What to Do When Pretending to Be an Alpha Gets Exhausting [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 4

“Give me the mirror.”

The assistant had just taken out the mirror when Ji Chuxi roughly snatched it away, his fingernail even slicing open the web between the assistant’s thumb and index finger.

Blood seeped out.

Ji Chuxi glanced at it coldly, then withdrew his gaze. While using the mirror to check the makeup on his face and the state of his hair, he said to the assistant, “When we go to Paris Fashion Week next month, pick a gift you like. Use my card.”

The assistant was so grateful he nearly burst into tears. “Thank you, Brother Chuxi. It doesn’t hurt at all.”

Ji Chuxi rolled his eyes. “Who cares whether it hurts or not?”

The assistant’s face turned red, then white, but most of all, he was excited.

Trading a small cut for a gift was worth it.

Although Ji Chuxi was difficult to serve, he was generous. The total value of the gifts the assistant had received from Ji Chuxi was even higher than his salary.

Ye Xingyuan had a bad feeling.

He asked his assistant, “Ji Chuxi is one of the leads in this drama?”

Xu Xiaopan tightened his arms around the bag he was holding. “Yeah. He plays the princess consort.”

The princess consort?

The princess consort who slapped him, had him whipped, and drove him out of the estate?

What kind of dogshit luck was this?

He had run into two enemies in one drama.

With Ji Chuxi’s vengeful personality, once they filmed later, he would definitely make things difficult for him.

Just thinking about it made his face hurt.

Ye Xingyuan and Ji Chuxi had a grudge, and it was not a small one.

Speaking of it, this matter was also related to Su Luoqing.

Ji Chuxi was a first-tier traffic star in the industry. He had debuted as a child star, and both his looks and acting skills were top-notch.

Before Su Luoqing debuted through a talent show, Ji Chuxi had always been the most popular and famous Omega in the entertainment industry. But the moment Su Luoqing appeared before the audience, those titles immediately changed hands.

Su Luoqing became famous very easily. From his debut until now, he had always maintained the heartthrob persona.

His number of fans was approaching that of Pei Yanchen, the triple-award-winning Best Actor.

And there were constantly successful big shots from society jumping out to publicly confess their love to Su Luoqing.

However, Su Luoqing had always kept himself clean and had never had any scandals. The only time he had been angered by the original owner, Ye Xingyuan, was when he publicly lashed out on Weibo. Antis attacked him for a while, saying his persona had collapsed, but the matter was soon resolved by his massive fanbase controlling the comments.

Ji Chuxi was jealous of Su Luoqing and had always wanted to surpass him.

When Ye Xingyuan first became popular, he relied on that face to obtain quite a few good resources.

He had also appeared with Ji Chuxi on the same variety show, Only Care About You.

At that time, the production team had intended to pair the two of them up and hype them as a CP.

Ji Chuxi was also very willing, and had even taken the initiative to get close to Ye Xingyuan. But Ye Xingyuan’s heart belonged to Su Luoqing. He was indifferent to everyone, and his mouth was unbearably cheap.

During the show’s filming, not only did he not know how to cherish and pity beauty, he even often snapped back at Ji Chuxi, saying his face was swollen and ugly after waking up, saying he was shorter than Su Luoqing, that his skin was not as fair as Su Luoqing’s, that his eyes were not as big as Su Luoqing’s, and that his mouth was not as small as Su Luoqing’s.

In every way, he was inferior to Su Luoqing.

Ji Chuxi had hidden his anger and resentment, and had long found Ye Xingyuan unpleasant.

When Su Luoqing publicly lashed out at Ye Xingyuan on Weibo, Ji Chuxi also came out to help Su Luoqing speak. In the comment section, he deliberately said that when he had once recorded a show, he had been privately harassed by a male Alpha artist.

His words kept hinting that he had suffered a great loss, but because of the other party’s family background, he did not dare say anything.

With such an obvious implication, the fans immediately pointed all their spears, anger, and cannon fire at Ye Xingyuan.

Ye Xingyuan’s name stayed on the hot search for nearly a week.

He became the first person to top multiple records for being hated by the entire internet.

Now, Ye Xingyuan had basically delivered his own face under Ji Chuxi’s palm.

Waiting to be slapped.

When Zhao Lu returned, she happened to see Ye Xingyuan looking at Ji Chuxi. She thought he was envious of how the other was surrounded and served by a large group of people.

She patted Ye Xingyuan’s shoulder. “You’re not a newcomer either. You should know that the entertainment industry is a place that flatters the high and tramples the low. If you don’t stand high enough, you’ll be looked down on.”

Ye Xingyuan turned his head. His tone was firm. “I know. That’s why this time, I’m going to stand higher than ever before.”

It was not only to fulfill the original owner’s wish.

He himself also liked acting.

He enjoyed the feeling of creating vivid characters and being recognized by others.

Zhao Lu was very gratified, and voiced her true thoughts. “The temptation at the top of this industry is too great. That’s why so many people rack their brains and would rather accept unspoken rules just to climb up.”

Beep, beep, beep.

Zhao Lu’s phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Sister Lu, something happened to Brother Jian.”

Ye Xingyuan was standing relatively close to Zhao Lu, and he could tell that the voice on the other end of the call belonged to a girl.

Zhao Lu only said a few words before hanging up, her expression solemn. “Something happened on Yuan Jian’s side. I have to catch a flight over there, so I can’t stay here with you. Be obedient these next few days, film seriously, and call me if anything happens.”

Yuan Jian was one of the newcomers under Zhao Lu. He was a bright, energetic, sunny young man.

During the period when Ye Xingyuan was hated by the whole internet, most of the resources in Zhao Lu’s hands had been tilted toward Yuan Jian, allowing him to quickly rise to popularity in a short amount of time.

Now, he was also one of Xingyao Media’s cash cows.

Of course Zhao Lu would prioritize handling Yuan Jian’s matter.

After Zhao Lu left.

Xu Xiaopan hugged the things in his arms tightly, occasionally sneaking glances at Ye Xingyuan. “B-Brother Xing, don’t be unhappy. Once you stand up again, Sister Lu will definitely support you the same way she used to.”

Ye Xingyuan lightly patted Little Fatty on the back of the head and curved his lips into a smile. “Don’t worry. What belongs to your Brother Xing, no one can take away.”

Xu Xiaopan sniffed hard. “Brother Xing, I believe in you. I’ve always believed in you.”

Brother Xing really had changed. He had become different from before.

But the current Brother Xing made people feel very at ease.

Xu Xiaopan secretly peeked at Ye Xingyuan from the side, light in his eyes.

This kind of Brother Xing was really good.

“Isn’t this Ye Xingyuan?” Ji Chuxi walked over arrogantly, a mocking smile hanging at the corner of his mouth. “Here to film?”

Ji Chuxi was wearing expensive branded clothes and a luxurious watch, along with a million-yuan necklace, earrings, rings, and other jewelry.

They were all high-end products he endorsed.

He was ostentatious like a peacock.

He kept piling things onto his body, as if afraid others would not know how many endorsements he had.

Ye Xingyuan lifted his eyelids and lazily glanced at him. “Otherwise, did I come here to visit your set?”

Ji Chuxi had come over intending to make Ye Xingyuan unhappy, but instead, he ended up enraging himself. It was like a ball that had come to vent air, only to suddenly have its opening pinched shut while air was continuously pumped inside. He was so stifled he was about to explode.

“Ye Xingyuan!” Ji Chuxi gritted his teeth.

Ye Xingyuan dug at his ear. “I heard you. There’s nothing wrong with my ears. You don’t need to shout so loudly.”

“Ah—” Ji Chuxi went mad with anger, clenched his fists, and shouted.

Seeing this, the staff around them and the extras behind Ye Xingyuan all moved farther away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

Ji Chuxi’s foul temper was famous in the industry. Except for people who were more famous or more powerful than him, everyone else had to give way when they saw him.

The only exception was Ye Xingyuan.

Ji Chuxi’s expression grew uglier and uglier.

Damned Ye Xingyuan.

When he was popular, he ignored him. Now that he was no longer popular, he still dared to disrespect him?

Everyone else rushed to curry favor with him, yet this bastard…

Ji Chuxi nearly ground his back teeth to pieces. With a foul expression, he glared at Ye Xingyuan. “Why do you think you were able to get this role? I was the one who told the director to use you. Do you know why?”

Ye Xingyuan was half a head taller than Ji Chuxi. He lowered his eyes and looked at him, saying calmly, “To beat me up, humiliate me in public, and make me embarrass myself?”

“You—” Ji Chuxi was furious.

Ye Xingyuan had guessed everything.

And he was still acting so calm. This made Ji Chuxi feel as though he had swung with all his strength, only for his punch to land on cotton.

Not only did it fail to vent his anger, it made him even more irritated.

“Don’t think I won’t dare hit you in public just because of this.”

“I never said you wouldn’t dare.” Ye Xingyuan blinked, looking extremely innocent and pure.

Without spending a single soldier, just with a few expressions and a lukewarm tone, he made Ji Chuxi so angry stars nearly burst from his eyes.

“Ye Xingyuan, just you wait!”

Ye Xingyuan deliberately said, “Okay.”

Ji Chuxi twisted his waist and stormed off angrily.

“Brother Xing.” Little Fatty looked at Ye Xingyuan worriedly. “You shouldn’t have angered him. With Ji Chuxi’s petty personality, he’ll definitely mess with you during filming later.”

Ye Xingyuan took a bottle of yogurt from the bag Little Fatty was holding, opened it, stabbed the straw in, and took a sip. “Even if I didn’t anger him, he’d still mess with me.”

Little Fatty said honestly, “That seems true too.”

“Brother Chuxi, why did you persuade the director to give Ye Xingyuan a chance? Wouldn’t it have been better to just let him flop completely?” the little assistant beside Ji Chuxi asked.

“What do you know? He made me lose so much face before. This time, I’m going to use filming to teach him a lesson properly.” Ji Chuxi kept fanning himself beside his face with his hand, but the anger burning from the inside out still made him as irritable as a furnace ready to explode at the slightest touch.

“Brother Chuxi, Ye Xingyuan hasn’t tried out the scene yet, right? Why don’t…” The little assistant leaned close to Ji Chuxi’s ear and whispered, “Ask the director to have him try a scene. Not only can you make him embarrass himself in public, you can also slap him and teach him a lesson.”

“Heh.” Ji Chuxi sneered, slapped the armrest of his chair, and sat up. “That makes sense.”

“Director.”

“What is it?” The director was giving instructions to the assistant director. When he heard Ji Chuxi call him, he immediately looked over.

“Ye Xingyuan hasn’t tried out a scene yet, right? Since we haven’t started filming yet, let me run through a scene with him,” Ji Chuxi said.

“Run through a scene?” The director stroked his mustache. When he met Ji Chuxi’s gaze, he immediately understood what Ji Chuxi wanted to do, but knowingly asked, “Sure. Which scene do you want to try?”

Ji Chuxi said decisively, “The scene where the lowly servant repays kindness with betrayal, climbs into bed to seek favor, is discovered by the princess consort, slapped across the face, and driven out of the prince’s estate.”

At this moment, the assistant director had already beckoned Ye Xingyuan, who was not far away, over.

The director looked at Ye Xingyuan with a smile. “Is that okay?”

Ye Xingyuan sneered inwardly.

As if he had the right to say no.

“Of course. I should even thank Teacher Ji for being willing to run through the scene with me.”

Ji Chuxi rolled his eyes so hard they nearly flipped to the sky.

“Then let’s start from the scene where the princess consort catches him, and the servant kneels and begs for mercy.” After the director finished speaking, he looked at both of them. “You’ve both memorized your lines, right?”

Ji Chuxi remained coldly arrogant and did not speak.

Ye Xingyuan answered calmly, “I’ve memorized them.”

“Then begin.”