Gu Qingqiu pondered. Since things had come to this point, instead of sighing and complaining, she should think about how to turn things around.

Xiao Yiming already harbors resentment towards me. If I continue to cling to him recklessly, he will probably push me even further away. Moreover, the difference in our status is too great. If he gets pushed too far and blacklists me, then there will truly be no chance for us to have any contact again in the future.

While I'm still in the same production team as Xiao Yiming, I need to make him look at me in a new light, at least to make him acknowledge my professional abilities.

Gu Qingqiu picked up the script from the bedside table, which looked almost brand new, and began to study it carefully, even making some annotations with a highlighter.

The TV series is called "Heroic Figure", a male-centric business drama. Normally, given Xiao Yiming's status, he wouldn't need to take on this type of TV series anymore, but he has a good relationship with the director, and this time it's also to repay a favor.

Gu Qingqiu plays a villainous female supporting character who is one of the stepping stones for the male lead's career. Her character is stupid and vicious, causing the male lead pain at every turn but always getting slapped in the face. She is the type of character that the audience will hate, but she is also the character who creates satisfying moments for the male lead.

Well, he's disliked both on and off screen.

Gu Qingqiu now only hopes that her experience bar won't go negative.

Gu Qingqiu was quite experienced in acting. Although she had never played an actor before, she had traveled through many worlds to complete missions and was very experienced in playing various people with the same name as herself but completely different from them. In a sense, she was also acting.

However, the character's personality was so bad that she didn't know whether she should play the role well or not, fearing that her already poor reputation would suffer even more.

It's all Gu Qingqiu's fault from the original world! If she hadn't been causing trouble everywhere, how could she have ended up playing villainous supporting roles in various TV dramas despite having a beautiful face like a leading lady? She's really made a mistake!

The next day, Gu Qingqiu arrived at the film set early in the morning, even arriving at the dressing room at the same time as the makeup artist.

The makeup artist was also quite surprised to see Gu Qingqiu. This lady always arrived at the film set right on time and was occasionally late, so the makeup artist never paid much attention to her makeup. However, Gu Qingqiu had a good foundation, and even with a little makeup, she looked radiant.

Gu Qingqiu took out the coffee she had bought in advance and handed it to the makeup artist, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, sister. This is the coffee I bought for you."

The makeup artist accepted it with some skepticism, wondering what kind of trouble Gu Qingqiu was up to this time.

Sure enough, Gu Qingqiu spoke up, "Sister, could you make me look a little more pitiful?"

Today, Gu Qingqiu's scene involves her crying bitterly in the rain after being slapped in the face by the male lead. She should have worn lighter makeup to avoid having her eyeshadow and lipstick smeared all over her face after getting wet, which wouldn't look good.

The makeup artist naturally wouldn't refuse a reasonable request. However, Gu Qingqiu had always been very picky about her makeup, preferring heavy makeup and always wearing exaggerated red lips, regardless of whether the role was appropriate. It was quite rare for her to actually change her makeup to match the plot.

Because the makeup was simple, the makeup artist quickly finished Gu Qingqiu's makeup.

The female lead, Bai Qiaoqiao, also happened to arrive at the dressing room. She was stunned when she saw Gu Qingqiu and almost didn't recognize her.

Gu Qingqiu greeted Bai Qiaoqiao gracefully and then walked out of the dressing room.

Bai Qiaoqiao stared suspiciously at Gu Qingqiu's back for a long time, wondering what she was up to.

The crew of "Heroic Spirit" usually splits into two groups, A and B, to film simultaneously. Generally, group A is responsible for filming the scenes related to Xiao Yiming, while group B films the scenes of other supporting characters.

Today's scenes were supposed to be filmed separately by two groups: Group A, which mainly filmed the romantic scenes between Xiao Yiming and Bai Qiaoqiao, and Group B, which mainly filmed the scenes of Gu Qingqiu's desolation and breakdown in the rain.

However, Xiao Yingdi's professional skills are amazing. He basically gets everything done in one take and finished the day's filming schedule for Group A early. Coincidentally, there was another very short scene that Group B had to film.

Although the main scenes for Group B today were filmed with Gu Qingqiu, there was a shot where Xiao Yiming's character passed by and saw Gu Qingqiu's miserable state, which contrasted sharply with Xiao Yiming's glamorous appearance, enhancing the effect of the scene being slapped in the face.

So after finishing filming for Group A, Xiao Yiming went to the filming location for Group B.

Just then, the director shouted, "Three, two, one, action!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the artificial rain created by the film crew fell on Gu Qingqiu's slender figure.

Gu Qingqiu was wearing a white dress, her black hair was wet and clung to her cheeks. She was not wearing bright red lipstick, which made her face look particularly pale. Her eyes were unfocused and staring straight ahead, revealing a deep sense of despair and regret.

The director's eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly zoomed in to give Gu Qingqiu's face a close-up.

"Okay! Cut!"

Gu Qingqiu seemed to have taken a magic pill today, her acting skills improved by leaps and bounds. The director originally thought that it would be a waste of a lot of water and many takes, but unexpectedly, this scene was completed in one take!

Xiao Yiming was also somewhat surprised. This wasn't the first time he had seen Gu Qingqiu act, and he had also acted in many scenes with Gu Qingqiu. However, at that time, the other party's eyes were empty and she often forgot her lines, which made him extremely irritable. He could portray his disgust for Gu Qingqiu without deliberately trying to evoke emotions. But the performance just now, even by the standards of a movie star, he couldn't find any fault with it.

Could it be that Gu Qingqiu was provoked by the few words he uttered yesterday?

Xiao Yiming didn't believe that anyone could change so much overnight, and thought that Gu Qingqiu's acting skills were just a flash of inspiration.

Gu Qingqiu was not well-liked on set. After the director yelled "cut," no one offered her a towel or a cup of hot water.

Gu Qingqiu didn't find a place to sit down and rest, because the rain scene wasn't over yet, and she didn't want to get the chair dirty since she was all wet.

To others, this appearance made her look somewhat pitiful.

Xiao Yiming frowned, feeling somewhat reluctant, but he was afraid that if he spoke first, it would give Gu Qingqiu the wrong impression, making her think that he was interested in her, so he remained silent.

Finally, the director noticed something was wrong and asked, "Where's the staff? Give her a towel."

Then a staff member reluctantly threw a towel to Gu Qingqiu, but because the towel was too light, it landed on the ground in front of Gu Qingqiu and was quickly soaked by water.

Gu Qingqiu looked at it and silently picked up the white towel that had been stained black by the sewage on the ground.

"Is this how you deliver towels? Will your legs break if you walk a few more steps?" Xiao Yiming couldn't stand it anymore. Gu Qingqiu was still a person, and this behavior was simply too insulting!

The staff member who threw the towel immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Brother Ming, I'll go get a new towel right away!"

"No need." The director finished reviewing the playback and confirmed there were no problems. "Let's get ready to shoot the next scene!"