A clip of a drama director yelling at ex-WJSN‘s Cheng Xiao has made its rounds online.
Cheng Xiao
Cheng Xiao debuted as a member of WJSN (Cosmic Girls) in 2016 before beginning her solo activities in China. She remained on hiatus from the group until March 2023, when her departure was officially announced.
The idol appeared in her first drama, Detective Chinatown, in 2020 and has since continued appearing in different projects, including making her big screen debut in 2021.
She appeared in numerous K-Dramas in 2024, including The Story Of The Mystics, also known as Fangs of Fortune. In a clip that has since gone viral on social media, the drama’s director, Guo Jing Ming, can be seen yelling at the idol. According to a netizen’s report, he was angry that the former idol had disappeared to fix her costume and even told her to “go back to being an idol.”
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The user who posted the clip shared their explanation of the incident, explaining that the screaming wasn’t done out of malicious intent.
Cheng Xiao went back to the car after changing, but perhaps she was a little bit slow, so Director Guo criticized Cheng Xiao. Director Guo cares a lot about time~ He criticized Cheng Xiao and her assistant. Director Guo criticized Cheng Xiao’s assistant by saying, “Is she the director or am I the director~ Who are you listening to~” Then Director Guo said to Cheng Xiao, “Wen Xiao [character played by Chen Du Ling] had a scene where she was in the water for the whole day in Xiangshan, without changing clothes~ If you can’t take this little bit of suffering, then go back to being an idol and ride in a Rolls Royce~ Being an actor is tough~” It was like that. Director Guo teaches actors as if they have a teacher-student type of relationship~ It’s all for the actors’ own good. This way, the drama comes out well~
— OP Netizen
The drama ended up winning Best TV Series of the Year at iQIYI Scream Night and Popular TV Series of the Year at the Weibo TV Series Awards.