Perhaps because the character never encountered a single good thing from beginning to end, the director inexplicably felt it was a bit unlucky, so he simply didn't bother to find a new actor to take over and just wanted to delete the character's scenes altogether.
However, at a crucial moment, the assistant director arranged someone for the director. Since Yao Anna happened to be next to him at the time, the director's change of heart was somewhat unexpected.
"I don't know who the assistant director introduced. The director who was so irritable earlier, wanting to blow up the whole film studio with a bomb, suddenly had a big smile on his face!" Yao Anna returned to the hotel, knocked on Song Mengmeng's room door, and began to complain to the girl while leaning back on the small sofa.
Actually, there are advantages to not deleting this character.
After all, the scene that failed to be filmed today was one of the few major scenes in Mengmeng's career. If it were to be cut, she would naturally have less exposure.
You know, even though we're filming a lot now, who knows how much screen time each person will have after editing?!
"My agent wants me to keep my Weibo account popular. How do I do that?" Song Mengmeng was busy completing the assignment her agent had given her, but she really didn't know much about Weibo and didn't know how a celebrity should best maintain their Weibo account. So after fiddling with it for a while, she turned to Yao Anna and sent her a distress signal.
“It’s just posting about my daily life, and I can also post some selfies about any new events, or giveaways or something.” Yao Anna took out her phone and showed her her Weibo account, while also suggesting, “By the way, how about we do some interaction?”
Song Mengmeng took a group photo with Yao Anna and posted it on Weibo. At the same time, remembering Yao Anna's suggestion, she also started a lucky draw for those who retweeted.
As a Pixiu, such rewards are something she can easily obtain.
Song Mengmeng and Yao Anna played another game. After playing for a while, they realized it was getting late. Yao Anna, thinking about her filming schedule early the next morning, didn't linger any longer and said goodbye and left.
When they arrived at the film set the next morning, they finally met the person Yao Anna had been curious about all day—the newcomer who replaced Yin Jiaqi.
"I heard she used to be a streamer on Douyin (TikTok), and she's incredibly good at classical dance. The director only agreed to keep her after seeing one of her dance videos." Yao Anna, along with her assistant, eagerly shared the juicy gossip she'd gathered with Song Mengmeng: "This girl auditioned for a scene yesterday, and apparently she did quite well, so the director decided to cast her!"
In Yao Anna's view, as long as she doesn't cause any trouble and just focuses on acting, she doesn't find anything unacceptable about her previous profession.
Song Mengmeng glanced at the girl sitting in a corner, head down, reciting her lines, and blinked thoughtfully.
Seemingly in order to help the newcomer quickly integrate into the film crew, the director, quite unusually, came over and gave the young girl a brief introduction before filming began.
It was through the director's introduction that they learned the newcomer's name was Tao Nong.
Others might not be able to tell, but Song Mengmeng immediately recognized Tao Nong's origin—she was a peach blossom spirit. However, she was very clean, untouched by evil spirits or tainted by any wickedness.
So Song Mengmeng didn't bother her, but instead handled her own affairs, which could be considered as not interfering with each other!
However, although Song Mengmeng kept a low profile throughout, she was, after all, a Pixiu. No matter how much she tried to minimize her presence, she was practically a natural enemy to demons, so how could Tao Nong not notice her?!
The little flower fairy was utterly astonished by her discovery.
She never expected that she would encounter such a deadly weapon when she only wanted to make some quick money!
That's a Pixiu!
The flower fairy knew she couldn't avoid this, so during a break in filming, she finally found an opportunity, cautiously approached Song Mengmeng, and whispered her name.
"Sir, I, I haven't done anything wrong." After introducing herself, Tao Nong saw that Song Mengmeng remained silent, so she continued to explain cautiously, "I, I came here this time for no other reason than to think, to think about making some money."
Seeing that Song Mengmeng was just looking at her without saying anything, Tao Nong hesitated for a moment before continuing to explain: "The lease on our orphanage's house is about to expire. The original landlord is unwilling to renew the lease, and the rent for the new place I'm looking at is too expensive. So, I thought I could come here to earn some extra income and try to raise enough money for the rent as soon as possible."
Tao Nong explained the cause of the matter in a long, rambling manner.
Long, long ago, she failed her tribulation and fell into a deep sleep, until she was awakened by the noise and laughter of the children in the orphanage. However, she was fundamentally injured by lightning, so even if she could take human form, she could only appear as a little girl who looked no more than seven or eight years old.
She was taken in by the director of the orphanage as an abandoned child and became part of the orphanage like the other children.
I grew up alongside the orphanage, watching the director struggle to keep it running. Although life there was tough, the children were incredibly loving.
Even though many orphans eventually grow up and leave the orphanage to start their own new lives, they still remember to give back a portion of their monthly income to take care of their younger siblings in the orphanage.
The peach blossom fairy didn't quite understand why, after she shrunk, she grew up slowly like a human. But that wasn't important. What mattered was that she was still alive, so she realistically chose to integrate into this world and become a part of it.
She has a sweet appearance, and after getting into live streaming, she became unstoppable and quickly became a popular online influencer with a large following.
Her income from live-streaming sales and advertising is actually quite good. However, compared to the troubles the orphanage is facing, her money is really just a drop in the bucket.
"So, haven't you thought about asking the government for help?" Song Mengmeng tilted her head and finally asked her first question. In her understanding, most orphanages seemed to be newly built with government funding, and privately owned orphanages were very rare!
Now that the orphanage is facing difficulties, wouldn't it be easy to resolve the issue by seeking government assistance?
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