Who was the hottest young hunk in the entertainment industry at the moment?
No matter who you ask, everyone will give you this name, Jiang Muye!
Jia Qingqing still couldn’t accept the fact until now, and she paced back and forth irritably. "Is this a mistake? Shouldn't Jiang Muye be filming overseas? Even if he’s come home, how could he act as a minor second male lead?"
Ning Xueluo said thoughtfully, "Everyone says that Jiang Muye doesn’t play any other role apart from the male lead. Also, the main investor for this movie is Starlight. Why would he, a Glory World artiste, act in it?"
Jia Qingqing, who had just been thinking how lucky she was that she wouldn't be taken advantage of, was about to go crazy. "Damn it! Why is it like this? How did Ning Xi get so lucky? Jiang Muye should be mine, he’s mine! It’s because she shamelessly stole my role!"
Everyone around her looked at her with sympathy, and weren't surprised by her frenzy.
Because everyone in the entertainment industry knew that Jia Qingqing liked Jiang Muye; she had publicly expressed her affection for him before on Weibo. Even though Jiang Muye paid no attention to her, she still frequently forwarded information related to Jiang Muye on Weibo like a fan.
It took Guo Qisheng a great deal of effort to finally calm the crazy girls down. He couldn’t help teasing, "Muye, look how you’ve captured our girls’ hearts! A handsome boy is really treated so well!"
Jiang Muye went along with the director’s teasing and joked, "Director, didn’t you hear it just now? They only want to sleep with me, so you must protect me!"
"Hahaha… relax, your partner is the goddess of war Meng Changge, she can protect you! That’s right, where’s Ning Xi? She kept hounding me before about who her co-star would be. Why hasn’t she appeared yet?" Guo Qisheng looked around.
Jiang Muye gave a strange half-laugh. "Don’t tell me I scared her away?"
"That really is possible, almost all the girls are your fans, and Ning Xi might be one of them. Perhaps she was surprised at seeing her idol!" Guo Qisheng said with a smile.
As they talked, Ning Xi came over.
Within a short time, the expression on Ning Xi’s face had become impenetrable, and she offered her hand to to the person in front of her with a smile. "Senior Jiang, hello, I’m Ning Xi. I’m honored to be able to work with you."
Although they were the same age, Jiang Muye had started his career earlier and was her senior, so he should be treated with more respect.
"Hello…" Jiang Muye smiled and gently gave her his hand. In the next second, he almost threw her hand away.
This damn girl, she almost crushed his bones.
It was an effort for Jiang Muye to maintain his cool expression, and he pretended to suddenly realize something. "Ah, Ning Xi, it’s you…"
"What? You know each other?" Guo Qisheng was surprised — not just the director, now the rest of the film cast and crew had their eyes fixed on Jiang Muye.
He smiled meaningfully. "Naturally."
Hearing his flirtatious tone and seeing everyone stare at her strangely, Ning Xi was so angry that her hands started shaking. She almost couldn’t control the primal urge to hit him!
Noticing how her face paled with anger, Jiang Muye said slowly, "We worked together before on ‘The Blue Bird’."
"Hmm? Why didn’t Ning Xi mention that?" Guo Qisheng was surprised.
Ning Xi felt like she had just had a narrow escape; her back was drenched in sweat. She answered humbly, "Director Guo, I was just the martial arts stand-in for the first female lead. I never thought that Senior Jiang would remember me."
Guo Qisheng was pleased to hear that. "Oh, who knew the two of you would share such a fate! That’s good, since you’ve worked together before and you know each other, you shouldn’t need too much time to get used to each other. Shall we directly try a more intense connection?"
Ning Xi: "Uh…" Connection? More intense? No, director! They’re not familiar with each other!
Jiang Muye smiled joyfully. "Ok!"
Seeing his evil little canines, Ning Xi really wanted to pull them out with her bare hands.
"Don’t worry, don’t worry. Let me see what scene would be a good one!" Guo Qisheng paged excitedly through the script.
Ning Xi thought frantically: Director, director, choose Scene 46! If you let me play this scene now, I guarantee I’ll play it especially well!
It was the scene where Sun Huanqing was seduced by a girl whom he had rescued in the barracks. Hot-tempered Meng Changge misunderstood and thought he had cheated on her, so gave him a good beating…
It was as if Jiang Muye had read her mind, and he bent slightly to whisper in her ear: "Dearest, are you very eager to play the scene where you beat me up?"
Ning Xi abruptly moved away as if she had been electrocuted. "Asshole, stay away from me!"
Because of this guy, the hatred directed at her was now so solid that nothing could remove it.
She could already imagine the storm that Jia Qingqing and Ning Xueluo, but especially Jia Qingqing, would unleash on her next.
Her days were already hard enough, this was just making it worse.
Ning Xi was doomed to be disappointed; there was no way the director would arrange for the scene where she beat Jiang Muye up for his first day on set. After thinking for a while, the director said, "Then, let’s do Scene 37!"
Ning Xi already knew the script by heart. She only needed to think a little to remember what Scene 37 was about, and her face immediately turned black.
Even though it wasn’t a bed scene, nor a kissing scene, it still wasn’t any better.
This was the scene where Meng Changge teased Sun Huanqing…
The director called the two persons over and began to tell them about the scene.
"The Meng family served as generals for generations, and accumulated much illustrious military success. But their increasing merits caused the emperor to fear them, putting the general’s family in danger. The current emperor is mediocre and muddle-headed, and prone to believing slander, which resulted in the death of Meng Changge's father in battle. Luckily, Meng Changge’s elder brother, Meng Changfeng, was able to take up the responsibility and take her father's position, allowing little Changge to still lead a carefree life. She who plays with chicks and dogs is a little devil in Changan City…"
When the director talked about the little devil, Jiang Muye smiled, glanced at Ning Xi, and mouthed: Very like you.
Ning Xi ignored him and continued to listen seriously to the director.
"The little devil, dressed as a man all day, did not seem like a girl at all until she saw Sun Huanqing on the street when she was 16 years old. She fell in love at first sight, and from then on, began to pester him every day…"
Jiang Muye raised his hand and said, "Director, isn't this the female version of a bully stealing away a pure flower?"
Ning Xi: "…" You are the real bully!
Guo Qisheng coughed lightly and said in praise, "Muye, you understand very well, it's pretty much that meaning. So the key point I want to emphasize is that the characters which you’re used to playing are stronger and more active, but this time it's completely the opposite, so you must take note of the change…"
Hearing this, Ning Xi also got a bit worried. The characters this guy had played before were all overbearing CEOs, overbearing school seniors, or overbearing lords; could he play Sun Huanqing, who was a bookish and weak doctor?
Jiang Muye looked serious as he nodded his head to show that he understood. "I understand, director, I’m the weak one who is being forced!"
Guo Qisheng looked at them anxiously. In fact, compared with Jiang Muye, he was more worried about Ning Xi — he was worried that she was too feminine to play Meng Changge, who was a street bully and a rascal.
"I chose this scene because it will bring out the feelings between the two of you the most. Most of the time in the scene, one of you plays a cynic, and the other is gentle and patient. If you can act this scene out well, there won’t be any large problems with the rest of your scenes. Alright, I’ll stop here, let’s see it in practice. Both of you, go get your makeup done and change into your costumes!"
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