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Zhao Shanshan never imagined how she went from a wildly popular star to a has-been artist who was blacklisted. The time frame was so short that she barely had time to react before she was shelved.
If Zhao Shanshan knew that all of this stemmed from that “scandal” caused by jealousy and greed, she would probably be kicking herself.
Zhao Shanshan’s popularity plummeted, her reputation was ruined, and even Li Moru’s movie ‘Hero Without Chivalry’ was affected. There were even many people online who felt sorry for Ye Luohan and Luo Lingxing.
“When I learned that the male lead of this movie was Luoluo, I was really, really looking forward to it. But why is the director so good at choosing the male lead, but blinded when choosing the female lead? How can such a woman be worthy of our Luoluo? How can anyone watch such a movie?”
“The little prince and the male god are so pitiful. They have encountered such a scumbag woman again. They have been dragged down by her.”
“In the movie ‘My Brother-in-Law’, the little prince and the Male God were both dragged down by Zhao Mengran, and now they’re being dragged down by Zhao Shanshan. Why are the little prince and the Male God so unlucky and always encountering these bizarre women? Did everyone notice that both women share the surname Zhao? Maybe the little prince and the Male God are just incompatible with women surnamed Zhao. So, in the future, when the two of them accept roles, they must carefully check the female lead’s surname. Please don’t make another movie like this, where we have to enjoy the little prince and the Male God while being annoyed by the female lead—it’s just too painful.”
“A girl surnamed Zhao walked by silently…”
“I also have the surname Zhao. Luckily, I’m not in the entertainment industry, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to work the little prince and the Male God with them anymore? That would be so tragic.”
“I hope the director can give an explanation. How could someone like Zhao Shanshan be chosen as the female lead?
What terrible taste!”
The fans were both defending their idol and blaming the director on their own, making for quite a lively scene.
After learning about Zhao Shanshan’s troubles, Li Moru’s good mood of finishing filming early was completely ruined, and he made a very quick and decisive decision: to replace the female lead!
Yes, you read that right. They changed the female lead!
Li Moru was a perfectionist who absolutely couldn’t tolerate any imperfections in his films. Zhao Shanshan’s existence was an imperfection in the film. Even though filming had wrapped, Li Moru still couldn’t accept that his female lead was like that. It would make him unable to bear watching the film.
This situation had actually happened before. After filming wrapped up, the female lead’s scandal broke out, which affected the film to some extent, similar to the current situation. However, back then, Feng Ruiyu only redid the post-production and reshot some scenes. He did not replace the female lead.
But Li Moru was different. He would never allow his female lead to become like this. Since Zhao Shanshan had encountered so many problems, she could no longer be the female lead. In other words, the movie would either not be released, or the female lead would have to be replaced. Replacing the female lead meant that reshoots were necessary, a condition that no one was happy about. Not to mention Ye Luohan and Luo Lingxing, the schedules of other stars were also irreconcilable. In the end, Li Moru decided that there would be no need for reshoots, but all of the female lead’s scenes would have to be reshot. The new female lead would film her own scenes, and the scenes would be replaced with Zhao Shanshan’s in post-production. This would make up for the imperfections of the movie to the greatest extent possible and prevent the hard work of other stars in such a short time from being wasted.
However, if the female lead was replaced and all the scenes were reshot, the original release date would have to be postponed. Moreover, ‘Hero Without Chivalry’ was originally intended to participate in the Golden Rabbit Film Festival and was a strong contender for several awards. However, with Zhao Shanshan’s incident and the replacement of the female lead, it would inevitably affect the film festival’s participation time.
“Sigh… I hadn’t considered this earlier. If I had known, I should have exposed Zhao Shanshan’s scandals after the film festival. I always thought Luoluo would definitely win the Best Male Protagonist this time. But now, he might not even be able to participate in the film festival.” Chen Hongliang was filled with regret after hearing the news. He never expected that Li Moru would even postpone the film’s release to directly replace the female lead.
Chen Hongliang initially thought that Zhao Shanshan’s scandals would at most damage her own reputation and affect the film, but he didn’t expect it to have such a big impact. After all, similar things had happened before. However, Feng Ruiyu only had some scenes of the female lead cut and some scenes reshot, and the rest was not greatly affected.
“There’s nothing we can do. Director Li is a perfectionist. He’d rather postpone the release than miss the film festival awards, and he insisted on changing the female lead,” Xiao Ming said helplessly.
Luo Lingxing finally landed a leading role in a movie directed by a famous director, and he was very likely to win the Best Male Protagonist award and become a film king. It was rare for a film king to be so young in the entertainment industry. In the end, he let such a good opportunity slip away. Everyone could only express their regret.
“Forget it, Luoluo is still young, talented and skilled. Are you worried that he won’t be able to get leading roles or win the Best Male Protagonist award in the future?” Xiao Ming comforted Chen Hongliang.
“That’s true. Even if we can’t make it to this year’s film festival, there’s always next year’s and the year after. With Luoluo’s talent, winning Best Actor is only a matter of time. We’re just being too anxious.” After Chen Hongliang thought it through, he stopped thinking about these things and instead focused on preparing for Luo Lingxing’s future schedule.
Although Chen Hongliang was the entertainment director and had a lot of responsibilities, he still checked out film contracts and endorsements for Luo Lingxing whenever he had free time. After all, he was Luo Lingxing’s agent at the beginning, and it was because of this that he had the opportunity to reach his current position. All of this was brought to him by Luo Lingxing, so he had never forgotten to be grateful. When he had free time, he would also work with Xiao Ming to select some jobs for Luo Lingxing and Ye Luohan.
Actually, Ye Luohan and Luo Lingxing’s agents weren’t very busy. After all, these two were capricious and willful, and apart from some movie offers and high-end endorsements, they didn’t accept anything else, not even a single announcement. They were like two unattainable beauties in the entertainment industry, making people only look up to them and admire them.
After filming ‘Hero Without Chivalry’, Luo Lingxing and Ye Luohan planned to take a break for a while. When Chen Hongliang received this news, he said he was already used to it and then calmly distributed the resources he had to other artists under his management.
These two bosses didn’t need to appear on announcements, while others would love to have announcements all day long and didn’t mind having more work at all.
With company matters settled and vacation time secured, Luo Lingxing and Ye Luohan began preparing to take some military personnel to Planet Seyfert for training.
He had previously promised the military that he would take a group of people to train, but he was busy filming and didn’t have time. Moreover, the military personnel had only just started learning advanced techniques and their level was not high enough, which worried many officers.
Now that Han Junzhan and Luo Lingxing had time, and those who’d cultivate advanced techniques had been training for a while and their strength had greatly improved, this was the perfect time for them to be full of confidence. Let them go and train, let them test their skills, let them know how strong they really are, and also suppress their pride, let them calm down, and let them continue to cultivate and improve themselves in a peaceful way.
For martial artists, the worst thing was to be arrogant and conceited, because once such a mentality develops, it would be very difficult for that person to make any progress in their cultivation.
When the four legions learned that Luo Lingxing and Han Junzhan would be coming today to select one hundred soldiers to go to Planet Seyfert for training, everyone was very excited and eager to show their skills and try to be selected.
They all knew about Zhang Xuan and the others’ significant improvement in strength during their month on Planet Seyfert, and they were all very envious. They had long hoped that one day they could also go to Planet Seifert for training and improve their own strength.
However, this time, only those who had cultivated advanced techniques could be brought to Planet Seyfert, and those who had not yet cultivated advanced techniques were immediately discouraged.
Initially, when Luo Lingxing conducted the tests, only about thirty people were able to cultivate advanced techniques. However, as the training progressed, more people qualified and obtained the secret manuals for advanced techniques. Even so, those who cultivated advanced techniques still only accounted for a small portion of the total number of people.
“I’m here today to take you to Planet Seyfert for special training. However, only one hundred people can go. Planet Seyfert is a very dangerous planet, teeming with wild beasts of enormous size and immense strength. You could easily lose your life if you’re not careful. Although Junzhan and I will take you to Planet Seyfert, we will not be responsible for your lives. Junzhan and I will not participate in the battles with the beasts. Everything will depend on you. In other words, you could very well lose your lives on Planet Seyfert. Even so, are you still willing to undergo special training?” Luo Lingxing stood in front of all the soldiers who had cultivated advanced techniques, speaking with a serious expression. His voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear.
“Yes!” the soldiers replied in unison, with almost no hesitation.
As soldiers, they had long been prepared to give their lives for their country. They were only going to Planet Seyfert. If they were going to back down at this point, how can they be qualified to be soldiers? How can they go to the battlefield in the future? They should know that the battlefield is much more brutal than Planet Seyfert.
