When Jiang Li came back from moving the props, she saw Qin Sisi being slapped to the ground by Emily again.

Emily had already slapped Qin Sisi several times under the pretext of forgetting the lines. They were already acting out the slapping scene before Jiang Li went to move the props. When she came back after moving the props, they hadn't even finished filming yet! Qin Sisi's face had already turned red from being slapped.

"Oops! I forgot the words again. I'm so sorry."

Emily said sorry but she was smiling and didn't really look sorry.

"Again."

Hao Zhen was a little unhappy, but in view of the pressure from capital, he had no choice but to wave his hand and let everyone try again.

The two started over again, and when it came to slapping, Emily repeated her old trick, without holding back any strength, and slapped Qin Sisi hard on the face. Qin Sisi's face was already too red to look at, but the words she was about to say were stuck again.

People who have been in the crew for many years are not fools. They all know what is going on. It is obvious that Emily is taking the opportunity to bully Qin Sisi again.

"Ah! Director, I'm sorry, I forgot to look at the camera, can I do it again?"

The director suppressed his anger and said, "Come again."

"Snapped!"

Another hard slap, Qin Sisi's face was like fire, but Emily was still hypocritically exaggerated: "Ah! Sorry, I don't think I spoke the lines fluently just now, can I say it again?"

Hao Zhen looked very unhappy: "I think the last one was pretty good."

Emily shook her head pretentiously: "I don't think it's good enough. You know, director, I always strive for perfection when filming."

YUE!

The people at the scene almost heard YUE!

She is still striving for perfection! She is the most perfunctory actress in the whole circle!

"Director, let's do it again. It will be perfect this time."

Hao Zhen looked at Qin Sisi's red face, hesitated for a moment, and finally took a step back: "Okay, let's do it again! The last time!"

"Okay, okay, I'm so sorry for causing trouble for everyone!"

Emily bent down to apologize with a smile on her face. She looked at Qin Sisi with a squint and thought to herself, if I slap Qin Sisi again, I will make sure she can't even stand up.

Qin Sisi covered her face and calmed her breathing. She felt humiliated but didn't dare to say anything. If she wanted to move up in this circle, she would have to swallow some grievances.

Qin Sisi was willing to endure the grievance, but Jiang Li was reluctant to let Qin Sisi be slapped by her again. She had long been unable to bear it.

This Emily is really going too far!

Seeing that Emily wanted to do it again, Jiang Li immediately dropped what she was holding and rushed over.

"Can't you remember just two lines? If you can't remember them, don't come here to act!"

Everyone looked at Jiang Li, somewhat surprised. They didn't expect that the director didn't dare to speak, but a frail little girl was the one to steal the spotlight.

Emily also glanced at the person who was speaking when she heard it, and then when she found out it was Jiang Li, she didn't even look at her.

"How disrespectful and self-righteous! Even a junior assistant dares to come out and give orders."

Jiang Li took a step forward, raised her neck and said in a serious tone: "What's wrong with the little assistant? I do my job well, unlike you, who has the title of an actor but can't even remember the lines."

Emily argued: "Who said I can't remember? I'm just striving for perfection and trying to do my best."

Jiang Li sneered: "Do you believe what you said? I almost vomited."

"I asked for more takes because I am dedicated to my work, you..."

Jiang Li made a vomiting expression on the spot: "Stop using the word dedication to disgust me! Dedication! How dare someone like you talk about dedication?"

"You're late and leave early. You're so delicate and petty. You're always surrounded by people and are afraid of hard work. You're the most unprofessional person on the set. You're late every day, making dozens of people in the crew wait for you to start work. You refuse to shoot even when the sun is bright. You're even more arrogant than the male and female leads. How dare you say you're dedicated?"

"Stop using the guise of 'professionalism' to disgust others. You are deliberately using the drama to vent your emotions and bully others. Do you really think that other people are blind?"

Jiang Li said what many people dared not say. Although the crew members and even other actors did not dare to confront Emily directly, they had long disliked her. They thought she was lazy, pretentious, and had poor acting skills. If they were not afraid of the gangster forces behind her, they really didn't want to even look at her.

Jiang Li is a thin young girl, but unexpectedly she is so strong. Everyone silently gave her a thumbs up in their hearts.

Jiang Li stood up for Qin Sisi. Although Qin Sisi was very grateful, she heard that the boss behind Emily was very cruel. If Emily found someone to take revenge on Jiang Li, she would be guilty of a great crime. Qin Sisi had already run over to pull Jiang Li away, but Jiang Li was so angry that she couldn't stop her.

Emily was also getting more and more angry: "You little stagehand, you know nothing! How can it look real if you don't hit harder!"

"Oh, really? I heard that you have a scene later where you are poisoned to death. Are you going to drink a glass of poisoned wine yourself so that we can see what it's really like to be poisoned to death?!"

"You!" Emily was choked by Jiang Li's words. She was speechless for a moment and her face turned red with anger.

If they continue arguing, it will be out of place and will probably get out of hand.

Hao Zhen quickly jumped out and said, "Let's just leave it like this for now! Let's start with the part where Emily forgot the lines."

"There are still some props to prepare later. Xiaowu, take Jiang Li with you."

Xiaowu is one of the assistant directors, and the director clearly wants to send Jiang Li away to avoid conflict.

Although Jiang Li was worried about Qin Sisi, she thought that Emily would not take advantage of the opportunity again, so she gave Qin Sisi a look, asking her to take care of herself, and then she left.

Half an hour later, Qin Sisi's scenes were finally filmed.

Hearing that Qin Sisi had finished her acting job, Jiang Li quickly took out the borrowed ointment and ran to apply it to Qin Sisi.

Jiang Li felt distressed as she applied medicine to her, but Qin Sisi smiled and said she was fine.

The more Jiang Li applied the cream, the angrier she became: "It's still okay! Your face is so swollen that it's unbearable to look at."

"You've applied the medicine to me. I'll be fine tomorrow."

Jiang Li snorted and said nothing.

Seeing Jiang Li put away the ointment, Qin Sisi quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Li Li, you can't be so aggressive next time. If Emily holds a grudge and retaliates against you, you will be in trouble."

Jiang Li disagreed: "Trouble? What is trouble? Being bullied is trouble, being retaliated is trouble. If taking a step forward or a step back is trouble, then why do we have to compromise so much?"

Qin Sisi was stunned at first, but then she shook her head: "As the old saying goes, if you are patient, you will have peace. For small people like us, if we suffer some losses, we just have to bear it."

Jiang Li sat up straight and disagreed: "I have only heard that it is intolerable, and there is no need to endure it anymore."

"In my opinion, tolerance will not solve the problem. The more you give in, the easier it will be for others to bully you, and the more they will bully you."

"People can be kind, but they cannot be cowardly."

Jiang Li had also experienced school bullying when she was in school. At first she was very scared and timid and dared not resist. But the more she hid, the more ruthless others became. They bullied her openly and even spread rumors that she stole things. If Xia Luoluo hadn't been with her at that time, accompanying her, encouraging her and standing up for her, she would not be what she is now.

It was also Xia Luoluo's encouragement that made her realize that bad guys always pick on weak people, and only by making herself strong can she make bad guys afraid of her.

At that time, the bullies also bullied Xia Luoluo. Jiang Li couldn't bear it anymore and started a fight with the troublemakers. She also handed the evidence of their bullying directly to the police station, and the matter came to an end.

So when she saw Qin Sisi being bullied, she thought of her past self. In the past, she would have Xia Luoluo standing up for her, but what about Qin Sisi?

Jiang Li also wants to protect her, encourage her, and make her stronger.

Qin Sisi wanted to say something to Jiang Li, but suddenly someone ran over and said that the director wanted to see Jiang Li.

Jiang Li stood up and immediately had some guesses.

She openly opposed Emily today. If Hao Zhen was wary of the power behind Emily, he might fire her.

Being fired is a small matter, but if I complain to Li Mubai, it would be very embarrassing.

Jiang Li was a little scared at this time. She was not afraid of losing her job or being retaliated against, but she was afraid of losing Li Mubai's face. Jiang Li dragged her legs to Hao Zhen's office. When she entered the door, she saw that Hao Zhen's face was dark blue, even uglier than hers.

Seeing her come in, Hao Zhen didn't say anything. He raised his chin and asked her to find a place to sit down.

Jiang Li found a stool and sat down, but Hao Zhen still didn't speak. He smoked the cigarette in his hand, fearing that he would die too long.

After waiting for a long time, Hao Zhen finally put out the cigarette he had just smoked and said in a deep voice, "You openly challenged Emily today. Do you know that this is a serious matter?"

Jiang Li replied calmly: "I don't know, how serious is it?"

"Did you know that she wanted you to leave?"

Jiang Li had guessed it a long time ago, and replied with her neck stiff: "If you can't tolerate me, I'll leave. At worst, I can change jobs."

Humph! He's a big director! He doesn't have any persistence at all. She even makes different kinds of wolfberry water and monk fruit for him every day. If she had known, she would have made him coffee, ten cups a day, to kill him!

Seeing Jiang Li acting like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water and was even ready to die calmly, Hao Haozhen laughed in anger: "She is not tall, but she has a bad temper."

Jiang Li was furious: "What else? Watch your friends get bullied? And wait for others to bully you?"

"actually……"

Hao Haozhen raised his eyes and whispered, "Actually, I also dislike Emily, but under pressure from above, I have to endure it."

"She complained to me later and said she wanted you to leave, but I didn't agree."

Hao Zhen said it simply at this time, just passing it over with one sentence, but in fact he lowered his posture and said a lot of good things in front of Emily.

What little girl is young and ignorant, so she should not bear grudges and not make a fuss with her. Later, he will severely deduct her salary.

Hao Zhen tried his best to persuade her, saying that he would give her more roles later and that he would have a chance to help her film a movie with a female lead in the future, and only then did he persuade her to accept the offer.

What he feared was not Emily, but the power behind her.

"This time, you have completely offended Emily. She is not a good person, everyone knows this, but she has a background and strong means after all. You have to know that sometimes right and wrong are not important in this circle. In the future, you should try to avoid her and don't argue with a mad dog."

"I have just called Li Mubai to tell him about this. You..."

Jiang Li jumped up anxiously when she heard this: "Director, you are already middle-aged, why are you still resorting to such a low-class method as telling tales..."

Hao Haozhen was so angry that he jumped up and yelled, "Who is middle-aged?! Who is old?! Explain it to me clearly!"

"According to the United Nations World Health Organization, people over 35 years old..."

"Shut up!"

After all that yelling, the whole room suddenly fell into awkward silence.

Hao Zhen realized belatedly that yelling like that was really unbecoming of a great director. After a few seconds of embarrassment, he quickly calmed down, took out a cigarette and continued to act deep.

"It's not a complaint, but Emily's character cannot stand the test. Although she told me that she would let you go, who knows what she would do behind your back. So you should say hello to Li Mubai and ask him to keep an eye on you."

Hao Zhenxin had good intentions, but even Li Mubai knew about it. Jiang Li felt like she was back to her childhood when she was naughty in school and the teacher called her parents to school.

Hey!

Forget it! That’s it. The phone calls are over.

Face is something that you don’t want anymore.

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