Chapter 85 Changing the Script

Charlie was still a little hesitant, so Hu Xiaoxiao continued, "Charlie, filming will start in a few days. Time waits for no one. I've learned all the martial arts they know, so I don't need to train and can join the crew directly. It won't affect the filming progress at all."

"Let me think about it," Charlie said.

Hu Xiaoxiao guessed Charlie's thoughts and asked, "Does Charlie think there's someone else who's equally suitable for the role of Zhou Bijun? Is it Helen?"

Charlie didn't answer, so Hu Xiaoxiao knew she was right. She was about to convince Charlie, but unexpectedly, the martial arts instructor spoke first, "If it's Helen, Charlie, you might as well let Hu Xiaoxiao play the role of Zhou Bijun. Zhou Bijun has a lot of fighting scenes, and Helen can't do it at all. Lin Erniang only has a few fighting scenes, and I taught her for half a month and she still can't learn it well. If you let me teach her Zhou Bijun's fighting scenes again, you should find another martial arts instructor. I can't teach her."

Charlie looked at the martial arts instructor, "Do you also think Hu Xiaoxiao is suitable for Zhou Bijun?"

"She's more suitable than Helen anyway. She only comes to training for three days and then takes two days off. Look, it's almost afternoon now and she hasn't trained yet. If she can't master Zhou Bijun's fighting scenes, I estimate the start of filming of The Grandmaster will be delayed for at least half a year."

Mingxu also spoke up at this time: "Charlie, the filming progress cannot be delayed. This drama needs to be released next year."

Mingxu's words touched upon Charlie's most pressing issue. He immediately made a decision and said to Hu Xiaoxiao, "I hope you won't let me down."

Hu Xiaoxiao immediately assured, "Don't worry, Charlie, I will definitely do my best to play both roles well."

Charlie was still worried, "Can your acting skills handle it?"

"Yes!" Regardless of the truth, Hu Xiaoxiao had to speak confidently. She would get these two roles first, and for the rest, she would just work harder. "Don't worry, Charlie, my acting skills are also up to par. I've been studying acting with Teacher Xia Qing."

Charlie was surprised. "Are you learning acting from Xia Qing?"

"Yes, many people in the company have seen it. I often hang out with Teacher Xia Qing and learn a lot from her."

Charlie felt a little relieved. Xia Qing was a veteran of the company. Although she hadn't been filming much in recent years, she had been helping the company train new talent. Many of the students in the training class were her students. With Xia Qing's guidance, as long as Hu Xiaoxiao wasn't too stupid, he should be able to handle it. After all, this was a martial arts drama, and the exciting fighting scenes could make up for some of the shortcomings. Besides, most of the scenes were with Ren Tianhua. As long as Mingxu didn't make any mistakes, it would be fine.

After making up his mind, Charlie immediately returned to the TV station and called his screenwriters to revise the script immediately.

Meanwhile, Hong Qiuyan arrived at the training room slowly, sitting at her dressing table and applying her lipstick. An artist familiar with her couldn't help but remind her, "Why are you here so late?"

If I had come earlier, maybe I could have used our friendship to compete with Charlie for the role of Zhou Bijun.

Hong Qiuyan held up a mirror and slowly drew her lip liner. She said, "It's just training. We haven't started filming yet. Why am I here so early? It's just a few fight scenes, and I've already learned most of them. I just don't understand why a supporting role like me needs so many fight scenes. I almost broke my back practicing so much."

The artist she knew didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, so she stood up and walked away. "You can't even eat hot shit."

Hong Qiuyan was so angry after hearing this that she threw the mirror and said, "Are you crazy? Why are you cursing?"

However, Hong Qiuyan soon found out that Charlie was going to give Hu Xiaoxiao more scenes and roles. When she heard the news, she rushed to Charlie's office angrily.

"Charlie, how can you be so unfaithful to me?" Hong Qiuyan walked up to Charlie, slamming her hand on the desk excitedly, and said, "It's not enough for you to make Hu Xiaoxiao the heroine, you even gave her a supporting role with so much screen time. Is that all you care about? Charlie, I've been with you for so many years, how could you treat me like this?"

Charlie looked at Hong Qiuyan and felt a little headache. “I would like to give you the role of Zhou Bijun, but you haven’t even mastered the role of Lin Erniang.”

"Then let someone else play Lin Er Niang, and I will play Zhou Bijun." The role of Zhou Bijun had a lot of scenes, and Hong Qiuyan had been coveting it for a long time, but she knew that Charlie had invited Yuna to play Zhou Bijun, and her status was not as good as Yuna, so she did not compete for it.

"Zhou Bijun has a lot of fighting scenes, you can't act it out." Charlie said.

Hong Qiuyan was very unconvinced and said, "Does Hu Xiaoxiao really think she can act? She has never even acted in a costume drama before, and she has only played a small role. How can she compare with me? I can't do it, and she can't do it even more! Charlie, I have two years more acting experience than her, and I have also acted in martial arts dramas!"

"How dare you say that?" Charlie was a little angry. "You've been acting for two years and you haven't improved at all. Your fighting scenes are so bad that I'm embarrassed to talk about them. How can I praise you?"

"If you can't do it, just teach me slowly! I don't care, I want to play Zhou Bijun! Charlie, have you forgotten that I am the biological daughter of the company, and Hu Xiaoxiao is the adopted daughter. You don't support me, your biological daughter, but support an adopted daughter. Are you mentally ill and making wedding clothes for others?"

"You're a piece of shit, so what can I do? Look at how many chances I've given you."

"How can you blame me for this? The roles you assign to me are either coquettish and flirtatious or stupid and chasing men. It's always the same. Linda assigns different roles to her female artists, and each one has its own personality..."

Charlie’s expression changed immediately, “If you like Linda so much, go find her!”

Hong Qiuyan realized that she had spoken out of turn and quickly admitted her mistake, "Charlie, I said the wrong thing in a hurry. I didn't mean it. I am the most loyal to you."

"Okay, I'm busy, please go out."

Hong Qiuyan carefully left Charlie's office and helped close the door.

Then she sulked at the door for a long time.

When I arrived at the film and television city, I saw Hu Xiaoxiao trying on Zhou Bijun's makeup. The black clothes set off her fair skin, her temperament was outstanding, and she had the style of a young man from the underworld, which was very eye-catching.

Hong Qiuyan was jealous and ran to the stylist and said, "I really like Zhou Bijun's black outfit. Let's give it to Lin Erniang."

The stylist, who had a good personal relationship with Hong Qiuyan, said, "Mrs. Lin Er is the owner of a liquor store. Black clothes are not suitable for her."

"I think it's perfect. Didn't Lin Erniang lose her husband? Black is a perfect match for a widow."

After Hong Qiuyan's repeated requests, the stylist finally agreed because of their friendship. She went over to Hu Xiaoxiao and said, "Ms. Hu, this outfit was originally designed based on Yuna's figure and temperament. It doesn't suit you very well. How about I help you find another outfit that suits your temperament?"