In the hot summer, the cool air released by the air conditioner in the house makes people very comfortable. Wen Wan is sitting at the dining table, browsing her mobile phone boredly, with a hot pot bubbling in front of her.

She heard the noise at the door and said without looking up, "Why are you so late? Come over and eat hot pot!"

After not getting an answer for a long time, Wen Wan suddenly felt something was wrong. At this time in the past, Tao Zhizhi would have rushed over without changing her shoes, but this time she ignored her for a long time. She quickly looked up at the living room, but saw Tao Zhizhi slumped on the sofa with a sad face.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Wen Wan hurriedly walked over and sat down, reached out and gently touched her head and asked.

Tao Zhizhi sat up from the sofa, silently handed the script in her hand to her, and motioned for her to read it herself.

Wen Wan watched her actions in confusion, subconsciously reaching out to take the script, flipping through it carefully and looking through it bewilderedly. Finally, she asked her, bewildered, "The character design of this heroine seems a little off, but... after a closer look, it seems okay. Don't worry too much."

Tao Zhizhi couldn't help but twitch her eyes when she heard this. She looked at her with resentment and said, "Who told you I was going to play the female lead?"

"Ah? If you don't play the female lead, what else can you do? Are you going to play..." She asked nonchalantly, but suddenly stopped at the end, as if she suddenly thought of something. After a moment of silence, she raised her eyebrows and asked tentatively: "You won't play that brainless and vicious female supporting role, will you?"

"Yeah." Tao Zhizhi nodded desperately.

After receiving her affirmative answer, Wen Wan couldn't help but look up and sigh. Finally, she stood up and dragged herself towards the dining table. "Come on! Let's eat first! You can't worry when you're hungry. You can worry after you're full!"

After the two sat down at the opposite sides of the dining table, Tao Zhizhi chose to turn her grief and anger into appetite. She silently took a box of mutton and put it into the pot. Then she sighed and explained to her, "I originally wanted to come here happily to eat hot pot, but I didn't expect the company to suddenly give me such a big surprise."

"I initially thought I was going to play the female lead, and after reading the script, I had the same reaction as you. I didn't think it was that great at first, but after thinking about it, I figured I could act. Then my agent told me I was going to play the supporting role, and I fucking went dark and nearly passed out!"

"I said I didn't want to play that role, and then she said the contract had been signed and I had to do it even if I didn't want to. Do you know how much I wanted to pick up a knife and chop someone down?"

"I understand, I understand." Wen Wan quickly agreed, then casually put a piece of meat into her bowl and complained, "Your company is really more of a hindrance than a help. If you don't have good resources to give, then just don't give them at all. You really don't care about the artists' reputation."

Tao Zhizhi lost her appetite a bit because of this, but she still forced the meat into her mouth, and then expressed her thoughts in disappointment, "It's really not that I don't want to play a vicious female supporting role, because villains can sometimes be very brilliant, but I really can't accept this kind of brainless role, do you understand me?"

Wen Wan devoured the hot pot while earnestly expressing her opinion, "To be honest, let alone the vicious female supporting role, even the female lead's personality and behavior are completely stupid. It really feels like a Mary Sue drama!"

"Yes, not only is this drama stupid, I think the crew also treats the audience as stupid. They seem to... they really think that today's audiences still love to watch this kind of melodrama! Do they think others are fools if they don't get angry?" Tao Zhizhi became more and more angry as she spoke, her eyes almost bursting with anger.

Wen Wan deadpanned, "Yeah, they just treat the audience like idiots. As long as they cast a few popular celebrities, they'll have fans buying in. They don't care if the show is good or not, they'll just blindly praise it. As long as they can make money, isn't that enough?"

"Let me tell you, there's a real barrier between actors and idols, and it's a very thick one. It's really hard for idols to debut solo. How many solo idols have you seen truly succeed through singing and dancing? Plus, it takes a lot of capital, buying songs, filming music videos, and promoting everything. Which of these things doesn't cost money?"

"To sum it up, it's both laborious and hard to please. How can it be as quick and profitable as filming? It doesn't matter how good your acting is, as long as you're paid after filming. That's why many idol groups, after disbanding, have their members sent out to act. After all, who doesn't like quick money?"

Tao Zhizhi put down her chopsticks with a gloomy face, frowned and sighed, "I know, it's because of this that I don't want to do such a thing, exploiting the fans' love to make money, I really-"

She paused abruptly at this point, then said angrily, "I really might as well die! Although I really love singing and dancing, and I love the stage, I've never thought of doing only singing and dancing for the rest of my life. If I have the opportunity to act, I will definitely treat it well and perform well."

"And I'm not saying I have to act in a big-budget drama like Director Liang's. Even if it's a low-budget web series, as long as the script has highlights and is sincere enough to the audience, I'm willing to act. But this terrible script simply doesn't treat the audience as human beings! I'm already furious before I even start acting, let alone the audience!"

After she finished speaking, she was so angry that she burst into tears, complaining in a muffled voice, "I feel that after the disbandment, I have so many worries. When I was a trainee, I really wanted to debut. After debuting, I also wanted to be famous and be liked by more people."

"But after so many people liked me, I started to feel anxious again. I was afraid that if I didn't do well, I would disappoint everyone, and I was also afraid that everyone would leave me after being disappointed."

Her face wrinkled into a ball, and she silently wiped away her tears with her fingers. She asked in despair, "Do you think... am I going to be the first FWS member to become obscure?"

Wenwan sighed silently, reached out and grabbed a few tissues and handed them to her, gently comforting her, "Don't be so pessimistic. People have ups and downs, so you must always keep a normal mind!"

"I've said this before. For many people, the day they debuted was the pinnacle of their lives. After the group disbanded, they definitely felt a sense of loss."

"But there's one thing I've never said before: since I've already seen the magnificent peak in this life, there's nothing to regret!"

"At least you've actually reached that level, while many people will never reach it in their lifetime. It's good to set high standards for yourself, but don't be too hard on yourself."

“Sometimes the more you insist on something, the more your fate will go against you. But when you relax and stop being so obsessed, it may succeed without you even noticing.”

After hearing these words, Tao Zhizhi burst into tears like a cat. Wen Wan looked at her helplessly and shook her head, silently trying to find a solution for her in her heart.