Song Xia is a superb actress with a kind personality. She is even willing to give pointers to supporting actors, and she quickly won the love of the entire crew. When Zhang Xian's friends and agents came to visit the set, he also introduced her to them without reservation. He knew that Song Xia's daughter, Song Xinghe, was also in the entertainment industry, and he was thinking of taking care of her in the future.
Sometimes, the connections in the entertainment industry are just so wonderful. When Song Xinghe and Xie Donglai visited the set, they couldn't help but sigh, no wonder her mother never had to worry about getting roles when she was young!
“Let’s exchange WeChat contacts so we can contact each other directly if anything comes up,” Zhang Xian’s agent said to Xie Dong with a smile.
Xie Dong was flattered. This was Zhang Xian's agent. It was often said online that the film festival owed Zhang Xian a Best Actor award. If he could get in touch with him, he would expand his network of contacts. He really didn't expect that Senior Song had made so many connections for Xinghe with just a new film crew.
Not only Zhang Xian, but director Sui Kai also added him on WeChat, and his attitude was very good.
Xie Dong was elated. He was just a small agent. In the past, when he was in front of those big stars, none of their assistants would pay any attention to him. Now, he had the contact information of so many important people in his phone. It was like a dream.
However, he knew he couldn't be arrogant. All of this was thanks to Senior Song's efforts for Xinghe. He was just lucky to be Xinghe's manager. He had to stay true to himself and put Xinghe first in everything he did from now on.
Song Xinghe visited the set for only one day before returning home. After all, the palace drama crew was about to start filming. Although she was reluctant to leave, she felt much relieved seeing her mother so at ease.
"Mom, are you physically able to handle it?"
"It's alright. With an assistant and nutritionist taking care of you at all times, what problems could there be? Besides, your Aunt Hua often comes over to supervise."
"That's good." Song Xinghe nodded gently. She was always uneasy when her mother had surgery because she wasn't by her side. Even now, she was still afraid that there might be something wrong with her mother's health, after all, her mother's lifestyle had been unhealthy all these years.
Song Xia is thriving on this set, while Song Xinghe is constantly embroiled in disputes on the palace drama set. The excessive number of investors and artist studios involved in the production has led to numerous conflicts within the crew. Fortunately, the two lead actors, Xu Xiaoran and Ning Yan, are not causing trouble, otherwise the crew would be in complete chaos.
Many supporting actors, relying on their powerful connections, even demanded script changes, causing great distress to the original author and screenwriter.
Song Xinghe complained to the two actors who had auditioned with her before that they had both been cast. The male actor, Shang Gengyang, was ultimately cast as a guard who refused to be bribed by a favored concubine and was framed for having an affair with another concubine, and was sentenced to death.
Actress Xia Xinyue became a maid, but unfortunately not the female lead's maid. Instead, she became the maid of a scheming concubine. This concubine lay low in the early stages and later became one of the big shots who dealt with the female lead. This was in a way that fulfilled Xia Xinyue's wish, as she had screen time from beginning to end.
Shang Gengyang and Xia Xinyue don't have any engagements right now, so they've decided to stay on set. Since there are many period dramas being filmed here, Yue Ya helped them get a few small roles in the neighboring production to boost their exposure while they weren't filming.
"Sister Yueya is very good to you." Comparing her past situation, Song Xinghe really felt that signing with different companies made all the difference in opportunities. In the past, she had to fight for many of the opportunities herself.
Xie Dong stood to the side, feeling somewhat ashamed. He had never really been a qualified agent, but now he was determined to change.
"Sister Yueya is indeed very responsible. Even though we haven't become famous after a year in the industry, Sister Yueya didn't look down on us, nor did she force us to do things we didn't want to do."
"You've only been in the industry for a year, what's the rush? Sister Yueya must have high hopes for you, which is why she personally took over your management contracts. Even the unfavored concubine in this drama is a familiar face on TV, which shows that Sister Yueya put in a lot of effort to get you in."
Upon hearing what Song Xinghe said, Shang Gengyang and Xia Xinyue suddenly realized that their attitude of giving up was not good.
"We will definitely not waste the opportunity that Sister Yueya worked so hard to secure."
Yue Ya stood outside the door listening to their assurances and smiled with satisfaction. In fact, she had high hopes for the two of them. Although neither Shang Gengyang nor Xia Xinyue were particularly outstanding in appearance, they were still at an average level in the industry. Most importantly, their face shapes and features were very malleable, and they were also very talented in acting. They might very well become actors in the future.
A company needs both popular actors and talented performers; only by developing both can the company's development be stabilized. Otherwise, if it leans towards one side and something goes wrong in the future, or if there are any policy biases, the company's operation will be in a difficult situation. Only when the company has a good image can it attract more talent in the future.
When he wasn't filming, Song Xinghe would act with Shang Gengyang and Xia Xinyue, or go out for meals. Because he went out so often, he was photographed by paparazzi who were staking out the place. However, since it was always the three of them, along with their manager Xie Dong, there were no scandals. After the photos were posted online, some marketing accounts made sarcastic remarks, saying that Song Xinghe didn't seem to have any famous celebrity friends in the industry.
Although the news didn't trend on social media, Song Xinghe's fans flocked to the scene and fiercely criticized the marketing account.
What, do people in the industry have to be friends with famous celebrities? Otherwise, they're considered unsuccessful and incompetent? If someone really associated with popular celebrities every day, you'd all say they only hang out with those who are famous.
Song Xinghe ignored all of that and focused on filming her own movie. This was the first time she had faced such a chaotic film crew. Fortunately, the director was easygoing, and Xu Xiaoran, Ning Yan, and the original author were firm in their stance. Otherwise, who knows how the script would have been changed.
Her scenes are mainly concentrated in the first half, and her main co-stars are the male lead and several concubines from the palace. She dies before the male lead ascends the throne. She only has a few scenes with Xu Xiaoran, who plays the female lead, and then she is quickly written out of the story.
Perhaps because of Song Xia's former status, or perhaps because she was extremely humble on set and had very skillful acting, no one made things difficult for her. Both Xu Xiaoran and Ning Yan treated her kindly.
Because Gu Zhiya plays a favored concubine who enters the palace later, Song Xinghe doesn't have any scenes with her, which makes Song Xinghe very regretful. Otherwise, she would definitely have been able to give Gu Zhiya a hard time in terms of acting skills.
After filming wrapped up, Song Xinghe went straight to Song Xia's film set. At this time, it wasn't long before Song Xia's filming wrapped up, and he would only have to come back once or twice when reshoots were needed for the subsequent palace drama scenes, which wouldn't have any impact at all.
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