He squinted at the faint light peeking through the curtains beside him, then picked up the eye mask and decided to go back to sleep...
At noon, when Xiao He got up to eat, Liu Rulan arrived.
"The production team has agreed." Liu Rulan took out the contract. "However, there's one thing I need to warn you about beforehand. Please think it over."
"Okay, go ahead."
Hearing that Liu Rulan was specifically going to give him a heads-up, Xiao He's expression became more serious. He put down his chopsticks and stared intently at Liu Rulan.
"The production company for this drama is Banana Video, and the actress they're promoting was already chosen before we did. So if you want to join this production, you have to be prepared to act alongside their chosen actress—"
"Okay, it's actually not that bad."
Xiao He recalled carefully.
Song Chenye only has a vague liking for the female lead, but it hasn't developed into love yet. All his attention is on revenge, so the female lead and he have always maintained a good friendship, but they haven't officially started dating.
The two characters didn't have many scenes together, so Xiao He didn't think there was a problem.
"What if the woman is Yuan Sitong?"
Xiao He: ?
"Wait, wait, who?"
Xiao He immediately clutched his chest—
It wasn't that his heart was pounding with excitement, but rather that Xiao He's heart stopped for a moment the instant he heard that name.
Yuan Sitong, the second female lead in the drama "Yu Ye", is an actress who is extremely fussy and a real killer on set. Being late is a regular occurrence for her. Most importantly, she is not serious about her work and her professional skills are questionable. She usually likes to gossip about other people on set and occasionally get into fights with certain actors.
Xiao He still remembers that when she was filming an action scene, she accidentally stepped on another male actor's face, leaving a footprint on his face, and he had to redo his makeup.
What's even more tragic is that the male actor was a foreigner who couldn't speak Mandarin, and Yuan Sitong's English wasn't good either. So the two of them started arguing across servers for a long time, and they even developed a grudge on set, often arguing across servers on set.
From that time on—no, even before that time, Xiao He had already silently added Yuan Sitong to his blacklist of people he would never work with again in the future.
But now, why her of all people...?
Xiao He's vision went black; he could no longer see his future.
Liu Rulan pointed at the contract with a half-smile: "So, are you going to sign it?"
"Wait a minute, let me take a look at the script—"
Xiao He had already opened the script in his hand.
"In episode 5, scene 17, Song Chenye is misunderstood while investigating a case and has a conflict with the female lead, Huo Wan'er..."
"In episode 6, scene 2, Song Chenye and Huo Wan'er team up to solve the case of the corpse hanging from a ghost skin, but are then hunted down by their enemies..."
...
"In episode 38, scene 14, Huo Wan'er poisoned Song Chenye, but was killed in retaliation..."
Xiao He felt increasingly disheartened as he watched. The thought of Yuan Sitong's atrocious fight scenes made him feel like he might die on set.
"Can we change the female lead?"
Xiao He asked in despair.
Liu Rulan shrugged: "This is a drama produced by Banana Video. The female lead can't be changed, but you can be. After all, this is a male lead script. If you hadn't become famous, they probably wouldn't have paid any attention to you."
Xiao He: ...
He held the script in his hands, his eyes glazed over, and forced a smile at Liu Rulan that looked more like a grimace.
"Sis, I only have one request: can she use a stunt double for all the action scenes?"
Sometimes being unprofessional... isn't it also a form of kindness towards colleagues?
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