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Chapter 352: Chapter 350: Every Move is the Thunder God’s Hammer
Seeing the situation growing increasingly unfavorable for herself, Xia Wenjin burst into tears again, "It’s not like that, it’s not what you think, I know it’s hard for everyone, and we all say these things for the sake of our careers. I can understand, sob sob sob..."
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At this point, it was not just the creative team on stage who were speechless, even the reporters in the audience were at a loss for words.
Although it’s true that the entertainment industry does need capital to operate.
Capital is not something that can be represented by just one or two individuals.
XJ Group and Song Group are indeed powerful, but that doesn’t mean they can completely dominate the entertainment industry.
If that were the case, they would have already blacklisted Xia Wenjin. Would they still allow her to carry on causing a fuss?
Furthermore, the current production they were in had a famous director who had been well-known for a long time, and both the lead actress and actor were backed by industry capital.
They themselves had already become a part of that capital and really had no need to heed the opinions of others.
Nor would they act as Xia Wenjin had said, having to watch Lu Zhaozhao’s face.
So when Xia Wenjin spoke, it was as if she had made a huge joke.
The reporters below the stage had more or less figured out how much truth was in Xia Wenjin’s statements.
Before the press conference was even over, drafts were already forming in the minds of the journalists from various media outlets.
Even the director and producers who attended the press conference were so angry they were practically fuming.
The production’s filming wasn’t even finished yet, and Xia Wenjin had become a hot potato that was difficult to handle, impossible to discard or even touch.
One by one, those involved were filled with anger, which all piled onto the person standing behind Xia Wenjin.
That evening, Xia Wenjin received a call from Justin and was a bit surprised.
Ever since she learned that Xiao Mo was the grandson of the Song Family, she had consciously kept her distance from Justin.
But after all, Justin was a means of support for her, so she hadn’t planned to burn all her bridges.
What she hadn’t expected was to be furiously scolded by Justin as soon as she answered the call.
"Xia Wenjin, what on earth is the matter with you? Are you out of your mind? I sent you to the production to act, not to go and offend the director and producers!"
His own resources in the country were already scarce.
The relationships he had struggled to maintain were hard-earned.
And now, because of Xia Wenjin, he’d almost lost his biggest money-making venture in the entertainment industry!
Xia Wenjin was also confused by the scolding.
Thinking about the injustice she suffered at the press conference, she started to cry over the phone, "Justin, how can you just listen to what others say? It was clearly Lu Zhaozhao in the production team that made things difficult for me... sob sob sob, you have no idea how much bullying I’ve endured on the set!"
Hearing the sobbing on the other end of the phone, Justin’s brows instantly furrowed.
He said irritably, "The person who added those scenes for you wasn’t Lu Zhaozhao, it was Sun Qian, the lead actress of your production team! What on earth did you do to offend her?"
Xia Wenjin paused, "How do you know it was Sun Qian and not Lu Zhaozhao?"
She didn’t remember offending Sun Qian, who was the most aloof person on the set, aside from the male lead and Lu Zhaozhao, and she hadn’t seen her talk to anyone else.
Most of the time, she was in her nanny van, only occasionally staying at the location.
She remembered that Sun Qian seemed to have a good relationship with Lu Zhaozhao before.
But later she heard from several special extras that they seemed to have had a fallout.
Justin didn’t want to continue arguing with Xia Wenjin and simply told her the truth, "The director told me personally, so stop causing trouble on the set, or I won’t be able to save you when it blows up!"
Xia Wenjin pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but then she swallowed her words.
This man, Justin, had no patience for her now.
There was even less reason for her to grovel before him.
She was silent for a moment before finally replying, "I understand."
After that, the person on the other end of the line told her to take care of herself before hanging up.
Xia Wenjin narrowed her eyes as she looked at the disconnected call.
Sun Qian might have given her a hard time to curry favor with Lu Zhaozhao.
But now that Sun Qian and Lu Zhaozhao had fallen out, maybe she could try to build a good relationship with her.
After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Cooperating with Sun Qian might even have unexpected results!
As Xia Wenjin thought this, the corners of her mouth slowly curled up.
Lu Zhaozhao, just you wait!
You made me lose face at the press conference, and I will definitely make you pay!
What took Xia Wenjin by surprise was that before she could approach Sun Qian to join forces, Xia Wenyan’s Weibo page already exploded with bombshell revelations.
It was all about Xia Wenjin bullying classmates abroad, maliciously slandering her competitors, and even going so far as to have someone smash the hand of Xia Family’s third child, Xia Wenmo, to win a school painting competition.
Each incident was backed by solid evidence. It was thoroughly damning.
Before, netizens were on Xia Wenjin’s side, but almost as soon as they saw the various pieces of evidence, they swarmed to support the Xia Family.
[Lao5wu: She dares to do such cruel things without even knowing she’s the Miss of XJ Group? If she knew, wouldn’t she be even more ruthless to others?]
[Again, Someone Smashed Your Window: I really never saw through Xia Wenjin’s pitiable disguise; who would have thought she was actually such a tyrant?!]
[Chasing Happiness: My goodness! I have to say my goodness, how can such a person with a terrible track record still be a celebrity in this country, don’t some departments care at all?]
[Rolling in Puff: The Xia Family has been cleaning up after Xia Wenjin for so many years, and now they’ve been bitten back. Tsk tsk, seems like the Xia Family is really angry, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone straight for the Thunder God’s Hammer.]
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Lu Zhaozhao, curled up in Song Sinian’s arms, couldn’t help but complain as she looked at the screen full of "explosive" trending topics, "I never imagined Xia Wenjin used to be so fierce, even a bully in school, tsk tsk..."
Song Sinian’s dark eyes slowly lowered, and his large hand gently pinched Lu Zhaozhao’s cheek without saying anything.
The Xia Family had discussed these revelations with him before publishing them, and there were still some details that hadn’t been released that were even more shocking than what they had seen.
He wasn’t worried that the Xia Family would obliterate Xia Wenjin; she had been hopping around in front of Lu Zhaozhao long enough.
It would be a disservice to her enduring antics not to completely ruin her.
While Lu Zhaozhao hadn’t specifically mentioned what Xia Wenjin did in her past life, he had vaguely guessed a part of it from her confessions about the Xia Family’s past misfortunes.
He hadn’t asked Lu Zhaozhao, as he didn’t want her to relive those tragic memories.
And Xia Wenjin didn’t have the capacity to turn the tables now, the Lu Family had already been brought down entirely.
Thinking of this, Song Sinian’s eyes blinked slightly, as if he suddenly thought of something, "Zhaozhao, have you ever considered that with the Xia Family exposing Xia Wenjin, she might have someone from the Lu Family smear you online..."
