"Yan Wen has changed and she can be interviewed at any time," Xia informed the cameraman.
"Okay, so now..."
The cameraman was cut off by a piercing scream from Jiang Lingyun's dressing room. "Ah! A bug!"
She ran out of the dressing room in disarray and spotting the cameraman, rushed over to him. "Your cleaners are lousy!"
She huffed furiously.
Hearing the commotion, Bai Zhexuan hurried over. Jiang Lingyun latched on to his arm and played the victim. "Zhexuan, I worked so hard today. When I went into my dressing room, there was a giant bug it was disgusting!"
Bai Zhexuan cleared his throat. "Did you make a mistake?"
"Definitely not! Maybe someone wanted to scare me and put the bug there." Jiang Lingyun glared at Yan Wen. "Is it because I chose the female lead, stealing your thunder, and made you go onscreen with ugly make-up? You must be jealous, so you put the bug there to scare me!"
Jiang Lingyun jumped at the chance to yell at Yan Wen.
Everyone around was stunned. Her imagination was in overdrive. Today's three shoots all showed how powerful Yan Wen was and how unprofessional Jiang Lingyun was. She strong-armed Yan Wen at every opportunity and was now being a completely unreasonable shrew. If Yan Wen was not from Grand Entertainment as well, they would have doubted the company's standards.
"They're from the same company, why are they so different?"
"Compared to Yan Wen, Jiang Lingyun's behavior is appalling."
The cameramen who had witnessed the outburst were whispering to each other in English.
Jiang Lingyun did not notice, but Bai Zhexuan heard every word.
"Lingyun, stop it." He støpped her from continuing and pulled her aside. "Put the incident to the side. How was filming in the afternoon? I had to go back to the office."
"It went very well of course! With me around, everything can be done!" Jiang Lingyun misinterpreted the directors' smiles as satisfaction towards her. In her eyes, Yan Wen's make-up was so ugly and made her look old, so the person who stood out was definitely her!
"Are you sure? Nothing happened..."
"Zhexuan, I saw it with my own eyes The directors were laughing happily as they left. My acting was perfect and all in one take!"
Jiang Lingyun was so sure that Bai Zhexuan did not ask further, and arranged for Yan Wen and Jiang Lingyun to have the final interview in the lounge.
"Alright, that's a wrap."
The cameramen left and they were the only ones in the lounge.
"Zhexuan, I'm tired, let's go back to the hotel and rest." Jiang Lingyun swooned dramatically.
Xia and Chen Yu both turned their gazes away, not wanting to see her pretentiousness in action.
"Yan Wen, where have you been staying these few days?" Bai Zhexuan suddenly remembered. Yan Wen had disappeared these few days and then shown up with private bodyguards. Had she gone back to the Yans?
"I've already done my job. The rest is none of your business."
Yan Wen's reply was calm. She had no interest in leaking information on her life. and did not want Bai Zhexuan to bother Jiang Sui-an. Even though he would be chased away by bodyguards before he could even get close to Jiang Sui-an.
"You!" Bai Zhexuan glowered at her. "No artist can fully leave the control of their company. If you want to make it big, you had better watch your attitude. Otherwise...
Jiang Lingyun was very happy to see Bai Zhexuan angry at Yan Wen. She chimed in from the side, "Zhexuan, don't argue with her. Once the show airs next Friday, she will realize that she has no right to bargain!"
Jiang Lingyun lightly pushed a teacup off the table and it fell with a crash.
The bodyguards moved swiftly to block Yan Wen. "Do we need to chase them out?"
"No." Yan Wen knew that Jiang Sui-an had gone to great expense to hire these bodyguards for her. As long as her orders were not illegal, they would comply.
Instead, she lifted her head and looked Jiang Lingyun in the eyes. "I can't be bothered to argue with you. I look forward to your expressions when the show goes on air."
She was going to win Jiang Lingyun based on her own ability.
This was also the first step in her plan to make a comeback.
Jiang Lingyun gritted her teeth in rage. "Zhexuan, look at her arrogant face. You'd better arrange work for her in a faraway place!"
"Sorry to disappoint, but Yan Wen now has the right to choose whether to accept company arrangements," Xia replied coldly.
"Zhexuan!" Jiang Lingyun went rigid with anger.
"Alright, that's enough. We still have other things to do, let's go." Bai Zhexuan shook his head. He took two steps before he turned to look disappointed at Yan Wen. "I never thought you would become like this. Mercenary and pretentious. You didn't use to care about such things. You've changed, Yan Wen."
"Really?" Yan Wen could not help but laugh. "But I much prefer myself like this."
She did not care what Bai Zhexuan thought of her. To her, she was taking steps to rediscover her dreams.
"You are hopeless!"
Bai Zhexuan left with Jiang Lingyun. Yan Wen watched them go, expressionless.
As Yan Wen got into the car, Bai Shanshan gave her a video call.
"Since filming has ended, go home. Don't give the company any problems," she ordered Yan Wen coldly.
"I'm paying for my own living expenses, it won't affect company profits. It's my choice whether I go back."
Bai Shanshan paused a while. "Yan Wen, once Backstage airs, the company is going to invest a lot of resources on Jiang Lingyun. When the time comes, there won't be anywhere for you in the entertainment industry. If I were you, I would get out early, before there's nothing left."
"You think Jiang Lingyun is your perfect trump card. We'll wait and see what the result be!" Yan Wen's indifference gave her words a solemn quality.
Bai Shanshan glared at her steadily. She was incensed by Yan Wen's attitude and wanted to destroy her. If she mounted a successful comeback, she would be a thorn in the sides of Grand Entertainment and the Bai family. She could never let Yan Wen stage a comeback. Otherwise, she would step on them all.
"You'll pay for your arrogance!" Bai Shanshan said fiercely, as she hung up the phone.
"Yan Wen, I don't think Bai Shanshan will give up." Xia was worried.
"I'm not the only person with a hand in today's situation. No matter what she does, I won't back down." Yan Wen was very sure that when the episode aired, the Bai siblings would be even angrier with her. Even so, she did not regret any of her actions.
"I'll keep a close eye on things. You concentrate on work" Xia patted her on the shoulder. She and Chen Yu wholeheartedly supported Yan Wen.
"Also, we have Dahua supporting us. It'll be okay!"