening Chu Chenliang's memory at the time one by one.

Chu Chenliang realized that it was the same thing, but his thoughts were completely opposite to the actress's thoughts.

Where did the problem go?

After listening, Chu Chenliang didn't say much, just said "have a chance to cooperate in the future," hung up the phone, and hurriedly ran to find the screenwriter next door.

He asked the screenwriter to think about so many evils of human nature and human struggles, and now it was time for the screenwriter to play his instinct to analyze what kind of situation it was.

After listening to what happened today and listening to the

Chu Chenliang asked urgently, "So, is the assistant's accusation against her today true?"

The screenwriter shook their head cautiously: "Without evidence, let's not spread rumors."

Chu Chenliang frowned tightly, and a second later, the screenwriter said, "But at the very least, it's clear that Xu Ting is definitely not innocent."

"The assistant said that Xu Ting has used this method to deal with several actresses. In the entertainment industry, there is no such thing as a single trick that works for everything. If Xu Ting didn't know the assistant was intentionally framing her the first time, what about the second, third, and fourth times?"

"There must have been times when she felt something was wrong, right? It's impossible that every actor who doesn't get along with her would spread rumors about her behind her back," the screenwriter said, weighing their words.

Chu Chenliang's thoughts suddenly cleared.

That evening, right around the time Jin Li usually went to sleep, Chu Chenliang suddenly called her.

The two talked for over ten minutes and reached a certain agreement.

When Jin Li hung up the phone, she had a smile on her face.

The next day.

Xu Ting was as good as her word. Seeing Jin Li arrive at the set, she walked up to her and apologized sincerely, her eyes red.

She was truly a first-tier actress; that expression of tears welling up like rain made anyone who saw it want to wipe away the tears that were threatening to fall.

"I'm sorry, Jin Li. It's my fault for not managing my assistant well. I've already decided to sue her. I am very sorry for the harm she caused you. Please give me a chance to make amends."

Jin Li looked at her for a few moments and said calmly, "Do you still intend to keep her as your assistant?"

Xu Ting shook her head immediately: "No, I've already fired her!"

Jin Li: "This was a mistake she made. Since she is no longer your assistant, what does it have to do with you? Didn't you say you were completely unaware?"

Xu Ting wiped the tears from her eyes and said somewhat flusteredly: "I'm sorry, I... I just feel a bit bad for you. If only I had discovered it sooner."

Jin Li shook her head: "This isn't your fault. Although your assistant has been by your side taking care of you, busy running around for you, and revolving around you for 12 out of every 24 hours...

But you aren't a saint, and you have to work. If she wanted to spread rumors secretly, with her being prepared and you being caught off guard, you wouldn't have been able to discover it."

Others heard this, and a strange look flashed across their faces.

That sounded a bit sarcastic!

In contact every single day, and she really knew nothing?

Jin Li said: "This isn't your fault. You don't need to take the blame upon yourself. I don't blame you for this."

Xu Ting felt relieved and said gratefully: "Thank you, Jin Li!"