Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Waiting for Shura Field
She was due to return home in the next few days, but just before boarding the plane, the handsome mixed-race guy sent her a message, telling her that he had something urgent to do and had to postpone his return.
Ji Hanxi understood, after all, anyone could encounter unexpected changes. But this kind of thing, if it happened once or twice, was normal, but if it happened again and again, it would be very abnormal.
Even after he returned home safely and made another appointment with her, he kept delaying it.
Ji Hanxi finally couldn't stand it anymore and sent him a message asking:
"You know Vivienne, right?"
"Yes"
"He is a distant relative of my cousin."
"I'm not really related to you."
"But I know him."
"He's a very good anchor at my cousin's company."
"Your return home is delayed"
"And there's something urgent that needs to happen before I go out."
"Is this all because of him?"
"I don't know."
"Vivienne only messaged me once."
"Let me help you find a discontinued perfume."
"I can't go out for the next few times."
"It's all because of something else."
It was all because of something else... Ji Hanxi understood in his heart and was basically certain that it was Vivienne's work.
Although it happened only once in public, it had happened countless times in secret. Only this handsome mixed-race guy was careless and didn't notice anything was wrong.
Vivienne didn't want them to meet, but she insisted on meeting him, and she wanted to meet him openly and blatantly.
Just as Ji Hanxi was messaging the mixed-race handsome guy, Nanzhi leaned over and said, "Hanxi, you know what? I want to be in that skit too!"
"Ah? What? What skit?" She was so focused on the message on WeChat that she didn't hear clearly what Nanzhi was saying.
"Have you forgotten? The big male IP is the one whose original author personally selects the actors."
"Oh..." Ji Hanxi finally remembered, "It's the one with the cheesy plot, right?"
Previously, the team came into contact with a short drama that was being prepared. It was said to be a big project with sufficient funding, and the original author would personally participate in the filming.
The crew is rich, but the script is old-fashioned. It is one of those traditional upgrade-the-male-frequency happy stories. The good-for-nothing male protagonist is ridiculed at the beginning, shouting something like "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west", and then he fights monsters and levels up all the way, and keeps collecting beauties to build a harem.
Ji Hanxi will play a member of his harem. She is the male protagonist's junior sister, cute and lovely. She selflessly dedicates her family property to the male protagonist, constantly sending him treasures and elixirs. They met in humble circumstances, but she never leaves him. She is a love-brained person with no ego at all.
According to the production team, Ji Hanxi was the first actress chosen. The author, while researching a short play during winter break, stumbled upon her performance and was struck by her beauty. He immediately cast her in the role of the "Little Junior Sister," a role considered a male favorite.
"Shh..." Nanzhi made a gesture to silence the man. "Speak softly, don't say anything. This is the ancestor of male-oriented literature, a sacred text in the hearts of many men."
"..." Ji Hanxi couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly. Isn't it just a stallion novel? How did it become an online classic, a legendary masterpiece?
"The team just informed me that they want me to play a female doctor, the male lead's confidante with whom he has a fleeting romance. Although I've never acted in a short play before, I think it's a good idea to give it a try. Besides, aren't you also in that crew? We just happen to have a connection."
"Yeah, okay."
"Oh, yes, Vivienne is also in this skit."
"Why is he participating in this show? What role will he play?" Ji Hanxi almost screamed when she heard this.
"He was chosen by the author to play Liu Ruyan. I heard that before the show was even in development, the author had wanted him to play the role, but he turned him down. I don't know why, but when he was asked again recently, he agreed to take the role."
“…” Ji Hanxi was speechless.
Liu Ruyan, just by looking at her name, is no ordinary character. She's a legendary male succubus on the internet. There's a saying: "If Liu Ruyan hadn't been born, the male world would have been dark forever." This shows just how important this character is in male-oriented online fiction.
In this major male-oriented IP, Liu Ruyan is unsurprisingly one of the protagonist's harem. In the original novel, Liu Ruyan is initially a hermaphrodite, but after falling in love with the protagonist, she steals the sect's treasure and transforms herself into a complete woman, constantly pestering him to bear children. She's a character who perfectly satisfies both male fantasies and perverse tastes.
"I heard that this author wants to recruit all the beautiful internet celebrities and young stars to participate in the show, and make them all the male protagonist's concubines and beauties."
"This author is so kind to the male lead. He's like his own son in the novel and in the short drama too. But who plays the male lead in this drama?"
"Don't you know? It's the author himself! He's the screenwriter, the producer, the investor, the producer, and naturally, the male lead. He made a lot of money writing novels in his early years, and now he's using that money to benefit himself."
“…” I couldn’t think of any words to describe it for a moment, but it was a feeling that was both unreasonable and expected.
Ji Hanxi naturally didn't want to film with Vivienne, but the money paid for this drama was too much, and she really didn't want to refuse.
Moreover, in the original novel, the Junior Sister and Liu Ruyan had basically no rival scenes, so she felt that even if they were in the same crew, they would probably just pass by each other and would not have much contact.
When all the actors for the show were selected and ready to start filming, Ji Hanxi couldn't help but sigh that this author was truly an genius.
He selected many handsome men and beautiful women, all the beauties entered his harem, and all the handsome men became villains. He planned to seek benefits for himself so clearly and explicitly.
After joining the crew, Ji Hanxi's first scene was a big one. Before she even knew who was in the crew, she was pulled into her makeup by the makeup artist.
Because this drama has sufficient funding, many scenes are real scenes. This dressing room is a temporary one. It is not big and can accommodate four or five actors to put on makeup at the same time.
Next to Ji Hanxi was a very masculine and handsome guy. She glanced at him unintentionally and felt that he looked very familiar, as if... she had seen him somewhere before?
She thought hard and finally remembered that Jingyao had shown her photos and videos of this handsome guy during the winter vacation.
Jing Yao said that this was the type she would like. At that time, Ji Hanxi was crushed. Although she thought this guy was very handsome, she didn't pay too much attention to him.
Now, by chance, she'd run into him in person. He was even better looking in person than in his photos, which was quite rare. After all, she'd encountered plenty of guys who were photo-scammed, and some were even more adventurous at photoshopping than the girls. And he was someone even Jingyao praised, his looks truly exceptional, the most handsome in the skit world.
"Hello, is there something on my face? You've been staring at me..." A voice sounded, a very sunny and cheerful male voice.
He seemed a little embarrassed by being stared at, his ears turned red and he looked at a loss.
"Ah... nothing. I just felt that you looked familiar, but I must have recognized the wrong person. Sorry..." Ji Hanxi suddenly came back to her senses. She had been thinking about something and forgot to look away.
"Well, I also think you look familiar. If it's convenient..."
Just as Ding Shuai was speaking, the door of the temporary dressing room was opened and Jing Chen walked in.
He was not surprised to see Ji Hanxi. His expression seemed cold, but his tone was gentle. "Hanxi is also in this crew. What a coincidence."
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