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Chapter 160 Schedule Issues

Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Schedule Issues

Xiao Yi looked at Ye Zhenzhen’s delicate face filled with sadness and felt moved himself. Ye Zhenzhen’s acting skills were truly beyond his expectations.

Online comments said Ye Zhenzhen was a bad actress, and he had thought that as long as she could act in this script, he would help her improve privately on set later on.

Now it seemed, he had been overthinking.

She didn’t need his help at all. Her ability to get into character so quickly almost caught him off guard just now.

Feige stood by, stunned with his eyes wide open and mouth agape. He too was surprised at Ye Zhenzhen’s speed of getting into character, and her emotional contagion ability was too strong!

With a role that didn’t have a single line of dialogue, she managed to portray it so spontaneously...

Xia Zhi took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to Ye Zhenzhen, "Teacher Ye, you really have opened my eyes!"

"Thank you," Ye Zhenzhen said, taking the tissue and gently wiping away the tears on her face.

When it came to acting, it was truly nothing out of the ordinary for Ye Zhenzhen.

After all, in her last life, her talent was recognized by the public in the circle.

Producer Wang and Xiao Yi exchanged glances, Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow, his face, already slightly roguish, revealed a faint smile, "Does Producer Wang think Ye Zhenzhen’s acting skills are comparable to the person you recommended?"

Producer Wang smiled awkwardly, "Naturally, Best Actor Xiao’s friend is more suitable."

If you compared Ye Zhenzhen with Fu Shinuan from their company, from what he could see now, Ye Zhenzhen was definitely stronger.

Fu Shinuan was a newcomer that Baisheng Media had been vigorously promoting for the past two years, starting her career directly in the film industry, with one movie role after another.

The biggest doubt about her from audiences was her acting skills, especially since not long ago she had been exposed in a behind-the-scenes video. She couldn’t cry during the filming of a tragic scene, her expression was stiff, and in the end, she could barely continue shooting with the aid of eye drops.

Everyone felt that Fu Shinuan did not deserve to have such good resources, and with such negative news, she had two consecutive movies released recently with lukewarm reactions from audiences, resulting in dismal box office performance.

This also affected other well-established actors who starred with her in movies, as their earnest performances did not receive the recognition they deserved.

Xiao Yi had long heard about all of this, and naturally, he would not listen to Producer Wang and act alongside such an actress.

Xia Zhi smiled at Xiao Yi, "Brother Yi, I think Teacher Ye is very suitable for the female lead of my script."

Xiao Yi shrugged, "So, it’s settled?"

"What about Director Yang? Shall I invite Director Yang to join us for lunch?" Producer Wang asked while dialing a number on his phone.

Liu Rui was extraordinarily excited next to Ye Zhenzhen. The Director Yang that Producer Wang mentioned was not Yang Ping from Lemon Channel but the big-time director Yang Honghui from within the industry, Director Yang!

Yang Honghui agreed to meet as soon as he received Producer Wang’s call.

Afterward, the group immediately left the Lemon Channel’s signing room.

When they reached the lobby on the first floor, Tang Ying was leading people upstairs with boxed lunches, Han Jiangxue had decided to treat the crew to a meal.

She caught sight of Xia Zhi and Xiao Yi from a distance, her eyes filled with surprise and confusion, wondering how Ye Zhenzhen ended up with them.

Liu Rui also noticed Tang Ying in front, she rolled her eyes at Tang Ying dramatically, then turned her head away, pretending not to see her.

When Tang Ying tried to catch up, the group had already left the lobby and driven away.

Inside Lemon Channel’s makeup room, Han Jiangxue was removing her makeup.

Lin Qianqian sat beside her and asked, "Xiao Xue, did something happen between you and Ye Zhenzhen?"

Just now during the shooting, she had seen Ye Zhenzhen, who had greeted someone, so how could it suddenly become Han Jiangxue playing the second lead on Weibo in the blink of an eye?

When Lin Qianqian came across this Weibo post, she happened to run into Han Jiangxue coming out of the studio and followed her to the makeup room.

Han Jiangxue: "Nothing happened between Zhenzhen and me, why would you ask that?"

"Before, Qing Qing had personally posted on Weibo saying that the second female lead was Zhenzhen, and now suddenly it changed to your name, so I was a bit puzzled. Anyway, I know both of you, so I just took the opportunity to ask you about it."

Han Jiangxue let out a soft sigh and said, "You weren’t there on the day of the audition, there are many things you don’t know about. Initially, Director Yang didn’t plan for me to play the second female lead, but then Zhenzhen said she wanted to give it a try, and it was I who strongly recommended her to Director Yang and Qing Qing.

You know about Zhenzhen’s live stream last time, right? I was so anxious watching her that I immediately called Qing Qing, asking her to help Zhenzhen out. That’s why Qing Qing posted on Weibo in support of Zhenzhen.

Just now, when I saw that the contract I signed listed me as the second lead, I was surprised too, but Director Yang told me that because of Ye Zhenzhen’s scheduling issues, they decided to let me continue playing the second female lead."

Lin Qianqian’s face was full of disbelief; she had no idea the process had been so complicated.

She had heard before that Ye Zhenzhen’s acting wasn’t very good, and when she heard Ye Zhenzhen was to play the second lead, she was a bit skeptical, wondering how Ye Zhenzhen had been chosen.

It turned out that Han Jiangxue had been discreetly helping Ye Zhenzhen from behind the scenes.

Lin Qianqian looked down at her phone screen, which had lit up; the official Weibo of "Ren Pingsheng" had posted.

She had set up special notifications, so she would receive updates immediately.

After clicking on it, she saw that the official account had responded to the issue of the cast change with only a brief explanation;

[Scheduling conflicts.]

This kind of vague explanation was like giving those who wished to criticize Ye Zhenzhen a reason;

[Scheduling conflicts, does this mean that Ye Zhenzhen backed out of the role?]

[Hahaha, I’m dying laughing. Could it be that a certain obscure actress is throwing tantrums now that she’s got a little fame?]

[Hold on, isn’t Zhenzhen about to join the kid’s variety show soon? Maybe the schedules indeed don’t work out.]

[What nonsense you’re spouting, if Ye Jianjian participates in the kid’s variety show, does our Xiao Xue not participate then?]

[I think the official statement is inaccurate, it feels like two actresses were fighting over resources, and in the end, Ye Zhenzhen lost?]

[The production team’s statement is a bit perfunctory!]

This was the same as what Han Jiangxue had just told her.

Ye Zhenzhen had a scheduling conflict.

But if Ye Zhenzhen really had a scheduling issue, why did she come for the costume fitting and shooting today? That would be unnecessary.

Han Jiangxue smiled at Lin Qianqian, "Qianqian, after we finish recording the kid’s variety show in a few days, we might be joining the crew, and it won’t be for a short while. Let’s take good care of each other then."

Lin Qianqian’s gaze returned to Han Jiangxue’s face, and she nodded slightly, "Mm, sure. We will indeed be together for a while."

After all, they were the female leads.

Lin Qianqian thought for a moment and still asked, "Xiao Xue, is it really a scheduling issue with Zhenzhen?"

"Scheduling issue?" Han Jiangxue laughed after saying it herself.

"If Zhenzhen says it’s a scheduling issue, then it must be a scheduling issue. After all, she’s popular now, and there really are a lot of people looking to work with her. Most importantly, I hear the pay is not low at all."