As soon as the voice-recording app was displayed, the director and deputy director’s expressions became somewhat awkward.

Shen Mingbei was too magnanimous; they weren’t able to say anything either because this situation began with them breaching the contract first. But if they didn’t breach the contract… The Qu family weren’t to be reckoned with either. After the two exchanged a glance, the price they’d negotiated the night before was reported.


The director and deputy director waited for Shen Mingbei to make a counter-offer, but Shen Mingbei directly nodded in agreement.

“I defend my rights, but I really did like the script I received. I hope this compensation won’t affect your shooting progress and I also hope to see it one day earlier on TV.” The smile on Shen Mingbei’s face remained unchanged; he took out a piece of paper and pen borrowed from the prop group and, after adding the amount onto it, asked the director and deputy director to sign it.

Hn, he didn’t forget to remind them to press their fingerprints either.

Until now, everyone had been pretty polite and restrainedly paid attention to adult courtesies. But when Shen Mingbei turned to leave, the Deputy Director hurriedly chased him and told him, “Mr Shen, remember to leave the costumes the crew gave you earlier. There are accessories included which are very expensive…”

The deputy director said it as if Shen Mingbei wanted to hide this rubbish.

Shen Mingbei lightly glanced at him, but his attitude was still gentle as he smiled towards the deputy director. “Okay.”

Shen Mingbei was very good-looking, and when he smiled he looked even more gentle – as if he had no temper.

Shen Mingbei had an elegant demeanour, was good-looking and had great acting skills.

He never cried during this week of filming; never complained that he was tired; made the downstream become so clear that even the dirt became likeable.

Now that Shen Mingbei was leaving, he didn’t forget to buy everyone a goodbye milk-tea; when a few crew members wanted his autograph, Shen Mingbei signed them patiently before finally leaving.

Leaving this way made the entire《Feng Yue》film crew feel admiration for him.

To suddenly change the lead actor with no explanation for a drama that’d already begun shooting, Shen Mingbei either offended somebody or the person substituting him was very successful.

Considering Shen Mingbei’s performance and past rumours about him, he wasn’t the type to offend anyone.

“So this newcomer must be a big shot – I’m afraid our shooting process is gonna become more difficult.”

After the grip made his analysis to the props teacher, he took a sip of his milk tea and watched as the props teacher helped pack the costumes.

“This matter ends here; no matter what the reason is, we can’t afford to offend him.” The props teacher glanced over and stopped participating in the discussion.

The grip felt a bit angry, but it was true they had to be cautious when working in this industry.

…..

Since he was temporarily substituted during filming, Shen Mingbei and the crew handed over the script; by the time he finished and was tossed back to the Capital by plane – it was already early morning the next day.

When Shen Mingbei left, he’d only brought a carry-on suitcase; everything else was packed and arranged to be delivered back by his assistant. His assistant was going to take the plane that left after his, so he’d arrive slightly later.

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