✔The Villain And The Cannon Fodder's Mother (Book 1)

(131) Whatever Happened, He Would Not Be Replaced

“Xiying-jie had pulled so many strings and had high hopes that she would get the role. Shengshi Entertainment backed out the last minute and swapped her out for a third-tier young actress. It couldn’t be more obvious that someone was behind it, wouldn’t you say?”

Yu Xiaofei took a look at Yan-ge and went on cautiously. “Last time, Xinri Media invested in ‘Earth-shattering’ very abruptly as well. This time, they have invested in ‘The Enemies Are Approaching’. Yan-ge, do you think they will have you replaced too?”

Meng Yan’s hand that was flipping through the script stopped in midair. He looked up at his agent once again and happened to see the worried look on him.

“You mean to say that…” He said with some hesitation, “Lin Yiyi was behind that time when Xiying didn’t get the role that she had wanted?”

These were all speculations. Yu Xiaofei had no proof whatsoever. He shook his hands immediately. “I didn’t say that. I am just worried that there might be last-minute changes.”

Meng Yan was a few years Yu Xiaofei’s senior and had been in the entertainment circle for over ten years. He had been through a lot more and would not be easily affected.

Meng Yan thought about it for a little while and shook his head. “We have already signed the contract. If they were to replace me in the last minute, they would need to pay a substantial amount to me. It doesn’t make financial sense for them to do so.”

Those in the film industry were businessmen as well.

Investing in the making of a movie, then divvying up the profit…

Only idiots would do it all just for the sake of art.

Investors were not idiots and neither were the directors. Nobody would be silly enough to spend so much money to do something like that.

Not to mention that it would be very damaging for their reputation.

Anyone who somewhat cared about their image wouldn’t do such a thing.

Meng Yan didn’t even think that Xiying's incident has anything to do with the production team or the investors.

This was just the way of the entertainment circle. There might be an agreement, but as long as the contract hasn’t been signed, one just might be replaced the very next day. Perhaps there was someone more popular than you or someone who was more fitting for the role, or that one of the investors wanted to add a specific person into the set.

All in all, anything could happen.

Unless one has high enough status, was well-known, has a lot of fans, and great backing, it was only then that others might give it a second thought.

Otherwise, one could be a tier-one actor but could still be swapped out in the blink of an eye. There weren’t a lot of repercussions.

Just as Meng Yan said. Whatever happened, he would not be replaced.

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When Lin Yiyi received the project plan for “The Enemies Are Approaching”, she didn’t know that it had anything to do with Meng Yan.

She only had a vague impression of this movie and thought it might be the work of some well-known director in the future.

If she has an impression of this movie, then for sure this would be a profitable investment.

Which was why Lin Yiyi had Tao Jiahui followed up on the progress of this movie.

She only found out later that Meng Yan was part of the cast.

When she arrived home, Lu Xun was already waiting for her there with his arms crossed in front of him.

Seeing that he didn’t seem too happy over lunch yesterday, she had suggested for him to come over for dinner tonight…

She hadn’t expected him to have arrived so early in time!