A clip of a drama director yelling at ex-WJSN‘s Cheng Xiao has made its rounds online.

Cheng Xiao debuted as a member of WJSN 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 is currently in the works to appear in several dramas this year, including The Story Of The Mystics.

In a clip that has since gone viral on social media, the drama’s director, Guo Jing Ming, is 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.”

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 is currently in production.