"Hey, Wenwen, you got some on my face too, haha, you're doing it again." Jiang Hua's face was also bruised. The two of them were smearing each other's faces with ash because of a small joke. They were still teasing each other as before, completely ignoring the disgust in other people's eyes.
It was probably because Jiang Hua was a good actress, and because she was best friends with Su Wenwen, that the two of them were somewhat aloof from each other. In addition, since Su Wenwen was here, she was afraid that she would be lonely, so she turned down many opportunities to eat and socialize. Jiang Hua knew that Su Wenwen had always hated these kinds of banquets, and if Jiang Hua had asked her, Su Wenwen would definitely have agreed out of consideration for Jiang Hua.
Therefore, these factors combined made Jiang Hua not very popular in the crew, and Su Wenwen, who had always been on good terms with Jiang Hua, was naturally also unpopular.
"Hey, can you guys be quiet for a bit? We finally get a break, and if you don't want to rest, at least give us some time to rest! You're acting like little kids, putting on an act. I don't know what the director thought of you guys." One of the likes looked at Jiang Hua's smiling face with increasing disgust. Always straightforward, she didn't give Jiang Hua and Su Wenwen any face and just said it directly.
"Hey, if you can't stand it, we can go rest somewhere else. What are you pretending to be, playing the innocent white lotus here?" Su Wenwen's temper suddenly flared up when she heard her speak. Fortunately, Jiang Hua pulled her back and whispered to Su Wenwen, "Don't get agitated, let me handle this."
Jiang Hua turned to her, smiled, and said, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, senior. If you see anything wrong with my acting, please give me some pointers."
"Guides?" She smiled, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "If you're relying on connections, you still need to ask someone for advice."
"You're going too far! Can't you watch your mouth?" Su Wenwen frowned, wanting to go up and "fight it out" with her, but luckily Jiang Hua pulled Su Wenwen back and said to the so-called "straightforward" person, "Is that so? Then how about I show you what real connections are?" After saying that, she didn't look at the terrified woman, but instead turned around and pulled Su Wenwen, who was full of admiration for her, away.
"Wow, I never expected you to be so amazing. But, you really know how to use connections to prevent her from acting?" Su Wenwen looked at Jiang Hua with admiration. She had never seen Jiang Hua so domineering before, and instantly became her little fangirl.
Jiang Hua smiled at Su Wenwen, tilted her head to look at her, and said, "It was her own idea to try it out." After saying that, she took out her phone and sent a text message to Gu Yiming. A moment later, Gu Yiming replied with only, "Okay, mission accomplished." Jiang Hua looked at Su Wenwen, smiled, and said, "Done."
Su Wenwen was growing to admire Jiang Hua more and more. Not only was he a good actor, but he could also use the same tactics against others, which truly impressed her.
Having finally gotten a chance to rest, Su Qi took the opportunity to relax. However, this precious rest was also taken advantage of. Su Qi looked at the phone number her assistant had called. It was just a minor character; how could she call her, someone she didn't even know? Yet, the assistant had claimed to be her friend.
Su Qi suddenly found it amusing, but instead of exposing her, she simply answered the call.
"Hello, you must be the famous Su Qi." Xu Qianyan said in a clichéd way, which made Su Qi's already bad impression of her even worse.
"Yeah, what's up? You need something?" Su Qi's tone was a bit harsh, making the manager wonder what the relationship was between the person on the phone and Su Qi. It also made him doubt whether he should have given Su Qi that call.
Su Qi probably sensed something was off about her manager. Not being a harsh person, she waved him off and told him to get back to work. Then she turned to Xu Qianyan. "You said you're Jiang Shiwan's best friend, and that I'd understand something just by hearing her name. But I've never even heard of her, how could I possibly understand anything?" Su Qi's words were still somewhat sarcastic, making Xu Qianyan on the other end of the phone feel a little embarrassed.
"You may not have heard of Jiang Shiwan, but you should know Jiang Hua, right?" Xu Qianyan decided to stop beating around the bush. Even if she did, she wouldn't understand anything. Someone as important as her might only have a vague impression of Jiang Hua, with whom she had worked.
"Oh, what's wrong? I know her." Su Qi leaned back in her chair, put on a face mask, and casually told Xu Qianyan that she knew Jiang Hua.
"And Jiang Shiwan is Jiang Hua's older sister." Xu Qianyan could only remind Su Qi, and had to admit that this person was really difficult to get along with. Actually, if Xu Qianyan hadn't called her because "she's my good friend," she probably wouldn't have spoken to her so bluntly. But this reason was something Xu Qianyan had to gamble on.
"So what? Does it have anything to do with me?" Su Qi took a sip of orange juice, closed her eyes, and listened to Xu Qianyan explain without any emotional fluctuation.
"You probably have no idea how awful she is." Xu Qianyan finally got to the point, and Su Qi was finally satisfied. Xu Qianyan had been beating around the bush for so long; she was even more cunning than the villains in TV dramas. As Su Qi listened to Xu Qianyan's words, her eyes widened slightly, and the disgust in her pupils magnified infinitely.
“She’s very scheming. Does she act like an innocent young girl in your group, portraying herself as so pure?” Xu Qianyan gave Su Qi some time to think. “Actually, she has countless bad intentions in her heart. She acts so well in front of her parents, but the moment she turns around, she beats and scolds her sister, and even tries to betray Jiang Shiwan because she knows how well she behaves in front of her parents…”
When the break ended, everyone went to touch up their makeup. Jiang Hua and Su Qi's makeup was all gone, so it was natural for them to meet in the dressing room. However, both Jiang Hua and Su Wenwen could see that Su Qi's gaze towards Jiang Hua had changed.
The next scene involves the female lead splashing water on the second female lead. Jiang Hua already had a fever because she hadn't covered herself properly the night before, but she was feeling a bit better today. This water-splashing scene had to be filmed in one take; there couldn't be any delays. Su Qi overheard Jiang Hua and Su Wenwen's conversation, learned about Jiang Hua's fever, and suddenly remembered Xu Qianyan's words. She felt nauseous and didn't even want to look at her.
When splashing water, Su Qi deliberately let her legs give way, ruining the take, and the water had already splashed onto Jiang Hua. Although Su Wenwen felt very sorry for her, everyone makes mistakes, even Su Qi. And because Jiang Hua was a newcomer, they were worried that the editing wouldn't be effective, so they had to do it again.
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