Translator: Kingbao Editor: DarkGem
"Heavenâs Sword" would start filming the next day, hence the director specifically got the entire cast together for a dinner.
Qiao Anhao arrived at Hengdian the latest. By the time she came, the dinner had already started.
"Heavenâs Sword" had a few actors from "Alluring Times", so everyone treated her warmly when she arrived, running over to greet her. Cheng Yang even personally pulled the empty seat beside him out so that she could sit down.
Qiao Anhao walked to her seat, toasting the crowd to apologize for being late before sitting down.
Lu Jinnian was already there. He sat beside Qiao Anhao, leaning backwards casually with a hand on the table and another holding a glass of wine. He remained silent as the table in front of him brimmed with conversations.
Qiao Anhao was the female lead for the drama. She was pretty, so the investors and directors contentiously toasted her and even tried to talk to her.
Every time it happened, Lu Jinnian would frown slightly in irritation.
After she had rushed over, she had barely eaten but had already downed at least seven large cups of alcohol. Lu Jinnian saw the director walking over once more and frowned, he placed the wine he held down on the table before speaking faintly, "The ceremony will be at seven tomorrow, and after the ceremony, weâll have to change locations which takes about eight hours. Letâs end this early so that everyone can rest."
Lu Jinnian waved for the waiter to settle the bill.
It wasnât even 9 pm and it was a rare opportunity for many of the actors to have a meal with the producer and director, so they werenât willing to end so early, but since Lu Jinnian had already made the order, no one dared to object. Unwillingly, they started to drag themselves up to bid farewell to the directors and investor.
Qiao Anhao had drunk quite a lot. Before leaving, she took a trip to the restroom. But the moment she closed the cubicle door, she heard a conversation between several people.
"Whoâs the female lead? Why donât I remember her?"
"You met her in the restroom before, so you might not remember. It was the one that arrived the latest, I think sheâs called Qiao Anhao? Sheâs quite pretty and was the second female lead in âAlluring Timesâ."
"Oh yes, the one that acted alongside Lu Jinnian! He seemed to be promoting her quite aggressively lately, assigning many advertisements for her, and theyâre all top tier. He had even gotten into a conflict with the board members, but he didnât say a word. In the end, he just said âI just want to promote her, what can you do?â before leaving.
"After that, he assigned her the female lead role of the most invested movie of the year. By then, no board member dared to voice their objections."
"Oh, it reminds me, the female lead for "Heavenâs Sword" was originally meant to be filmed in Lijiang but it has been changed to Jianghu. I heard that one of the main cast has altitude sickness, so Lu Jinnian had specifically gotten the director and screen writer to make the changes last minute. Do you think the actress with altitude sickness is Qiao Anhao?"
"One more thing, why didnât you mention that our company actually went to Beijing to choose a intern actress with Qiao Anhaoâs physique seemingly to act out the harder more difficult stunts?"
"But thatâs the treatment for big stars, she only filmed two dramas, isnât she just a newbie..?"