The Male Lead's Sister Reborn (GL) - Chapter 6

Under the doting of the domineering female CEO, Jiang Qian took two steps to the side, leaving all the room for Shen Xiruo to do her thing.

She could see that Shen Xiruo’s body was a little tense. As she walked towards Li Zheng, her imposing aura and sharp gaze were something else.

“Li Zheng, oh Li Zheng, out of all the people you could have messed with, you had to mess with the number one female boss in this book. From now on, in the entertainment industry… no, in the world of this book, you probably won’t be able to make it!”

Most of the onlookers were students from the film academy. They had just been drawn in by what Li Zheng was saying. Those who were shopping stopped, those who were drinking milk tea stopped, and some, who were probably just too bored, came right over.

Some people couldn’t see the full picture and were still asking Li Zheng, “Hey, you said the campus belle’s sugar daddy is a bald, middle-aged old man, right?”

Li Zheng was already a nervous wreck, like an ant on a hot pan. Hearing this, which only added fuel to the fire, she wished she could tear the person’s mouth off.

She tried to salvage the situation, stuttering incoherently, “Who, who said her sugar daddy is bald… a person who can be a CEO wouldn’t be bad…”

The person said strangely, “Didn’t you say that?”

Li Zheng: “I didn’t! It wasn’t me!”

At this moment, Shen Xiruo had already walked over and was standing in the middle of the crowd. She stared at Li Zheng and said, “You are… the third female lead who I fired before, right?”

Li Zheng nodded timidly, raising her head and trying to use a timid look in her eyes to elicit Shen Xiruo’s sympathy. This was her specialty.

However, Shen Xiruo wasn’t swayed by this at all. Her gaze grew even colder: “I am the CEO you were talking about, the one connected to Jiang Qian.

Just to clarify for you, Jiang Qian and I only met after the casting for that drama was over. We have a normal friendship.

The gift you gave the assistant director, I’ve already had him send it back. Firing you was also my personal order. I didn’t expect you to blame this on Jiang Qian.

That’s not very fair to her, is it?

From now on, our company, Qingcheng Entertainment, will not use you again. Our partner companies, Chuangrong, Yulong, and Huayuan, will also not use you again. I wish you a, splendid, future.”

Li Zheng’s eyes widened. She was completely dumbfounded and couldn’t say a word.

The names of these companies almost encompassed all the top enterprises in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. This meant that Li Zheng might never be able to enter the entertainment industry again…

She was directly blacklisted by the top companies in the industry, and her acting career was now over!

The onlookers’ chatter immediately grew louder: “What a mess. I knew this woman had issues herself, yet she’s slandering our campus belle. It’s a war between women!”

“Exactly. She was talking like a shrew just now, not saying a single proper word, being passive-aggressive. Now she’s been personally slapped in the face by the CEO, hasn’t she!”

“Wow, she was just the third female lead and she was giving gifts? What era is this? People still get roles by giving gifts? No wonder her words were filled with bitterness.”

“The campus belle gets roles with her own ability, while she can’t even get one by giving gifts, hahaha! With that kind of skill, she’s still framing the campus belle, hahaha, I’m dying of laughter~”

Li Zheng slumped to the ground, two lines of tears streaming down her face. She had to endure the pointing fingers of the crowd, a truly pathetic sight. In her heart, there was only regret and despair.

Shen Xiruo didn’t bother with any of this. She turned and walked away.

Jiang Qian had been standing on the periphery. Hearing what Shen Xiruo said, she was a bit surprised. She hadn’t expected someone so laconic as Shen Xiruo to be willing to say so much for her.

She even felt a little flattered!

The flattered Jiang Qian became like a sycophant. She diligently followed behind Shen Xiruo and asked with a grin, “President Shen, you’re so amazing, so awesome, and so good at talking. I didn’t know how to explain it to her, but you cleared it up in just a few words.”

Shen Xiruo opened the Maserati’s door, let her get in, and then got in herself, simply asking, “Where are you going?”

Jiang Qian said, “To your company’s studio, to attend a script meeting.”

Shen Xiruo: “Mm, good, let’s go together.”

Jiang Qian: “…Huh? But you don’t need to attend a small meeting like this, do you?”

Shen Xiruo, ever the woman of few words: “It’s my company.”

Jiang Qian: “Oh, okay, I get it. It’s your company. You can attend the meeting however you want—sitting, lying down, or even standing on your head. Understood!”

The urban fantasy drama, “Affectionate You,” which was going to be broadcast on a major satellite network, was adapted from a famous IP by a top author on the Green River website. It was also Qingcheng Entertainment’s key project for the year. They had hired a highly-paid and experienced female director, Zhu Yu.

Director Zhu Yu was very insistent that the drama had to feature a new actress. She had originally visited several universities and held many auditions, but couldn’t find a suitable female lead. She was even starting to waver, but just as she was about to give up, she met Jiang Qian.

Jiang Qian’s fresh, natural, and unpretentious style deeply moved Zhu Yu, filling her with hope for the entire project.

Jiang Qian opened the door to the script meeting and walked in, waving to Zhu Yu and giving a sweet greeting, “Hi, Director Zhu, good afternoon.”

When Zhu Yu saw Jiang Qian, her rugged, wrinkled face immediately lit up with a genuine smile. She even personally stood up from her chair, intending to greet Jiang Qian.

Then, she saw the producer, the big shot, walking in behind Jiang Qian.

Zhu Yu gave an on-the-spot performance: her smile instantly vanished.

The producer, the big boss Shen Xiruo, was also completely composed, as if she were totally unaware of how many people’s eyes she would make pop out by showing up at a meeting like this.

The staff next to them collectively gasped. Several people whispered to each other, “Oh my god, why is she here? I’ve been working here for a few months and have never seen her!”

“The big boss has arrived, aahhh! What do I do, I still have my dark circles! I should have worn something more formal today, boo-hoo!”

“Why didn’t anyone say anything beforehand… It looks like our project is really important; Miss Shen herself came to supervise…”

The employees immediately tidied themselves up and greeted President Shen one by one, then greeted Jiang Qian as well.

Jiang Qian felt an inexplicable sense of a fox borrowing a tiger’s might. She gave a slight shiver and sat up a little straighter.

The other actors had already arrived. After waiting a little longer, the male lead of “Affectionate You,” Zhang Cheng, and the second female lead, Zheng Yang, also arrived.

Jiang Qian also had an impression of this Zheng Yang.

In the original book, this Zheng Yang had constantly been picking a fight with Jiang Qian, being very uncooperative with her and causing the original female lead a lot of grief.

In the eyes of the original male lead, Shen Xizhou, Zheng Yang was an annoying, idiotic female supporting character. Shen Xizhou orchestrated for her to be drugged and raped, a tragic fate.

But actually, the book had a few lines of background description for Zheng Yang, which made Jiang Qian feel a great deal of sympathy for her. When she saw her fate, she was absolutely dumbfounded and confirmed once again that the male lead was truly sick!

Now, with the original male lead no longer in the picture, Jiang Qian looked at Zheng Yang with an inexplicable “mom-fan” perspective, thinking this kid was quite lovable.

Zheng Yang glanced at everyone, her expression indifferent.

Jiang Qian quickly smiled at her.

Zheng Yang was stunned for a moment, then turned her head away and ignored her.

Seeing that Shen Xiruo’s expression was unchanged, Zhu Yu began the script meeting.

Throughout the entire meeting, Shen Xiruo remained expressionless, as if she had only come to observe.

However, simply by sitting there, she drew everyone’s attention.

Before and after speaking, everyone would look at her, trying to find a sign of approval or disapproval.

Everyone else was very nervous. Jiang Qian, who wasn’t nervous at first, also started to get tense as she spoke: “I think the female lead’s emotional changes in the middle of the story are quite significant, but this part is also difficult to handle. Maybe we need to add more detailed settings to better reveal the female lead’s feelings… What do you think, President Shen?”

After Jiang Qian finished speaking, she subconsciously looked at Shen Xiruo.

The staff around her stared at her, dumbfounded. Didn’t she see that no one dared to speak to President Shen during the entire meeting? How dare a new actress who hasn’t even debuted talk to President Shen directly?

“Isn’t that a little too presumptuous?”

“What kind of person is Shen Xiruo?”

“She’s a super CEO, and it’s already bizarre for her to come supervise such a small meeting. Would she really pay attention to a small actress’s minor acting questions?”

“She doesn’t have the international time for that!”

However.

Under the gazes of all the employees, Shen Xiruo smiled and nodded at Jiang Qian.

The employees: “!!!”

“She moved, she moved! She’s smiling and nodding!”

“Who is this person!”

“This is definitely not our President!”

The employees’ mouths all dropped open, as if they could swallow an egg whole.

Then, a second later, something even more shocking happened.

Shen Xiruo reached out, took the pen Jiang Qian was holding, and drew a line in the script.

Her clear, crisp voice echoed in the conference room: “Based on what you said, the dialogue here needs to be changed.”

Jiang Qian smiled and happily wrote and drew on the side with her pen: “Right? I thought so too. So what do you think would be a good change? Should she be a bit more reserved or a bit more unrestrained? I think we could say…”

Jiang Qian started acting on the spot, treating Shen Xiruo as her male co-star. She seriously jotted down the dialogue, and when she looked at Shen Xiruo, her gaze suddenly changed.

A watery mist quickly welled up in her eyes. Her gaze lightly swept over Shen Xiruo, but also seemed distant and elusive.

Then, she said in a low and slow voice: “If you want to leave, then leave. I also don’t want to… don’t want to see you again.”

This was the very line that Shen Xiruo had drawn a line under in the script. But with Jiang Qian’s own interpretation, the scene immediately came to life.

The innocent employees watching: “Ah! My god, what is she doing? She’s actually asking Shen Xiruo to act with her!”

“Shen Xiruo!”

“The legendary female CEO who started Qingcheng Entertainment from scratch and dominates the nation’s business world! The aloof heiress of the super-wealthy Shen family!”

“And she’s acting with a rookie actress who just debuted?”

“Ten paparazzi from gossip tabloids combined wouldn’t dare to write something like this!”

After Jiang Qian finished speaking, she immediately broke character and poked Shen Xiruo’s arm with the tip of her pen: “How about you say the male lead’s line?”

The employees: “Holy crap, she even dared to poke President Shen!”

“Should I cover my eyes? The next scene is definitely going to be very bloody!”

“President Shen is going to rip her to shreds, isn’t she!”

Shen Xiruo, having been poked, finally moved. Without even looking at the script, she said, “I don’t want to leave, I can’t bear to… leave you.”

The employees: “???”

“Am I hallucinating?”

“No bloody scene, and they’re even acting out a romantic one?”

Her voice had just the right touch of hoarseness, which made Jiang Qian clap with great satisfaction: “Wow, that’s amazing! You could be the male lead, President Shen.”

Shen Xiruo seemed to still be immersed in the script’s emotions. She said a little slowly, “Call… my name.”

Jiang Qian was stunned: “A-Yu?”

This was the name of the male lead in “Affectionate You.”

Shen Xiruo: “No, call me… Xiruo.”