Chapter 13

Hearing dong dong dong sound from the inside, Li Zixi looked at the source of the sound.

Ye Handong is standing at the door, also looking inside from time to time. He is really worried about not renovating according to his requirements this time. When he turned his head, he saw Li Zixi's eyes, but he has no intention of inviting Li Zixi in to take a look.

"Well, do you have any other things?"

Li Zixi retracted her gaze and said, "No, you must be busy, goodbye." With that, Li Zixi left.

Seeing that the boss hasn't come back for so long, Ah Li came out and asked, "Boss, who was it just now, why does the voice I heard so familiar."

Ye Handong said nonchalantly: "The woman downstairs."

Ah Li heard that it was the woman downstairs, his eyes lit up and said excitedly: "It turns out to be the beauty downstairs. It's a pity that I didn't see just now."

Ye Handong gave him a weird look and said, "Beauty? Staying by my side for so long, the vision is still so bad? That can be called a beautiful woman? A female ghost is almost the same!"

Ah Li seemed to not understand what the boss meant and said puzzledly: "The one downstairs is indeed a beautiful woman, probably still a little star. Last time I saw a woman standing next to her, seemed to be her assistant, looks pretty too."

Ye Handong was stunned and said, "Are the appearance requirements for female stars now in the entertainment industry so low?"

Ah Li finally understood Ye Handong's words this time, with doubt he said, "Boss, don't you like that type of girl the most? Why, did you change sexuality today?"

Ye Handong frowned and said, "From whom did you hear that I like the types of female celebrity the most? When did I have an ideal type? Why don't I know! Besides, *Lao zi likes normal woman, okay, definitely not a lioness!"

[*Lao zi – 'I, your father', usually said out of anger; sometimes with arrogance almost like mild swearing]

After talking, Ye Handong went to the room and watched the master worker do the renovation, must personally watch this time so as not to make a mistake again.

Ah Li, hearing what Ye Handong said, was feeling somewhat baffled. He touched his nose and went in with Ye Handong.

Li Zixi didn't take the elevator, and went straight down the stairs.

She was thinking while walking, unexpectedly, the man upstairs turned out to be outstanding.

However, a man with such a good temperament and a nice voice is an evildoer. Although the looks are her type, she would not choose such a man as her boyfriend. This kind of man can only be appreciated and not to be played with.

Not two minutes after thinking about it, she heard a knock on the door. No way, so fast? No, the cake can't be delivered so soon.

She looked outside through the video doorbell and turned out to be Chen Pingping.

Chen Pingping didn't expect Li Zixi to open the door for her so soon. She was taken aback when she saw Li Zixi's appearance, and then said: "Xixi, you didn't remove your makeup just now when you slept. Which eyeliner did you use? Don't use it again, your face is spent ah. Your hair is also messy."

After listening to Chen Pingping's words, Li Zixi just stood there blankly. Five seconds later, she quickly ran to the bathroom. Seeing the messy hair in the mirror, the black corners of her eyes, and the red drool at the corners of her mouth, she was a little messy.

So, just now she appeared in front of the outstanding man with this respect! Oh, thief god, you must have come to torture me.

Li Zixi looked at herself in the mirror sadly, the agitated mood suddenly vanished to the country of Java.

After washing her face and combing her hair, Li Zixi came out of the bathroom. She faintly said: "Why are you here? What's the matter?"

Chen Pingping said excitedly: "Wang jie said that we should go to the company. She has a few resources on hand and wants us to go to discuss it. I just called you but it didn't go through, I guess you were sleeping. So, I came here by myself."

Li Zixi said happily, "When did Wang jie say to go? Now?"

Chen Pingping nodded and said, "Wang jie said she has a meeting at three o'clock, let's go to the office around four o'clock to find her, it's almost about time now."

Li Zixi nodded and said, "Okay, wait until I change my clothes."

As for the male god who said he would give a cake, she completely forgot about it. Male god is for appreciation, but work is the most important thing.

When Li Zixi and Chen Pingping came to the company, Wang jie hadn't ended the meeting yet. The two waited at the office door for a while before Wang jie finished.

After entering the office, Wang jie smiled and said, "Did you go to the graduation ceremony today? Congratulations on your graduation and officially becoming a member of Muzi Pictures."

Li Zixi said with a smile; "Thanks Wang jie."

Wang jie smiled, took a script from the table and handed it to Li Zixi, and said: "Look at this script, I got the female number three for you. You don't need to audition, just go to the crew to report next week."

Li Zixi looked at Wang jie in surprise.

"Don't look at me, it's not me. It was recommended by Director Shen Guoxing." Wang jie looked in Li Zixi's eyes, shaking her head she said, "I don't know why either. Originally, I was fighting for a role for you that didn't have many scenes and regarded as female number four, I didn't let go until two weeks. But today the director suddenly called and said that the actress who played the female number three suddenly don't want the role anymore, so they want you to fill in. Filming of this movie has already started in Hengzhou, probably Director Jin accidentally talked about this with Director Shen, and Director Shen said something nice for you."

After listening to Wang jie's words, Li Zixi couldn't say a word in shock. Her performance that day was actually quite terrible, she did not expect Director Shen to even recommend her.

Chen Pingping also glanced at Li Zixi, the astonishment in her eyes didn't need to be less than Li Zixi. The director's words of scolding towards Li Zixi that morning seemed to be still echoing in her ears, and the expression of dissatisfaction on Li Zixi's face still lingered in front of her eyes.

What happened to this world, is her family's Xixi the protagonist? *Everyone loves, and the flowers bloom. If it is like this, then she will be *fire fast. Will the salary rise soon? Will the house be bought soon?

[*Everyone loves, and the flowers bloom – (again I'm not sure about the translation) used to describe someone who's popular and well-liked by everyone]

[*fire – I guess it means popular/hot?]

Wang jie's next words brought Li Zixi and Chen Pingping back to reality: "The entertainment industry is like this, there are directors who are notorious for their reputations, naturally there are directors who cherish talents, and Director Shen is just one of them. At the beginning, I wanted you to swoop this director, in case you can't swoop him, at least leave a good impression in front of him. Didn't expect you to have a conflict with the director when you first arrived on the crew, what's more unexpected is that, your later performance actually made the director remember your person. Have to say, your luck is very good. In the entertainment circle, luck is also a kind of strength."

Hearing Wang jie's words, Li Zixi's heart was greatly shocked. She really didn't expect director Shen to help her, thought the best result would be if he didn't hate her, but she didn't expect to be surprised. Therefore, no matter which industry you are in, doing your job well is the most important thing.

As an actor, the first thing to do is acting. Only when you act well, others will look at you highly. Even if you make a mistake in the future, as long as it is not a principled mistake, you can easily be forgiven.

She took a deep breath and said, "Well, I see, thank you Wang jie. I'll make sure to film nicely. Luck is a mysterious and peculiar thing. Good filming is the most important. Besides, the good luck this time was brought about by good filming. I will work hard."

After hearing her words, Wang jie nodded appreciatively and said, "The consciousness is very high. By the way, there is another script here, a web drama. The cost is not high and the director is not well-known. Technology have developed rapidly in recent years, and web dramas have a slight upward trend. Perhaps there will be a lot of room for development in web dramas in the future. So, the company also picked several more suitable, you can't pick the drama yourself."

Li Zixi is a little puzzled. Haven't web dramas been developed? The development speed and scale of this overhead parallel world are about the same as the original world, the web dramas' spring have not arrived yet?

She took the script, she thought quickly while reading. She filtered a lot of information in her mind, and after a few minutes, she finally determined that in this world, web dramas really haven't developed yet, she doesn't remember which celebrity has become popular with web dramas.

After figuring it out, Li Zixi said, "Since Wang jie gave it to me, then I will do tis next. I believe your foresight." Seeing Wang jie's raising eyebrows, Li Zixi continued, "Besides, I just finished reading, this script is very interesting. I also think that maybe the development of web dramas will be in the near future. I believe in the power of technology."

Wang jie is very satisfied with Li Zixi's explanation, she like artists that are obedient to her and not cause trouble for her. This kind of artist is very easy to handle.

She reminded: "Although the web dramas have not yet become popular, the director strongly urges the actress to have an audition. Rest assured, if you take this drama, you are the only one going for this heroine audition. He is a rookie director after all, it is said that he has invested all his wealth. Although with trust in Muzi Pictures, he still wants to see your performance in advance."

As for the particulars of acting, Li Zixi is not afraid. Although there haven't been scenes filmed very seriously, time spent for acting had been long too. She nodded and said confidently: "No problem, I can go to the audition."

Wang jie nodded with relief: "Well, your acting skills have been confirmed by Director Shen. I believe you will be fine. This web drama is in cooperation with our Muzi Pictures, we have the power to decide for the heroine role. So as long as your performance is not too bad, this role is yours, understand?"

Li Zixi nodded with understanding.

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Edited a bit.