In the trending topic "#Ji Xiaoli's Money#", two videos have extremely high popularity.
One shows the scene where Ji Xiaoli signed a check outside the venue and handed it to Tao Guangguang with one hand, saying, "Is this much enough?"
Netizens commented one after another:
[It's more than enough! It's overflowing!!]
[Mom, she looks so cool when signing the check!]
[Brother Li really doesn't treat money as money but as paper.]
...
If the first video just made netizens simply envy Ji Xiaoli's generosity and boldness, then the next video made them can't help but kneel down to Brother Li!
The second video shows Ji Xiaoli mocking the scumbag Li Songyuan inside the venue:
"What qualifications do you have? Mr. Li, don't forget that I'm not only the screenwriter of *A Cheated Life* but also the producer. It should be okay for the producer to request the replacement of a screenwriter with moral issues, right?"
"Mr. Li wants liquidated damages, right? No problem. You can ask for as much as you want, and we're never short of money anyway."
[Brother Li is awesome! Being rich is awesome!]
[What can money do? It can make scumbags go away!!]
[Scumbag: Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you're rich? Brother Li: Sorry, being rich really means you can do whatever you want.]
[Wuwu, I just like such a charismatic rich person.]
...
For a moment, Weibo exploded. And Ji Xiaoli's account became lively again.
Her number of followers soared from the original five million to five million and six hundred thousand. Since she hadn't posted on Weibo recently, netizens had to repost her previous Weibo posts to express their excitement.
So Ji Xiaoli saw that the reposts of her nine - photo selfie Weibo post soared from the original twenty thousand to fifty thousand.
The content of the reposts also changed from "Repost this lucky koi and you'll gain good luck" to "Wuwu, mom, I want to marry her"...
Ji Xiaoli found it rather ridiculous.
She held her phone and looked back. Just as she was about to complain to the two of them, she noticed that Pan Damin was staring at the screen seriously.
Ji Xiaoli felt a little suspicious. Was this expression... unhappiness? Did he think she had brought negative news to their crew?
Just as Ji Xiaoli was hesitating whether to apologize and find a way to solve the problem, Pan Damin had already picked up his phone and dialed a number with a solemn look:
"Hello, help me create a trending topic... Well, the trending topic is the name of our drama, #A Cheated Life#... It would be a pity not to ride on this good wave of popularity!"
"Ah, ask someone to write a public relations article? That's okay... Canxing Entertainment? Sure, sure. Please help me contact their people..."
After Pan Damin hung up the phone, he saw Ji Xiaoli looking at him with a complicated expression. He couldn't help but wonder, "Xiaoli, what's wrong?"
Ji Xiaoli pursed her lips, and her expression became even more indescribable.
How could she tell Pan Damin that she had already acquired Canxing Entertainment? How could she tell him that the boss of Canxing Entertainment he wanted to contact was sitting right in front of him...
Well... forget it. She'd better not say anything. She didn't want to scare him.
"It's okay, it's okay." Ji Xiaoli shook her head.
Pan Damin didn't think much about it either. He chuckled and said, "Xiaoli, you can create more news like this in the future! Our drama can become popular before it's even aired! Oh hehehe..."
Ji Xiaoli forced a couple of laughs and could only agree.
...
All the shooting progress went as usual.
When Pan Damin returned to the set, he started to "torture" his actors.
It was at this moment that Zhong Canxi turned around and saw Ji Xiaoli. His eyes were dim and complicated. It seemed that he hadn't missed any of the recent news.
Ji Xiaoli was quite calm and looked back coldly. Maybe it was this calmness that irritated Zhong Canxi. His pale face showed a bit of unease. He twitched his lips as if he was smiling, but there was no trace of a smile.
"Hey! What are you doing!"
Pan Damin didn't care about anything. He roared at the top of his voice, "Hurry up and change your clothes. Let's start today's shooting!!"
After being roared at by Pan Damin, Zhong Canxi immediately obediently retracted his gaze and left.
After seeing him go far away, Ji Xiaoli lowered her eyes and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Jiang Longhan poked his head over at this time and showed an uncharacteristic gossiping side.
"Hey, did you really keep him as your lover before?"
Ji Xiaoli raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Longhan with a bit of displeasure.
Jiang Longhan still looked at Zhong Canxi's leaving back seriously, frowning as if he was doing a research. "Then how did you break up? Did you want to save some money?"
Ji Xiaoli: ...
People like him probably had no sense of propriety.
She frowned and clicked her tongue. "Screenwriter Jiang, do you think there's only a need for one screenwriter here?"
Damn it. Did he believe that she would fire him just like she fired Li Songyuan?
Let him see what a cruel capitalist was!!
Unexpectedly, after Jiang Longhan let out a half - "Ah?", he looked at her suspiciously. "Are you not going to do this anymore?"
Ji Xiaoli: ??
"Fine." Jiang Longhan nodded seriously. "Anyway, you haven't helped me much. It's okay for you to leave."
Ji Xiaoli: ...
It turned out that people who couldn't read the room also couldn't understand what others were saying.
Ji Xiaoli suppressed her anger and just wanted to leave. But Jiang Longhan followed up persistently.
"Hey, do one last thing before you leave."
Jiang Longhan flipped through the script and said to her, "Did you read the script I told you to revise last time? I'm thinking now that it's not appropriate for the female lead to always wear a mask. After all, this is a modern drama. The person who wrote it may be stupid, but the audience is smart, right?"
Ji Xiaoli, the writer, gave him a cold look.
"But if you let the female lead take off the mask and stay beside the male lead, and the male lead still can't recognize her, that's basically rubbing the audience's intelligence on the ground."
"So?"
"So, I think for the following scenes, we should just replace the actress playing the female lead."
Ji Xiaoli raised her eyebrows and became interested.
Replacing the female lead was a big deal, especially when the plot was already halfway through. But Ji Xiaoli didn't immediately deny it.
She looked at Jiang Longhan's confident look and deliberately asked, "Do you already have a candidate in mind?"
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Jiang Longhan nodded. "Yes. I think a girl who recently participated in a talent show is quite good. She looks about 30 - 40% like the current female lead. It shouldn't be a problem for her to play the female lead after plastic surgery."
Ji Xiaoli: "What's her name?"
Jiang Longhan: "Let me think. Oh, her name is Qin Xiangxiang."
Ji Xiaoli was almost shocked upon hearing this. "What did you say?"
"Qin Xiangxiang! Let me show you her photo."
Jiang Longhan took out his phone and found the photo of Qin Xiangxiang during the talent show.
As soon as Ji Xiaoli saw it, she couldn't help but gasp.
It was really her!