Xu Tingyu exchanged a glance with Chen Chunyao, but neither of them got up.
After all, this place was arranged by the hotel, so it must be fine. The hotel butler would handle everything properly.
The two continued chatting.
They originally thought this little misunderstanding would end soon, but unexpectedly, the noise got louder and louder.
Even more, after about ten minutes, those people suddenly barged in.
"I'd like to see who dares to go against Miss Du and occupy her territory."
There were about seven or eight of them in the group, both men and women.
The men directly got into a fight with the hotel butler at the door, while the rest rushed in to quarrel.
When they saw that there were only Xu Tingyu and Chen Chunyao beside the huge swimming pool, they let out a sneer.
"I wondered who it was. It turns out to be the great movie star Chen, who has been like a stray dog lately."
Those people didn't recognize Xu Tingyu, but they quickly recognized Chen Chunyao and started speaking in an even more sarcastic tone.
Xu Tingyu frowned as she looked at these people in front of her.
They all had dazed looks in their eyes and were staggering, obviously drunk.
No wonder they were making such a ruckus and even barged in directly.
If they still had a bit of sense, they wouldn't have done such a disgraceful thing.
And when they saw Chen Chunyao, they seemed to have found some new fun and surrounded her one after another.
"Great movie star Chen, I heard that you've been troubled by lawsuits lately and even selling your mansion to pay off debts. Is that true?"
"If you're short of money, you should have said so earlier. I remember a friend of mine wanted to invite you to dinner and have you endorse their products. You thought the money was too little and refused at that time."
"Now no one dares to invite you to be an endorser. Are you regretting it?"
"However, considering that you're at least a movie star, I'll help you plead with my friend and give you a chance. How about that?"
"After all, we once filmed a drama together and were colleagues for two months."
"Hey, it's only me who's so kind. If it were other actors who were affected by you and had their TV show taken off the shelves, who would even bother with you?"
Among the crowd, there was actually someone who knew Chen Chunyao.
Not only did they know each other, but this person also really disliked Chen Chunyao.
Xu Tingyu looked at Chen Chunyao and silently asked with her eyes what was going on.
Chen Chunyao was a bit confused at first. After staring at that person for a while, she said, "Are you from the cast of *Silence is Gold* the year before last?"
"Wow, it's really hard for a big star to remember. Yes, I'm from that cast. Thanks to you, I had to lie in the hospital for a month after that drama was filmed."
That person got more and more excited as she spoke.
It turned out that this person was Ma Yiyi, also an actress, but not very famous.
The year before last, she played the third female lead, a vicious supporting female character, in the cast of *Silence is Gold*.
Normally, if such a role was played well, it could also be very outstanding.
But in that drama, Chen Chunyao's character was so outstanding that it completely overshadowed the others.
It wasn't because of her acting skills, but because she used her absolute say in the cast to change the script at will and made her own character extremely good.
It could be said that she added all the highlights of other characters to her own.
Actually, everyone in the cast disliked her behavior.
But unfortunately, she brought investment into the cast and had the final say.
Originally, this actually had little to do with Ma Yiyi. She was just the third female lead, and her character didn't have any good highlight moments.
She just needed to act the drama steadily and that would be fine.
Who would have thought that when filming the third-to-last scene, Chen Chunyao had a scene with her.
It was a scene where Ma Yiyi's character had a direct conflict with Chen Chunyao's character but was badly defeated.
Everything was going well at first, and Ma Yiyi was following the script.
Who knew that during the filming, Chen Chunyao suddenly had an idea and thought that just the scene of slapping wasn't enough.
She excitedly proposed to the director that the female lead should beat up the supporting female character and then kick her directly into the lake.
Then they should film a scene of the supporting female character struggling and panicking underwater.
Only in this way could the conflict be highlighted more strongly.
The director, who always obeyed her, immediately agreed.
But it was the coldest month of winter, and they were filming in the north. Although the underwater scene was filmed indoors, it was more than ten degrees below zero outdoors.
Ma Yiyi was of little importance and didn't have the ability to refuse. She could only be slapped a few times and kicked a few times before being thrown into the cold river.
In order to pursue a realistic picture, Chen Chunyao's slaps and kicks were for real.
After Ma Yiyi fell into the water, she froze, but she still had to say her lines and continue acting.
After Chen Chunyao finished her part on the shore, she went to watch the director's replay. Finally, she said that Ma Yiyi's emotions weren't intense enough.
Her own emotions also seemed a bit off, and she felt that they should film it a few more times.
"At that time, in order to satisfy your own desires, you demanded repeated retakes. It was more than ten degrees below zero. In total, I was soaking in the river for almost an hour."
"Finally, when I got out, I was all white from the cold. But they praised you for being dedicated."
"I'm really laughing so hard. You just needed to slap me and kick me into the river. How did that make you dedicated?"
"I had a high fever that day and was later sent to the hospital. It turned into pneumonia, and I almost lost my life because of you."
"While I was in the hospital, you were receiving everyone's praise. Your dedication even made it to the hot search, and you didn't even send me a fruit basket."
"Finally, after the drama was released, you won countless awards because of it, while my scenes were cut to only one-third."
"At that time, I thought that someone like you would surely get your comeuppance. I just didn't expect the retribution to come so soon."
Ma Yiyi laughed as she spoke, and her eyes were full of hatred as she looked at Chen Chunyao.
Xu Tingyu was a bit shocked.
She only knew that Chen Chunyao was very serious about filming. Otherwise, she wouldn't have won so many awards.
But she had never heard that Chen Chunyao had such conflicts with other actors.
Previously, all she had heard were at most resource conflicts with someone.
However, what Ma Yiyi said was ultimately a conflict at work.
"You shouldn't blame this on her. It's the cast's problem that they didn't take good care of your cold protection measures."
Xu Tingyu frowned and looked at Ma Yiyi.
Maybe because of the heavy blows recently, Chen Chunyao seemed a bit at a loss when facing these people and didn't defend herself.
"Hehe, the cast's problem? If she had really done this for work, I wouldn't say anything."
"But later I found out that she did this because I had offended her before and accidentally knocked over her cup."
"She thought I was giving her a signal, and coupled with the fact that she was in a bad mood for some reason that day, she wanted to find some fun."
"And I became that unlucky source of fun."