Chapter 547: Chapter 547: Overconfidence Is Arrogance Chapter 547: Chapter 547: Overconfidence Is Arrogance The next day marked the official start of filming.
Just after Xia Weibao had finished her makeup, Wan Ke approached her with the script in his hand.
He used discussing the play as a pretext to pull her aside to a secluded area.
Wan Ke still wore that flippant playboy expression, “Miss Xia, how about it? Have you given it any thought?”
Xia Weibao furrowed her brows, “Thought about what?”
“The thing I mentioned to you last night.”
Xia Weibao thought for a moment, “Director Wan, what did you talk to me about last night? Oh, I remember now, you suggested that I tell the media that Xu Jiayang drugged me during the filming of ‘Allure’.
Sorry, Director Wan, Director Xu has been quite nice to me, I can’t say something he didn’t do.”
Wan Ke sneered, “Whether he did it or not, isn’t it just a matter of what you say?”
Xia Weibao’s expression turned cold, “That’s defamation! Director Wan, could it be that the incident from four years ago, where Xu Jiayang drugged a female artist, was actually your doing?”
Wan Ke looked at her with a smile that was not quite a smile.
His eyes held some disdain.
He didn’t answer, but instead reached out and took her phone from her pocket.
It was indeed recording!
“Miss Xia, it seems you and Xu Jiayang are very close, aren’t you? Willing to clarify things for him. Just don’t use such low-level tricks next time, it makes you look unintelligent.”
Your intelligence is the problem, your whole family’s intelligence is the problem!
Wan Ke circled the script with his arm, tapping his left palm lightly with it, looking at Xia Weibao as if he was watching a mouse being toyed with in his hand.
Calculating behind the curtain.
“Miss Xia, don’t blame me for not reminding you, you’re in my production now, and if I want to destroy you, it’s easier than squashing an ant.
You only get one chance to pick a side, think carefully.”
Xia Weibao rolled her eyes, “Even if I make false accusations to the media about Xu Jiayang, won’t he refute them? Won’t the media find out the truth on their own?”
It was as if Wan Ke had heard some ridiculous joke.
“I can’t believe Miss Xia has been in the entertainment business this long and still believes in the word ‘truth’.
You’ve been slandered frequently enough, did those keyboard warriors ever care about the truth?
They only stir up trouble and kick you when you’re down.
What the truth is, depends on how you manage it.
Anyway, you just have to tell the media that Xu Jiayang drugged you, leave the rest to me to handle.”
“I’m not an idiot, doing that would ruin my reputation.”
“You can say you were saved in time and nothing was consummated, and later Xu Jiayang threatened you with the lead role in ‘Allure’.
If you choose to stand with me, I will of course promote you and ensure that you don’t get hurt.
Look at Chu Ying, didn’t I make her a star?
Consider it well, today is the last day to decide.”
Having said that, he deleted the recording from her phone.
Then he patted Xia Weibao’s shoulder, “The wise adapt themselves to circumstances.”
Xia Weibao held her phone and saw that the recording was gone, she stamped her feet in frustration.
Seeing her anger, Wan Ke laughed heartily.
“You are very smart, too bad you lack experience.
Next time don’t record with a phone, get a recording pen, maybe then you’ll succeed, hahaha.”
Watching his receding figure, Xia Weibao really wanted to give him the finger!
But being the civilized lady she was, genteel queens like her never resorted to such vulgar gestures.
“Too much confidence is arrogance.”
She muttered to Wan Ke’s retreating back and then took her costume to the changing room.
From underneath the skirt, she pulled out a small recording pen.