The sound of a phone falling onto the table came from Ji Juntao's end. After a long pause, Boss Ji spat through the phone: "Are you crazy?!"
Shang Yechu was relieved and hung up the phone with satisfaction. She then went online and found some videos of handsome, well-built male models. After watching for half an hour, she was relieved to find that she hadn't lost interest in the opposite sex, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When Luo Yao first became a director, he encountered two such stubborn and unyielding lead actors, marking what could be called the biggest Waterloo of his early career. It was truly a dark and gloomy time.
After enduring another day, Luo Yao finally unleashed his last trump card—
"You two should live together for a while."
Yang Huanyi was drinking tea when he suddenly heard these words and spat out a mouthful of tea.
Shang Yechu shuddered, suppressed his reaction, and pretended to be dead without flinching.
"What?" Yang Huanyi was the first to object. "How can that be?"
"Sister Lin, you're not married and don't have a boyfriend, so why not?" Luo Yao's tone was particularly firm. "Ye Chu, you're single too, right?"
Shang Yechu desperately wanted to fabricate a non-existent boyfriend to prevent her from living with someone else out of jealousy. Unfortunately, if such a boyfriend existed, he would be shot dead by Ji Juntao immediately.
She had absolutely no desire to live with Yang Huanyi—they were complete strangers, and even harbored a slight grudge over the drama "Xiao Feng Que." Why would she want to live together? For a female star, privacy is paramount. If an outsider were to intrude on her private life, she'd never sleep soundly again.
Moreover, everyone in the entertainment industry lives behind a mask, only revealing their true selves in private with a very few close friends or when alone. Living with a rival artist means having to continue acting even after the filming is over—doesn't that sound exhausting?
If she were in her prime, Shang Yechu wouldn't be afraid of this. But right now, she's preoccupied with the affairs of the Shang family and exhausted from maintaining a facade of respectability. She can't guarantee that she can convincingly portray the gentle, harmless, down-to-earth, and ambitious Yechu in front of Yang Huanyi.
If Yang Huanyi were to find any dirt on Shang Yechu, her later life would be filled with misery. Shang Yechu would go through fire and water for a film, but she would never hand over any dirt on herself to someone else.
"No," Shang Yechu finally admitted honestly, "I'm single." If she dared to create that phantom boyfriend, Luo Yao would dump her in the next second.
Luo Yao was satisfied now. He spread a stack of photos in front of Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi: "Take a look at these auditions from the past few days. I showed them to my darling, and she said it looked like a skit!"
Yang Huanyi remained silent. Shang Yechu glanced at a few photos and also fell silent. She was always confident, but she wouldn't deceive herself. If an actor doesn't know how badly they act, then their career is over.
“If not like this, what else can we do?” Luo Yao retorted. “There’s neither sexual tension between you nor the affection of traditional couples. All you have is an aura of competition and rivalry, exaggerated expressions paired with distant body language, all vying to outdo each other for the lead role! My film needs two symbiotic lovers, not a main character and a supporting character (straight man and comedian)!”
Luo Yao was determined to completely bridge the gap between the actor and the role. Seeing that Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi were still hesitating, he said fiercely:
"What I want is true love. Not a quaint, flaunted romance, not a commercialized, ambiguous friendship or best friend relationship that skirts the line between what's acceptable and what's not. If you two still can't do that, then I'm very sorry."
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