Chapter 8

Commercial shoot

According to the encyclopedia, Zhang Ruoyang is 24 years old this year. When he was first drafted, he was known as a lady killer.

Li Zixi looked at the photos in his encyclopedia page and had to admit that he was indeed very handsome. But it's not the handsomeness of a tough guy, but a little bit on the soft side, with white skin, and a very sunny smile. From the looks alone, she can score him 85 points, but the 15 points missed is because this look is not to her taste.

She watched a few TV series that he played in. The more she watched, the more she understood the reason for his popularity. It seems that no matter which world it is, a little *fresh meat becomes red because of the following reasons: good looks, good looks, and good looks.

[*fresh meat – young newcomer]

After all, this is a face-seeking world. So being good-looking is enough.

Acting, you say? If you don't look good, will anyone pay attention to your acting skills? This is an impetuous society, a *fast-food style society, and there are very few people who can *sink their hearts.

[*fast-food style – things come and go quickly]

[*sink their hearts – put heart at rest; calm and concentrate]

Of course, as we age, there are more and more hearts that can sink. To put it bluntly, that is, when you grow older, you slowly don't appreciate extravagant performances but prefer lasting and heart-wrenching acting.

Do you expect the current middle school students to pay attention to their acting skills and support them for it? Are you kidding me! While you blamed them, have you ever thought about whether you liked their performance when you were in middle school? If not, then please stop blaming, everyone needs to understand each other.

Some people have to say again, who didn't like their acting skills? I have always liked their acting skills before! Look at that so and so, isn't he acting well? But one may also ask, was he talented ten years ago? Ten years ago, he was just a little *traffic star, unable to bear the name of real acting skills.

[*traffic star – stars/celebrities that can attract viewers, patrons and such due to their popularity mainly by their good looks]

Today's traffic stars may not grow into seasoned actors after ten years. However, on the road to fame, if you don't take acting seriously, don't work hard, and don't take it to heart, then sorry, your fans will abandon you one day even with a decade of being silly and sweet *Jack Sue.

[*Jack Sue – male counterpart of Mary Sue]

Li Zixi turned off the computer and read the script again. She raised her head and inspected the entire study. The collection of books is very small, and the girlish style is mainly cozy. She nodded. Yes, she doesn't like reading very much, that's fine.

When she came out, Chen Pingping was still watching TV.

As soon as Li Zixi came out, Chen Pingping quickly put down her potato chips and said, "Xixi, someone came from upstairs just now. He brought this cake and said that he apologizes for disturbing your rest yesterday."

Li Zixi nodded and walked over. The chocolate cake looks good, makes her feel hungry. She didn't expect the residents upstairs to be quite thoughtful.

After lunch, Chen Pingping continued to watch TV and play on her mobile phone, while Li Zixi went to the study to broaden her knowledge.

Transmigrating into a stranger, so to say, she has no memory of the people around her. If she's unfamiliar with the stars, how do you expect her to mix in the entertainment industry?

She knows nothing about the stars of this world. What she has to do is to make up for the information of these stars, lest she meets them one day and ignore them.

First, look at the stars of the same company, because the possibility of encountering them is relatively high. After reviewing, she felt that she basically didn't remember a thing. Forget it, let's look at the hotspots on Weibo again, lest everyone talks about something, she doesn't know anything. After scrolling through Weibo, she went to *Tianya for a stroll. This is a website for gossips.

[*Tianya – a popular Chinese internet forum; I checked it out and there really is a section dedicated for gossips]

After looking at the computer all afternoon, she filled her head with gossips. She felt a little dizzy in her head. She needs to digest it, let's talk to Chen Pingping.

Sure enough, this choice was correct. When she mentioned a certain star, Chen Pingping immediately explained his gossip to her mysteriously.

She was a little curious about Chen Pingping's source of information, so she asked her. Chen Pingping said that because she wanted to work with celebrities since college, she watched gossip for several years. There are many searches for true and false information.

Early on Sunday morning, Li Zixi and Chen Pingping came to the Imperial Middle School. Because it was the weekend and Li Zixi did not have any notable works yet, the entrance to the school was very quiet. They did not cause any commotion.

After a while, the film crew arrived at the scene. Li Zixi and Chen Pingping followed the staff to the shooting location. While the makeup artist put Li Zixi's makeup on, Zhang Ruoyang and his party also arrived at the shooting location. Several makeup artists immediately ran around Zhang Ruoyang and Li Zixi was left with only a small makeup artist to touch up her makeup.

Seeing Zhang Ruoyang come in, Chen Pingping's heartbeat accelerated with excitement. But after she saw the spectacle and the treatment, her heart immediately cooled down. Frowning, she whispered in a low voice: "Xixi, your makeup hasn't been finished yet." Hearing these words, the assistant makeup artist paused.

Li Zixi naturally felt it. She pulled Chen Pingping and said: "Just now, the makeup artist said that my makeup is almost done. I don't need so many people." Then, she faced the assistant makeup artist next to her and smiled.

The assistant smiled and said, "Yes, it's going to be done soon." While talking, she looked at Li Zixi's face. She's just a little assistant, hope not her temper reach her head. The entertainment industry has always been a world where the strong eats the weak. The level is obvious. If you are red, you will be surrounded by many people, if you are not, even the props staff will not respect you.

Li Zixi glanced at her and said, "Thank you." Her thoughts were the same as those of the assistant makeup artist. She had already understood these rules in the entertainment industry. Therefore, her heart is at ease. The way to break these rules is to climb up vigorously and stand at the top.

Two hours later, the official filming began.

The class was over, all of the students walked out of their classrooms one after another. The boys at the back row got together and talked about the basketball game in the afternoon.

The girl sitting in the middle of the classroom seemed to be holding a pen while writing homework. However, she had been holding it for a long time now. The ink had dripped on the notebook, but she didn't take notice of it.

When several boys came over from behind, talking and laughing, the girl slowly lifted her head. Her eyes fixed on the back of one of the boys.

At this moment, the boy suddenly looked back. The girl was caught off guard and lowered her head in panic. Hearing the boy's approaching footsteps, her heart thudded like it's going to jump out.

The boy quickly passed by the girl, walked to his seat, picked up the knee pad and strapped it up.

"Have you found it?" a boy at the door asked.

"Found it, I'm coming." As he spoke, the boy walked past the girl.

Until the classroom quieted, the girl slowly raised her head. Her hand holding the pen was already sweaty, and her face looked a little dazed. What happened just now, she couldn't say whether she was lucky or lost.

After a while, the girl closed the ink-filled page of the book. Suddenly a sketch appeared from the back page—it was the boy. She walked towards the window with a bottle of green tea and looked at the boy sweating on the basketball court.

The girl did not return to her seat until the boy was about to come up after playing. There was some nervousness on her face and some determination. After opening the lid and taking a sip of green tea, she finally made up her mind.

The girl took out another bottle of green tea that had not been opened from her drawer. She walked quietly to the boy's seat, and put the green tea in his drawer.

After the boys came back up, the girl listened carefully on their conversation until there were only two of them left in the classroom. The boy was about to leave. He just wanted to take out his clothes from the drawer, only to find the bottle of green tea.

The boy opened the lid, took a few sips of green tea. He glanced at the green tea in his hand and glanced at the green tea on the table of the girl in front of him. It just so happened that at this time the girl turned around. The realization of the two met together in the air. The boy smiled, and the girl smiled, too.

The boy smilingly said, "Thank you for the green tea."

The girl tucked a stray hair behind her ear. She lowered her head and the smile on her lips gradually widen.

"Cut!"