CHAPTER XXV

In the not spacious office, the windows that were originally the main source of indoor light were covered by thick curtains, so the interior was dimly lit, except for the open computer screen on the desk, emitting a faint white light to dispel the surrounding darkness.

A middle-aged man, sitting in front of the computer, staring at the computer screen with a resentful expression, holding a half-dyed cigarette in one hand, operating the mouse in the other hand to constantly refresh the browser interface, when he saw the latest comments on the web page, the middle-aged man who was close to psychological collapse finally couldn't help but curse viciously.

"Are all this group of fans crazy? Isn't it enough to scold for so many days? It's all media talking, what does it have to do with us! ”

Under the fluorescent illumination of the computer screen, it was the face of a middle-aged man with a blue face, bloodshot eyes, and resentment at a glance, as if he had to sweep the messy Wen Jiàn on the table to the ground, and after a while, the middle-aged man sighed slightly, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, because he knew that at this moment, even if he complained, it would be useless.

This middle-aged man is Li Changxiu, the director of "National Highway No. 1", and now he is beginning to pay the price for his luck.

Before, when the media suddenly compared "National Highway No. 1" with "Bread King Jin Zhuoqiu", he was quite happy, someone promoted his TV series for free, and the originally deserted official website message board suddenly became lively with the publication of one report after another, although most of them came to abuse, but someone always came. It's much better than the cold situation before.

Even the ratings of the TV series have increased slightly, which makes him see the hope that the TV series is back on track, and it is precisely because of this situation that he made a wrong decision to change the status quo of low ratings. He discussed with the producer and decided to let several leading actors appear more for media interviews, and asked them to be a little biased in their rhetoric, and he himself has repeatedly expressed some of his own opinions in public in a high-profile manner.

Then the situation was slowly developing in the direction he expected, but gradually he suddenly found that things were out of his control, first of all, the official website was exploded, and the messages of fans of "National Highway No. 1" were no longer visible on the message board. Almost all of them are messages from supporters of "Bread King Kim Zhuoqiu", and every time he refreshes the page, it is a torture for his psyche.

No one can accept being abused for a long time, and he, as a director, is like this. Not to mention the actors under him, the first to bear the brunt is the male number one Su Ji-sub, and all kinds of attacks on the Internet make Su Ji-sub, an old fritter like Su Ji-sub, a little unbearable. When filming, there are all kinds of absences. And in the last few exchanges, the words were full of dissatisfaction with him, and it was precisely because of his arrangement that Su Zhixie would be interviewed by the media, and the director had to be forced to accept the current situation.

The director and the leading actors, who are the backbone of the crew, have problems, and the others naturally don't need to say much, the whole crew is in chaos, how can they have any mind to shoot. Therefore, the recent filming progress of "National Highway No. 1" has been extremely slow.

At this time, Lee Chang-so suddenly understood why Lee Jung-sub suddenly announced that the entire crew of "Bread King Kim Zhuoqiu" refused any kind of interview, and look at the ratings that have now exceeded 40%. And it continues to rise, while the ratings of "National Highway No. 1" are becoming more and more sluggish.

Li Changxiu's heart is full of bitterness, greed is really the greatest original sin of human beings, things have happened, regret is useless, now I can only think of a way to remedy it, slowly took out the mobile phone, Li Changxiu dialed the producer's phone, the only way he can think of now is to publicly publish a letter of apology, don't care about anything else, at least let the fans of "Bread King Jin Zhuoqiu" settle down first, and continue to be abused like this, it is estimated that Su Ji-sub and others have the urge to quit the crew.

And the same scene happened to the crew of "Bad Man", and the two crews can be described as brothers and sisters.

Both sides have thought about using the media, but they have wrongly underestimated the unscrupulous nature of the media, as well as their own psychological capacity.

On July 29th, the online scolding war, which lasted for about a month, finally came to an end with the two crews of "Bad Man" and "National Highway No. 1" issuing apology letters.

Li Changxiu and others finally took a breath, but this behavior also disappointed some fans who had been supporting them, and the result was that the ratings, which were not high, were even more sluggish, but this qiē has nothing to do with Li Erya and others.

In mid-July, "Bread King Crew" announced that it refused to accept any form of interview, and the entire crew entered a state of catching up with the schedule, director Lee Jung-sub and screenwriter Kang Eun-kyung discussed it, and decided not to adopt the producer's proposal to extend the episode, and planned to shoot according to the original plan of 30 episodes, after all, it is now very good, and if the plot is rashly increased, it may cause a bad reaction.

Keeping it as it is can hit 50% of the ratings, and no one would be stupid enough to do something full of unknowns, so the producers stopped talking about it after the negotiation.

At the same time, with the broadcast of the latest episodes, the ratings of "Bread King Jin Zhuoqiu" officially broke through the 40% mark, and as it approached 50%, the public and the media also shifted their focus to whether "Bread King Jin Zhuoqiu" could break through the 50% ratings, and poor "National Highway No. 1" and "Bad Man" were still the objects sought after by the media some time ago, and they were forgotten by everyone in a blink of an eye.

However, this time it did not cause any noise, because the entire crew of "Bread King" was filming in a closed manner, and no one paid attention to the media at all.

Time is in the hustle and bustle of the Internet and the busy work in reality, and it has come to August, the pace of autumn seems to be getting closer and closer, but the pace of summer is gradually moving away.

A long shot of a personal monologue, the pouring rain was unloaded from his head, Li Erya, who was standing in the rain, was already soaked, his expression was sad, his eyes were red, and his lips couldn't stop trembling slightly, after a while, he closed his eyes slightly, tears mixed with the rain and slid down, his legs bent weakly and then knelt on the ground, his upper body was rickety, his head was lowered, and he maintained this position, Li Erya choked and shouted, "No...... It's not true, you sue sù it's not true, my mom she's definitely fine!! ”

The camera not far in front of him incorporated this one-stop performance into the TV in the rear, and Lee Jung-sub, who was holding the director's tube, held his breath until Li Erya's performance was completed, and then he gasped violently, clapped his hands vigorously and shouted, "OK, this is over!" ”

The original 'downpour' stopped instantly, and An Junhyuk and An Xiujing, who were on the side, hurriedly walked to Li Erya's side with a towel and draped it on his body, and sent a ginger soup specially prepared to prevent the cold, so that Li Erya drank a few sips, although it was now a scorching summer, but such repeated cold water, no matter how good the body was, people would catch a cold, until Li Erya finished drinking, and the two took him to the locker room to change the wet clothes.

"Erya, it should be okay, right?" Ahn Jun-hyuk looked at Li Erya nervously and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I'm not that weak" Li Erya waved her hand disappreciably, and deliberately made a 'pose' after speaking, but as soon as the words fell, a sneeze came out.

"Poof...... Got a slap in the face, right? An Xiujing glanced at Li Erya angrily, and wiped Li Erya's wet hair with a towel.

"Go...... Someone must have been scolding me just now," rubbing her nose, Li'er retorted.

When the three of them returned to the lounge, Lin Yun'er came over, with a smile on her face, and teased, "Yo, how is the scene in the rain scene like oppa?" Doesn't it feel sour?"

"Well, it's so cool, do you want to try it too?" Li Erya said through gritted teeth.

"Hey, you're stupid for me?"

"That's it," Lier rolled her eyes, sat on the sofa, and wiped her hair with a towel.

"Hey, oppa, people are concerned about you, what kind of attitude do you have!!" Lin Yun'er pouted, looking dissatisfied.

"Thank you so much!" Li Erya looked at Lin Yun'er in amazement, she was gloating just now, but in the blink of an eye, she became concerned about herself, and the speed at which she changed her face was amazing.

"Yuna xi, the director called you!" Before Lin Yun'er could speak, a staff member ran over.

"Got it" nodded, Lin Yun'er grimaced at Li Erya, and then turned to leave.

"This girl ......" Li Erya could only shake her head helplessly, and then leaned back on the sofa, covering her eyes with a towel and closing her eyes to recuperate.

In a daze, Li Erya actually fell asleep like this, and his slight snoring suddenly sounded in the quiet lounge, seeing this, An Xiujing hurriedly took out the blanket that had been prepared and covered it on Li Erya, but the air conditioning was turned on indoors, and it was too easy to catch a cold when she fell asleep like this.

The other actors who were originally resting just glanced at it and withdrew their gaze, such scenes are too common in the crew, and they have long been strange (to be continued......