Star Dream (Thanks to "Aoyu" for Becoming This Book's Golden Alliance Leader, Outrageously Generous)

Song Xi and her companion jogged back to Republic of China City. A TV drama crew was filming there. As soon as the two arrived, a man in his thirties spotted them and approached with a dark expression.

"Song Xi, Li Shuiqin, where the hell did you go? We had work lined up, but nobody could find you. Do you still want this job or not? We were short-handed just now, and Director Qian chewed me out because of it," the man snapped.

The man was a crowd coordinator named Han Kui. He had forty or fifty extras under him, including Song Xi and Li Shuiqin. Crowd coordinators mainly made a living by taking cuts from actors' pay, though they also found work for them and had a modest network of connections in the film city.

Director Qian, whom Han Kui had mentioned, was the assistant director of this production. He handled casting, scheduling, props, logistics, extras, and more. To extras, an assistant director like him was a major figure who held their livelihoods in his hands. One word from him, and they would be out of work.

"Brother Kui, a major production started filming over at Ming-Qing City. Chen Kun and Gu Liya are starring in it, so we went to take a look. By the way, Brother Kui, do we have any work over there? If we do, maybe we can get an autograph or take a photo with them," Li Shuiqin said with a smile.

Han Kui glared at her. "You think it's that easy to get work on a big production like that? Those huge crowd coordinators snatched it up long ago. Stop talking and go change. Get back to playing your prostitute."

Song Xi was about to leave with Li Shuiqin when Han Kui called