Chapter 169 The truth of the matter
Chapter 169 The truth of the matter
"Xiao Jie, sister will take you to act later, okay?" Su Mo asked softly.
"Okay, I'll go." Although Xiao Jie is young, he knows in his heart that Sister Su Mo believes in him, so he must do what Sister Su Mo says.
Su Mo gave Xiao Jie an encouraging look, then turned to Sister Huang and said, "Sister Huang, please help Xiao Jie with his makeup. As for the clothes, Teacher Wang will bring them over later."
Sister Huang looked at Su Mo gratefully, "Well, I'll get ready right away."
"As for you." Su Mo turned to face Ding Weiwei, "Accompany me to the set for an audition and touch up my makeup."
"I..." Ding Weiwei looked at Sister Huang as if asking for help.
Su Mo didn't wait for Ding Weiwei to continue talking, he took her hand and walked out. The two of them pulled each other all the way to the set.
"What are you two doing?" Zhang Zhang looked at Su Mo and Ding Weiwei strangely, not knowing what Su Mo was up to. She had just suddenly sent him a message, asking him to cooperate with her in a scene. She had asked Wang Jie to notify the young actor, and if he still didn't act, he would be replaced, and she had to emphasize that Xiao Jie should be the one to act.
"I'll let Weiwei touch up my makeup." Su Mo let go of Ding Weiwei's hand.
"Hello, Director Zhang. I'm Ding Weiwei, the assistant makeup artist of the crew." Ding Weiwei introduced herself awkwardly.
"Oh. Where is Sister Huang?" Zhang Zhang didn't care much about Ding Weiwei, but was just wondering why Su Mo didn't bring Sister Huang and Xiao Jie.
"Sister Huang is helping Xiaojie with his makeup. She'll be here soon. Has Teacher Wang come over yet?"
"It's over." Zhang Zhang nodded.
After a while, a loud noise came from a distance. "You are clearly bullying me. It doesn't make sense to let someone who bullies my child to perform in his place."
"No, it's because you guys don't want to act. The crew can't just stand still like this."
"I'm not going to talk to you. I'm going to talk to the director." The man walked over aggressively.
Wang Jie shrugged helplessly at Zhang Zhang, then pushed his palms upwards towards Zhang Zhang, saying, "I've brought the people here, the rest is up to you."
Zhang Zhang looked at Su Mo, then walked to the man and said politely, "Hello, I am Zhang Zhang, the director of this play."
"Director Zhang, you guys are not polite in what you did. You clearly agreed to let my child play the role, but now my child is being bullied here, and you changed the actor to that kid. This is unacceptable. You are bullying. I will go to the media to expose you."
"Sir, that's not what I meant. We are also very distressed that the child was injured. We dealt with it immediately and gave you a solution. But you all refused, so I have no choice. There are so many mouths to feed in the crew. If you delay it for a day, the cost will not be small."
"Then just give my child more scenes and increase his pay, and the problem will be solved." The man's eyes rolled around, and when he saw Ding Weiwei not far away, his eyes lit up and he felt more confident.
"The pay is agreed upon in the contract, and it can't be adjusted just because of a small thing. And the drama can't be increased. It's just a matter of one shot, and there are no other child characters in our drama." Zhang Zhang refused.
"No, no, your crew is responsible. You failed to take good care of my child. How can anyone enter the crew? This is your fault." The man signaled Ding Weiwei with his eyes to speak for him.
After seeing the man, Ding Weiwei shrank back guiltily, trying to slip away when no one was paying attention, but Su Mo was standing next to her, staring at her. Ding Weiwei didn't dare to move for a moment, for fear of making any noise and attracting the attention of the people in front. In this way, she missed the man's gaze.
"Sir, our crew has never tried to evade responsibility from the beginning to the end, but you refused to go to the hospital for a check-up. How can we be responsible?"
The man didn't know how to respond for a moment, and quickly pointed his finger at Ding Weiwei, trying to make an ally, "Didn't you tell me this before? Didn't you say that if I just make a fuss, I can get a raise and more roles?"
Ding Weiwei looked at the man pointing at her and waved her hands repeatedly, "I don't have any, I don't know you, don't talk nonsense."
"I'm talking nonsense? Say it again. If you hadn't pulled me back when my son tripped and told me that if I pushed the blame onto another child, the crew would give me extra money and extra scenes for neglecting to take care of him, I wouldn't have made such a fuss."
"What did you say? Did you see that the kid tripped by himself?" When Sister Huang heard what the man said, she hurried over and grabbed his clothes.
"Yeah. Who are you?" The man's entire attention was on Ding Weiwei, and he was completely unaware of what he said.
"I'm the mother of another child." Sister Huang's temper flared up instantly. "He clearly tripped and fell by himself. How can you falsely accuse our child of pushing him?"
The man immediately realized that he had said something wrong and quickly began to shirk responsibility, "It's none of my fault, she asked me to do this. We won't shoot this scene anymore, you guys take my son to the hospital." After saying that, he ran out dejectedly.
Zhang Zhang motioned Wang Jie to follow the man, then looked at Ding Weiwei, who was already at a loss, and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"I..." Ding Weiwei's eyes swayed left and right.
"Weiwei, I have always treated you as my younger sister and took you with me whenever I had the chance. How could you frame Xiaojie like this?" Sister Huang couldn't help but rush up to question Ding Weiwei.
"Are you really doing this for my own good?" Ding Weiwei realized that the truth had been revealed, so she stopped pretending. "If it weren't for you, I would have been able to go out and find work on my own a long time ago."
Ding Weiwei's facial expression began to turn ferocious. "You said it was giving me a chance, but in reality, you just wanted me to help you. You didn't give me a chance. You were jealous of me and afraid that I would surpass you, so you always suppress me like this."
Sister Huang's face was full of disbelief, "Why would you think of me like that? Why should I be jealous of you?"
"They all say that I'm smarter than you, younger than you, and more skilled than you. I can work independently and don't need to be your assistant at all."
Sister Huang shook her head and said nothing more, feeling bitter in her heart. Because Ding Weiwei was introduced by a relative from her hometown, she had been doing her best to guide her, teach her various skills, and bring her into the crew in the hope of making her familiar to the crew so that she could have the opportunity to work with the crew in the future. Otherwise, with Ding Weiwei's qualifications, she would not be able to meet the requirements of the crew. She did not expect Ding Weiwei to doubt herself because of some gossip.
Xiao Jie walked over to Sister Huang and hugged her, wanting to comfort her.
Zhang Zhang waved his hand, signaling someone to take Ding Weiwei away.
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