Chapter 118 Curves and Drama

"But no matter how nice the words are, they can't fool Mr. Lu's sharp eyes. Mr. Lu, you are so smart that we juniors have nowhere to hide." Hu Xiaoxiao said sincerely.

Lu Sheng shook his head in amusement. He thought he probably knew why those companies liked to find Hu Xiaoxiao as their spokesperson. She was good-looking, spoke well, and had first-class business skills.

Even he changed his opinion of her again and again.

He said to Charlie, "You guys continue with the meeting. I'm leaving now."

Before leaving, he said to Hu Xiaoxiao: "Just act well. The company will not treat talented artists unfairly."

Hu Xiaoxiao nodded obediently, "I believe in the company and I believe in President Lu."

After watching Mr. Lu leave, Charlie sat back in his seat, and the rest of the staff also sat down and continued the meeting.

"Xiaoxiao, Mr. Lu thought so highly of you just now, you have to do your best. Whether this drama will be a hit depends half on you." Charlie put enough pressure on Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao, however, refused to accept the responsibility, saying, "Although I'm the female lead, I'm just a foil for the male lead. The ratings of this drama mainly depend on the male lead who has the most scenes and the most weight. Mingxu is the male lead. If he wants to be a hit, ask him."

She's not stupid. If she's not given the lead female role, how can she be expected to carry the show? What if the show doesn't become a hit and she has to take the blame?

Mingxu was secretly eating melon seeds. When he heard Hu Xiaoxiao's words, he quickly stuffed the bag into his trouser pocket and said, "Whether a drama is good or not is not decided by me alone, it is the responsibility of the entire crew. Similarly, if the drama is good, the entire crew benefits. This is the case with "The Grandmaster". After the drama became popular, even the supporting actors could get commercial performances. So this effort requires everyone to work together."

After working in the TV station for a few years, who isn’t a veteran?

As soon as Charlie heard Mingxu speak, he smelled a fragrance. He stared at Mingxu with his eyes like torches: "What are you eating? Take it out!"

Mingxu spread his hands and said, "Why are you looking at me? I didn't eat anything."

"I can smell the fragrance." Charlie was angry. "The melon seeds smell so good, do you think I can't smell it because of my stuffy nose?"

Mingxu said rascally, "Maybe it's because my mouth smells fragrant."

"Fang, you deadhead!" Charlie walked over, expertly taking the bag of sunflower seeds from Mingxu's pocket and throwing it on the table. He gritted his teeth at Mingxu, "Look at you! You haven't lost the fat on your face yet, and you still dare to eat. Do you even know what your body is like? How can you act when you're this fat?"

Mingxu touched his face and said, "Actually, housewives don't necessarily like skinny guys. A fair and plump figure is fine. It looks cheerful. Maybe they would like me to be a little fatter. Look at Xinghe. She's fair and clean, with a bit of baby fat on her face. She's very popular with housewives."

"Who can't compare you to? Why Lu Xinghe?" Charlie sat back down and warned Mingxu, "Don't learn from Lu Xinghe's playboy ways, flirting with other women. Although he's overcome this crisis, the company won't give him any important roles going forward. If an artist with a similar image comes along, he'll be easily replaced."

He looked at Hu Xiaoxiao and the other main actors again and said, "If you want to date, fine, but either don't let the paparazzi catch you, or just take pictures of one person at a time. If you don't like the one you dump, just take another. Don't do it at the same time, or else get caught by the paparazzi and cause a serious incident like a death, forcing the company to clean up the mess. If anyone under my command dares to do that, I will ban them without hesitation!"

He was most worried about Hu Xiaoxiao, because he was good-looking and had many scandals about suspected romances. He looked at Hu Xiaoxiao with a warning look from time to time.

Hu Xiaoxiao was very confused. "Why are you looking at me? When have I ever been a drag? Of course, if you're worried that I'll have too much free time to mess around, you can give me more scenes and keep me so busy that I won't even have time to eat or sleep..."

"Just shut up! You keep saying you want more drama, and I'm tired even if you're not."

Hu Xiaoxiao muttered quietly, "I just don't have many scenes."

She has few roles, yet you want her to take on the main role. How can such a good thing happen?

Hu Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on the martial arts instructor, and his dark eyes rolled around.

After the meeting, when everyone had mostly dispersed, Hu Xiaoxiao followed the martial arts instructor and asked, "Teacher Nie, Mingxu's moves are all designed. I wonder what about my martial arts scenes? When will they be designed?"

Nie Jinlong was lost in thought when he heard Hu Xiaoxiao's words and turned around. "It's Xiaoxiao, what's the matter?"

"I came to ask Murong Qianluo about his martial arts performance."

Nie Jinlong frowned, "The screenwriter described Murong Qianluo's performance as too graceful and the movements too difficult. I've been having a headache designing Murong Qianluo's fighting scenes and was planning to talk to the screenwriter about it."

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at Nie Jinlong with bright eyes and said, "Teacher, you don't need to look for Aaron, just look for me. Aaron and I designed those scenes together. If you don't have any inspiration, how about I perform them for you now?"

Nie Jinlong looked doubtful, "Can you do it? Those moves are difficult."

"Why not? Have you forgotten the first time I filmed Zhou Bijun's scene, I was suspended by wires, and it was so natural and beautiful to watch. I can handle all the scenes described by Murong Qianluo in the play."

Nie Jinlong thought for a moment and said, "Then give it a try. I'll call the wire artist over and you can show me a performance later."

"No problem." Hu Xiaoxiao was fully alert and decided to show his true skills and surpass the other actors' martial arts scenes.

If other actors’ fighting scenes are too ugly, the director will give her more shots to make the shots look better, right?

When they arrived at the training room, Nie Jinlong called someone to help Hu Xiaoxiao hang on the wire.

Mingxu, who was practicing martial arts in the training room, saw this and came over to watch. Other actors, tired from practicing, also came over to see what was going on.

They had heard that Murong Qianluo's fighting scenes were extremely difficult, and the martial arts director was racking his brains trying to come up with them. However, Murong Qianluo's fighting scenes were a major selling point for "The Legend of Long Yijiang" and couldn't be cut. They also had to include more scenes, which completely stumped the martial arts team.

Hu Xiaoxiao thought that Murong Qianluo's weapon was a piece of white silk, so he found a rope of appropriate softness or hardness to replace it.

After the wire was tied up, she saw that the wire master was ready. As soon as she took off into the air, she showed the elegant and fairy-like temperament of riding the wind and flying away.

Under her skillful strength, the soft rope in her hand was as flexible and swift as a snake emerging from a cave, or as soft and fierce as a stream of water falling from the sky.

It even looks like a magic weapon in the hands of a fairy, with its own majesty.