The Empress In The Modern Era [Entertainment Industry GL] - Chapter 11

Tao Xiaomei leaned over, looked at the private message on Wang Yun’s phone, and laughed. “Yunzi, you really appeal to both men and women. This Yu Shilan really seems to have fallen for you.”

Wang Yun rolled her eyes at her. “Bullshit!”

What was all this talk about liking? At most, Yu Shilan liked her body and her looks. A woman who told someone she dreamed of them the first time they met was so frivolous—there was no way she could seriously like someone.

But liking her body and looks… why did just thinking about it feel disgusting?

Wang Yun stared at that private message of only a few dozen words, her fingers lightly tapping the edge of her phone, unable to make up her mind about what to do.

If she refused, she would definitely offend her.

But if she accepted, this woman was a lunatic!

“Xiaomei, what do you think I should do?” she asked Tao Xiaomei. “I definitely can’t offend this person. Since she has Wang Min and Qiao Feiyu supporting her, her future development can’t be bad. If I offend her, it’s really hard to guarantee that she won’t trip me up in the future.”

And in truth, she did not want to offend her either. She still wanted to learn something from her, or maybe gain some support through her.

Tao Xiaomei said, “Then how about… dragging it out?”

Wang Yun had been in this industry for several years and had dealt with all kinds of people. The moment Tao Xiaomei mentioned dragging it out, she understood what she should do.

In truth, she had always understood. It was just that the target had suddenly changed into a woman, so she did not know how to use her usual tricks for men. Her fingers clattered over the screen, and very soon, Yu Shilan received a reply.

Wang Yun: I saved your number~ When are you free? Too bad I have to go back to B City this afternoon, otherwise I could treat you anytime after this. How about this—when you come to B City, you must contact me, okay? I’ll treat you to something yummy!

Yu Shilan silently read it, then went to Wang Yun’s Weibo and looked around. Mm, this really was her style. But this whole long string of words seemed like nothing but nonsense. Where was the phone number?

Yu Shilan was very persistent and replied to the private message again.

Yu Shilan: So, what’s your number?

Looking at her phone, Wang Yun could not hold back and cursed, “Idiot!”

Tao Xiaomei took the phone and entered her own number.

“Anyway, the two of us are basically always together. If she calls, finding me is the same as finding you,” she said. “If she flirts with you verbally, don’t be scared. I’ll handle her.”

Wang Yun gave a faint hum.

Life was short. She really did not have that much time to deal with lunatics.

Tao Xiaomei, however, was very curious. She clicked into Yu Shilan’s Weibo page and discovered that Yu Shilan’s profile picture was actually a sunflower. Then she saw: posts, 0; following, 1; followers, 0.

So this was a newly registered account.

She showed it to Wang Yun, and Wang Yun directly clicked “secretly follow.”

Yu Shilan obtained what she believed was Wang Yun’s phone number and saved it. But when she came to naming the contact, she hesitated for a moment before finally typing in—Dream Woman.

She wanted this phone number only to see whether it could help her. She usually was not some bored person, so she would not harass Wang Yun at all. She did not even send a message telling Wang Yun to save her number.

She was actually rather quiet and introverted. People like this were good at observing others, so she could tell that Wang Yun seemed somewhat resistant to her. Since that was the case, she absolutely could not do anything that would annoy her.

Thinking this, Yu Shilan exited Weibo and logged into her original private account. She had not posted on Weibo for several days, and fans were urging her in the comments. She had to take a look, then post something new.

After logging in and checking the comments, she discovered that Wang Yun had replied to her too.

Verified Wang Yun replying to A Cabbage White and White: Mwah mwah, thank you Cabbage Girl for liking me. Love you~ [Heart] [Heart] [Heart]

Yu Shilan silently looked at it, then gave her reply a like.

The next day, Heroes Through Wind and Rain officially began filming. Shooting was divided into two groups. Although both were at this filming base, they were assigned to two different locations, so even if one wanted to run into the other, it would not be easy. Since this was a film, the shooting period was not considered short compared with a television drama, but the content was much less, so the filming was extremely meticulous.

A standing posture, a sitting posture—if they were not shot well, they had to be redone several times, never mind emotions and gazes during dialogue. Even though Yu Shilan had performed well during the audition before, now that filming had truly begun, without professional training and without experience, many problems still appeared.

Fortunately, the filming for her group was under Wang Min’s responsibility. Although Wang Min was just as strict as Meng Ping, she was a little gentler toward Yu Shilan. Even when Yu Shilan made mistakes or her emotions did not land properly, Wang Min did not scold her out loud. Instead, she often went forward, patted Yu Shilan on the shoulder, and told her not to rush and to take it slowly.

The greater the pressure, the more nervous Yu Shilan became. Especially because Wang Min treated her so differently from everyone else. There was an actor acting opposite her who had debuted many years ago and could count as second- or third-tier, yet when Wang Min scolded him, it was like she was scolding a grandson.

This made Yu Shilan unable to even look at that actor outside of filming.

That day, it just so happened that they were filming her scene with Mo Ruchen. The eldest young master, forced into marriage, was dissatisfied with his newly wedded wife in every way, while the wife helplessly cried and said that they could simply be husband and wife in name only, and she absolutely would not demand anything from him.

After Yu Shilan cried three times in a row with emotion that was still not full enough, Wang Min finally lost her temper. “Yu Shilan, can you cry with a little more feeling? It isn’t enough to just have tears. There’s also your eyes, your emotions. Have you never dated before? Think about what it feels like to be disliked by the person you love! Think about the despair of not being able to be with the person you love!”

Yu Shilan really had never dated.

During the temporary break, she held a bottle of mineral water and drank, while her heart was a complete mess. She had no manager and no assistant, and her phone was not at her side. Because of Wang Min’s different treatment, she had indirectly offended all the actors, and there was not even anyone who would say a couple words to her to ease her mood.

“Don’t be nervous. You can also think about other sad and hopeless things.” At some point, Mo Ruchen had walked over. “Shen Yifen treats Gu Zhen as her lifelong hope. When Shen Yifen says those words, she should already be in despair inside. She has no more expectations for the rest of her life. Try finding your emotions from that direction.”

Shen Yifen was only in her teens when she married. At that age, to already despair of the rest of her life—that feeling was too difficult to act.

Yu Shilan was already in her twenties and had never once felt that kind of despair.

No.

She had!

Yu Shilan suddenly raised her head and sincerely thanked Mo Ruchen. “Teacher Mo, thank you.”

Mo Ruchen smiled faintly and lifted his mineral water to drink, while the corner of his eye was quietly observing Yu Shilan, whose emotions had lowered in an instant, sorrow filling the corners of her eyes and brows.

She really was a good seedling.

Only, in this kind of atmosphere, it probably was not suitable to ask her about Qiao Feiyu. Mo Ruchen thought about it and did not disturb Yu Shilan again, walking away.

When filming began again, Yu Shilan very quickly entered the emotion. What she thought of was nothing else, but that dream.

You love someone, but you cannot tell her.

You love someone, but she thinks you do not love her.

You love someone, but the two of you no longer remember each other. Even if it is only in a dream, it is only your dream alone. The other person cannot remember at all.

Every kind was despair.

Especially when you know that you love that person very much, so much that without her in this life, you may never love anyone else again.

As Yu Shilan brewed this kind of emotion, she inexplicably placed herself into it. Mo Ruchen, who was in front of her, slowly turned into the wretched, crying woman from her dream. She was right before Yu Shilan’s eyes, yet Yu Shilan could not walk over. She could only remain here and say heartless words.

Mo Ruchen was a film emperor, so his acting skills were naturally first-rate. When he realized that Yu Shilan had quickly entered the scene and was acting so well, he immediately improvised on the spot. Instead of turning and leaving as written in the script, he turned his body slightly, giving the camera a side profile.

It was a handsome, perfect side profile, but it was filled with anger, pain, and guilt.

Anger at the pressure from the elders of both families, pain at having to be the villain, and guilt for ruining more than half of Shen Yifen’s life.

The character of Gu Zhen was actually controversial. Although he had someone he loved first, later, he still married Shen Yifen first. For the sake of national righteousness and for the sake of his true love, his actions could indeed be considered heroic. But at the same time, to Shen Yifen, he was also a scumbag.

In the script, Gu Zhen naturally also felt sorry toward Shen Yifen, but it was only briefly touched on. After all, this was a film; there was not much time to let him interpret this feeling that should not have existed.

And now that Yu Shilan had entered the role and made the character even more sorrowful and pitiful, if he did not add this one extra moment, once the film was released, there would absolutely be many people scolding Gu Zhen as a scumbag.

Not far away, Dai Qian and her assistant were watching from this side. After seeing this scene, Dai Qian quickly walked out of the small courtyard where the Republican-era drama was being filmed.

“Didn’t you say that woman surnamed Yu acted very badly?” she questioned her assistant.

This was the largest filming base in the country. Generally, no matter what kind of drama it was, one could rent a set here. Because of that, the filming location for Dai Qian’s xianxia period drama was very close to this place. She had finished her scenes today and had wanted to come over to watch Yu Shilan make a fool of herself.

The assistant was also very surprised. “She really wasn’t good. I didn’t lie to you. I heard she was even scolded by Wang Min before. But you know how it is. She has that kind of relationship with Wang Min, so Wang Min has rarely scolded her all this time. The entire crew here is very dissatisfied with her.”

Dai Qian, however, did not believe it. She had also come from a professional acting program. As long as someone had eyes, they could definitely tell that the woman surnamed Yu absolutely had better acting skills than her. However, Dai Qian had never liked boosting someone else’s morale while destroying her own prestige.

“She’s only at that level. Relying on having a bit of beauty and serving Wang Min well—isn’t that how she stole the role?” she said, extremely disdainful. “But Meng Ping only makes a few films a year, and Wang Min has always followed Meng Ping around. I want to see—even if she serves Wang Min well, she still might not have any other projects to accept.”

“Exactly!” Her assistant was just as indignant.

The two of them were speaking loudly. Seeing that there was no one nearby, they did not bother avoiding anything. Qiao Feiyu and her assistant, who had packed some food and brought it over, walked over from the other side and happened to hear everything clearly.

Qiao Feiyu took off her sunglasses and looked deeply at Dai Qian before entering the small courtyard.