The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 221 Let's see how you wash it.

"Ha, let me see what brand of laundry detergent you are!"

Gu Lanxi is a stable and gentle person, so such words are a rare form of harshness for her.

Filming has been underway for over two months now. As the female lead, Gu Lanxi has spent a lot of time interacting with Gao Yunyi, and the two have come to understand each other quite well.

They had always worked together happily. Even during the time they ran between two mountains, Gu Lanxi was exhausted like a dead dog thinking about the filming results, but she still didn't utter a single word of complaint.

What happened today really touched a nerve with her!
Gao Yunyi knew his actions were dishonest, but he didn't argue; he just sighed.

"I'll tell you everything, please don't be like this, okay? Right now, the most important thing is the movie, okay? Your role will be finished in just over ten days, hang in there a little longer, let's film it properly, alright?"

The male lead, Zhou Sinian, has a good relationship with Gu Lanxi, but he happens to be away from the film set these days. Since he is far away, he can't help her in the short term. Gao Yunyi has no choice but to bite the bullet and take on the role himself without any preparation.

And it has to be fast.

Lu Nanting has boarded the plane, Mei Xue is on her way, and the owner of Xingguang has also received the news and is rushing here.

His only chance was to persuade Gu Lanxi before these people arrived.

Gu Lanxi will be the actor; as long as she's willing, everything is negotiable.

But persuading a stubborn mule is no easy task.

Therefore, he did not intend to hide it.

When talking to smart people, the worst thing you can do is to be evasive and insincere.

What might have been a chance to persuade them could have been completely ruined by that one hint of concealment.

Gao Yunyi is no longer a young man; he understands this principle and knows how to get along with Gu Lanxi.

He had actually wanted to explain before, but Gu Lanxi ran too fast and he really couldn't keep up!

Later, Gu Lanxi left the hotel and ignored him, going straight back to the film set to continue filming, which meant he didn't get a chance to talk to her again.

However, it's not too late to say it now.

The area was a noisy vegetable market nearby. Gao Yunyi led her upstairs to the fourth-floor lounge, chased everyone else out, and had Zhuang Xiaotong and Niu Lili stand guard at the door before taking out his phone, tapping on a certain screen, and showing it to her.

Gu Lanxi knew he was going to feign pitifulness to gain sympathy, but she didn't expect that the screen on her phone would display a head MRI report, issued by Beijing Tiantan Hospital, a highly authoritative institution in neurosurgery.

A space-occupying lesion in the right frontal lobe, considered to be of the type of tumor, such as glioma/meningioma/metastasis, is recommended. Further clinical examination and examinations (such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biopsy) are advised to confirm the diagnosis.

Gu Lanxi read the sentence over and over three times, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"I've had dizziness and blurred vision for a long time. I thought it was because I was too tired, but even after resting for two days, it didn't help. So I went home for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and got a checkup. That's when they found out this thing."

Looking at the data, the tumor is quite large and is compressing a nerve.

“I’ve seen several specialists, and none of them dared to tell me it was benign. Regardless of whether it’s benign or malignant, it’s too big, so surgery is necessary. I’ve found the best surgeon to operate on, and I’m currently having regular checkups. I’ll have the surgery next month, and I should be fine after the operation. But in the future, I might lose my speech, become paralyzed on one side, or develop cognitive impairment…”

With this kind of physical condition, even the quality of life cannot be guaranteed, let alone directing.

A director's job is not just sitting behind a monitor, holding a hand warmer in winter and fanning himself in summer, yelling "cut!" and cursing day after day.

Gao Yunyi rubbed his head irritably: "This is very likely to be my last film. And it just so happens that you and Zhou Sinian performed so well, and the film was so great. I'm not satisfied. I still have so many awards to win..."

Seeing that her expression had softened, Gao Yunyi quickly began to complain incessantly.

Gu Lanxi ignored him and remained silent, repeatedly checking his medical report.

The registration was done using his ID card. Gu Lanxi had seen that ID number when she signed the contract and remembered it very clearly; it was indeed him.

As for the attending physician...

Gu Lanxi quickly opened the doctor profile of Tiantan Hospital on her phone and found it in no time. It was indeed the expert he had just mentioned.

Opening the test report reveals that in addition to the MRI, there are further MRS tests, as well as complete blood count, urinalysis, blood biochemistry, and liver and kidney function tests.

For more than half a month, he has not gone crazy or shown any negative emotions to anyone in this situation. Instead, he returned to the film crew and directed the scenes seriously. It has to be said that he is a tough guy.

Gu Lanxi sighed and handed the phone back.

She had thought Gao Yunyi would feign pitifulness, but she never expected him to be genuinely pitiful. She could no longer bring herself to say those harsh words.

After a long silence, she finally spoke: "You shouldn't have done that."

For Chinese people, no matter who it is, if they dare to curse you to your face with "Fuck your mother," they will immediately turn hostile.

Gao Yunyi's actions today are not just a matter of being a human being, but a matter of turning her into an enemy.

"I believe we have a harmonious relationship and I have never offended you. You shouldn't hurt my family and my feelings like this."

“I know that doing this will definitely offend you, but this idea is too brilliant, and I just can’t help it. You’re still young, and it doesn’t matter whether you win an award or not, you’re not in a hurry anyway, but I’m in a hurry. I’ll seize any opportunity, no matter how small. I know that if I do this, our friendship is over, but you have to give to receive. If I can’t save face and I’m ruined, I don’t care if you hate me or not.”

"You said it yourself, I'm young and it doesn't matter whether I win an award or not, so why should I go out of my way to support your dream? Having a dream is a good thing, but it shouldn't be built on hurting others."

"I will do my best to win the award, and I will share all my resources with you. Good actors also need good directors to make them successful. If you miss me, it will be very difficult for you to find a director who can help you win the award again. You should know how many people in the industry are just slackers now, and there are very few people who truly have dreams."

Gao Yunyi looked confident of victory.

"I can sense your ambition. Don't you really want those awards? Wouldn't it be better if we both benefited?"

He has always been an honest person and speaks his mind.

Gu Lanxi took a deep breath: "But who can say for sure about winning an award? I would never use my family as a stepping stone for an award!"

"No, that's not called a stepping stone! That's called support, that's called a lift!"

"You're really hilarious! Using other people's suffering to support your dreams, seriously, in a word, absolutely awful!"

Gu Lanxi truly couldn't understand why Gao Yunyi would do this even though he was prepared to become enemies with her.

"Wasn't my performance good? Why are you deliberately provoking me?"

"You did very well, but you can do even better! There's room for improvement! Your natural state and your staged performance are completely different!"

"That means I still have room for improvement. I don't deserve to win an award right now!"

"You're wrong. In the past years' awards, how many were evenly matched, and how many were completely uncontroversial? Given that everyone is equally excellent, why don't you deserve it?"

“My bottom line is my family. If you continue like this, I'll terminate the contract immediately. We'll talk about what to do next tomorrow. I'm tired and need to go home and rest.”

Seeing her get up and leave, Gao Yunyi dared not say anything more about protecting one of them.

Whether those two scenes filmed today will be cut is anyone's guess.

She couldn't help but sigh and ran her hands through her hair.

Life is full of disappointments, nine times out of ten.

It shouldn't have been forced.

But who would be willing to accept that?
MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is an imaging technique that utilizes the magnetic resonance phenomenon caused by hydrogen protons in the human body being excited by radio frequency pulses in a magnetic field. The resulting signals are then processed by a computer to reconstruct images.

MRS, or Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, is a technique that uses magnetic resonance phenomena to study metabolites in living organisms.

Yes, it's that cliché reason.

This person felt like he was about to die.