Chapter 226 - Does It Feel Good to Have Me by Your Side? (1/2)

Chapter 226: Does It Feel Good to Have Me by Your Side?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At this time, the production team of <Nameless Orphan>, the historical drama that had been constantly underestimated and looked down on, suddenly came forward to reveal the identity of the first male lead of the drama. The actor who was selected was none other than the extremely established top actor, Xiao Chennan.

This was the second most important decision that Director Mong had made after deciding to award the role of the first female lead to Jiang Yuning.

There were rumors going around stating that Xiao Chennan’s team immediately cleared his schedule to make time for <Nameless Orphan> as soon as they read the script.

The public and netizens were all vey puzzled. Why would such an inconspicuous and underrated historical drama attract Xiao Chennan’s attention?

As soon as the production team announced that Xiao Chennan would be part of the cast, <Nameless Orphan> immediately attracted great attention from the public because Xiao Chennan’s team was well-known for being extremely picky about the scripts that they selected for him. This was also the reason why most the works that Xiao Chennan had been involved in were usually nominated for different awards.

What did it mean if Xiao Chennan was added into the cast of <Nameless Orphan>?

This was a historical drama, so how could it ever be compared to a youth idol drama?

After the news about Xiao Chennan was released to the public, the fans of <Twilight Clouds at Dawn> no longer had the courage and confidence to continue criticizing Jiang Yuning.

Most importantly, Ling Fei was extremely frustrated. She had always been a huge fan of Xiao Chennan and had already tried to request for his collaboration a couple of times through many different ways in the past, but he had never responded to any of these requests. She was very annoyed by the fact that Xiao Chennan would now be starring in the same drama as Jiang Yuning even though there would not be any intimate or romantic scenes between the both of them in the drama.

However, Jiang Yuning and Xiao Chennan was indeed a very fresh combination.

The netizens felt very conflicted at this time because they did not know if they should trust in Xiao Chennan’s decision or whether they should continue dissing Jiang Yuning.

Dilemma! This was so troubling!

However, they decided that their sense of expectations exceeded the feeling of discomfort that Jiang Yuning had caused them. Therefore, they decided to leave Jiang Yuning alone for the time being.

At this time, Ling Fei’s team could no longer stand Ling Fei’s wilfulness. Therefore, they called Director Mong’s personal assistant to ask if Director Mong would be willing to replace Jiang Yuning and give the role of the first female lead to Ling Fei instead.

What?

Director Mong’s personal assistant thought that there was something wrong with her ears.

They were dissing and criticizing the drama just two days ago and now, they had a 180-degree change of heart?

How shameless could they be?

After discussing the matter with Director Mong, the assistant quickly returned the other party’s phone call. “I am sorry but our director is really very selective with his choice for the first female lead. There is no room for negotiation and he is certain that his only choice is Jiang Yuning.”

After hanging up on the phone, the assistant could not help but to roll her eyes before she looked at Director Mong and complained, “Who do they think they are? Do they really think our drama is like some vegetable in the market that they can pick and let go of as they please? How could someone like that even be compared to Sister Yuning?”

“So, even you are calling her Sister Yuning now?” Director Mong could not stop himself from laughing out loud.

“Director Mong, you are only making fun of me because you do not know how incredible Sister Yuning really is!” the young personal assistant was already in her fan girl mode. “But Director Mong, if the news that Ling Fei tried to get into the cast of <Nameless Orphan> got out to the public, wouldn’t she be extremely embarrassed? How would she be able to face the public in future? I don’t think anyone would want to offer her a role in their drama in future.”

“We should just focus on our own preparations for the drama instead of creating trouble for others right now,” Director Mong replied as he did not intend to waste any of his precious time on retaliation.

The only thing they had done today was to announce the candidate that he had cast as the first male lead of the drama.

When the true background of <Nameless Orphan> is finally revealed to the public, there would definitely be many more people who would be envious and jealous of the direction that this drama was going.

…

Ling Fei was very upset when she learnt that she was rejected by Director Mong and she immediately lost her temper at her agent in the company’s dressing room. “In what way is Jiang Yuning better than me? Both my reputation and acting skills are better than her in every way. Why is she so lucky?”

“Fei Fei, even if we are not able to grab this opportunity this time, we can try again in future. Do not be discouraged,” the agent tried to appease Ling Fei.

“I have already tried contacting Xiao Chennan’s team for the past two years for an opportunity to collaborate and work together with him. Why can’t they give me a chance? Moreover, Jiang Yuning always has so many tricks up her sleeves. Who can guarantee that she would not try to seduce Xiao Chennan when they are filming together? Xiao Chennan is such an eligible bachelor…”