Her reckless behavior had led to pneumonia, and she was hospitalized for a week at the city hospital.
Only after being discharged did her assistant inform her that, due to her stubbornness, the lead role in "Winter’s Warm Sun" had been recast, and the scenes in the Northeast were almost finished.
Zhang Xueyan was completely stunned. "What are you saying?"
Assistant Li Meiwen shrugged. "Exactly what you heard. We’ve been told to return directly to Beijing; there’s no need to travel with the production crew anymore."
Zhang Xueyan couldn’t accept this. "Impossible! Without me, who could they have found? Don’t tell me Ding Yiman snatched my lead role?"
After speaking, she stared at Li Meiwen. "Tell me the truth. What exactly happened?"
Li Meiwen wasn’t entirely sure what had happened either. She only knew that someone from the production team had delivered the news and hadn’t revealed any other details.
Seeing Li Meiwen’s silence, Zhang Xueyan said, "You need to understand, you work for me. What, are you trying to side against me?"
Li Meiwen said with some resignation, "This isn’t the time to throw a tantrum. We should figure out what to do. We can’t just go back defeated , can we?"
Zhang Xueyan panicked. "Right, we can’t just let it slide! Come on, let’s go to the post office. I need to call my uncle to help me."
Li Meiwen sighed inwardly. Since Gui Kairong dared to replace her, he must have already informed the Zhang Family. She had such a strong hand and still managed to play it this badly.
When Luo Yihai received Zhang Xueyan’s call, he said, his voice tinged with frustration, "Everything was perfectly arranged. Once this movie is released, your position in the film industry would have been unassailable. But look at what you’ve done! You started throwing tantrums before you even established yourself. Besides, don’t you know what kind of person Gui Kairong is?"
"Uncle, I know I was wrong. Please stop scolding me. What should I do now?"
"There’s nothing I can do now. You know how much importance the higher-ups place on this film, and do you have any idea how much effort it took me to get you this role?"
"Uncle, I don’t want to just go back to Beijing . I want to go to the Northwest with them."
"Things have already come to this. Even if you go now, it won’t help. You should think thrice before acting in the future."
"I really did have a fever! It wasn’t a tantrum. Couldn’t they have waited just a few days?"
"Zhang Xueyan, there’s a limit to throwing tantrums! There was already very little shooting time in the Northeast. If you want to continue working in this industry, stop being so unreasonable."
Hearing her uncle’s words, Zhang Xueyan was practically seething. It was one thing for him not to take her side, but he even criticized her instead!
She couldn’t bear to listen anymore and slammed down the phone. "Li Meiwen, get ready. We’re going straight to the production team. I want to see exactly who dared to replace me."
Li Meiwen was somewhat speechless. What good would going there now do, other than further humiliating herself?
Meanwhile, Yunyi, having finished her scenes, was at the clinic requesting leave from Doctor Qiu. "I’ll probably be gone for about twenty days," she said, "but just to be safe, I think I’ll ask for an extra five days off."
Fortunately, the patients who had been staying in the backyard ward over the past few days had been gradually discharged. Moreover, construction at the reservoir was temporarily suspended due to heavy snow, so the clinic wasn’t too busy.
The group headquarters had already informed him about Yunyi’s leave request. Besides, she had official business, so he naturally wouldn’t stand in her way. "Alright," Doctor Qiu said. "Go ahead with the filming, don’t worry. We’ll all come to support you when the movie is released." Check latest chapters at 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍
After leaving the clinic, Yunyi went to the group headquarters to obtain a letter of introduction. Only then did she return home to pack her luggage, as she was due to depart for the Northwest early the next morning.