The first script we chose was a large-scale ancient costume drama about the deep palace, which required a lot of people. Except for some celebrities who were on good terms with the director and had already been selected for roles, all other directors and assistant directors were interviewed at our school.
Pei Xiaoxing happily took my hand and said, "How is it? With so many people accompanying you to take leave, even if it's Nun Miejue, it won't be easy for you to fail the exam, right?"
"Of course not. There are more than a dozen people in our class who have joined the crew. I don't have that many scenes to play, so I'm sure I won't fail this time. Even if I do, there are still so many people to accompany me, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the students in the class attacked him.
"Okay, little girl, my mom was wondering why you suddenly became so kind. It turns out you were waiting for us here." As they said this, they were about to "teach" me a lesson.
Of course, these are all fake moves. If they can have such an internship opportunity before graduation, maybe a drama will become a hit. This is what many students dream of. They can't wait to be grateful to us, so how could they offend us over such a small matter as failing a course?
The male star who plays the emperor is a veteran actor, probably as old as my father. He still has some charm, so you could call him a handsome uncle. Surprisingly, I didn't find the acting too unacceptable.
He is older and has a good personality, and he often guides me during filming.
My role in the play is a spoiled concubine in the harem who has outstanding dancing skills. She is quite loved by the emperor, but because her relatives are powerful, the emperor is wary of her. She gave birth to three sons, all of whom died young. After her body was completely damaged, she could no longer have children.
Later, the last high-ranking official in the family was brought down, and the concubines who had been bullied by me rose up against me. The emperor took advantage of the situation to deal with a group of restless people.
Without the influence of my mother's family, the emperor's favor towards me became more superficial. However, I had already lost all hope and had taken refuge in the cold palace, never to see the emperor again, whether in life or death.
In the early stage, I had a lot of scenes and was said by the screenwriter to be the emperor's true love. I bullied the heroine's group a lot. But in the later stage, after I was sent to the cold palace, I won the "love" of the heroine, and she often used me as a pretext to win her favor.
I just locked myself up, I'm not dead, is there any need to keep talking about my past?
The emperor in this drama is such a scumbag. He has sex with other concubines and misses a concubine who is still alive.
Is there no one in the palace who can be loved?
Is it really true that being away is the best?
Dancing and pampering are the two highlights of the concubine I played, and they are also the reasons why the concubine I played was loved so deeply by the emperor.
It just so happens that I am good at both of these things.
The content that the handsome uncle directed me in was mostly emotional scenes.
"Look here, it's true that you act coquettishly, but in this position, you still have love for the emperor. Your eyes should be more affectionate and charming. You are seducing the emperor to come to your palace. You are the emperor's woman, not his daughter. The voice of coquetry can be softer."
Every time the handsome uncle says something, I will think over it again and again, and after a few NGs, I can always perform better and better.
Maybe because there were too many newcomers in the crew, the director's team were very friendly and did not show any impatience even after reshooting many times.
I think it's not easy for them either. Their livers are also livers. What if they get angry? So when I was in the crew, I often bought them some desserts to cool down.
"Xiao Ruan, why did you buy this cake again? Oh my, this is too expensive. Your treat is worth half a month's salary. Can you make money from filming this movie?"
Ever since I started filming, I gave myself a stage name, Ruan Xingxing. I can't reveal my identity no matter what, right?
I laughed and said, "It doesn't matter whether I make money or not. Just think of me as someone who is here to make friends with you guys."
They all like my cheerful personality, and the atmosphere in the crew is quite harmonious.
The director particularly likes to film scenes of me dancing, and he said that these clips of mine would become popular if edited separately.
At first, I had no interest in whether it would be a hit or not. I just thought that this script would be great if it were filmed, so I wanted to take the filming seriously.
But Pei Xiaoxing told me that if I became famous, more people would invest in our small company, and more powerful stars would choose our company.
When I heard this, I thought, this is unacceptable, I have to move towards fire. So when I heard the director say that these clips of mine would become popular when edited separately, I immediately became fully focused and danced even more than in the competition.
After the dance, the director edited all the videos of me dancing and compiled them into a short clip.
"Xiao Ruan, don't worry, leave this to me. Without you, who knows how long this play would have been delayed. Don't worry, I will edit these things beautifully for you. Once they are released, countless people will fall in love with you."
What else can I say? The director has already said so, so there seems to be nothing I can do except to thank him and treat him to a meal, right?
When the crew was halfway through filming, my scene was almost finished. Some of my classmates who had fewer parts than me had already finished their wrap-up dinner and rushed back to school for classes.
There is only one person who has more scenes than me, and that is the third brother who plays the frail and sickly imperial concubine.
The third sister was usually a maid, but who knew that the director said that she didn't look like a maid at all, but clearly a queen.
As a result, she was directly cast to play the role of the imperial concubine, and she had a lot of scenes throughout the whole play, and she didn't die until the finale.
On the day I finished filming, my parents came to see me at the same time. My mom was pleased that I had grown up, knew how to pursue my career, and no longer had those bad lazy habits.
As soon as I finished saying this, my dad started to protect me, saying that I didn't have any bad problems, that the money in the family was enough for me to spend for the rest of my life, and that it was enough for me to have a good personality and good moral character, so why did it have to be that the child was so outstanding.
My father has favored me since I was a child. My mother couldn't stand the way he spoiled me to the sky, so she was quite strict with me from time to time.
So I always felt that my mother might be a little biased towards boys, and she liked Diandian more than me.
I just found out not long ago that there were so many people who liked me when I was a child. If even my mother didn’t like Diandian, wouldn’t Diandian be too pitiful?
After knowing this, the little resentment in my heart disappeared all at once.
After I was picked up, I sat down with my parents in the evening and had a small meeting, mainly about the broadcast of our TV series.
My mother said, "I recently discussed a cooperation with Fruit TV and invested in one of their variety shows. Now it seems that this variety show is doing quite well. When your drama is finished, you can air it at the prime time of Fruit TV. I believe they will give me this face. After it has been aired for a while, you, the leading actors, can appear on their variety show."
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