Chapter 657 567. The cold arrow from behind
Wang Zhonglei looked at the woman in front of him, was silent for a long time, and sighed.
He didn't quite understand why Nie Wei chose Chen Qiaoen as the heroine of this new idol drama. After all, there are a lot of female artists in the company who are better than this girl in appearance, and their acting skills are not necessarily worse than hers.
Is it just because of her local identity as a Taiwanese girl?
But based on the tacit understanding in the past, Wang Zhonglei never said these doubts, he believed in Nie Wei's vision.
But now, the woman in front of him is simply a collection of troubles. It hasn't been long since she entered the company, and a lot of problems have arisen. Wang Zhonglei has been thinking in his heart whether to discuss with Nie Wei to change the heroine of the new drama first. As for Chen Qiaoen, they will talk about it later.
Anyway, the script has not come out yet, and this idol drama can be said to have not started yet, so changing the protagonist should not have any impact.
Chen Qiaoen's biggest gain in the entertainment industry over the years is that she has learned how to read people's expressions. Seeing Wang Zhonglei's eyes gradually change, she felt something was wrong and hurriedly explained before Wang Zhonglei opened his mouth: "Boss Wang, believe me, I really didn't lie to you and didn't hide any emotional life from the company."
"Chen Qiaoen, I believe your explanation, but the company..." Wang Zhonglei frowned, and when he was about to persuade Chen Qiaoen to withdraw, the door of the office was knocked.
Then he saw his secretary open the door, and then a familiar figure walked in.
"Brother Zhonglei, excuse me." Nie Wei greeted Wang Zhonglei after entering the room, and then nodded to Chen Qiaoen, who looked pitiful, and ordered: "Qiaoen, you go out first, let me talk to Brother Zhonglei about something?"
"Ah? Okay, I know." Chen Qiaoen was a little surprised at first, but after seeing Nie Wei's eyes, he immediately understood and quickly escaped from Wang Zhonglei's office.
Wang Zhonglei smiled bitterly while sitting in his seat. He could see that Nie Wei obviously wanted to keep Chen Qiaoen.
"Does it really have to be her? There are many actresses in the company. Although this role is a pregnant woman, I believe there are many actresses who are better than Chen Qiaoen and are willing to play the role." Wang Zhonglei advised.
Nie Wei shook his head and said firmly: "I am very optimistic about her, and if we want to gain a foothold in Baodao, we must come up with a local star who can stand out."
"Either we train a newcomer, or we must poach. It takes a long time to train newcomers, and poaching in a relatively unfamiliar entertainment market, even if successful, will also worry about whether doing so will cause collective rejection of the local entertainment industry."
"But Chen Qiaoen is different. She was not poached by us, but came here on her own. She is not an ordinary newcomer. She has a very good popularity base in Baodao. As long as we give her a push, she can become our pillar in the Baodao market and help us smoothly open the door to entertainment in this land."
Nie Wei's words were clear and reasonable. Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but nod subconsciously after listening to them. However, although he understood that Nie Wei was right, he still had a hurdle in his heart. He always felt that Chen Qiaoen was unreliable.
Nie Wei and Wang Zhonglei have worked together for so many years. Without him saying anything, just by looking at his expression, Nie Wei guessed what Wang Zhonglei was thinking, so he said directly: "Brother Zhonglei, believe me, because I believe in Chen Qiaoen. When this idol drama is finished, you will definitely have a new impression of her."
After saying this, Nie Wei was obviously not going to reason anymore, but made it clear that he wanted to protect Chen Qiaoen, because he knew very well how valuable Chen Qiaoen would be after "Fated to Love You".
Wang Zhonglei was silent. Nie Wei's words made it impossible for him to say what he had prepared, because if he continued to persuade him, it would mean that he did not trust Nie Wei, and Nie Wei's attitude was exposed, so he really couldn't be tough anymore.
And this was also the tacit understanding between the two. Nie Wei didn't participate much in the company's affairs, but when it came to the crew and the actors, Nie Wei's thoughts were correct. This was also the key to the tacit understanding between the two. Wang Zhonglei would naturally not break this balance because of Chen Qiaoen.
"Okay, but what should we do about Chen Qiaoen's current troubles? It's impossible to handle them with just the rhythm of the water army." Wang Zhonglei promised Nie Wei not to replace Chen Qiaoen, but Chen Qiaoen's current troubles were a bit tricky.
If this happened before Chen Qiaoen was publicly appointed as the heroine by Nie Wei, then Huayi could really suppress it easily. After all, Chen Qiaoen was not very popular in the mainland at that time, and the media could not chase her endlessly. That did not conform to the media's value of chasing popularity. After all, Chen Qiaoen at that time did not have much popularity to watch.
But it's different now. Chen Qiaoen suddenly became the heroine of Nie Wei's new idol drama as a 'newcomer', and she cooperated with Nie Wei and Cheng Kun. This made her popularity soar, and the news popularity also increased dramatically. The gossip news about her naturally made the media more interested and would not let go easily.
The situation in the mainland is better now, as Huayi has the matter under control. However, far away in Taiwan, gossip about Chen Qiaoen has become rampant. The media have made up many versions of the story around those photos. The object of Chen Qiaoen's love interest has changed from a boyfriend outside the circle to a former classmate, and then to a work partner who turned into a couple, and so on. The local people in Taiwan are confused and don't know which one is true and which one is false.
"Of course it's all fake." Chen Qiaoen said aggrievedly in Nie Wei's office.
"It was really just a colleague who I used to film a variety show with. We happened to meet in a restaurant, so we had dinner together. I didn't expect why it was photographed and why it was reported at this time. In fact, it happened a long time ago. I almost forgot it. I thought about it for a long time before I remembered it." Chen Qiaoen looked very aggrieved and complained with her mouth pinched.
She really thought about this matter for a long time before she thought of it. If it weren't for those photos, she would not even be able to think of it.
Chen Qiaoen, who was in a good mood these two days, was in a terrible mood at the moment because of these photos.
"I believe you." Nie Wei said these simple four words, but Chen Qiaoen, who had been uneasy in her heart, was moved to tears. At this time, she really needed trust.
Seeing the girl's eyes moistened, Nie Wei handed the tissue box on the desk to Chen Qiaoen, saying, "This should be the news released by your original company. The purpose may be to suppress you and destroy your reputation, so that Huayi is forced to give up your chance to be the heroine."
Since the incident, Nie Wei has been thinking about the starting point of this news, and finally came to such a conclusion. If Boss Qian knew about it, he would be shocked. He thought he did it very secretly, and he deliberately found a newspaper that seemed to have little relationship with his company on weekdays, just because he was afraid of being discovered by Huayi and being vengeful.
But she calculated so much, but she didn't expect that her idea was seen through by Nie Wei so quickly.
In fact, Boss Qian thought he did it secretly, but it was actually very easy to find out. This is also thanks to the fact that Chen Qiaoen, this silly girl, has a simple private life. There are really few enemies who can attack her like this, so Nie Wei almost only investigated a few key points to get the truth.
But Chen Qiaoen was stunned after hearing this. When she came to her senses, she was so angry that smoke was coming out of her head.
"How can this be? I have worked hard for the company even though I have no credit. I have made a lot of money for the company. Even if I breached the contract in the end, I paid the penalty in full. And even if he banned me in Taiwan, I didn't say a bad word about him to the media behind his back. I finally have the opportunity to film now, but he still wants to frame me like this. I don't understand? Why?" Chen Qiaoen almost yelled at the end, with a trembling voice.
Nie Wei just wanted to explain, but Chen Qiaoen's trembling voice changed, and the whole person burst into tears in front of Nie Wei.
Seeing Chen Qiaoen like this, Nie Wei withdrew his comforting gesture, silently accompanied her, and handed Chen Qiaoen a tissue.
After crying for more than ten minutes, Chen Qiaoen's eyes were swollen into a pair of small walnuts, and then she gradually stopped crying. However, because she cried too hard just now, she still choked from time to time.
"Just cry once, don't cry again." Nie Wei simply stuffed the tissue box into Chen Qiaoen's arms and said domineeringly.
Chen Qiaoen glanced at Nie Wei, pinching her mouth and feeling indescribable grievance. She felt that she was so unlucky, and this person didn't let her cry. It was too bad. She really misjudged him. Just now, I thought his behavior of silently handing her tissues was so warm.
"You have been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and you have seen less of these intrigues. If you cry for everything, I am afraid that you will cry blind before you are fifty years old." Nie Wei said this, and suddenly smiled: "Or are you working hard to set up a blind persona for yourself in the future?"
"Humph!" Chen Qiaoen was so angry, but she was still facing Nie Wei, so she was still a little scared, so in the end she had to use a hum to express her dissatisfaction.
"Okay, we don't have any evidence for this, but it's most likely that your original company framed you. They're probably afraid that you'd come back to Taiwan so quickly to film and slap them in the face. Didn't you tell me that your original company had issued a ban on you before you came to the mainland?" Nie Wei felt that it was most likely the original company's fault, mainly because of the ban on Chen Qiaoen.
Judging from this incident, the person who least wanted Chen Qiaoen to return to Taiwan to film was undoubtedly her original company boss.
"What should we do?" Chen Qiaoen asked.
"Of course we can't do what they want." Facing Chen Qiaoen's question, Nie Wei immediately answered.
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