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Originally Siyu was quite sleepy, but she was so scared of Fifth Master Lu that her drowsiness was completely gone. Afterward, she just recalled, c.r.a.p, that piece of drawing she drew to vent up her anger, it seemed…. It was left behind at the Lu family"s villa? It must not be picked up by Fifth Master!
Siyu scratched the screen in a disorderly mood, racking her brain thinking how to reply. However, her hand shook and accidentally pressed the delete b.u.t.ton. After the message disappeared, she just reacted. With wide-open eyes, she stared at the phone"s screen for several seconds, shut down the phone decisively, and threw it aside.
It wasn"t that she didn"t want to reply, it was because it had been turned off and she didn"t receive it. It had nothing to do with her…. Siyu anxiously retracted into her quilt. She didn"t sleep well that night, always dreaming of being chased by others. To the extent that when she woke up the next day, there were dark circles under her eyes.
It was not until noon that Siyu received Yu Ling"s reply. She drank too much wine last night and was a.s.sisted by others to go home. She entirely didn"t realize that Siyu had suddenly disappeared. Seeing Siyu explained that she had left in advance with her friends, she also didn"t look into it any further. Instead, elatedly bring a piece of good news:
"Siyu, I"ll tell you something. Yesterday night at the dinner party, I met a director that I knew. I showed him the cover photo that you modeled and he was very satisfied with your external figure. He said he is preparing to shoot a film in the near future. In which there"s a supporting female lead that suits you very much. I also recommended you for the audition!"
Shooting a movie? Siyu had never thought about this before. She hesitated and said, "Ling-jie, but I had no experience….."
"It"s because you don"t have the experience that you have to start practicing from such small roles!" Yu Ling encouraged her, "You can rest a.s.sured. In this two-hour movie, the total duration this supporting female lead appeared on the scene would be less than three minutes. It"s a type of role that favors a flower vase. So, there"s not much demand for acting. Furthermore, the director is Director Liang. Director Liang Qian, he is very good at teaching new people!" [T/N: flower vase = woman employed not for her ability but for her beauty]
Liang Qian? The familiar name stunned Siyu. She remembered that the director"s name indeed appeared in her comic. At that time, in order to quickly climb up in the entertainment circle, the original Siyu hooked up with a big investor. That investor paid money to cram the original into Lian Qian"s crew. Moreover, the scenes where the character performed were not few. She got the second female lead role. However…… this character had a lot of nude scenes.
In the entertainment circle, taking off one"s clothes was a very sensitive matter. Generally, for the sake of their image, female actresses couldn"t have too many revealing scenes. So the original body treaded on the wrong steps. First of all, she had lost the public impression, then her acting skills were poor, in addition, she entered the crew through money, and lastly stirring up troubles were seriously not nice. Even Director Liang Qian made meaningful content on Weibo without mentioning her name. It could be said that the original body had picked the sesame seeds and lost the watermelons. The rumors were even worse.
However, Siyu remembered that the second female lead role that the original body s.n.a.t.c.hed wasn"t a flower vase character. Could it be that the plot has changed this time? She asked curiously, " What kind of film is it?"
"It"s called 《Qing Guo》. It"s a film with an ancient setting. Director Liang"s films have always easily made newcomer popular. So, many people try hard to squeeze their way in. As far as I know, Huanyi arranges a few newcomers under them to join the audition. However, they are aiming for the first and second female lead. You shouldn"t compete with them, just try hard to get this little supporting role." Yu Ling said," Being able to show your face in such large scale filmmaking is beneficial enough for your future path."
Hearing Yu Ling mentioning about Huanyi, Siyu just remembered that she had signed a contract with Huanyi last night. So, she quickly told her about it. Just as expected, Yu Ling was so shocked that her mouth was agape, "What? You"ve signed the contract? ?"
Yu Ling hurriedly made detailed inquiries about how the matter happened whilst Siyu answered ambiguously. Yu Ling saw that she didn"t want to elaborate further and tacitly stopped questioning. She just said absent-mindedly, " I"ve been running around making connections for you in this period of time. And yet, with this speed of yours, if people don"t know, they"ll think that Huanyi is owned by your family….."
Siyu: "……" She was really forced to sign it!
Once Yu Ling had digested this piece of news, she calmed down and mentioned another thing, "Oh right, tonight is the day when 《Fashion ICON》 would be put on sale. I"ll buy some food and go to your home to wait for the result together. I"ll tell you, if the sales made this time is good, you"ll be popular! Many advertising companies have made inquiries about you. They"re fixing their eyes on the sales tonight!"
Siyu said, "there"s no need to make this so grand…."
Yu Ling exclaimed, "Why not? !"
She did what she said. In the evening, after work, she brought a basket of food and her daughter, Beibei, to knock on Siyu"s door.
Beibei was suffering from slight autism and wasn"t close to anyone, but she was especially sticky to Siyu. As soon as she changed her shoes, she went thud-thud-thud~ running to embrace Siyu"s waist, hugging tightly with no intention of letting go.
Yu Ling, the biological mother, was looking with jealousy from behind, "Ai, this child kept babbling about bringing her here with me all day long. A daughter that had been sent away can"t be retrieved back ah."
Siyu laughed and rubbed Beibei"s hair. She bent over to her ear and asked softly, "does Beibei want to read comics? It"s jie-jie"s new work. The protagonist is a little girl like you."
Beibei blinked and nodded slowly. Although there was no expression on her face, she could see from her eyes that she was very happy.
When Siyu saw her looked like this, she felt a little distressed. Since Yu Ling told her about Beibei"s autism last time, Siyu felt that she"s very pitiful. She was obviously a smart and bright child, but she could not live like a normal child completely due to some defects. This matter spurred her inspiration in creating a short comic with an autistic child as the main character.
It"s just that Siyu wanted to thoroughly make a good drawing and then send it out. So it had never been published out. Beibei was its first reader.
After Beibei had nicely settled down, Siyu went to the kitchen and carried out the cooked Chinese medicine. Once Yu Ling entered the room, she actually smelled the bitterness that covered the whole room. At this time, she caught sight of the piles of medicinal boxes in the living room. She curiously opened them and was immediately shocked, " Siyu, did you dig a gold mine? There"s so many….. How much do these cost?
"I sold my body for those." Siyu joked casually, but when she saw Yu Ling"s frightened expression, she quickly clarified, "Don"t worry, it"s from a friend."
Yu Ling was still suspicious. This pile of herbs at least worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. When did Siyu get to know this kind of nouveau riche friend? Could she be cheated?
Siyu didn"t notice Yu Ling"s tangled expression. She took the bowl and drink the decoction in one breath. The taste actually wasn"t that bitter. As if she intentionally added in a bit of licorice. The taste was within her acceptable range.
After she drank it all, Siyu felt that the sofa beside her sank. When she turned to look, she saw Beibei sitting beside her with a stack of comic strips. She blinked at her, "Jie-jie, open your mouth."
Siyu did as she said and in the next second, a sweet candy was put into her mouth.
Beibei shook her little school bag and signaled that she still had more, so Siyu didn"t have to be polite.
Yu Ling lectured, "children can"t eat too much sugar, or else they"ll get cavities."
Beibei looked at her own mother, then looked at Siyu. She whispered, "It was given by Ji Lin-gege."
"Ji Lin?" Siyu paused and coerced her, "Beibei, Did he said something?"
Beibei thought for a moment and said, "he asked a lot of questions. All were related to Jie-jie. Could it be that he likes you very much?"
The children"s world was very simple. Although Beibei was small, she was actually very intelligent. She immediately hit the main point. If Ji Lin was present, he would have covered her mouth.
Siyu: ….. Silly little brother, even other people"s children could see your hidden intent. If you still tried to beat around the bush and hoodwink others, you"re too cowardly!
The dinner was made by Yu Ling and Siyu. Yu Ling also brought a bottle of red wine, but from the other two people present, one was a child and the other was a sick person. In the end, all of the wine fell into Yu Ling"s stomach.
After eating dinner, Yu Ling took a computer and put it in the living room. Three people sat in a circle and Yu Ling seriously clicked into the magazine sale"s web page. Her mouth kept repeating, "It must be impressive, It must be impressive..…"
Siyu was helpless, "Ling-jie, I haven"t even feeling nervous yet….."
Yu Ling glared at her.
This time, Fashion had twenty thousand books for the first batch of magazines available for sale. According to the sales situation, they would determine whether to replenish or take it down for the next step. So the sales made from the first batch were very important.
The selling time was set at 7:00 p.m. When the time arrived, Yu Ling tried her best to keep refreshing the webpage. Who knew whether it"s because there were too many people entering the website or not, but the page was so stuck. It took nearly a minute to buffer before a new one reappeared.
Yu Ling couldn"t wait to go in and have a look. She took a glance and her eyes were almost popping out.
It was only 50 seconds away from the start of the sale and twenty thousand magazines were instantly empty!
Yu Ling pinched herself and was sure that she didn"t see it wrong. She immediately shouted, "Siyu! Siyu, you are popular! You are popular!"