63. Clasped hands
Shen Bing would never have thought that the goodbye to Tang Feifei would be in Zhang Jiayi's ward.
Tang Feifei came by Liao Yuan's company, probably with the nourishment of love, she was fatter than when she was a child, but she looked very well-proportioned. The once meticulous captain's face is now much softer. When Tang Feifei saw Shen Bing and Zhang Jiayi, who was pale lying on the hospital bed, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, hugged Shen Bing and cried.
Shen Bing thought that it would be very embarrassing to see Liao Yuan again, but with Tang Feifei's relationship, Liao Yuan was no longer a former scandal related to her, but just a brother-in-law. Several old people chatted for a long time, and Shen Bing had been silently paying attention to Liao Yuan's micro-movements. She found that Liao Yuan was staring at Tang Feifei most of the time, and many body movements were also unconsciously catering to her. Shen Bing couldn't help but feel genuinely relieved for his old sisters.
Tang Feifei has been developing in the music industry and has a lot of things to know about the film and television industry. But speaking of Sun Keren, her expression was a little subtle, "Have you seen her?" β
Shen Bing said: "I'll see you always, don't worry." β
In just three days, Zhongtang stocks fell for days. The shareholders' meeting, which lasted for a whole day, became a two-sided game between Tang Entertainment Film and Television and Tang Entertainment Agency, and in comparison, the film and television company faction represented by Xia Wei and Zhu Qian was obviously much more arrogant than Tang Xiangzhou's faction.
Tang Xiangzhou has been focusing on other businesses other than the brokerage company recently, and when Sun Keren told him about Shen Bing's savings, he didn't think much about it, he just wanted to preemptively expose Shen Bing to the unexpected. What he didn't expect was that the timing of Zhang Jiayi's drug abuse was so accurate. These two news stories hit the headlines together, and the one with a greater negative impact is self-evident.
If Shen Bing's comeback is just the reason why he guided the negative public opinion of the shareholders' meeting to Xia Wei, then Zhang Jiayi, as an artist under Tang Xiangzhou, was exposed to drug abuse for negligence, which is completely a serious mistake within his scope of responsibility.
A few days ago, Xia Wei had a red face with several board members because of the investment problem of Duke's film project, and he wanted to use Shen Bing's problem to make Xia Wei's credibility drop one step further. This is good, now all the spearheads have turned the direction of the wind and pointed directly at him Tang Xiangzhou. Now it seems that Shen Bing was found to be making trouble in the crew, and it may even be a trap laid by Xia Wei.
This move is really good.
After the meeting ended, Xia Wei spared a circle and walked behind Tang Xiangzhou, "Brother, we haven't gone home together for a long time, right?" When you're done with this mess, let's go back and take a look? Her words were full of sarcasm, and she didn't intend to wait for Tang Xiangzhou's answer, as if she was just showing off, and left gracefully.
Zhu Qian stayed in the conference room to sort out the materials, and when he got up to leave, there were only two people left in the huge conference room, him and Tang Xiangzhou. Tang Xiangzhou stopped him, "I remember a few years ago, Xiao Wei quarreled with me when she was a little girl, saying that I had no humanity, and a random piece of news caused a celebrity to commit suicide." She's grown up now, too. β
Zhu Qian smiled gently: "I don't understand much." β
"Zhang Jiayi's press release, it's your connections, don't tell me you don't know."
Zhu Qian's face did not change: "Is there a problem with this news?" I didn't spread rumors or slander, and Xia Wei didn't give her a chance. He turned around and wanted to leave, but was blocked by Tang Xiangzhou's arm.
"Zhu Qian, how many shares do you have in Zhongtang?"
Zhu Qian raised his eyebrows.
"You are a smart person, you can't fail to see that Xia Wei is irrational for Shen Bing. She won't succeed, as her eldest brother, I prefer that you can completely replace her, for your good and for her good. β
Zhu Qian smiled slightly, "Mr. Tang, I still have something." Good bye. β
Three days later, a grand press conference was held in the Sino-Tang Lecture Hall. There were two themes for this meeting: Zhang Jiayi's drug abuse incident and the "Shen Bingqing" comeback incident.
In this era, there are not many press conferences in the entertainment industry, especially when there is a crisis, it is usually enough to do online public relations by hiding your connections. And this meeting, in addition to the party Shen Bing, there were also Tang Xiangzhou, president of Tang Entertainment Agency, Xia Wei of Tang Entertainment Film and Television Company, and the director of the TV series "The First Female Doctor" that Zhang Jiayi participated in the filming before the accident.
Shen Bing hadn't seen Xia Wei for three days since he watched Xia Wei's back leave in the hospital that day. Xia Wei looked a little tired, of course, her tiredness was not something that people who didn't know her could see. Shen Bing just felt that her pace was not the same as usual.
Xia Wei and Tang Xiangzhou sat in the center, Xia Wei was next to Shen Bing, and Tang Xiangzhou was the director. When the four of them were ready, there was silence in the venue, except for the sound of taking pictures from time to time.
Shen Bing saw the faces of several distorted reporters like persimmons through the mineral water placed in front of him. This little funny picture made her relax a lot. She was wearing the same outfit that Xia Wei had bought for her today, and she was wearing high heelsβshe only had such a costume that could be elegant. When Xia Wei saw her, he seemed to look her up and down, his face softened for two seconds, and his eyebrows wrinkled again.
Reporter's questions have officially begun. According to the host's arrangement, it is now time to ask questions about the Zhang Jiayi incident. Shen Bing and Tang Xiangzhou haven't seen each other for seven years, and now Tang Xiangzhou seems to have more aura than then, he doesn't speak loudly or much, and he responds to the questions asked by reporters, whether they are sharp or not, in official language. He was like a hard, smooth surface that bounced back all the stones that were thrown at him.
The reporters didn't get anything of value from Tang Xiangzhou, so the arrows naturally turned to others. Shen Bing was listening to the director explain the current situation of the crew, and suddenly, the director said a message.
"In addition to the role of the heroine will be replaced, the role of Zhang Jiayi, we decided to change it to Shen Bing after research."
There was silence for a moment, and then the pot exploded.
"Is Shen Bing talking about Shen Bingqing?"
"Shen Bingqing is indeed related to Zhang Jiayi's incident, right?"
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The scene was out of control for a while, and all the questions were thrown directly at Shen Bing. It's that feeling again, every qiΔ is buzzing in my head, and my head is about to explode. Countless shots are like black holes, focused on her, as if to suck her in.
Shen Bing's hand was under the table, clutching the corner of her clothes tightly, and at this time, a cold hand came up and pulled her hand off her clothes, but she didn't let go.
The touch seemed to be a sedative, and Shen Bing suddenly shook off the feeling of nausea.
"Quiet." Xia Wei gave orders to the reporters in the audience.
Tang Xiangzhou said: "I think, about the Zhang Jiayi incident, everyone's questions have been asked, right? If yes, let's move on to the next topic. β
Shen Bing cautiously turned his head at an angle, just enough to see Xia Wei's cold side face with his peripheral vision. She looked ahead expressionlessly, looking a little lazy, but her hand was obviously holding her tightly in a place that no one could see, obviously very hard.
Xia Wei said: "On the second topic, first of all, I hope you will be clear. Sitting on my left is indeed Shen Bingqing, a former member of the Girls Revolutionary Group, however, her real name is Shen Bing, and I hope everyone calls her by her real name, otherwise she has the right to refuse to answer any questions because she is not respected. β
The hand still didn't let go.
"Secondly, as a press conference of Zhongtang, it is not very appropriate for Shen Bing to participate in the actual mountain this time. Because she is not an artist in the Tang Dynasty. β
Whispers began in the group of reporters.
"Shen Bing is a free man. She does not have to be responsible for any of her actions. β
Xia Wei leaned back in the chair, indicating that he was finished. She looked at Shen Bing and smiled at her. Shen Bing felt that his palms were a little sweaty, but Xia Wei still didn't let go of her.
Shen Bing's bag was placed on the Jinbei car, where some of the speeches she had written before she came. Now, she has obviously forgotten everything about the content of the manuscript, but she has a kind of confusion. At this moment, all the training she had received was retrieved by her, and she smiled toothily at the reporters in the middle, like an idol in the sky.
"Shen Bing, you didn't go through an audition to replace Zhang Jiayi in "The First Female Doctor", when was this matter decided?"
In Shen Bing's memory, she had witnessed Xia Wei leisurely answering the same question many years ago. She helped the radio microphone, "I think you should ask the crew more about this question." As for the role of Zhang Jiayi, she also just learned about it, but obviously she can't show what she just learned, "As for the audition, the audition for this show is not public, don't conclude that I haven't participated, right?" β
The reporter asked again: "So did you fail in your audition?" Or is this role originally yours and was seized by Zhang Jiayi at that time? β
Shen Bing sighed: "I feel very honored to choose to let me play this role, and I am very grateful for the trust of the crew." She bowed slightly to the director, "I think the audience and journalists think the same." Did this Shen Bing go through the back door? Is it because of the topicality of the comeback? Is this crew hype? These thoughts are all very normal, and to be honest, I have similar doubts in my mind now. β
Some of the reporters were laughing, they hadn't seen such a frank entertainer for a long time.
"However, if you still have an impression, seven years ago, I was fortunate enough to be selected as the actor of the little heroine of "The Legend of Ingenuity", of course, for some reason, I did not succeed in the end. I hope everyone believes in the crew of "The First Female Doctor", and I believe in the vision of director Wang Chuan back then, and also give me a chance to prove myself. β
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When the press conference was about to end, a back-row reporter asked: "Shen Bing, you quit the entertainment industry seven years ago because of the scandal with Liao Yuan, is that true?" β
It's a very unstandard, or rather mindless, question. But undoubtedly, it asks a question that has lingered in the minds of industry insiders for many years.
Shen Bing looked at the reporter carefully, and when he saw his face clearly, he almost burst out laughing-that person was Xia Wei's assistant Xiao Li, holding a notebook with a fake press card. Shen Bing tilted his head and saw Xia Wei bowing his head slightly, with an obvious smile on the corner of his mouth.
This sensitive issue, brought up in such a way, Shen Bing did not have the expected tension at all, but as if it was a joke that happened to others, which could be used to liven up the atmosphere.
She said: "Back then, this incident was so big, everyone was sure that I was a bad person, and now, you are asking me if this is true or not." I wonder if you're manipulating me? β
The reporters all laughed, embarrassed.
She waited for everyone to calm down again, and then said: "So I think it was not worth it for me to get out of the entertainment industry at that time." That's why I'm coming back now. β
After Shen Bing said this, his palms were already full of sweat. And it wasn't until the host announced the end of the press conference that she and Xia Wei held hands tightly under the table that they let go of each other.