âThen Iâll have to trouble you.â Ling Sheng was not good at makeup, and she had relied on her good looks to be confident when she walked out without makeup. She had never been interested in makeup.
Xiaxia had put on makeup for people before. She had been a makeup artist and had more than a million fans. She was confident that her makeup skills were excellent. âWomen should learn how to put on makeup. Look, when you donât put on makeup, youâre a fairy. When you put on makeup, you can transform into a vixen. If you want to be a mature woman, you can be a mature woman. If you want to be a little girl, you can be a little girl. Let me create a gentler makeup look for you!â
âIâll leave it up to you.â Ling Sheng did not ask much.
While putting on her makeup, Xiaxia spoke to her. âDo you know Lu Yubai? Heâs the number one makeup artist in China and heâs my idol. My lifelong dream and pursuit is to become a master like him.â
Ling Sheng said, âThen you should be a makeup artist. Why are you acting?â
Xiaxia said, âMy best friend asked me to accompany her to the audition. The director didnât pick her but chose me instead. He insisted on me filming this, so I came.â
Ling Sheng smiled. âYou look unhappy.â
Xiaxia replied, âNot really. Itâs alright. Itâs only been a month, so I came to give it a try. However, youâre a member of Huo Ciâs Studio. Why did you take a female lead role that someone else did not want?â
âThe previous actress didnât want the female lead role? Didnât she say she was sick?â After Ling Sheng had finished reading the script yesterday, she had searched for relevant news about the film crew.
The female lead of âMoonâ had originally been a C-list actress named Song Xixi. Yesterday morning, she had suddenly posted on Weibo that there was a problem with her health and she could not participate in the film. She had then sent an apology to the film crew.
âYou believe that?â Xiaxia pursed her lips. âYou know nothing about Song Xixi. Sheâs the eldest daughter of Hua Ying Entertainmentâs boss. I think she didnât want to act in the film.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSince she didnât want to do it, why did she accept the role in the first place?â
âI donât know. I also heard that Hua Ying Entertainment invested in this film. I donât know why, but she suddenly withdrew her investment before filming started. This must have something to do with it. Your company has good resources, and youâre also an artist managed by Mei Xuelin. How could you accept a film that she didnât want?â
âI think the script is pretty good. The theme and concept are both good.â
âThere arenât many fools like you nowadays. Weâre all filming for money, yet youâre still interested in the theme.â
âThen Iâm really a fool. Since the film crew doesnât have money, why would they book a hotel? That must cost a lot of money!â
âYou donât know about the commotion caused by the change of the male lead during the casting process. The news was suppressed at the time. Actually, this hotel was not chosen by the film crew.â Xiaxia then whispered in a mysterious voice, âI heard this from other people. Itâs all gossip, but just listen to it.â
Xiaxia did know a lot of gossip. The male lead of the movie had been a fourth-year student at the Film Academy named Su Rongxuan. Later, when there was investment capital, he had been swapped out for the current male lead, Lu Xianzhi.
When Ling Sheng saw the male lead, Lu Xianzhi, she looked at the man in disbelief, her mind filled with Xiaxiaâs words.
Xiaxia had said, âI heard that Lu Xianzhi is a pretty boy supported by a rich woman. The investor of the film is his financier, who helped him become the male lead.â
Xiaxia had said that the hotel had not been booked by the film crew but by the financier behind Lu Xianzhi. Fearing that the film crew would let him suffer, she had decided to book the whole film crewâs accommodation as a treat for them.
âSheng Sheng?â Lu Xianzhi had imagined meeting her again countless times, but he had never expected to meet her in such a manner and be caught off guard.