Seeing her like this, Yuan Zi thought that Chi Nai looked down on her Qi Tian, believing that Qi Tian was not worthy of playing the female lead as a child, nor worthy of appearing in such a good movie.
Yuan Zi was a little unhappy, but since Chi Nai was Chi Baiyi's daughter, she still wanted to use Chi Nai to help her daughter Qi Tian get close to Chi Baiyi, a big sugar daddy.
So she smiled very kindly and said, "My sweetie, her acting is really good, better than many young actors these days. Director Guo gave her such an important role because he saw that she was a very good actress and that she was very hardworking and obedient."
Qi Tian felt very uncomfortable being praised by her mother.
Chi Nao looked lost in thought, clearly not paying much attention to Yuan Zi's words.
The child actors passing by all showed expressions of annoyance upon hearing Yuan Zi's words.
Although Qi Tian is very well-behaved, polite, and serious when filming, making her very likable, her mother, Yuan Zi, is quite annoying.
Yuan Zi has been following Qi Tian ever since she joined the crew.
Yuan Zi's attitude towards famous and popular actors is completely different from that towards unknown actors.
She would fawn over those popular actors with a beaming smile.
She would adopt a condescending attitude towards actors who were not famous, openly expressing her disdain for them.
Therefore, when the young actors heard Yuan Zi's words, they knew that Yuan Zi was implying something about them, and they all rolled their eyes.
Yuan Zi saw it and rolled her eyes as well.
She's not even as capable as her eight-year-old daughter. Instead of rolling her eyes, she should focus on improving her acting skills.
Qin Yuanyao also didn't like Yuan Zi very much.
Although Yuan Zi treated her very well, she knew that Yuan Zi was an opportunist, and she disliked that kind of person.
Yuan Zi's attitude will eventually drag Qi Tian down with her.
Qin Yuanyao didn't want to stay with Yuan Zi any longer, so she said to Chi Nao, "Nao, let's go sit in the lounge for a while. Mom is a little tired."
"Great!"
Chi Naozi took Qin Yuanyao's hand and walked away.
Qin Yuanyao has her own private dressing room on set, but Qi Tian does not; she shares a dressing room with other supporting actors.
"Mom, let's go to the rest room too, I'm a little tired too," Qi Tian said to Yuan Zi.
Yuan Zi frowned: "What's the point of staying in a lounge that dozens of people share? The air inside isn't good either. We might as well just stay outside."
"But it's so hot outside, and there's air conditioning in the lounge," Qi Tian muttered softly.
"It's not hot at all. Summer is almost over, and you can't even stand this little bit of heat?" Yuan Zi lectured Qi Tian: "You must study hard, otherwise you'll always be sharing the break room with others. The air in the break room isn't good, so you'll just have to suffer in the heat and cold outside."
Qi Tian nodded silently.
Yuan Zi has already lectured her countless times on this point.
She felt that she had always worked hard and didn't understand what her mother was dissatisfied with, or what kind of hard work she wanted her to do to satisfy her mother.
"That's how realistic this society is. Only when you're strong and stand at a high level will others offer you their best and smile at you. If you want to become stronger, besides constantly working hard yourself, you also need to associate with strong people and not with those who are inferior to you. Associating with those who are inferior to you will only make you worse and worse, turning you into someone like them," Yuan Zi further advised.
Yuan Zi has said similar things countless times.
Qi Tian nodded silently again.
"Do you still have cheese sticks in your bag?" Yuan Zi asked.
“Yes, there are many more,” Qi Tian said.
“Take out six… no, just five. Let’s go find Chi Cheese,” Yuan Zi said.
Qi Tian thought her mother wanted her to share her snacks with Chi Naoqi, and happily smiled, "Okay!"
Yuan Zi did want Qi Tian and Chi Nao to share her snacks.
But her main purpose was to help Qi Tian and Chi Nao get along well, and also to let them use Qin Yuanyao's lounge.
Just as Qi Tian ran to the common room to get cheese sticks, Qin Yuanyao and Chi Nao returned to her own room.
As soon as Qin Yuanyao closed the door to the lounge, Chi Naoqi couldn't wait to say mysteriously, "Mom, I have a secret to tell you."
"What secret?" Qin Yuanyao asked.
"In the movie 'Spark' that I watched ten years later, there was no Tian Tian."
Qin Yuanyao paused for a few seconds, then asked, "Are you sure Qi Tian isn't here?"
Chi Naiqi nodded seriously at her little head: "I'm sure, I'm very sure. Mom... ten years from now, you often tell me that 'Spark' is very important to you, a turning point in your acting career, so I've watched 'Spark' many times. I'm very sure that the actress who played you when you were little wasn't Qi Tian."
"Who played that role?" Qin Yuanyao asked.
This problem stumped Chi Cheese.
Although she had watched "Spark" many times, she did not know the names of the other actors except for her mother.
Besides, she's just a child and doesn't follow the entertainment industry; she doesn't even know those celebrities.
“I don’t know,” Chi Cheese said, a little annoyed. “I only know my mom, a big star.”
Sigh, if she had known she would travel back ten years, she would have remembered who played her mother as a child in "Spark".
Qin Yuanyao was amused by her pitiful expression and cute words.
She hugged Chi Nao: "It's okay, it doesn't matter who played the role."
Chi Nai was comforted by her mother's words and regained her spirits.
She asked, "Mom, why is it different from ten years later? Sweetie played the mother when she was little."
Qin Yuanyao seemed to be deep in thought.
She was also wondering about this issue.
She believed her daughter's statement that Qi Tian would not play her as a child in the 2016 TV series "Spark".
However, why does this difference exist?
Could it be that they changed something, thus creating a butterfly effect?
However, what they changed were Zhao Lan's affairs, Cui Yi and Lin Heng's affairs, Xu Zhiming's affairs, and her affairs with Chi Baiyi. Logically speaking, these shouldn't have affected the movie "Spark" or Qi Tian.
As Qin Yuanyao was pondering to herself, there was a knock on the door of the lounge.
"Come in," Qin Yuanyao said.
She had barely finished speaking when the door to the lounge was opened.
Yuan Zi led Qi Tian in.
"Yaoyao, cheese." Yuan Zi greeted them affectionately.
Qin Yuanyao frowned slightly, her expression remaining impassive.
She doesn't like it when people she dislikes call her that.
"Aunt Yuan, you can just call me Qin Yuanyao," Qin Yuanyao said with a smile.
“Okay,” Yuan Zi readily agreed, but inwardly she was rolling her eyes.
If it weren't for Chi Baiyi's backing, she wouldn't believe Qin Yuanyao could have starred in "Spark"!
Qin Yuanyao only started having smooth sailing because she found a good sugar daddy! Qin Yuanyao really thinks it's all due to her own abilities.
If it weren't for Chi Baiyi's sake, she wouldn't be so intimate with Qin Yuanyao!
(End of this chapter)
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